The MSM wants Bernie to go away

[political marxist]

Which is out of the question...His candidacy is supported by a very independent minded, angry and determined base who see his campaign as a building block for a different sort of politics. He represents a social democratic impetus that must be heard in Philadelphia and beyond. To leave now would be a betrayal of principle, something he has never done and something his supporters would never forgive him for. This election cycle has raised political principle as a necessary part of participating in the process and has revealed the "lesser of two evils" argument for what is...an excuse to ignore the democratic path we should be following for business as usual. Leave Bernie alone and let the process play out; the possibility of a real alternative depends on it.

[boston bean]

1. His irrelevancy in all of this increases day by day.

It's a pipe dream.

Sorry to be so blunt. But it is the truth.

It will be Hillary v Trump. Get on board or don't.

[Trust Buster]

2. Sanders should work on getting down ticket Democrats elected. The Republicans currently

control the Senate and the House. If that continues, then Sanders and his ilk will continue to be irrelevant.

[disillusioned73]

8. Your are describing someone elses' J.O.B.

that would be the historic failure that is one Debbie Wassermann Schultz..

[Trust Buster]

9. Why ? You claim that she doesn't share your vision. You support her challenger in Florida for that

very reason. Why, on earth, would you sit back and expect her to promote candidates that you believe she won't ? I don't think you thought that one out very well.

[disillusioned73]

14. Au contraire mon frere, I don't think you thought through your post very well...

"Sanders should work on getting down ticket Democrats elected. The Republicans currently control the Senate and the House."



" The committee coordinates strategy to support Democratic Party candidates throughout the country for local, state, and national office."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_National_Committee

[Trust Buster]

17. Sanders and his supporters want DWS replaced at the DNC. To hear about this so called revolution

and now to hear that Sanders can't help with the down ticket but must rely on the good graces of DWS is WEAK AND PATHETIC !!!!!!!!!

[disillusioned73]

18. You seem to have a certain narrative today..

here, let me remind you of what the op was about;

"The MSM wants Bernie to go away

Which is out of the question...His candidacy is supported by a very independent minded, angry and determined base who see his campaign as a building block for a different sort of politics. He represents a social democratic impetus that must be heard in Philadelphia and beyond. To leave now would be a betrayal of principle, something he has never done and something his supporters would never forgive him for. This election cycle has raised political principle as a necessary part of participating in the process and has revealed the "lesser of two evils" argument for what is...an excuse to ignore the democratic path we should be following for business as usual. Leave Bernie alone and let the process play out; the possibility of a real alternative depends on it."

I see nothing in there in regards to the direction you are trying to take the conversation into..

and yes DWS does need to go, I know the establishment is appalled that the left dare to challenge an entrenched DINO - but here we are.. anywho, we have plenty of threads addressing that issue..

[Trust Buster]

19. My narrative is correct. All that Sanders has left us to build a political coalition in Congress.

Your "DWS must do that " is weak and pathetic. That's all.

[beachbum bob]

3. sanders only cares about sanders....he is becoming less and less relevant

everyday

he offers no solutions and only blah blah blah freestuff....never been a leader and never got stuff done in congress...but give him a microphone.....

his footnote in history is becoming smaller and smaller

[upaloopa]

4. He lost. He should go away. You can still keep your ideals and work on them.

Sanders will go back to the Senate for a couple of years.

His revolution never was much but a lot of people at rallies. Nothing came of it.

[Smarmie Doofus]

5. Far-sighted and wise. K and R

[Ed Suspicious]

6. That they want any part in shaping the race is gut churning.

Report the reality. Stop trying to create it, fuckers!

[marions ghost]

7. Truth

[LWolf]

10. So does the Clinton contingency on DU.

It must be frustrating for them.

[bvf]

15. Hell, yes.

They do the jitters really well here.

[Triana]

11. M$M is owned by about 6 huge corporate conglomerates....

...who know Sanders will make them pay/pay their fair share of taxes and that he may regulate them and force a breakup (badly needed IMO). They don't want that. So they're going to do everything in their considerable (unfair frankly) power to stop him.

Clinton has the MONEY - the money and power of Big Media, Wall St., Big Pharma, Big AG, Big Oil & Gas, Big Insurance.

Bernie has the PEOPLE.

That's what Election 2016 boils down to: MONEY vs. PEOPLE.

It's an Oligarchy. The question is do we want it to stay that way for the rest of all of our and our children's lives or do we want our Democracy back? That's what's meant by "revolution". If we want Democracy, WE have to TAKE it, MAKE it.

MONEY will likely win though. It always does. Until the PEOPLE find a way to overtake it.

For some reason in America, too many of them either can't or don't want to. And the MONEY is horrendously, dangerously and far too powerful.

Democracy's last gasp is this year. It's been on its last legs for a while now. After this, it's gone completely and yep - forever in the United States.

Because most people here have no concept of anything else. They're afraid of anything else. And they're dumbed down by decades of corporate propaganda and gutted public schools and they will vote against themselves. That's how propaganda works after all.

[thesquanderer]

12. OTOH, the MSM likes a horse race.

So while they may not want him to win, they probably don't particularly want him to immediately go away, either.

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. Agreed

[geek tragedy]

16. process officially ends in 13 days, effectively in 6 days nt

[DavidDvorkin]

20. It's not just the MSM.