i agree but for a different reason. There’s no reason for an 78 year old man to be VP to a 77 year old president. They’d be in a race to the grave esp given Bernie’s coronary.
KittySvelt
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It simply is NOT TRUE that Bernie “took a dream of a strong social safety net with him.”
There are thousands of Bernie Bros and Kittens (Carole Baskin voice) who are pissed that their beloved Bernie Sanders has been railroaded once again from outright winning the nomination
“and his tendency to avoid certain niceties—singing the Democratic party’s praises, buttering up the press—made him an abrasive figure for some”
Many still unfairly hold Sanders accountable for Clinton’s defeat in 2016, and his tendency to avoid certain niceties—singing the Democratic party’s praises, buttering up the press—made him an abrasive figure for some.
This is also true. Some of the shit about Bernie Bros is overblown, but watching the way Warren got shit on in the stretch run of this campaign by Bernie supporters, culminating with Bernie supporters absolutely astonished that she was hesitant to endorse him was really something. Like, you really have to take a step…
This honestly isn’t true, because the demographics Sanders has staked his campaign on are unreliable voters. They couldn’t even carry him to the Democratic nomination, much less carry him to victory in a general election. Frankly, as much as it pains Bernie’s fans to hear, Biden has more of a chance of appealing to…
Bernie, the dumb narcissist, is going to endanger a lot of people by forcing them to go to the polls for what’s already a foregone conclusion. He could have shown real leadership and humanity and dropped out, but it’s never about the little guy, it’s about his ego. It says something that I’m stuck in my apartment and…
Nobody’s asking you to be pleased. Democracy is what it is, and what it is happens to be frustrating as hell for people who advocate on behalf of progressive reforms, even in the best of times. You either learn that lesson and work tirelessly toward what frustratingly little could be accomplished or you piss and moan…
Do not compare likely running mates Kamala Harris, Val Demmings, Stacy Abrams, or Liz Warren with Sarah Palin. This isn’t about tokenism, and this isn’t about bringing in some cornpone cover girl because she’s pretty and sassy. This is about bringing in a serious intellectual with solid experience and national…
It DOES matter. If Biden wins the nomination and the election, he is only going to be a ONE TERM President. He is setting his VP up to run and win the next election.
I love how the hysteria of Bernie stans so worried he will not get the nomination (he won’t) that they’ll twist themselves into pretzels to excuse Bernie Sanders’ failings. Tell me again how making a concerted, intentional effort to place women in positions of great power and authority in the United States government…
this piece’s line of “Women are not inherently good choices because of their gender configurations”
Not to be biased but, Biden saying he’ll pick a woman as VP is somehow more sexist than Sanders not committing to pick a woman because Bernie can do no wrong!!!
You are NOT seriously comparing the woman Biden may pick, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Stacey Abrams, to Sarah Palin.
Can both of them just commit to warren as VP? That way when either of them kick the bucket we get the clear best choice for president.
Is Jared done with the opioid epidemic and the middle east unpleasantness already? I’m so glad he’s on top of this pandemic and those other minor issues...
Thank you!! I have said before I love Bernie’s ideas but I can’t stand the messenger. I loved Elizabeth Warren’s campaign. She said the exact things Bernie stands for but she knew it wasn’t her time this election cycle. And certainly she was right to acknowledge the role sexism played and the bad treatment she got at…
I’ve said many, many times before that Biden should not have run and the fact that he and Sanders chose to run ruined what might have been a very good primary debate over the future and present of the party. But Biden has one thing going for him that Sanders will never have: He fucking won.