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Jim Freeman
Jul 7, 2023
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And perhaps a bit of sunscreen.

Bernie Sanders says If there is not bold, immediate action to address the climate crisis, the quality of life that we are leaving our kids is very much in question. Well, he’s right on that but asking Congress for bold, immediate action doesn’t seem to work unless they’re supporting the banning of books.

Bernie is the second man we would not allow to be president

And I say that merely for context. When we disallow the public will, there are costs.

In the case of the Supreme Court seating George W. Bush instead of Al Gore, who was winning the presidency in a final Florida recount in 2000, we got two unwinnable Middle East wars, Guantanamo and a well deserved reputation for the most extreme forms of torture. Millions died, nations were destroyed, trillions spent and we got our military ass handed to us on the way out.

So Bernie is the second of those anti public-opinion debacles, when the Democratic National Committee decided, in spite of Sanders’ popularity a…

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