I think what he’s getting at is shooting ourselves in the foot with premature purity tests and infighting. I’m already seeing some people I know are not political trollies headed down the “Bernie or stay home” path, and it’s not a criticism of Sanders himself to point out that catastrophe lies in that direction. The most important thing is that there is a spoiled toddler in the room with a loaded .45, and he needs to be disarmed safely before we can turn the cocktail party back to nuanced adult conversation. I’ve got strong opinions and I want a candidate who agrees with them, but I’m also not going all scorched earth on any candidate I might have to turn around and stump for later to try to save the republic.
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