Excuse Us, Bernie Sanders, But Nobody Appointed You Savior of the Democratic Party

[BootinUp]

By Melissa McEwan
May 27, 2016


In a Q&A with TIME, Bernie Sanders positions himself as arbiter of the Democratic Party’s future, goes hard negative on the Clintons, calls a progressive activist (and a BNR founder) “scum of the Earth,” and reiterates one of the most delusional talking points of 2015—that he’s the “strongest candidate to beat Donald Trump.” We are longtime activists, advocates, and Democrats, and we reject the hubris that would have one man disparage the work of millions who don’t happen to agree with him.

Dear Bernie,

Reading your recent TIME interview, we felt the need to respond.

First, it says so much that you’re willing to use the term “scum of the earth” about someone who has helped build progressive infrastructure, but not about Donald Trump and his sleazy operatives, who you’re obsequiously hoping will breathe new life into your campaign.

Second, when you speak about the Democratic Party as its self-appointed savior, do you realize how that offends millions of rank and file Democrats who support the nominee-to-be Hillary Clinton? Not to mention the thousands of elected Democrats who have worked their hearts out to promote Democratic and progressive causes?

Do you really imagine that, at the local level, Democrats—elected and activists—are only debating whether or not they are beholden to Wall Street billionaires? We’re working ourselves to early graves fighting for clean water, good schools, early childcare programs, abortion access, jobs programs, equality measures, library funding, needle exchanges, infrastructure improvements, dog parks, lunch programs, fair housing, and countless other issues that are more immediate and personal than the sweeping broadsides you make against “the establishment.”

Continued at Blue Nation Review

[DemonGoddess]

1. Melissa M. knocks it out of the park!

[LisaM]

2. I was JUST reading this and it made my blood boil!

K&R

[DURHAM D]

3. As a lifelong advocate, activist and Democrat

I concur.

Get off the stage you old fool. You don't represent me.



I'm With Her !

[tonyt53]

4. But Bernie knows how to be a better Democrat than the rest of us. He says so, so it is so.

I'm sick and tired of his insults towards the party that I hold near and dear. He might be about a dozen years older than me, but I have been a Democrat for about 45 years longer.

[TwilightZone]

8. I still find it amusing that a bunch of people who aren't even Democrats are suddenly worried about

the Democratic Party and its future. Uh, huh.

[LisaM]

14. I have had enough of him.

I am amazed that he's gone so very negative. It's been brewing, obviously, but now he is really showing his true colors.

[jazzwinders]

5. K&R

[SunSeeker]

6. Sanders has been bashing the Democratic Party for decades. That's an odd way to "save" it.

[TwilightZone]

7. Well, other than many of his supporters and HA Goodman, that is. ;)

[ExtraGriz]

9. Massianic complex much?

I throw up in my mouth every time i see his face.

[sarae]

13. So do I

Can't wait until these two overgrown babies (Bernie and Trump) STFU.

[TwilightZone]

11. lol, look who's lurking in the HCG

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512068457

[niyad]

12. k and r and waiting for the usual suspects in 3. . . 2. . . . 1. . . .

[Haveadream]

15. K&R!

What a fantastic article. This needed to be said. Thank you for posting this!

[Surya Gayatri]

16. Massive K & R. So spot on.

[BootinUp]

17. I've been impressed by the team helping her. nt

[BlueMTexpat]

19. + a million or so! eom

[Squinch]

18. The man's an asshole. Clearer every day.

[BlueMTexpat]

20. Also + a million or so! eom

[ExtraGriz]

21. he has become so clear

people can see right through him. i agree with your first part too!!

[Squinch]

22. I keep reading things about him, and it's always the first thing that pops into my head:

"What an asshole."

[yallerdawg]

23. I'm detecting...

just a "tinge of arrogance" here from Senator Sanders (I-VT).*

[LiberalFighter]

24. He would be like Putin if Putin told the United States it wasn't doing enough

to have clean air or telling us that us that our society is not democratic enough.