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Negative.
The best move for Bernie and the Democrats would be for Hillary to drop out so the stronger candidate of the two who is dogged neither by a still looming e-mail controversy (that continues to be under mounting FBI scrutiny), nor a closet full of skeletons can take it to Trump.
Of course that's utterly improbable, but this doesn't make it any less of an optimal outcome.
Which is why we (Bernie supporters) and Clinton supporters, need to compromise immediately.
No more of this hating on and deriding the opposing sides' candidates. Set aside your bias of them, and let them just share the ticket, please? Everyone will be happy in the end.
I agree that compromise MUST be made. I have been arguing for that all along.
But the compromise can no more include Bernie on the ticket than it can include Hillary stepping aside for Bernie as the presidential candidate...
In my opinion...the best move for Bernie and the Democrats would be for Bernie to acknowledge that he is not going to get the Democratic Party nomination...and to return to Independent status immediately.
Then for the Democratic Party to invite him as an Independent to address the Democratic Party convention...to speak to them in prime time as an INDEPENDENT...offering an Independent's view of what independents expect from a major party.
Perhaps even lecturing the Dems on moderating the tone of the "gun control" bandwagon...a bandwagon that will NEVER have significant success...and will always alienate many people who otherwise would be inclined to vote Democratic.
I think such a deal worked out could be to the maximum benefit of both the Dems and Bernie Sanders.
Socialism is bad economics as well as being populist politics. The sooner his ideas are forgotten, the better off the country will be.
This isn't about Socialism, this is about compromise, that is the topic at hand.
There should be no compromise with socialism. It is bad for the country and compromise is only good, if it reduces socialist endeavor and credibility.
If you think that Socialism is a bigger threat than Fascism at this point in the 2016 election, you're not paying attention to current-events.
In my opinion...the best move for Bernie and the Democrats would be for Bernie to acknowledge that he is not going to get the Democratic Party nomination...and to return to Independent status immediately.
Then for the Democratic Party to invite him as an Independent to address the Democratic Party convention...to speak to them in prime time as an INDEPENDENT...offering an Independent's view of what independents expect from a major party.
Perhaps even lecturing the Dems on moderating the tone of the "gun control" bandwagon...a bandwagon that will NEVER have significant success...and will always alienate many people who otherwise would be inclined to vote Democratic.
I think such a deal worked out could be to the maximum benefit of both the Dems and Bernie Sanders.
In my opinion...the best move for Bernie and the Democrats would be for Bernie to acknowledge that he is not going to get the Democratic Party nomination...and to return to Independent status immediately.
Then for the Democratic Party to invite him as an Independent to address the Democratic Party convention...to speak to them in prime time as an INDEPENDENT...offering an Independent's view of what independents expect from a major party.
Perhaps even lecturing the Dems on moderating the tone of the "gun control" bandwagon...a bandwagon that will NEVER have significant success...and will always alienate many people who otherwise would be inclined to vote Democratic.
I think such a deal worked out could be to the maximum benefit of both the Dems and Bernie Sanders.
Both are equal threats and for much the same reasons.
Because Trump and Bernie both have an equal chance of winning the 2016 election?
Wat?
What? Who said that? You must be addressing the wrong post.
How can they be equal threats if their respective candidates DO NOT possess equal potency?
Maybe you should think about it. But first read the entries.
...You want me to answer my own question, and do your homework for you, is what you're saying.
Homework?
Independent covers more than just the socialist and progressive types which Bernie speaks for.
In my opinion...the best move for Bernie and the Democrats would be for Bernie to acknowledge that he is not going to get the Democratic Party nomination...and to return to Independent status immediately.
Then for the Democratic Party to invite him as an Independent to address the Democratic Party convention...to speak to them in prime time as an INDEPENDENT...offering an Independent's view of what independents expect from a major party.
Perhaps even lecturing the Dems on moderating the tone of the "gun control" bandwagon...a bandwagon that will NEVER have significant success...and will always alienate many people who otherwise would be inclined to vote Democratic.
I think such a deal worked out could be to the maximum benefit of both the Dems and Bernie Sanders.
No, he is speaking as a democratic socialist.Bernie would not be speaking FOR independents, he would be speaking AS an independent.
No, he is speaking as a democratic socialist.
And to boot, that is basically a dependent, not an independent. :mrgreen:
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