None of that waste of keystrokes has anything to do with what I said. You’re not going to get a pundit job trying to copy CNN’s lackluster talking heads on a forum.
Lets Discuss What went wrong with Bernie Sanders' campaign ?
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Able Archer 83
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You gave "the political machine" and the "DNC" as excuses. By definition, excuses are unforeseen impediments to one's ultimate goals. As the influence of the "political machine" and the DNC were entirely foreseen and predictable, Bernie's inability to adequately prepare for them--or prepare for them in any way over the past four years--is a personal rather than an institutional failure. He could have ingratiated himself more; he could have built relationships, but he chose not to do so. That's all on him.
Let's say you climb a mountain and, through lack of skill and preparation, are unable to reach the summit. It's not a failure of the mountain, and your failure doesn't reflect poorly on the mountain. You just didn't put in the work.
Fake thug, no love, you get the slug, CB4 Gustoexcellent analysis from one of their own
Your luck low, I didn't know 'til I was drunk though
Pure Water
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I have nothing against him personally, I just don’t like his policies, but according to many prominent Democrats, they don’t like working with him.
They're not "excuses", they're literal bodies performing literal actions.
Please don't give me that self-help book nonsense definition of "excuses."
The institution he is working to represent is actively undermining him, that is institutional failure.
You're referring to centrist Democrats; and not the millions of supporters, right?
I’m referring to the majority of Dems in the senate and house.
Able Archer 83
Two Minutes to Midnight
Known bodies performing foreseen actions, that he pretended didn't exist and failed to foresee.
If an institution undermines someone who defines himself in opposition to the institution, then I don't see how it could be termed an "institutional failure". He essentially made it clear that he views the DNC as a tool to advance his own ideological agenda rather than a shared Democratic Party agenda. If the DNC thought otherwise and acted accordingly, then it's more a sign of strength than weakness.
Essentially, Bernie made the same mistakes he did four years ago. His followers claimed he was betrayed, but you can only use a dolchstoßlegende once.
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Isaiah Bradley
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nah. Before you can analyze Bernie's campaign faults, you need to focus on the intoxicating, compulsive high folks get from being able to complain
...instead of getting high off of proactive/productive actions based on principals that doesn't guarantee instant gratification/reward(money,poosay,promotion,praise), folks get a calming buzz from just pointing out what's wrong and even offering solutions/actions, regardless if they intend to practice what they preach
Imagine calling Trump corrupt, then abandoning all the rhetoric/stats about corporate/government corruption that you dap fished with outside of election years, to vote for Biden and Hillary because a catchy slogan like "Trump must go" and "It's her turn," was deemed more important
This is a really good article. Things most of us have said here.
Putting Nina in charge of the SC outreach was a mistake. Like we've said, Sanders needed seasoned political operatives who know what the hell they are doing. Bernie with all of his resources was not a good manager.
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
He ran a bad campaign. We all have to accept that.
Hoisted on his own petard....
i dont think he ran a bad campaign at all
your problem is that you all drastically overestimated his base
