Two quotes

[One of the 99]

After reading posts like this one today: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1939772. I can't help think of two of my favorite quotes.

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend" & "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing".

Both seem to be here. First, let us not kid ourselves, Trump and the GOP ARE the enemy. Bernie Sanders (nor Hillary Clinton) are not. A Trump presidency with a GOP controlled congress would be a disaster for this country and set back progressive goals for decades. Does anyone really want Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump deciding the next 2 or 3 Supreme Court Justices, Tax policy, the future of Social Security?

Anyone that would stand by and refuse to vote for Bernie Sanders (or Clinton) is allowing Trump and the GOP to triumph.

Recent history has shown 2 things: When the left is divided as in 1968 and 2000, Republicans win. Also, when Republicans win; the Democratic party goes further to the right. This happened after 3 presidential defeats in the 1980s as well as after mid-term losses in 1992 and 2010.

So let's not kid ourselves. Whatever the outcome of the primaries, afterward we all need to unite together and defeat Trump and the GOP. Even if we have to hold our noses and vote for a candidate that we don't agree with 100% of the time. I'd rather one that I agree with 50% than one who will destroy this country and everything progressives have been fighting for for decades.

[thesquanderer]

1. re: "When the left is divided as in 1968 and 2000, Republicans win."

At least in recent history, as I see it, the left has always been divided. The Republicans don't always win.

[One of the 99]

2. The left wasn't divided in 08 or 12.

[thesquanderer]

5. Okay, I should have factored out years of incumbents. But 2008 was still divided.

The Obama/Clinton split was ferocious to the end. It was a nastier campaign than the current one. And earlier, John Edwards was making an even more substantial philosophical split, running to the left of both Obama and Clinton, and was basically only taken out sooner due to scandal. There were also lots of people in the Dem party who simply felt that a black man could not win the general. So yeah, there was plenty of division in 2008.

[One of the 99]

7. But in 08 the left came together

and elected President Obama.

[thesquanderer]

9. The left will unite behind the Dem candidate this time as well.

Very few people on the left are actually going to vote for Trump.

[One of the 99]

10. I hope that you are right.

My fear is not that those on the left will vote for Trump but stay home and not vote at all.

[VulgarPoet]

3. There's a problem here.

i.e. the difference between a politician's campaign rhetoric, and what they do when they're in power. Sure, all this looks really pretty and all-- but how can I trust any of it?

[One of the 99]

4. No problem.

All you have to ask is do you really want Donald Trump to be president.

[pdsimdars]

6. JFK quote

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.

--- John F. Kennedy



Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/j/johnfkenn166598.html

[One of the 99]

8. And if JFK were alive today he'd say no Democrat was second

when the alternative is Trump.