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Sanders And His Less Earthbound Enthusiasts- Hill Group
Just a few helpful hints, tips, rules and general guidelines for that disturbingly confused faction of Sanders enthusiasts (and, apparently, Sanders himself):
First and foremost, don’t take things personally. A little humor and a bit of room for self-reflection go a long way. And #NotAllBernieVoters (#OrEvenLikeAThirdofBernieVoters,) should go without saying.
After that, probably the most important thing to accept is that, when you have won less than 43% of the vote in a two-person race, you will not be handed 51% of the delegates. And it’s a little silly to whine about how “rigged” the process is when you have been gifted a greater than 43% share of those pledged. (Though, yes, that endless yowling about that one state where Clinton, instead, got a couple more delegates than her share has been super enjoyable for us all.)
A few more, in no particular order:
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When your opponent is performing best among minority, urban and older voters, it makes no sense to say that you’d really be doing better if it wasn’t for all of the voter suppression disproportionately impacting minority, urban and older voters—and is cuckoo-fucking-bananas to claim that your opponent is responsible.
Read More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-womack/hints-for-sanders-and-less-earthbound-enthusiasts_b_10057430.html
Goodness gracious, this is a great read.
"chairs": ya'll ~
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Ha, I had to get that part in.
That's my favorite part 
Especially when you, personally, have slung some of that mud, accusing her campaign of laundering over-the-limit donations while you were the one under FEC scrutiny for accepting over-the-limit donations. (And took $10,000 from her last PAC, before implying to voters that she doesn’t really pass any of that money on to other candidates.)
And above all, when a small but deeply embittered minority of your supporters becomes pathologically incapable of figuring any of this out, you don’t really get to hold their votes hostage. I actually find myself disappointed to see the Democratic Party at all coddling a case of such sour grapes.
You know, maybe this could all be summed up in just one overarching rule: When you’ve lost an election and feel like throwing an ugly, months-long temper tantrum just to hurt your opponent out of spite... don’t.
History books are full of heroes who fought hopeless battles to the bitter end without ever losing their dignity—and once-great men who ended their careers in disgrace.
And above all, when a small but deeply embittered minority of your supporters becomes pathologically incapable of figuring any of this out, you don’t really get to hold their votes hostage. I actually find myself disappointed to see the Democratic Party at all coddling a case of such sour grapes.
You know, maybe this could all be summed up in just one overarching rule: When you’ve lost an election and feel like throwing an ugly, months-long temper tantrum just to hurt your opponent out of spite... don’t.
History books are full of heroes who fought hopeless battles to the bitter end without ever losing their dignity—and once-great men who ended their careers in disgrace.
Larry Womack!
When you are down by 13 points, three million votes, five contests and about 275 pledged delegates, you can’t really blame your loss on the superdelegates, who had nothing to do with any of those things.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-womack/hints-for-sanders-and-less-earthbound-enthusiasts_b_10057430.html
Eh!
