{"id":276499,"date":"2016-10-31T02:50:34","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T01:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=276499"},"modified":"2016-11-01T15:46:35","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T14:46:35","slug":"34-reasons-bernie-voter-will-vote-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/34-reasons-bernie-voter-will-vote-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"34 Reasons This Bernie Voter Will Vote Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Eric Zuesse<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Here are the 34:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2016\/02\/hillary-clintons-six-foreign-policy-catastrophes.html\">\u201cHillary Clinton\u2019s Six Foreign-Policy Catastrophes\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U6mi2WaImVI\">\u201cHillary Clinton the hawk, and the Honduran coup\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2016\/10\/im-bernie-sanders-voter-heres-ill-vote-trump.html\">\u201cI\u2019m a Bernie Sanders Voter: Here\u2019s Why I\u2019ll\u00a0Vote Trump&#8221;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tCOv7C9g7xo\">\u201cHillary Clinton: A Threat to All Humanity.\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/red-light-warning-now-hillary-clinton\/\">\u201cRed-Light Warning On Now About Hillary Clinton\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2016\/06\/heres-hillary-wont-allow-corporate-speeches-published.html\">\u201cHere\u2019s Why Hillary Won\u2019t Allow Her Corporate Speeches to Be Published&#8221;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2016\/02\/hillary-clintons-global-burning-record.html\">\u201cHillary Clinton\u2019s Global-Burning Record&#8221;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2016\/apr\/07\/out-of-time-climate-change-hillary-clinton\">\u201cWe\u2019re out of time on climate change. And Hillary Clinton helped get us here\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2016\/02\/hillary-clinton-backed-major-republican-donors.html\">\u201cHillary Clinton Is Backed by Major Republican Donors\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2016\/05\/26\/wall-street-gives-hillary-clinton-27m-but-love-affair-may-not-last.html\">\u201cWall Street gives Hillary Clinton $27M&#8221;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/tim-kaine-clinton-vp_us_578fc8e3e4b0bdddc4d2c86c\">\u201cTim Kaine Calls To Deregulate Banks As He Campaigns To Be Clinton\u2019s VP\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2015\/02\/hillary-clinton-exposed-part-1-aggressively-lobbied-mega-corporations-secretary-state.html\">\u201cHillary Clinton Exposed Part 1 \u2013 How She Aggressively Lobbied for Mega Corporations\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2016\/02\/hillary-v-bernie-two-opposite-views-presidency.html\">\u201cHillary v. Bernie: Their Two Opposite Views of the Presidency\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/eric-zuesse\/hillary-clinton-backs-fas_b_7582738.html\">\u201cHillary Clinton Backs Fast-Track on Obama\u2019s Trade Deals\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/ian-fletcher\/hillary-promised-to-reneg_b_8267424.html\">\u201cHillary\u2019s Record: Pretending to Oppose Trade Agreements&#8221;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2015\/05\/hillary-clinton-foundation-state-arms-deals\">\u201cHillary Clinton Oversaw US Arms Deals to Clinton Foundation Donors\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/2016\/02\/25\/neocon-kagan-endorses-hillary-clinton\/\">\u201cNeocon Kagan Endorses Hillary Clinton\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2016\/02\/29\/neoconservatives-declare-war-on-donald-trump\/\">\u201cNeoconservatives Declare War on Trump\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-10-20\/us-foreign-policy-elites-eagerly-await-expansion-overseas-wars-under-hillary-clinton\">\u201cU.S. Foreign Policy &#8216;Elites&#8217; Eagerly Await Expansion Of Overseas Wars Under Hillary Clinton&#8221;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160812044634\/https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2016\/07\/27\/hillary-the-hawk-a-history-clinton-2016-military-intervention-libya-iraq-syria\/\">\u201cHillary the Hawk: A History\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/phi-beta-cons\/436407\/jonathan-turley-laureate-scam\">\u201cJonathan Turley on the Laureate International Universities Scam\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/campaign-updates\/hillary-clintons-connection-oil-gas-industry\/\">\u201cHillary Clinton\u2019s Connections to the Oil and Gas Industry\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2016\/04\/clinton-supported-tax-evasion-revealed-panama-papers-sanders-opposed.html\">\u201cClinton Supported and Enabled Tax Evasion&#8221;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2016\/04\/14\/to-protect-clinton-democrats-wage-war-on-their-own-core-citizens-united-argument\/\">\u201cTo Protect Hillary Clinton, Democrats Wage War on Their Own Core Citizens United Argument\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/hillary-clintons-email-case-still-not-closed\/\">\u201cWhy Hillary Clinton\u2019s Email Case Is Still Not Closed&#8221;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2016\/07\/hillary-clintons-email-operation-violated-least-six-criminal-laws.html\">\u201cHillary Clinton\u2019s Email Operation Violated At Least Six Criminal Laws&#8221;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unz.com\/freed\/hillary-trump-and-war-with-russia\/\">\u201cHillary, Trump, and War with Russia\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-dY77j6uBHI\">\u201cHillary Clinton Lying for 13 Minutes Straight\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4SZqiXDfHnI\">\u201cCNN Stunned When Fact Checkers Confirm&#8221;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-10-17\/caught-tape-clinton-funded-democrat-operatives-inciting-anarchy-trump-rallies\">\u201cUndercover Footage Shows\u00a0Clinton Operatives Admit To\u00a0Inciting \u2018Anarchy\u2019 At Trump\u00a0Rallies\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/observer.com\/2016\/10\/2006-audio-emerges-of-hillary-clinton-proposing-rigging-palestine-election\">\u201c2006 Audio Emerges of Hillary Clinton Proposing Rigging Palestine Election\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2016\/10\/19\/hillary-clintons-security-detail-laughed-when-she-broke-her-elbow\/\">\u201cHillary Clinton\u2019s security detail laughed when she broke her elbow\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vqYJRc0TJkQ\">\u201cHillary Clinton Is Evil!\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k5W8b3FkY3s\">&#8220;Why I Won&#8217;t Vote for Hillary Clinton | Evan Edinger\u201d<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s3\"> (but then he changes his mind on that)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">TO CLOSE: Evan Edlinger will vote for Hillary against Trump because he thinks that whereas Hillary\u2019s actual track-record of policies (not mere statements) in public office have been horrific, Trump\u2019s bad statements and lack of any track-record in public office at all, make Trump even worse. That\u2019s what he thinks. I think it makes Trump better \u2014 the better choice \u2014 as opposed to the proven evil and catastrophically harmful public official, Hillary Clinton. Edlinger is preferring an evil record as a public official, to no record as a public official. Edlinger fails to make two crucial distinctions: One is that he fails to distinguish between mere political statements, versus actual political policies carried out as a public official (which show Hillary to be a proven neocon and tool of Wall Street); and the other is his failing to distinguish between a bad record in a person\u2019s private or business affairs, versus a bad record as an actual public official. Only the bad record as a public official should be <b><i>absolutely disqualifying<\/i><\/b> \u2014 and that\u2019s Clinton, not Trump, who has a <i>horrific<\/i> record as a public official. Trump has no record at all as a public official. Edlinger at 1:30 in his video says that when he contemplates voting for Hillary,\u201dThere\u2019s always one thing that comes in the way, and that\u2019s trust.\u201d He says he doesn\u2019t trust her \u2014 but what he doesn\u2019t <i>actually<\/i> \u201ctrust\u201d is her words; when he says he\u2019ll vote for her, he\u2019s simply <i>ignoring<\/i> her actions, he\u2019s ignoring the <i>real<\/i> person-as-a-public-official, the person who is shown and displayed beyond any reasonable doubt whatsoever. Proven selfishness in one\u2019s private life is bad, but proven selfishness and evil in one\u2019s public-office policies (such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Fgcd1ghag5Y\"><span class=\"s4\">\u201cWe came, we saw, he died. Ha, ha!\u201d<\/span><\/a>) is utterly disqualifying. I argued in my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2016\/10\/im-bernie-sanders-voter-heres-ill-vote-trump.html\"><span class=\"s4\">\u201cI\u2019m a Bernie Sanders Voter: Here\u2019s Why I\u2019ll\u00a0Vote Trump&#8221;<\/span><\/a>, that Trump could possibly turn out to be a progressive President; but, even if he turns out to be a bad President, he won\u2019t, on balance, be as horrific as will a President Hillary Clinton. With Trump, there is reason to have some hope for the future of the world; with Clinton, there is reason to expect <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/domestic-u-s-politics-war-russia\/\"><span class=\"s4\">unprecedented horrors<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s5\">Investigative historian Eric Zuesse is the author, most recently, of\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Theyre-Not-Even-Close-Democratic\/dp\/1880026090\/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1339027537&amp;sr=8-9\"><span class=\"s6\"><i>They\u2019re Not Even Close: The Democratic vs. Republican Economic Records, 1910-2010<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>,<\/i> and of<\/span><span class=\"s7\"> <i>\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B007Q1H4EG\"><span class=\"s6\"><i>CHRIST\u2019S VENTRILOQUISTS: The Event that Created Christianity<\/i><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Zuesse Here are the 34: \u201cHillary Clinton\u2019s Six Foreign-Policy Catastrophes\u201d \u201cHillary Clinton the hawk, and the Honduran coup\u201d \u201cI\u2019m a Bernie Sanders Voter: Here\u2019s Why I\u2019ll\u00a0Vote Trump&#8221; \u201cHillary Clinton: A Threat to All Humanity.\u201d \u201cRed-Light Warning On Now About Hillary Clinton\u201d \u201cHere\u2019s Why Hillary Won\u2019t Allow Her Corporate Speeches to Be Published&#8221; \u201cHillary Clinton\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1254,"featured_media":276500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[461],"tags":[115,30,32,96,535,698,804,524,949,754,6257,49,76,40,1024],"class_list":{"0":"post-276499","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-editorials","8":"tag-barack-obama","9":"tag-big-brother","10":"tag-cia","11":"tag-cover-up","12":"tag-global-news","13":"tag-hillary-clinton","14":"tag-politics-2","15":"tag-russia","16":"tag-sanders","17":"tag-syria","18":"tag-trump","19":"tag-usa-news","20":"tag-warfare","21":"tag-white-house","22":"tag-ww3"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}