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PeraclesPlease — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 11:49:22 +0000

In reply to Bernie Fans Doing What They Do Best

Ready, tan & rested and fresh from supporting Jill Stein/Gary Johnson, the Berniacs are back - fighting the party they never quite belonged to. Democrats should take account of why they lost, which won't include the effect of holding your nose and voting for a 3rd party candidate or booing Bernie for endorsing the party's nominee.

Let's see how we managed - who were the Sanders' reps on the platform committee that praised the outcomes (also here), things like " The Clinton and Sanders campaigns agreed last week on a policy that would make college free for all families making less than $125,000 per year, or 80% of American families. "

So how did it go:

Bill McKibben - despite praises in July for how the environmental platform was going, McKibben spent the last month focused on the Dakota Pipeline and the very few mentions of Hillary criticized her for silence while calling her "no friend of the earth". Thanks, dude.

Cornel West - endorsed Jill Stein & the Green Party for president *before the convention*, just weeks after he'd been allowed to influence Hillary's platform.

James Zogby - actually came out and wrote about supporting Hillary, noting he lost something in the compromise on the platform (no condemnation of Israel as political suicide), but it was still progress. Thanks, James

Keith Ellison as well - promoting Hillary even in Michigan as the better candidate, one with a plan.

Deborah Parker, Indian activist in July - let's hear her strong position & thanks for being on the platform committee (not) -

AMY GOODMAN: Will you be voting for Hillary Clinton?

DEBORAH PARKER: You know, right now, I came as a delegate, and I earned a lot of votes to represent Bernie’s values. And so, I’m really here to represent those values, not only on the platform and also from the state of Washington and my district, where I was voted. We were 80—I believe 84 percent Bernie Sanders. So, they asked me to come represent their voice, so that’s what I’m doing. As far as voting, I haven’t made those decisions right now. It’s—again, it’s heartbreaking. It’s heartbreaking for—this is not just about politics, in the sense—yes, it’s political, but there’s a feeling, there’s a movement, there’s inspiration that has been created. And how do you just all of a sudden change that and go for the person that you don’t think would make the best president? And yeah, we hear the lesser of two evils. And, you know, so I’m—it’s a sad day for many of us.

Warren Gunnel - non-voting participant: overall supportive.

Nurses Union (NNU) - thanks to Wikileaks, still fighting the primaries at the end of October because of leaked emails showing (horrors) the Clinton team wanted to marginalize the NNU endorsement from a year before.

Self-promoting Shaun King - "have to vote against Trump, but of course I'm not enthusiastic about Hillary" spiel. Well, guess what your lack of enthusiasm bought you.

Despite the optimistic Time story how "Bernie Sanders won by waiting to endorse Hillary", it's pretty much obvious that they lost big in the end-game, at least in not rallying around her for the fall push, unless "one more chance to throw stinkbombs while part of the useless minority" is winning.

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