When Rachel Maddow last night directly asked Bernie Sanders — didn’t he think it wasn’t right for Bernie Supporters to yell out “Whore,” “Liar” and trash the best they could the Hillary Clinton event in San Francisco, he not just side stepped it: he said- this is democracy, this is how it works or something to that effect. The wife of a President, former Secretary of State being directly confronted with such pejorative language and behavior he thought was OK, a sign of what — the revolution. Blah. Very disappointing. The fact is that those people behaving in that manner have a case of misplaced anger-they are mad, they’ve been stirred up and given license for behavior that is inappropriate and unproductive. This is the Best Bernie Sanders can do?
When Rachel Maddow asked a very good question: President Obama and Organizing for America had the intention and began the process of taking all the recruits, volunteers and their energy into office with him to get the work done that had brought him into office. Emails came to me encouraging that and most others, but it was to no avail. So Rachel asked if he thought if elected he could bring that energy and the people into the work of change that has been his mantra-you know, the 1%, no tuition, etc. Like the question about Secretary Clinton, it was kind of it will be what it will be, and right back to the stump speech he went.
Looking at the new Mayor of London, a Muslim civil rights lawyer, I am envious of having someone breaking new barriers and bringing new life into a sullied political scene. Sad for our country that this is the best we can do: Trump throwing out any insult that he thinks might stick on our former first lady and anyone else that crosses his path bringing misogyny back in full form, and Sanders who is OK with vile attacks on that same former first Lady. Sad for our country.
Oh and yes, Bernie is calling for another Fox news but for his people-jeeze one fox news is plenty, don’t you think?