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Donald Trump won the Presidency last night.
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The good news is that it is only mid May and thus, possibility of the scenario above is still months away.
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But, watching the chaos and destruction that has unfolded within the democratic party over the past few months (and especially days), could be the best predictor for what to millions of Americans, is nothing short of a nightmare: A Donald Trump Presidency.
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Mr. Trump was actively tweeting (and likely laughing) last night as Hillary Clinton struggled to a razor thin win in the Kentucky primary and lost the Oregon primary to democratic "insurgent," Bernie Sanders by nine points.
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Reality is, that Hillary Clinton has been taking hits from both, the extreme left and fanatical right for many months. That she is still standing and well on her way to the democratic nomination might actually be the surprise in all this. By contrast, Bernie Sanders basically gets a free pass from any criticism. Democrats don't want to alienate "passionate" Bernie supporters and Republicans would prefer a Sanders' candidacy over Hillary as easier to attack and defeat in November.
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(It should be pointed out that Bernie Sanders has never been a democrat and merely joined the party two years ago in order to run for President. He is a self-describe, "socialist" and as such, is really an interloper to the democratic party.)
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The late primaries of May and June don't matter much in terms of changing the actual math and inevitable outcome of the democratic race for Presidential nomination. Hillary essentially has the nomination sewn up with a 3 million popular vote lead and more than 700 delegate count lead. She only needs less than 100 delegates now to mathematically clinch -- something she is sure to achieve on June 7th when delegate-rich states like New Jersey and California finally vote in the primary.
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But, the primaries won't end with the spoken will of the voters and actual clinching of the nomination.
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Bernie Sanders is belligerently promising a contentious "fight" all the way to the convention floor in July. This despite the fact he has suffered a substantial and decisive loss.
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Many (especially media) are acting surprised at the Sanders-inspired violence that broke out at the Nevada Democratic State Convention last weekend which was charged with assigning delegates for the upcoming National Convention in July. (Hillary Clinton won the Nevada caucuses by 6 points in February.)
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Supporters of Bernie Sanders unhappy with the process, disrupted and hurled obscenities at long time progressive California Senator (and Hillary supporter), Barbara Boxer as well as they threw chairs on stage and issued death threats to democratic chair person, Roberta Lange. The convention had to be shut down early due to security concerns.
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The harassment and misogynistic threats towards Ms. Lange however, continued for days resulting in more than 1,000 vile phone calls, messages and tweets that included her family and grandchildren and forced a restaurant where she works during the week to temporarily close.
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But no one should be surprised at these ugly turns of events.
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The vitriolic, "writing on the wall" has been visible and apparent since the beginning of the campaign.
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It was visible with Sanders' insistent demands for "political revolution" and tendencies to demonize certain segments of society as targets for hate, fear and distrust. It was visible in the hundreds of thousands of angry tweets, insults and charges of "voting with vagina" by Bernie supporters to Hillary backers on social media. It was visible in the hurling of dollar bills at Hillary Clinton (i.e. "corporate bought whore") when she recently traveled to a fund raising event in California. And it was evident in the vicious taunts and intimidation heaped on Clinton supporters leaving a campaign event a couple of weeks ago in California by Bernie fanatics. -- Taunts and obscenities even directed at children causing one small boy to cry and a little girl to experience her Hillary Clinton signed poster ripped up in front of her.
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Yes, the writing was on the wall for a long time but most, (especially a Trump-obsessed media) failed to see or acknowledge it.
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It seems however that the vile events at Las Vegas last weekend have finally garnered some attention from both, the (overly meek and accommodating) democratic party and the media. Or, perhaps it is Sanders' refusal to publicly denounce such violence without a "but" attached, that has finally opened eyes.
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The question to ask now is, are such actions, "too little, too late?"
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Plans are well underway for fist-raised protests and marches against the July Democratic Convention in Philadelphia. https://www.facebook.com/groups/MarchOnTheDNC/
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Moreover, Sanders is promising a floor fight and "contested convention."
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The last times we had such division, protests and "contention" at democratic conventions, Republicans won the November elections. Such was true in 1968 and 1980.
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Then of course, there was the infamous election of 2000 when leftist "idealist" protesters abandoned the democratic Al Gore in order to vote for third party candidate, Ralph Nader.
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That election gave us George W. Bush.
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Perhaps it was no small wonder that I awoke this morning thinking, Donald Trump just won the Presidency last night."
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