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The Magistrate

(95,237 posts)
39. True, Sir
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 06:11 PM
Mar 2020

The sooner people, especially Sanders' well-meaning supporters, get it through their heads Sanders is not running for our Party's nomination for President, the better it will be for our people and our country.

The fact is Sanders campaigns not to gain the Democratic Party's nomination for President, but to weaken if not wreck the 'Democratic Establishment'. For 'Bernie', ousting Trump and ending the Republican majority in the Senate is barely an afterthought to this long-standing purpose. Once Sanders' supporters face this fact squarely, they may be able to decide honestly what their best course in this election is: voting against 'Bernie' in any future primary, and for Mr. Biden and Democrats all down the ticket to the lowest office on the ballot come November.

It is probably true that Sanders sees destroying the 'Democratic Establishment' as an essential precondition to defeating Trump et al, and so by his own lights he means it when he says he will do all he can to defeat Trump. But that belief is so self-serving and delusional it deserves not just scorn but contempt.

As with Trump, the only real cure is to deprive the man of the oxygen of worshipful attention. The effect would be that of a bucket of water on the wicked witch of Oz....





"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
Sanders himself is behind all of it. William769 Mar 2020 #1
BS definitely highers those top, toxic staffers, - for years empedocles Mar 2020 #6
BS defintely hires those top, toxic staffers - for years empedocles Mar 2020 #17
Exactly. Like the Script Attacking Warren... TomCADem Mar 2020 #41
+1 -K&R. If he would just shut the whole thing down he wouldn't onetexan Mar 2020 #31
It's a disaster for Bernie. I hope he loses his seat in the senate to a democrat captain queeg Mar 2020 #2
That's the way I'm looking at it.. this is on him.. Cha Mar 2020 #12
+1 MontanaMama Mar 2020 #21
I hope he loses his seat in the senate to a democrat.... you took the words right out of my mouth trueblue2007 Mar 2020 #28
Sigh. Isn't this counterproductive at this point? Laelth Mar 2020 #3
Which - his campaign against Democrats or the Washington Post reporting? George II Mar 2020 #4
Thanks. No sense in sweeping what he's doing Cha Mar 2020 #13
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2020 #22
We Should Be Forewarned and Know What to Expect TomCADem Mar 2020 #5
No. Just as attention must be drawn to Trump's lies and smears, any influential person's for that emmaverybo Mar 2020 #7
Is There a Mutual Non-Aggression Pact Between Trump/BS on Ads? TomCADem Mar 2020 #10
Some have wondered. It is strange that Bernie has not more consistently criticized Trump, emmaverybo Mar 2020 #16
The Campaign financial numbers are due next week, which will make for interesting reading. OnDoutside Mar 2020 #30
Yes, his campaign is quite counterproductive at this point. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #9
Bernie should make it productive and tell the bros to shut up NCProgressive Mar 2020 #19
Yes, sadly. What Bernie is doing right now is very counterproductive for Dems & the country... Hekate Mar 2020 #26
Bernie speaks with a forked tongue. sop Mar 2020 #8
Denials implausible? I'd say. Scurrilous Mar 2020 #11
Look at the replies from Bernie supporters on Swalwell's tweet. showblue22 Mar 2020 #14
Wow karin_sj Mar 2020 #24
There is a forum for former DU people showblue22 Mar 2020 #25
the qualifier "Trump-like campaign" is not needed Skittles Mar 2020 #15
Daily Beast: It's Over. Bernie's Push for a Trump-Like Takeover Is Done. TomCADem Mar 2020 #18
Bernie is the man NCProgressive Mar 2020 #20
Yep. I've come to believe he can't help it. Hortensis Mar 2020 #29
BS Likes to Make Everything All About Him TomCADem Mar 2020 #34
Extremely sleazy, unprincipled behavior, and I've Hortensis Mar 2020 #36
I believe Hillary's recent comments to Hulu about Bernie were correct. NurseJackie Mar 2020 #38
:) Barney Frank long ago described the pleasures of Hortensis Mar 2020 #40
True, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #39
The time he said he loves the word "spoiler" says it all. betsuni Mar 2020 #23
Did he like it when Joe Biden "spoiled" the Super Tuesdays Cha Mar 2020 #37
Forked tongue is a mess on our ballot all right, but in one respect Hortensis Mar 2020 #27
Well well well.. And, there you have it .. the final word.. Cha Mar 2020 #32
Well, Bernie doesn't have gold faucets dalton99a Mar 2020 #33
I'm starting to look at Sanders as a vaccine BidenBacker Mar 2020 #35
The benefit of the Democrats denouncing Sanders's selfishness Gothmog Apr 2020 #42
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