With the world more or less crashing down around our ears, it’s more than nice of the New York Times to crank out one of those quasi-pissy, sometimes bitchy, behind the scenes political insider reports, “How It All Came Apart for Bernie Sanders”. As I’ve said, well, many times, I really don't like Bernie Sanders, perhaps most notably on this occasion, back in 2016: “Please God, Crush Bernie Sanders. Like you know, a pancake. This time, a really, really flat pancake.”.1
How a cranky old Jew from Brooklyn became the pied piper for millions of young goyim who felt they’d been screwed over by capitalism, how a Jewish socialist became the cult hero of a gang of semi-fascist incels, aka the “Bernie Bros”, how a man who, it seemed likely for a month or so, would be both the first Jew to be nominated for the presidency by a major party and the first major party presidential nominee to be, basically, anti-Zionist, well, it makes an interesting story. The Times doesn’t tell it in full, but, when the world is falling down about my ears, I’m more than happy to think about something else. Anything else.
Afterwords
Back in 2016, many Jews were fascinated by the fact that the only people who noticed that Bernie Sanders was Jewish were Jewish themselves, even though Bernie made Mel Brooks look, and sound, like a WASP. When did being a Jew stop being a thing?
Afterwords II Special NYT/Bernie Sanders Obsession Edition
In the past several weeks, I have made fun of the New York Times for being too nice to Bernie, made fun of the New York Times for being too mean to Bernie, and then pretty much just made fun of Bernie. So, first of all, thank you, New York Times, and thank you, Bernie Sanders, for allowing me to think about something other than, you know, death. To further show my gratitude to Bernie, I will again link to honest praise of Bernie's stands on foreign policy and civil liberties.
1. Unfortunately, God didn’t crush Bernie like a pancake.
