“Don't fret boss. I got you covered. Quick and clean, I promise.”
The worst possible thing you could have done is deny Bernie the nomination at a contested convention. That’s 1968 all over again. Shit woulda been mayhem in the streets and 1984 in the voting booth and anyone who thinks otherwise should type “Eugene McCarthy” into the google machine. That some people couldn’t figure that out is bizarre. Crazy. Generations of damage.
Obama knew this — that’s why all the articles quoting “sources familiar to the former president” mentioned opposition to “smoke filled rooms” and “the voters should decide”. There was no way in hell Obama was gonna let 1968 happen again. (and thank god that we have that guy preventing the party from ever doing that again for the next couple decades)
So yeah! The voters sure did decide! AND HOW. Better to get it the hell over with. No threat of a neverending primary or a “brokered” convention now. No illuminati conspiracy necessary. Fair and square. Quick and clean.
I think its pretty clear Warren never had a prayer with Biden in the race, either. I saw a Pro-Warren diary lamenting that Biden & Bernie entered the race because she would have won otherwise….yeah probably. She probably could have beaten just Bernie, actually. But not Biden. Clearly.
So yeah. Please don’t screw this up, Joe. You already know the Russians are out there this time. No opening phishing emails, buddy. No excuses this time.
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