This is so insane. First just the metaphor that he decides to invent. In the Bible, ignoring the prophets usually means doom for everyone, especially the king.
But also - he is saying that Bernie is "a moral voice giving us guidance", but he is also completely ignoring that moral voice and working against him behind the scenes, making himself the anti-moral guy by his own definition. And then saying that kings just have to be immoral because that is their job somehow, kings can't just choose to be moral because... why? And what choice is Bernie here expected to make here, except "you get nothing, bye"?
This is so insane. First just the metaphor that he decides to invent. In the Bible, ignoring the prophets usually means doom for everyone, especially the king.
But also - he is saying that Bernie is "a moral voice giving us guidance", but he is also completely ignoring that moral voice and working against him behind the scenes, making himself the anti-moral guy by his own definition. And then saying that kings just have to be immoral because that is their job somehow, kings can't just choose to be moral because... why? And what choice is Bernie here expected to make here, except "you get nothing, bye"?
Eh, I don't know how his justification would work, but I have no trouble accepting that all of that is pretty much what obama sincerely believes.