Bernie is an annoying, irksome guy. Most people at this point are pretty sick of him even if they ever liked him.
One thing that is annoying about him is his almost boundless sense of self-righteousness.
"As you can probably guess, most Democratic Party insiders were really hoping Bernie Sanders would formally drop out of the race this week and offer Hillary Clinton a fulsome endorsement. But they also recognize that he’s stopped attacking her, is promising to work against Donald Trump, and has basically accepted that the race is over — so if he wants to fade away slowly, they are happy to live with that."
"The aspect of Sanders’s speech that really set them off last night was something entirely different. Not the fact that Sanders said he wanted his supporters to continue to influence the direction of the party but the specific way he characterized this direction:
"I also look forward to working with Secretary Clinton to transform the Democratic Party so that it becomes a party of working people and young people, and not just wealthy campaign contributors: a party that has the courage to take on Wall Street, the pharmaceutical industry, the fossil fuel industry and the other powerful special interests that dominate our political and economic life."
"It’s incredibly frustrating for people who’ve been working in mainstream Democratic Party politics to hear their party described as something other than a party for “working people.” Clinton won the votes of millions of working-class Americans, primarily people of color, throughout the 2016 primaries; and in the 2012, 2008, 2004, and 2000 election cycles there’s been a pronounced tendency for lower-income voters to back the Democratic candidate and higher-income ones to back the Republican."
"Similarly, it comes as a shock to people who participated in the passage of the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill (or the White House’s series of later anti-bank regulatory actions) or who’ve worked to uphold the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plant rule that they apparently lack the courage to stand up to Wall Street and fossil fuel interests."
"Why Sanders got so little institutional support."
"It’s one thing to disagree with people about policy substance or political tactics. But something Sanders has done throughout his campaign and very pointedly did here is straightforwardly challenge the good faith of the vast majority of his colleagues in Democratic Party politics. It’s worked pretty well for him on the stump, but it doesn’t win you a lot of friends. And to be honest, it’s simply wrong — you can raise a lot of objections to Obama’s approach to Wall Street or climate change, but the fact is that the financial services industry and the fossil fuel industries have been fighting him every step of the way."
http://www.vox.com/2016/6/17/11962476/bernie-sanders-enrage-insiders
It's true. It's ok to disagree with people inside your own party. What is very alienating is dealing with someone who accuses you of operating in bad faith.
Another irksome thing about Bernie is the presumptuous way he refuses to process his loss in public. He tries to make it seem as if this was a super close contest
"Reminder: Clinton won by over 10 points nationally & 385 pledged delegates. It wasn't close & don't let anyone fool you into thinking it was."
https://twitter.com/ForecasterEnten/status/743608924553748480
As far as what Bernie hopes to gain going forward, Ed Rendell makes the important point that he's only going to get a strong spot at the convention if he concedes before hand.
“If I were advising Sen. Sanders,” former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a longtime Clinton ally, said in an interview, “I would say, you’ve done so fabulously, but there’s one thing left you need to do and that’s make a speech in prime time at the convention. You only do that if you’re not contesting the nomination.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/bernie-sanders-convention-slot-enticement-224490#ixzz4BrkgEd4v
So if Bernie doesn't get back from Pluto before the convention, he gets no primetime speech.
One thing that is annoying about him is his almost boundless sense of self-righteousness.
"As you can probably guess, most Democratic Party insiders were really hoping Bernie Sanders would formally drop out of the race this week and offer Hillary Clinton a fulsome endorsement. But they also recognize that he’s stopped attacking her, is promising to work against Donald Trump, and has basically accepted that the race is over — so if he wants to fade away slowly, they are happy to live with that."
"The aspect of Sanders’s speech that really set them off last night was something entirely different. Not the fact that Sanders said he wanted his supporters to continue to influence the direction of the party but the specific way he characterized this direction:
"I also look forward to working with Secretary Clinton to transform the Democratic Party so that it becomes a party of working people and young people, and not just wealthy campaign contributors: a party that has the courage to take on Wall Street, the pharmaceutical industry, the fossil fuel industry and the other powerful special interests that dominate our political and economic life."
"It’s incredibly frustrating for people who’ve been working in mainstream Democratic Party politics to hear their party described as something other than a party for “working people.” Clinton won the votes of millions of working-class Americans, primarily people of color, throughout the 2016 primaries; and in the 2012, 2008, 2004, and 2000 election cycles there’s been a pronounced tendency for lower-income voters to back the Democratic candidate and higher-income ones to back the Republican."
"Similarly, it comes as a shock to people who participated in the passage of the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill (or the White House’s series of later anti-bank regulatory actions) or who’ve worked to uphold the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plant rule that they apparently lack the courage to stand up to Wall Street and fossil fuel interests."
"Why Sanders got so little institutional support."
"It’s one thing to disagree with people about policy substance or political tactics. But something Sanders has done throughout his campaign and very pointedly did here is straightforwardly challenge the good faith of the vast majority of his colleagues in Democratic Party politics. It’s worked pretty well for him on the stump, but it doesn’t win you a lot of friends. And to be honest, it’s simply wrong — you can raise a lot of objections to Obama’s approach to Wall Street or climate change, but the fact is that the financial services industry and the fossil fuel industries have been fighting him every step of the way."
http://www.vox.com/2016/6/17/11962476/bernie-sanders-enrage-insiders
It's true. It's ok to disagree with people inside your own party. What is very alienating is dealing with someone who accuses you of operating in bad faith.
Another irksome thing about Bernie is the presumptuous way he refuses to process his loss in public. He tries to make it seem as if this was a super close contest
“The lack of processing, publicly, the fact that he has actually not won, is frustrating,” said one Clinton surrogate with close ties to the campaign. “Framing his desires as a list of demands when his margin of loss was actually significantly larger than he’s acting, is frustrating."
"Other Clinton allies described Sanders’ much-hyped speech as unsurprising, but “lame” nonetheless. The address was viewed as an opportunity for Sanders to assure his supporters that he’s still fighting for the principles that energized his supporters, even as he winds down from actively campaigning. But some Clinton loyalists told POLITICO they resented his address because they believe the only reason for Sanders to carry on at this point is his unspoken hope that Clinton is somehow disqualified between now and the July 25 convention."
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/bernie-sanders-convention-slot-enticement-224490#ixzz4BrkHOLPL
"Other Clinton allies described Sanders’ much-hyped speech as unsurprising, but “lame” nonetheless. The address was viewed as an opportunity for Sanders to assure his supporters that he’s still fighting for the principles that energized his supporters, even as he winds down from actively campaigning. But some Clinton loyalists told POLITICO they resented his address because they believe the only reason for Sanders to carry on at this point is his unspoken hope that Clinton is somehow disqualified between now and the July 25 convention."
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/bernie-sanders-convention-slot-enticement-224490#ixzz4BrkHOLPL
As Harry Enten says:
https://twitter.com/ForecasterEnten/status/743608924553748480
As far as what Bernie hopes to gain going forward, Ed Rendell makes the important point that he's only going to get a strong spot at the convention if he concedes before hand.
“If I were advising Sen. Sanders,” former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a longtime Clinton ally, said in an interview, “I would say, you’ve done so fabulously, but there’s one thing left you need to do and that’s make a speech in prime time at the convention. You only do that if you’re not contesting the nomination.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/bernie-sanders-convention-slot-enticement-224490#ixzz4BrkgEd4v
So if Bernie doesn't get back from Pluto before the convention, he gets no primetime speech.
Sounds like a win-win to me.
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