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Thread #160053   Message #3795434
Posted By: gillymor
13-Jun-16 - 06:39 PM
Thread Name: BS: It's time Bernie
Subject: RE: BS: It's time Bernie
I am more ideologically aligned with Senator Sanders than with any one else who ran but I don't see what qualifies him to be Prez. He's got a lot of good (and expensive ideas) that can never be implemented and when the GOP starts focusing on them (they've been laying off him up to this point trying to keep his candidacy alive) with their Super PACs his numbers will plummet, never mind when Trump starts deriding him as a socialist, true or not, which is tantamount to being a communist in the minds of many voters. Maybe you have to live in this country to appreciate the implications of that.

Also working against him is his age, Senator Sanders will be 75 on Sept. 1, Ronald Reagan was 69 when he assumed office and we saw how that turned out. Rather than being a lame duck from day one the senator would be far more valuable to the nation in the Senate as a strong voice for the left-leaning platform that he's going to be able to help write due to his excellent campaign. I think Sen. Warren would also be more effective in the Senate rather than being muted in the Clinton camp. .

HRC is probably the most thoroughly vetted Presidential candidate in history and she's still standing. An objective look at her record in every public position she's held indicates to me that she's more qualified to be POTUS than any of the clowns the GOP put forth and any of the Democrats as well with the possible exception of Martin O'Malley.