Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders has inspired me... [View all]The Magistrate
(96,043 posts)It will not make my analysis any less accurate.
If these people do not step up, they forfeit all claim to being patriotic Americans.
It is a blunt, cold fact Sanders is engaged in political blackmail, and anyone who keeps him in countenance through it shares some portion of responsibility for what he does, and for the consequences of it.
"This pretense of not knowing what any fool knows has come to predominate in our political discourse."
From Bernies perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters have made clear they dont want to nominate you is to continue campaigning anyway."
"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