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Bernie Sanders piled on Planned Parenthood because “it’s part of the establishment.” Of all the reasons to be dismissive of PP, this is the most pathetic one. What is the point of competing with the likes of Ted Cruz as to who freaks out more loudly about the mythical “establishment”?

Yes, we’re close to the primaries and it’s time for empty, stupid slogans. But is it too much to ask that one come up with empty, stupid slogans that at least differ a tad from those of the opponents?

We are drowning in laziness and immaturity.

5 responses to “Establishment”

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    Dreidel

    Bernie feels compelled to criticize Planned Parenthood because it endorsed Hillary, but he can’t criticize it for the same reasons that the “pro-life” (what a ridiculous term!) Republican candidates do.

    Yes, he sounds silly, but he’s actually correct in that the mainstream organizations supporting the Democratic Party desperately want an electable candidate in the general election.

    The Republican “establishment” is in a total panic right now, trying (perhaps much too late) to stop both Trump and Cruz.

    This election will get VERY interesting before it’s all over.

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    1. Clarissa Avatar
      Clarissa

      Every time I turn on the TV today I see Ted Cruz accusing Trump of being the establishment ‘ s candidate. And then Sanders produces an identical statement. This is getting way too weird.

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    Editor (Retired)

    It’s true. The weirdness virus is going around.

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  3. NG Avatar
    NG

    The Republican “establishment” is in a total panic right now, trying (perhaps much too late) to stop both Trump and Cruz.”

    Yes. Even Ross Douthat, NYT’s in house conservative establishment pundit, is conflicted. He wrote an OpEd calling Trump a fascist, then he retracted the piece, and then he retracted the retraction. Now this Wednesday he writes about how “eggheads” (= intellectuals) like himself were seduced by Sarah Palin since “we thought the party’s opportunity (and the country’s) lay in a kind of socially conservative populism, which would link the family-values language of the religious right to an economic agenda more favorable to the working class than what the Republicans usually had offered” and now she endorses Donald Trump.

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    NG

    As far as the NYT is concerned, Bernie Sanders doesn’t exist.

    “There’s little that is surprising about most of these items (all on Bernie’s platform). What is surprising is that too few politicians, let alone presidential candidates, seem to grasp the need for them within the first year or so of the next administration.”

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