"Bernie Sanders has emerged as the Donald Trump of the left"

By artappraiser on Wed, 04/03/2019 - 12:56pm |

Many Democrats think the best answer to an angry old white guy with crazy hair, New York accent and flair for demagoguery is, well, another angry old white guy with crazy hair, a New York accent and a flair for demagoguery. https://t.co/FsCV8DCRai
— Dana Milbank (@Milbank) April 2, 2019

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/bernie-sanders-has-emerged-as-the-donald-trump-of-the-left/2019/04/02/66a516f4-5576-11e9-8ef3-fbd41a2ce4d5_story.html?utm_term=.a8985fd25111

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Fox News says it will host a Bernie Sanders town hall @ Politico.com, 04/03/2019 12:32 PM EDT

That's a wild card event, to be sure. Thinking how whatever happens, Fox editorial will take cues and memes from it and that will affect the messaging on the right...

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/03/2019 - 1:24pm

Nate Silver tries to warn about taking the Bernie (and Joe) buzz too seriously:

I'm trying to calibrate a nuanced view here. I'll argue pretty loudly against people to say that Bernie (or Biden's) support is *just* name recognition (see article below from a few weeks ago). But that doesn't mean they're all that formidable either. https://t.co/QwamSfyytN
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) April 3, 2019

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/03/2019 - 1:27pm

I wrote about Bernie Sanders and his tax returns. https://t.co/Sc3epT8ARp pic.twitter.com/0tQWpMtIr9
— Helaine Olen (@helaineolen) April 3, 2019

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/03/2019 - 1:38pm

FWIW, as I can't vouch for this guy's credibility at all, but I find it an intriguing meme as far as manipulating emotions, ala "populism":

One of the things I discuss in my upcoming book is how almost *all* the bernie bros Bots suddenly flipped to trump Bots in *one day* in May 2016.

The rest continued to harass other dems, women, poc. The trump ones did that + pushed trump. #NeverBernie
Not now. Not ever.
— Alan W. Silberberg (@IdeaGov) February 19, 2019

by artappraiser on Fri, 04/05/2019 - 8:47pm

"Bernie Sanders has emerged as the Donald Trump of the left"

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