A serious question about Bernie Sanders

[Eleanors38]

25. "Why" is an oft-repeated theme, here....

The Party, after the McGovern debacle and its party participation reforms in the mid-70s, moved toward the center to signal it was through with FDR-LBJ reforms and progressive economic policies, and to declare it was no longer a threat to corporate power. It has therefore eschewed specific ideological stances which could be remotely suggestive of anti-corporation policies as these policies Would be framed as such by the increasingly extreme Far Right.

But with a rather blank slate, the FR has had a field day by framing the Democratic "Party" in toto, esp. around issues of "soft on drugs, weak on foreign policy, pro-abotion, soft on crime, soft on terrorism, anti guns, etc. Americans don't like "softness" and "weakness" in politics, and readily associate the terms with the Party or anyone who has a non-ideological approach as this signals untrustworthy-ness as well.

The Party's remaining "leadership," MSM, and the Obama Administration are routinely hostile to Anyone who advocates Anything close to a Sanders, FDR, or an LBJ. Keeping corporate power reassured is All-Important with All Elites, now.

I hope this helps answer "why."