As Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) chartered jet landed in South Burlington late Wednesday, Joe Ament stood at a nearby intersection, waving a campaign sign at passing motorists.
“I just want to welcome Bernie home,” the Burlington graduate student said. “So he knows that he’s loved and missed — and to tell him to keep on going to the convention.”
“The superdelegates haven’t voted yet,” Ament said. “It’s obviously very steep, but if you believe in democracy you wait until everyone’s voted.”
After landing at Burlington International Airport that evening, he bypassed a horde of reporters gathered outside the Heritage Aviation terminal and focused his attention instead on a group of supporters standing across the street. He shook hands and posed for photos, then declared, “Alright, go home. It’s cold!”
The presidential candidate and his wife, Jane O’Meara Sanders, hopped in a gray Suburban and traveled a short distance down Aviation Avenue to the intersection where Ament had been waving his sign. The two, surrounded by Secret Service agents, hopped out again and worked their way down the line of supporters, addressing each individually. Then they drove off into the night.
Speaking late Tuesday in California, Sanders vowed to fight on through next week’s primary in D.C. — the final election in the Democratic nominating contest. But Obama is expected to join other party leaders in persuading Sanders to clear a path for Clinton. Several of the Vermonter’s top congressional allies, including Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), made clear Wednesday that they thought the race had come to an end.
“We think he still needs to continue pushing his platform at the convention. He’s had a lot of supporters putting time, effort and votes in — and they should be represented at the convention,” Kaitlin Abare said. “There’s always hope.”
Though many observers hailed Clinton’s success as a milestone for gender equity, Abare appeared nonplussed.
“I want the best nominee — someone who represents what I believe in — and I don’t care if they’re a male or a female,” she said.
“Trump has reddish hair,” the redhead added, referring to presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. “That doesn’t mean I’d support him.”
“I can’t vote for anyone else; I’m probably going to write [Sanders’] name in,” she said. “I don’t want the lesser of two evils.”
James Buck contributed reporting.
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Word is that Old Yeller is insisting on meeting with Obama to demand that in exchange for him supporting Hillary, that the Justice Department drop its investigation of his wife Jane for the Burlington College financial fraud charges currently pending against her..
“An Ego To Believe In.”
I suppose he could have borrowed the money from Hillary’s Clinton Foundation slush fund and hid the money in one of her businesses or in Panama and that Justice Department investigation would lead nowhere, which is where it is going to lead anyway. Though, as always, it is nice to hear an unsolicited witticism from knowyou’reanasshole.
You sound like a member of the media.