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We need more civil discourse thats for sure.
I went through a similar process to what you describe. I initially started out thinking my views aligned more with Bernie Sanders, but several of the things you mentioned had me changing my vote to HRC. The NY Daily News interview definitely knocked Bernie down several notches...more recently, there have been an increasing number of things that turn me off about his campaign (a big one being the way he trashes HRC). The way his supporters and surrogates have acted is just icing on the cake.
This group has been invaluable to me as a refuge from a wider internet hostile to HRC and her supporters.
I too am in CA and will vote for HRC along with a good number of family and friends.
Unfortunately the sandbaggers are in full effect in DU's GDP but they will fade along with bernie's campaign.
Again, welcome! Join in on the fun.
the HRC Group, where courteous discourse is encouraged. 
The more the merrier.
I'm fairly new myself. I always preferred Clinton but can identify with what you said based on what I've seen. I actually only wound up coming online here because I was so bothered by the toxicity toward Clinton supporters, and the way many Sanders' supporters were systematically silencing other voices through abuse and through censorship strategies. It actually left me feeling obligated to put my voice out. I recommend checking out the AA group, I lurk over there, and they usually have some pretty interesting discussions going on.
just not being able to stand BS' fans.
So Welcome to Hillary's Group! Mahalo!
Poke around and make yourself at home. We aren't perfect, but I think as a whole we try very hard to avoid demagoguery and present reality-based arguments.
The primary season has been hard on everyone, but this too shall pass, and we will see Madame President declared the winner this November. Lotta work to do between here and there but we will do it!
Civil discourse has been in short supply as of late on our DU. Long time member here and I want to welcome you into the fold. We may have differences of opinion, but our goal, and only goal, should be to help eliminate the sick and insane gop party from our body politic. We have a job ahead of us and it's far past time to start concentrating on that. Take back the Senate, take back the House and President Clinton will have a lot of work to do to put this country back on the right track. Together, we will do this.
I did lean toward Hillary because I didn't know a thing about Bernie. So I decided to give both the benefit of the doubt with emphasis on learning about Bernie. It didn't take long to discover how acrid and thin-skinned the BSers were (those that posted a lot, screamed , and behaved as children - not all BSers by a long shot). Also I discovered Bernie was NOT a realist and had a bunch of half-baked ideas. In fact, I was sharply taken aback that so many supporters were buying what he was selling! Is it any wonder I quickly decided Hillary was everything in a candidate I loved. In any case, welcome to DU. Please stay a while and vote, vote the candidate of your choice.
