The 2016 Election

After all my excitement and involvement in previous primary seasons, I mostly sat out this election cycle.  The Republicans were all repugnant, Hillary seemed the anointed democratic nominee.  I wasn’t inspired to even attend rallies.  Sanders coming on the scene was interesting, I knew him as a liberal and an Independent, but I did not expect him to win.

Week after week I looked presidential candidate visit schedules, but just couldn’t motivate myself to go.  They never said what they meant.  They just said things to get votes.  And if they won, other influences took over.

I religiously followed the debates, which is as entertaining to me as football is to some.  And I generally followed the race.

And then, after seeing Sanders in debates and reading about him I began to Feel the Bern.  The Iowa results and speech clinched it.  I would have voted for him anyway, but that made me Feel the Bern!  I began to feel a bit of the old spark.