Liberal media turns on Sanders

[workinclasszero]

Liberal media turns on Sanders
By Niall Stanage - 05/19/16 06:00 AM EDT

Bernie Sanders is suddenly facing a barrage of criticism from liberal commentators.

As the fallout from last weekend’s Nevada Democratic convention spreads, sharply critical pieces about the White House hopeful and his campaign have appeared in progressive outlets such as Mother Jones, Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos within the past 48 hours.

The Sanders campaign has also taken hits from progressive CNN contributor Sally Kohn, who endorsed the Vermont senator from the stage at a massive rally in New York City just before the Empire State’s April primary.

Kohn wrote an article published Wednesday for Time magazine that was headlined, “I felt the Bern but the Bros are extinguishing the flames.”

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/280453-liberal-media-turns-on-sanders

[Her Sister]

1. ...

[Cha]

13. Move over please..

My popcorn sistah!

[Her Sister]

16. LOL!

This day! I tell you!

[Cha]

19. I know, right?

[beachbumbob]

2. The wheels came off and sanders has nothing left but spite...

and fanning the flames of chaos at our convention...he is turning out to be the angry old socialist leading a mob of anarchists....with little for democrats, liberals and progressives to do about it as he launches a full scale destruction of the Democratic Party.....that will be caught 24/7 on cable news....

Just saying...this is what happens when we allow a lifelong socialist into our primary system....a man who has done little for democrats except use them

[workinclasszero]

3. Agree 100%

He suckered the party and now we are going to pay the piper.

[Little Star]

17. Bingo!

[stopbush]

33. Yep. They thought the old back bench socialist wouldn't do much

but talk about social justice and would allow the DNC to look inclusive, so they let him run.

They didn't notice the Molotov cocktail that had "Democratic Party" written on it that he had in his back pocket.

[workinclasszero]

35. The convention in Philly

is the bernie revolutions last stand.

Do you think they will just follow the rules, endorse Hillary and fade away?

I don't.

[stopbush]

37. I think the DNC is already planning on how they will deal with the worst-case situation

and will act accordingly.

If that means putting Sanders speech on at 3am and taking the TV cameras out of the room, well, so be it.

[workinclasszero]

38. LOL

That could work I guess

[fleabiscuit]

39. I think it would be more correct to refer to them as nihilists.

[BobbyDrake]

4. Even Salon's fever broke briefly enough to post a rational Sanders criticism today.

I didn't believe it until I saw it.
http://www.salon.com/2016/05/18/sorry_bernie_i_love_you_but_this_is_over_and_getting_embarrassing/

Of course, they still employ Camille Paglia unironically, leader of the Fake Progressives for Trump movement, so there's still much work to be done...

[workinclasszero]

5. Yes I noticed they put out a few pro Hillary things lately

They are just reading tea leaves. Some one there must of done the not bernie math LOL

[BobbyDrake]

8. Too late. I read Salon for over 10 years, until last year when they made it clear...

...that HRC supporters were not welcome any more. They grabbed the tiger's tail of the Bernie hysteria and can't figure out how to let go yet.

This whole primary exposed a dangerous, and frankly disappointing, strain of anti-intellectualism and reality-denialism among supposed leftists and alleged progressives. It's been quite the education for me, learning that people I thought were allies don't think of me that way. I don't want to associate with "progressives" who malign women, who harass and dox them, who shout women down when they try to speak. Nor with "progressives" who dismiss black voters based on where they live, or older voters just for being older. Those are not progressive values.

And Salon has been at the head of that faux-Left movement, along with HuffPo and every other site dumb it desperate enough to publish The Libertarian HA Goodman. It's far too late to pretend like it never happened.

[workinclasszero]

14. Totally agree.

Salon can go to hell along with all the so-called progressives who think death threats against children are an acceptable campaign tactic!

[SharonClark]

20. Totally agree about Salon

When the only qualifications for your "reporters" is that they be young, politically inexperienced, and from the Sanders campaign, then you lose all credibility.

[BobbyDrake]

23. Huffington Post has the same problem. There's something too samey about their pro-Bernie writers...

...but I can't white put my finger on it just yet.

[workinclasszero]

26. The home of HA Goodman!

Huffpost, Salon and Goodman are all laughingstocks now!

[Jamaal510]

46. You mean HA-HA Goodman? nt

[workinclasszero]

48. Thats it!

HAHA Goodman lol

[Haveadream]

41. bwahahahaha

[SharonClark]

22. Don't get me started with Paglia

The college she works at should be embarrassed to employ her.

[LisaM]

43. Oh, I know.

Someone posted a piece of absolute drivel by Camille Paglia a month or so ago and then complained that people disparaged her in the responses.

[Her Sister]

6. I Felt the Bern But the Bros Are Extinguishing the Flames ~ Time magazine

http://time.com/4339865/bernie-sanders-supporters-violence/

Very good!

Excerpt:

It’s also too easy to suggest that Sanders’ supporters are a different kind of angry than Trump’s. Are we entirely sure about that? The populist right may be more inclined toward misogyny and xenophobia, but the populist left is not immune from these afflictions. And as I’ve written before, when you see progressive white men—many of whom enthusiastically supported Barack Obama’s candidacy—hate Clinton with every fiber of their being despite the fact that she’s a carbon copy of Obama’s ideology (or in fact now running slightly to his left), it’s hard to find any other explanation than sexism. Either way, the brutish, boorish behavior of Bernie Bros (and their female compatriots, too) was a huge reason I was reluctant to seemingly side with them in endorsing Sanders—and has been the only reason I have ever questioned my decision to do so since.

[LisaM]

44. I've thought that they were alike since about last October.

Now I'm adding in that I'm thinking that in some cases, the violence at the Trump rallies was, at least some of the time, initiated by the fringe of the Sanders crowd.

What makes me absolutely angry over it all is that I have a lot of friends and family who support him and this is letting them down. I have one friend in particular, a lot younger than I am, who has gone out campaigning, gone to the caucuses, got appointed an alternate delegate, and so forth, when he previously was pretty disengaged from politics. I'm not going to get into a conversation with him about it because I feel for him (I don't think he realizes yet how deeply Sanders' good ideas are being so completely betrayed), but I hate to see people who were honestly excited by the candidacy caught in this bowl of muck. The people I know are completely not violent and would never shout a planned speaker off the stage at a convention and now they have to be associated with this.

[Koinos]

7. K & R

[Tavarious Jackson]

9. Just heard on CNN

Bernie plans on ratcheting up attacks and fully intends on hurting Hillary. I think we should too. I think we should expose his Singapore trips.

[Cha]

10. burnie continues making bad decisions.. what do they expect?

I am so grateful that he's showing the world what many of us have known for so long.

He's been getting away with his crap for far too long.. maybe that's why he feels he can continue and no one can touch him?

We'll see about that.

Markos Moulitsas of the Daily Kos, who is a columnist for The Hill, was among the most emphatic critics of the statement, describing it as “an utter disgrace” and complaining that Sanders gave too much prominence to talking points and not enough to his condemnation of violence, which appeared in the third paragraph of the statement.

I applaud Kos for strongly speaking out Against BS..

Money quote from Sally Kohn..

Reflecting on the events in Nevada and the aftermath, Kohn said there was too much equivocation for her tastes in Sanders’s response.

“There is always a but — ‘But they’re passionate; but it’s rigged,’ ” she said.

“Has he done everything he can to truly distance himself from this kind of behavior in the full sense of moral leadership? I don’t think he has.

Nice and refreshing to see a big ol dose of reality coming from a former BS fan.

Thank you, working~

[Haveadream]

42. Can I just say

I love how you refer to him as Burnie. It is so apropos and hilarious. I may have to steal it because it is just too perfect!

[Cha]

45. Why thank you, Haveadream~

It's all on burnie, though.. that's the only way I can write his name.. what with all the bridges he's burned and everything he's done to his lose self-respect.

Be my guest~

[kstewart33]

11. It's about time.

Perhaps now, the media will vet Sanders. Actually examine his biography.

[SharonClark]

21. His clueless supporters should have vetted him as well.

Sanders is all finger pointing and no substance.

[stonecutter357]

12. K&R!

[beachbumbob]

15. The anger sanders has tapped into is extreme left wing and the young ignorant supporters...

Why sanders fails with voters over 45.....he had a choice to accept defeat and ratchet down his rhetoric....but chose not to...continuing to fan the flame of chaos at our convention...his intent is clear...his mob out of control....and July convention will be a repeat oh 1968 Chicago...with little to be done to stop it.

[Walk away]

18. I think it's a sign that Bernie will lose a HUUUGE amount of political power...

after the D.C. primary. Once the votes are officially counted and Hillary has the majority of delegates and votes, Bernie will have a month of waiting around as his campaign deflates.

I think the plan was to steal as many pledged delegates as possible at the state conventions but....the stupid, violent fiasco his campaign waged at the Nevada convention has put an end to that bullshit going forward. Hillary is on to it and she out maneuvered them by being better prepared and smarter!

Plus, the horrible threats the Bernie Bros made to Roberta Lange have probably rated the FBI being involved. Bernie better be very careful about what he tells his hot headed campaigners to say to Delegates going forward.

[beachbumbob]

24. The intent will be to disrupt the convention...and sanders weak leadership

Really can't stop it..

[Walk away]

30. If that's what has to happen to show Liberal Democrats and Independents just how...

ridiculous Bernie and his supporters are, then so be it. I think if Bernie wants to go out with a bang he is going to let them do it. Hopefully, no one gets hurt or, if they do, the damage is limited to the violent protesters and all of the Delegates, Press and Law Enforcement stay safe.

[Blue Idaho]

32. Sanders has no desire to stop the chaos.

He is fully embracing the season of hate he has inspired.

[DemonGoddess]

25. K&R!

[Haveadream]

27. Finally!

The media is finally beginning to actually criticize Bernie. There is little doubt his supporters will be crushed under the weight of a negative press because he has been handled with kid gloves thus far. They are desensitized to the onslaught of negative, actually vile press Hillary is subjected to but now will now have just a minuscule taste of the antagonism she has endured for decades. He and his supporters are being revealed to be so out of their depth, it is ridiculous.

In addition to his lack of composure or having a temperament to be leader of the free world, Bernie suffers from a disturbing moral relativism that causes him to condone violence if it serves to advance what he sees as his righteous cause. His situational ethics are being called out by everyone at this point and if he and his supporters were smart, they would unequivocally denounce it. But he won't because he lacks the character to do so.


I predict he will be unable to stay calm or on message and will become even more hostile to the press, the party and the "establishment". He may have been a politician for decades but he is reacting like a rookie on the public stage. If you can't handle the heat without a tantrum, global politics may not be the best fit for your skills. If he needs examples on the way to behave with grace under fire, he would do well to learn from President Obama and soon-to-be President, Hillary Clinton.

[griffi94]

29. The press has only just started to put the spotlight on Bernie

And already the dudebros are shrieking like banshees.

Bernie was never in control of the more militant bros.

He has however really been ramping them up.

I can't wait til this over and the senate Democrats
strip him of his committee assignments.

Mess with the bull. Get the horns.
Politics aint beanbag.

[stopbush]

36. Yes. At this point, the media still asks him questions about his supposed policies,

and dotes on him for coming so far.

But once it's over, any coverage will be about how he lost to Hillary, and how much the behavior of the Bros was responsible for his loss, and - more importantly - how HE egged on his Bros to commit the acts of violence and intolerance they displayed during the campaign.

Even Nixon got a chance to rehabilitate himself to the public, but I don't see that happening for Sanders, who has turned out to be nothing more than a self-centered asshole. At least Nixon got some good things done, like opening up China, creating the EPA and eventually ending the war in Nam. More important, Nixon wasn't a milquetoast communist (or socialist - it doesn't matter what you call Sanders. Americans don't know the difference) who verbally tried to destroy his Party, even though - like Sanders - he felt that everyone was against him.

No, Americans will not look fondly on Sanders going forward. In fact, once the reality of Hillary's presidency sinks in and the Ds are back in control of the Senate, the country will get back to the important business that the Rs have been blocking for the past 6 years. The SCOTUS will be put on a decades-long progressive path, the ACA will be tweaked, college tuition will be addressed (my daughter actually thinks Hillary's plan is much better than Sanders' "free" fantasy) and the name Bernie Sanders will remind people of unruly crowds of misogynistic white boys who deep down couldn't stand that they weren't going to get free cell phones along with that free college and healthcare Sanders promised.

[jpmonk91]

28. There is no liberal media!

[fleabiscuit]

40. Its easier to say liberal media...

than to say 'the newstainment that advertises more to the saps that self describe as leaning to the left of the mythical political left-right spectrum.'

[liberal N proud]

31. About time, he has been demonstrating that he is not a progressive

Socialists, Liberal either...

Making the proclamation that he intends to do harm to Hillary ahead of the convention should bring the full reign of the power the media has on him.

[eastwestdem]

34. As they should. It's one thing to have out of control supporters, but not to denounce them, really?

Isn't that written somewhere in 'political candidate 101'?

[Stand and Fight]

47. About time! Kicked and recommended!