BERNIE SANDERS, WEIRDO IN CHIEF

[Wilikon]

Senator Bernie Sanders tops former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton 44-37 in a poll of likely Democratic voters in the New Hampshire primary. A proud socialist in the driver’s seat in a state where they inscribe “live free or die” on the license plates speaks to what a long, strange trip it’s been.

Socialists normally run for president. They rarely call themselves socialists. The novelty of “Bernie Sanders for President” stems from his truth in advertising. But some truths one never prefers to advertise.

As an under-employed twentysomething radical across the border in Vermont, Sanders preached that sexual repression causes breast cancer, responded “Don’t all mammals eat the afterbirth?” to a woman describing how she dined on the placenta after delivering her baby, and ridiculed as repressed a society that compels clothes upon its children. “Now, if children go around naked,” Sanders mocked, “they are liable to see each others[’] sexual organs, and maybe even touch them. Terrible thing!”

Who put such weird ideas into the head of the would-be weirdo-in-chief? A troubled Austrian who believed himself a secret friend of the president whose administration put him in prison.

“We shall have to learn to counteract the murderous form of the atomic energy with the life-furthering function of the orgone energy and thus render it harmless,” the psycho psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich maintained. To this end, a few miles east across the New Hampshire border in a place he dubbed Orgonon, Maine, Reich built orgone-energy accumulators, magical wooden boxes often appearing in the shape of telephone booths. The thingamabob trapped an orgasmic energy invisible to science to rejuvenate those relaxing in the box.

Reich, who earlier anticipated Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Healing” by “therapeutically” touching his patients and ultimately inducing orgasm (“Darling, you’re so great, I can’t wait for you to operate!”), now sought to channel these invisible sexual particles called orgones into a box to counteract the harmful death particles of the atomic age in order to cure neuroses and less harmful ailments, such as cancer. President Dwight Eisenhower’s Food and Drug Administration regarded Reich the way later generations saw Miss Cleo. They smashed his orgone boxes and sentenced him to a box, despite Reich’s imaginary relationship with the president and comparison of his prosecution to “the Murder of Christ 2000 years ago.”

Sixty years after the administration of the 34th president sent Reich to prison, one of his former(?) followers seeks to become the 45th president.

Mother Jones, which released Bernie Sanders’ strange scribblings from the sixties and seventies, describes the presidential candidate as “heavily influenced by the Austrian psychologist Wilhelm Reich.” Sanders quoted the quack approvingly. He noted “the link between emotional and sexual health, and cancer.” The candidate for president posited that the absence of orgasms often resulted in the presence of cervical cancer.

Shrooms would explain much except that friends of the senator recall him as a teetotaler when it came to hallucinogens and other narcotics. He remembered the sixties. He hopes America’s memory does not reach back so far.

Just as Sanders can’t blame the chemicals, followers putting him in first in the first-in-the-nation primary can’t plead ignorance. Though the Brooklyn-born bizarro didn’t exactly receive Queens-born Donald Trump’s treatment, leading left-wing publications, such as the DailyKos.com and Mother Jones, as well as more mainstream outlets such as National Public Radio and the New York Times, reported on Sanders’ strange days. One can only surmise that no left remains too far left for a substantial portion of Democratic primary voters.

Youth means to experiment in stupidity. So perhaps what Bernie Sanders says at 73 matters much more than the words he wrote at 37—or 27, which approximates the date of his Reich fixation. But just like the liberal Democrats rejecting the socialist label even as they embrace socialized medicine and other collectivist fixes, Bernie Sanders presents the most palatable version of Bernie Sanders to the voters. Presumably, this doesn’t include any spaceshot views on frigidity causing fatal diseases or the virtues of children eschewing garments. We can’t know if he believes now what he believed then. We can only hope that age awarded wisdom.

Sanders, even if one assumes he escaped his intellectual crush on Reich, remains enthralled by ideas that work as well as orgone energy. A cancer patient died after trips inside of Reich’s rectangular panacea. Whole nations collapsed into sickness after subscribing to socialism.


http://spectator.org/articles/63777/bernie-sanders-weirdo-chief

[Wilikon]

[Possum577]

So what is the secret or motivation to his success?

It's weird that the top candidates from each party represent such drastic extremes of each party's ideals. Maybe we're headed to a shift in what these parties stand for. It wouldn't be the first time, it's just been a long time.

Republicans: Trying to add more laws to restrict peoples freedoms - no to same sex marriage, no to immigration, no to smoking pot - despite the obvious business and economic benefits that these freedoms bring. Calling themselves the Grand Old Party, they're the younger party of the two in the US.

Democrats: Were first called Republicans! (Need I say more?) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)

P.S. To Wil, anyone who uses the handle "Merica" in ANY THING should be considered someone who hates America and it's people. "Merica", "Murica" are but very offensive terms used to make fun of "red neck, NASCAR lovin, folks from the South"...it's not hip, it's not clever, it's an insult.

[bryant.coleman]

Republicans: Trying to add more laws to restrict peoples freedoms - no to same sex marriage, no to immigration, no to smoking pot - despite the obvious business and economic benefits that these freedoms bring.

What do you mean by the obvious business and economic benefits?

1. Illegal immigration: The only business which benefits from illegal immigration is arms and drugs smuggling.

2. Same Sex marriage: Every year, around 40,000 homosexuals turn out to be HIV positive, putting an additional burden of $12 billion on the tax payers.

3. Smoking Pot: There are republicans who support pot legalization. And a vast majority of the Democrats are against pot legalization.

[Possum577]

Republicans: Trying to add more laws to restrict peoples freedoms - no to same sex marriage, no to immigration, no to smoking pot - despite the obvious business and economic benefits that these freedoms bring.

What do you mean by the obvious business and economic benefits?

1. Illegal immigration: The only business which benefits from illegal immigration is arms and drugs smuggling.

Are you joking or unable to understand how people that seek higher wages or greater opportunity in America would want to immigrate to the US for lawful employment? The economic benefit is the taxes paid by Millions who come to the US to work in blue collar and white collar jobs. The small businesses created to provide services to all the affluent communities.

Arms and drugs are largely orchestrated by citizens...and those immigrants that do partake are often easy to catch and arrest.

2. Same Sex marriage: Every year, around 40,000 homosexuals turn out to be HIV positive, putting an additional burden of $12 billion on the tax payers.

Are you kidding? 40,000 is statistically insignificant, less than 1,000 people per state in a country of 300,000,000 people. According to this source (http://gaylife.about.com/od/comingout/a/population.htm) there are 9 Million people that associate themselves with being gay in the US. And it's widely known that married couples tend to be more productive in society (because as they build a life together they have more vested in their community and shared success.)

3. Smoking Pot: There are republicans who support pot legalization. And a vast majority of the Democrats are against pot legalization.

This may be true, but the Democrat Party doesn't call free trade or expansion of business one of their guiding principles, it's not a part of their platform. Republicans DO preach expanded business, so it's a hypocrisy for them to be against an industry that is parallel to alcohol and could bring significant tax dollars and jobs to states (especially during a time when tax revenue boosts would be much appreciated.)

[bryant.coleman]

Are you joking or unable to understand how people that seek higher wages or greater opportunity in America would want to immigrate to the US for lawful employment? The economic benefit is the taxes paid by Millions who come to the US to work in blue collar and white collar jobs. The small businesses created to provide services to all the affluent communities.

We are talking about illegal immigration. (There is no significant differences between the GOP and Democratic positions as far as legal immigration is concerned) These people don't pay taxes. And you want to hide that fact, by clubbing illegal immigration with legal immigration.

Arms and drugs are largely orchestrated by citizens...and those immigrants that do partake are often easy to catch and arrest.

Illegal immigrants are responsible for a majority of crimes in places such as California and New Mexico, and it is very difficult to catch them as they cross the border immediately after conducting the crimes.

Are you kidding? 40,000 is statistically insignificant, less than 1,000 people per state in a country of 300,000,000 people. According to this source (http://gaylife.about.com/od/comingout/a/population.htm) there are 9 Million people that associate themselves with being gay in the US.

40,000 may be statistically insignificant. But $12 billion is not. That is more than the annual budget of Cyprus.

[Wilikon]

So what is the secret or motivation to his success?

It's weird that the top candidates from each party represent such drastic extremes of each party's ideals. Maybe we're headed to a shift in what these parties stand for. It wouldn't be the first time, it's just been a long time.

Republicans: Trying to add more laws to restrict peoples freedoms - no to same sex marriage, no to immigration, no to smoking pot - despite the obvious business and economic benefits that these freedoms bring. Calling themselves the Grand Old Party, they're the younger party of the two in the US.

Democrats: Were first called Republicans! (Need I say more?) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)

P.S. To Wil, anyone who uses the handle "Merica" in ANY THING should be considered someone who hates America and it's people. "Merica", "Murica" are but very offensive terms used to make fun of "red neck, NASCAR lovin, folks from the South"...it's not hip, it's not clever, it's an insult.

Yes, I get you...  But in this case that's the dude's name. Really.

http://www.cnn.com/profiles/dan-merica-profile


I thought it was a 'clever' insult like "damn america".. but noooo.

[Lethn]

Oh for fucks sake, watching this whole election is like watching the Labour Party here in Britain squabble amongst themselves over the most ridiculous bullshit and it seems to be a contest now of who can look the most crazy.

[Wilikon]

Oh for fucks sake, watching this whole election is like watching the Labour Party here in Britain squabble amongst themselves over the most ridiculous bullshit and it seems to be a contest now of who can look the most crazy.

Also, bernie does not represent the democrat party. Hillary does. O'Malley does. Not bernie.

[Racey]

Oh for fucks sake, watching this whole election is like watching the Labour Party here in Britain squabble amongst themselves over the most ridiculous bullshit and it seems to be a contest now of who can look the most crazy.

Those who are against Jeremy Corbyn are Conservatives in disguise imo

I am glad to see a return of someone who is for the people and not the elite.

[Lethn]

Oh for fucks sake, watching this whole election is like watching the Labour Party here in Britain squabble amongst themselves over the most ridiculous bullshit and it seems to be a contest now of who can look the most crazy.

Those who are against Jeremy Corbyn are Conservatives in disguise imo

I am glad to see a return of someone who is for the people and not the elite.

Please fuck off with your two party thought process >_>

Note: I'm an Anarchist.

[Racey]

Oh for fucks sake, watching this whole election is like watching the Labour Party here in Britain squabble amongst themselves over the most ridiculous bullshit and it seems to be a contest now of who can look the most crazy.

Those who are against Jeremy Corbyn are Conservatives in disguise imo

I am glad to see a return of someone who is for the people and not the elite.

Please fuck off with your two party thought process >_>

Note: I'm an Anarchist.

Well it is true the real Labour party was thrown out, its all about how corrupt business can get, its time to knock some sense into people.
And please do not tell me to fuck off, this is on the right road to anarchy.

[Lethn]

If you're an Authoritarian you can doubly fuck off, it's people like you who are incapable of accepting that there are others with differing viewpoints from you and don't respect that who are the reason that Demcoracy in the western world is dead.

[Racey]

I am Militant

[Lethn]

So in otherwords a violent douchebag, good to know.

[Racey]

So in otherwords a violent douchebag, good to know.

Approx 30 years ago I got arrested for supporting the miners strike, I got blacklisted, could not get a job for years after.

Well I did beat them at this game, I went self employed

What have you done to support  your fellow men.

I have also rejoined the Labour party in the last few days, just like few hundred others, on the back of Corbyn.

[bryant.coleman]

Right now, the Democratic primary competition seems to be mainly between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Knowing what would happen if the Pinocchibitch is elected as the POTUS in 2016, I believe that Bernie Sanders is a lesser evil. He might be a nut, but he is far better than having Hillary Clinton as the US President.

[Lethn]

So in otherwords a violent douchebag, good to know.

Approx 30 years ago I got arrested for supporting the miners strike, I got blacklisted, could not get a job for years after.

Well I did beat them at this game, I went self employed

What have you done to support  your fellow men.

I have also rejoined the Labour party in the last few days, just like few hundred others, on the back of Corbyn.

You have noticed I support Bitcoin and I'm building my own business myself right? I also counter feminist bullshit that essentially attacks and criminalises all men. Oh wait, I forgot, you're too busy ranting against though evil rich people to notice. Also, for you Americans out there, you know how you have those crazies on the Right like Sarah Palin? These are the people we have to deal with who are on the left.

I hope that at some point you realise people are getting tired of your class and race politics, because the sooner you do the sooner you might be able to do something positive with your life.

[Racey]

Oh for fucks sake, watching this whole election is like watching the Labour Party here in Britain squabble amongst themselves over the most ridiculous bullshit and it seems to be a contest now of who can look the most crazy.

Those who are against Jeremy Corbyn are Conservatives in disguise imo

I am glad to see a return of someone who is for the people and not the elite.

Please fuck off with your two party thought process >_>

Note: I'm an Anarchist.

Full Definition of ANARCHIST

1:  a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power
2:  a person who believes in, advocates, or promotes anarchism or anarchy; especially :  one who uses violent means to overthrow the established order.

You called me a violent douchebag, I never used violence back in those days of supporting the miners strike.
Even the protest marches that went on in my City, any violence was then instigated by outsiders, and the aggressiveness of the police.

[Lethn]

There's rebelling and then there's being a criminal, these days in Britain all I see from the left are twats smashing up businesses and defacing monuments, I would never target defenceless people just 'because'.