Slate - The Establishment Didn't Destroy Bernie Sanders. He destroyed himself.

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5. Thank you.. he made us the enemy and we

responded as such.

Don't know how they could have thought they would win with a 30% base.

Oh, JHC..

For months, Sanders has talked about “taking on the Democratic establishment.” He ran on that message in Iowa and New Hampshire. Then, after becoming the front-runner, he went around the country boasting that his critics were right to fear him. At a rally in California on Feb. 17, he gloated that his enemies were “trembling” and “crying on television.” On Feb. 21, the day before he won the Nevada caucuses, he tweeted, “I’ve got news for the Republican establishment. I’ve got news for the Democratic establishment. They can’t stop us.”

What's that saying.. "..pride goeth before.." what?

Yep, he did it to himself along with some help from his Stein Voter Staff.

Ah, so he was in Minnesota when he ".. was informed that Amy and Pete were dropping out and supporting Biden.." and "no surprise..". I bet it was a Big Surprise!. In fact a "shock".

And one reason for this pattern is Sanders’ constant message of antagonism. He has cultivated enemies instead of friends. Now he’s paying the price.

Can you imagine how Pete and Senator Amy Klobuchar and their former supporters feel about these accusations?..

Meanwhile, Sanders has escalated his talk of conspiracies. On Sunday, he claimed that “the establishment put a great deal of pressure” on Buttigieg and Klobuchar to “force” them out of the race. “What was very clear from the media narrative and what the establishment wanted,” he told George Stephanopoulos, “was to make sure that people coalesced around Biden and try to defeat me.” On Wednesday, after his defeats, Sanders again rebuked “the Democratic establishment” and insisted that “our campaign has won the ideological debate.”

No, ya didn't.

And, he still hasn't learned..

What Sanders fails to understand is the connection between his defeats and his rhetoric. It wasn’t the media or the Democratic National Committee that turned Buttigieg, Klobuchar, and millions of voters against him. It was Sanders. His relentless message of conflict, along with his expanding list of putative enemies, attracted a fraction of the electorate but alienated everybody else. As the primaries narrowed to a two-man race, his base was no longer enough to win. The establishment didn’t destroy Bernie Sanders. He destroyed himself

Thank you for this article, Tom.. some of us knew so much of this except I didn't know what he was saying at the California Rallies about us or that he learned in Minnesota that Pete and Amy Endorsed Biden!