Matt Taibbi and Walter Kirn did an extended breakdown of Bernie! which was very interesting. You can argue he is a sellout, but that's not quite right. From the podcast:
Walter Kirn: Well, at a superficial level, that might have to do with belief in the party, but at a fundamental level, it has to do with one of the flaws in human software that goes back to the ancient times. And that’s this. We want nothing more than acceptance by those who’ve rejected us. That’s why the pretty girl at the prom doesn’t accept the proposal from the guy who carries her books and so on and is always telling her how pretty she is.
Matt Taibbi: No, it’s the guy who’s a jerk.
Walter Kirn: Yeah. It’s the guy who’s the jerk, who nags her, who ignores her.... We’re fatally attracted to redemption with those who have criticized and hurt us in the past. And what I see in Bernie is a little boy, frankly, who’s got very gray hair and yet is just like me and you in the sense that those who ignored him and those who punished him are going to give him the chance now to say, I told you so. Because they have a very tactical reason to do so.
Matt Taibbi: Right.
Walter Kirn: They need to rehabilitate him because right now, every single one of their demagogues is in disgrace or so stupid like Jasmine Crockett, that they can’t command more than three news cycles in a row until America’s sick of them. Gavin Newsom looks like somebody from a band who’s trying to still resemble using every trick of hair color and makeup. The guy who had the hit singles. AOC, she just doesn’t wear well, she kicks around. She doesn’t seem serious.
Matt Taibbi: No. It’s like nails in a blackboard.
Walter Kirn: Yeah. Yeah. Their old hands like Chuck Schumer and Schiff, the old foxes, the old fixers are of a politics that America is utterly over. And so Bernie, will you come back? Will you play a solo? You were right all along.
They go on to talk about how happy he is.
It is Garden Party but Bernie doesn't have the guts of Ricky Nelson.
Matt Taibbi and Walter Kirn did an extended breakdown of Bernie! which was very interesting. You can argue he is a sellout, but that's not quite right. From the podcast:
Walter Kirn: Well, at a superficial level, that might have to do with belief in the party, but at a fundamental level, it has to do with one of the flaws in human software that goes back to the ancient times. And that’s this. We want nothing more than acceptance by those who’ve rejected us. That’s why the pretty girl at the prom doesn’t accept the proposal from the guy who carries her books and so on and is always telling her how pretty she is.
Matt Taibbi: No, it’s the guy who’s a jerk.
Walter Kirn: Yeah. It’s the guy who’s the jerk, who nags her, who ignores her.... We’re fatally attracted to redemption with those who have criticized and hurt us in the past. And what I see in Bernie is a little boy, frankly, who’s got very gray hair and yet is just like me and you in the sense that those who ignored him and those who punished him are going to give him the chance now to say, I told you so. Because they have a very tactical reason to do so.
Matt Taibbi: Right.
Walter Kirn: They need to rehabilitate him because right now, every single one of their demagogues is in disgrace or so stupid like Jasmine Crockett, that they can’t command more than three news cycles in a row until America’s sick of them. Gavin Newsom looks like somebody from a band who’s trying to still resemble using every trick of hair color and makeup. The guy who had the hit singles. AOC, she just doesn’t wear well, she kicks around. She doesn’t seem serious.
Matt Taibbi: No. It’s like nails in a blackboard.
Walter Kirn: Yeah. Yeah. Their old hands like Chuck Schumer and Schiff, the old foxes, the old fixers are of a politics that America is utterly over. And so Bernie, will you come back? Will you play a solo? You were right all along.
They go on to talk about how happy he is.
It is Garden Party but Bernie doesn't have the guts of Ricky Nelson.