Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Bernie's campaign manager just now on MSNBC [View all]She_Totally_Gets_It
(142 posts)Democratic Party allows it. He does nothing but trash and bash the party, but everyone is supposed to remain silent and not criticize his ass.
Bernie Sanders LIED to his supporters in 2016 by making them wrongly believe that he was robbed of the nomination. The primary/caucus rules were set in stone BEFORE the primary season. Sanders agreed to those rules and had no problem...as long as was winning. When he started losing to HRC, he started crying about being cheated. He knew damn well that his followers, mainly being young or not as involved in the political process, may not have understood how the party rules worked. For example: They cried about closed primaries. We have had closed primaries for decades. Only when Sanders started losing in big, diverse states and/or closed primaries (like Maryland, for example) did he start lying about being cheated.
This man is also very wrong on race issues and that's why he will not do any better with black voters this time around--not as a whole. Sure, he may see some gains among younger black voters, primarily male. But he is not going to do that much better, and that is because he continues to place class issues over the importance of race.
There are many other reasons why I despise this man. He's arrogant and petty, unscrupulous and rigid. He's also a hypocrite. A major hypocrite. Any Democrat who isn't a "pure liberal" is trashed; however, it's o.k. for him to tout Democratic candidates who are anti-choice, pro-gun, and/or have misogynistic views.
The man is an ass. Can't stand him.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided