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Getting locked out of my house sucks. Like lynching!

THIS commercial is a perfect example of why Black Lives Matter is absolutely necessary. (Because this just aired TWICE during the Superbowl.) This song originated in the Civil Rights Era and is here being sung by Nina Simone. Only now, it's not about Civil Rights. It's about a white dork trapped in a wetsuit. And other people trapped in life's little pickles.

"I wish I could break all the chains holding me." Cut to: A rich dork trapped on a ski lift.

In the 2000 election:

#people who voted for Gore: 50,999,897

#people who voted for Bush: 50,456,002

#people who voted for Nader: 2,882,955

#people who voted total: 105,405,100

#people who were eligible to vote (Voting Age Population) but did not vote: 104,193,000

Over 104 million eligible Americans did not vote in 2000. (The turnout was 50.3%)

Ralph Nader got just under 3 million votes.

I get a lot of “urging” from Democrats not to vote third party.

Today I would like to urge people who feel this way to look at the numbers. I urge you to stop scapegoating third parties and those who move their ass to the polls.

I urge you to pick a new target To Urge.

I will already be at the polls. I guarantee. On every local and state election that has only two candidates - 1 Republican and 1 Democrat - I will vote Democrat down the line. You know this.

You can keep hot-farting at Stein supporters but it’s tacky. Especially bc there probably isn’t one thing on her platform that you disagree with. But the electoral college is gross and it makes people behave grossly towards those exercising their right to vote for who they believe in.

I urge you to stop crapping on Ralph Nader. Cuz again, I highly doubt you disagree with anything he stands for. 

Reminder: Hillary Clinton voted YES to invade Iraq.

She voted for that war to happen. Then Seth and I spent the ensuing years watching Friday Night OPB (NewsHour on PBS) where every broadcast would end with the photo list of U.S. military who’d been killed in Iraq. There were a lot. A whole lot. I used to cry at it and then the volume became numbing. And that’s not counting Iraqi deaths of which there were many more. Many civilian deaths. Lots of regular people getting limbs blown off cuz they were in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Everyone makes mistakes but this is a biggie. It’s YIEUUGE. Isn’t this a dealbreaker? I would not let a convicted child molester babysit my child even if they swear they won’t do it again. And I won’t vote for a person who votes for war even if they regret their error. I am as pissed today as I was in 2003. The world lost a lot of people because of that war vote. And I feel like the outrage over this disaster has dissipated. PFFFFFT.

This is not an endorsement for Bernie. (He has some positions of his own that could use a PEACE ENEMA.) It’s just a reminder to my Floridians and Oregonians with upcoming primaries that Hillary Clinton did something that got a lot of people killed. I just think it’s so weird that one can vote for a war that everyone now admits was a mistake and still get a chance at running the country.