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I see this with O'Malley, too. I am receiving a lot of emails from O'Malley, building his base.
There is nothing wrong with this and everything right about this. We have to get serious and the sooner we start defining what is going on, the more successful we will be.
Sanders is building his base also. They are two different base. I prefer the O'Malley base.
I was told by a strong Sanders supporter that he could understand my position with Sanders on Social Issues, but why would I not give him credit for economic justice. Why I am so resistant in giving this to Sanders . I really do respect the conversation of a Sanders supporter that can with clear intent, make the statement "he could understand my position with Sanders on Social Issues, ". I really want him to understand when a Sanders supporter says this, there is a validation that I was not seeing things previously with a past campaign, and I feel less combative. I feel like I have been heard.
All this is important in communication.
I really would like this strong supporter to get that. Thank-you.
I think we are closer to understanding why I fight Sanders position so harshly.
Women and girls are dying.
Blacks are dying,
Latinos are dying and being sent to a country they do not know living in U.S. for three decades, ripped from family.
And of course a whole party trying to create the sin of Gay, to be against the law.
Lives.
When Trump supporters say, "Give Trump a chance": I state, "No."
"There are loss of lives. Hate and bigotry does not get a chance".
We have groups that are so desperate to live. That takes priority for me.
From my Democratic position, Sanders dividing rather than uniting a party is more disastrous for women, black, Latinos, gays than the Republican Party. The Democratic Party is our hope, and we are literally destroying our hope, to live.
That makes me angry.