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| SANDERS: Will it ever be Bernie's turn? |
And
in realizing that Chicago is a significant part of the process for any
legitimate Democrat, he’s already been here – making an appearance Sunday night
at Navy Pier hoping to stir up the passions of potential voters to take him
more seriously than the other dozen-or-so people who have dreams of winning the
White House.
ALTHOUGH
IN MOST cases, it seems that what really motivates them is being able to have
history record their names as the person who “took down” the presidency of
Donald Trump.
Too
many people are gambling on the fact that the majority that despises the notion
of Trump will eagerly accept them as the replacement.
Creating
the potential for infighting amongst Democrats that could very well put The
Donald (or someone of his ilk, if all the rumors of Trump being willing to
resign if he can avoid criminal prosecution are true) right back in the White House.
While
I personally despise such a thought and see an overwhelming majority of people
who’d like to Dump Trump, I can also see how political chaos could result in Democrats
shooting down their own desires.
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| Do we want Hoosier (Buttigieg) or … |
I’M
ALSO PONDERING the large number of Democrats who seem to think everybody else
will get out of their way to let them be the one who takes on Trump.
It
has far too much potential to create confusion that could cause many people to
decide “the heck with it” and find something else to do on the Elections Day of
2020.
Think
I’m kidding? Just look at the large number of candidates (14, who actually
managed to make it on the ballot) for our recently-completed mayoral election.
We’re
down to two now for the April 2 run-off, but there literally were 67 percent of
people who cast votes who didn’t want either of the candidates who prevailed.
Plus, there were 66 percent of registered voters who didn’t even bother to cast
ballots.
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| … a Tejano (Castro) as nominee? |
WHY
DO I fear this could be the end result of the 2020 election cycle? A whole lot
of people ultimately disappointed because they couldn’t get their act together
and decide on a candidate most strong to defeat the Trumpster!
Particularly
if it turns out that Sanders, who began his campaigning Saturday in his
birthplace neighborhood in Brooklyn, then came to Chicago the next day to try
to sway over our voter support, insists he thinks he’s entitled to the
nomination.
Out
of the belief that he put in his time in 2016, and it’s now his turn! When the
reality may well be that 2016 was his turn and he lost to Hillary. Now maybe he
should move aside and let more credible candidates make their pitch for voter
support.
Now
for those people who are thinking that it was establishment Democrats who somehow
cheated Bernie of their support, I’d argue it was absurd to think they’d ever
back someone who throughout his time in Congress has insisted on using the “Independent”
label. Why should Dems be eager to back someone who doesn’t really want to be a
part of the political party?
IF
ANYTHING, I’D say the fact that Trump was able to so thoroughly undermine the
Republican establishment in 2016 is more pathetic than anything that happened
to the Hillary/Bernie brawl of that same year.
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| TRUMP: Could it be 'four more years' |
It
will be interesting the degree to which people want to re-fight the Bernie
Sanders brawl of three years ago. Will they have a desire to move forward? Or
get bogged down in the trash-talk that ultimately gave us “President Trump.”
Personally,
I’m not sure who to think of supporting. The notion of the South Bend, Ind.,
mayor, Pete Buttigieg, and his revival of that city has some interest to me – although I also wonder if a
mayor is just too low-ranking on the political experience totem pole to take
seriously. Why not offer up Gary, Ind., mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson if we're looking for a Hoosier mayor? There’s also former San Antonio, Texas, mayor (and former HUD secretary Julian Castro); whose presence
would probably most offend those Trumpites most motivated by their ethnic hang-ups.
Anyway,
the process of “making up our mind” begins now. We’re going to have to figure
out who we want and what is most important to us. Because if we don’t, it could
easily be “four more years” of Donald Trump.
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