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

[MrWendel]

http://bluenationreview.com/bernie-sanders-nobody-appointed-you-savior-of-the-democratic-party/

By Melissa McEwan

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.”

We support Hillary Clinton, but Hillary Clinton is not the entirety of the Democratic Party. The DNC is not the entirety of the Democratic Party. Do you not appreciate the irony that, by constantly attacking the Democratic Party as a monolith, you’re doing more to alienate and treat as irrelevant the average Democrat across this nation than the Democratic Party leadership ever has?

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[ThirdWayToTheHighway]

1. You might not deserve him

but he is the hero our party needs.

[MrWendel]

2. I doubt...

you read the article, or the name of this group. And HERO worship says allot about the problem with his support.

[Rose Siding]

4. I sure hope we don't deserve him

[ThirdWayToTheHighway]

5. Such vitriol

I'm happy you can appreciate corruption though. Sometimes I wish I could ignore it the way some do. Just not how I'm wired I guess.

[Koinos]

7. Your username and your tone give you away. You are in a protected group. Please leave.

[ThirdWayToTheHighway]

8. Give me away for what, exactly?

Regardless of the group its posted in I'll freely call out bullshit as I see fit until I am banned from doing so. I certainly wouldn't say that I have committed a bannable offense though.

[George II]

29. And that moment just arrived. Goodbye.

[still_one]

33. Thanks George. Interesting that they setup their own rules. Whether it involves voting in

California, or respecting the statement of purpose of a group, they don't believe they need to follow the rules.

[caquillo]

10. You really should brush up on your vocabulary

'Vitriol' refers to cruel, bitter, and abusive criticism. Nothing Rose Siding wrote was any of that. She merely stated her boundaries.

Jesus, you people are thin-skinned!

[ThirdWayToTheHighway]

11. Okie dokie

Have a nice day

[Kingofalldems]

16. Can you explain this post please:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=2069606

[EileenFB]

18. Don't waste your time waiting

on a response. This person could care less about protected groups, they just have to get their digs in no matter what.

[sufrommich]

27. He won't be answering,he's blocked. nt

[Kingofalldems]

28. Thanks, I really didn't expect one.

[Rose Siding]

14. Vitriol? Did you not see the little winky face? Harrumph!

Is that cross heavy? (Now that's vitriolic. But not as much so as the aspersions cast about me in your pious response )

[George II]

25. Do you realize that this is the Hillary Clinton Group? Please delete your negative posts, thanks.

[wisteria]

37. You don't appear to be wired to tight.

[sarae]

38. LOLOLOLOL

[shenmue]

9. Bye

[skylucy]

19. You are in the Hillary Group. Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Barbara Boxer, Joe Biden, etc.

are the heroes we Democrats believe in and need. HILLARY 2016!

[fleabiscuit]

23. I want a hammer!

[CherokeeDem]

30. Uh... that would be a no....

Not my hero...

[wisteria]

36. No thank you.

I don't like a lot of the people he praises and supports, nor do I like him as a person. The question is what did the good Democrat party ever do to have to be subjected to this angry, negative man?

[jmowreader]

41. He's not fucking Batman. He's not even close.

Please DO NOT bring this crap into a protected group and expect to be let off lightly.

[Rose Siding]

3. Guess he didn't accept Brock's apology. Did West ever bother to ask forgiveness for his crap?

I'm finding Sanders' position on this to be ungracious and hypocritical.

[Koinos]

6. I can't find anything to disagree with in this article.

Bernie lacks self-knowledge. He judges others, but he does not cross-examine himself. He blames others, but he accepts no responsibility for his own words and actions. He rouses anger in himself and others, but he has no idea how to put it out. He finds fault with Democrats, but he does not acknowledge their heroic efforts to make things better. When people succeed, it is because they stand on the shoulders of others, not because they shove others aside.

[Fly by night]

12. Well, actually, I did.

And so did millions of non-DLC Democrats and independents who are sick and tired of the Kochsucker brothers buying both sides of the aisle.

Bernie 2016.
While we still have a
Democratic Party
worth saving.

[Koinos]

13. This is a protected group. I guess you walked in the wrong door. Please delete.

[Rose Siding]

15. Yet millions more of us did not

We win

[skylucy]

20. You are in the Hillary Group. Please go to the appropriate group.

HILLARY 2016

[Walk away]

22. Bernie is not a Democrat and, at this point, it seems pretty apparent that he wants to destroy...

the Democratic party.

[George II]

26. Thanks for stopping by, and goodnight.

[misterhighwasted]

31. Haa..Oh yes, the Socialist Indy turned dem socialist is going to save the Dem Party..

He likes Fidel Castros governance.
Yup, bern turns corporate fast food into a drive-thru breadline.
I'm sure the bernie college kids will be grateful.

"Hey I went for a double cheese burger with fries & large drink, & all I got was a loaf of bread!"

Yup, he'll be a hero alright.

Good Luck wiith that bern

[wisteria]

39. Obviously, you do not hold a majority,

If you did your hero Sander's wouldn't be losing and you could go off and form your own party and stop meddling in ours. Now fly off like Birdy Sander's.

[Cha]

40. You have definitely drank too much of the burnie koolaid.. it happens.

[Her Sister]

17. This savior thing is such a downer! Such a drag!

Am atheist! Not looking for any kind of savior! Savior wanna-bees! Self-appointed saviors! Not looking for any saving!

Just want smart people to be at the realm with a steady hand and a clear view and steer the country true north as much as it can be reached at any and every moment ~and when not correct back!

[DemonGoddess]

24. ^^^This!!!

[misterhighwasted]

32. Yes, This ^

[NastyRiffraff]

34. Exactly!

I think his hatred is nothing new, but lately he's been more open about it, as he sees his chance of being a demigod slipping away. Maybe he can gather all the BernieBros around him and have a big ol' group hug. After they bow down to him, that is.

I am SICK AND TIRED of this man! That is all.

[still_one]

35. I'm not sure Mr. Wendel, I am thinking maybe the Pope did. We do not know what was

actually discussed in that meeting between the Pope and Bernie