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Bernie Sanders Says Heart Attack Will ‘Change the Nature of the Campaign’

[SLATE] Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders

...The ~~only~~ first openly Socialist member of the U.S. Senate. Sanders was Representative-for-Life from Vermont until moving to the Senate for the rest of his life in 2006, assuming the seat vacated by Jim Jeffords. He ran for the 2016 nomination for president, to be cheated out of it by Hillary Clinton, then went back to being a socialist, waiting for 2020 to roll around...
admitted that how he runs his campaign will have to change after he suffered a heart attack last week on the campaign trail. The Vermont senator was hospitalized in Las Vegas for three days last week when he complained of chest pains during an event. Sanders had two stents inserted and returned home to Burlington, Vermont, over the weekend to recuperate. The episode appears to have changed the tenor of the hard-charging 78-year-old senator who winces at the personality contest involved in presidential politics.

"I think we’re going to change the nature of the campaign a bit," Sanders told news hounds. "Make sure that I have the strength to do what I have to do." The admission that he would need to take his foot off the gas to protect his health is an unusual one for an American presidential candidate, as youth and vitality‐no matter the candidate’s actual age‐has long been a prized asset. That’s likely why the Sanders campaign downplayed the severity of health scare and attempted to stay on course with a message that nothing had changed for the uncompromising candidate known to set an unrelenting pace on the campaign trail.

Posted by Fred 2019-10-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 Instead of embedding reporters in the campaign, the candidate will be em-bedded. Until further notice.

Posted by Lex 2019-10-10 00:34|| 2019-10-10 00:34|| Front Page Top

#2 " the hard-charging 78-year-old senator "

the only hard-charging Bernie has ever done is out of the public coffers

Posted by Bob Grorong1136 2019-10-10 07:49|| 2019-10-10 07:49|| Front Page Top

#3 If you actually intend to implement Socialism, you better be heartless.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-10-10 09:51|| 2019-10-10 09:51|| Front Page Top

#4 Yes. It will get him some sympathy votes but also lose the votes of those who think he's too old regardless of health. He needs Lizzy Scamagawea to tell some more easily debunked whoppers to stay competitive.

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-10-10 10:18|| 2019-10-10 10:18|| Front Page Top

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