Bernie Is Not The Answer - Sorry

[KPN]

82. Yeah. They will have to weigh that.

But from what I can gather from talking with them, they don't seem to be held hostage by it. One of the things I hear from them is basically that things sometimes have to get worse before they get better. In effect. more pain will only make the revolution grow.

Not sure I buy that, but they seem pretty set with it. And I can't say that any of us have real life experience in times like these to draw from. We shall see I guess.

What strikes me though is the DNC has done everything it can to stomp Bernie people, including young folks, down as opposed to bring them into the tent. For all the talk of being able to get things done by being able to make deals, I've seen absolutely nothing from the DNC, especially in the way the State Dem parties have administered the primaries. They've done nothing to mitigate a fundamental distrust of the establishment. I'm pretty sure the Party platform is not a satisfactory means of achieving party unity.

I think we are seeing a battle for the soul of the party. It's future is in young people, not old, and the Party is basically at war with them. That doesn't bode well.

Me? I'm with the young folks if you can't tell. I don't feel I owe the Party anything if it isn't representing the interests that I feel are most urgently important -- and it has been falling far short of doing that for a long while now. The SCOTUS? I guess I may need to decide whether I'm okay with being held hostage as well. Right now I'm frankly not sure.

Here's what I don't get at all. Bernie polls better than Hillary against all Republican candidates, yet a gazillion people get hung up on him not being, well, part of the party establishment. I cannot for the life of me understand that.