Sanders "it doesn't appear I'm going to be the nominee"

[Maxwell]

Yeah,  y'all hillbots would probably be wise to stop with the whining. If you actually wanted anyone to like your candidate, you aren't helping that at all.

That said, it IS very flattering to hear all of this weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth about people like me who will never like her.

If your vote will seriously be swayed by meanie Clinton supporters, then I don't care how you vote.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

I'm just astounded that it is suddenly ridiculous to expect the loser of a primary election to concede defeat and congratulate his opponent. Especially when the win does have meaningful significance for a historically marginalized group.

[RaphaelDLG]

I'm just astounded that it is suddenly ridiculous to expect the loser of a primary election to concede defeat and congratulate his opponent. Especially when the win does have meaningful significance for a historically marginalized group.

I'm just astounded that it is suddenly ridiculous to expect a large part of the left-wing coalition to forget about airing any legitimate grievances or trying to negotiate any compromises in the party platform and to instead just shut up in and fall in line.  Especially when that part of the coalition has been historically marginalized.

It's almost like people are all Democrats for dumb personality/style-based reasons rather than ideological/policy-based ones.

[Ogre Mage]

What is the point of trying to win over Bernie Backers whose support for him was largely based in flat-out hatred for Clinton?  We can point to more than a few members of the forum who are examples of this.  Trying to convince Hillary Haters is a pointless waste of energy.  The arguments about supporting candidates for dumb personality and style based reasons run both ways.

I would also point out that part of my support for Clinton was the fact she was willing to grind out detailed policy plans to fix specific problems, as opposed to sweeping, vaguely detailed proposals which would apparently get done via "revolution."

[Xing]

I'm pretty sure he's saying this for his hardcore supporters, and that he didn't just figure it out himself.

[RaphaelDLG]

What is the point of trying to win over Bernie Backers whose support for him was largely based in flat-out hatred for Clinton?  We can point to more than a few members of the forum who are examples of this.  Trying to convince Hillary Haters is a pointless waste of energy.  The arguments about supporting candidates for dumb personality and style based reasons run both ways.

I would also point out that part of my support for Clinton was the fact she was willing to grind out detailed policy plans to fix specific problems, as opposed to sweeping, vaguely detailed proposals which would apparently get done via "revolution."

That is a very legitimate reason to support Clinton, and I think Sanders needs to bone up on his policy nuts and bolts.  Unfortunately many of Clinton's proposals only happened after she was pushed over the proverbial ledge during the primaries.  Hence why I think Sanders was a better choice.  It'd be nice if we could have both.