Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: All of the Bernie Bashing is a form of cyberbullying which has no place on this website. [View all]The Magistrate
(96,043 posts)And so long as Sanders 'takes it to the convention' we may be sure such scenes will occur once more. They may still occur if Sanders retires from the contest, of course, as he has recruited to his banner a coterie of nihilist wreckers as his truest believers. But there is a fair chance much of their fury will turn on Sanders should he concede, and so dissipate well short of widespread convention shenanigans. A man who really cared about the people and the country, and was willing to do what it took to advance progressive causes, would willingly stand and take that hit. But Sanders has never shown the least sign of being that kind of man.
"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden