Thread by @VABVOX

Long, discursive column on the myriad of things Bernie Sanders did wrong THIS time--exactly like last time. Dismissing black voters, being sexist. It leaves out Sanders' abusive, anti-Democrat staff who all claim racism isn't the problem, classism is.

thenation.com/article/politi…

The analysis is solid--I wrote myself that Bernie ditching Selma was a slap in the face to the seriously ill John Lewis and that Bernie should have reached out to Clyburn instead of insulting him. But there was more: Bernie's destructive anti-Hillary/anti-Obama messaging.

And while there is nothing I disagree with that Walsh says about Bernie, @thenation failing to endorse Warren and waiting to endorse Bernie until five minutes ago says even the progressive wing was confused about who belonged where.

Finally, Walsh wrote this today with the bright hopefulness that many of us still had two weeks ago that the best candidate--Warren--could still win. Bernie is not that candidate. And he can't. For all the reasons Walsh so concisely delineates, Bernie is done, the race is done.

For 52yrs Bernie has fought the Democratic party. The party that gave us every fiber of the safety net and every workers' right and Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP and Social Security. THIS is who Bernie fought for 52yrs in public office. How and why?

It is way past time to keep giving intransigent white men 2nd, 3rd & 50th chances. I will mourn yet another lost opportunity to vote for a truly progressive candidate. But I won't mourn Bernie's choice to fight against Dems instead of fighting within like AOC or Ayanna Pressley.

I was raised by Socialist Civil Rights worker parents Bernie & Biden's age. I have been an activist since toddlerhood. Bernie did not want to do the hard work my parents & their black friends did. He wanted to be a talkative star. He COULD have built us more. And chose not to.

The fact is, Bernie failed at leading. Where Warren had a #coronavirus plan in January and the day after strafing Bloomberg in a debate, had drawn up a 12pp contract so he could let his former staffers out of their NDAs, Bernie just shouted "billionaires!" Voters wanted more.