NEWS: Bernie plans to participate in an April DNC debate-sign he isn't planning on dropping out soon

[The Magistrate]

92. The Fact That Left Elements Cannot Be Relied On, Sir

Forces Party leadership to try and make up the slack in the center. It certainly worked in the recent Congressional contest, and could reasonably be expected to do so this year as well. A great many centerist types have conceived a hatred for Trump, which his abominable performance in the crisis will solidify and extend. The diminutive 'rally round' boost showing at present is far less than would be expected for a normal President.

If the left wants influence, it is going to have to drop the 'not a dime's worth of difference betwixt the two' posturing, and show up and vote consistently, come Hell or high water. The strike may well work in labor disputes, but it does not work in politics. The unreliable are written off and worked around, they do not receive better conditions and higher wages.

"The argument boils down to insisting no bread is better than half a loaf."





"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."