Inside the bitter last days of Bernie's revolution

[Starry Messenger]

Inside the bitter last days of Bernie's revolution

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/bernie-sanders-campaign-last-days-224041#ixzz4AxX3mWDX

There’s no strategist pulling the strings, and no collection of burn-it-all-down aides egging him on. At the heart of the rage against Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party, the campaign aides closest to him say, is Bernie Sanders.

It was the Vermont senator who personally rewrote his campaign manager’s shorter statement after the chaos at the Nevada state party convention and blamed the political establishment for inciting the violence.

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I know we are winding down paying attention to the Bern Show, but this had some revealing items.

[TwilightZone]

1. I've been working under the assumption that he was just getting horrible advice post-Nevada.

Turns out I was wrong. I have to admit that the members of this group that said it goes all the way to the top were dead-on.

[workinclasszero]

2. "Bernie's revolution"

Is that like the Ron Paul revolution?

Bernie...hmm

I know I've heard that name somewhere but I can't place it.

[William769]

3. This wll be a perfect footnote. Thanks.

[Starry Messenger]

6. I suspected some of this, but the extent was pretty eye-opening.

Talk about dodging a bullet.

Still watching CA returns! Saw this on Twitter.

[William769]

10. I am also.

I keep updating the numbers on my site as they come in.

[TwilightZone]

4. That is a brutal, brutal piece.

He's exactly as egocentric and vindictive as many believed him to be.

[sheshe2]

12. That piece nailed it.

I never liked him. Yet that was like a sucker punch. Far worse than I thought.

[Walk away]

45. I can't wait for "Inside the bitter last days of Bernie's revolution II"

It will be fascinating to hear how he tries to blackma... oops, I mean negotiate with the Democratic Party by threatening to pack up his followers and go home to Vermont!

[ismnotwasm]

5. Geez, I was hoping against hope it wasn't like this

Dispite hearing all along some insider tales of how he operates. This is just pitiful.

[BootinUp]

7. Bitter is a bit of an understatement I think.

[stopbush]

8. Yep. About what I imagined from Sanders demeanor lately.

What a sorry excuse for a presidential candidate.

[grossproffit]

9. They're discussing it on MSNBC now.

[Starry Messenger]

13. Oo, thanks for the tip.

I'd turned it off.

[stopbush]

11. Saw this coming Monday:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1107158029

[TwilightZone]

15. lol

Bingo

[Starry Messenger]

16. Oh man! I missed your thread!

You nailed that.

[DURHAM D]

14. Wow

He is everything we thought he is/was.

Get the hook.

[Starry Messenger]

17. Pretty horrible!

They are filleting him on MSNBC.

[DURHAM D]

18. Nicole Wallace was the one offering the most support for BS.

Up is down.

Black is white.

[BootinUp]

21. Yes, that was a shocker, lol.

[spooky3]

39. The Repubs still hold out hope that they can run against

The weaker candidate--him.

[savalez]

19. +1

[DURHAM D]

20. Why do you think BS is not coming out to

make his speech? Sick? Sick in the head? Screaming at this staff? Firing the person/people who were interviewed for this story. Making sure he picked up all the travel size personal hygiene items back at the motel?

[BootinUp]

23. Waiting for the purple shade to fade on his face and scalp?

[Starry Messenger]

24. I think he honestly thinks there is going to be a surge of votes for him

and he wants to deliver a speech saying a close CA win means he has grounds to not concede. He's watching returns in his hotel room. Those people are going to get tired standing out there though, in an airplane hanger...

[spooky3]

40. Lol!

[Surya Gayatri]

22. Sorry, I didn't see this before I posted a dup. But, not to worry,

the more this truth gets out there, the better.

The "hero" with feet of clay needs to be exposed.

[Starry Messenger]

27. No probs, it really is quite dishy!

[Princess Turandot]

25. He wants Tulsi to chair the convention?

And he still wants Barney kicked out?

Is he going to demand that of PBO on Thursday?

[Starry Messenger]

26. I know, wtf??

[Cha]

28. Thank Goodness for Hillary!

know it.

There’s no strategist pulling the strings, and no collection of burn-it-all-down aides egging him on. At the heart of the rage against Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party, the campaign aides closest to him say, is Bernie Sanders.

“I don’t know who advised him that this was the right route to take, but we are now actively destroying what Bernie worked so hard to build over the last year just to pick up two fucking delegates in a state he lost,” rapid response director Mike Casca complained to Weaver in an internal campaign email obtained by POLITICO.

What he got was left wing pundits turning against him and no "fucking" delegates.

Bitter berni.. will be left in the dust..

Aides say Sanders thinks that progressives who picked Clinton are cynical, power-chasing chickens — like Sen. Sherrod Brown, one of his most consistent allies in the Senate before endorsing Clinton and campaigning hard for her ahead of the Ohio primary. Sanders is so bitter about it that he’d be ready to nix Brown as an acceptable VP choice, if Clinton ever asked his advice on who’d be a good progressive champion.

"Every time Sanders got into a knife fight, aides say, they ended up losing. But they could never stop Sanders when he got his back up."

Reid, according to people familiar with the conversation, ended the discussion thinking Sanders was on board. He backed Feingold. But that’s the last anyone heard.

Word got back to Reid’s team that Weaver had nixed the idea, ruling out backing anyone who hadn’t endorsed Sanders. Weaver says it’s because the Senate hopefuls had to get in line for Sanders’ support behind top backers like Gabbard and Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.)—though neither has a competitive race this year.

Sanders never followed up himself

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One Loser decision after another.

Thanks for this, Starry.. I'm sure there will be more desconstruciing of what went wrong with the BS campaign.

We were all right there to see it.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/bernie-sanders-campaign-last-days-224041#ixzz4AxJ54UK8

[Starry Messenger]

29. One thing I learned from my union work, always count your votes.

He should have gauged going in who was going to support him, and he should have talked to his co-workers/Supers to see if there was even soft support there. So many things wrong with this campaign. And it lost!

[Cha]

30. He wasn't smart enough not to come for Hillary.

[jimw81]

31. someone in his campign leaked this story

I think someone in a senior position leaked this story calling for help to save careers. After the primaries are over the people associate with his campaign will be labeled as toxic in Democratic circles.

[Walk away]

32. I finally found the time to read the entire article. I'm not surprised at one word of it.

The good news is that he can drop the "Happy Grandpa" act. He's out of cash so it's over.

[Her Sister]

33. Tulsi Gabbard!!! Must be joking!

Meanwhile, they’re looking into trying to replace the Florida congresswoman as the convention chair with Gabbard, and forceWasserman Schultz to resign as DNC chair the day after the convention.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/bernie-sanders-campaign-last-days-224041#ixzz4AzU6zKRs
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[Walk away]

42. I never joke about Tulsi Gabbard!

[forjusticethunders]

34. Telling.

They haven’t been able to get Sanders focused on any of that, or on the real questions about what kind of long term organization to build out of his email list. They know they’ll have their own rally in Philadelphia – outside the the convention hall—but that’s about as far as they’ve gotten.

He's basically managed to hijack left politics for his own ego.

[Starry Messenger]

35. That list is a huge asset too. A shame it potentially will be let slide.

Any progressive org would give its eye teeth for it.

[wildeyed]

36. That was delicious.

Schadenfreude is so sweet.

"Every time Sanders got into a knife fight, aides say, they ended up losing. But they could never stop Sanders when he got his back up."

[Starry Messenger]

37. I hope for more to come out too.

I want the Sarandon conversation--who signed off on her going around saying a Trump win would make the proles more revolutionary?

So many questions...!

[wildeyed]

41. Casca threw him ALL the way under the bus on the NV mess.

Wonder if he likes how that feels?

I started reading the campaign tweets and press releases about the time he dissed PP and HRC. That was when I realized that the campaign was directly responsible for the misleading use of polls, nasty talking points and encouraging bro-ish behavior from supporters. Now we know that it all came directly from the top.

[Demsrule86]

38. I have thought for sometime Sanders was running the show.

"Every time Sanders got into a knife fight, aides say, they ended up losing. But they could never stop Sanders when he got his back up.

What I don't get is why Sanders thinks he should have all this influence. It is clear to me as spiteful and angry as he is, he will not deliver votes for presumptive Nominee Clinton (feels good to write presumptive). We are going to have to win without him clearly. I do not understand why he thinks as the loser he has the right to remake the Democratic system. He can't organize his way out of a paper bag and the so-called movement will die on the vine...as it takes real work to organize this sort of thing. He won't do the heavy lifting. I think the kindness shown by our nominee has emboldened Sanders who's ego is the size of Texas...so it needs to stop. The Democratic primary process worked just fine...it stopped a guy who never had a chance to win the general and that is what it is designed to do.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/bernie-sanders-campaign-last-days-224041#ixzz4AzXdeY4O
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[Walk away]

43. Maybe Jane could organize it. She did such a good job with Burlington College!

[Demsrule86]

46. I feel so bad for those kids who paid their college tuition and now have no college

Terrible situation.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

44. Sad

#FeelTheBernout