Don’t let the perfect be the enemy
of the Good-Voltaire
Words to live by for all Bernie’s
supporters. In the dark, wee hours of the morning, the “crunch time” of
political campaigns, we begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel. The
light shows us even more darkness.
Darkness in the form of negative
campaigns from Trump and Clinton. But on the Sanders front, they have managed
to stay above the fray on many of the down and dirty campaign issues of our
time. The personal attacks and sordid details will all be aired in Trump World.
But the perfect world that they are looking for doesn’t exist in the political spectrum. The one bit of business that actually caught my attention was the fact that Sanders talked of the 50 state strategy and the point that the down ballet races were also worth fighting for. But the question is, will he back up the lofty rhetoric with action?
When Howard Dean lost, he became a
party faithful who worked to implement the 50 state strategy for Democrats.
When John Kerry and Hillary Clinton lost, they both fell in line. In the case of
Bernie Sanders, it’s much less clear about the role he will play, or would like
to carve for himself, within the Democratic Party.
We know what Mr. Trump wants. In a
transparent and obvious manner, he has suggested Bernie Sanders was unfairly
treated and should really run on a third party ticket. Which would benefit
Trump greatly-or “bigly”, as Trump would say…
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