{"id":177968,"date":"2019-04-14T18:19:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-14T23:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2019\/04\/14\/people-are-stunned-that-sanders-states-the-obvious\/"},"modified":"2019-04-14T18:19:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-14T23:19:00","slug":"people-are-stunned-that-sanders-states-the-obvious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2019\/04\/14\/people-are-stunned-that-sanders-states-the-obvious\/","title":{"rendered":"People Are Stunned that Sanders States the Obvious"},"content":{"rendered":"
It appears that it is news that Bernie Sanders has called out the Center for American Progress’s jihad against progressives<\/a>, and the delicate flowers in the commentariat are having the vapors over this:<\/div>\n

Senator Bernie Sanders, in a rare and forceful rebuke by a presidential candidate of an influential party ally, has accused a liberal think tank of undermining Democrats\u2019 chances of taking back the White House in 2020 by \u201cusing its resources to smear\u201d him and other contenders pushing progressive policies.<\/p>\n

Mr. Sanders\u2019s criticism of the Center for American Progress, delivered on Saturday in a letter<\/a> obtained by The New York Times, reflects a simmering ideological battle within the Democratic Party and threatens to reopen wounds from the 2016 primary between him and Hillary Clinton\u2019s allies. The letter airs criticisms shared among his supporters: that the think tank, which has close ties to Mrs. Clinton and the Democratic Party establishment, is beholden to corporate donors and has worked to quash a leftward shift in the party led partly by Mr. Sanders.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis counterproductive negative campaigning needs to stop,\u201d Mr. Sanders wrote to the boards of the Center for American Progress and its sister group, the Center for American Progress Action Fund. \u201cThe Democratic primary must be a campaign of ideas, not of bad-faith smears. Please help play a constructive role in the effort to defeat Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Sanders sent the letter days after a website run by the action fund, ThinkProgress, suggested that his attacks on income inequality were hypocritical in light of his growing personal wealth<\/a>. The letter is tantamount to a warning shot to the Democratic establishment that Mr. Sanders \u2014 who continues to criticize party insiders on the campaign trail \u2014 will not countenance a repeat of the 2016 primary, when he and his supporters believe party leaders and allies worked to deny him the Democratic nomination.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

CAP, and its president, Neera Tanden, have been a cancer of American politics since its founding by uber-lobbyist  (and poster child for poor IT security) John Podesta.<\/p>\n

It’s goal has always been the promotion of neoliberal DLC type politics and the sabotage of progressives.<\/p>\n

They are funded by the owners of Walmart and various Persian Gulf potentiates.<\/p>\n

They are claiming that Sanders’ letter, “threatens to undo a delicate rapprochement, and could presage another bitter primary battle.”<\/p>\n

That is complete bullsh%$.  CAP has been targeting progressive Democrats since its founding.<\/p>\n

CAP is not, as the headline asserts, a “Liberal Think Tank,” it’s a full-employment scan for former Clinton, and now Obama, administration toadies.<\/p>\n

As to Tanden, she’s just a horror show:<\/p>\n

Since Mr. Trump\u2019s victory, Ms. Tanden has recast herself and her organization as leaders of the anti-Trump \u201cresistance,\u201d and has sought to harness the energy of liberal activists<\/a> who backed Mr. Sanders in 2016, even as she has continued complaining<\/a> about his supporters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ms. Tanden, in an email Sunday morning, deferred comment to the editor in chief of ThinkProgress, which she said is \u201ceditorially independent\u201d of CAP and its action fund.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Neera Tanden is lying about ThinkProgress being editorially independent.<\/p>\n

We actually have evidence (from Wikileaks) of CAP, and Neera Tanden meddling in ThinkProgress<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Also, this is not just about Bernie.  They are going after anyone who they have deemed “unworthy” in the most scorched-earth manner possible:<\/p>\n

Mr. Sanders also accused ThinkProgress of \u201cpersonal attacks\u201d on two other Democratic presidential candidates who have espoused progressive policies, Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey and Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. He cited a February post<\/a> on the website accusing Mr. Booker of undermining a bill he wrote with Mr. Sanders that would allow the importation of medications from Canada and other countries. Mr. Sanders further accused ThinkProgress of playing into President Trump\u2019s hands by publishing op-eds<\/a> criticizing<\/a> Ms. Warren for claiming Native American heritage.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, this appears to be a a “Liberal Think Tank” thet embraced Trump’s “Pocahontas” comments about Warren.<\/p>\n

CAP, and ThinkProgress, are a cancer on American Politics, and they need to be called out<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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