Republicans And Democrats Are In Denial, Bernie Sanders Is The Only Opposition To Anyone

I’m going to tell Republican voters a truth that won’t sit well with them: Democrats would rather lose to Donald Trump than win with Bernie Sanders.

I’m going to tell Democrat voters a truth that won’t sit well with them: You cannot unite your party around a bad candidate and hope to beat Trump.

I share these unsavory truths with Democrats and Republicans because their parties are two sides of the same coin: Democrats say they want to unite their party in order to beat Trump, but what they really want to do is to give voters a bad candidate and then blame Sanders supporters for it if that candidate loses.

Elizabeth Warren is a bad candidate. Going after Trump with Warren is like going after a wood chipper with a pine board with dry rot. Warren will appeal to the same people who voted for Hillary Clinton and nobody else. Even worse, she is not as tough as Clinton and will fare worse than Clinton when debating Trump. Even worse yet, Clinton never claimed she had American Indian heritage. While I much prefer Warren to Clinton, pragmatically speaking, she will do less well than Clinton. As much as I dislike Trump, even I feel like giggling when he calls Warren “Pocahontas”.

Warren’s un-electability will become obvious when it comes time to pick a running mate. Granted, it will be impossible to choose a worse Veep than Hillary did, but there is no one Warren can choose that will gain her votes. She’ll undoubtedly pick from among those who ran for president in 2020 and it won’t be Bernie. It will be someone like Kamala Harris or Corey Booker in the hopes of winning support among the African-American community, but Booker and Harris have little support there. She might choose Buttegieg in the hopes of enticing disaffected Republicans to vote for her, but I see little chance of that working. And any nod towards the center is only going to cost her Bernie supporters who are sick to death of centrist Democrats.

On the other hand, Bernie has options for a V.P. pick that will increase his appeal. I won’t go into them now because most people aren’t mentally prepared to do something the media tells them is unfeasible, but he has some interesting outside-the-box options. I know the Blue No Matter Who crowd won't like me for saying this, but Tulsi has supporters from a wide range of voters outside the centrist Democratic horde. If the Anybody But Trump people mean what they say, then their votes are a lock regardless and everything else is gravy.

If Warren is a bad candidate, she is still better than Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttegieg, Joe Biden, or Michael Bloomberg. Andrew Yang and Tulsi Gabbard have potential to beat Trump, but they are in the same position as Sanders in that the Democratic establishment and the MSM are actively working against them. Of the three, Bernie is clearly in the best position to become the Democratic nominee. 

Trump supporters, you are no doubt smugly confident as you realize the bad candidates the Democratic establishment are prepared to throw against your candidate. But let me remind you: the Democratic establishment would rather lose to Trump than win with Sanders. As much as you love to feel that you are the legitimate opposition to the Democrats, as much as you despise the Democrats and everything they stand for, they’re comfortable with Trump. More than that, they’re on the same page with what Trump is doing despite all the surface noise. Let me remind you that Donald Trump and Vince McMahon went at it in the wrestling ring, but they assuredly had a good laugh about it after the cameras were off and the crowd went home. Similarly, Bill and Hillary DID go to Trump’s wedding and Trump DID contribute to their campaigns. Nancy Pelosi’s son shared pics of him partying with Ivanka in Mar-a-Lago. 

Sure, Democrats aren't happy with the way Trump represents America, but they've yet to resist him on any of his dumbest, most destructive moves. Democrats have not once stood up to Trump when it comes to militarism, the environment, or the poor. If this is true, and it is undeniably so, then Trump isn't the thumb in the eye of the establishment you feel him to be.

Democrats: Sanders will beat Trump. If what you wish above everything else is to beat Trump, he is your guy. Republicans: if you want to make the establishment Democrats and the MSM media hurt, Sanders is your guy. For either Democrats or Republicans to think differently is to permit your emotions to get the better of your intellect. If this is the way you choose to go through life, I suggest you stay home on November 3. I'm sure there will be a WWE show on TV that will be more to your liking.