Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks at a Feb. 28 rally in Fort Collins. (The Denver Post)
Re: Bernie Sanders may not have won Colorado after all, March 3 news story.
It was disturbing to read that after Tuesday s Democratic caucus in which Bernie Sanders won the majority of straw votes, he will not have the majority of delegates attending the convention. This is further evidence that elections are not won by the vote of the people but the corrupt political arena that exists in this country. Why participate in a process that is pre-determined to have an outcome that the power brokers want, not the wishes of the majority?
Like Washington, the system is broken, and voters really only receive superficial input. The vote of the people is gone.
Dave Usechek, Parker
This letter was published in the March 7 edition.As a caucus captain for Bernie Sanders, I want to thank Gov. John Hickenlooper and all the other superdelegates who have promised to thwart the will of the people and negate our work and our votes with their inherently undemocratic process. Those of us who busted our tails knocking on doors and phone banking to break Colorado s record for highest caucus turnout ever and give a decisive victory to our candidate no longer have to wonder whether the party wants us. Some of us, although never before Democrats, are now delegates and precinct committee persons. Why should we stay Democrats, though, when one of your votes cancels out thousands of ours?
When you disregard the will of the people, you spit in our faces. It s an insult we won t soon forget.
Jeremy Wilburn, Denver
This letter was published in the March 7 edition.Re: Bernie Sanders defeats Hillary Clinton in Colorado Democratic caucus, March 2 news story.
Congratulations to Colorado Democrats for turning out so enthusiastically for Bernie Sanders. Conservatives dismiss Sanders as being a socialist, even a communist, who wants to take people s hard-earned money and give it to undeserving wastrels. What they choose to ignore is his clear reasoning of why the economy (and government) no longer works for the benefit of average Americans, but rather to enrich a select few, and that the Supreme Court ruling on Citizens United has further increased the power of wealth on how our government works.
The question is not of dismantling government but of having one that works fairly for all. What Sanders victory here indicates is that a person of steadfast integrity is indeed electable.
Robert Porath, Boulder
This letter was published in the March 7 edition.
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