NYT‘s Krugman: ‘Bernie Is Becoming a Bernie Bro’

[MrWendel]

http://www.mediaite.com/online/nyts-krugman-bernie-is-becoming-a-bernie-bro/

by Sam Reisman



New York Times columnist and prominent lefty Paul Krugman has run out of patience with Bernie Sanders.

“Mr. Sanders is starting to sound like his worst followers,” Krugman writes in a column published Friday. The senator from Vermont, he adds, has become a “Bernie bro,” a pejorative term for Sanders’ (male) supporters that usually implies some ugly cocktail of misogyny, petulance, and self-righteousness.

But Krugman’s column, entitled “Sanders Over the Edge,” is less about the candidate’s temperament and more about his the paltriness of his proposals.

He writes that “pounding the table about big banks misses the point,” and yet “going on about big banks is pretty much all Mr. Sanders has done. On the rare occasions on which he was asked for more detail, he didn’t seem to have anything more to offer. And this absence of substance beyond the slogans seems to be true of his positions across the board.”

Even if one overlooks the scantness of his platform, Krugman writes, “the way Mr. Sanders is now campaigning raises serious character and values issues.” He points to Sanders’ recent streak of hostility aimed at Hillary Clinton, emulating elements of his supporters that have forsworn ever voting for her should she become the nominee.

Is Mr. Sanders positioning himself to join the “Bernie or bust” crowd, walking away if he can’t pull off an extraordinary upset, and possibly helping put Donald Trump or Ted Cruz in the White House? If not, what does he think he’s doing?

NYT Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/08/opinion/sanders-over-the-edge.html

[workinclasszero]

1. This was his plan all along

Is Mr. Sanders positioning himself to join the “Bernie or bust” crowd, walking away if he can’t pull off an extraordinary upset, and possibly helping put Donald Trump or Ted Cruz in the White House?

[brer cat]

3. K&R

[Hekate]

4. Krugman's article is absolutely blistering. Recommend reading the whole thing.

also






Watch the birdie

[riversedge]

9. I do think it has brought out the streak of petulant self-rightouness in Sanders!

..............The Sanders campaign has brought out a lot of idealism and energy that the progressive movement needs. It has also, however, brought out a streak of petulant self-righteousness among some supporters. Has it brought out that streak in the candidate, too?

[SharonClark]

5. Yep

[fun n serious]

6. Yes, he plans this..

He will run 3rd party and blame Hillary in my opinion.

[Lil Missy]

10. He won't run 3rd Party. n/t

[fun n serious]

11. You don't think so?

I do.

[Lil Missy]

12. He has already said he won't run as spoiler. n/t

[mcar]

7. K&R

[Loki]

8. If he does something that stupid,

it will end his Senate career with no hope of redemption, and personally I think he deserves it. He's a shadow of something that he once thought he was.