For President: Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont
30 January 16
Thousands of people gather to hear Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders during a
campaign rally. (photo: MSNBC)
t is the heartfelt opinion of the Reader Supported News editorial staff that Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is the best candidate running for President of the United States in this election cycle. Regardless of party affiliation.
Mr. Sanders, running as a democratic socialist, has displayed the requisite political courage to confront the brutally oppressive scourge of corruption that grips the throat of the nation.
Mr. Sanders’ stated goals for his presidential administration have significant credibility, we believe, because they are an extension of the very work he has been engaged in throughout his entire political life.
Not only do nearly all the other major party candidates in the race lack meaningful plans to address the crushing burden of injustice in America today, they largely refuse to acknowledge that the problems even exist. With one possible exception being former Maryland governor Martin O'Malley, who gets honorable mention.
The other exception is Green Party candidate Jill Stein. Jill Stein’s platform and positions on the issues address directly many of the same concerns Mr. Sanders’ do. Stein’s efforts, however, garner little attention, because the Green Party still lacks the political power to mount a serious presidential campaign. Nonetheless, her influence is felt by our editors and all progressives.
With a lifetime of political service, Mr. Sanders has a body of work that clearly defines his ideology of governance. At 74 years of age, we do not believe he is likely to simply abandon what he has stood for consistently throughout his career and become someone his supporters did not expect. A phenomenon we are all too familiar with.
But it is exactly Mr. Sanders’ ideology of governance that we find most compelling. For those who see the dream of a government of, by, and for the people trampled upon by the world’s wealthiest individuals, Mr. Sanders’ direction is oxygen to a dying democracy.
Mr. Sanders’ opponents say in essence that they can more efficiently conduct the train. Mr. Sanders says, “Stop the train.”
Indeed the time has come.
For President, the Honorable Senator from the great state of Vermont, Bernie Sanders.
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