Bernie or bust?
There it was on my Facebook feed. An image of a young woman and beneath it the slogan, "Bernie or Bust."
Catchy enough, I thought. But what does it mean? Two very different interpretations came to my mind.
One is that Sanders' supporters are going all out, taking his campaign as far as it can go (and it's gone further than many political observers thought only a few months ago), but no matter who wins the Democratic Party nomination this summer, supporting the nominee in the fall.
The other is that it's full speed ahead now, but in the event that Bernie doesn't win the nomination and Hillary does, his supporters will sit out the general election. If the first interpretation is the case, so much the better; it's a win-win. If it's the other, it's wrongheaded. Nothing good will come from it. In fact, a lot of bad could result.
Let me explain: Hillary isn't Bernie; no question about that. His positions go beyond the conventional boundaries of the Democratic Party; hers don't. His campaign feels transformational; hers doesn't. He is energizing new constituencies and stimulating new thinking; she isn't. He's on the outs with the party's hierarchy; she's its favorite. He hopes to build a popular movement that will endure after the curtain falls on this election cycle. She has no such aspiration. And he's a democratic socialist to boot. Not her cup of tea.
Like always, I open this material to the floor for serious discussion because it is nothing more important than a serious dialog of the education and our future of our Hebrew people.
READ MORE: http://peoplesworld.org/bernie-or-bust/
Catchy enough, I thought. But what does it mean? Two very different interpretations came to my mind.
One is that Sanders' supporters are going all out, taking his campaign as far as it can go (and it's gone further than many political observers thought only a few months ago), but no matter who wins the Democratic Party nomination this summer, supporting the nominee in the fall.
The other is that it's full speed ahead now, but in the event that Bernie doesn't win the nomination and Hillary does, his supporters will sit out the general election. If the first interpretation is the case, so much the better; it's a win-win. If it's the other, it's wrongheaded. Nothing good will come from it. In fact, a lot of bad could result.
Let me explain: Hillary isn't Bernie; no question about that. His positions go beyond the conventional boundaries of the Democratic Party; hers don't. His campaign feels transformational; hers doesn't. He is energizing new constituencies and stimulating new thinking; she isn't. He's on the outs with the party's hierarchy; she's its favorite. He hopes to build a popular movement that will endure after the curtain falls on this election cycle. She has no such aspiration. And he's a democratic socialist to boot. Not her cup of tea.
Like always, I open this material to the floor for serious discussion because it is nothing more important than a serious dialog of the education and our future of our Hebrew people.
READ MORE: http://peoplesworld.org/bernie-or-bust/
