{"id":34889,"date":"2019-01-15T02:52:01","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T02:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=34889"},"modified":"2019-01-15T02:52:01","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T02:52:01","slug":"bernie-going-for-it-again-in-2020-please-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=34889","title":{"rendered":"Bernie going for it again in 2020? Please, no!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/90-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34890\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/90-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/90-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/90-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/90-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/90-1.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Say this isn&#8217;t really happening.<\/p>\n<p>Bernie Sanders, the Democrat in Name Only senator from Vermont, reportedly is hiring additional staff while he gears up for a possible\/probable run for president in 2020. I will call him a DINO.<\/p>\n<p>Good grief! Tell me it ain&#8217;t happening.<\/p>\n<p>I am not feeling the Bern. I know he has his fans and a strong legion of supporters. I also know he came surprisingly close to capturing the Democratic nomination in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my problem with Bernie: He&#8217;s not a Democrat. He would be running as a Democrat, but he&#8217;s listed in the U.S. Senate roster as an independent who caucuses with the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>I have another problem with Bernie. His 2020 campaign is going sound like the one-note samba his 2016 campaign sounded. He will tell us that too few people have acquired too much of our wealth; he wants to redistribute the wealth; he wants to provide free college to every student in America (how he pays for it is a mystery to me); and he wants &#8220;Medicare for All&#8221; Americans.<\/p>\n<p>We have seen during the Donald Trump administration that we also need a coherent, strong and reasonable foreign policy. I do not see Bernie Sanders offering such a thing were he to become elected president.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s been to the well already. He doesn&#8217;t need to return. I do not want him to run for president. I want a fresher face from which we will hear a fresher voice.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Say this isn&#8217;t really happening. Bernie Sanders, the Democrat in Name Only senator from Vermont, reportedly is hiring additional staff while he gears up for a possible\/probable run for president in 2020. I will call him a DINO. Good grief! Tell me it ain&#8217;t happening. I am not feeling the Bern. I know he has &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=34889\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bernie going for it again in 2020? 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