SUCH RUDENESS, I'M SO UPSET – AT 8: 14 A.M. ET: Bernie Sanders is really getting rough. Why, isn't Bernie just your sweet old uncle, worrying about your future? Uh, not really. Bernie is a hardened leftist, and he really believes he can defeat Hillary Clinton and turn America into a socialist state. The latest from his campaign is as rough as anything we've seen on the GOP side, outside of Donald Trump's worst moments. From the Washington Times:
Fresh off a big win in the West Virginia primary, Sen. Bernard Sanders‘ campaign said Wednesday the Democratic Party would be courting “disaster” if it nominates Hillary Clinton as its presidential nominee.
In a fundraising email to supporters, Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver cited recent polls showing the Vermont senator performing better against Republican Donald Trump in general election match-ups. Recent surveys have shown Mrs. Clinton virtually tied with Mr. Trump in the key battleground states of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida.
Citing those troubling figures, Mr. Weaver said the Democratic Party — and its superdelegates who are free to support either candidate — must reject Mrs. Clinton and embrace Mr. Sanders, or face a crushing defeat in November.
“For months, Bernie Sanders has out-polled Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump, and often by extraordinarily large margins. Because we must do everything we can to defeat Trump in November, our mission is to win as many pledged delegates as we can between now and June 14,” when the primary season ends, Mr. Weaver said. “Then we’re going to have a contested convention where the Democratic Party must decide if they want the candidate with the momentum who is best positioned to beat Trump, or if they are willing to roll the dice and court disaster simply to protect the status quo for the political and financial establishment of this country.”
Mr. Weaver also dismissed the notion that his candidate fares better against Mr. Trump only because he hasn’t been under the same white-hot spotlight Mrs. Clinton has faced for years.
COMMENT: I think the Sanders people mean it, and I think Hillary has taken this challenge much too casually. She apparently intends to limp across the convention finish line, rather than roar across. Note that she was defeated by an unknown young senator when she ran for the nomination in 2008.
It's also apparent that Clinton doesn't realize that the Democratic Party is experiencing the same kind of rebellion that the Republicans are experiencing.
Sanders isn't a nice guy. He's a committed ideologist. Can you imagine who he would appoint to the Supreme Court? I don't think he'll make it, but, if I were Hillary, still facing an FBI probe, I wouldn't take the chance. Hillary's fate may well lie in the hands of Barack Obama, who will treat that FBI investigation according to what he thinks is good for him. And he may decide that Hillary is not good for him.
May 12, 2016 |