get intimidated. His story would be so much better if he could prove intimidation.

no one in his caucus holds one. Therefore, claiming Schumer threatened Bernie with loss of a chair is nonesense. Claiming Bernie sold out Americans and every affected by global warming for a freaking committee chair title would be libelous if Bernie and Schumer were not public figures. And pointing in court to "certainty" created by a bunch of speculation on the internet would not be a defense.

You do not seem to have read what was at the link before replying.

2. Nothing about the threat story is certain. It's speculation and opinion based on more speculation and reading tea leaves, like the alleged meaning of Bernie's expressions when he says something. However, as Kennedy said, "Facts are stubborn things." Endless repetition of opinions and speculation of posters about the speculation and opinions of bloggers does not equal facts of which we are certain. It's scary to me that anyone on the left thinks it does. I thought everyone on the left realized the between their personal opinions and the conclusions they draw versus. certainty.

If all this were certain, rather than speculation and opinion, someone would be able post a link to a credible source that proves it. A link to someone purporting to be a political blogger, often anonymously, but who doesn't even know the difference between a Senate Committee Chair and a Senate Ranking Minority Committee Member, and in whom no seasoned politician would ever confide is not proof of anything, other than how little that blogger actually knows about politics. Seeing what that blogger says and thinking having it repeated by another blogger who doesn't know the difference is evidence of certainty.....No words.

On the other side, we have proof of almost Bernie endorsing the Democratic nominee and advocating lesser evil voting throughout Bernie's natioanal political career. That is not certainty of what he is doing now and why, but it is solid evidence of long term consistent behavior. Usually, we wonder about reasons when someone deviates from 20 years of behavior, not when they do the same thing they've always done.

Draw whatever conclusion you personally want from any and all of the above, but claiming certainty is false. By the way, if Bernie is selling out Americans and everyone affected by global warming, rather than merely acting as always, that would speak very poorly of Bernie.

As far as your opinion, I have a different one, but opinions about Bernie's motives are irrelevant at this point anyway. All the oxygen spent on trying to prove something that no one can prove is starting to seem borderline...Never mind. I'll stick with irrelevant.

Still relevant, though: how foolish it is to believe everything someone blogs, without the blogger even citing their sources, especially those who purport to be political bloggers who are clueless about basic political stuff and top lazy or dumb to check.

Also still relevant: A minority Senate leader does not control chairs of committees and no one in his caucus holds one. Facts matter. No one challenges me on that. If they did, I could link them to an authoritative source on the subject, probably even senate.gov, not some anonymous blogger or a blogger with a reputation for being wrong. And that is the difference between certainty and personal opinion. You know what they say about opinions: everyone has one.You are as welcome to your personal opinions as I am to mine. Your having a different personal opinion than mine doesn't mean yours is correct or that it is wrong. If you find a credible source saying Bernie was threatened and how that source knows that, please ping me. It won't affect much at this point, but I love learning new things.