2016 Postmortem

... the GOP were terrified that Bernie could win the GE, but they didn't attack him because they were "too busy".

It has become a time-honoured tradition in open primary states for Republicans to vote for the Democrat they think is easiest to beat, while Democrats vote for the Republican they think easiest to beat. This is not new. and obviously, it has nothing to do with the GE; it is way that both sides take advantage of being able to vote in each other's primaries. In the GE, they of course vote for their own candidate

Pushing the meme that the GOP was afraid of Bernie because they thought he could beat their candidate is laughable. Had that been the case, they would have been at his throat 24/7 during the primaries in order to weaken his chances of being the nominee. I assure you they would have found the time - just like they've done in every other election.

I've said nothing that even comes close to being a "conspiracy theory". (Perhaps you don't know what that term means?) What I've cited is plain, old fashioned political maneuvering that comes into play every election cycle.

I give your lack of logic five