Dear Bernie. Welcome to the real political world. You're not in Vermont anymore. [View all]

[DanTex]

You see, in the real world, if you launch your campaign in a crowd of white people and don't mention race at all, you are going to get criticized for it. This is because, in the real world, there are a lot of different issues and a lot of different constituencies. You're no longer campaigning in a homogeneous state of 600,000 people who mostly already agree with you on everything.

This isn't the first time you're going to make a mistake and get heat for it. Oh, and if by some miracle you win the nomination, it's only going to get worse. Trust me.

If you want some help getting your footing here, reach out to a friend. Hillary Clinton, maybe. She's been in this world for quite some time, has had every word out of her mouth scrutinized for the last decade, and still manages to out-poll everyone else running for president, Republican or Democrat.


Correction: as pointed out in responses, Bernie did in fact say the word "race" in his speech, but somehow that wasn't enough to placate those pesky race-obsessed liberals. It's like they actually think that race is a really important issue! Really!