Bernie, you know I love you - but if you decide to run do it as a DEMOCRAT! Frankly, this will do the most good as far as exposure and getting your message to be covered. But, if you do decide to run as an Independent (which, frankly, will not distribute your message as intended), there is the option to drop out at the last moment and encourage your potential voters to vote for the leading DEMOCRATIC candidate.
I understand that you want to take our Country to the Left, and I personally thing that's the best way for our country to Progress to the next level:
But there are many who are skeptical of our approach. And, we have to have the votes. In order to get the votes, we must prove that our vision is the best - which also means that we must have the power to implement our vision. We can only have this power if we get elected in the first place.
This means that the Democrat has to be elected. This means that although there is a time during Primary Season to bring up items that are considered Leftist, the General election is NOT the place to bring up such items.
Take a lesson from Ralph Nader here. If he had withdrawn and thrown his support behind Al Gore (as he did privately at a book-signing), he wouldn't have drawn votes from Gore and we wouldn't have had to endure the devastating 8 years under GWB.
So, Mr. Sanders - you could go down in history as one of the greatest Senators ever! Or, you could go down in history as one of the greatest "spoilers" ever. As much as I liked Ralph Nader and his message, after his ego-laden attempt I have only one response to anything he says now:
Nuck Fader!
Please don't make me have to say the same about you......
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