Bernie: Dems lost because they "took they bait," meaning "Wall Street money."

[NanceGreggs]

44. It was, IMHO ...

... one of THE most pressing - and, to this day, unanswered - questions about Bernie.

Given his years in politics, he had to know the disclosure of those tax returns was expected. Why didn't he have them at-the-ready the minute he threw his hat in the ring?

He kept blaming their unavailability on his wife - just as Bernie blames everything on everyone else but himself. But did he NOT realize that the average citizen KNOWS that you can get a copy of your tax returns wthl one phone call to the IRS? He kept offering up the "my wife can't find them" excuse as though that were the end of the matter - as though no one recognizes the "dog ate my homework" excuse when they hear it.

There was definitely something in those returns "Mr. Transparency" didn't want disclosed. He put far more effort into keeping them out of public view than it would have taken to produce them.

I have noted that even his staunchest supporters have never addressed this obvious "discrepancy" between Bernie's rhetoric and his actions.