Bernie Sanders needs to sail off into the sunset

[DemocracyMouse]

140. Bernie, like other progressives, is fallible but searching for solutions.

Take his input as you would take any American’s input, with an eye to critiquing it. Use it, modify it, or don’t use it. It’s a discourse people.

But this Bernie obsession (on both sides) is extremely funny.

I give the man a lot of credit for some things, but not all. He has underscored the increasingly top-heavy nature of our economy/politics. Warren, Clinton et al have pretty much agreed, but through tactful repetition Bernie made it a normal and important part of the national conversation. He has pushed harder than most for single payer healthcare. I’d like to see more Democrats exercise their freedom of speech in the same way – to repeat a good theme so the media “brain” starts processing it. Good on him for the pop culture tactics. (Why let the Newt Gingrich’s and Carl Rove’s and Trumps have all the fun?)

If he made a poor choice of words and was misinterpreted, maybe look more carefully at what he was really trying to say. As I recall he was on the front lines along with thousands of others during the civil rights era. There’s a photo of him being arrested or somesuch to prove it. Plenty of our “approved” Democrats sat out the civil rights marches.

But again, stop obsessing. We need to focus on the issues, not the politicians.