TruthFeed: Bernie Sanders’s new political revolution has just begun, and already the staff are revolting.The New York Times reports that the days leading up to the anticipated launch of the Vermont senator’s post-campaign political organization, Our Revolution, have been marred by political infighting that would make the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks blush.
The weeks-old nonprofit group, which was publicly unveiled Wednesday, emerged from Sanders’s failed presidential bid with the purpose of advancing the progressive policies on which his populist campaign was founded. Our Revolution was earnestly awaited by many of the senator’s disappointed supporters as an outlet for their political energies in the wake of Hillary Clinton’s nomination. But ideological disagreements have left the organization divided. Eight core staff members have reportedly left amid concerns about the group’s tax designation and the board’s decision last week to appoint Jeff Weaver,Sanders’s former campaign manager, as president of the fledgling operation. The entire organizing department has resigned in protest, along with members of the data and digital teams, The New York Times reports.
A chief concern of Our Revolution’s discontents was reportedly the group’s tax status. MORE
Why shouldn’t they be revolting? Bernie certainly is.
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I’ll say, They stink on ice!
@Pawnshopguy: Mel Brooks, ‘History of the World, Part 1’?
Crap I am seeing things this morning and thought it said ‘Col. Sanders’. Couldn’t figure out what the Col. had to do with pol.
From the link: ” …She also expressed concerns that Weaver would divert money into television advertisements…”
Maybe because she observed if you write a TV Network a check for a couple hundred thousand for ads, that really nice European vacation somehow shows up already paid for. That is, if you’re the one that endorsed the check.
Don’t these special little snowflakes understand that there was no populist campaign. It was a sham concocted by Wasser-what’s-her-name and Hillary to make Hillary look better (there’s not enough eye bleach in the world to make that possible) than she is and Bernie, of course, went along because he had his eyes set on a $600K beach front property back home. Meanwhile, Jane’s former college goes belly up leaving vendors and students to scramble for whatever dregs may be found (which are none to zero) after she banked her $200K parachute. Now the State of Vermont Education Dept, aka taxpayers, has stepped up to help students get their records to enable them to enroll at another college to the tune of $18K. Yet once again proving that there is no honor among thieves and communist/socialists.
Remember the Occupy Wall Street progressive stoned imbeciles? They rejected capitalism and freedom and installed their own drug addled system of down twinkles and patchouli. It collapsed into chaos in about 20 minutes.
It’s strictly “Lord of the Flies” with the Berned Bunch.
Yes, I borrowed the line from Mel Brooks. Could not resist. Perhaps I should have provided attribution