This will be a quick hit. Just noting something I see commonly said on DKos that is really stupid, and people should stop saying.
If Bernie Sanders will not become a Democrat, he should not run or be allowed to run in the democratic primary for president.
That is dumb. That is huffing glue dumb. It’s licking a light socket dumb. It’s the kind of thing a Russian bot would say to reduce the chances of Democrats winning in 2020 dumb.
Let’s analyze this. If Bernie decides to run, and cannot do so in the democratic primary, he would have to run as an independent. More or less a Nader style run, a Jill Stein run. Just like those two, he would siphon off votes from the eventual democratic nominee. Why the fuck would any democrat want that? Why the fuck would any democrat actively advocate for that?
That is dumb. That is eating a Tide Pod dumb. It’s thinking your internet browsing history is secret dumb.
Democrats want Bernie (and folks like Bernie) to run in the democratic primary. We should invite them to run in the democratic primary, and treat them with the same respect as any other democratic primary candidate. That way, when they lose, they don’t become a Nader, they don’t become a Jill Stein...and they don’t hand the next election off to whatever antichrist the republicans nominate.
So please, stop being a dumbass and welcome Bernie and any other similar candidates into the democratic primaries.
I get it. Folks don’t like Bernie. They don’t like that he is not a democrat, but is running in the democratic primaries. For all of you who think that...good on ya. You have a straightforward option. Don’t vote for him in the democratic primaries. But trying to force him out of the democratic primaries so nobody else can vote for him either is just dumb. Losing the 2020 election dumb. Losing our nation to fascism dumb.