Earlier this afternoon I listened to Senator Bernie Sanders "farewell" speech suspending his campaign for the presidency in 2020. Mr. Sanders is a true gentleman ; one who is true to his ideals. One of the reasons that I started to run for Congress in 2012 was the influence of his message. It simply made
sense. Mr. Sanders quest for the presidency in 2020 was once again greeted with great enthusiasm.Unfortunately.I saw the writing on the wall. His campaign looked potentially great again but once again the Democratic National Committee dumped him.I can just hear the internal memos fromTom Perez the D.N.C. chair..democratic socialist..no way. Sanders message represents the future for this country..young people do not want the status quo; the youth of this country want real change .
the things that matter to them are: climate change..a liveable planet for future generations, health care as a human right,a living wage, equality for all and so much more. Bernie Sanders message will resonate beyond the November Election. If Mr.. Biden is lucky and the electorate wakes up and decides to go overwhelmingly to the ballot box and if Mr. Biden chooses a progressive running mate...the citizens may just wake up on the 4th of November 2020 with a democratic president with the weight of restoring the moral leadership of the United States of America. My personal opinion of the issue is that Bernie Sanders should have run as an independent in 2016,and perhaps this country would be a in a much better position than with the current misleader -in -chief. But that is just hindsight and of course hindsight can sometimes be 20/20. The electoral statistics are 43% independent,,29% democrat and republicans round it off with 27%..plus a slight margin for error. In conclusion, I am amazed at the fact that this country is afraid of the word socialism. What do you think medicare , medicade .unemployment insurance and snap are? These programs are part of a social contract that interface between government and society.
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