How Bernie Sanders Broke the Democratic Primary

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74. Wrong, wrong and wrong

"In 1972 we didn't have a widely unpopular, conspicuously corrupt and blatantly self serving monster occupying the WH".

You obviously didn't live through it.

Apparently you have never heard of "I am a crook Nixon"

Richard Nixon was wildly unpopular along with the war.

Demonstrations in those days were every week and would bring out a million protesters every weekend. The sound outside the WH was so deafening that they couldn't work. Former CIA operatives had been arrested breaking into the Democratic headquarters and by election day hard evidence linked them to the Committee to Re elect Nixon.

I could tell you dozens of stories about how unpopular Nixon was but how about this one. It's freezing outside the Federal building on a Saturday and we have about. 6,000 out for our MONTHLY demonstration and next to me is one of my Sunday School teachers holding a sign " Nixon is a crook". He was the head Agent for the FBI in our city. The vile against Nixon was 100 times more because of the war.

Nixon won 49 states.

McGovern came out with a bunch of unrealistic give aways that would be funded by a 100% inheritance tax. Game over.

During the Democratic primary no one attacked McGovern's give away plans because they all sound great until you look at how to pay for them.

Sender's top 3 plans (Green, "MFA" and free college) total $ 70 trillion in ten years. That amounts to $ 25,000 in taxes per person per year. There is no chance IMHO that Sanders gets the nomination because the sensible wing of the Democratic Party will coalesce against him.

Four years ago Sanders had 40% of the vote. He looks good now because the "not Berny" vote is split, but it will eventually come together. Today he looks good but at 20% he actually has half the support he had 4 years ago

If Sanders gets the nomination Trump, wildly unpopular, will get 40 states because the American people will choose the crook they hate (but know) over the crazy guy that is planning to take their money in taxes.

Equally absurd is the idea that Biden is running a "safe" campaign. His green plan is $ 1.7 trillion with net zero by 2050. Had Bernie put it out instead of the absurd $ 37 trillion nonsensical plan the progressives would have lived it. It will still be a hard sell in the GE.

I worked my guts out in 72. Watching 49 states go for a known crook that was despised left me with only one thought "ever again go with a reckless nominee".