After a remarkable campaign that made significant contributions to an issue-oriented Democratic primary, Sen. Bernie Sanders is risking becoming either a joke or a tragedy ("Decision time arrives for Sanders," June 20).
Monty Python had a comedy skit in which a heroic knight, like Senator Sanders, scoffs at his attackers, refusing surrender even as he's hacked down to just his head.
In a similar vein, a contemporary comedian imagined a 2018 White House press release reiterating President Hillary Clinton's respect for Mr. Sanders but declining to comment on his demands if he agreed to concede the 2016 primary race. Timing is important.
Every day that Mr. Sanders refuses to get on the team, to acknowledge that he lost his bid for of the Democratic Party nomination fair and square and by a big margin, his right to make demands on the party to which he only recently pledged allegiance decreases.
The 2016 presidential election is not a joke, though it's sometimes hard to tell. Mr. Sanders would destroy all that he and his movement accomplished if he joins Ralph Nader in the infamy of those who sacrificed their principles and their country's welfare to ego and hubris.
Roger C. Kostmayer, Baltimore