2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Nothing is ever the Sanders campaign's fault. [View all]rjsquirrel
(4,762 posts)I started out a big Bernie supporter, even changed my registration from Ind to Dem so I could vote for him in my primary. I've loved Bernie for years.
But watching his supporters at DU and elsewhere has made me rethink that. Thin-skinned, self-righteous, snarling like Trump fans at any insinuation Bernie isn't perfect, attacking Clinton in outright misogynist ways, and carrying a torch for a leftist fantasy that leads them to deny political reality and clear poll numbers, blaming every setback on a conspiracy and tarring Clinton supporters with ugly labels.
Screw that. I decided I would vote for HRC in the primary after all several weeks ago. Bernie's campaign has shades of Ralph Nader's, his voters are all too willing to threaten not to support the candidate who will obviously be our nominee. Lol whut?
Intolerant "progressives" who are as misogynist as the average Cruz voter have driven me to support Ms. Clinton more enthusiastically than I did before. The churlish blame-everyone-else response to the morning news confirms that Sanders' supporters are approaching a delusional level of denial.