Bernie sets down terms of supporting Hillary to Chuck Todd, if he loses [View all]
After watching it earlier I broke away to get some other things done on this Spring Sunday, but couldn't shake my annoyance at Bernie's comments and tone. I decided to write down how I interpreted it, so here I sit down and write.
Some might think Bernie was signaling that he would support Hillary Clinton eventually. His comments about California sounded awfully similar to his ones about New York: "I think we will win there and win big." So, again he has moved the goal post.
He restated his usual talking points as answers to Todd's questions, but finally added, under prodding by Todd, his "conditions" to support her. He presumed to speak "for the American people"--for what they want and need (he knows...right?), but then there came his real answer.
His "conditions" were basically for her to completely adopt his campaign platform from his perspective, not hers, and then she could, by doing so, earn his support. This would allow him to claim he had won--by bending "the Secretary" to his will. He could say that though he lost the nomination he forced the Democratic Party to change, and he forced "the Secretary" to adopt his more important approaches to issues for the sake of "the American people" and "the future of this country."
I am presuming she doesn't have to perpetuate his smears and lies about her, though. He might let her off there, but she will have to submit to Bernie Sanders. He then, will quit the battle after whining...er...winning!
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