Bernie Sanders has a constitutional right to run for President
I am so sick and tired of the many people here who post the kind of garbage that suggests that Bernie Sanders doesn't have a right to run for President by implying that a.) he's not a real Democrat and thus shouldn't be supported by the Democratic Party and b.) he shouldn't run as an Independent, lest he inadvertently elect a Republican.
If a. is true and b. is true, then Bernie should not consider himself eligible to effectively compete and run for President. In essence, the implied argument abrogates his right to consider himself on equal footing as anyone to run for President if he believes in the cause of the left, which he inherently does.
If there is one recurring meme that viscerally angers me at the arrogance of the Hillary Clinton supporters on this board, this is the meme.
The essence of it is seriously unjust and vilely self-serving.
Since this is a good example of Party Politics not serving the people but rather the people only serving the Party, then I would consider this anti-democratic. It curtails free speech and delegitimizes the support of his followers.
Given Bernie's sincere and long standing track records and voting with Democrats on a variety of issues as well as his public life being at the vanguard of liberalism and progressiveism (which should be the goals of the Democratic Party) then he is deserving of more respect and an apology from those who try to delegitimize him.
If the party cannot accept him then the only alternative would be for Bernie to run as an Independent, which would be electorally catastrophic.
Thus the onus is upon the DU community and Democrats (McCaskill et al.) to revoke their disparaging comments that are underhanded and destructive.
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