Bernie Loses His Halo Even progressives are criticizing him now - Politico

[Bill USA]

[font size="+1"]Last month Drum said Sanders was “basically running a con … we were never going to get a revolution, and Bernie knew it all along.”[/font]



http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/05/bernie-sanders-loses-his-halo-213911

Is the left turning on its darling, Bernie Sanders? On Friday, Netroots titan Markos Moulitsas, namesake of the liberal Daily Kos, dropped a rhetorical bomb on the Bern, blaming the candidate for doing too little to denounce death threats received by the Nevada Democratic Party after Sanders’ state convention delegates complained they had received unfair treatment. “The problem isn't Bernie Sanders' supporters,” Moulitsas wrote. “It's Bernie Sanders himself … [He] refuses to forcefully and unambiguously reject that violence, instead rationalizing and explaining it away with a mix of grievances and outright conspiracy theory.”

Actually, Sanders hasn’t lost much support among his most avid supporters—who do not include Moulitsas, a sometime critic. What we are seeing, however, is that it’s no longer taboo in liberal circles to attack Sanders as he drags out the nomination process at a time when many are itching to turn their fire on Donald Trump. And if his reputation in the party is being damaged outside his base, that will make it harder for him to extract concessions from Clinton regarding the platform and party nomination rules at the convention.

Through much of the campaign, Sanders wore a progressive halo, making it tricky for Clinton to play classic hardball politics (not that she didn’t try). Even if Democratic voters didn’t believe he was the practical choice, his platform still spoke to the ideological aspirations of many in the party. His supporters heard, “I like Bernie, but…” so much that they turned it into a website providing information designed to assuage unsure voters.

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This week another prominent figure in the online progressive community, Talking Points Memo’s Josh Marshall, also blamed Sanders directly for the increased animosity, saying: “The 'burn it down' attitude, the upping the ante … seems to be coming from Sanders himself. Right from the top.” Mother Jones’ Kevin Drum said more in sorrow than in anger this week, “It's sort of painful to see a good person like Bernie turned into such a sullen and resentful man.”

Still, neither Marshall nor Drum, like Moulitsas, had been an active Sanders supporter.

[font size="3" color="red"]Two months ago, Moulitsas declared the primaries effectively over and banned from his site “malicious attacks on our presumptive presidential nominee or our presidential efforts.”[/font] {[font color="blue"]Wow, now that would pretty much eliminate everthing the Bernie Fans had to say! BAD, BAD!![/font]_Bill USA} Last month Drum said Sanders was “basically running a con … we were never going to get a revolution, and Bernie knew it all along.” Marshall has been neutral, but has shown flashes of Sanders skepticism, such as when he characterized his economic critique as a “somewhat one-dimensional diagnosis.”[/font]
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[GreatGazoo]

1. I guess you weren't here yesterday

[pmorlan1]

4. Saw a similar one about Salon Today

They aren't very creative are they?

[morningfog]

2. Dupe dupe dupe.

[pmorlan1]

3. Clinton Supporters Attacking Bernie?

How can that be? Well bless your heart for telling us.

[Skwmom]

5. There are Clinton "progressives" and Bernie "progressive". Markos made big $$$$$$ from Clinton

selling his subscribers email addresses.

[arcane1]

6. "neither Marshall nor Drum, like Moulitsas, had been an active Sanders supporter. "

So they still don't support him, and that's supposed to mean something new?

Do you even read what you post?

[panader0]

7. Bill, the "halo" meme was yesterday.

[B Calm]

8. Beat me to it, LOL!