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After discussing his favorite issues — corporations, government reform, health care and the like, I asked about his unwillingness to endorse his fellow progressives. He said it wasn't his role. I suggested voters might expect him to weigh in. He disagreed, clearly annoyed at the persistent questioning. Finally I suggested that he had a larger moral responsibility to the progressive movement.

At which point he jumped out of his seat, told me to go f*** myself and stormed out of the edit board meeting. OK, maybe my persistence bordered on hectoring. But I felt he ought to provide an honest answer. My suspicion was that he resented others for assuming his mantle of progressive leadership and wouldn't acknowledge them.
“Bernie has no social skills, no sense of humor, and he's quick to boil over. He's the most unpolitical person in politics I've ever come across,” Graf said. Others who have covered Sanders agree.

Seven Days, the lively alternative weekly in Burlington, is offering extensive coverage of the Sanders campaign, reporting framed by decades of coverage. A recent article by Paul Heintz titled “Anger Management” featured current and former staff who have experienced the dark side of Sanders.

“They characterize the senator as rude, short-tempered and, occasionally, downright hostile. Though Sanders has spent much of his life fighting for working Vermonters, they say he mistreats the people working for him,” Heintz wrote. Among those he cited was Steve Rosenfeld, Sanders' press secretary during his 1990 House campaign, and author of “In Making History in Vermont.”

"At his best, Sanders is a skilled reader and manipulator of people and events," Rosenfeld wrote in his account of the campaign. "At his worst, he falls prey to his own emotions, is unable to practice what he preaches (though he would believe otherwise) and exudes a contempt for those he derides, including his staff."

CID1990 wrote:There's nothing surprising in that.


Just remember.... he's the #2 best thing the Democrats have going

#1 is Joe Biden

Pwns wrote:So guys…do you want the angry old curmudgeon, the duplicitous witch, or the billionaire celebrity doofus?

Baldy wrote:

CID1990 wrote:There's nothing surprising in that.


Just remember.... he's the #2 best thing the Democrats have going

#1 is Joe Biden

Disturbing isn't it?

I can't wait to hear your Sanders story.
Something tells me it's probably something along the lines of this article.

Pwns wrote:So guys…do you want the angry old curmudgeon, the duplicitous witch, or the billionaire celebrity doofus?

93henfan wrote:

Pwns wrote:So guys…do you want the angry old curmudgeon, the duplicitous witch, or the billionaire celebrity doofus?

Here are my only two rules for 2016:

CID1990 wrote:

Baldy wrote: Disturbing isn't it?

I can't wait to hear your Sanders story.
Something tells me it's probably something along the lines of this article.

oh no... its better than that...

much better

you all may have to wait about 15 years or so to hear it though

Pwns wrote:So guys…do you want the angry old curmudgeon, the duplicitous witch, or the billionaire celebrity doofus?

CID1990 wrote:

Baldy wrote: Disturbing isn't it?

I can't wait to hear your Sanders story.
Something tells me it's probably something along the lines of this article.

oh no... its better than that...

much better

you all may have to wait about 15 years or so to hear it though

Baldy wrote:

CID1990 wrote:
oh no... its better than that...

much better

you all may have to wait about 15 years or so to hear it though

That old **** will be long dead by then. Spill.the.beans....

CID1990 wrote:

Baldy wrote: That old **** will be long dead by then. Spill.the.beans....

nope

I'll leave it to the Secret Service and the IRS to make inappropriate leaks about US citizens and congresscritters

CID1990 wrote:

Baldy wrote: That old **** will be long dead by then. Spill.the.beans....

nope

I'll leave it to the Secret Service and the IRS to make inappropriate leaks about US citizens and congresscritters

Ivytalk wrote:

CID1990 wrote:
nope

I'll leave it to the Secret Service and the IRS to make inappropriate leaks about US citizens and congresscritters

I think it's just another gigantic troll to get people to buy CID1990 a few drinks.

CID1990 wrote:

Ivytalk wrote: I think it's just another gigantic troll to get people to buy CID1990 a few drinks.

unlike citdog, I always buy my own drinks

and I am smarter than your average clinton staffer, so I can't be convinced by the likes of Ibanez that this place is secure

CAA Flagship wrote:Interesting take on Sanders' proposals:

http://www.thestreet.com/story/13319434 ... _ven=YAHOO" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Former President Bill Clinton learned this lesson the hard way early in his tenure and was forced to prioritize deficit reduction instead of fulfilling his spending promises. In the Bob Woodward's 1994 book on Clinton The Agenda, the President is described as saying, "You mean to tell me that the success of the program and my reelection hinges on the Federal Reserve and a bunch of f------ bond traders?"

Friedman points out that a single payer health care program would also negatively impact the earnings of pharmaceutical companies, health insurers and hospital chains that in recent years have been among the best performers in the markets and have benefited from rising prices for their products and services, though it wouldn't put them under all together.

kalm wrote:

CAA Flagship wrote:Interesting take on Sanders' proposals:

http://www.thestreet.com/story/13319434 ... _ven=YAHOO" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Former President Bill Clinton learned this lesson the hard way early in his tenure and was forced to prioritize deficit reduction instead of fulfilling his spending promises. In the Bob Woodward's 1994 book on Clinton The Agenda, the President is described as saying, "You mean to tell me that the success of the program and my reelection hinges on the Federal Reserve and a bunch of f------ bond traders?"

This warms my heart!

And this...

Friedman points out that a single payer health care program would also negatively impact the earnings of pharmaceutical companies, health insurers and hospital chains that in recent years have been among the best performers in the markets and have benefited from rising prices for their products and services, though it wouldn't put them under all together.

kalm wrote:

CAA Flagship wrote:Interesting take on Sanders' proposals:

http://www.thestreet.com/story/13319434 ... _ven=YAHOO" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Former President Bill Clinton learned this lesson the hard way early in his tenure and was forced to prioritize deficit reduction instead of fulfilling his spending promises. In the Bob Woodward's 1994 book on Clinton The Agenda, the President is described as saying, "You mean to tell me that the success of the program and my reelection hinges on the Federal Reserve and a bunch of f------ bond traders?"

This warms my heart!

And this...

Friedman points out that a single payer health care program would also negatively impact the earnings of pharmaceutical companies, health insurers and hospital chains that in recent years have been among the best performers in the markets and have benefited from rising prices for their products and services, though it wouldn't put them under all together.

CID1990 wrote:

Ivytalk wrote: I think it's just another gigantic troll to get people to buy CID1990 a few drinks.

unlike citdog, I always buy my own drinks

and I am smarter than your average clinton staffer, so I can't be convinced by the likes of Ibanez that this place is secure

CID1990 wrote:

Ivytalk wrote: I think it's just another gigantic troll to get people to buy CID1990 a few drinks.

unlike citdog, I always buy my own drinks

and I am smarter than your average clinton staffer, so I can't be convinced by the likes of Ibanez that this place is secure