Many of us who oppose Bernie Sanders do so, not because we dislike him (though some of his cult worshippers are kind of obnoxious), or because we disagree with his policy or ideological views, but because we see him as Donald Trump’s perfect fantasy of a November general election opponent.
We need to remember the election of 1972. It was the first election I was old enough to vote in (previous presidential election you had to be 21 to vote).
In my very first election, the California Primary, I eagerly cast my vote for the darling of the far left, George McGovern. McGovern was a good guy. He would have been a good president. Kind of like Bernie. I was so pumped up for McGovern.
1972 was the last year that California, with our huge delegate count, was winner-take-all, and when McGovern carried our state, with my first little vote in the mix, it put him over the number to clinch the delegate count.
All of us young, long-haired college students were so thrilled and excited!
Of course, McGovern went on to face Richard Nixon, up for reelection — the president who, up until Trump, was the most corrupt in history and, just as Trump would do to Bernie, Nixon carried 61% of the vote and 49 states.
Many of us who oppose Bernie Sanders do so, not because we dislike him (though some of his cult worshippers are kind of obnoxious), or because we disagree with his policy or ideological views, but because we see him as Donald Trump’s perfect fantasy of a November general election opponent.
We need to remember the election of 1972. It was the first election I was old enough to vote in (previous presidential election you had to be 21 to vote).
In my very first election, the California Primary, I eagerly cast my vote for the darling of the far left, George McGovern. McGovern was a good guy. He would have been a good president. Kind of like Bernie. I was so pumped up for McGovern.
1972 was the last year that California, with our huge delegate count, was winner-take-all, and when McGovern carried our state, with my first little vote in the mix, it put him over the number to clinch the delegate count.
All of us young, long-haired college students were so thrilled and excited!
Of course, McGovern went on to face Richard Nixon, up for reelection — the president who, up until Trump, was the most corrupt in history and, just as Trump would do to Bernie, Nixon carried 61% of the vote and 49 states.