Letters to The Province: If Biden is going to be replaced with another candidate, it should be with Sanders

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If U.S. President Joe Biden is replaced by another Democratic presidential candidate, it should be with Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Some statistics show, interestingly, that around three-quarters of Americans favour a governmental implementation of a number of public programs, notably universal health care and some form of guaranteed income plan.

While I find the Republican party, like its federal Conservative Party counterpart here in Canada, is a moral write-off when it comes to humane social policy, the Democratic National Committee also refuses to allow genuinely fiscally progressive candidates like Sanders as its presidential nominee, regardless of what Democratic Party members/voters want.

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I recall that every county in West Virginia voted for Sanders in the 2016 primaries, yet the DNC declared them as wins for Hillary Clinton. The neo-liberal New York Times is noticeably hostile toward Sanders’ ideals and desires for disenfranchised, low- or no-incomed Americans.

I find it arrogantly presumptuous of the DNC and party to expect economically disenfranchised citizens to vote for an establishment Democrat candidate with thinly veiled ties to corporate interests and who’s not going to improve the poor person’s lot in life — simply to vote out or keep out an undesirable Republican. And, of course, to wait in long bad-weather lineups for the privilege.

Frank Sterle Jr., White Rock

Show some respect for the Stanley Cup

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I’m not really a hockey fan, never was, but eating pasta out of the Stanley Cup is the height of arrogance and disrespect to a trophy that so many teams try desperately to win year after year.  Luongo, what were you thinking?

Doug Barton, Burnaby

Nobody should be above the law

If a law makes sense it should be a law. If it doesn’t make sense it should not be a law. Nobody should be above the law. Does it make sense that kings, dictators or any criminals are above the law? According to a recent ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court believes they are. Do they understand common sense? Just asking.

Ben Marklund, New Westminster

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