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2016 Postmortem

Meldread

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1. Why didn't Sanders demand DWS resign from the DNC, so that Gabbard could replace her?

Reply to silvershadow (Original post)

Sun Feb 28, 2016, 02:56 PM

Feb 2016

It was always clear that DWS supported Clinton and Gabbard supported Sanders. It was also clear that DWS was using the power of the DNC to work for Clinton, which is what caused the public fight between DWS and Gabbard. Therefore, why didn't Sanders flex his political muscle and demand that DWS step down as DNC Chair so that his supporter could take her place?

Clinton has thrown around her weight since the beginning and knows how to use her power to get what she wants. This is why Sanders is losing, because he doesn't know how to flex his political muscles to get what he wants. I've always said that nice people make poor leaders and even worse revolutionaries, and this makes Sanders unsuited for both roles.

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DNC Vice-Chair Resigns, Throws Support Behind Bernie Sanders [View all] silvershadow Feb 2016 OP

Why didn't Sanders demand DWS resign from the DNC, so that Gabbard could replace her? Meldread Feb 2016 #1

I don't wish Gabbard on Bernie, but hopefully Hortensis Feb 2016 #2

She is likely going to be Bernie's running mate. n/t FangedNoumenom Feb 2016 #4

Yes, I believe so as well. / FlatBaroque Feb 2016 #7

Her reputation isn't the best, you know. Hortensis Feb 2016 #9

You might be right, given Gabbard's hawkish positions FangedNoumenom Feb 2016 #11

I don't hate on ambition. Meldread Feb 2016 #8

Maybe Bernie's too smart to try to use a snake as a sword. Hortensis Feb 2016 #10

Sanders styles himself as the leader of a revolution. Revolutionaries use the weapons they have... Meldread Feb 2016 #13

I have a better opinion of Bernie than that HE Hortensis Feb 2016 #15

It's politics and Sanders is an insurgent. Meldread Feb 2016 #17

I stopped cold on the first line. Who is this faux left? Hortensis Feb 2016 #19

If you have a problem understanding, then my advice is to read the rest. Meldread Feb 2016 #21

Probably not to pick a fight at the DNC at a time when we can't be? That's my guess. silvershadow Feb 2016 #3

Wow, you mean Bernie isn't trying to alienate Hillary supporters? FangedNoumenom Feb 2016 #6

This is not how you fight. Clinton supporters would have unified. They would have had no choice. Meldread Feb 2016 #12

But wait . . Mike__M Feb 2016 #5

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said Bernie Sanders would bring 'peace and prosperity.' Eric J in MN Feb 2016 #14

She sounds tuned in. nt silvershadow Feb 2016 #16

K&R liberal_at_heart Feb 2016 #18

She has to be positioning herself for something. After she first snubbed DWS, she was doing the WhaTHellsgoingonhere Feb 2016 #20

Yes, she is very well spoken. Meldread Feb 2016 #22