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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders is nothing but a heckler [View all]MaryMagdaline
(7,937 posts)What I cannot abide is when Bernie continues to bash even a successful presidency like Obama's. Obama made people WANT to be a Democrat when he ran in 2008. The inevitable let down when we did not get everything we wanted caused Bernie and others to tear down the party and fed right into the right wing plan. I don't fault Bernie for running in the primary in 2016. I fault him for spreading anti-Obama messaging in 2012 and suggesting someone should primary President Obama. If he did not see that the re-election of OBama was essential to fulfilling American racial equality, that the continuation of Obamacare would save millions of lives, that judicial appointments would shore up minority, women, LGBT, consumer rights, then there is something ornery, possibly even disloyal, about his motivations. I think the poster hit it. Heckler. And I am sorry to say that. He was a hero to me before his Obama jealousy reared its head.