Over the past 24 hours, Bernie Sanders and his campaign have shed any pretense that they are running a positive campaign and have embraced low-ball GOP-style tactics. But along with desperation comes a loss of message control and Bernie is now contradicting his own positions.

Here are Bernie’s deplorable remarks about Hillary not being qualified for the presidency:

I don’t believe that she is qualified–if she is, through her super PAC, taking tens of millions of dollars in special interest funds! I don’t think that you are [makes air quotes] qualified if you get fifteen million dollars from Wall Street through your super PAC! I don’t think you are [air quotes] qualified if you have voted for the disastrous war in Iraq! I don’t think you are qualified if you’ve supported virtually every disastrous trade agreement, which has cost us millions of decent-paying jobs!

Bernie supported John Kerry for president even though Kerry voted for the AUMF.

Sanders: "don't think you are qualified if you..voted for..war in Iraq". He supported John Kerry in 2004. Kerry voted for Iraq AUMF. — T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) April 7, 2016

Bernie supported Barack Obama for president even though Obama supported those trade deals.

Sanders: "don't think you are qualified if you…supported…disastrous trade agreement[s]". He supported Obama, who pushed same trade agmts — T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) April 7, 2016

So Bernie’s shameful words about Hillary are flatly contradicted by his own actions.

It seems Bernie is willing to throw away his hard-earned reputation just to win. And he’s willing to savage one of the icons of the Democratic Party in the process.

For this Democrat and progressive activist, it’s a sad turn of events.

(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)