No matter how we might feel about certain candidates in this Democratic race for President, one of either Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden or Michael Bloomberg are going to end up our only hope for stopping the monster that is Donald Trump. Therefore, it is time to start making peace with each of these six people now. I’m not saying you shouldn’t campaign away for your favorite, but the reality is that there are probably next to no undecided voters left here on Daily Kos. Negative campaigning against any of these candidates is not going to influence anyone on this board. All it is going to do is drive up the hatred for these candidates. To what end? To make yourself feel good? To win an internet debate? To demonstrate you have the proper moral compass? None of that matters right now!
THE ONLY THINGS THAT MATTERS IS BEATING DONALD TRUMP!!
I know we tend to say things like that every election, but this time it really is true. Even if you put aside all the awfulness and corruption that is Trump, there is also this simple fact….
….. as much as I hate to say it, Ruth Bader Ginsburg is probably not going to be able to continue in her role for another 5 years. There is also probably a chance that Clarence Thomas doesn’t make it another 5 years. Those are two Supreme Court seats, that if Trump is re-elected, will go to young, radical conservatives making it a 6-3 very conservative court for the rest of my lifetime and probably much of my kids’ lifetimes. Even if Chief Justice Roberts has a moment of sanity and compassion and wants to save the day, he won’t be able to because the radical conservatives would still have 5 other votes. What policy differences between our 6 candidates are really worth risking that???
So, the next time you feel like posting about how Mayor Pete is a racist who worked for McKinsey, or Bernie Sanders is an unproductive socialist who will drag the whole party down, or Biden is an over-the-hill, ineffective former Senator who supported some bill I didn’t like in 1994, or even Michael Bloomberg is a fascist ex-Republican who is buying this election…. stop yourself and ask why you are really doing it. In 2020, these are our choices and each one of them… even Bloomberg…. are infinitely better for the long term health and security of this country than the alternative and we have to stop digging this hole for ourselves, so that we can more easily come together very soon.
Or, we will all wake up to a 6-3 conservative Supreme Court that will alter the fabric of this nation for a very long time to come.