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Sanders hits at Cornel West over criticism of Biden
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<blockquote data-quote="ThatRobGuy" data-source="post: 77357432" data-attributes="member: 123415"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/27/sanders-biden-cornel-west-00113123[/URL]</p><p></p><p><em>Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) hit back at third-party presidential hopeful Cornel West, after West knocked the prominent progressive for backing President Joe Biden in the 2024 election.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Some politicians are so fearful of former President Donald Trump retaking the White House that “they don’t really want to tell the full truth,” West said. “[Biden has] created the best economy that we can get. Is this the best that we can get? You don’t tell that lie to the people just for Biden to win,” West said in a clip played on CNN Sunday.</em></p><p></p><p></p><p>Apart from the fact that this seems to be something of a 180 compared to how Sanders used to talk...</p><p></p><p>Are democrats genuinely thinking that Biden is doing a great job (Bernie and AOC both endorsing him...despite being critical last time around ....AOC going as far as saying that she and him don't even belong in the same party)? Or are they just more worried that West could potentially have the ability to play spoiler and split the vote? (similar to Nader in 2000 when he siphoned off enough votes to cost Gore the election).</p><p></p><p></p><p>In possibly related news...it would appear that some media outlets (that wouldn't dare badmouth him before because of the implications), are seemingly willing to do so now. Is the timing of ABC, WaPo, and DailyBeast being willing to run with the "Deadbeat Dad" angle for a guy who they wouldn't have dared said that about a year ago (out of fear of being accused of using 'racist dogwhistles') coincidental?</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/green-party-candidate-cornel-west-owes-half-million/story?id=102293692[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThatRobGuy, post: 77357432, member: 123415"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/27/sanders-biden-cornel-west-00113123[/URL] [I]Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) hit back at third-party presidential hopeful Cornel West, after West knocked the prominent progressive for backing President Joe Biden in the 2024 election. Some politicians are so fearful of former President Donald Trump retaking the White House that “they don’t really want to tell the full truth,” West said. “[Biden has] created the best economy that we can get. Is this the best that we can get? You don’t tell that lie to the people just for Biden to win,” West said in a clip played on CNN Sunday.[/I] Apart from the fact that this seems to be something of a 180 compared to how Sanders used to talk... Are democrats genuinely thinking that Biden is doing a great job (Bernie and AOC both endorsing him...despite being critical last time around ....AOC going as far as saying that she and him don't even belong in the same party)? Or are they just more worried that West could potentially have the ability to play spoiler and split the vote? (similar to Nader in 2000 when he siphoned off enough votes to cost Gore the election). In possibly related news...it would appear that some media outlets (that wouldn't dare badmouth him before because of the implications), are seemingly willing to do so now. Is the timing of ABC, WaPo, and DailyBeast being willing to run with the "Deadbeat Dad" angle for a guy who they wouldn't have dared said that about a year ago (out of fear of being accused of using 'racist dogwhistles') coincidental? [URL unfurl="true"]https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/green-party-candidate-cornel-west-owes-half-million/story?id=102293692[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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