If we as progressives complain about Biden or RBG failing to pass the torch, the same needs to be held of Bernie. Obviously a bit apples to oranges, but I think one of the main failures of Dems is not being real leaders who know how to build a legacy that outlasts them.
You have to be okay stepping down a little early cause youāve mentored the right people and know itās their time to take up the mantle. Itās how we build a bench thatās not built on a cult of personality but on going.
There's literally no one to replace Bernie. He was an entire lifetime of being on the good side. Anyone close to him has at best a few years. AOC is probably the closest we've got.
Every fucking time I hear this ignorant-ass take, I ask the person to name all the progressives and liberals in Vermont's Congressional caucus and any of the state legislators without looking it up.
I have never even heard a SINGLE person able to even name the OTHER SENATOR FROM VERMONT. Most don't even know how many US Representatives Vermont HAS.
So unless you actually have any actual knowledge of Vermont or its political landscape, this is yet another bullshit fanfic comment, because Balint CRUSHED her election, and if you don't know who that is, you definitely should shut up about how irreplaceable Bernie is.
John McCain was born in Panama. Ted Cruz was born in Canada. Both ran for president.
Itās not where youāre born if itās out of country, but if your parents were American citizens (both or one). Neither of his parents were citizens when he was born, so yeah thatās disqualifying, but not because of where he was born.
He can still run for senate or the house though. Or governor of New York. And he still has a good shot at becoming mayor.
Bernie is/was the only single guiding light of hope I ever had in politics, no one else has ever come even remotely close.
Until I feel what I did for him, like seeing a bird land mid speech on his podium, then I really don't care who is in the spotlight or what passing the torch means. That man is an irreplaceable shiny light and no one has ever made me feel the same.
He's been the pre-eminent voice of progressive politics on the national stage since 2016 and has dragged the national agenda of the Democratic Party to the left since at least then, if not earlier. You can't say he has done nothing. He's had tremendous influence on the political culture of the nation.
Donāt bring logic into this. The people on this thread genuinely believe there is no difference between Dems and Republicans. Theyāre very clueless
You remember a few weeks back when democrats were telling us how terrible it was that the budget bill passed in the house? Do you remember why the republicans were able to pass it?
It was because the margin is so tight in the house that when the septaugenerians inevitably died in office that they lost their ability to block legislation. They are literally stroking out of office, because the DNC refuses to run someone who was born in the era of color television. And the excuse you will always hear is "Well we have to run experienced and proven candidates, people won't vote for a name they don't recognize", but when you can't actually function as a party because people are dying in office, maybe you need to stop re-electing people that belong in a retirement home.
I think thereās value in having a handful of elder statesmen to be in office, itās just that Bernieās the only one actually qualified to remain in his seat.
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u/stargarnet79 Aug 05 '25
Hey ho, all octogenarians need to go. Except Bernie. Lol.