Bernie continues his march toward "grumpy old man". His speech last night really made him appear self-serving and egotistical at this point. While he's not mathematically eliminated as far as pledged delegates (that is, HRC cannot win on pledged delegates alone), at this point he'd need something like 75% of superdelegates to just change their minds... it's over, and frankly it's been over for a little while. I thought maybe if he pulled out CA that he might have a bit of a leg to stand on at the convention and parsing superdelegates to create a problem (even if not win the nomination), but he got trounced.
I think a big part of what happened in CA is his constant barrage of attacks on "millionaires and billionaires". While I think most of us understand what he meant by that, taken at face value, his words also levy an attack on financially responsible folks in the middle class. Out here, net worth in the millions is not limited to hedge fund managers and trust fund babies. Plenty of hard-working folks in the middle (maybe upper-middle) class are "millionaires" by definition, and I think a lot of those folks are not marching to the same beat of "break up Wall Street" and "free college for all". Personally, I don't want Wall Street broken up because for my family the ability to invest through some of those banks is what will help secure our retirement without need of assistance from the government. I cherish that independence that so many young people seem to eschew in favor of government provision of... well, everything.
Bernie is showing the problem when you accept fringe loonies into your camp. This guy's never been a Democrat, though he's sided with them far more often than not, so his loyalty to the party is limited, bordering on non-existent. The same can be said of Trump.
I understand that he's probably sticking around to continue to push his agenda, but it's time, Bern. It's past time. Bow out gracefully before everyone else joins me in thinking you're just a cranky boy who didn't get his way, and we all start thinking that maybe that's all you ever were.
On another note, in the week leading up to our primary here, I had Sanders supporters (in-laws) posting videos about "democratic socialism" on my Facebook wall and received two "personally addressed" form text messages from Sanders volunteers asking for my support. Obviously, they were barking up the wrong tree, but that kind of personal, directed outreach was really off-putting.
I think a big part of what happened in CA is his constant barrage of attacks on "millionaires and billionaires". While I think most of us understand what he meant by that, taken at face value, his words also levy an attack on financially responsible folks in the middle class. Out here, net worth in the millions is not limited to hedge fund managers and trust fund babies. Plenty of hard-working folks in the middle (maybe upper-middle) class are "millionaires" by definition, and I think a lot of those folks are not marching to the same beat of "break up Wall Street" and "free college for all". Personally, I don't want Wall Street broken up because for my family the ability to invest through some of those banks is what will help secure our retirement without need of assistance from the government. I cherish that independence that so many young people seem to eschew in favor of government provision of... well, everything.
Bernie is showing the problem when you accept fringe loonies into your camp. This guy's never been a Democrat, though he's sided with them far more often than not, so his loyalty to the party is limited, bordering on non-existent. The same can be said of Trump.
I understand that he's probably sticking around to continue to push his agenda, but it's time, Bern. It's past time. Bow out gracefully before everyone else joins me in thinking you're just a cranky boy who didn't get his way, and we all start thinking that maybe that's all you ever were.
On another note, in the week leading up to our primary here, I had Sanders supporters (in-laws) posting videos about "democratic socialism" on my Facebook wall and received two "personally addressed" form text messages from Sanders volunteers asking for my support. Obviously, they were barking up the wrong tree, but that kind of personal, directed outreach was really off-putting.
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