11-02-2016, 06:13 PM
There's not a real life soap opera or conspiracy theory behind every politician's every action and inaction.
Bernie Sanders said repeatedly during the primaries that he would support Hillary Clinton for president if he lost the nomination, and that he considered Donald Trump an unqualified and ignorant fool who should never occupy the White House. I believe Bernie meant what he said.
After he lost the nomination, Bernie negotiated to get his key platform points incorporated into the DNC platform before agreeing to endorse Clinton. Clinton has promoted those progressive points in her campaigning and promised to pursue them if she's elected (with Bernie and Elizabeth Warren promising to hold her feet to the fire in that regard).
Since the Wikileaks confirmed that Debbie Wasserman Schultz and the DNC preferred Hillary to become the Democratic nominee (which Bernie already knew, as did most of us who followed the primaries), Debbie Wasserman Schultz has been ousted. Her ouster was what Bernie was demanding all along.
In recent months, Sanders and the majority of his supporters have also called-out and rejected Trump's transparent attempts to snag Bernie supporters by positioning himself in the same vein as Bernie and painting "poor Bernie" as a victim.
So, it makes good sense to me for Sanders to address the DNC bias professionally and out of the public eye rather than scream "I told you so!" and lash out publicly about it, thereby inadvertently helping Trump.
And, as a nice little carrot, if the Dems take back the Senate, Mr. Sanders becomes the Chairman of the Budget Committee (not exactly a dream for Paul Ryan, I bet).
Bernie Sanders said repeatedly during the primaries that he would support Hillary Clinton for president if he lost the nomination, and that he considered Donald Trump an unqualified and ignorant fool who should never occupy the White House. I believe Bernie meant what he said.
After he lost the nomination, Bernie negotiated to get his key platform points incorporated into the DNC platform before agreeing to endorse Clinton. Clinton has promoted those progressive points in her campaigning and promised to pursue them if she's elected (with Bernie and Elizabeth Warren promising to hold her feet to the fire in that regard).
Since the Wikileaks confirmed that Debbie Wasserman Schultz and the DNC preferred Hillary to become the Democratic nominee (which Bernie already knew, as did most of us who followed the primaries), Debbie Wasserman Schultz has been ousted. Her ouster was what Bernie was demanding all along.
In recent months, Sanders and the majority of his supporters have also called-out and rejected Trump's transparent attempts to snag Bernie supporters by positioning himself in the same vein as Bernie and painting "poor Bernie" as a victim.
So, it makes good sense to me for Sanders to address the DNC bias professionally and out of the public eye rather than scream "I told you so!" and lash out publicly about it, thereby inadvertently helping Trump.
And, as a nice little carrot, if the Dems take back the Senate, Mr. Sanders becomes the Chairman of the Budget Committee (not exactly a dream for Paul Ryan, I bet).