RE: Poor Bernie.
July 25, 2016 at 6:04 pm
(This post was last modified: July 25, 2016 at 6:10 pm by Crossless2.0.)
(July 25, 2016 at 5:23 pm)Minimalist Wrote: It's finally dawning on him what an arrogant bunch of shits made up his fan club!
http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-36889960
Quote:Bernie Sanders booed for praising Clinton
This could be one of those rare cases where the candidate is actually superior to his backers.
I wonder how much of the Bernie supporters' response can be chalked up to youthful impatience. It's not as though the changes he advocated were going to come to pass during four or eight years of a Sanders presidency, especially given the intransigence of Congress -- both sides of the aisle. This is what the Sanders people need to understand. This fight will not and cannot be won in a single skirmish but will be a years-long brawl against entrenched interests. Presidents are powerful, yes, but they aren't genies who can grant wishes. The lasting change will come when enough down-ticket seats at both the federal and state levels are won by people who are on board with serious reform, and that won't happen if progressives take their ball and go home in a huff. They need to settle in for the political equivalent of siege warfare, and take over the fucking party machinery!
Sanders has done a great service to this country, in my opinion, by even getting large numbers of people talking about political reform. If he proves in time to be the catalyst who sparked a lasting movement that eventually achieves his goals, he will be remembered as a hero. It's up to his supporters to carry the torch forward, and that means growing the hell up, not being Pollyannas, and getting to work.
Having said that, I think the DNC's behavior in regard to Bernie, as revealed by the leaked emails, is disgraceful. I am not inclined to reward Clinton or the Democratic party for this scandalous treatment of Bernie particularly and progressives generally. But that's easy for me to say because I live in a state that almost certainly will go Republican in the general election. However, if the polls in Louisiana appear to be close come November, you can bet your ass I'll vote for Clinton. Anything to keep Trump out of office.
Perspective. It's a good thing.
