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Showing Original Post only (View all)Dear Bernie Sanders: Enough already [View all]
OPINION
Dear Bernie Sanders: Enough already
By Michael A. Cohen Globe Columnist,Updated April 3, 2020, 1:45 p.m.
I cant decide what makes me more sick and tired: Bernie Sanders or being sick and tired of Bernie Sanders.
Four years ago, Sanders refusal to accept the reality that he was not going to be the Democratic nominee for president dragged the 2016 primary race with Hillary Clinton all the way to the party convention in July undoubtedly damaging her candidacy.
Four years later its like watching the same bad movie again. In 2020, Sanders has even less chance of overtaking Joe Biden. Hes performed worse than he did in 2016. Since the South Carolina primary, Biden has trounced him nearly everywhere they have faced off, and usually by double digits. Every theory Sanders had about the race that he could mobilize white working-class voters to support him and that he would bring new voters to the polls has been proven wrong.
The view of the party rank and file has been unambiguous: they want Joe. Indeed, a good part of the reason for Bidens Lazarus-like rise, after poor showings in the early primary states, was widespread fear, among Democrats, of Sanders being the party standard bearer. Sorry Bernie, it wasnt the establishment blocking your path it was you.
Dear Bernie Sanders: Enough already
By Michael A. Cohen Globe Columnist,Updated April 3, 2020, 1:45 p.m.
I cant decide what makes me more sick and tired: Bernie Sanders or being sick and tired of Bernie Sanders.
Four years ago, Sanders refusal to accept the reality that he was not going to be the Democratic nominee for president dragged the 2016 primary race with Hillary Clinton all the way to the party convention in July undoubtedly damaging her candidacy.
Four years later its like watching the same bad movie again. In 2020, Sanders has even less chance of overtaking Joe Biden. Hes performed worse than he did in 2016. Since the South Carolina primary, Biden has trounced him nearly everywhere they have faced off, and usually by double digits. Every theory Sanders had about the race that he could mobilize white working-class voters to support him and that he would bring new voters to the polls has been proven wrong.
The view of the party rank and file has been unambiguous: they want Joe. Indeed, a good part of the reason for Bidens Lazarus-like rise, after poor showings in the early primary states, was widespread fear, among Democrats, of Sanders being the party standard bearer. Sorry Bernie, it wasnt the establishment blocking your path it was you.
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While Sanders likes to claim that hes no longer attacking Biden, thats only partially true. In the last debate he didnt hesitate to claim that Biden once tried to cut Social Security. Even now his national press secretary Briahna Joy Gray who declared that she voted for Jill Stein in 2016 is suggesting that Biden is allowing bigotry and misinformation into the Democratic Party because a campaign surrogate tweeted an article critical of Sanders.
This has become a tired and predictable game with Sanders: He claims to take the high road while his unbowed cheerleaders remain in attack mode. On social media the Vermont senators surrogates and more militant supporters continue to lacerate Biden for his verbal miscues and darkly suggest he is in cognitive decline. It was the same four years ago. When he announced his candidacy in 2015 he pledged that it would be driven by issues and serious debate . . . not reckless personal attacks or character assassination. A year later he was calling Clinton a tool of big moneyed interests.
Sanders could demand that these attacks stop. Dropping out of the race would certainly reduce intra-party tensions. But he hasnt and he wont. Its apparent now, as it was apparent four years ago, that he doesnt care about the consequences of continuing a race he cannot win.
For a candidate who proudly wears his ideological consistency on his sleeve, the one true constant in his presidential campaigns has been a desperate ambition to be president. Even a pandemic and the potential of weakening Biden by continuing his campaign doesnt give him pause.
This has become a tired and predictable game with Sanders: He claims to take the high road while his unbowed cheerleaders remain in attack mode. On social media the Vermont senators surrogates and more militant supporters continue to lacerate Biden for his verbal miscues and darkly suggest he is in cognitive decline. It was the same four years ago. When he announced his candidacy in 2015 he pledged that it would be driven by issues and serious debate . . . not reckless personal attacks or character assassination. A year later he was calling Clinton a tool of big moneyed interests.
Sanders could demand that these attacks stop. Dropping out of the race would certainly reduce intra-party tensions. But he hasnt and he wont. Its apparent now, as it was apparent four years ago, that he doesnt care about the consequences of continuing a race he cannot win.
For a candidate who proudly wears his ideological consistency on his sleeve, the one true constant in his presidential campaigns has been a desperate ambition to be president. Even a pandemic and the potential of weakening Biden by continuing his campaign doesnt give him pause.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/03/opinion/dear-bernie-sanders-enough-already/
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Enough is enough. Bernie Sanders obviously has a hidden motive / agenda, and he's not ...
SWBTATTReg
Apr 2020
#2
Yes! This country has given you so so much! It's time to repay!! Drop out Bernie
Thekaspervote
Apr 2020
#4
Definition of "insanity": Doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different result. :) nt
Sloumeau
Apr 2020
#5
On FB last night an ad for Sanders saying he is skyrocketing in the polls. Money please. So pissed.
LizBeth
Apr 2020
#6