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H0mer0's avatar

as is said often "a feature, not a bug."

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I'm not saying Hillary's is so much larger though she has received more votes. What I am saying is Bernie's coalition hardly represents a sea change or a "revolution" because it IS much smaller than Obama's in 2008 which was SUPPOSED to constitute a sea change but did not. That's the point I'm trying to make is this whole talk that Bernie Sanders is a revolution sounds like well, bullshit to me which makes me dubious about his lack of commitment to the Democratic Party and his snub about down ticket support. He is not raising money for other Democrats and has been downright stingy with his campaign coffers...all of this makes his strategy seem highly dubious.

The only thing that pisses me off about Bernie Bros aside from the Paultardian resemblance is this idea that they and Bernie Sanders decide who is and who is not progressive or liberal and those who do not support this 'revolution' are soft liberals or Republicans in disguise. I am easily as liberal as any one of the Sanders supporters and I came by my ideology the hard way: growing up in Utah, the reddest state in the Union I had to not only swim against the political stream but I had to defend myself and my views routinely against an ocean of Mormon wingnuts. Because of this I resent being told I am insufficiently progressive because I am dubious about Sanders goals and aims and I support Hillary since she more closely resembles my preferred candidate, President Obama.

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