2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The Lie [View all]Uncle Joe
(58,349 posts)Bill does have a good political sense, he knew the nation was angry and ready for a populist rising against establishment politics and economics.
After Bernie's announcement, Bill saw the writing on the wall, he knew that as awareness of Bernie and his message grew this could pose a threat to Hillary's chances at the nomination.
Having Trump run as a nationalistic pseudo populist could pull votes from Bernie's authentic progressive populism, both were tapping into anger with the status quo.
The primary difference being Bernie was/is actually going after the powers that be which largely supported Hillary and have long diminished the peoples' voice and economic power.
Trump was playing on appealing to the peoples' more base instincts, scapegoating the weak and most vulnerable while giving lip service about going against the establishment; of which Trump has been a long time member of.
Bernie's message is about uniting the people for the betterment of the whole, Trump is all about dividing the people in service to himself.
Thanks for the thread, H2O Man.