Bernie Sanders is often compared with Jeremy Corbyn, and with good reason. How do these two geriatric lefties match up? Here’s the tale of the tape:
CORBYN V. SANDERS
AGE: Corbyn–69; Sanders–77
PARTY LEADER: Corbyn–Yes; Sanders–No
ANTI-SEMITIC? Corbyn–Arguably; Sanders–Jewish
HATE FIGURE: Corbyn–Thatcher; Sanders–Kissinger
LATIN AMERICAN LEFTIES: Corbyn–Supports; Sanders–Supports
SOCIALISM SCALE: Corbyn–7; Sanders–3
AND THE WINNER IS . . . Sanders. While neither one of them is likely to win the big prize, Sanders at least succeeded in pushing his party a bit to the left. Corbyn will probably go down in history as an inept politician who botched Brexit, to the cost of his party and his country.