The next time you are thinking about praising Bernie Sanders....

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298. There is only so much time in the day

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and Bernie chooses to spend it in front of the cameras.

If his criticisms were about improving the party, he would communicate them directly to party officials, to which he has unfettered access, as opposed to his crowds.

He's "continually ranked" . . . out of 8 options. And even if he is the most popular, so what? Justin Bieber and Mylie Cyrus are popular. It doesn't mean I owe them fealty. I can still believe their music sucks.

The idea that Sanders has some sort of unique insight is absurd. Most of his comments about the loss have been proven false by data from voters. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/04/17/racism-motivated-trump-voters-more-than-authoritarianism-or-income-inequality
He's used the loss as an opportunity to rehash old complaints rather than basing them on an analysis of any data from the election.
http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2014/11/19/365024592/sen-bernie-sanders-on-how-democrats-lost-white-voters

I can't help but notice that Sanders now talks about returning to a Democratic Party from the 60s, when he decried the party back then.

Don't worry. I'm not trying to convince you he isn't infallible. I know full well that his supporters care first and foremost about his career, and that evidence is meaningless. You will just have to accept the fact that not all people value him, or any great men, over issues and citizens. I will never acquiesce to such a view of politics, regardless of the individual. I believe elected officials serve the voters and that obsequiousness toward them runs counter to democracy.