I wish Bernie Sanders were the egomaniac his dishonest haters claim he was because then he'd still be in the race. I assume that he thinks he's doing this for the sake of the party but uniting behind someone who will surely lose to Trump isn't a good idea.
I obviously dislike Biden on a policy level. But I used to think he& Sanders were the only 2 candidates who could possibly (though not necessarily) beat Trump. As campaign went forward it was clear Biden won't be able to debate, let alone beat Trump. If Obama wanted to be...
Machiavellian he should have appointed another candidate who at least had a small change to beat Trump. Maybe I will be surprised. I certainly think Biden would be less immediately destructive than Trump. But the DNC's intervention + media's coddling = incredibly vulnerable &...
unvetted nominee. And it's an extremely irresponsible thing for anyone who claims to care about pragmatism and beating Trump to do. Just absolutely disgusting to watch people who constantly use the most vulnerable as props with which to cudgel progressives go with a such a bad...
choice. It's one thing to distort & hijack identity politics because you really think it's the best way to protect the vulnerable. It's another thing entirely to go with someone who could easily lose to Trump because you care more about your legacy, think tanks & consultancy gigs
While I think Sanders made a terrible choice on a strategic and moral level, I have to say, I can't judge him too harshly. The man ran around the country trying to help HRC get elected, did more to help her than she herself did, was shat on consistently by her ghoulish, petty...
catty, spiteful, ungrateful, out of touch, entitled, tantrum-throwing, spoiled, unhinged staff; was consistently shat on, ignored, vilified by all non-right wing media except for the allegedly omnipotent Leftist media (which is growing, but give me a break. Current Affairs...
Jacobin, Chapo etc are not exactly canceling out NY Times, WaPo, NPR etc; he didn't want to run either time. He ran because he felt he had to. This time he suffered a heart attack and lost his daughter-in-law. Then he was-- I'm sorry, I like Warren's politics a lot more than...
HRC's, I was much more disappointed by her treatment of Sanders because they had been such allies on some crucial things and I'm searching for the word that won't be cynically weaponized to shield Warren from any & all valid criticism, including, somehow, the term "stabbing...
in the back, even that's an anti-semitic trope and, while I understand it's hard to keep up with Warren's origin story, Bernie, and not Liz, is the Jewish one... so let's just say she did him wrong, claimed he said a woman can't run, when he defended himself & said he hadn't...
she had the nerve to chide him and not shake his hand. So, as I write this I'm reminded how great he is, how wrong he was done, how he's not perfect, how he's leagues better than anyone in his political position, how it's not him/ us, how he put issues out there that are...
bigger than the man and that are winning, like #medicareforall and how we have to keep fighting for this, how, tabling non-electoral politics, for the moment, we have to support and write and talk about local elections and politicians, how we have to balance keeping our eye on...
the issues & on organizing & mobilizing without denying the fact that leaders help shape and ignite and nourish movements and tell stories and reach and inspire and engage people and that we can't shame people for feeling a personal affection or appreciation for people. We're...
not going to re-invent the wheel and make people immune to personalities and individuals. We have to chew gum and walk at the same time. So, thank you Bernie, thank everyone who is working on the things he is working on, I wish you hadn't endorsed a loser and I appreciate you...
and people like @BRGooley & @davidsirota and everyone else who was attacked by awful sexist, racist, antisemitic people & trolls on line and most of all, "the beauty... in the faces of the people we have met from one corner of this nation to the other," who are part of this...
whoops! that was supposed to be @briebriejoy but BRGooley is great too
and @ninaturner!
