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Friday, May 20, 2016

Three Things Bernie Should Do


We all felt the Bern.  Bernie Sanders has fought the good fight and made many compelling points in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, but he's just prolonging the agony at this point.  He should do two things, soon:  1.  Quit the race (or in modern parlance, "suspend his campaign"), and 2.  Strongly urge his supporters to to get behind Hillary Clinton for the good of the nation.  Yes, Trump is a terrible joke, but he must be taken seriously.  If Sanders' people struggle to be for Hillary, they can at least be unified against Trump.

 For both parties, the primary process is not democracy at its best.  It's a convoluted, arcane game, but in this game just like any other, rules are rules.  What we don't need is a recurrence of last week's Nevada Democratic Convention.

The Nevada shindig ended early when Sanders supporters caused a ruckus over party rules they believe to be "rigged" against them.  Some of the Sanders people shouted curses and insults at speakers on the dais, and became physical with others on the floor.  State party leader Roberta Lange had security clear the hall and adjourned the meeting.  She later received a number of death threats.

 And therefore, Bernie should add one more thing to his to-do list:  3.  Strongly denounce the behavior displayed in Nevada.  F-bombs, violence and death threats are not the sorts of conduct normally associated with peace-loving, kale-eating progressives.  It's the type of anti-social behavior one might expect from the Trumpists.   

Hey, wait a minute!  What if that's exactly who they were?   Not Sanders people at all, but plants from the Trump campaign sent to Nevada to wreak havoc and disruption and make the D's look bad.  Trump's campaign is being run by graduates of Nixon's School of Dirty Tricks.  The thuggery displayed in Nevada is right out of their playbook, and they'd love to see a repeat at the Philadelphia national convention.

Just a little theory without proof from the corner of my brain that thinks conspiratorial thoughts.  Couldn't be true, could it?



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  1. AnonymousMay 23, 2016 at 1:00 PM

    "Feel the Bern"
    It is going to be an entertaining convention in Philly as the progressive elites spiral into chaos and irrelevance at the hands of the proletariat!
    http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/17/nevada-democrats-bernie-sanders-violence
    Chin Up!
    Old school progressives will have a place in the new order of things, but it will no longer entail power and control over the workers.

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