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2016 Postmortem

LisaM

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14. He announced this book in July 2016, and it was slated for release on November 15th.

Reply to OKNancy (Reply #9)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 07:28 PM

Nov 2016

I'm stupefied. I thought he was supposed to be campaigning for Hillary all that time, as some continue to insist he did? And given the topic of this book, was he actually rooting for her to lose?

Remember that guy he aligned himself with when he trotted off to the Vatican for that "speech", Jeffrey Sachs? Well, Sachs is the author of the controversial "Shock Therapy" doctrine, which of course has proven to be completely ineffective at helping countries in economic trouble (see this blog for a quick summary: http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=29888).

Did Bernie secretly (or not so secretly) want people who didn't vote for him to go through some 'shock therapy' of their own? And doesn't it seem highly unusual, at the very least, that he's got a book out about her supposedly awful campaign that was ready to go before the election was even over?

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Bernie Sanders Schools Clueless News Anchor On Why Hillary Clinton Lost [View all] lumberjack_jeff Nov 2016 OP

More "white working class" primacy bullshit? Sanders book tour needed some excitement eh? bettyellen Nov 2016 #1

No, I think the success of that book tour is pretty guaranteed. lumberjack_jeff Nov 2016 #2

If I heard this theory a single time from anyone who didn't have these same opinions before the bettyellen Nov 2016 #13

ditching civil rights DonCoquixote Nov 2016 #15

Give me a break. Economic justice doesn't bypass minorities and women. lumberjack_jeff Nov 2016 #16

it does if DonCoquixote Nov 2016 #17

Social justice doesn't succeed when it's defined as economic justice for everyone except white men. lumberjack_jeff Nov 2016 #19

who defined it as everybody except white men DonCoquixote Nov 2016 #20

I know that Sanders is trying to make money with his book tour, lapucelle Nov 2016 #3

Beginning to? LisaM Nov 2016 #5

Sanders book is only in it's first chapters. n/t lumberjack_jeff Nov 2016 #7

who is this idiot? OKNancy Nov 2016 #4

His preferred candidate did not lead us to the most humiliating loss of the last century. lumberjack_jeff Nov 2016 #6

I was nice all through the primary, never slammed Bernie or his supporters OKNancy Nov 2016 #9

It's shocking how quickly a constituency can go from irrelevant to culpable. lumberjack_jeff Nov 2016 #12

He announced this book in July 2016, and it was slated for release on November 15th. LisaM Nov 2016 #14

I agree with Bernie but she was ahead 11 points in the polls before the doc03 Nov 2016 #8

Comey had a lot to do with Hillary losing. Simple as that. riversedge Nov 2016 #10

Dore can be a little too energetic, but that video was interesting. Thanks for posting it. mtnsnake Nov 2016 #11

Did Bernie mention that Trump thanked him for R B Garr Nov 2016 #18

Bernie is the man budkin Nov 2016 #21