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Bad Bernie Takes: ‘He’s Trump’s ideal opponent’
№6 of a multi-part series deconstructing the worst bad-faith arguments against Sen. Bernie Sanders
It’s the night of the New Hampshire primary. Trump is in the Oval Office watching the results come in, gleefully rubbing his hands together and cackling maniacally as Fox News announces that Bernie just clinched another one. His GOP campaign advisers rush in with Cognac and cigars. They’re all ecstatic.
Vladimir Putin calls to congratulate him. Trump tells him everything is going according to the plan and says “Spasibo, tovarisch. Dasvidaniya” into the receiver before hanging up.
As absurd as this scene is, it’s not too far off from the fever dream that grips the minds of so many moderate liberals.
Bernie Sanders’ prospects are looking mighty good—his odds of winning are three times as high relative to his next-closest competitor—and the liberal commentariat is palpably nervous that he might just pull it off. The thought of it damn near broke the brain of MSNBC’s…
