Me & Bernie

Feb 5, 2016, 7:55 PM

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I was undecided about who to vote for but Bill O'Reilly makes a strong case to support Bernie Sanders.

O'Reilly, the Fox News windbag, said that "If Bernie Sanders gets elected president, I'm fleeing,…I'm going to Ireland." I have nothing against Ireland – I even have several Irish relatives — but Bill makes a very tempting offer.

In 1968 I had a colleague on the Cleveland Plain Dealer who made a similar vow if Richard Nixon were elected president. He spent the next seven years in Canada. He came back after Nixon finally left town.

I have a very special affinity for Bernie. I am delighted that the country is seriously considering electing my doppelgänger as president: a septuagenarian liberal Jewish grandfather with a home in Burlington, VT.

The New York Post must think — or at least hope — Bernie will beat Hillary, judging by the headline declaring the Vermont Democrat-Socialist "a diehard communist." Joe McCarthy would be proud of Rupert Murdoch.

About the Author

Douglas M. Bloomfield is a syndicated columnist, Washington lobbyist and consultant. He spent nine years as the legislative director and chief lobbyist for AIPAC.

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