Hey, Bernie! Quit Your Tea-Partying and Get Serious in N.Y.

[NCTraveler]

Our very own Tea Party has the same formless sense of rage and entitlement as the one on the right, the same disinterest in facts, willful ignorance of hypocrisy and core belief that compromise is the same as treason. Like the one on the right, it has chosen an election as its vehicle, and its campaign tone is set by the same frothing Pharisees who demand purity or political death. And like the angry horde on the right, it’s a hollow husk—its members simply don’t see that campaigning is very different from governing. And what’s worse? Its rank-and-file don’t want to know.

It’s a world in which if you aren’t my best friend, you are my sworn enemy. Where lust for ideology and a cult of personality rule and followers are ignorant of the occasional vicissitudes of governing. Where half-baked rumors are accepted and even cherished, and where the other side’s talking points are ignorantly and gleefully redeployed as friendly fire. It’s a world where Rachel Maddow and Paul Krugman’s liberal cred is derided as insufficient, and where elected officials who have decades-long track records of meaningful progressive policymaking are sneered at as corporate stooges—and where Hollywood starlets explain to Dolores Huerta about what activism REALLY looks like.

And in this bizarre world, a campaign that has no realistic path to victory has changed direction and is speeding along the lowest road of politics. Sen. Bernie Sanders started this campaign as a happy warrior, fighting hard on some of the most valuable issues that we face as a nation. Not the least of those issues is the corrosive force of money in politics. Mr. Sanders was both righteous and right-on to crusade against a system that’s swayed by dollars and in thrall to corporate culture. Yes, yes, and yes again. There is no questioning the foundational values that he’s inserted forcefully into the national debate, and I salute him for it. He’s been right all along in that respect. Yet, I ask: What’s his plan to get the political system out from under Citizens United?

http://observer.com/2016/04/hey-bernie-quit-your-tea-partying-and-get-serious-in-n-y/

[frylock]

1. Hillary bros.

What are you gonna do?

[NCTraveler]

3. Win. nt.

[frylock]

4. Tiger's blood.

[NCTraveler]

6. Cute fuzzy kittens. nt.

[TheBlackAdder]

16. Irony. A post about Tea Baggers, when mostly Tea Baggers use Eagle and Flag avatars.

[NCTraveler]

17. I don't frequent Tea Bagger sites so am not familiar with their favorite avatars.

It's laughable to think Tea Baggers own the rights to the majestic Bald Eagle or the American Flag.

[TheBlackAdder]

18. They're not just on bagger sites, so you can stop pretending you don't know this.

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It's a certain kind of mentality that tries to project to others that they are somehow more patriotic.


They do it because their words and actions contradict that message.


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[NCTraveler]

19. Funny you mention projecting.

This is just funny.

[TheBlackAdder]

20. It is to someone who got called out on it.

[NCTraveler]

21. Called out on what? Nt

[TheBlackAdder]

29. You present as more Libertarian than you would like to admit or possibly could comprehend.

[NCTraveler]

35. Lol. You projection comment has taken on all new meaning.

Love it.

[NCTraveler]

25. Bernie Sanders stopped by to question your logic.

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[2pooped2pop]

28. You must be very worried

Your posts show serious concern. I can always tell when the Hill camp is worried by what you whine about each day. You use a lot of projection.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

2. this is the last straw...welcome to my ignore list. nt

[NCTraveler]

5. Take care. I appreciate you giving me the heads up. nt.

[nc4bo]

7. Bernie is right about 99% of the time. End of message.

[Skwmom]

8. Attacking those who speak out against the Oligarchy. What a shock!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

9. Turgid.

frothing Pharisees?

Where lust for ideology and a cult of personality rule and followers are ignorant of the occasional vicissitudes of governing.

speeding along the lowest road of politics'

The author should take up writing bodice ripping "romantic" novels and make a fortune. Rather than attempting write political commentary.

[Buns_of_Fire]

36. A bodice-ripping political thriller... Can't wait for the movie.

I hope they've signed up Fabio to play Machiavelli.

[morningfog]

10. Look out Bernie Derangement Syndrome is spreading!

[Armstead]

11. More of the same "Let the adults run things" that has been used for 35 years to...

stifle dissent and opposition to the neoloberal corporate agenda.

Same crap that were thrown when people were fighting against financial deregulation, WTO/NAFTA con jobs in the 90's, Iraq War in the 00's....

It's so predictable when anyone challenges the frames that the oligarchs put in place.

[JRLeft]

12. That's why Obama uses that term regularly to push garbage like the TPP.

That phrase means shut the fuck up we know what's best for you.

[Betty Karlson]

13. More outrageous comparisons. Lies and truth-twisting is all Clinton is offering.

And still her supporters don't understand why her trust numbers are dismal (57% of all voters don't trust her).

[Dem2]

14. Huh

That was rude and I hate to admit this, but there are some nuggets of truth in there.

[Lucinda]

15. That was excellent.

Painful to think that so much negativity and hostility exists on our side of the street too, but we see it every day now.

[mdbl]

22. Well, I guess that's our whole primary in a nutshell

and you have to be pretty nutty to just dwell on the few things cited in the OP which tries to sound intelligent and ends with a ridiculous question.

[Vattel]

23. yes, similar things were said about Obama and his supporters in 2008.

[jfern]

24. Ridiculous shit to compare Bernie supporters to the Tea Party

[Vinca]

26. Great way to get Bernie supporters to vote for Hillary in November.

Nothing says unity like calling leftie voters tea partiers.

[hereforthevoting]

27. Maybe they want more Indys to exist?

I get that distinct impression........

[Vinca]

31. Many of us thought the party had left us before this election. Now it seems like a sure thing.

[hereforthevoting]

33. I was pretty sure my views were well enough represented

Then I get a taste of having virtually 100% policy agreement with a person running and now.... identity crisis. It can't be enough that dems are for choice and marriage for all people. That is already codified law, so let's do get down to the nitty gritty!

[Bohemianwriter]

30. Rachel Maddow is following the marching orders..

Remember how she was "bashing" Hillary in 2008 together with Olbermann?

Those times have changed, haven't they?

Besides, people are sick and tired of the cronyism in DNC and DLC. People are sick and tired of RW politics and the corruption.

People are sick and tired of knowing that their tax money goes to bail out criminal banks and endless wars instead of investing in the youth (education - but the Hillarybots calls "free stuff we can't afford), infrastructire and healthcare.
Funny how the Hillary camp always finds money to bomb other people but not the money to educate their kids.

[NurseJackie]

32. Not bad ...

... not bad at all!

[Broward]

34. Just more cover and deflection for the corporatists running things.

Long live the American oligarchy.

[Bluenorthwest]

37. Tea Party Talk: Chapter One, Ronald Reagan Was A Saint!