Bernie, without the anger. [View all]

[highprincipleswork]

In retrospect, it could be said that perhaps Bernie Sanders and his campaign and his supporters got kind of "rope a doped" into brawling in New York against a Senator who had been elected there twice and who, after all, is a woman.

Oh, I know, you will say that even that comment is "sexist". But she is a woman, and it is pointed out too frequently that that changes the rules. Such as if you throw money in front of her car. Or use certain words.

In any case, there are all these calls to wind things down now, and I truly hope that Bernie takes things all the way to the convention. He is behind by less than Ted Cruz in a Republican race that the media talks about incessantly every day, as if it's the most interesting horse race to the White House ever. We, on our side, suffer far less coverage, because the word is in - this isn't a horse race, this is something like a done deal.

No. California has twice as many pledged delegates as New York, is a reasonably open primary, and Bernie can easily do very, very, very, very well there. As he can in all the remaining states. By being as true to himself and his principles as ever, but quieter. With more humor. We could all take a page from F.D.R. there. From John F. Kennedy even.

But yes, as much as I love Bernie, and I do love Bernie not even like him, I like him best when he's quieter. As angry as I am, and we all have much to be angry about, I like him better when he expresses his fantastic ideas in a quieter fashion. These ideas and policies are so popular that they have been borrowed from very "liberally" by Hillary in her quest to be the standard bearer. Whether or not she, or the Party if she is nominated, will adhere to these, is very much the leading question of the day.

But quieter. I mean, what would it hurt, and how would it help if Bernie goes about simply stating the things we all know to be true and the solutions he envisions for them? Not promising them, by the way, but saying what also is true - if we simply stand together, there is nothing we cannot accomplish. What if he did that? Wouldn't that be more effective than what happened in New York?

I think so. And I think it could be very good for fellow Berners out there. How about we continue to bern brightly, but not so hot? We have plenty of reason to think we are in the right. When you really know that in your bones, you don't have to be so adamant about it. You can simply carry on, doing the excellent work you are doing.

That's my thought for the day. Not to drop out at all, but to burn brightly and at least somewhat less searingly, and that, IMHO, is the way to the convention, to the hearts and minds of the American people, and to the White House.