My Quixotic Hunt for Bernie Sanders Kibbutz
The name of Sanders’s kibbutz might seem like a minor detail, but it’s important. Among other things, it could build on our understanding of his formative years before he became a populist firebrand filling stadiums across America as Hillary Rodham Clinton’s main challenger in the Democratic primary race. Was it one of the hard-left kibbutzim of that era affiliated with the Marxist political party Mapam? Or was it one of the more moderate socialist communities affiliated with the ruling Mapai party?
Given what we might learn it is not that surprising the Sanders is hiding information on this topic.
One clear goal of the Vetting Bernie project is to raise awareness of the many unanswered questions regarding his past, and move the Overton Window on how Bernie is portrayed in the Media.
He's had a nice long run of "everyone's favorite lefty uncle", without much in the way of actual research being done. This is strikingly similar to the kid-glove treatment that Obama received. It's obviously critical for us to disrupt this narrative, as quickly as possible, and continuing throughout the election cycle.
The American People need and deserve to know the true facts of the personal history of any and all candidates for the office of President. It's quite amazing, for instance, that today, in a comment on an article on an obscure web-site was the first time I have ever seen the topic of Bernie's Vietnam era draft dodging even mentioned. (Compare with the microscopic coverage given to every minute of W's service.)
And in case you’re wondering, I did ask the Sanders campaign. No one ever responded.
Well, ain't that a daisy?