Chapters are structured like diary entries spaced over the last two years, which he has spent visiting 32 states to advance progressive candidates and position. A standard entry will describe his platform and quote a previous speech at length, with some notes about audience size — he has an almost Trumpian interest in crowd sizes — and then finish with a vague injunction to unity or progress.

“This is not a time for despair.”



Bernie was counting on Democrats losing the midterm elections https://t.co/XupmueVPpj — 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙆𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙣 ⚡️ (@Patrickesque) November 26, 2018

NPR's Annalisa Quinn did not hold back in her review of Bernie Sanders' new book,The whole thing is gonna leave a mark, but this was particularly hilarious to me:A vague injunction to unity or progress! LOL! That should be his campaign slogan.Quinn spends a lot of time criticizing Sanders for his take on the political press, and, while I do think she too carelessly breezes by the obvious effect of corporate ownership on editorial decision-making (if not individual journalists' work), she is absolutely spot-on that Sanders seems completely oblivious to what is actually being reported, in what measure.Which is kind of a refrain with the senator. It was just yesterday that I observed he is profoundly and intractably mistaken about the ideological composition of the nation. We arefrom his perception of the country as a collection of leftists and future leftists who just haven't heard his terrific ideas yet that it sounds more like a punchline than the serious contention of a national politician.There is only one person in U.S. politics who is more wrong than Bernie Sanders and just as certain of his rightness. And I don't guess I need to tell you who that is.There is a part of me that wants to get a copy of this book and tear every page a new asshole each day, but there is an even bigger part of me that absolutely will not do that because I too ardently value the tiny capacity to find joy in this world I still have left.Relatedly, this isWelp.[H/Ts to Fannie for the NPR review and to Scott Madin for the tweet.]