Bernie tries to honor MLK, trashes Obama instead

[Kleine Scheiße]

Sanders is unquestionably tone-deaf and I hope the closest he ever comes to the oval office is a guided tour, but I don’t see this as “trashing Obama.” He’s trying to push the party in his direction at a time when much of the party has been romanticizing the past decade, distracted by the juggernaut that Obama was.

All Bernie is saying, for once, is that there are severe underlying issues with the way the Democratic party operates, and that Obama’s brilliance as a politician and chief executive makes it difficult for some to look beyond his personal strengths. He’s saying that in spite of Obama’s successes, for all they’re worth, the Democratic party needs to be reformed.

This was not the right time or place to start that discussion, though.