Jim Dandee writes from Zyzx Springs CA (you can look it up) "Do you really think that whatever's going on north of the 49th parallel is more important than the competition to see who can lead the Democrats over the cliff? What are you, some kind of Canuck lover?" OK, Jim, I am well chastised. No more stuff about Max Bernier or the People's Party of Canada until after Labour Day.
To swing the spotlight back onto American politics, Walt is pleased to present a very short video clip from this morning's broadcast of MSNBC's generally execrable Morning Joe. Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH), who inexplicably wants to be the Democratic presidential candidate in 2020, appeared to be quizzed by Joe Scarborough, "Reverend" Al Sharpton (and others). In the very last minute of the interview, Rep. Ryan warned that some of the top candidates in the 2020 Democratic field "have taken positions that will lose 48 states". Those positions, he said, include ffree health care for illegal immigrants, decriminalizing border crossings, and abolishing private health insurance. Check it out.
I would have sworn that I heard Congressman Ryan Al Sharpton "Rabbi", which is pretty funny when you consider Mr Sharpton's long history of anti-Semitic statements and rhetoric. Anyway, in case you didn't hear him clearly, here's Breitbart's transcript of what he said after that blooper.
"I think some of the lead candidates have taken positions that will lose 48 states, and I'm trying to figure out what the two are we're going to win. I mean, if you're talking about free health care for undocumented workers, and the average person in some of these states that we have to win are busting their rear end to provide health care for their own families and paying a lot of money for it.
"I think decriminalizing at the border is a mistake. If you want to come into the country, you'e got to ring the doorbell and it should be a crime to just try to walk into the United States.
"I think the single-payer idea of telling people they can't have their private health insurance, you're going to go to all these union people in the industrial Midwest and tell them they've negotiated away wages to get really good health care, and you're going to tell them we're going to take that health care from you because we've got a better idea in Washington, DC? I think that’s a mistake."
Mr Ryan's voice will not be heard in the Democratic candidate wannabes debate next month, since he has failed to jump over the very low bar of 1% in the polls. So, farewell then, Tim, and let no-one say that the Democrats weren't warned!
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