The Bern Takes Back His Manhood

[sontakke]

I genuinely don't know why the press treated it as anything different.

The only thing press cares (whether it is conservative, liberal or heck even NPR) is the ratings. The press has completely given up their watchdog responsibility. Almost all of the outrageous and ridiculous statements get reported as if those are completely normal. None of the interviewers even attempt to grill the interviewee.

 

[werepossum]

Definitely a funny cartoon. But let's talk about this issue a little more honestly. You have emails suggesting to use a tactic that had been used in the 1980s - out Bernie's religion, or lack thereof. That tactic was NOT used. In those emails, there's zero evidence of any actual tactics used to hurt Bernie; only evidence that the party leaders favored Hillary over Bernie. And though the rules are that they be neutral - and I haven't seen actions against Hillary or Bernie that weren't neutral - you obviously can't say, "you're not allowed to have an opinion." Thus, the suggestion that they out Bernie's religion was met with a "no."

Bernie whined throughout that the rules were unfair to him. THOSE rules had been in place for a long time. One of the biggest "unfair rules" was closed primaries. Closed primaries hurt Bernie. Though, I'm not sure that it isn't a good rule - shouldn't Democrats be allowed to choose who they want to lead the Democrats, rather than Republicans get to sway the Democrat choice, and vice versa? Heck, with open primaries, it's fathomable that in a very blue state, that the Republican choice could be a Democrat. But, let's not argue over open or closed primaries. The system Bernie claimed was a rigged system is the system that's been in place long before Bernie chose to run as a Democrat. While the leaders in the DNC were strongly pro-Hillary, there's no evidence in those emails that they did anything that had a significant effect on Bernie's votes. And Bernie lost in a landslide - by millions of votes.

I dunno - that "down-ticket" money laundering scheme sure stabbed him in the back. And as the hacked email trail shows, it wasn't just one knife in the back, but a continual, concerted group effort by all the party apparatchiks.

 

[werepossum]

Bernie is not a Democrat, sorry. Kinda why he has that little (I) after his name on the Senate roster.

That's true, and it is kinda huge. The organized party socialists don't take kindly to independent socialists.

The flip side of the backstabbing is that for all the unveiled dirty tricks, Bernie got nothing like the full court onslaught launched against Trump, openly and I'm sure behind the scenes too. Neither party well tolerates anything less than full-fledged submission. If one wants to lead, one must first follow.