Principled Recklessness: The Danger of Nominating Senator Sanders (Hillary Group)
....Politico reports that the Koch brothers have committed to spending $889 million dollars on the coming election. They’ll be directing their funds to getting out the vote and targeting their efforts using one of the most advanced voter data systems in history. This in addition to the RNC’s efforts which are by no means insubstantial— they raised and spent over 1 billion dollars during the last election cycle and nearly 700 million during the midterms. And like last time, they won’t just be using these funds to get the republican nominee elected, but to cement an already commanding dominance of Congress and State governments.
And the GOP has made clear what they want to do if they manage to purchase power at every level of government: Repeal Obamacare, phase out medicare, cut social security, attack the right to choose, defend “religious liberty” against the scourge of gays and lesbians, partner with Netanyahu in aggression against Iran, and a host of other unthinkably dangerous policy choices.
With so much at stake you would think that anyone serious about confronting this menace on the horizon would seek to go into battle armed as well if not better than the opposition. You would think they would seek every legal means available to build a treasury capable of meeting the Koch’s and the RNC, that they would utilize every opportunity to gather and analyze data in order to allocate their resources most efficiently and effectively. You would think.
Instead, one candidate, who claims that our nation is approaching a precipice, refuses on principle to arm himself and the party he’s running to represent adequately against this threat. Bernie Sanders has consistently refused to attempt to achieve parity with the GOP by raising money through SuperPACs, he refuses to engage in polling because “he already knows what he thinks.” He refuses to engage the party structure or argue for its success because he see’s it as “ideologically bankrupt.” Each of these refusals, both independently and especially in conjunction, represents a surrender. A reckless disregard for reality, a fecklessness in the face of threat, and a betrayal of the millions who have labored for decades to protect and expand the rights of minorities, the safety net for the elderly, and a great many other policies that the GOP would gleefully reverse if they could....
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