The Dark Side of Bernie Howls

The Sanders social media push began in the middle of the night, early Tuesday. Whether he personally knew about what was going on will remain up to debate. We know he has a suspicious history of looking the other way when his supporters go off their collective nut, then denying knowledge of what shows up on phones and other devices everywhere.

Indeed, there is another, darker, side to the old, yet excitable, socialist. His loyalists can be as mean and ugly, not to mention just as willing to spew disinformation as the most vile Trump propagandist. How else do you account for a tweet yesterday found under the heading #BernieSurge which promised everyone, "latest polls," showed the Vermont Senator pulling ahead of Joe Biden in Michigan? The post was either a complete lie, or a desperate cry for help, because after the ballots were counted it turned out Biden carried 82 of the state's 83 counties.

The second and more savage hash tag that trended on Twitter yesterday was #BidensCognitiveDecline. Former green party presidential candidate, Dr. Jill Stein was the main player there, repeatedly posting that former VP Joe Biden is in beginning stages of dementia, a fact which the main stream media and democratic establishment are covering up. Stein either had nothing to do all day, or allowed some automated system to tweet for her because the posts under her name came by the bushel every few minutes. Others tweeted this twin cabal was committing an act of cruelty by pushing Biden, who is obviously a mentally deficient old man. Some pointed to Biden's reaction at a Michigan auto plant when an employee accused him of wanting to take away everyone's guns. Sudden outbursts of anger and obscenities, they wrote, are among the first signs of Alzheimer's Disease.

Elsewhere on Twitter, a couple of people who had their young children murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School praised the former VP for saying the accusation was, "bull shit." They went so far as to thank Mr. Biden for calling the man a, "horse's ass." As one of them said, it was about time people started calling out NRA types for their lies in no uncertain terms.

After the returns began to roll in and it was apparent Sanders was taking it on the chin for a second week in a row, dozens of, Berners, promised to quit the democratic party and to remain utterly disillusioned with the election process forever. In other words they threw a tantrum more suited to the current resident of the White House. Today, #DemExit2020 is trending and their rage continues.

Hidden in all this chaos are a couple of facts which should ease the pain, if they are interested. First this race isn't over. Biden is at 858 delegates, still less than half needed to win. Sanders is at 709, less than 150 behind. States rich with delegates including New York, Wisconsin, and Ohio are still left, among others. Instead of rending their clothes and pounding their chests, if these people are truly dedicated to their candidate, they need to keep working their asses off for him.

Second, and more importantly, if I'm on the Senator's campaign working those places which have yet to hold their primaries, I would be stressing to democrats one point lost on the media. Joe Biden's lead has been built by winning states the party will never carry in November. The former VP won in Oklahoma, South Carolina, Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, and Tennessee. That is a sea of red come November. Hey, it's better than quoting some medical quack like Jill Stein.

Yes, the game is still afoot, despite all the whining. Although, Senator Sanders obviously has major problems, especially with African American voters and what is left of the white working class, the nomination is still winnable. He apparently has large support among Hispanics and young people, although he must roust the latter demographic off their smart phones and into the polling booths. They certainly haven't shown up in the numbers he needs so far.

Just stop blaming, as many on Twitter did, The Boomers. It's not our fault a rigid ideologue and his revolution has limited appeal. Look at me, my candidate quit two days after I voted for her and she was nearly as far left as he is.

In other words, grow up fuckers, dig in, and carry on. If you quit everything like many of you have sworn to do the nightmare will continue. Is that really how petty you are?


3-11-20.