Bernie Sanders Should Stay and Fight

Bernie Sanders for president because our country and
our future are worth fighting for.

The failure of the corporate political press, emphatically MSNBC, to report Debbie Wasserman Schultz and the DNC crafted the Democratic Presidential Primary to coronate Hillary Clinton ought not deter Bernie Sanders' run for the presidency.

Nor should the fact that the DNC has stacked the deck against Sanders at the Democratic National Convention by installing Clinton loyalists in key committees, (US Uncut).

Nor should the fact that the DNC employs Party commissars, aka superdelegates, precisely to halt progressive political campaigns like Bernie Sanders'.

Hillary Clinton has publicly trumpeted her amassed superdelegates since last August, effectively telling Democratic Primary voters the race is over, (Halperin, Epstein, Aug. 28, 2015; (BloombergPolitics)), months before the Iowa Caucuses and 11 months before the July 2016 Democratic Party Presidential Convention.

Bernie Sanders' supporters decided they would cast their preference in this republic anyway, the heck with Clinton's insiders and myriad Party careerists' support. Suckers for democracy are we.

Let's assume the Democratic Party's nominee against the lunatic Donald Trump is a genuine general election, and not prearranged theater like a wrestling match where the bad guy makes a lot of noise and throws the match to the good guy.

If Debbie Wasserman Schultz and the DNC decide large swaths of American voters are neither welcome nor relevant to the Convention, and the evidence is such a decision has already been made, then Bernie Sanders, denied a fair shot at the nomination, should bolt in late July and make an independent or third party run for the presidency.

It's a democratic thing, and a welcome frack-you card to a corrupt and anti-democratic Democratic Party.

Sanders Wins WV, Party Commissars Look to Correct Voters at Convention

Bernie Sanders won West Virginia last night as Clinton surrogates on MSNBC stood ready to downplay Sanders' latest victory.

That voters for Bernie Sanders will deny Hillary Clinton the 2,383 pledged delegates to secure the nomination before the convention is a fact blacked-out by the corporate media, especially MSNBC.

Clinton was anointed by the DNC in a rigged primary front-loaded for Clinton by DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz who advocates the abolition of open primaries, (The Hill, The Washington Examiner,, Bloomberg Politics, U.S. Uncut, Mal Contends).

In service to Clinton, the Democratic Party commissars, aka superdelegates who will cast delegate votes at the convention, are tabulated by the corporate press as already voted and been won by Hillary Clinton. In reality-land, the Democratic National Convention is held July 25-28 in Philadelphia.

The latest Clinton loss to Sanders exposes Clinton's weakness among actual voters, and assuming no deal has been made between allies Clinton and Trump, highlights the weakest potential Democratic Party nominee in recent history as Clinton alienates younger voters, (TruthDig).

There is an explanation for Clinton's weakness.

"There exists nary a war of aggression, a corporate privilege, a privatization of public services or an act against the common good that Mrs. Clinton has factually opposed in her years of public self-service," notes Rob Urie in CounterPunch.

These are inconvenient facts about Hillary Clinton that must be ignored.

DNC's Chair Sounds Positively Soviet

The New Democratic Party

DNC-Clinton Alliance Spells Doom

Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Florida) has solidified her personal commitment to running an already corporatized political party like an old Soviet Union commissar.

Reports Lisa Hagen from The Hill: "DNC Chair "Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) said if it was her decision, she would scrap open primaries and only allow voters registered as Democrats to participate in primaries.

"'I believe that the party's nominee should be chosen — this is Debbie Wasserman Schultz's opinion — that the party's nominee should be chosen by members of the party,' the Florida Democrat said during an interview with 'MSNBC Live' on Monday, according to The Washington Examiner,, [Anna Giaritelli]." See also Bloomberg Politics and U.S. Uncut.

Wonder how Wasserman Schultz' stated position plays with Wisconsin Democrats and Wisconsin's historical commitment to an open primary, first enacted by Robert M. La Follette in 1904 as a progressive Republican, (Wisconsin Historical Society).

In late March President Obama personally endorsed Wasserman Schultz against her progressive primary challenger, Tim Canova, (The Intercept).

Bernie Sanders has made clear he intends to contest the nomination of Hillary Clinton whom Wasserman Schultz has attempted to engineer as the Democratic Party nominee for the presidency.

Listening to Wasserman Schultz, it is easy to understand why.

Yesterday a poll showed Clinton losing to Donald Trump in a general election match-up, (Rasmussen Reports), though the predictive power of polls in May is weak.

Still, a Clinton nomination would depress turn-out sufficiently so Clinton's wished-for grand bargain with House Republicans is necessary, Clinton would say.

We need Bernie Sanders, and one hopes he fights until even the mopes at the Democratic Party see the folly of Hillary Clinton and her intended destruction of the FDR-Ike-LBJ-enacted social insurance, and Clinton's neo-con foreign policy.

If you live in Wisconsin, Myron Buchholz is fighting an entrenched Clintonesque jobs-killing New Democrat in Wisconsin's third congressional district.

Go Bernie Sanders and Myron Buchholz.

Bernie Sanders: The Middle Class Is My Establishment

The corporate press has dubbed Bernie Sanders the anti-establishment candidate (Healy, NYT), while maintaining Hillary Clinton cannot lose the Democratic Party nomination for the presidency (NYT).

Sanders had a message last night at the third Democratic debate hosted by ABC News in New Hampshire: The Middle class is my establishment; the special interests' establishment are ruining this county.

"[T]he same pundits lauding Clinton's lead currently in the polls are the same pundits who praised Clinton's lead in 2014 and 2007," noted H.L.Goodman in October.

Clinton and DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz want a rigged primary.

Their efforts could prove to be another colossal misreading of what the base of the Democratic Party wants, ala 2008.

To illustrate the disdain towards Wasserman Schultz and Clinton, consider the MoveOn petition on what would typically be obscure inside-baseball: DNC list sharing, I/T frackups and viewing of lists.

As of early Sunday morning, the day after third debate, 282,283 people had signed the following statement demanding Wasserman Schultz and Clinton back down from attacking and sanctioning Sanders (they did):

We demand that DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz immediately reinstate the Bernie Sanders campaign's access to the DNC's 50-state voter file, which is crucial for voter outreach in the last weeks before the first Democratic caucuses. Shutting down Sanders' tools to reach voters is an infringement on democracy.  

That's a lot of people demanding changes and promoting democracy in the Democratic Party.

Hillary and DNC's Self-defeating Debate Schedule Ducks Voice of People

Hillary Clinton's message: About me and not voters, got it?

Democratic Party does NOT want an open and democratic primary

Facing open bigotry and the spectacle of the Republican Party clown car of presidential candidates, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Hillary Clinton retort with a clear message to American voters: We don't need you, we'll take it from here.

Can't overstate the sheer imbecility of the Democratic National Party.

The DNC announced the debate schedule for Democratic Party presidential aspirants last month: Six 'sanctioned' debates beginning in October.

No surprises like in 2007-08. No voters deciding they want to elect Barack Obama after some 25 debates and joint appearances between April 2007 and April 2008 [see Wikipedia, and FiveThirtyEight.com].

Intelligent policy dialogue on health care, jobs, education?

Forget it, Hillary and the cray-cray DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz have made their decision, America. Six DNC-sanctioned debates and no more.

"This year, the DNC is threatening to bar candidates who participate in unsanctioned debates from the sanctioned ones," notes Harry Enten at 538.

After criticism from Martin O’Malley, the former Maryland governor, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) (Healy, NYT) and other let-voters-decide types, Hillary Clinton determined the prudent course of action is to remind everyone she already has 20 percent of the number of pledged super-delegates to win the nomination, so enough with this more-debates nonsense. (Halperin, Bloomberg Politics) (Rogers, Washington Post)

Last night DNC surrogates hit the airwaves and papers with an unconvincing blood splatter of anti-democratic talking points. See for example, Jess McIntosh of Emily's List on All In with Chris Hayes. McIntosh gave a pathetic performance.

Smart move.

To be Wisconsin-nice about it: Hey, Hillary and DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Frack you.

And vote for Bernie.

On a final note, the brain-trust of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin has anointed Hillary Clinton, ala Mary Burke's 2014 disastrous campaign against Scott Walker, as the official candidate for whom to vote. (Heberman, NYT) That worked well.