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David's right. The media's sucking those stories about what Sanders supporters did out of their thumbs. The gut-level hatred of the Democratic establishment for Sanders is downright rabid. The batcrap crazy rant of Chris Matthews comparing Sanders' victory in Nevada to Hitler's invasion of France was unusually only in that Matthews is so clueless that he was saying out loud what the Democratic allies in the media have been hinting at for months. For a while, they sought to coax reform-minded voters towards Warren, but when she started showing strength, they began battering her as well. Their only objection to GOP Mayor Bloomberg is whether they can get him to pass his TV audition. The current holy war is about Sanders saying basically the same thing that Obama said about Cuba. We should remember that the Democratic bosses would rather lose an election to the Republicans than to allow themselves and their faction to be pushed from power. They're already making noise about Sanders being unsupportable, and I doubt they'll let it get that far. That said, we shouldn't be distracted by the bullshit coverage and the reality TV. What needs to concern us about voting and national election campaigns is how we can use them to build something of substance that can carry some political clout beyond the election. What we need are not these consumer satisfaction surveys but feet on the street, hands at work building for the future. Going Democratic essentially sets that consideration aside, which is the essence of why it's unacceptable. Remember the big movements Obama supporters said we were going build in the wake of his election? Never happened. Then, there were the big marches against Trump on his inauguration, and the Democrats got control of the local organizing groups, got everybody off the streets, and insisted that the party would handle the problems. Can something be done through the Greens? Perhaps, if Howie is nominated. But don't expect the structure of the party to do it. Don't just cast your consumer preference. It will take hundreds of committed radicals to get involved and build some sort of an organization or network of thousands. Cheers, Mark L. _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com