Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Krugman's tweet on disliking Sanders. [View all]Pacifist Patriot
(25,215 posts)Not you, Autumn. I'm not shooting the messenger, I promise!
Maybe I'm overly sensitive, but I have a hard time believing a man would be treated this same way if he'd had a bitter primary battle with Sanders and declined to commit support at this point in time.
Secretary Clinton also said, ""I'm not going to go there yet. We're still in a very vigorous primary season," and "I'll do anything I can to defeat the current incumbent, and to reverse a lot of his damaging policies." in the same damn interview.
I just see this of one more example of how women expressing disappointment and/or bitterness are castigated as whiners or being unfair while men who do likewise are standing up for themselves or just telling it like it is.
She didn't say every last Bernie supporter was a white male troll on Twitter. But damn it, plenty were and Bernie never unequivocally disavowed the behavior or told them to knock it the hell off. At least not that I could tell.
For full disclosure, I voted for Bernie in the 2016 primary. Later came to wish I hadn't.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden