OK, I know it's the AP but with this:
Sanders’ loyalists expect him to launch a second campaign in the coming weeks, and his network of die-hard supporters is hosting hundreds of events across the nation this weekend encouraging him to run.
I am officially over Bernie Sanders, I've even removed his name from the sidebar of my blog as someone I respect.
Bernie Sanders joined the Democratic Party, briefly, so he could run for the Democratic nomination for President in 2016, then he left the party. A second nomination fight for the nomination of a party he is not a member of makes him a troll and a carpetbagger. If he had remained in the Democratic Party after his last run, I wouldn't make that accusation but now he's a troll and carpetbagger using the Democratic Party for a stunt run out of ego and the desire for him and his money-making staff and his cult of adoring cultists to further their own ends. I would argue that he is too old to be a credible candidate, I would make the same case against Joe Biden.
What, after the disaster of Trump being put in the office with the help of his fans, Bernie imagines he's going to get out of it except more attention for himself, at his age, I couldn't possibly guess. Maybe my ego isn't big enough to get it. I suspect there are those around him who expect to make money out of, what this time would be merely a stunt run, ginning up the same anger that his last run did to no good purpose.
THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE NEEDS TO ADOPT A RULE THAT DISQUALIFIES ANYONE WHO WAS NOT A DECLARED MEMBER OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR AT LEAST TWO PRESIDENTIAL CYCLES, EIGHT YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THE ELECTION, FROM BEING A CANDIDATE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION. DELEGATES FOR SUCH CANDIDATES SHOULD BE DENIED SEATING AT THE CONVENTION.
BETTER YET, IN ADDITION, WOULD BE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO ENTIRELY CONTROL ITS OWN NOMINATIONS PROCESS, HOLDING A NATION-WIDE PRIMARY WITH MAIL-IN BALLOTS SENT ONLY TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN MEMBERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SINCE THEIR 18TH BIRTHDAY OR FOR TWO YEARS. THE BALLOTS SHOULD BE PAPER, MARKED BY HAND AND TABULATED BY AN INDEPENDENT AUDITING FIRM HIRED BY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WITH FULL TRANSPARENCY.
I'm kind of in knee-jerk mode and ready to vote for almost anybody (on the Democratic ticket, mind) younger than me. I'm tired of the old grey heads still running things in their 70's and '80's (FDR died at 73, LBJ at 65). I'm ready for the "younger people" to take over and take responsibility and make the world they have to live in. Old people like yours truly may not shuffle off this mortal coil for a few more decades, but Ocasio-Cortez and O'Rourke have decades ahead of them, probably half-a century at least. I don't hope to be around that long. Let them start shaping the world for the future; they're going to live in it longer than I am.
ReplyDeleteBiden and Bernie need to step away. As Ocasio-Cortez said to Lieberman, who bemoaned her political stance and hoped she wasn't the future of the Democratic party: "New party, who dis?"
Lieberman has a nerve to opine on the party since he's been tearing it down since Bill Clinton was president. He has my permission to pack up his sins and go to the devil. I think AOC is in danger, not so much from looking to be the focus of attention but of having others make her the focus of attention. I think she'd benefit from some time out of the public eye so she can develop her career, I've got great hopes for her.
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