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I have reached a limit with the pundits and Hillary supporters calling for Bernie Sander to face reality and back out of the race. The latest call to action comes from Washington Posts Dana Milbank, who compared Sanders to Ralph Nader in 2000 and also accused him of helping the Trump campaign.
Give me a break.
This is from Milbanks hatchet job yesterday, writing about the chaos at the Nevada convention:
It is no longer accurate to say Sanders is campaigning against Clinton, who has essentially locked up the nomination. The Vermont socialist is now running against the Democratic Party. And thats excellent news for one Donald J. Trump . . . .
A few weeks ago, I wrote that I wasnt concerned about Sanders remaining in the race until the very end, because he doesnt wish to see a President Trump and will ultimately throw his full support to Clinton. Sanders has, indeed, lightened up on Clinton and is instead trying to shape the Democrats platform and direction. But his attacks on the party have released something just as damaging to the causes he professes to represent. Coupled with his refusal to raise money for the party, his increasingly harsh rhetoric could hurt Democrats up and down the ballot in November and beyond.
We are taking on virtually the entire Democratic establishment, Sanders proclaims.
The Democratic Party has to reach a fundamental conclusion: Are we on the side of working people or big-money interests? he asks.
The Democratic Party up to now has not been clear about which side they are on on the major issues facing this country, he announces.
This was Ralph Naders argument in 2000: There isnt much difference between the two parties. It produced President George W. Bush.
Okay, lets get out our dissection kits here and tackle this beast. Milbanks specious argument that Sanders is a neo-Nader is ridiculous. First, Nader wasnt running as a Democrat, but as a Green, and only appeared on the ballot in 43 states. He was a deliberate spoiler for the Democrats, accusing Gore of not being sufficiently strong on environmental issues. [see: An Inconvenient Truth]
Sanders is a Democrat with a stellar political career. Nader was an outsider who never held office. Sanders has millions of supporters who are as fed up with the broken, biased, corrupted DNC as he is. Green Partier Nader didnt have this kind of grass-roots support behind him, and had no desire to reform the Democratic Party. So thats just a terrible comparison, Dana. Really sloppy on your part.
Even sloppier, Dana accuses the Sanders campaign of helping Donald Trump. This ignores the polling that shows Sanders would defeat Trump by a wider margin than Clinton.
Strike Two, Milbank.
And it seems Milbank is arguing in favor of corruption. As if to say: Okay, maybe the Democratic Party is owned by big-money interests and has unfairly held their thumb on the scale in the Clinton/Sanders contest . . . but thats how its always been. Just go ahead and support Hillary anyway so we dont have a president Trump. Bernie keeps packing rallies and winning primaries, you say? Who cares? He must step down so the status-quo can be preserved.
Dana also ignores the fact that the American people are clearly disgusted with both the RNC and the DNC. Trumps topping the ticket is proof of the public outcry for some kind of reform/revolution, even if it comes from an angry, orange, narcissistic misogynist. Ironically, Bernies supporters are similarly determined to see their protest candidate take the Oval Office and bring some honest-to-God change we can believe in. Finally.
Strike Three, Doublespeak Dana.
Lets play devils advocate here and say Bernie did just recede quietly into the shadows so Team Hillary could march onward to victory. This assumes the FBI investigation against her will also fizzle into nothingness. There is no reason to believe that is the case at all. What would Dana suggest the DNC do if Hillary is indicted on federal charges? Dig up Biden?
And finally, what about the citizens in the states who have yet to vote? Should Democrats in California and Washington State and Washington DC and New Jersey and New Mexico and Montana and the Dakotas not get their chance to cast their ballot for their candidate of choice? Why disenfranchise millions of Americans? What good comes from that, Dana? Lets pop the horns on our heads again and assume Hillary isnt indicted and does become the nominee shouldnt she have an accurate picture of how many Bernie supporters across all 50 states ask that their views be represented in the eventual Democratic candidate?
Or are you saying, Milbank, as the DNC is saying, that Bernie and those millions of supporters who believe his message of honest politics and fairness in the workplace just dont matter at all? We should just sit down, shut up, and accept the corruption. Swallow a candidate who accepts millions from Big Corporations. Who makes arms deals and speaking deals with questionable nations with equal ease.
Is that what you want, Dana?
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Mandatory Wednesday Malloy Truthseeker Check In! Live and UnCensored (Original Post)
cal04
May 2016
OP
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ralps
May 2016
#3
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niyad
May 2016
#11
Liberal_Dog
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cal04
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ralps
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ralps
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Thanks for the Doggies & Kittehs!
Liberal_Dog
(11,075 posts)5. Hi ralps
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niyad
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hug from me, and I wish you both a wonderful and peaceful evening.
ralps
(77,738 posts)14. Thanks niyad! I sure will!
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ralps
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ralps
(77,738 posts)19. Hi Jack Bone!
ralps
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