Looking back I, personally, see no benefit to Democrats from Sanders or his supporters [View all]

We need closed primaries.

Of course that's just my personal opinion and I'm sure I will see verbal abuse here for having that opinion. I am not suggesting that Sanders or his supporters aren't entitled to whatever. I am simply saying that I can't see how they helped the Democratic Party or our cause. In fact the negativity, in my opinion, was just that and remains. I hear this and that about the Democratic Party and I can't see how it's helpful.

So the Democratic Party is what it is. It has a purpose. It's an important purpose. It's not going away and I don't see the negative commentators doing a whole lot about anything. I just don't see it both in real terms and practical terms. So to me the conclusion is that we have to stop trying to please people and attend to our business. To me that means closed primaries.

If you can't be a Democrat, so be it. Yes, I want to be inclusive. Yes, we should come together. However the metric in the title to my post, as provocative as some will take, really says it all. What benefit do you offer to the coalition?

What benefit do you offer? And if you can't be a member of the Party, which is what exactly? Not much. If you can't be positive about who and what we are then why should we care about you? Those who are negative have made it clear that they are determined to remain negative and how dare anyone suggest that maybe they should, for their own interests, dial that back a little? And this is true, especially now, when we have a psychopath and ADHD in the White House. We can't unite behind our opposition to that?

Of course we can and we have. What are we up to? 64 and a half million? Is that a Party in distress? I don't think so. And like hell if I'm not pissed off. I need my Party. I love my Party and if you don't, fuck off + die.