Ricky Martin loves Hillary Clinton. I love Ricky – but I love Bernie Sanders more
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Ricky made another announcement Wednesday: he’s supporting Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination, saying that she’s “Latina at heart” and that she is “with us and our families”. And it is here, my beloved Ricky, that you and I must part ways politically.
Because when it comes to the concerns of everyday Latinos, I think Ricky’s endorsement is misplaced. While I respect Secretary Clinton and would gladly vote for her in the general election, I believe that Bernie Sanders is the candidate most likely to advocate for the socioeconomic needs of most Latinos living in the United States.
Unlike Ricky, whose net worth is estimated to be about $60m, most Latinos in the US live middle- or working-class lives. And while it’s hard to generalize about any group of people, we Latinos tend to be pretty collectivistic. That means that, when compared with the “me-first” attitude of mainstream US culture, we’re much more likely to be thinking in terms of tightly knit family and community systems. Those values fall right in line with Senator Sanders’s Democratic Socialist positions on immigration, campaign finance reform and, most importantly, wealth and income inequality.
We live in a world where the millionaire and billionaire class is getting away with more and more of the wealth, leaving the rest of us to fight over a few scraps. And as sad as it is to say, Ricky is a wealthy guy and may not be as in touch as he once was with the way most people live.
The last thing we need right now is to nominate someone who is as entrenched in Wall Street and as rich as Clinton. By contrast, Sanders is taking a bold stand for greater regulation of the financial sector, and his platform is all about prioritizing the needs of working people.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/03/ricky-martin-loves-hillary-clinton-i-love-ricky-but-i-love-bernie-sanders-more
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we all have our moments where our judgement is not at it's best. 
