2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Does anyone know how much Senator Sanders pays his campaign workers. [View all]99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)You're probably correct about one thing: that Bernie has seen up-close &
long-recognized how unrelentingly brutal & ugly presidential politicking can get, and has
been reluctant to run himself, in part because he's no spoiler who's going to run as
an Independent against the same Democratic party he caucuses with in the GE, and in part
because he values his low-profile status, his frugal Vermont life-style, and being able to be
with his family in relative peace & safety.
I see nothing wrong with THIS ^ yet you manage to perversely wring an ugly insinuation
from it, that he's been 'kickin-back' enjoying The Good Life in Vermont while the nation
was begging him to run for POTUS. You conveniently ignore Bernie's long and distinguished
Progressive record of accomplishments in Congress, evidenced by his strong ratings from solidly
progressive groups like NAACP and ACLU, or if you do notice his record, it's only to trash it
as "old news", or somehow inadequate or irrelevant.
Please tell us when "should" Bernie have run for President again? You don't say,
so I'm left wondering exactly which Presidential Primary race Bernie "should" have entered.
Should Bernie have run against Jimmy Carter? McGovern? ..or maybe against Bill Clinton?
or is it against Obama & Hillary in 2008? And if he had run against any of these Democrats,
would you have supported him then? I think not.
But you don't say exactly, so we're left to only speculate. Can you clarify this?
You said: "...now that (other Democrats) have made the sacrifices that he never BOTHERED
with, now he shows up." with bells on his toes, an "opportunist .. taking advantage"of other
Democrat's sacrifices. Taa-taa! Make way for 3rd Way darling HRC who can do no wrong,
"damn-it, it's, her turn", she's "inevitable", and on so goes, and so it goes. But it doesn't wash.
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Yes, Bernie is pissed that his country -- under the 'leadership' of the GOP and their 3rd-way
Democratic enablers -- is quickly & all-too-quietly becoming the United Corporations of America.
Because Bernie's kept his conscience and integrity intact over the decades, he's decided finally
that he can no longer ignore the sorry-ass trajectory our nation is taking, he can't trust how 2016
will play out if he doesn't at least run and see what happens ... because he knows that otherwise,
2016 will turn out to be yet more of the same ol', same ol', rinse & repeat, 3rd-Way DINO shoot-low-
then-'negotiate' bullshit that pretty much everyone sees through by now. Exhibit A: Bernie's
phenomenal crowds. This is what accounts for Bernie's (who knew?) sudden popularity, record
crowds that NO OTHER CANDIDATE (most notably HRC) is able to draw -- or even come close to
-- at this point in the Primary season.
Thank you for reminding me exactly why I'm 110% supporting Bernie for POTUS.