2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I'm under 45 and he can count me OUT of this 'revolution' [View all]NanceGreggs
(27,814 posts)... want to believe that everyone other than Bernie is corrupt, you just go ahead and believe that. And I won't be surprised if you do, because that's how cults operate - brainwash your followers into believing that anyone who doesn't agree with you is "the enemy" (or, in this case, "the Establishment" .
Bernie's only interest in bringing in more people was people who would vote for HIM, not for the Democratic Party. Quite the opposite - he continually told those he claimed to be "bringing in" that the Dem Party is full of corrupt corporate whores, and he and he alone could change all of that.
He railed against the very idea of super-delegates - and then did a complete 180 and declared that he would try and convince them to ignore the voice of the voters and hand him the nomination.
And how did his supporters react to that hypocrisy? "Well, if Bernie does it, then it's okay."