COMMENT: Marty, JB here.

As always, I love you Man!!!

I just watched the Joe Rogan interview with Bernie Sanders. I was impressed with Bernie’s clever use of middle class (and lower economic classes) socioeconomic concerns to win votes. What scares me is he believes taxes are the solution to everything.

Would it be possible for you or your firm to make a list of all of Bernie’s topics, his proposed solution for each, and your perspective on how each alleged solution would crush the economy.

My brother (age 63) has fallen for Bernie Sanders, it shocked me.

Thanks for all you do.

REPLY: I know. People just listen to these politicians who always assume the problem is the private sector. There is NEVER any analysis that is even permitted to review government. I have testified before the House Ways & Means Committee. I have sat in the private office of Dick Army when he was the majority leader in Congress. I have been close to the flame of power and realized that even with absolute access, I could not change the course of events.

Bernie cannot see the consequences of what he even says. He truly believes his own propaganda. I cannot say that Bernie is evil or deliberately lying to the people as Hillary and most other politicians actually do for personal gain. But this is also why the Democrats will not allow Bernie to be the candidate. I believe they will do everything in their power to conspire against Bernie right down to changing the votes again. As Stalin said, it is not the votes that count, but who counts the votes.

Alexandra Petri wrote a very funny piece on Bloomberg’s fiasco:

I’d like to speak to a manager about this election, please

It is a very good read. I am very pleased to see Bloomberg out. He personally scares me far beyond the Clintons. Hillary, I understand. It has always been: Show me the money! With Bloomberg, I put him in the same category as George Soros. It is because both are dangerous people who think they have a right to dictate to the world for they know best.

I previously reported that the Ukrainian prosecutor who Biden demanded be fired, filed a suit against Biden’s improper use of power that cost him his job in Ukraine. Now, a Ukrainian court has ordered an investigation into whether Joe Biden violated any laws when he forced the March 2016 firing of the country’s chief prosecutor.

The ruling could revive scrutiny of Hunter Biden’s lucrative relationship with an energy firm in that corruption-plagued country just as the former vice president’s campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination is surging after a lackluster start. The New York Post reported: “Wherever Joe Biden went, son Hunter cashed in.” What goes around, comes around — as they say. The Democrats sought to use impeachment to influence the 2020 election, and now the Senate Republicans get to investigate Biden and his son. The US Treasury is now also investigating “potential conflicts of interest posed by the business activities of Hunter Biden and his associates during the Obama administration.”

Some question if Biden will simply self-destruct for he may not be mentally capable of handling the same degree of scrutiny and arrows that will be hurled at him and his family as Trump has endured. Is it really worth putting your family at risk for 4 years in the presidency? Biden does not appear to be mentally capable of holding down the job for 8 years. They are quietly talking behind the curtain and saying there is still hope to put Hillary in the White House.

Can the Democrats take what they have been doing to Trump? That is a very interesting question. My point all along was that the Democrats seem to have been foaming at the mouth and have been acting like a rabid dog crazed with a scorched earth agenda. What this was supposed to accomplish, I have no idea. Any rational person would realize that what goes around, far too often comes around. There is just no government for the people. This is now a full-blown grudge match to the death of Democracy.

It was only a couple of weeks ago when people were telling Joe Biden quietly how he could end his campaign with dignity. He lost to a gay guy, a devout communist, and a fake Indian. Hang in and win South Carolina, and if Super Tuesday went against him, bow out gracefully.

Behind the curtain, the Democrats were working hard to get Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Senator Amy Klobuchar to exit by Super Tuesday so Biden would take their votes. They agreed and endorsed Biden. That boosted Biden’s fortunes. Ms. Warren would have no part of that for she saw herself as a viable contender. Bloomberg seems to be on an authoritative ego trip. Bloomberg flailed on the debate stage when he actually had to step out from behind the reputational facade. All the bogus advertisements endorsing the Green Agenda failed with his 2-litre bottle of soda ban. He assumed he could just buy the White House. Thank God his ego got the best of him. So the Billionaire Bloomberg on Wednesday dropped out of the Democratic presidential race and plans to endorse former Vice President Joseph R. Biden. Only when he began to see his reputation was being destroyed did he change his mind.

And many in the party are beside themselves with Sanders on the ticket. The best way to stop Bernie was to push Biden up but they are not happy with him either. They still look to the rules that if Biden can stop Bernie on a first ballot, then everyone is free to vote for Hillary. This plan may be the final straw that breaks the back of the Democratic Party. Nevertheless, the best plans of mice and men some time do work out. Are they also playing Biden for the fool on the hil