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In reply to the discussion: Sen. Bernie Sanders response to Russian indictments. [View all]Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)The way I interpreted that post (if I've misinterpreted you, please correct me) was that there was something Bernie was supposed to have done about Russian involvement, and that his failure to do it was why some people, such as those at JPR, refused to vote for Clinton. I say that's absurd. The people who voted for Stein did so because of their disagreements with Clinton over issues and policy. I believe that, in weighing those disagreements more heavily than the horrors of Trump, they made a grievous error, but it's an error unrelated to (and not subject to correction by) anything Bernie might have said about the Russians.
Bernie's actual pitch to his supporters was to emphasize the progressive policy goals that would fare much better under Clinton than under Trump. That was obviously the right way to go. (It was why I voted for Clinton, despite my disagreements with her.) It's why the overwhelming majority of Bernie's primary supporters then joined him in voting for Clinton in the general.