re: #302 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)

Bernie and Trump both I think fear Biden because he can get some of their support without making himself into a cult figure.

And also because Joe is a “normal” political figure: experienced, reasonably competent, reasonably honest (despite the GOP bullshit, no “corruption” even near Trumpian levels);
and - worst of all, from their standpoint (at least IMO) - VERY electable.

Anyway, to me the Berniebros and their cult bring up unpleasant echoes of how Jeremy Corbyn led/dragged the Labour Party to such a needlessly crushing defeat in the UK’s December election*. Mainly though the classic Leftist failings: blinkered, self-righteous adherence to ideological absolutism coupled with a disciplined and unswerving Leader-cult; all the while dismissively oblivious to any other outside opinions, and firmly (if drastically wrongly) convinced that “the masses” will rise up to support them due mainly to the Manifest Righteousness Of The Cause. A Cause which, of course, can never fail, only be failed by insufficient faith and organizing….

*And yes, I realize the difference in the political/electoral structures between there and here don;t make this a perfect analogy: like I said, just “unpleasant echoes”…