A Plea For Sanity

It looks like Joe Biden is the Democratic presidential nominee-in waiting.  He's expected to win the Michigan primary today be a wide margin, though who knows if that's the case until it happens.

Already I see Bernie bros online attacking Biden as a tool of the Establishment and as an untrustworthy centrist who won't bring needed change to this country as President.  Some may be even thinking of going third party on him in November.  Bernie bros?  Please don't!  I'm not saying Biden will definitely be the nominee, and as a registered independent, I remain neutral in this primary election process, but if Biden is the Democratic presidential nominee, as it now seems likely, I urge you to vote for Biden in November because this time we really don't have a choice!  A third-party candidate will only help Trump, especially in swing states.  Yeah, I went third party in a safe state when the idea of "President Trump" was just that - an idea.  But now it's reality, not a reality show, and even Democratic-leaning voters in safe Democratic states can't take a chance on voting Green or whatever this time.  A second Trump term would be a disaster - especially with the coronavirus outbreak going on.  If we can't have a social democratic revolution at this time - and I still insist that, for now anyway, we can't -we should at least get back to normal.

Look, a Biden Presidency would not only help us do that, it would put back together the Obama legacy, which a more liberal successor to Biden can build upon like Bernie Sanders could have done had he been elected President in 2016. Sanders can't get much done as President if elected anyway; he may still have to deal with a Republican Senate and possibly moderate House Democrats to get anything done. He has not spent one ounce of energy to build consensus or expand his base. Maybe I'm wrong about that, but if he's not the nominee, it's a moot point. So if Biden is the Democratic presidential nominee, than dammit, don't go crazy - vote for him!

Oh yeah, and if Bernie Sanders is the nominee . . .

. . . I'll vote for him.