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Number one, says the skeptic: he'd never beat Trump or Cruz in a general election. Well, that's wrong. According to the latest polls, Bernie is the strongest Democratic candidate in the general election. Defeating both Donald Trump and Ted Cruz in hypothetical match-ups. The latest RealClearPolitics averages of all polls shows Bernie beating Trump by a larger margin than Hilary Clinton beats Trump. And Bernie beating Cruz while Hilary loses to Cruz. Number two: he couldn't get any of his ideas implemented because congress would reject them. Well, if both houses of congress remain in Republican hands, no Democrat will be able to get much legislation through congress and we'll have to rely instead on executive orders and regulations. But there's a higher likelihood of kicking Republicans out if Bernie's "political revolution" continues to surge around America. Bringing with it millions of young people and other voters and keeping them politically engaged. Number three says the skeptic: America would never elect a Socialist. Please. America's most successful and beloved government programs are Social Insurance, Social Security and Medicare. I mean a highway is a shared social expenditure as is the military and public parks and schools. The real problem is we now have excessive socialism for the rich. Bailouts of Wall Street, subsidies for big ag and big pharma. Monopolization by cable companies and giant health insurers. Giant tax deductible CEO pay packages. All of which Bernie wants to end or prevent. Number four says the skeptic: his single payer health-care proposal would cost so much it would require raising taxes on the middle class. This is a duplicitous argument. Single payer systems, in other rich nations, have proven cheaper than private for-profit health insurers because they don't spend huge sums on advertising and marketing, executive pay and billing. So even if the Sander's Single Payer Plan did require some higher taxes, Americans would still come out way ahead because they would save far more than that on health insurance. Number five: his plan for paying for college with the tax on Wall Street trades would mean colleges would be run by government rules. Baloney! Three quarters of college students today already attend public universities financed largely by state governments. And they're not run by government rules. The real problem is too many young people still can't afford a college education. The move toward free public higher education began years ago, and extended into the 1960's came to an abrupt stop in the 1980's. We must restart it! Number six: He's too old. Well that's untrue. He's in great health. Have you seen how agile and forceful he is as he campaigns around the country? These days, 70's are the new 60's. He's younger than 4 of the 9 Supreme Court Justices. In any event, the issue is not age, it's having the right values. Franklin D. Roosevelt was paralyzed. John F. Kennedy had Addison's and Crohn's Diseases. But they were great presidents because they fought adamantly for social and economic justice.