Bernie Sanders: A higher loyalty
I urge my fellow St. Louisans to vote for Bernie Sanders in this week’s primary. I do so in spite of being deeply indebted to Bill and Hillary Clinton.
In January 2001, President Clinton granted me an unconditional pardon from a criminal conviction in 1981 in the St. Louis federal district court. I know that Hillary Clinton was instrumental in her husband’s decision. I am an attorney who disgraced not only myself but my profession. I am an alcoholic. My recovery and return to “respectability” were capped by the honor President Clinton bestowed on me with his pardon.
Because of this great personal debt and my deep belief in loyalty, it may seem both curious and disloyal that I urge my fellow citizens to get behind Bernie Sanders. I do so because of my deep belief that Sen. Sanders is leading a political revolution that has the only real chance of restoring democracy to America.
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Our political system has been corrupted and perverted by the influence of money, especially the donor class. There is an old saying that “he who has the gold rules.” That is precisely where we are today. Unless and until we remove the big money influence from our political system, we will continue in the direction of a two-class society — the haves and the have-nots. If that happens, America will come apart at the seams. The riots of the ’60s and ’70s will look like minor disturbances if the imbalances within our society remain and gain even more momentum.
The sad fact is that the Clintons are on the wrong side of this issue. They have become part of the Wall Street crowd. It is that group which nearly bankrupted our nation in 2008 with their greed. Hillary Clinton simply will not reform our broken economic system; she is part of it.
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