2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I just LOVE Bernie Sanders for saying this. It is so unsexist and so unmisogynistic! [View all]ehrnst
(32,640 posts)His weak attempts to address black voters in the South were embarassing.
http://bcnn2.com/2016/02/bernie-sanders-visits-south-carolina-black-church-dinner-struggles-to-get-an-amen/
And Bernie seemed to think that marriage equality was "too divisive" in his state, after he voted against DOMA, because "it's a states' rights issue." Of course it was "too divisive" for Bernie's tastes - he was in the middle of a re-election campaign.
No one is pure when it comes to being more pragmatic than idealistic when it comes to their political career. But it seems Bernie's supporters think that he's somehow above the reproach that they give everyone else.
The job of the gadfly and the job of the president are two different things, as much as we would like otherwise. And if you can't even get the support of the majority of the party that you suddenly decided was your ticket to the top, then perhaps you are better suited to being a gadfly. Nothing wrong in that.