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The Magistrate

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1. This, Sir, Is The Weapon Backing 'Bernie's' Blackmail Threats
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 08:12 AM
Mar 2020

It is what 'Bernie' looks to for hope in his jihad against the 'Democratic Establishment'.

There is no question 'Bernie' knowingly presents our Party with the threat that a number of his supporters will not vote for anyone but him, and therefore he should be given concession after concession. The problem is that 'Bernie' really couldn't bring them along if attempts to buy him off were made. He deliberately tries to inflame supporters to such a heat that if he did try and bring them along with an endorsement of the winner, some would surely just denounce 'Bernie' as a sell-out. He has 'called up that which he cannot put down'.

That said, a number like this is unlikely to hold through to November. Some of this just reflects the heat of battle, and will have cooled considerably by the time the actual choice, Mr. Biden or the cheap thug Trump, is present in the voting booth.




"From Bernie’s 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 don’t 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."


If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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15% will vote for Trump. [View all] bluedye33139 Mar 2020 OP
This, Sir, Is The Weapon Backing 'Bernie's' Blackmail Threats The Magistrate Mar 2020 #1
Yes, Sanders didn't create his insurgent types, and many Hortensis Mar 2020 #10
Please, whose number is this, and how was it formulated? Magoo48 Mar 2020 #2
ABC News poll TwilightZone Mar 2020 #3
Thank You Magoo48 Mar 2020 #9
By Now, Sir, Swelling That Number Is The Sole Point Of 'Bernie's' Campaign The Magistrate Mar 2020 #5
15% of Sanders supporters will vote for Trump if Biden is nominee; 80% would back Biden Celerity Mar 2020 #4
Well, the world is pretty much destroyed right now. Yavin4 Mar 2020 #6
re: "his leadership and his campaign organizers almost exclusively come from that 15%." thesquanderer Mar 2020 #7
This is the fault of Russian propaganda rockfordfile Mar 2020 #8
It's the fault of Sanders' bashing of the Democratic Party. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #11
Exactly, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #12
Interestingly, a similar proportion of aggressive hostiles exhibiting the same Hortensis Mar 2020 #13
Yeah, 2008 was an ugly primary bluedye33139 Mar 2020 #15
:) I was fine with Hillary as were all her other genuine supporters. Hortensis Mar 2020 #16
She's too polarizing though Polybius Mar 2020 #17
She should get bashed. Who you hang with and what Hortensis Mar 2020 #18
I'm not saying I'd vote for her in a future primary Polybius Mar 2020 #19
Sure. I'd like to have her talent working for the party. Hortensis Mar 2020 #20
The motives of a minority of "Bernie Bros" were always more "burn it down" than "re-build America" LVZ Mar 2020 #14
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