2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I feel crazy seeing some of these responses to Bernie's speech. [View all]That's the claim of the short-sighted and confused.
That's the claim of the establishment status-quo, who can only see or accept one set of rituals.
It's the claim of those who either didn't pay attention, or didn't understand.
As he has said in just about every speech in the last 14 months, it's not about him, it's about political revolution. Let me clarify for you: that means that it's not about Clinton, either. He has acknowledged that she will be the nominee.
For those who have supported Clinton, apparently, it's only about Clinton.
For the rest of us, it's about the political revolution, and that's what he was speaking about; about our way forward, about how we continue the fight. He'll do what he can for the Clinton campaign, making the defeat of Trump his first goal. How the hell do you think he's going to do that, if not campaigning for Clinton?
I'm sorry if you are disappointed that he's not going to kiss her ring, shut up, slink back to the Senate and accept the party's neo-liberal overlords.
No, I'm not. I'm not sorry. I'd be sorry if he did.
I'm sorry that so many Clinton supporters care more about electing her than they do about the neo-liberal destruction of our party and our nation; a destruction she has enabled in her march to her own glory.