Behold more hissy fit nonsense this morning:
Bernie Sanders pushed back against the commonly held belief that Hillary Clinton would win the Democratic presidential nomination, comparing such conclusions with reverting back to a “monarchy.”
“We don’t live, thank God, in an authoritarian country. People dissent,” he said during a Tuesday interview with NBC’s “Today.” “If we take your assumption and Clinton’s supporters’ assumption of the logical conclusion, you know what we should do? We should go back to a monarchy and not have any elections at all.”
Ah yes...Hillary is now the “anointed” queen who was given the nomination on a silver platter by DNC Deb, her conniving sister-in-arms. Thanks for clearing that up!
The millions more votes that she received from Democrats across the country? Who cares.
The lopsided victories in states like South Carolina, Texas, Florida and New York that resulted in an insurmountable PLEDGED delegate lead? Inconsequential.
The threat of a Donald Trump presidency due to a divided and embittered Democratic Party? Of no concern.
I’m just trying to figure out what the hell Bernie wants at this point. For the longest time I thought it was greater income equality and breaking up the big banks. Now it’s...what...a “messy” convention, ending closed Democratic primaries while leaving open caucuses untouched, firing and defeating DWS, putting Cornel West on the platform committee and choosing Hillary’s cabinet appointments for her? That’s about all I can gather.
However, he’s definitely okay with superdelegates right now because he’s hoping they overturn the will of the people and give him the nomination this year.
If anybody has any idea what else Bernie wants, or what it would take for him to consider Hillary’s win legitimate, let me know in the comments.
This is all so disappointing, because Sanders should be remembered as a democratic socialist trailblazer who inspired a new generation to fight for his noble causes to create a brighter future. And Bernie should go forward as one of the most influential, applauded and powerful senators in the country for years to come.
But by continuing to strongly suggest that Hillary isn’t winning fair and square, he’s in real danger of being remembered mainly as a sore loser in it for himself...and spend his remaining senate years ranting ineffectively in isolation without sympathetic legislative friends.
The choice, as always, is his.
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Crossposted at Hillary HQ.