Quote Originally Posted by jon1959 View Post
I would like that to be true but I think Saunders would have faced a massive task to beat Trump. He may have got the Democratic Party machine behind him but the wealth and power of corporate America would have been out to sink him. That combined with the right-wing populism of Trump and his supporters, and the kind of propaganda attack that would have been unleashed (it would have been 'Commie Bernie' instead of 'Crooked Hillary') would be too much. I think a Saunders victory would be possible with longer preparation, but not on the basis of out protesting the other candidate at this point in US history.

Fear and hate seem to be stronger now than hope and love. Depressing times.
I don't think the world media could have been any more pro-Clint, anti-Trump. Therefore, Bernie still would not have stood a chance.