This summer, socialist Bernie Sanders is spending time away from his Lake Champlain dacha in order to visit the country with his "Fighting Oligarchs" tour.

 

I thought Bruce Springsteen might open for the Senator, but apparently Bruce is confused by the oligarch thing because there aren't any in New Jersey.

 

The tour should have been called "Bern, Baby, Bern because the 84-year-old is on fire all the time.  Show him a crowd and his inner Godzilla appears; fire-breathing, stomping around.

 

To save you some gas money, here's what the "Berning Love" guy wants, with apologies to Elvis, who also never saw an oligarch in Tupelo.

 

Free health care for 350 million people.

 

Free college for anyone who can get there.

 

Free day care for the tykes.

 

Government-subsidized housing, food, and public transportation in urban areas.

 

Guaranteed employment with a minimum wage of $17 an hour.

 

No mention of free spa treatments, but give the Vermonter time.

 

Sanders well knows this is all Don Quixote stuff because no country could come close to affording it.  Unless, that is, a totalitarian government seized private property and ran the entire economy, which is what Karl, er Bernie, really wants.

 

One wonders about the intellectual capacity of those Americans showing up to hear this nuttiness.  But Bernie continues to draw crowds.

 

Might be because his speeches are free.

 

See you this evening for the No Spin News.