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Nothing scares the shit out of an independent voter like a socialist.

Bernie Sanders, the 84 year old socialist will be the Keynote Speaker at the Texas Democratic Convention in Corpus Christi this summer. Look for the Republican Party to make HEY! out of this. Texas Monthly has already chimed in.

Dave Carney, top Greg Abbott strategist and proud New Englander, gleefully retweeted Democrats throughout the week. “Best news this week!” he wrote when the party announced that Sanders would come to the convention.

Unlike California, Statewide candidates running in the Democratic Party in Texas cannot win an election with only Democratic voters. Ask all the candidates that have run over the last 25 years. They, we, need the help of those so called “swing” voters and they are easily scared. They look for any excuse to hold their nose and vote for a felon like they did in 2024 instead of voting for an intelligent well qualified woman. Democrats love to give them excuses not to vote for Democrats. Having Bernie Sanders as the keynote speaker of the Texas Democratic Party Convention might be that excuse they need in November.

I expect Sanders to do what he does best when he takes the stage. The 84 year old socialist will talk about the unattainables such as free healthcare, free college, free transportation. These are issues he has championed for over 40 years and has made little if any progress. His Medicare for all, or single payer, or universal healthcare bill was filed and failed after the budget office put a $30 Trillion price tag on it. This is his problem. He has these unattainable ideas but is not capable of selling the idea to Congress, to the party he doesn’t belong to, or the consumers. It’s not whether the ideas are good or not it’s that he can’t make progress on the issues he is selling. Instead of making false promises he ought to work to make progress.

Bernie, like the other far left folks (The Squad), lacks legislature victories. In his 40+ years in Congress he has passed 3 bills, renaming buildings. The Squad isn’t much better. Over the last 4 years The Squad consisting of Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Cory Bush, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Presley, Jamaal Bowman, and Rashida Harbi Tlaib have filed a total of 290 bills, passing only 4. 3 of these bills renamed buildings. (Bowman and Bush are no longer in Congress)

But regardless of his inability to make progress the 84 year old socialist will be the keynote speaker at the Texas Democratic Party Convention. Personally I wish they had booked AOC. At the very least she is a Democrat. We are expected to do well in Texas elections. We might even win a state wide race if we can give the easily frightened independents good reasons to vote for us. Bernie Sanders is not one of these reasons.

If you are going to the Convention you might want to use this bingo card for Bernie’s speech. The winning card will be the one with no squares covered.

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