I have scrupulously avoided advocating for a candidate in
any of my previous posts. I have more than implied that
people should vote for the Democratic candidate no matter
who it should be. I have always felt that any of the candidates
running for the Democratic nomination - with the exception
of a certain off-the-wall author who shall remain nameless, but
who is no longer in the race - were infinitely more qualified to
run the country than the current administration. But I am about
to change that, with this piece.
Three years ago, I backed Hillary Clinton for president, I felt
that she was unquestionably more qualified to be president
than anyone in the past 15 years. She had the brains and the
cajones to stand up for this country. She was investigated
more thoroughly than any other citizen of the United States
and was found innocent of all charges that were intimated
against her. And there were plenty, all of them were baseless
accusations to try and destroy her character and keep her
from the White House. That alone would have broken a lot
of people's spirit, but Hillary kept fighting on.
Her only serious opponent was Bernie Sanders, and granted
he had a big following, especially with the young liberals.
And why not? He promised them the moon; free tuition,
free health care, student loans paid off. It was going to be
wonderful, a free ride from cradle to grave, and maybe those
would be paid for also, who knows. And when it became
obvious Bernie was not going to win the nomination, did
he do the decent thing? Did he concede the race and ask
his supporters to back the winning candidate? Get serious,
he hung on until he was forced out. And then waited until
it was too late to back Hillary. His gigantic ego could not
accept that he was beaten by a woman.
So Bernie crept to the Senate, tail between his legs, where
he sits alone, belonging to neither party and contributing
nothing to either party. And he began plotting his revenge,
another run at the nomination. He would again run as a
Democrat, because he knows he knows he couldn't draw
enough votes running as an Independent candidate. Bernie
Sanders is not a Democrat, his ideas are far to the left of
most Democrats, they border on socialism. And not the
American socialism, but the European brand of socialism.
Most Americans understand that only the government can
provide certain benefits; infrastructure, education, insurance
for the elderly and the disabled, and now quality and affordable
insurance for all. And some people are warming up to the idea
of government health care for all. But, by far and away, right
or wrong, Americans wish to remain independent of government
interference in their lives.
What Bernie is selling is an all-encompassing government
takeover of your life. Why, because that is how he lived his
life. Sanders has never held a full-time job, he has never
brought home a weekly paycheck, yet he purports to tell
Americans that he is one of them. Only if the average
American suckled from the government teat for the last
seventy years. Yup, Bernie Sanders only job has been
working for the government, after living off welfare until
he could get elected. He wants to change the way things are
being done in Washington DC. He had a chance to do that
for the last thirty years, yup folks, that is how long Bernie
Sanders has been in Congress.
And in those thirty years he has accomplished three, count 'em,
three things. He has had two Post Offices renamed and he
authored the bill to give the military a cost of living increase,
who would vote against that? And now, Sanders says if you
elect him to the presidency, he will bring sweeping changes to
make you life better. And he will do it in only four years. That
is truly amazing. After warming a seat in congress for thirty years
Bernie is going to kick it into high gear and reorganize the federal
government in four years. And if you believe that I have a bridge...
And despite all of this Sanders is in the lead in many states even
though polls show that he cannot beat Trump in a head to head
election, to say nothing about beating him on the debate stage.
Christmas is over folks, it's time to stop believing in Santa Clause!
I'm just sayin'.
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