Democratic Primaries

Was to view his voting strength in 2016 as endorsement of him and his policies. It was not.

He drew many votes from 'working class whites' who have a set against 'uppity broads', and who had been deluged with a right wing campaign of hate for Mrs. Clinton of a quarter-century's duration. 'Bernie' reaped some of the fruits of this aggravated misogyny, and took it for a demonstration 'working class whites' would support 'revolutionary' action in a left direction, if only they were properly approached, by a charismatic leader such as 'Bernie' himself. This has been his life-long dream, and while it is possible to sympathize on that account with his self-deception, it was a titanic error that did real harm to the people and our country. This year, these people are nowhere for 'Bernie', because by and large they voted against his opponent, not for him.

'Bernie' did indeed catch the fancy of youth in 2016. He says exactly the sort of things a dorm-room bullshitter, or any angry young man might say, and since these noises emerge from a lined face beneath a head of grey hair, 'Bernie' lets such young people believe their views are the distilled wisdom of age, which is very flattering for an angry young fellow. This year, 'Bernie' has lost his novelty. He is no longer the current cool thing, not a tune of the day, but something out of a 'golden oldies' segment. Young people are not turning out for him. The numbers of young people voting in the primary has declined, while the number of older voters has increased markedly. These people more ofte that not actively detest 'Bernie'.

By going once too often to the well, 'Bernie' has revealed himself as having failed in his object of promoting a 'revolutionary' turn to the left. Results of the campaign 'Bernie' has pressed this year reveal that even in 2016, what actually was going on was very different from what 'Bernie' imagined it was. One suspects the last person on the continent to realize this will be 'Bernie' Sanders....





"From Bernie’s perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters have made clear they don’t want to nominate you is to continue campaigning anyway."





"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."