Does Sanders' Endorsement Fix Hillary?

Good Tuesday morning, Friends,

Hillary Clinton has to be the worst candidate the Democratic party has tapped to be president since...well I can think of George McGovern and Michael Dukakis to name a couple.

At least those two came across as basically honest. If Hillary were a man, I'd call her a lying sleazeball.

But since even she herself admits to be happily playing the Woman Card, my calling her out for what she is seems somehow off limits.

I've been an adherent to the Democratic party's progressive social agenda my whole life and still support it. But shoving a dishonorable candidate like Hillary Clinton down my throat is just plain un-Democratic.

This is really YUGE. You've done terrible things, and I don't respect you. But
Donald Trump thinks this is all a big game show. What choice do I have? So
okay already. I endorse you.

Hillary may not have technically committed a felony by setting up a private email server, but her intent to break the law was pretty clear. It may not be the law you'd normally think of, like the Espionage Act.

She clearly wanted her emails to not be subject to the Freedom of Information Act, as is every other government document. This demonstrates intent to break the law.

Now, none of her official emails as Secretary of State can ever be made public through an FOIA request.

Never mind that her server contained at least 110 classified documents, which the FBI uncovered, and potentially thousands of others her attorneys destroyed so thoroughly they can never be reconstructed.

It's now known that at least a dozen people with no security clearance at all had access to Hillary's server and, therefore, the country's most sensitive top secrets.

Yet, Hillary faces no consequences for this. Quite the contrary, she's possibly on the verge of being rewarded handsomely.

This is as bizarre a scenario as what's going on in the GOP.

Later today, Bernie Sanders will endorse Hillary Clinton.

In my opinion, Bernie is holding his nose over his endorsement of the candidate's character but is supercharged over the party's platform.

It's set to contain nearly every one of his main themes--free public college tuition, a $15 minimum wage, a Medicare for all option, campaign finance reform--except for his opposition to the TPP trade agreement.

Bernie's endorsement will help Hillary a bit. Some of his supporters will cast an ambivalent vote for her. But the majority will look for other options or just stay home.

With the weakest and most divisive candidate in modern history about to receive the GOP nomination, the Democrats have a huge window of opportunity to move the country progressively into the 21st century.

But despite Bernie Sanders' endorsement, by stubbornly standing by a badly broken Hillary Clinton, the blue party could be making a political mistake that will resonate for generations.