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In reply to the discussion: Supporting the values of the Sanders movement is not "refighting the primaries". [View all]CitizenZero
(505 posts)Any reasonable candidate. Not right wingers who have no association with the Party. Your argument is reductio ad absurdum. Sanders is a Progressive Independent U.S. Senator who caucuses with the Democrats. Bannon is an Alt-Right Monster.
To use Bannon as a comparison to Sanders is absurd. Pinning your argument on the term "anyone" is splitting hairs and missing the point. The point is the Democratic Party should be democratic and open to any reasonable candidate. To support a Party structure that is un-democratic is a losing strategy that goes against values like democracy and openness.
If you want to continue to close the Party to Progressives like Sanders, fine. Just expect to keep losing elections because you are denying a whole segment of voters who should be in the Party, not out of it. If we keep pushing Sanders people out for whatever reason, do not be surprised when many of these people vote third party. We need to broaden our base to win, not narrow it.