2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumNewsweek: Sanders get Control or get out of the race
Violence. Death threats. Vile, misogynistic names screamed at women. Rage. Hatred. Menacing, anonymous phone calls to homes and offices. Public officials whisked offstage by security agents frightened of the growing mob. None of this has any place in a political campaign. And the candidate who has been tolerating this obscene behavior among his supporters is showing himself to be unfit for office.
So, Senator Sanders, either get control of what is becoming your increasingly unhinged cult or get out of the race. Whatever respect sane liberals had for you is rapidly dwindling, and the damage being inflicted on your reputation may be unfixable. If you cant even manage the vicious thugs who act in your name, you cant be trusted to run a convenience store, much less the country.
When Bernie Sanders launched his presidential campaign, he seemed to be the kind of candidate who would inspire voters from the liberal blocs of the Democratic Party, push the party leftward and influence the future direction of politicseither as the nominee or as a force for change. But Sanders has increasingly signaled that he is in this race for Sanders, and day after day shows himself to be a whining crybaby with little interest in a broader movement. His viciousand often ridiculousattacks on the party whenever he doesnt win a contest have inspired a level of ignorant fanaticism among a large swath of his supporters that is becoming more akin to what might be seen at an out-of-control rally for Donald Trump...
http://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-get-control-get-out-race-461195
reformist2
(9,841 posts)GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)then admitted they did. They haven't been relevant since then.
a reporter did that.
GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)http://www.weeklystandard.com/the-medias-true-colors/article/8414
ThePhilosopher04
(1,732 posts)anotherproletariat
(1,446 posts)reformist2
(9,841 posts)of sheep. How dare he actually want to win this for himself? How selfish!! And he - the loser - wants to dictate party platform issues??? The nerve!!! LOL
jillan
(39,451 posts)Jennylynn
(696 posts)NWCorona
(8,541 posts)Now there's too much time for it to be proven bull before California.
Gregorian
(23,867 posts)The only violence was a hillary supporter punching a female Bernie supporter in the face.
Newswhat?
The revelations just keep coming. The country is entrenched in stagnation in the name of money.
Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)Sanders has a clear opportunity to put all of this to rest before it got out of hand (BOTH .
Sanders had a clear platform and to speak out against the badgering, bullying nasty rhetoric his supporters participated in.
Instead he double downed, reiterated that everything is everyone else's fault, and the Democratic Party is to blame.
He and only he is irreversably damaging not only his own campaign, but the entire Primary process, the Democratic Party and Hillary.