Meanwhile, it was jarring to see a beaming President Obama relaxing at a Cuban baseball game, while grisly photos of the wrecked terminal and dazed, bloodied victims in Belgium were on steady media feed all over the world.
[We have all been through many mass shootings and terrorists attacks. How is it handled in Israel? They clean up the mess, morn, investigate and life goes on. After a while you get numb, sad but true. How have Presidents, including this one react in the past? Did that reaction work before?]

Trump’s credibility would be enhanced if he treated the vital immigration issue in general policy terms rather than divisively singling out specific groups (Mexican, Muslim), the majority of whom are manifestly law-abiding.
[But that is not the Trump that makes his constituency feel good about themselves. Maybe it's future Trump. He has a reputation for saying what you want to hear. But his first reaction is a wise guy.]

Hillary Clinton’s Brussels response was basically boilerplate, calling for solidarity with Europe and playing chess with Trump to paint him as a greenhorn and hothead.

Bernie Sanders (whom I support and contribute to) had little to say, beyond conveying condolences to the Belgian people, because foreign affairs have unfortunately remained a sideline for him.

[Hillary's] failure of strategy that has proved costly in the long run.
[It's true. The old ways of treating terrorism, shock and awe, waterboarding and rounding up everybody that looked suspicious didn't work, why return. I need to research this some more.]

Ted Cruz took the prize for dolt of the day, however, with his call for U.S. law enforcement to “patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods before they become radicalized.” [Why is this considered stupid? Everyone said that the agencies were not sharing information. Now that they are sharing, why is it stupid to patrol and secure any neighborhood? Call it a Muslim gang if that makes it more palatable.]

Trump may be raw, crude and uninformed, but he’s also smart, intuitive and a quick study who will presumably get up to passable speed as he assembles a brain trust over the coming months. [Wishful thinking that is not based on political experience. If you don't like Obama because he wasn't prepared how in the world would you like Trump?]


Whether Trump can temper his shoot-from-the-hip impetuosity is another matter.[He never has before. There is too much at stake to roll the dice.]

But it’s business as usual for tone-deaf party leaders who, barely more than a day after the discovery of Antonin Scalia’s corpse last month, stupidly proclaimed there would be no hearings for an Obama nominee to the Supreme Court.

John Kasich: And his skills as a public figure are embarrassingly rudimentary: he blurts, lurches, and waves his arms around like a windmill. He lacks patience, subtlety, and finesse. Not presidential. [Couldn't all that be said about Trump?]


Sanders remains too unknown to too much of the electorate, particularly in the South.

I will write in Sanders or vote for Jill Stein of the Green Party, as I did in 2012 as a protest against Obama’s unethical use of drones and the racially divisive tone of his administration. [Really? I understand. There is no right answer.]

A vote for Bernie Sanders is a vote for the future,
[I agree. At least he got 15 minutes of fame. It's a start.]

A primary vote for Donald Trump is a rebuke to the arrogantly insular GOP establishment, which if he wins the nomination will lose its power and influence overnight.

However, there is one way out to ensure a rational, future-oriented, issues-centered presidential campaign: Democrats, vote for Bernie Sanders!
[I didn't really see this opinion coming from the beginning. My opinions are just quick thoughts. Try not to let it turn into another "feeding frenzie. I think it's sad to ask people to read something and feel the need to sugar coat it with it's not too long. Either your are interested in politics or not. Allow others to voice their opinions not just toss the boiler plated insults you see all too often.]