Huffington Post: Bernie Sanders Should Not be Allowed to Hold the Democratic Party Hostage

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222. Let's pretend for a miinute

that you get your way and our party has a purity test for admission and inclusion, you know.....real Democrats, like maybe Joe Manchin. Next, let's pass a DNC rule that nobody can ever criticize any Democratic politician for anything he/she does or doesn't do. Let's make it clear that we are not to vote on issues, we must vote ONLY based on our allegiance to The Party. In fact, we could, prior to elections, make it clear that if you don't have a (D) next to your name, we do not want your vote because that would make us less pure. By doing this, we could be certain that Our Members wouldn't be tainted by ideas that aren't Party-Approved.

We could even have an Elite Committee that sets some standards for the Real Democrats, making Our Party even more pure in the future. This committee could decide who is too old, too young, too leftish, too white, too black, too fringe-like, too independent, too free-wheeling, etc.

I'm really, really serious about these ideas, but there is one little thing that worries me. I did some research on how Democrats have been doing, and I found out that we have lost a lot of ground in the last few years. Apparently the House is controlled by Republicans, as is the Senate. The majority of electoral votes was recently won by a freaking Republican madman, and we've lost a lot of governorships, mayoral races. So, I'm a teeny bit worried about my proposed purity thing for Democrats because it seems to me we'd end up with fewer members, not more....and to get our platform passed and some of it into law, we'll need all the help we can get.