Bernie is a self-righteous dick and his followers are believers, says John Avignone at Salon.
Sound like some sort of political cult?
One of the consistent criticisms of Bernie Sanders throughout his career is that he’s self-righteous and unwilling to entertain any position or belief that doesn’t exactly match his.
Back in 1991, when Bernie was still new to Congress, progressive icon Barney Frank said of him, “Bernie alienates his natural allies. His holier-than-thou attitude—saying in a very loud voice he is smarter than everyone else and purer than everyone else—really undercuts his effectiveness.”
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This Democratic primary contest isn’t a battle of good against evil.
Hillary Clinton isn’t the evil agent of the powers of greed and darkness and Bernie Sanders isn’t an avenging angel or a pious saint.
This is a political campaign and they are both professional politicians.
While both candidates seek to highlight their differences, they have far more in common with each other than either of them does with the extremist and often dangerous positions of the Republican contenders.
Politics is the art of the possible, not the perfect.
One candidate embodies the possible.
One insists on nothing less than the perfect.
Paul Krugman is right.
The achievable possible is always preferable to the unachievable perfect.
Well, now, the perfect?
No, I think that's a little too black and white.
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