I need a practical retort

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10. Maybe this "Sometimes practicality is the only answer...

even in politics and idealism must take a backseat."

This arguement made sense to me. I was a Bernie supporter in 2916 (voted for Hilary, of course) and I think
he could actually have beat orange-face then, but this time around is different. Don-the-Con's support is more ingrained now, Faux Neus is all in and raring to go and support for Bernie isn't as widespread as in 2016. Back then, there were people who would have voted for Bernie, but not for Hilary and they voted for Don-the-Con. Now there are many people (disaffected republicans, former Hilary supporters and others) who won't vote for either Bernie or Donnie, but who will vote for Biden, making him the safer bet to win back the Country.

It could be a close thing in any case and risking the country's future on idealistic goals, right or wrong, is not facing reality.

One more point... Faux Neus is completely ready to go with a "Save us from Communism" schtick to use against Bernie. Right before Super Tuesday I caught a glimpse of their programming and they were running quasi documentaries on the evils of communism, of Stalin and Mao, no less. Biden won and I haven't seen or heard anything like it again. If Bernie had won big then, I'm sure that would have been just the beginning of the Anti-Commie campaign they were going to run with. All of us on the left would have found it comical, but it would have been scarily effective with the simple souls of the right.