NEWS AND VIEWS A DAY AT A TIME

AUGUST 13, 2019 NEWS AND VIEWS I DO LOOK AT STORIES ABOUT POLLS, BUT I CARE LESS ABOUT THEM THAN I DO ABOUT CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES, SANDERS’ AND OTHERS’ SPECIFIC COMMENTS, AND HIS NEW OR DEVELOPING IDEAS; IN SPITE OF NEGATIVE RHETORIC AGAINST HIM, HE IS HOLDING STEADILY TO HIS COURSE. THE BAD GUYS’ GOAL IS TO WEAKEN HIM BIT BY BIT, AND HE IS PERSISTENTLY SHORING HIMSELF UP RATHER THAN LOSING HOPE OR GIVING UP. WOULDN’T THE ADVERSARIES JUST LOVE IT IF HE WERE TO ANNOUNCE THAT HE IS DROPPING OUT OF THE RACE? WELL, HE ISN’T GOING TO DO THAT BEFORE THE CONVENTION. I KNOW BECAUSE HIS TEMPERAMENT IS LIKE THAT OF A SNAPPING TURTLE. IT IS SAID IN THE SOUTHERN COUNTRYSIDE THAT A SNAPPING TURTLE “WON’T TURN LOOSE UNTIL IT THUNDERS.” HE HAS AGAIN PROMISED THAT HE WILL SUPPORT THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE IF HE LOSES, SO I’M SURE HE WILL. HE IS OPERATING WITHIN A FRAMEWORK OF HONOR, WHILE CONTINUING A CAMPAIGN OF STRENGTH. I ALSO FEEL SURE THAT HE WILL FOSTER PROGRESSIVE POLITICS WHOEVER W