This is so true. Very few people vote based on rational self interest. We all want someone who gives us the feels. This is especially true of the Bernie Bros who consider themselves the apex of logic and reason. 

I love this I love this I love this. Thank you. I’m a white progressive woman, and I’m sick to death of being told I can’t smash the patriarchy unless I go along with a bunch of patriarchal bros who know what’s best for me. They’re blaming everybody except themselves and Sanders’ divisiveness and ineffectiveness and…

Bernie thought marching with MLK 60 years ago was good enough to get my vote.

I mean. The Bern cancelled his rally in Mississippi and skipped Selma. 

I think Biden is going to be a punching bag for Trump but Biden is showing he is the one to turn out the Democrats to vote. Bernie supporters promised a tidal wave of new voters and they are doing worse than they did in 2016. If Bernie can’t motivate his base to turnout to beat senile Biden then I put that squarely…

To your second thought, I have been saying this to people ad nauseam. Do people not understand how government works?! Sanders and some of his supporters have consistently treated people like they’re children that don’t know any better and if you disagree with them you’re establishment, a centrist, as bad as Trump,…

This piece deserves a ten minute standing ovation. I mean that Bernie interview last night was peak dude bros. Now to all you so called woke black folks ripping us “establishment low information stuck on the plantation black voters” I have some questions: After hearing Vermont Jesus last night say “Jim Clyburn and I…

This feels so gawdamn good to read as a Black Woman. Cause Im OVER these White ppl he Non Black or White Folks, plus the actual Capin A__Negroes. Who keep playing Johnny Cochran for these White Folks

Well said. The sad part is that if the people supporting Bernie could have the agenda they wanted without Bernie. They’d reject it.   Cuz Bernie who had never led anything must lead it.  It’s a cult of personality 

To the people who skipped the article just to come start shit in the comments, go somewhere else with your bullshit.

You act as if black people aren’t aware that, in 30 years, your boy hasn’t written a single piece of successful legislation. In three decades, what has Sanders ever achieved? What has he ever done that improved the lives of black people?

Nope, you are right.

There seems to be a cadre of folks who blame Hillary for losing to Trump because she was a horrible candidate but blame everyone else in the world when Bernie loses an election.

With Biden, I don’t think you can reasonably dismiss the idea that, on the whole, Democrats like him. It’s not just that they know him. They like him. That was a big part of what Sanders supporters last time around didn’t get about Hillary Clinton. Yeah, people understood that she had flaws, but Democrats generally…

Yep you nailed it. As inspiring and progressive Bernie’s ideas and candidacy are to people, they don’t hold much weight across many regions of the US. And quite honestly, he isn’t the powerhouse today compared to 2016. He won Vermont by 86% in 2016, he only won it with 51% this year. Warren and Bloomberg only took 22%…

When Sanders starts winning states that Democrats need to win but are reasonably likely to lose, then I’ll start to listen to people who claim it’s all just scare tactics employed by the oligarchy. Until then, as the resident of a state Democrats are likely to lose (but could plausibly win with the right candidate),…

I’ve more or resigned myself to voting for Biden if I don’t vote for Warren. I mean, I live in Georgia, so Biden is likely to win by 20-40 points regardless, but I genuinely believe that Sanders is a fundamentally weak general election candidate, and I think the primaries thusfar have offered a pretty good test of his…

You’re assuming though that her voters would all be Bernie voters if she weren’t in the race. Given her popularity among former Hillary supporters, women, college educated voters and generally more establishment Democrats, it’s far more likely that her supporters would break both ways.  Maybe even break pretty…

I think that’s overly simplistic. I think it’s closer to the truth to say that Democrats are so discomforted with the idea of having to try to win a national election with candidates that risk alienating winnable voters in swing states that they’re easily persuaded by a candidate with a lot of money who hired an…