The Myth of Bernie Sanders’s Honesty
By Selwyn Duke
... Oh, he certainly possesses authentic passion. Sanders isn’t empty to the core, as an early Arkansas Democrat critic said of Bill Clinton; he’s not a full-fledged opportunist such as Queen of Mean Amy Klobuchar or Pistol Pete Buttigieg, whose Marxist father, unbelievably, was a founding member of the International Gramsci Society (you can’t make this stuff up!). Nonetheless, Sanders would certainly understand late comedian Lenny Bruce’s observation, “We’re all as honest as we can afford to be.”
... A great saying informs, “A man capable of deceiving only others is not nearly as dangerous as a man capable of deceiving himself.” The worst deception is self-deception. A normally dishonest person is to be reviled, but he could conceivably experience conscience pangs and decide to tell others the truth. But the self-deluded mislead others as a matter of course simply by relating what they’ve convinced themselves is truth, and, barring an epiphany-inducing conversion of heart and soul, can never set the record straight because their own perception is crooked.
... While Sanders is no genius and more wizened than wise, he’s not a dumb man, either. So, is there an excuse for his not knowing, at this late date, the devil he dances with in socialism? It’s like a 21st century psychiatrist still subscribing to trepanation or a modern investment adviser recommending alchemy to increase precious metals holdings. It’s gross, damnable malpractice.
... Well, note that recent Project Veritas undercover videos showed his campaign staff talking about putting political opponents in gulags, Soviet style, and even summarily executing them. (This, not to mention the Bernie supporter who committed the 2017 congressional baseball shooting and the one who just tried to burn a California GOP office.) Of course, it would be unfair to definitively attribute to a man beliefs stated, unauthorized, by underlings.
Except that Sanders has not fired even one of these Marxists.
... Caricature by Donkey Hotey
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