If HRC IS nominated, she will HAVE to get every Sanders voter behind her to win... [View all]

[Ken Burch]

...so again, how is the Twenty Four Hour Hate being aimed at Bernie and his supporters going to get those votes?

I post this as one of the Sanders people who will be trying to persuade Sanders voters that they should vote for a HRC-led ticket if that is what we end up with.

Treating all Sanders supporters as an anti-Democrat cabal(or pretending we're secretly right wing when you know we aren't), sneering at the dreams the campaign has fought for, demanding support for HRC even if few or none of the Sanders ideals are included in the platform(and even if HRC moves further right-something she would have no good reason to do, after being nominated)...how do you think ANY of this is going to produce unity?

How do you think this will persuade young, energetic Sanders people, people this party desperately needs to win over on a long-term basis, to support your candidate? Like it or not "stopping Trump" important as that is, is not going to cut it with them.

They need to see that all their efforts, whether or not Bernie is nominated, will have some real results, that this election will be different and better as a result of their work. And there is no reason anyone in this party shouldn't want to see politics changed for the better/

It goes without saying...HRC CAN'T WIN if she and her supporters anathemize Bernie and his supporters and then demand unconditional support after you anathemize. There aren't enough voters to elect her if the attitudes of her supporters drive large sectors of the Sanders supporters away from voting for her and working for her in the fall. She needs everybody. Make it easy for people like me to get her everybody if it comes to that. Help us help you.

What your side is doing right now is deeply self-destructive. You are helping Trump and the far right by acting like this.

Whatever you think of Bernie, in the name of electing your OWN preferred candidate, please stop.

The seeds of the future cannot grow from scorched earth.