The Establishment's Ultimatum: Scuttle Bernie!

Townhall.com ^ | March 3, 2020 | Pat Buchanan

[Joe 6-pack]

"Look for Biden to put an African American woman on his ticket."

This could portend a Stacey Abrams/Moochelle Obama cage match.

[Artemis Webb]

Pat Buchanan is 81 years old. In my opinion he’s still the best columnist alive. A fountain of common sense. Long live Pat Buchanan.

[nathanbedford]

The clutch of endorsements by failed Democrat candidates for Joe Biden reveals a deep anxiety born of a new understanding of the mortal threat to the life of the Democrat party presented by Bernie Sanders, a threat that goes beyond the sheer numbers piling up in a trump victory which will likely cost the Democrat party down ballot races.

The old pros of the Democrat establishment understand that a Bernie Sanders candidacy represents a mortal threat to them but the really savvy old Democrat pros know that a Bernie Sanders presidency is perhaps an even greater threat to their occupancy of the swamp. Sanders is not a Democrat even so it is not that Bernie resides outside the strict definitional contours of the Democrat party as a socialist or a democratic socialist, it has to do with Sander's philosophy. Sanders is a true believer, he is a communist, a Marxist, a revolutionary who wants to overturn our entire political system which means that he will turn out Democrats as soon as he will turn out trump Republicans.

All leftist revolutionaries dispose of useful idiots as an immediate first step upon obtaining power. The list is long, Lenin, Mao, Castro, Maduro, and so on. That is not to submit that Bernie will resort to murder, but he will resort to extraordinary moves to substitute his own base for the corrupt present-day Democrat power structure. The bulk of his voters understand this to be the whole point of his candidacy. So if Bernie is denied the nomination, it is almost as bad for them as if he were defeated in the election because they equate the power structure of the Democrat party with the established power structure of the swamp. They mean to destroy both power structures and put themselves in its place. They think this is a noble crusade but we all know that it will end in tears. It will end in tears for them as they are disposed of as useful idiots and it will end in tears for the whole nation.

The Democrat party establishment, not unlike the Republican establishment, is in business, an enterprise that we conservatives should see for exactly what it is, a business. The Democrats are clever, they introduce race, women's rights, gay issues etc. into the mix to make the whole operation appear as something other than a business. For decades, before Donald Trump, the Republicans appeared as the party of business, that is, a party that existed to protect the world of business. The clever Democrats managed to appear as the party of the aggrieved, hence, the race hustles, the madness of the women's issues, the tribalism etc. all the while in reality the Democrats sold out to Wall Street and any other power organization, often funded with public monies, such as teachers unions who could contribute the money and the numbers to keep them in business.

Trump exposed much of this when he attacked the trade deals and open immigration which favored both parties whose principals got fatter and fatter as they sold America to China. We saw the reaction in both parties to the effrontery of Donald Trump in announcing the Emperor has no clothes. The rush to resurrect Joe Biden, a dead man walking, is a desperate move to divert the electorate away from these realities and onto some shiny object.

So the Democrats have chosen the lesser of two evils, a loss with Joe Biden is to be preferred to a loss, or even a victory, with Bernie Sanders. If they nominate Biden, the Sanders base revolts. If they nominate Bernie, the whole country revolts-including much of the Democrat party base we often referred to as Reagan Democrats, lunch pail Democrats, deplorables, or just plain working people. I believe the Democrat establishment would rather fight a smaller war against Bernie's base and leave fewer bodies on the field. They are acting to contain down ballot losses which they believe will be greater under Sanders than under Biden. Sanders will nationalize the election and the whole Democrat party will go down with him. Biden will be cut loose and every Democrat will run an individual, localized race with a better chance of survival.

Bernie's base will insist that this is a nationalized election and it will suck every Democrat candidate into the vortex. Win or lose, the Democrat establishment is in mortal peril. For the Democrat establishment it ain't personal, it's just business.

[rightwingcrazy]

“Look for Biden to put an African American woman on his ticket.”

Such a ticket offered to Michele O would be a sore temptation for her. She could become President without actually having to run for it. She’d hardly have to campaign.

[Enterprise]

Bump!

[preacher]

L8r

[canuck_conservative]

This Dem campaign reeks of one of those bad ol’ backroom deals, the way three viable candidates suddenly dropped out to clear the way for Biden ... total payoff!!

This is what people hate about politics, the way the voter is shut out and the unelected party bigshots control everything behind-the-scenes

“Democracy dies in the darkness”

[arthurus]

The Republic will be well served if the torpedoing of Comrade Bernie is obvious, especially if Bernie makes a fuss about it. That will keep a sizable segment of the Democrat base home on election day or even voting for DJ Trump out of spite. Perhaps the DNC will offer Bernie a dacha on the Black Sea in recompense. Or if Comrade makes a fuss perhaps he will have an accident.

[cnsmom]

As VP she’d hardly have to do much either.

[arthurus]

As a Communist he will purge FIRST the Democrats, then the RINOs, then the conservative Republicans and Libertarians. A Communist first gets rid of the immediate competition, then the suckups because some sycophants carry small switchblades in their pockets. Then he goes after the ideological heretics.

[arthurus]

She could easily become our first 25th Amendment President as the dementia renders the President more like an animated cabbage.If Mrs Bill were to make the same deal she might not wait for Biden’s mind to fog out altogether.

[ronnie raygun]

Bernie will win commie cal 415 delegates

[nathanbedford]

Well said.

[central_va]

I will be heading out soon to vote for Bernie. Feel the Bern!!!!

[mo]

Biden will be so demented come August they’ll hardly let him outta his cage. Look at the VP slot carefully

[MCSETots]

I don’t get it. Right now the choices for the dems are three (really) old white guys, one old white (sort of) woman and a gorgeous white chick.

And their “front” runners are two of the three (really) old white guys???

Now that’s diversity!

[Jimmy Valentine]

Good observations on your part. Thanks for posting

[AndyJackson]

So no one is as much of a deep state tool as Biden and the DNC is the public face of the deep state. Got it.

[ClearCase_guy]

Yes. I think there would be an effort to quickly declare Biden incapable of executing his office and his VP would have to step up and be president. Michelle and Barack would be happy to get back into the White House and do .