I like to say that I would be surprised at Bernie Sanders and his supporters about the way they acted in Nevada the other day, but I can’t for this simple reason. They have been acting this way for the past several weeks, and now that Hillary Clinton is just about salted away the delegate count, the violence, the hatred, the vitriol, have all escalated to a fever pitch.
Led by such luminaries as Rosario Dawson, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Cornel West and other mouthpieces for the Sanders campaign and egged on by Bernie, there is a constant attack mode against Hillary. Add that to the fact that Donald Trump supporters are crossing over in open primaries and voting for Sanders, makes it even clearer the coordination of these attacks, that Trump and Sanders are actually working together to bring down Hillary. A fact further established by Trump the other day, practically begging Bernie to run as an independent.
Look, I understand the anger, I really do, but it’s entirely misplaced, misguided and in recent days, just plain ugly. Sanders supporters feel robbed, cheated and blame the establishment for all their woes. The fact is Sanders came up short in ACTUAL voting. Also there is no hard evidence of cheating, no hard evidence of Sanders being treated unfairly at all. Every argument Sanders and his supporters have made of a rigged system simply doesn’t hold water
The moaning, groaning, whining and crying I’ve heard the past few days, would fill up both oceans. Sanders ran a well meaning and fruitful campaign, but simply got beaten by the better candidate in Hillary Clinton. No shame in owing up to that. Going around making false accusations, threatening and intimidating people, shouting hysterically, and acting like a bunch of kids isn’t going to solve anything.
Bernie Sanders has run out of excuses. His supporters have run out of excuses. He made his points, and Hillary will implement most of them into her platform at the convention. Sanders is running out of money, he is deceiving everyone by staying in with no way to the nomination. Everyone has come to the reality that Hillary Clinton and Adolf Hit, er, Donald Trump are the two left standing. The longer Sanders stays in the more he hurts Hillary and the more he embarrasses himself, and the legacy of Bernie Sanders will not be one of uplifting and inspiring people, but of a bitter and careless old man who never saw the writing on the wall.
