Now we know.
We’re going with Joe.
That’s the whole show
We can’t say it ain’t so.
Okay, drivel out of the way. Bernie is out, and I think, under all the circumstances, that’s a good thing. And who knows, it’s always possible that over the next few months Biden will come to understand the realities of this time in history, and will stop insisting that things are just like they were in 1980, or whatever year it is in which he still resides. Maybe too, he’ll come to see that almost everything must fundamentally change, instead of nothing.
All that being said, one way or another, we are on the cusp of the most important election since 1860. This is it. If we lose it, we lose the last semblance of representative democracy. Joe Biden isn’t exactly the hero for which the times call, but he’s all we’ve got.
There’s a lot of angst out there about disappointed Bernie folks who will refuse to vote for anyone but Bernie, and I’ve no doubt such people exist. Their numbers can only increase if the party as a whole, or significant sections of it, treats them like pariahs or with scorn.
I don’t spend a lot of time on twitter, and, of course, my twitter feed is skewed by my own preferences, but I’m surprised by the fact that, since Bernie’s announcement, I’ve seen little of the Bernie or bust reaction, but quite a bit more scorn heaped on Bernie or his backers. It’s hard to believe that anyone who actually wants Biden elected would engage in that sort of behavior, since he’s going to need every vote, but that reaction is definitely out there. It’s never been more important than now that we pull together, and there’s nobody with more of a reason to court Bernie’s backers than those who backed Biden from the start. He can’t win unless he gets more votes than Trump. In fact, he can’t win unless he gets a lot more votes than Trump, since a close election gives the Supreme Court room to rule in Trump’s favor when he tries to steal it.
So, it’s time for everyone to play nice. As the Beatles sang in one of their more obscure songs: All Together Now!
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