All Berned Out: ‘Sour Grapes’ Sanders, It’s Time to Give it Up

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/06/18/1540201/-All-Berned-Out-Sour-Grapes-Sanders-It-s-Time-to-Give


What the Bernie Sanders followers loved best about him was that he was a principled non-politician. Authentic. No ego. When he entered the contest, he was at a 3% support – mirroring the percentage of people who even knew who he was, a Senator from a tiny state whose population, 625,000, is less than half that of Nassau County, `one of the least diverse demographics in the country.
He has been an independent ever since he couldn’t win election as a Democrat, and has managed not to run afoul of the NRA ever since he lost his first campaign.

Now, after he has been decisively beaten in total votes — by nearly 4 million, 16,554,911 (55.6%) to 12,744,268 (42.8%) - and in pledged delegates 2219 to 1879. And even though Clinton beat Sanders in the biggest states and only really lost in the states which held open primaries (meaning those not registered as Democrats could vote) and caucuses (the most undemocratic of primary processes), even so, Sanders is demanding concessions from the Democratic Party in exchange for him stopping bashing the presumptive nominee and the first woman to be the nominee of a major party, Hillary Clinton.

In essence, Sanders is inflicting his “political revolution” on the Democratic party, which up until now has treated him with extraordinary respect and deference – giving him chairmanship of important Senate committees, for example.

Now, he is demanding – extorting – changes in how the Democrats run their primary – essentially to be more like the Republicans (and how did that go this year?) – eliminating Super Delegates, opening up all primaries to non-Democrats, and, oh yes, removing Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz from her position as DNC chair.



Time for him to go back to the senate or retire.........
more on story......says it all