Independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is running for re-election. The 82-year-old from Vermont announced Monday that he's seeking his fourth term in the U.S. Senate.
I’m sad that he feels he needs to do it. In a just world he would have run a single presidential term in 2016-2020 and then disappeared into the sunset to enjoy his final years.
But here we are. We need people like him more than ever and there’s no one he can pass his torch to. So he grits his teeth and offers us even more of his dwindling life force such that we have even a single light in our darkness. I don’t have a single doubt in my mind that Bernie would stay in office until the very moment of his death if he felt it was necessary for the greater good. I’m just saddened that he feels it necessary, and that I agree with him.
I’m sad that he feels he needs to do it. In a just world he would have run a single presidential term in 2016-2020 and then disappeared into the sunset to enjoy his final years.
But here we are. We need people like him more than ever and there’s no one he can pass his torch to. So he grits his teeth and offers us even more of his dwindling life force such that we have even a single light in our darkness. I don’t have a single doubt in my mind that Bernie would stay in office until the very moment of his death if he felt it was necessary for the greater good. I’m just saddened that he feels it necessary, and that I agree with him.