A tale of two leaders of the left: New books by Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton

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35. Always nice to read a Stein/Trump voter's perspective on things

Because that is who the author of the linked article is. Expectedly, it bears little relation to the truth. Anyone who watched or read any news coverage since the GE knows that Sanders' has made a continual string of criticisms of the primary, Clinton, and Democratic voters.

It is fascinating to see Sanders' fans take a sudden interest in moving forward, after many months of nothing but complaints about the primary. And while it's obvious it is motivated by the determination not to be subject to even a fraction of the criticism they have directed toward the rest of the population, I suppose we can hope they have had a sudden change of heart and will try to move forward. I do hope that means we will stop seeing the repetition of Kremlin propaganda, refuted by reputable news sources.

I also hope it means that Nomiki Konst and others will give up on their voter disenfranchisement efforts, which may, in the most charitable explanation, be an effort to remake the eligible electorate in ways they think will benefit Bernie in the a potential 2020 run. Of course, it is possible that the effort to replace primaries with caucuses comes from a genuine opposition to the voting rights of the poor, people of color, the elderly, disabled, shift workers, and women with childcare obligations, so that voting once again be the sole province of white people with property, in keeping with the Jeffersonian ideal. We wouldn't want Sally Hemmings descendants mucking up the system by voting in their own interests.