Discussion for article #244663
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yes! Move On and now The Nation feel the bern!
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Seems like Bernie is finally getting at least some of his due. As time goes on, it can only get harder and harder to ignore him and his appeal. Even Josh is going to find him hard to ignore after a few more weeksâŚ
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I tend to agree with you. The media sure is pushing the narrative that HRC has too many negatives. What scares me is she was rejected in 2008 so what makes her more electible now - but what scares me even more is that Bernie may not be as popular in a general election, He may be I just donât know. If his supporters turn out to vote maybe so but young folks arenât the most reliable voters.
So far, his supporters have only managed to be hateful enough toward Hillaryâs supporters to turn them off to Bernieâs message.
His fans harm his candidacy daily.
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Since John Nichols introduced Sanders at his first large rally (Madison WI), this endorsement does not seem very surprising.
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Pointing out the HRC is sold out to Wall Street and her super pacs is not being hateful, not by a long shot.
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TPM:
The Nation Magazine Endorses Bernie Sanders
That was kind of predictable, wasnât it? Is there anyone who thought they wouldnât?
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Sadly this is a two way street. Spend a little time over a DKos and you will see the primary wars are fully engaged. It getting to belike '08 all over again.
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Katrina Van den Heuvel must have a death wish for the Democratic party. Iâm so over these people that want to Bern the town down to save it.
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Just like in 2008, the undercurrent of disaffection in the Democratic Party activist base comes out in the form of rejection in the âinevitableâ establishment candidate Hillary Clinton. There is no way she cannot see the parallels to when she ran against Barack Obama.
I predict HRC or her handlers will overact, making this race uglier than it has to be, driving even more people away from her candidacy toward Sanders.
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Is that a âpredictionâ or a prayer?
No big surprise there, but the people who read Nation are not traditional democrats. The Nation is very, very liberal. Also, I am starting to think that I am not as liberal as I thought I was. I disagree with Senator Sanders on a lot of things. Also, his supporters have turned me off. I also, donât like that he is playing the Obama card and promising things he would never be able to deliver on, just like President Obama did. I am liking the Hillary running for POTUS for 2016 this time because she is telling more truth than lies this time around. She is laying out what she can do, instead of promising the moon, stars or whatever is under the sun.
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Real traditional democrats are for Hillary.
Itâs a deliberate lie, which is hateful by definition.
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No it isnât. But attacking anyone who doesnât #feelthebern as privileged oligarchy neocon neoliberal Republican inverted-totalitarianists is kinda hateful.
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Sanders current numbers (and still peaking) move this well beyond âprayerâ. But this just reinforces the meta point that the national DNC leadership is incompetent.
As evidence, DWS fear moved her to limit the number of debates between Sanders and HRC. But it was clear from the performances that the debates only served to strengthen Hillaryâs candidacy. A smart person after seeing the outcomes would have said âwe changed our mind, more debates are okay with usâ. But DWS (Clintonâs proxy) incompetence fails to see that, and now Sanderâs numbers are on the rise again.
Iâve said it before, HRCâs national campaigns are intellectually lazy when it comes to campaign mechanics, which is why she lost in 2008.
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Iâm not sure getting The Nationâs endorsement is an asset with the larger electorate.
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Good thing this is a primary then.
It would have been impossible that some their respective supporters were not attacking the other candidate. It is just the nature of close primaries. When HRC was up by 60%, everybody loved both candidates.
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