As this insane political season trudges on, I have become
aware of a number of issues that I want to comment on.
The Wall Street Journal published an editorial wondering why
the young supporters of Bernie Sanders are so keen on starting a “revolution”
in this country when they had President Obama who promised change, for nearly
eight years now.
The problem with presidential candidates that promise “change”
or a “revolution” is that their promises are empty populist claptrap since they
will not achieve any of their goals without a like-minded and cooperative
Congress.
As we know, Obama was stymied at every turn my totally
moronic Tea Party Republicans that no longer governed the nation but simply
opposed anything and everything the president tried to do, no matter how valid
and beneficial the presidential actions were.
The same goes for Bernie and his promises which not only
will face opposition from these same Republican idiots but probably also from
fellow Democrats who, after all, are susceptible to the same lobbying efforts
by big moneyed interests.
Bernie’s young supporters need a dose of political reality
and maybe some positive marching orders that will convince them that electing
like-minded local representatives and senators is the best way to achieve any
change or even start a revolution.
Another issue that concerned me was a study showing that the
millennials that so adamantly support Bernie are as just as adamant about not
supporting Hillary in case Bernie loses the nomination. In fact they are so adamant
about their feelings that they may not vote at all if Bernie is not the nominee
of the Democrats.
We can all ascribe these actions to the youth and naiveté of
those millennials but when the time comes, Bernie has to teach these children
about the bigger picture and what could happen if Ted Cruz gets into office;
Trump does not scare me as much because he really does not have any hardcore
beliefs about anything and just rolls along hopefully using his common sense on
issues.
