Based on his own public record, he is a communist who wants to destroy the free enterprise system. His fanatical followers would probably like to set up "re-education" camps for all private business owners... in as remote and inhospitable a location as possible. Based on historical examples, communism can only survive if those who disagree with its tenets are dealt with very harshly. This would extend to the establishment Dems... who are seen as by Bernie's craziest devotees as "infidels" to the true faith. And yet... they sit there like mice cornered by a snake and do nothing. Why? What are they afraid of? Or maybe they hope he wins the nomination and suffers an Alf Landon type defeat so they can purge the party of this menace forever.
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I hope you're right.
So they appease them. As a result, the crazies determine the party platform.
And of course, we know how this will go because appeasement doesn’t work. Just like with liberal foreign policy, they will give away the farm while ending up on the losing side of the issues.
The easiest thing for them would have been if Sanders had not been a factor in the primary. Instead, he is absolutely one of the leading candidates, and their preferred guy (Biden) is rapidly fading. Now, they have to decide how to deal with Bernie's potential climb and whether they'll potentially have to endorse someone they don't like or want over Trump. It sounds like many of them are going to be willing to do that, because they amazingly think Bernie is the lesser of 2 "evils."
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