I'm not concerned about the irredeemable Trump supporters, Reg, as they are lost to us. But the folks we are fighting for, the ones in Minnesota and Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, are not going to watch 20 minute grainy videos from Vermont. They are going to be inundated with a tsunami of 30 second ads designed to thoroughly offend and shock their heartland sensibilities. The ads will write themselves.

I see a young couple, just married, driving off with the "just married" sign, tin cans being pulled by their American car, with "This Land Is Your Land" being solemnly sung. Cut to a picture of newly married Bernie with the question, "Did Bernie Sanders and his bride set out on their honeymoon to explore our beloved nation?" Cut to grainy footage of stock character Soviet leaders and the words, "No, they hightailed it to Commieland!" Okay, it won't say Commieland, but it doesn't have to.

I see a shot of an Amnesty International report highlighting the imprisonment of political prisoners in Cuba. Cut to Bernie's favorable words about the rise of Castro. It only takes a sentence or two to make him appear as though he's cozying up to the man.

I see young women praising the Me Too Movement and the impressive gains made. Cut to a woman reading from Bernie's piece. It's satirical elements won't be visible in the ad. We're dealing with pros, here, sinister sons of bitches with unlimited advertising budgets. Yes, whoever the Democratic nominee is will face an onslaught of outlandish, despicable, distortions, half-truths, words taken out of context,  and outright lies. But I worry, Reg, that were Sanders to be our candidate, we'll look back as our British friends are at this moment with regret that Jeremy Corbyn was their guy.

But as you write, perhaps I'm wrong. I was in November of 2016.

Peter T.