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Bernie ain't no dummy. However, it does concern me that he has decided to support Clinton. No doubt, and as usual, there is much we do not know.
I do believe Bernie is committed to the issues he championed during his campaign. Beyond that I have no idea why he has taken the position he has taken at the time he decided to do it.
When I think about something such as appointing SC justices who will pledge to overturn Citizens United or to breakup banks and insurance companies that are too big too fail, I cannot see that happening under Clinton. Wall Street has way, way, way too much money invested in the Clintons for Hillary to do the right thing for the 99%. Bernie knows this probably better than we do. What is Bernie supporting with Hillary? Much of what he has stood for will never see the light of day.
What I believe will happen is we will see new lipstick on the same pigs we face now. Clinton will support big trade agreements, not American workers or small businesses; Hillary will play a shell game with Americans concerning Big Pharma; Clinton will shuck and jive concerning student loans regardless of what she says; Hillary will do next to nothing to really make a difference in equality for all Americans (more show than go); she will certainly continue to support the neocon/military industrial complex agenda and US imperialism.
In the end Hillary will be a status quo president, which IMHO is exactly what the nation does not need. Hillary will not lead. She will continue to follow the path of sameness that Obama has taken. I predict big changes will most certainly come - BUT - they will not be initiated by Hillary Clinton. She will react, and just as with her campaign, she will play it as politically safe as she can. America be damned.
So it goes.