UPDATE- I am honored to have brooklynbadboy commenting so much. He shared his plan to link Senator Sanders to the KKK. What a guy!
Cenk shreds all of it better than I could: Politico’s concern, the agenda of the folks that fed them the story, Donna Brazile, Angry Markos (“former progressive”), the clueless Dem establishment angry at Sen Sanders, et al.
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Original diary —
“Many top Democrats are furious that Bernie Sanders appears to be running for president again, or at least planning to drag out his decision long enough to freeze the race around him.”
www.politico.com/...
Of course establishment DC Dems are angry that Sen Sanders hasn’t gone away for a reflective walk in the woods, never to return. The most popular politician in America (www.cbsnews.com/... ) walking his talk is a daily reminder of what Dems did wrong in the 2016 campaign and the dismal run of losses going back to 2009.
Politico managed to find some anonymous Sen Sanders “allies” who are angry he hasn’t announced — or hired campaign staff — for 2020. You read that right; 2020. Are you kidding me? They even worked in the “FBI investigation” of Jane Sanders. But as we were told over and over and over here at Daily Kos, FBI investigations are Nothingburgers, just partisan meddling and RW crazy talk, so I’m not worried.
Did you know some are actually angry that Sen Sanders is planning to reintroduce his Medicare-for-all single payer bill —
“Ideally, where we should be going is to join the rest of the industrialized world and guarantee health care to all people as a right. And that's why I'm going to introduce a Medicare-for-all single-payer program,” Sanders said.
Sanders wants to give people in every state a “public options from which they can choose. Let's talk about lowering the age of Medicare eligibility from 65 to 55. Let's deal with the greed of the pharmaceutical industry.”
www.cnsnews.com/...
The nerve of that guy! Doesn’t he know expanding Medicare and lowering drug prices for the unwashed masses will cut into Healthcare & Pharma sector profits, which also impacts Wall Street’s cash-grab?? The DNC does not approve.
And he doesn’t stop there. Just last week he co-introduced legislation to protect workers’ pensions. WTF? Doesn’t he know that President Obama signed the 2014 spending bill that allowed for slashing workers’ pensions? Before that 2014 law was passed, it was illegal for an employer to cut earned retiree pension benefits. Why is he looking backwards and not moving forward?
”Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) introduced legislation Tuesday to protect the pensions of up to 10 million workers and retirees.
The Keep Our Pension Promises Act would reverse a provision passed in 2014 that could result in deep pension cuts for millions of retirees and workers in multi-employer pension plans.
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“We have got to send a very loud and clear message to the Republican leadership in Congress and the president of the United States. When a promise is made to the working people of this country with respect to their pensions and retiree health benefits, that promise cannot be broken,” Sanders said. “If Congress could bailout Wall Street and foreign banks throughout the world, we certainly can protect the pension benefits of American workers.””
www.sanders.senate.gov/...
Back to Politico’s gem, some not-anonymous Dems are very angry at the Senator —
“Former DNC chair Donna Brazile warned party leaders against relying on Sanders, unless they’re willing to give in on opening the party to more independents like he wants.
"He's not someone who we should go to, to build or rebuild or expand our party unless he's willing," she said.”
Right. Keep the gate closed, no independents allowed. That worked great in November, right?
Ousted from CNN for, shall we say, improper disclosure of proprietary debate information, Brazile is the last person I’m looking to for advice on how to set things right. Oh, she was also campaign manager for Gore 2000, which at least is no longer the #1 Dem Presidential Race F*ck Up Of All Time. Congratulations, Donna.
Politico also found this angry “insider” —
‘Bla bla Sanders bla Sanders blah ‘unity’ blah mockery bla blah divided the party more,” said Markos Moulitsas. “Bla blah afraid of Sanders and his followers, bla bla Sanders make a mockery bla bla blah. Hillary 2020!’
Well, maybe Mr Angry Blah didn’t finish his rant with ‘Hillary 2020!’ But who knows what brilliant strategy the Dems behind the polished gates will come up with next? Especially if they are bound and determined to resist change.