U.S. Sen. Sanders rallies in Lubbock of all places

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70. Adrahill, subjection of avowed goals to personality quirks

was the conclusion I also came to, back in the fall of 2015. I had the advantage of exposure to, being part of, a whole group with the "Sanders problem" back in the 1960s. So even though like you I initially looked at him hopefully, I very quickly started picking up alarming signs of the same problems that sank them long ago. And reading about his history killed the rest of any hopes. You called it -- Gadfly with grandiose delusions, propped up trump-style by massive delusional contempt for the can-doers who've always achieved around and despite him.

I tend to wish, in hindsight, that we did not allow one to run as a Democrat, just to keep the allies-foes thing clearer for voters in general. But our leadership was -- and is still -- hoping that holding this one close will keep him from turning into a Nader or Stein. Only partially worked in 2016, but at least we "only" lost by an incredibly thin margin.