{"id":15146,"date":"2015-04-30T13:37:01","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T20:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=15146"},"modified":"2015-04-30T13:37:01","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T20:37:01","slug":"bernie-for-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/30\/bernie-for-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernie for President!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I said long ago that, if either Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders runs for President, as a Democrat, I will support them.  I therefore endorse Bernie Sanders for the office of President of the United States.  I will be sending him money.  Sadly, it will be a very small donation, because that\u2019s all there is to give.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, announced Thursday that he was running for president as a Democrat, injecting a progressive voice into the contest and providing Hillary Rodham Clinton with her first official rival for the party\u2019s nomination.<\/p>\n

Avoiding the fanfare that several Republicans have chosen so far when announcing their candidacies, Mr. Sanders issued a statement to supporters that laid out his goals for reducing income inequality, addressing climate change and scaling back the influence of money in politics<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter a year of travel, discussion and dialogue, I have decided to be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president,\u201d Mr. Sanders told his supporters.<\/p>\n

Mr. Sanders\u2019s bid is considered a longshot, but his unflinching commitment to stances popular with the left \u2014 such as opposing foreign military interventions and reining in big banks<\/strong> \u2014 could force Mrs. Clinton to address these issues more deeply.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it is time for the American people to say enough is enough,\u201d he said in an interview. \u201cWe need an economy that works for all of us and not just for a handful of billionaires<\/strong>.\u201d\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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My reason for choosing Bernie is clear.  His positions reflect my own views far more closely that Hillary’s do.<\/font><\/p>\n

However, I\u2019m not so naive as to think that Bernie has a strong chance to get the nomination.  The last thing I want is to see the Democratic nominee, whoever it is, bloodied from intra-party attacks.  So I\u2019ll base my support of Bernie on how Bernie stands on issues.  I will not try to soothe Bernie\u2019s butt with Benghazi Balm, a Republican product.  I will not be attacking Hillary.<\/font><\/p>\n

No matter which Democrat you support, I urge you to respect their Democratic opponent(s) and save your attacks for the politicians who deserve them.<\/font><\/p>\n

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I said long ago that, if either Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders runs for President, as a Democrat, I will support them.  I therefore endorse Bernie Sanders for the office of President of the United States.  I will be sending him money.  Sadly, it will be a very small donation, because that\u2019s all there is […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15146\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}