U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders Announces He Is Running For President

The independent Senator from Vermont has entered the Presidential race.  Sanders is not given the coverage by the national news media such as John McCain and Lindsay Graham enjoys but knows and understands the issues facing the country and its people.  He especially will represent the middle class and working America.  He is opposed to the present trade agreement known as TPP that is in the news at present.

The Senator will give a good account of what policies he will pursue if elected and will force other candidates to address issues they would prefer not to talk about.  This writer would like to see V.P. Joe Biden and Howard Dean also run.  Both would make excellent candidates.

Howard Dean, a doctor, former governor and former candidate for the democratic Presidential nomination bombed out in a speech after the Iowa caucus and learned a valuable lesson.  He is up to date on the issues and is articulate and the one candidate who knows how to handle the republican attacks.

V.P. Biden is the best qualified of all candidates in this writers opinion and is a great debater.  If he decides to run and wins, the Presidential transition would  be very smooth.  Biden is known for making statements the news media seems to have fun with but his honesty over shadows his one liners.

Sanders, as an independent, usually votes with democrats and their policies but it is not a given.  His independence is toward the people he represents.  He is excitable and not always a polished speaker but knows the issues and will fight the special interest groups.  He will bring a new dimension and perspective to the Presidential race and that is a positive for the people and the country.

This commentary written by Joe Lorio

The Viet Nam War And The Fall Of Saigon

Yesterday marked the 40th anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal from Viet Nam and the fall of Saigon.  This writer will not rehash the war because enough has been said over the years but there is a story here that no one seems to realize that is still relevant today.

The story was covered by "PolitiDose" in a commentary titled, "The Leaders of North and South Korea Meet" dated 10/2/07 which pointed out that a divided country will always have problems when one part is poor and the other part is doing well and both are at each others throats.  Viet Nam was a divided country because of colonialism by a foreign country which divided the people.  The end of the war ended the division and produced one country that is now a united country who trades with America and enjoys a working relationship with the United States.  There is no more North or South Viet Nam and no more threats.  They now are also one people.

The so called military experts always said that if Viet Nam fell the domino theory would come into play and all of South East Asia would be lost to communism.  Well, Viet Nam fell and the domino game never happened.  Which brings us to Korea, a country that is still divided, one part economically stable and the other part a wasteland for its people.  That divided country continues its tragic situation and will not change until it becomes one united country like Viet Nam.

World leaders, including U.S. Presidents should meet and bluntly tell both North and South Korea they have to find a path to unite the country without any outside interference.  A united Korea is the only path to remove the tension, fears and threats of the Korean people and the world.  Viet Nam is the example.  A thriving country with no more civil war to fight over so called communism.

President Obama has sought a new path with Cuba that this writer wrote about a few years ago.  He and other world leaders should put Korea on their to do list and find a way for the unification of Korea.  It can happen and should happen.  One country and one people.  It can be worked out, the status quo is unacceptable.


This commentary written by Joe Lorio.