Exactly!! The Rock in Bernie's Sling
n urging my apolitical son to support the Sanders campaign when it launched last spring, I pointed out that sometimes a long shot is your best shot — and further, that while the Sanders/Clinton smackdown would be a clash of David and Goliath-scale asymmetries, Sanders knew something establishment politicians like Clinton seemed vaguely aware of at best: that for years there’d been a revolution smoldering across the land — from Zuccotti Park to the streets of Baltimore — and the only missing element was a leader who could focus and catalyze that insurgent energy. And though Sanders didn’t have Clinton’s billionaire backing, he did have a big ugly rock in his sling: the truth — the simple, in-your-face truth — that billionaires, in fact, had hijacked the political process and were selling the rest of us down the river. With Sanders wielding his blunt, uncompromising honesty on a national stage, I assured my son, 2016 would be a whole different kind of election.
For the remainder of 2015, of course, the combined efforts of the DNC and the establishment media kept Bernie’s appearances on the national stage to a minimum. But now that the first caucuses and primaries of the 2016 campaign season are upon us and voters are really scrutinizing the candidates, Sanders is surging — while an increasingly shaky Clinton keeps reminding me why I found her so offensive in 2008: I hate being lied to. And judging by Madame Secretary’s eroding numbers, it’s a fair guess I’m not alone.
It’s telling that a political heavyweight like Clinton remains oblivious to the fact that lying is a strategy better suited to a right-wing constituency, where critical thinking evokes fear and loathing, and voters are liable to believe anything. The conservative sensibilities she can’t conceal serve as a reminder that Team Clinton occupies a center-left position on the political spectrum only because the political spectrum has been warped beyond all recognition in recent decades.
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