Democratic Primaries

It is always a pleasure when someone on the other side of the question does that, and I do appreciate the assistance.

Your entire post sums up as 'Democrats are just like Republicans', and that an insurgency to take over Party leadership is the need of the hour. With a few trimmings of gross over-estimate of the proportion of our Party, and the national electorate, which believes 'Revolution is the Solution'.

None of these things is true. Roughly a third of the Democratic Party primary electorate supports 'Bernie' and his revolution, which amounts to perhaps a tenth of the national electorate. And of this number, by far the greater proportion do understand the absolute necessity of evicting the cheap thug Trump and McConnell, the gravedigger of our Republic, from office. These people will in November support Mr. Biden and Democrats all the way down to municipal dog-catcher with their ballots. People whose loyalty to 'Bernie' runs to the point of active nihilism do not number more than one in fifty among the general electorate, and probably amount to even less. There are situations in which these slim pickings can do harm, mind, but it is unlikely they could be courted anyway, without losing more votes towards the center. The energy in this year's election comes from middle of the road types grown disgusted with the cheap thug Trump, and the energy of rank and file Democrats who hate the creature like poison. The level of concession the small splinter whose principal loyalty is to 'Bernie' would demand for support of Mr. Biden would repel the former group and enrage the latter group.

The problem 'Bernie' and his most devoted followers need to face up to is not one of policies, but of personalities and background. Very little 'Bernie' proposes is opposed, as a goal, by Democratic Party supporters. None of it originates with 'Bernie', and he holds no patent on any of these goals. Very few Democrats, however, consider 'Bernie' capable of achieving the goals he annunciates. He has demonstrated throughout his career that he lacks much ability to 'work and play well with others'. He would, if by some miracle he attained the Presidency, prove utterly incapable of securing majorities for his programs in the Congress. Most Democrats understand 'Bernie' is fatally flawed as a candidate for President, faced in a nationwide general election by a ruthless opponent willing to exploit his extremely problematic background as a Marxist radical. This is not brought up much in Democratic primary campaigning, but our enemies would not be so considerate of the sensibilities of the most devoted followers 'Bernie' has garnered through the years, and 'Crazy Bernie the Commie' would certainly be a staple line, and a most effective one as well.

As for the 'Democrats are just like Republicans' line, anyone who can look at the present situation and maintain that with a straight face may be excused further participation in the process. Such a one could be counted on to step out his door with his shoes on his head and his feet in his hat.





"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."