{"id":31033,"date":"2016-02-12T18:56:19","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T22:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=31033"},"modified":"2016-02-12T22:30:17","modified_gmt":"2016-02-13T02:30:17","slug":"sanders-vs-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=31033","title":{"rendered":"Sanders vs Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rohnert Park, CA<br \/>\nFebruary 12, 2016<\/p>\n<p>by Rich Scheck<\/p>\n<p>Please pay close attention, folks: I NEVER hear Bernie say anything like this from Trump: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/trump-tells-the-truth-about-interventionism\/\">http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/trump-tells-the-truth-about-interventionism\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unlike, Trump&#8212;narcissist that he may be&#8212;Sanders never created a job in<br \/>\nhis life (me either, friends)!<\/p>\n<p>Minorities and many Democrats will vote for him in the general election<br \/>\nbecause they respect his forthrightness, apparent authenticity, guts<br \/>\nin challenging the establishment AND their belief (HOPE!?!) that he<br \/>\nwill create enough decent jobs &#8220;To Make America Great Again!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yup, it&#8217;s Hope and Change all over again but this time from a successful<br \/>\nbusinessman who has a proven track record in that arena and who knows<br \/>\nit&#8217;s still The Economy Stupid!<\/p>\n<p>Unlike Obama, the social worker\/lawyer from Chicago, who only prospered<br \/>\non the government tit, The Donald&#8217;s words go beyond a mere campaign<br \/>\npromise to the prospect of real change and real economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>Will he succeed? Possibly not! Is he authoritarian and bossy? Absolutely!<br \/>\nDoes he fully understand the Constitution and niceties of civil liberties in a\u00a0free society?Not yet&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..but We The People will show him the way if he\u00a0gets tyrannical in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, even FDR got his hand slapped a few times during his early<br \/>\nyears when he wanted to pack the Supreme Court and attempted to create<br \/>\ntoo many government agencies to deal with the Depression.<\/p>\n<p>In a free society, where the People are Sovereign, it will be our job to make<br \/>\nsure The President is reminded he is not a King. That is where Congress<br \/>\nhas consistently fallen short in recent years, especially regarding its war<br \/>\npowers and why I am so encouraged by the above statement from Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders may believe the same is true but he fails to emphasize the devastating<br \/>\nimpact war has had on the economy where the corporate interests and bankers<br \/>\nwho benefit from the military-industrial-intelligence complex thrive while most<br \/>\nof the rest of us get to fight their wars and pay for it at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Jesse Ventura understands this process: <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=29454\">https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=29454<\/a><br \/>\nSo does Pat Buchanan: <a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/buchanan\/2016\/02\/11\/how-republics-perish\/\">http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/buchanan\/2016\/02\/11\/how-republics-perish\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why can&#8217;t Sanders step up boldly and shout it to the heavens: No More<br \/>\nStupid, Illegal Wars Based on Lies!?!&#8221; Donald is willing to work with<br \/>\nPutin to avoid further escalation and deflecting the risks of more war.<\/p>\n<p>But we hear little from Sanders on this urgent issue to assuage the Russians<br \/>\nwho are understandably angry at NATO expansion and aggressiveness.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/europe\/russia\/12153112\/Russia-warns-of-new-world-war-starting-in-Syria.html\">http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/europe\/russia\/12153112\/Russia-warns-of-new-world-war-starting-in-Syria.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sanders is too busy caught up in his Socialist agenda and his goal of taxing<br \/>\nthe Rich (Wall Street) while falling far short of empowering the entrepreneurial<br \/>\nspirit that lies at the heart of the American vision of liberty.<\/p>\n<p>Not only will he not fight the Establishment aggressively over foreign policy,<br \/>\nhe shows little willingness to take on the Democratic Party which is out to steal<br \/>\npossible victory from him and hand the nomination to Hillary using coin<br \/>\nflips, Super-delegates and other election tricks.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/hillary-superdelegate-why-your-vote-doesnt-count\/\">http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/hillary-superdelegate-why-your-vote-doesnt-count\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s great promising folks free college, free health care, and even a free<br \/>\nphone a la Obama. But reality is a ruthless teacher: guns and butter did not<br \/>\nwork for Johnson and it&#8217;s not likely to work for a President Sanders, either.<\/p>\n<p>And make no doubt about it, our Nobel Peace Prize President has been<br \/>\nvery good for the war-makers even if he is not the ideal version of what<br \/>\na good Neocon hawk looks like: <a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/jack-a-smith\/2016\/02\/10\/obama-intensifies-wars-and-threats\/\">http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/jack-a-smith\/2016\/02\/10\/obama-intensifies-wars-and-threats\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sanders refuses to challenge the President for these endeavors and meekly<br \/>\napologized again during last night&#8217;s debate when Hillary struck a &#8220;low blow&#8221;<br \/>\nagainst him for his timid criticism of Obama. Does he secretly support these<br \/>\nimperial efforts\u00a0based on lies or is Bernie just too timid to risk alienating the<br \/>\nincumbent?<\/p>\n<p>Either way, he would appeal to more voters if he were bolder like Trump.<\/p>\n<p>For all you Sanders enthusiasts, I say: Dream On! Hate Trump if you<br \/>\nlike. He doesn&#8217;t care and either do his followers. But please pay close<br \/>\nattention to this: right now, he is the only viable hope for real change in<br \/>\nthe totally corrupt and bankrupt political and financial system the next<br \/>\nPresident will inherit from the likes of Clinton, Bush and Obama!<\/p>\n<p>And finally, what are the Sandernistas gonna do when Hillary and the DNC<br \/>\nsucceed in stealing the nomination from him?<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/dnc-allowing-donations-from-federal-lobbyists-and-pacs\/2016\/02\/12\/22b1c38c-d196-11e5-88cd-753e80cd29ad_story.html\">http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/dnc-allowing-donations-from-federal-lobbyists-and-pacs\/2016\/02\/12\/22b1c38c-d196-11e5-88cd-753e80cd29ad_story.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do I hear the name Jesse Ventura getting louder?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rohnert Park, CA February 12, 2016 by Rich Scheck Please pay close attention, folks: I NEVER hear Bernie say anything like this from Trump: http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/trump-tells-the-truth-about-interventionism\/ Unlike, Trump&#8212;narcissist that he may be&#8212;Sanders never created a job in his life (me either, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=31033\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31033\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}