Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. speaks during a rally in Greenville, S.C., Feb. 21. (John Bazemore, The Associated Press)
Imagine the dilemma of Bernie Sanders should he actually realize his goal of becoming the next president. His campaign has focused almost solely on the notion that it s a rigged system that is controlled by cash from big banks and Wall Street to the exclusion of poor, little, everyday Americans with no voice. If, as he claims, he s beholden to no one but individuals who funded his campaign with small donations rather than the super-PAC money that allegedly originates from those evil financial institutions and then is funneled to the other candidates, and he goes on to be elected, doesn t that disprove his entire premise?
Would that his premise be the result of naivete rather than premeditated and shameless pandering to an exploitable psychographic of voters whose core belief is that the role of government is to take care of them.
While no Mensa member, Bernie is not naive. Merely venal.
Jon Pitt, Golden
This letter was published in the Feb. 24 edition.
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