Short-sighted, Hat-trick, Preying Candidate Sanders Strikes Again

When Candidate Sanders has spent a couple of years trying to claim credit for everything that the people he criticizes have actually said and done and accomplished, and people are finally checking records and noticing that he has no actual accomplishments other than renaming a couple of post offices, it makes sense that he would scramble to introduce a bill or two. It would probably surprise no thinking person that he would choose something that would appeal to the very people he preys on – uninformed, knee-jerk-petition signers who jump before thinking. 

His gullible soldiers would flood the internet with memes praising him if he announced he was going to make the sun come up tomorrow, or that he supported eating food daily. So, I am not at all surprised that they are praising him for introducing a bill to make Election Day a holiday. Who doesn’t like holidays? Who wouldn’t support this idea even if they had no intention of ever voting for him or anyone? Who would criticize him for this?

I would.

There are a number of other actions that would more effectively protect rights to vote. Even though he stated this is ‘just a first step’, that’s not what his meme pushers are hearing. Nor, are they asking the important questions like why this instead of something more effective like 24-hour polls, mail-in voting, making sure no one has to stand in line to vote, Election Week instead of Election Day? How about getting rid of electronic voting machines that can be easily manipulated? Automatic voter registration for everyone who has a social security number? 

The problem with introducing this bill is that it creates a false illusion, which seems to be the trick Candidate Sanders pulls out of his hat most often. Declaring a day a holiday only ensures people will receive holiday pay; it does not guarantee that people will not have to work that day. Nor do we want everyone to have that day off work. I doubt there is a single person who wants healthcare workers to have that day off. Are hospitalized patients going to be left on their own for the day, or sent home for the day? Do we want fire fighters and law enforcers to get the day off? Can we life without a White Castle for the day?

Refusal to think things through is just one more reason to admit Candidate Sanders is not qualified for the office he seeks. Added to his lack of experience, diplomacy, and honesty, it isn't a very pretty picture.