Attack of the AltLeft Freaks
Well, I made it- onto a “Bernie or Bust” hate list. You know what? I’m proud. I got put on a list with Neera Tanden, Joy Reid, Joan Walsh, Kurt Eichenwald, Debra Messing and 24 other really cool people- and me. I mean, i’m honored to be elevated like that, but it was a bit of a surprise. I run campaigns for a living and have won a couple of minor elections. Some of these people have TV shows. I was literally hanging out in a dive bar in Easton on Sunday.
But since they’ve added me to their little list, I guess I should respond- I’m both proud and wearing it as a badge of honor, and a bit confused. No, I don’t support Bernie Sanders. No, I don’t support the Democratic Socialists of America. I guess in that sense, I am their enemy. I’m not sure how they think they are going to win elections and govern like this though? I agree with them on creating a universal health care system, making college affordable to all, protecting the environment, and a whole host of other issues, even if I am not buying into their specifics. If they’re going to call me a corporate shill and attempt to have me cyber-harassed or worse, how are they going to get to 51% of American support? Despite what they believe, there is not popular mass support for socialism in America, so if these folks are going to attempt to push me into the abyss, who are their voters going to be? Perhaps they haven’t thought of that yet. Perhaps they don’t actually care, this is just about “winning” and being right? I don’t know.
I want to thank @geoffmiami for adding me to this hate list of his. To thins point today, nearly 2,500 new people have followed me on Twitter, pushing my audience to over 9,000 people. That’s over 9,000 people I can talk to about the policies and candidates of the Democratic Party, and how we’re going to pull America back from the mess Donald Trump is trying to launch us into. Sure, I guess at least part of my mind wandered to wondering about my personal safety, but these people are too inept to actually hurt anyone- they thought this list would in any way hurt me.
