President Obama’s observation this week that the meda hasn’t started seriously vetting Bernie Sanders’ ideas is spot-on. Also, Sanders keeps harping on the same old Republican line, and it’s wearing a little thin: Clinton makes too much money from the wrong sources and voted for the Iraq war 12 years ago. The Iraq war was a big mistake and she’s admitted it. As for money in politics: the anti-Citizens United arguments sound more and more like red-baiting from the 1950’s, tilting at windmills when the real issue is a lot deeper. Money contributed to political campaigns is used mostly for television advertising, correct? TV political ads appeal to emotions not to reason. A gullible and poorly educated public is the real problem, and that’s a much tougher nut to crack than whether a billionaire wants to risk cold cash on a proposition that’s 50:50 at best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Obama’s observation this week that the meda hasn’t started seriously vetting Bernie Sanders’ ideas is spot-on. Also, Sanders keeps harping on the same old Republican line, and it’s wearing a little thin: Clinton makes too much money from the … Continue reading