The LA Progressive also has an article about it. Here is a sampling:
So who are these Republicans who want a very left independent for President? Take Darren Remington, age 49, from Memphis, Tennessee. He is a college graduate and ex-military, registered Republican in 1994 when he left the Air Force, and describes himself this way:
“I am an Eisenhower Conservative. My personal outlook is most closely aligned with that of three presidents (two Republican, one Democrat): Teddy Roosevelt (“Square Deal”), Truman (“the buck stops here”), and Eisenhower (five balanced budgets out of eight, understood that we must have adequate infrastructure to support a thriving economy).”
And why is Remington for Bernie Sanders?
“He’s an independent who has spoken up for veterans’ issues, rebuilding a strong middle class, and re-introducing the “common sense” that Thomas Paine wrote about into our modern government. Bernie Sanders seems to me to be to the 21st Century what Teddy Roosevelt was to the 20th Century.”
Well that's pretty damn complimentary.
There are other Republicans quoted in the article as well, and they also seem very impressed with Bernie.
I think this might be the first time that I seriously considered the possibility that Hillary Clinton might not get the nomination. Again.
Posts
