Peacelover Hillary voted for an insane war that killed hundreds of thousands, but Bernie

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228. THIS is the MOST important thing EVERYONE here should remember....

This race is for the primaries. Not the presidency. Silly, right? Why should I think you've forgotten that? And yet, it seems you have. Stop a moment and think. Let's take this thread for an example. Imagine that Sanders wins the primary. Hooray! But now he has to win the presidency. I know it seems like he'll do that easily. How could the majority possibly vote for his GOP opponent rather than him? He's got it in the bag....except you can't rely on that. Gore proved that to us. You can't take the chance. You have to campaign for him—big time. Bigger and harder and longer than you are now, because the GOP will do any dirty trick to keep democratic voters from voting.

Wouldn't it be nice if all those Hilary supporters shook your hand, said "We're sorry Hilary lost, but we congratulate you and we're here to help"? That would be nice, would't it. Exactly how many of the Hilary supporters here do you think are likely to do that given how you're treating her and them right now, in this thread?

That's the important point. Is what you're saying true? Yes. Is it a fact? Yes. Have you the freedom to trash Hilary on all her bad decisions and votes? Sure, just as Hilary supporters have the freedom to trash Sanders on his bad decisions and votes. But posts saying "Hilary voted for Iraq!" will just get you posts of "Bernie voted for guns!" And neither will make the other side back down or change their minds. So all you're doing is alienating fellow democrats. That doesn't sound real useful.

The presidential election is what matters. You know how HUGELY it matters. Supreme court justices, civil rights, women's rights, restoring the middle class, getting most of America out of this downward spiral to poverty. We have to think of what we all want, REALLY want in 2016...which is a democratic president.

So, I'm going to ask you all to try something. Next time you want to get into fight with someone from the other side, assume your candidate is going to win. You don't have to say one bad thing about the other candidate for this to happen. It's a given. Your candidate is going to be in the race for president. Just try it. Now try this as well: treat those on the other side as if they are going to gracefully accept defeat and help your candidate become president. Do you still want argue? This is a race is for the primaries. Not the presidency. Don't alienate your fellow democrats. You ARE going to need them in 2016.