See this is what has wound me up since Bernie pulled out. I understand that he agreed to support the winner of the primaries. Shitty but I guess he thought it was worth it. Fine, whatever. And he obviously thinks getting Trump out is the single most important thing.
But when he pulled out, why not just step back and at least say nothing? Why did he immediately need to tell us a load of bull about how oh so wonderful and progressive Biden is? The "Joe's my friend" thing was the same. Maybe he is, just stop telling everyone.
Why not get your supporters together to put some pressure on him even if it's fairly futile as things are? Why still play the game?
If Bernie blows up Biden's campaign -- or if the Democratic establishment can spin it that way -- it becomes much harder to pry Democrats (who don't particularly care about Biden, but badly want him to beat Trump) away from the party and further left. Bernie knew with a loss he was basically a spent political force, and was obviously aware of the Democratic desire to demonize him and sabotage whatever leftist movement can spring up in his wake. If you have no personal political future, and even looking like a sore loser can keep others from accomplishing what you tried to do, you play ball with the establishment candidate. He did this in 2016 and it's a big reason why (despite many attempts) the "Bernie cost Hillary the election" nonsense never stuck.
Also it allows him to broker trust between the burgeoning left and the old guard of the party, since he's chummy with Joe and Schumer but also people like the Squad, Cori Bush, Jamaal Bowman all adore him and see him as their Gandalf
See this is what has wound me up since Bernie pulled out. I understand that he agreed to support the winner of the primaries. Shitty but I guess he thought it was worth it. Fine, whatever. And he obviously thinks getting Trump out is the single most important thing.
But when he pulled out, why not just step back and at least say nothing? Why did he immediately need to tell us a load of bull about how oh so wonderful and progressive Biden is? The "Joe's my friend" thing was the same. Maybe he is, just stop telling everyone.
Why not get your supporters together to put some pressure on him even if it's fairly futile as things are? Why still play the game?
If Bernie blows up Biden's campaign -- or if the Democratic establishment can spin it that way -- it becomes much harder to pry Democrats (who don't particularly care about Biden, but badly want him to beat Trump) away from the party and further left. Bernie knew with a loss he was basically a spent political force, and was obviously aware of the Democratic desire to demonize him and sabotage whatever leftist movement can spring up in his wake. If you have no personal political future, and even looking like a sore loser can keep others from accomplishing what you tried to do, you play ball with the establishment candidate. He did this in 2016 and it's a big reason why (despite many attempts) the "Bernie cost Hillary the election" nonsense never stuck.
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Also it allows him to broker trust between the burgeoning left and the old guard of the party, since he's chummy with Joe and Schumer but also people like the Squad, Cori Bush, Jamaal Bowman all adore him and see him as their Gandalf