Why the sudden urge to move the party right?

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112. Welcome to DU, Bluepinky.

Gotta say I'm with DesertFlower on this one. I was and still am a strong Hillary supporter. And yes, I saw Hillary people defending her here, and vigorously. But I NEVER saw the level of vitriol from that side leveled against Bernie supporters. It was rather - um - lopsided, to put it delicately.

Obviously there are still lots of open wounds. Wounds that aren't healing. Memories that won't fade - for quite some time. That's an especially difficult task for those who found themselves on the receiving end. Gotta admit - I'm still having trouble getting over it, myself. It must also be said that, as we've all since discovered, many of those "bros" were probably trolls and other nogoodniks who invaded here and elsewhere online to stir shit up. Some of them originated from as far away as Macedonia and Albania, funded by Russian adventurism, supported by Putin and company who hoped that dissension and confusion and division and disruption could be spread all over our side. French voters are being subjected to that Russian-sourced stealth trolling even now. There are multitudes of credible reports by now of how Putin's people have fanned out across the globe to disrupt - so that the West is weakened and compromised - all the better for Russia, 'eh?

I don't know how we get over it. I hope we do, but I'm not sure how we get there. All I know, or have read, or have observed - is that Bernie seems to want to remain a divisive figure, and doesn't seem interested in helping us all heal - unless/until everybody gets in line and sees things his way, that is. And as a woman who is ARDENTLY pro-choice, I can't understand why he seems so determined to push women's issues aside. I wish I could ask him (and EVERY MALE POLITICIAN, for that matter) - what if it was YOUR body into which government wanted to intrude? What if it was YOUR privacy, regarding that little bit of real estate between YOUR neck and YOUR knees, into which the full force of big government wanted to come stomping? I'm guessing you wouldn't like it. And you'd probably want to fight it. Just like we women do - whenever we see the threat of an anti-choice candidate arising, ANYWHERE.

I'd be gravely disappointed, and pretty pissed off, if Hillary stepped up for Mello, for example. I'd feel betrayed. The more anti-choice candidates succeed, the sooner my right to have the last word over MY body (and the right of my daughter and all her friends - and YOUR daughter, too, if you have one) will be taken away.