Note: Trump hands not to scale!
When Bernie Sanders first appeared on The Strangest
Adventures he was just another Democratic presidential candidate; a lot has
changed since then. Senator Sanders went from one of five democratic
presidential candidates to one of two. As it turns out many voters, young
people in particular, have responded to his populist platform like affordable
college, expanding social security, raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, ending
the militarization of the police and many other ideas with increasing appeal,
particularly with the young folks and far left, no surprise that Sanders calls
himself a Democratic Socialist. He’s giving Hillary Clinton some unexpected competition;
they are tied in polls for California. That’s mighty good for a candidate that
was predicted to have dropped out by now!
And everyone knows presidential nominee Donald J. Trump, orange faced
delusional narcissist billionaire xenophobic real estate developer. He is
accused of ignoring reality but it isn't so much that Trump doesn't know the
facts; he can’t possibly be as ignorant as he appears to be. He's just that
he’s brutish and he simply doesn't care about the facts. For example he told voters in Fresno
California on May 21st that he could fix their water shortage, declaring that: “There
is no drought!” But without a doubt the drought exists in California. The
state had one of its driest years ever in 2015. The unprecedented drought covers nearly 95
percent of the state, and in the past several years they’ve had wildfires,
water rationing, and snowless mountaintops. The reality is apparent but Donald
ignores the facts and bullies onward and upward.
Stained glass window Donald Trump donated to Marble
Collegiate Church where he is not an "active member." The camel is
leaping with ease through the eye of a needle. It depicts Mark XX 25” It is
easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to
enter into the kingdom of God.” Window features Trump’s motto Dives Vincet.
Many people have wondered what would happen if Bernie Sanders
debated Donald J. Trump; which one would win?
The Comedy Central show @Midnight presented a fictional comedic debate
with James Adomian as Bernie Sanders and Anthony Atamanuik as Donald Trump. As it turns out these two comedians have been
touring the country performing this live.
Which leads to the time Trump was recently on the Jimmy Kimmel Show. The conversation eventually led to the idea of Trump debating
Sanders. See Hillary Clinton had rejected the offer of a debate with Sanders on
Fox News before the California election.
Kimmel asked Donald if he would debate Sanders who was Kimmel’s guest
the next evening. Trump’s first comment was “how much is he going to pay me?” Eventually
Bernie answered in a tweet “game on!” But we never got this dream team debate in real life. Look
here to read the details.
But today Senator Bernie Sanders faces a different foe,
Hillary Clinton. Primaries occur today in California, Iowa, Montana, New
Jersey, New Mexico, and South Dakota and a caucus in North Dakota. This is the
last of the major voting and according to the numbers Clinton has all but
wrapped up the nomination but Bernie vows to continue on no matter what
happens. The likely scenario is he’ll lose but the Senator was not expected to
last this long. That he did is a testimony to his message and indicates many
voters are dissatisfied with the current system. Perhaps Sanders planted seeds which
may blossom some day; only the future knows for sure!
