One day, decades from now, when an HRC flunky is delivering a deathbed confessional

[brentspeak]

and wants to clear his/her conscience before they make their final exit, we'll hear the entire story of how, back in the year 2016, all the anti-Bernie propaganda got coordinated, who in the media and in the Internet commentary universe got paid off, and who didn't get paid off but were otherwise told/nudged/winked-at to go along with it and push it or else they would find themselves working at McDonalds.

Until then...

The Daily 202: Liberal allies turning on Bernie Sanders after Nevada donnybrook

By James Hohmann

-- There are growing fears that the July convention in Philadelphia could be chaotic, perhaps even violent.

-- -- Sanders is quickly becoming a figure every bit as divisive and polarizing among Senate Democrats as Ted Cruz is in the eyes of his Republican colleagues. He may not have forced a government shutdown, but his obstinacy may yet imperil HRC. His defiance is burning bridges, which will make it harder for him to be an effective member of the Senate going forward.

-- -- We’ve reached another pivot point in the race. The donnybrook at the convention has been a wake-up call for many liberal commentators, who have viewed Bernie positively because of his success at pulling Hillary to the left. But a new mindset has begun to take hold: If Trump becomes president, Sanders will deserve a big share of the blame. Take this sampling of commentary that posted overnight... (none of whom, Hohmann conveniently neglects to add, were ever Bernie's "allies" to begin with):

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James Hohmann is a national political correspondent for The Washington Post. Follow @JamesHohmann

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Unfortuantely Bernie creates his own anti-Bernie propaganda.

[cali]

3. No. It's almost entirely manufactured.

[bettyellen]

25. what bullshit. people here could not accept that many of us noted the lack of outreach

to POC and women right off the bat. it was hard not to notice the glaring omission in his stump speeches and web site- in fact, impossible if you cared about reproductive rights or the justice system and took a good look at what SBS was putting out.. anyone who dared to note it was accused of rattling off talking points. most of the long time members of the AA group here were accused of being trolls, as were women asking about reproductive rights. not manufactured how badly we were treated either, with all that "playing a card" bullshit.
If anything, they talking points came after.

[Beowulf]

52. You got played, badly.

Maybe someday you will realize that.

[bettyellen]

58. Keep telling yourself that, buddy. It is all you have to cling to- self righteous bullshit and

pointing fingers instead of looking inward. Not working out too well for you.

[Beowulf]

61. Actually, I've been played.

LBJ, Nixon, the whole crew that got us into and perpetuated Vietnam. To a certain extent, Bill Clinton played me. I never completely trusted him, but I never thought he'd undo so much regulation, gut the safety net, and pass NAFTA. And I've been played a bit this election cycle as I've allowed the bullshit to take my attention away from the issues that matter.

Actually, I'm not the one who told this to me, Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow, is the one who opened by eyes. James Rucker, co-founder of Color of Change, also opened my eyes. George Lakoff taught me how the elites use language to manipulate, distract, and obfuscate.

Two things that seem contradictory can be true. I agree that Bernie's campaign has been very clumsy in its outreach to persons of color. And the Clinton campaign has been very clever in manipulating that clumsiness into a narrative that Bernie doesn't care.

I remember when I first started reading real history, not the pablum they serve up in public school, but the real stuff and how angry I was about all the lies that had been told to all of us. It's not a pleasant discovery.

I have plenty to cling to, thank you, and things are working out just fine. This is a long struggle with few shortcuts. This cycle is just the beginning and Bernie just happened to be there. But this is much more than him and Hillary and Trump and this election cycle, and so far we are doing pretty well all things considered. I'd love for you to join us, maybe next time.

[bettyellen]

62. So, despite two posts insulting me, you agree with me about my point. Awesome outreach, dude.

Really outstanding approach.

[Broward]

55. Some people will believe anything.

[cali]

37. What a steaming pile of dog shit.

The corrupt hillarians started the slime almost immediately.

[JudyM]

38. Absolute truth that the "blind" can't see.

Media malarkey. Clinton cronyism. A world unto itself every bit as much as certain others' Truthiness.

Hook, line & sinker played off the swiftboat.

[Hortensis]

45. The damning Nevada Dem Party letter is reported

by no major media. They're all frivolously talking about death threats from little weenies and completely blowing off the big news of the charge that the Sanders Campaign planned and orchestrated the disruption of the convention, including feeding inflammatory lies to the weenies in order to incite them.

[BillZBubb]

5. What an ignorant comment.

But not a surprising one.

[arcane1]

12. Ignorance is all over DU these days, defending the indefensible.

Usually it comes from newly-arrived trolls. Sometimes it's a long-standing member sadly discrediting themselves.

[amborin]

8. no, the David Brock smears & swift boating have been occurring all along

[The_Casual_Observer]

11. Bernie has been largely untouched. Nobody really cares about Bernie.

[Merryland]

30. I guess you mean except for the hundreds of thousands of people

turning out to hear him speak - unlike the hush-hush soirees Clinton holds...?

[CajunBlazer]

40. Too bad such rally enthusiasm doesn't translate into votes

and Sanders delegates actually showing up state conventions.

[Lizzie Poppet]

20. Yes, being honest and consistent will do that.

Fortunately, the discerning reader can easily identify it for what it is" propaganda.

[cali]

2. Brent, you really hit the nail on the head.

[SFnomad]

4. It's a conspiracy I tell you, because it couldn't possibly be that BS was the weaker candidate n/t

[BillZBubb]

16. Oh, it's a conspiracy alright. The DNC was all in for Hillary.

Their thumb on the scale was enough to put her over the top.

Also, Hillary had almost unlimited corporate funding and a huge corporate funded PAC. Bernie had to counter that with millions of small donations. The corporations put their thumb on the scale too.

And the corporate media has done everything in their power to ignore, attack, and diminish Bernie. They've pushed the Brock propaganda like the "violence" in Nevada. The corporate media put their thumb on the scale as well.

So, yeah, it was a conspiracy.

[SFnomad]

17. blah blah blah ... excuses, excuses, excuses n/t

[arcane1]

6. All part of their goal to "disqualify" Sanders since they can't win honestly.

I hope everyone is taking note of who enables this undemocratic activity. I know I am. And I won't be forgiving it.

[CajunBlazer]

43. ....

[Sheepshank]

7. Sanders ... every bit as divisive and polarizing among Senate Democrats as Ted Cruz..."

Yup...he is building his own legacy.

I take that back, Bernie supporters are helping him build this legacy.

[Merryland]

32. Your candidate wrote the book on polarizing

People hate her or love her - no in between, far as I can tell.

[Sheepshank]

35. Bernie's most recent speeches were craptastic

and were harmful to the Dem party. They were divisive, mean spirited and inflammatory. I'd predicted his actions for divisiveness since the first week he announced his intention to run.

[quickesst]

9. and decades from now...

... Bernie's supporters will still be wearing tin-foil hats.

[chervilant]

10. WAPO is useful for lining

the bottoms of bird cages or starting fires.

#NotMeUs

[Dem2]

13. Paranoia, big destroya

[KingFlorez]

14. Decades from now, no one will remember Bernie Sanders

He isn't remotely worth remembering.

[reddread]

18. conjugations, pg 13

[KingFlorez]

23. Your point?

No one will remember Sanders, because he's not worth remembering. If not for his government check he'd be on the streets, lol.

[reddread]

24. and who gives a damn about street people

am I right?

[KingFlorez]

26. The point is, Sanders is not all that he is cracked up to be

Just another career politician with a big mouth. Nothing more.

[reddread]

27. Im afraid you made the point already.

if that is how you see Bernie Sanders, please share your feelings about HRC.

[John Poet]

39. Gosh, that sounds like Hillary!

'Just another career politician with a big mouth. Nothing more.'

[KingFlorez]

47. Clinton has had a career outside of politics

Sanders, not so much. Clinton also doesn't yell until her voice is scratchy, rofl.

[John Poet]

48. Yeah, a career of running her mouth for Goldman-Sachs cash

and trashing women who were screwed by her husband.

I'm not impressed.

[Nye Bevan]

22. Barely anyone in the real world will remember him come November 2016,

let alone "decades from now".

Who recalls the unsuccessful primary election contestants from 40 years ago?

[KingFlorez]

28. Agreed

By the time the general election starts, Sanders will be a distant memory.

[John Poet]

42. Jerry Brown, Fred Harris, Mo Udall, Frank Church, Scoop Jackson...

and Bernie has done much better than any of them did in 1976.

[QC]

15. I see that the pre-emptive blaming has already begun.

If Trump becomes president, Sanders will deserve a big share of the blame.

[BillZBubb]

19. If trump wins, Hillary and her supporters will be to blame.

No one else.

[QC]

21. Yep. n/t

[farleftlib]

31. "No one else" is exactly right

When they demand Bernie step down they say it's because she's the better candidate
in the GE and she'll tear Trump to pieces without breaking a sweat.

Then when Bernie doesn't step aside they say it's the reason we'll have Pres. Trump

So which is it?

[LanternWaste]

50. The simplicity of an either/or mind is convenient, I'd hazard.

The simplicity of an either/or mind is convenient, I'd hazard.

[Miles Archer]

29. "his obstinacy may yet imperil HRC." Oh, what a crying effing shame.

"If Trump becomes president, Sanders will deserve a big share of the blame."

If the voters want what Clinton has to offer, they'll vote for her. If they don't, they won't.

[Skwmom]

36. They have NO shame.

[NCTraveler]

44. It must hurt getting beat by a bunch of flunkies. Nt

[dgauss]

49. I'm waiting for Brock to turn back into a Republican and write "The Clinton Noise Machine"

[BillZBubb]

56. Depends on who pays more.

I image he'll be hired by the Clinton Foundation for a large amount. That'll keep him quiet.

[hollowdweller]

51. Worth watching

https://vimeo.com/128415417

[Maedhros]

53. Let the hippy punching begin!

This primary season has validated every reason I left the Party.

I just voted yesterday. Now I can go change my registration.

[pmorlan1]

54. We Probably Won't Have to Wait

that long to hear the sorry tale because Brock, as slimy as he is, will no doubt write a tell-all book so he can enrich himself.

[workinclasszero]

57. Famous quotes by Bernie Sanders....

"But..."

Bernie has got the backs of the mob whatever they try to pull at the democratic convention.

[eastwestdem]

59. So all those people on the NV video were actually Hillary shills? nt

[LexVegas]

60. ...