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In reply to the discussion: Supporting the values of the Sanders movement is not "refighting the primaries". [View all]LiberalLovinLug
(14,173 posts)I'm of the belief that Hillary may have lost even bigger if she had had an easier uneventful drawn out ascension. I think Sanders re-engaged a lot more Democrats on top of Hillary's supporters. And even if Sanders had not run, and if everything else remained the same...Russian hacking, Emails and Comey, Crosscheck, Wingnut hate fake news, along with the miscalculation on how much more effort was needed in the rust belt states..she would have lost anyways, I'm sorry to say.
I will still always believe that Bernie would have had a better shot at beating Trump. I just wish more Hillary supporters would have some empathy for Sanders supporters that were gutted when he lost, but we swallowed our pain and took Hillary supporters word that she was the best shot we had. I would have been glad to see Hillary as president. Her and Bernie's differences, were minuscule compared to any of them and Trump. But then she lost. And we Sanders supporters have to bite our tongues and dream of what might have been. That may be understandably hard to empathize with as a Hillary supporter, but its very real for us. And then to hear insults and beratement on Sanders and by osmosis his supporters in here on top of that, when we are simply cheering on Sanders for the continuing fight against Trump and his minions.
But we can agree to disagree, I'm fine with that. But its time to just start accepting any and all resistance. I want to see Hillary and Bill get more into the fray and I'll be cheering them on too when they feel the time is right.