I am quite shocked at the level of vitriol some of the Bernie Sanders campaigners have been expressing over the course of the primaries and in the last two days. I know what the DNC did was unfair and wrong but at the end of the day Hillary won the primaries, had more votes and pledged delegates (2205 v 1846) and the Super delegates (602 v 48) did not swing the results in her favor.
A lot of the sentiments expressed in the last few months is that Hillary Clinton is corrupt and does not tell the truth. Now where did this meme come from? The Republican establishment, who have been quite successful in finding things in her past despite the fact that nothing has come from these allegations. Whitewater, Benghazi etc.
When you have nearly 30 years in the public eye and the right wing has made it a sport to dig into every personal and professional act, statement or document done, said or written by her and blow them out of proportion, I understand why she gives nuanced answers rather than a straight yeah or Nay, which infuriates people. She has to be very careful how she responds. Frankly I don’t think I personally have the spine to withstand all that she has gone through personally and still want to serve. We should give her credit for that. Lesser humans would have quit.
If all this is about Bernie, then let us all listen to him and support her as he has urged today. I suspect also that some people have heard the Republican talking points so much they really do believe them without independently checking these points. Hillary Clinton has been a victim of a massive right wing conspiracy which some of you now believe.
Staying home or voting for the Green party is frankly voting for Trump. We all have to do what we can to ensure that Trump is no where near the nuclear codes. He is the crooked one. Check his business deals, Trump U and all the unfulfilled promises he made which he reneged on. I have not even mentioned the fact that he is a racist, fascist and misogynistic person which is contrary to our moral values. You can still “telling it like it is” without being crass, disrespectful and rude.
At the end of the day, Bernie Supporters have more in common with Hillary than Trump. We have to look at the big picture. We may not have gotten all we wanted because Bernie lost but we will get more from Clinton than we will with Trump.
Enough said
