The L.A. Times calls Bernie as they see him and it's not good!

[Walk away]

Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign ended with what had become his standard pitch in recent months as his odds of defeating Hillary Clinton dimmed: a long list of demands for the Democratic Party, a host of thinly veiled insults against party leaders and no recognition for the woman who outdistanced him in the popular vote and delegates en route to clinching the presidential nomination.

Sanders never mentioned Clinton’s historic accomplishment except by inference when he said that his campaign henceforth would be about “defeating Donald Trump.” He never actually said that Clinton had defeated him, or even that he was bowing out of the race, despite the fact that there are no more primaries to contest.

The absence of typical political grace by the defeated candidate was reminiscent of another insurgent inveighing against the establishment: Democrat Jerry Brown never got around to endorsing Bill Clinton in 1992 after the future president became his party’s nominee.

more...

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-bernie-sanders-analysis-20160617-snap-story.html

[DemonGoddess]

1. K&R!

[Cary]

2. Thinly veieiled insults suns hint up well

That's "revolutionary."

[MattP]

3. He ignored the south but now he's for a 50 state strategy?

[Cha]

5. yeah, don't pay attention to his history or what he's said or does.. just

pay attention to the latest thing he's trying to take credit for.

[pandr32]

28. As usual, Cha--you nailed it!

Aloha!

[Cha]

40. Aloha, pandr!

he sickens me.. we see you, burnie.

[Cha]

4. I want to know why the **** his campaign isn't ENDING when all the Primaries are OVER..

Does somebody need to hand him a damn calendar?

In making his list a set of demands, Sanders put himself in the awkward position of a distant second-place finisher insisting on fealty from the winner.

Bingo, burnie.

Mahalo, Walk away.

[TwilightZone]

24. I think someone convinced him that the indictment fairy was a real possibility.

Most reasonable people believe otherwise, but there aren't too many other explanations for why he's still in the race. The whole "I'm trying to send a message" thing doesn't work when one got hammered in the primaries.

[Cha]

25. He's sending a message alright.. and it's

that he's going for the poorest loser ever in a Democratic Primary for President.

Hillary showed him how to do lose with dignity and grace.. But, he has his head too far ** *** *** to take notice.

She was a graceful loser and look @ where she is now.

It's either as you suggest... that someone like HA Goodman convinced BS that Hillary will be indicted any day now.. Or, burnie just isn't mentally capable of admitting that he lost to the Woman he's been disingenuously demonizing for the last year.

He's definitely showing the world what a terrible potus he would have made.

[AgadorSparticus]

35. THIS really bothers me that he can't find it in himself to formally

Concede to Hillary. Honestly, this has ripped off the blinders for me. It has nothing to do with the fact about his voters or getting them to vote for Hillary. Once GE season starts, I think most will pivot and do what is right. It is the fact that he can't concede. I don't buy that he is in it to keep his word. I think he fell for the limelight and the sense of power. Or he certainly acts like someone who is deluded by it: making demands to a party that he was using to win and yet, when it comes down to it, all he can do is disparage all his democratic colleagues. What the heck is wrong with him? I have never seen a sore loser like this.

[BlueMTexpat]

6. The statements below are also spot on ....

Those earlier remarks enraged Democrats—and Thursday’s were likely to rankle, as well—because many have been fighting to change the party from within even as Sanders, a longtime independent, remained outside of it. As they tell it, Sanders has basically suggested that a party that includes civil rights legends like John Lewis and longtime economic and environmental battlers like Barbara Boxer has been far less interested than he is in racial, economic and environmental justice.

and

The issues include some, such as pay equity for women and abortion rights, which Clinton has championed for at least as long as he has. Others, including equal rights for same-sex marriage, comprehensive immigration reform and expansion of benefits for Social Security recipients, now have broad acceptance in the party.

and

In making his list a set of demands, Sanders put himself in the awkward position of a distant second-place finisher insisting on fealty from the winner.

Sanders blamed the current leadership of the Democratic Party for a host of failures, persisting in his long battle against party chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz. (There was some irony to his claim that Democrats needed a 50-state strategy, since earlier this year Sanders repeatedly dismissed Clinton’s romping victories in Southern states because they occurred in “the most conservative part” of the country that would vote Republican in November.)[div]

[Cha]

11. No one has mentioned his giant ego.. I guess it's understood..

Sanders has basically suggested that a party that includes civil rights legends like John Lewis and longtime economic and environmental battlers like Barbara Boxer has been far less interested than he is in racial, economic and environmental justice.

BS is the big cheese and no one else matters.. only him.

I don't see how people can read this and not get sick of him.

Mahalo, Blue, for the excerpts.

[AgadorSparticus]

34. I am seeing his ego more and more as time goes on.

He acts like he developed progressive ideals and it bothers me to no end that he not only doesn't give credit where credit is due, but he seems to think he is a messiah. He seems to have forgotten that he couldn't be where he is without the tireless work of democratic heros like Barbara Boxer, John Lewis, Kennedy, Wellstone, etc. that preceded him. He is not the FIRST. And he certainly isn't the only person with progressive ideals.

He is so ungracious and self centered. I can't stand him anymore.

[Cha]

41. Exactly, AS.. He never gave President Obama any credit either.. and Big Mistake on BS' part.

[AgadorSparticus]

44. I think he is making big mistakes now. Wasn't there an article

Where one of his insiders spilled the beans and said they couldn't understand why he is doing what he is doing? Where he is undermining his own campaign and wouldn't take anyone else's advice? IAE, It will all be over soon enough.

[Cha]

46. Yes, it was in politico.. basically his managers threw him under the bus by

saying he made all the decisions.

And, we know they've all been bad ones. So bad.

[BlueCaliDem]

29. His words in 1991 ring true even today.

[Cha]

42. Yes, and it only got worse since then.. thank you for that, BlueCali!

burnie's done.. now he's just wasting our tax payers' money on his SS detail.

[AgadorSparticus]

36. Truth hurts, that's for sure.

[Rose Siding]

7. "no recognition for the woman who outdistanced him"

He can't bring himself to admit SHE beat him.

[Cha]

12. And, this wanted to be president when he can't even admit reality?

[Surya Gayatri]

8. As I said elsewhere, "graceless and gauche" define the The Berned Out One's campaign end...

The absence of typical political grace by the defeated candidate was reminiscent of another insurgent inveighing against the establishment: Democrat Jerry Brown never got around to endorsing Bill Clinton in 1992 after the future president became his party’s nominee.

[mcar]

9. K&R

[question everything]

10. Read it, was going to post it on GDP but hesitated

Especially this paragraph:

In making his list a set of demands, Sanders put himself in the awkward position of a distant second-place finisher insisting on fealty from the winner.

=====

Not awkward for him, not for his supporters, if one dares read GDP.

[Walk away]

13. I trashed GDP and Bernie months ago. I stay out of the "Dark Corners" of the internet.

I can't imagine wanting to hear what anyone there has to say about anything.

[Cha]

15. lol@dark corners of the internet.. ain't that the truth.

[Arkansas Granny]

31. I trashed them also. I've checked back a couple of times, but don't spend any time there.

I can't wait til tomorrow.

[Walk away]

33. I stopped in today after this discussion!

[Fla Dem]

14. Great column. Thanks. Pretty much sums up the Bernie Sander's legacy.

He wore out his welcome about 2 months ago. He's a bully and a typical "Johnny Come Lately". He came late to the party and wants to take credit for everything. I also detect misogyny in his behavior directed at HRC and DWS. He is very dismissive of females.

Remember him dismissing of the female reporter in LA?

http://theslot.jezebel.com/bernie-sanders-has-testy-exchange-with-reporter-who-ask-1780851405
“Excuse me,” he says five times, as she tries to speak.

“I’m asking a question,” she shoots back.

“Other hands are up as well,” he tells her, attempting to call on someone named Jeff.

Alcindor’s question, when she was permitted to talk: “What do you say to women who say that you staying in the race is sexist, because you’re standing in the way of what could be the first female president?”

“Is that a serious question?” Sanders asked, laugh-scoffing.

And then we have him shoving Jane to stand behind him on stage.
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And the total disrespect he showed toward HRC during the debates, waving his fingers at her, shouting for her to stop talking because he was talking. The signs were there.

It's a pattern. So I don't expect him to be a man and treat her as an equal. It's not in him.

Oh and by the way...Where are your tax returns Bernie?

[Cha]

18. Mahalo for all the reminders of BS' past actions.. there's so much disrespect it's hard to

keep up.

BS was late to the revolution, too.

HimForHer ?@ThomboyD
Look, the revolution began in 2008. Sorry you're mad about being 8 years late. We'll keep it moving along with or without you.
11:02 AM - 18 Jun 2016
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https://theobamadiary.com/2016/06/18/president-obama-delivers-remarks-at-the-sentinel-bridge/#comments

[Fla Dem]

20. Spot on Cha. After 35 years in government, he finally becomes active.

A grifter who will be begging the DNC to pay off his campaign debts.

Ciao amico!

[Walk away]

19. Bernie will finally be forced to show his Tax Returns when he runs against Al Gaudino in 2018...

When Sanders runs as an Independent against our Democratic candidate, he will finally be forced to show us what he is hiding.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

30. What a horse's ass

What is it about common courtesy you don't get Sanders?

[Her Sister]

16. BS wants to drag this for some reason.

All to do with his ego.

[Walk away]

32. I still think he needs the $$$ plus he seems to want to bully the Democratic Party...

It appears to be the consistent style of his campaign from the top down.

I think there will probably be plenty of Moderate Independents to replace the votes Bernie holds fast. The 2nd biggest mistake the party made was to give him a say in the convention platform.

[NurseJackie]

17. THIS: "The absence of typical political grace by the defeated candidate..."

... really sums it up for me. And if anyone dares mention it, they change the subject... "so I guess you like WAR, huh?" or "what have got against clean water?"

[Thinkingabout]

21. Right now I don't care if he runs for president for the next one hundred years, We the People

have made our selection, Hillary Clinton. We have an election to win, stopping to wait for his concession is not on my schedule.

[AgadorSparticus]

37. I think he and his deluded supporters don't believe that they actually got less votes

They truly think that every state he lost in was due to it being rigged. And now they are sitting there waiting for the indictment fairy. Jesus. I have no words for his bullshit anymore. ...

[Thinkingabout]

39. Yes, they have an expert (CT expert) who can show you how it works.

Strange it only happens in States he lost.

[BeyondGeography]

22. My favorite comment

"When you don't know how to lose, you are not an honorable person."

[livetohike]

23. Not only will there be no revolution, but there will be no political

career for Sanders (I) after his poor attitude and accusations of fraud. He needs to retire and relax at home.

[workinclasszero]

27. He's got his little group of worshipers

They can stroke his ego 24/7 after he drops the facade and returns to (I) as the grand leader of the internet troll revolution.

[jehop61]

26. And according to the NYT today,

we taxpayers are paying $38,000 per day for his Secret Service protection while he remains a candidate. Loves them perks.....

[AgadorSparticus]

38. Remember when they touted him going coach? So much for that. Nt

[Cha]

47. WOW $38,000 A DAY! He sound be ousted for Wasting Tax Payers' $$$$$$$$$$

It should go Viral.

[BootinUp]

43. Jerry Brown left politics after that display for quite some time. nt

[murielm99]

45. If Sanders has spent so much time

and effort in Congress working for economic and environmental justice, where is the landmark legislation with his name all over it? Where is the Sanders Act, protecting the environment, the banking legislation called the Sanders-Smith Act, or the civil rights legislation called the Jones-Sanders Act? He has done nothing, and he wants credit for everything.