Bernie Sanders on Liz & Hillary--
Not quite sure how to handle this--only 4 paras from Bernie extracted from a much longer piece that people should read; nevertheless, it technically violates the 4-para rule because I included the questions. I hope each question can be viewed as constituting a paragraph when combined with its answer.
Oh, Elizabeth Warren is, you know, clearly one of the smartest people in the Senate. She is a true progressive. I've known Elizabeth for many, many years. She is doing a great job, and understands fully the issues facing the middle class and working class in this country. She is a very strong proponent in defending the working families in this country.
So should she be running for president?
Why don't you give her a ring?
You told Playboy that while you like the Clintons, they "live in a world surrounded by a lot of money," and a Hillary Clinton candidacy would not offer an alternative for the country. Why not?
Well, actually that was a - a) You don't know and I don't know whether Hillary Clinton is running for president. And b) if she decides to run for president, we don't know the issues that she will be focusing on. I have known Hillary Clinton for a number of years, not terribly well, but I knew her when she was first lady and I knew her when she was in the Senate. I like her. She is extremely smart. But it's - we will have to see what she has to say, so - but based on the kind of centrist positions that we have seen her take in the past, it remains to be seen - although I may be wrong - it remains to be seen whether she will be a forceful advocate for working families.
We just saw the first Socialist City Council member elected in Seattle. In recent years, has America been moving closer to socialism or farther away from it?
I think in recent years, especially since the Wall Street collapse of 2008, the American people are becoming profoundly disgusted about a nation in which a small handful of billionaires have incredible control over the political and economic life in this country. They are very upset that the middle class is disappearing, while the wealthy and large corporations are doing phenomenally well. And I think what we have seen is that a whole lot of people out there are prepared to support candidates who are willing to stand up to big money interests and protect working families …
Since the financial crisis, some have suggested that there's at least more discussion, more open discussion, about capitalism in the United States. Is that something that you've observed?
I think you saw that the Occupy Wall Street movement that spread around the country attracted a lot of attention and a lot of support. I think the issues that they raised about the power, the incredible power of Wall Street, the greed of Wall Street, the illegal behavior on Wall Street and also about the issues of income inequality and wealth inequality - that really struck a chord in many people. What I think unfortunately has not happened is that there has not been a look, for example, at countries like Scandinavia, and what they have managed to accomplish for their people …
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I guess I'm the only one who occasionally follows the money...?
BS is a septuagenarian. He was born a few months BEFORE "A day that will live in infamy."
He is not going to run for President.
Every sitting US senator looks in their mirror and sees a potential president looking back at them. When people toss flattering questions at them, like "Say (gush, gush), do you think YEW might run for President? Huh? Huh?" they answer them with giddy possibilities.
But he's unlikely in the extreme to run, to split the vote, to burn bridges, and I can promise you this--he's a great guy, will always be a great guy, but I'll be elected POTUS before he is.
And pigs will fly before I'm elected, so there's that...
