Bernie = Reagan...
Ok.
Wow. I’m continually astonished over the past several years at how the liberal media USES the memory of the man they once despised when it suits their purposes. Beyond shameful.
The author thinks one reason Bernie is like Reagan is because both attract the young adult vote. He writes that 60% of the 18-35 cohort voted for Reagan.
The younger voters are not coming out for Bernie in the numbers he needs to win the primaries. They may like his free concerts and cheap beer. To some, he may be the real deal; to others he may be just cheap entertainment, kind of like the anti Jackie Mason.
Young adults realized that their economic prospects were negatively impacted by Carter. I suspect that more young adults than we realize understand that Trump is a safer bet where their personal finances are concerned. Trump may not get 60% of their vote, but I think he will get close to 50%.
The Lamestream media may be beginning to realize that Slow Joe’s declining issues wrt to cognition is escalating to the point of ludicrousness.
And, Bernie’s Communism is very much in line with theirs. The primary issue the left has with Bernie is his IN YOUR FACE Communism. The left for years has held Bernie’s beliefs they just never outright admitted to those beliefs. Obfuscation was the name of the game.+
So, now they are faced with a dilemma, Lose with Demented Old Joe or, take a chance with Bernie the In Your Face Communist.
The DNC has made its choice. But, some in the media appear to be having some doubt.
I call Bernie the “Unfrozen Caveman 60’s Radical.”
Oxymoron
Tanenhouse published a biography of Senator Joseph McCarthy some years ago. Not a hagiography but not as much of a hit job as one might expect.