Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) VT, at a recent D.C. event

“Crazy Bernie” May Be Perfect

Before You Get All Over Us, This Story Has Very Little To Do With Bernie Sanders, Or The Fact He Declared Last Week He’s Running For President Again

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It has everything to do with how Trump welcomed him back to the race:

That led to all kinds of snark in the Twitter-sphere, chiding Trump for not coming up with a more creative nickname for the Vermont Senator in the past 2 years. So much so, that the Huffington Post did an article about it, asserting Trump’s insult this time around “falls flat”.

But we think they’re wrong, and Trump’s completely right. Again, not because we are commenting on Sanders’ strength or weakness as a candidate! But because convincing voters that Democrats are crazier than he is, is one of the President’s keys to winning reelection in 2020. That’s why he keeps saying Democrats want to turn the U.S. into Venezuela. That’s why he keeps saying Democrats “love” murderers. That’s why he keeps saying Democrats want to take your cars, planes, and cows away (he’s hardly been mentioning guns these days; he doesn’t have to). We could keep going, but we know you haven’t got all morning

Democrats’ big wins in the Midterm elections had a lot to do with voters getting excited and inspired by a young, fresh…

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Eric J Scholl
Dialogue & Discourse

Peabody award winning journalist. Streaming media pioneer. Played @ CBGB back in the day. Editor-In-Chief "The Chaos Report" www.thechaosreport.com