In the discussion thread: The Root: Pipe Down, Bernie Sanders [View all]
Response to Talk Is Cheap (Reply #75)
Sun Jan 15, 2017, 01:25 PM
Gothmog (92,336 posts)
99. No, The Systems Not Totally Rigged. But That Idea Sure Helped Donald Trump.
I agree that Sanders hurt the party. Here is a good example Sanders really hurting Clinton. I am still mad at the number of times that trump used Sanders' claims against Clinton. Sanders' baseless charges that the system was fixed and rigged were used by trump to great effect and hurt Clinton http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rigged-system-donald-trump_us_5855cb44e4b08debb7898607?section=us_politics
And if Sanders’ rhetoric during the primaries started that stew simmering with his talk about the system only working for the rich, Trump brought it to a full boil with his remarks blaming undocumented immigrants and trade agreements that he claimed were forged as the result of open corruption.
I think he was able to thread a certain toxic needle. But he did win, and we’re all going to pay the price. The underlying irony for those who sought to end what they perceived as corruption is that they may well have elected a president whose record through the years and whose actions since the election signal it could be the most openly corrupt administration in generations..... And if Sanders’ rhetoric during the primaries started that stew simmering with his talk about the system only working for the rich, Trump brought it to a full boil with his remarks blaming undocumented immigrants and trade agreements that he claimed were forged as the result of open corruption. Sanders' bogus rigged process claim hurt a great deal. This is the DU member formerly known as Gothmog.
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