The Party that Cried Socialist Wolf

Dear Dingo:
I am freaking out that Bernie Sanders might become the 2020 Democratic nominee! Won't it be too easy for Republicans to scream "pinko socialist" and make him unelectable ? Won't rich folks flip and vote Trump to save their finances? Isn't this helping Trump?

Answer:
Calm down moderate friend. No need to panic.
Here's the rub: Republicans have been branding all Democratic presidents/candidates  "socialists" for years now. Roosevelt and JFK--socialists! Clinton and Obama--socialists!
If you call everyone a socialist, it makes it super easy for the real one to slip under the fence.

Secondly, Bernie & bros are banking on the fact that the majority of Americans aren't rich folks. Gladly throw a handful of blue state millionaires under the bus-- in order to replace them with thousands of new voters.

Lastly, in our "post facts Russian bot world", does anything resembling normalicy matter? What wins elections-- having the best internet trolls to spread crazy shit on Facebook. Bernie's got that.