Fascinating! Paula Dockery had an epiphany right before Christmas ["During Christmas, reflect on how we treat each other," Dec. 25].

After totally distorting the facts in some of her editorials during the primaries about Bernie Sanders' campaign and who his suppers were (because she favored Hillary Clinton), Dockery is now wearing a proverbial white pantsuit of innocence and professes, among other things, honesty, integrity, truth, and "… recognizing selfless, brave, meaningful actions that benefit others." (Is she describing Sanders?)

In her Christmas message, she even invokes the Lord Jesus Christ. Friends, don't you love politicians who are "religious" when convenient?

Had the political elites and some members of the media not rigged the primaries (as also clearly proven by emails that WikiLeaks exposed) in favor of corrupt, phony Clinton who is disliked by a high percentage of Democrats, Bernie Sanders would have won the primaries and most likely become our next president.

His millions of supporters in all 50 states, from all walks of life and age groups, were inspired by his rare statesmanship and this rare statesman and his long record of deeply caring and sincerely fighting for all of the people.

So now we are stuck with a narcissist monster who, along with his extreme corporate-billionaire elves, is already busy destroying what's life of our democracy and country as well as preparing to cause great harm to the rest of the world.

How sad: the horrible election outcome could have been prevented if honest, unbiased reporting prevailed throughout the year not only during a two-day holiday.

Suzan Smith

Lakeland