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Sanders better than Clinton

Former Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is embraced by wife, Jane, and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, on Tuesday at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
Former Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is embraced by wife, Jane, and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, on Tuesday at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. AP

Sanders better than Clinton

Donald Trump calls Hillary Clinton “crooked Hillary” which is a misnomer. She should be called “lucky Hillary.” During the Democratic primaries and caucuses she won six “coin toss-ups” in a row and a “card cut.” Faith was telling her to go out and buy a lottery ticket so that she could add millions of dollars to her millions of dollars.

While Bernie had 10,000 people at his rallies, he got only 500 votes. Ms. Hillary had 500 people at her rallies and got 10,000 votes! You might ask, “What’s wrong with this picture?” She sailed through the Benghazi fiasco with just a “slap on the wrist.” The FBI, who found her untruthful on a number of areas regarding her e-mails, declined to prosecute. And she walked away with another “slap on the wrist.” Now we have the WikiLeaks release of thousands of emails from the Democratic Party which show their favoritism to Hillary.

If Bernie has a conscience he will leave the Democrats, join Jill Stein and run as a Green Party candidate. As for “lucky Hillary” she will get another “slap on the wrist” and ride off into the sunset. Case closed!

Jordan J. Pokrinchak

Ellenton

This story was originally published August 7, 2016 at 12:24 PM with the headline "Sanders better than Clinton."

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