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So, So Good: I'm With Her (Aoife O'Donovan, Sarah Jarosz and Sara Watkins) on NPR Music's Tiny Desk Concert

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)4/05/2018 7:47:33 am PDT

re: #301 Targetpractice

It’s easy to understand: Bernie ran as a Dem because it was the only way he was going to get any facetime in 2016. A Green Party run would have meant competing against Jill Stein, with little national attention the near-guarantee that he’d lose anyway. And running as an independent would have meant no place in any debates, while the media would have tuned him out after the first rally or two. So he ran in the DNC’s primaries for no other reason than it was his best chance at winning a party’s nomination. I don’t doubt for a sec that, had he won against Hillary in 2016, he’d have then pulled his old trick of announcing he’d be running as an “Independent” in November and thus decapitating his only real rival for the Dem vote.

Right and my brother doesn’t see anything wrong with that. He also believes the conspiracies about the DNC sabotaging Sanders at Clinton’s behest. I’ve given up any hope of changing his mind. He’s totally blind to why the DNC would favor its nominee not being someone who has trashed their party for political gain. Honestly, I think the way Sanders should be defeated is going after his record. Not just on guns but on immigration. In fact, I hope one of his rivals in 2020 brings up that Steve King praised his immigration record. His record on guns bothers me too but his record on immigration more so and it’s something our nominee can’t have.