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In reply to the discussion: But Bernie is Not a Democrat... [View all]dawg day
(7,947 posts)The Democratic party isn't constantly cutting taxes on the rich, threatening social security and medicaid. Precisely the opposite, as Sanders knows.
He's doing that annoying contrarian thing that some people think makes them cooler or something.
I wonder how much of his antipathy to the party has to do with his secret sense that he should have helped more against Trump (no, entertaining for days the notion of debating him as if BERNIE were the Dem candidate was not helpful).
He can say that about the party being for the 1%, but it's not really true. So why does he say it? There certainly are criticisms you can make of the party, and we do it all the time. But that's not one of them. It's like Trump does-- displacement. "I'll criticize the Dems for what the GOP actually does! That'll make me seem really tough."
I'm really tired of him, not that it matters. <G> But he's been saying the same negative thing for about as long as he's caucused with the Democrats. Maybe he should start his own party which could be completely in his image.