Originally Posted by jgw
I have a thought about the Bernie thing. I think what he is about is to try and take over the entire Democratic party (not unlike Trump and the Republican party). He made one run at it, got smacked, never joined, but he and his true believers never did support the party. Now, same deal, this time, however, he has more supporters willing to do the bidding, harass the opposition, make unsupported claims, etc. (all of which is denied) just like 1st time - kinda sounds a bit Trumpy to me. The difference is that Trump did it in one try - Bernie, so far, is up to try #2.

The Democratic party is not a socialist party. There is, again, the American Socialist Party, ready and waiting for Bernie to come on board but, obviously, that's not gonna happen because he is a Democratic Socialist and that is different from a real socialist. Democratic Socialists apparently only want gov to take over a little bit, at first - starting with 20% of the means up production (give or take).

Remains a bit Trumpy for me.

How about we dispense with all the backstabbing by the DNC and the DNC finally admits that maybe just MAYBE it should consider a move to the Left so that it isn't "Republican-Lite".
I say that because Republican-Lite isn't working, and it didn't work the last time, or the time before, or the time before that.

Carter got stabbed in the back by the GOP.
Clinton got impeached by the GOP.
Obama got backstabbed AND treated like a "FIELD NIGGER"...again BY the GOP.
Not even the "House" variety, the FIELD variety, the kind that gets whipped the most, gets tortured the most and shot at the most.
And of course, the ever so moderate Hillary...what can I say?

Just once, I would like moderate Democrats and moderately left independents to acknowledge the fact that we are not up against a moderate opposition. And the reason why Republicans keep echoing "concern troll" thoughts about our candidates is because what they really WANT is another "moderate" that they can destroy AFTER they get elected to the White House.

The reason they are so eager to destroy folks like Bernie or Liz is because they are terrified at the prospect of either of them getting elected. So they want to destroy them before that has a chance of happening.

For moderate Dems they have a different tactic, because they know a moderate Dem could beat Trump but won't cause much trouble once elected, and that is precisely when the Mitch McConnell plan goes into action. If in the minority, Mitch will wear out the filibuster button till it crumbles, then he will order a new one from Amazon and repeat ad nauseum.
If in the majority, well....we saw what happened there already.

Someone tell me HOW this mythical moderate Dem salve stops the burning sensation. I have yet to see any relief in almost thirty-some years.




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