Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders is finally number 1! [View all]The Magistrate
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Echoing them from the left only aided the right wing, gave the fabricated charges a bipartisan veneer, which the press, with its ludicrous idea of what constittes balanced coverage, ate up like candy.
On the other hand, 'Bernie' and his followers were just described accurately. The 'Bernie' campaign was fueled by misogyny, did and does show many of the lineaments of a personality cult, and was and is so loosely connected to political reality that to say "Bernie' and his followers chase unicorns is certainly good enough to be going on for agitprop work. It is at least a whimsical and lighthearted way of getting the point across. Trust me, there are many harsher ways, and crueler ways, that legitimate point can be made....
"From Bernies 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 dont 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."
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden