Friends,
I had to respond to THE BALTIMORE
SUN’s editorial throwing Bernie Sanders under the bus. The writer of the
editorial was dazzled by the latest flavor of the month. And this
dazzling happened because of one debate. This kind of editorializing will
only help place another corporate Democrat in the White House. So I wrote
the letter against the advice of MAD Magazine’s Alfred E. Neuman who was
famously quoted as saying “What, Me Worry.” Unfortunately, we must be
concerned, as this country cannot afford any more corporate Democrats as
president.
Kagiso, Max
https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/readers-respond/bs-ed-rr-presidential-candidates-record-promises-letter-20190703-story.html
Look at presidential
candidates' records and not their promises
Los Angeles Times reporter Seema Mehta breaks
down the second night debate with 10 Democratic candidates.
Come primary
election day in Maryland, I will vote for Bernie Sanders for
president. Come general election day in 2020, I will again vote for Bernie
Sanders. He is the only candidate who speaks out against the outrageous
military budget, the endless wars, militarism, climate chaos and income
inequality.
Watching the
two Democratic debates, I saw a lot of puffery and promises. Who would believe
all of those promises? Well, it seems whoever wrote the editorial (Biden, Bernie and Beto were debate roadkill. Here's
what they (and other underachievers) need to do to stay in the game,” July
1). Why not look at a person’s record instead of a candidate’s response to
questions which generally avoided the major issues of concern which I listed
above as to why I am supporting Senator Sanders?
For example,
former Vice President Joe Biden has an awful record and he is a notorious
corporate Democrat. So it was quite easy for Sen. Kamala Harris to take him
down on his awful civil rights record. However, he has many more skeletons in
his closet. Look at Senator Harris’ record as district attorney and later
attorney general of California. She does not have a progressive record as the
lawyer of the people.
This claim
was made in the editorial: “If he is just performing the same old Bernie show,
voters are going to abandon him for candidates who deliver the same message in
a fresher package.” This is so insulting and it is also untrue. No other
candidate is espousing progressive values as is Bernie.
The
editorial fancied these candidates: Sen. Cory Booker, South Bend, Ind., Mayor
Pete Buttigieg, former HUD Secretary Julian Castro, Ms. Harris and Sen.
Elizabeth Warren. I sure hope The Sun looks at the fundraising of each
candidate. I have a suspicion that Wall Street will dump Mr. Biden and look for
another candidate to shower with cash so that the elite will be untouched by
the policies of a Democratic president. Of course, Wall Street fears Senator
Sanders.
I urge my
local newspaper to examine each candidate’s record and not their promises, and
the candidate’s donors. And please stay away from the horse race elements of
the campaign for president. Yes, we must evict Mr. Trump and his awful record
from the White House. But we do not want another corporate Democrat who is
beholden to Wall Street and the Pentagon to replace Mr. Trump. We the people,
especially the poor and the lower-middle class, recognize these times as
disastrous. Only Mr. Sanders has the background to heal this country and bring
about positive social change to benefit the many instead of the elite few.
Max
Obuszewski, Baltimore
Donations can be sent
to the Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 325 E. 25th St., Baltimore, MD
21218. Ph: 410-323-1607; Email: mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast.net. Go to http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/
"The master class
has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles.
The master class has had all to gain and nothing to lose, while the subject
class has had nothing to gain and everything to lose--especially their
lives." Eugene Victor Debs
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