I am no longer reading threads on Sanders. (In the HRC group either) The primary is done.

[realmirage]

For those aware of the facts, the general is on now. Hillary knows it. Even the one who finished second knows it and behind the scenes has admitted it. Jane accidentally admitted it a few days ago saying Bernie will be back in the senate after Cali votes. This whole primary now is one big attempt for BS to get leverage over the DNC platform. That's done already. BS got five seats, Hillary got 6. (Another admission of defeat). The only thing left now is headline bait laid by the 2nd place finisher. It's irrelevant, unhealthy, and I am moving on to the real election.

Bring on Frankenrump

[DURHAM D]

1. Same here and don't read posts about Hillary

unless written by a supporter.

I can't wait until the obvious Republicans have been removed from DU.

[realmirage]

5. Same here!

[TeamPooka]

11. waiting, waiting, waiting....

[Iliyah]

2. Probably so, now the phrase of HRC MUST go, decline, submit,

lessor of two evils, et al. and coming back all over again. The smell of victory re: primary is here. Onward to the GE!

[Agnosticsherbet]

3. Once again, I have trashed the GD-P.

I refuse to take another trip up the River Denial.

[realmirage]

6. I'm including threads in the Hillary group. Won't read those either

Not relevant or healthy

[athena]

25. When you trash GDP, does that mean

you no longer get to vote on posts alerted in GDP?

If so, that would explain why the jury system has gotten so out of hand.

[Agnosticsherbet]

29. No it does not. Most days is serve on 2 juries. 99% of those are in GD:P.

[Her Sister]

4. Ah that's probably the sanest thing you can do for your sanity!

I probably neeeeeeeeed to do that!!!! Good idea!

Tired of being trolled! by the media, unnecessarily!

[realmirage]

8. The BS bitterness is spilling over into this group too

Too many threads about the guy who already lost. Who cares about what he says? It's the winner who carries the torch.

[FarPoint]

10. They invade and infiltrate.

Soon, we will be getting rid of the infestation.

[realmirage]

12. The people talking about sanders in this group are good Hillary supporters

I've just made a decision that it's not healthy at this point to focus on a primary that is over and very negative

[Henhouse]

7. I'm afraid to start posting anti-Trump stuff for fear of being alerted on by the BoBs..nt

[realmirage]

9. Post away in this group. The General election has begun!

[Walk away]

13. That's fine. But to me, Sanders is already working hard to help Trump defeat Hillary so....

in a very real way, Bernie is still trying to beat Hillary but now he's helping The Donald to do it.

So, if Bernie insists upon acting as a de facto surrogate for Trump, then I still see him as the enemy.

[realmirage]

15. History shows the general election will do that work for you.

Remember the PUMAs? Palin convinced those people. Trump will do it even better. I wouldn't waste my time. Come on in to the general. The water's fine : )

[TwilightZone]

14. You're right, of course. It's becoming such a train wreck that it's sometimes difficult to look away

But, yeah, it's over. It's been over for a month or more.

Either way, after June 7th, everyone but the diehards will hopefully be looking forward.

[Walk away]

16. I'm pretty sure the "Die Hards" live here at DU! nt

[TwilightZone]

17. Agreed. Looking at the polls in the real world, the massive divide many imagine there to be

is mostly a DU (and other lefty site) fabrication. Most of them are already on board and Sanders hasn't even dropped out yet.

Edit: by "most of them", I mean Sanders supporters in general, of course.

[realmirage]

18. DU does not at all represent the real world.

Case in point, the Hillary group is swamped with threads with Sanders in the title. The people I talk to in the real world don't really give a shit and will vote for the Democratic nominee. They don't care about the latest bait laid by Sanders, they don't even KNOW about it. It's a bit sucky to come to the Hillary group and see the first 15 threads all talking about the latest bait Sanders laid. They are playing right into what Sanders is trying to do- make it about him, not Hillary and Trump which is the real contest now.

[TwilightZone]

19. In fairness to "us", the media and the Sanders campaign have done a pretty good job of making this

look like it's still a race. We know better, of course, but with the constant barrage of crap on DU and elsewhere about the DNC, the SDs, the server nonsense, and so on, our irrational side still wants to counter it, even though it's largely irrelevant. Kind of human nature.

It's also a short-term problem. After the polls close on June 7th, Hillary will be declared the winner by the networks, the news agencies, and pretty much everyone else, and Sanders will become the sideshow act he's basically already been for a month. If he's still dominating the discussion then, then we need to clearly be more pro-active about ignoring him.

[realmirage]

21. It is human nature

But I like my sanity. And I've learned over the years that I don't have to let myself get dragged into other people's insanity. I used to get road rage every day on the way to work. Now I focus on the weather, the scenery, or listen to a good democratic morning show. I let others rage away. I decide what my own life will be like. I have my moments, my fits, but I don't allow it to last. Life is a lot better this way.

[TwilightZone]

23. Oh, I agree completely - we're just wasting time and effort with the Sanders stuff

when our time could be better spent doing almost anything else.

I think until there's some sense of finality, though - roughly 8pm ET on June 7th - it'll probably remain an issue. That being said, a lot of people are already tuning out and looking ahead.

[realmirage]

24. 8:00 June 7th.

9 days!

I know skinner said it will be called when the voting ends, but I don't see how he doesn't call it June 7th. DC won't matter.

[Blue Idaho]

20. Amen!

Bernie is no longer relevant. The media may use him to generate looks and he may be saying more insane and radical things due to his dwindling campaign war chest - but make no mistake. You can stick a fork in him cuz he's done.

He may try to disrupt the convention - but the party is not about to let that happen. They remember 1968. The party controls who gets credentialed and in the doors and they are not about to let this convention turn into a spectacle just to smooth Bernies ruffled feathers.

He has become irrelevant and I'm don't wasting my time reading about him and his followers.

[realmirage]

22. BS doesn't have the power to bring down the DNC. End of story

[Squinch]

26. I tried trashing GDP and BS groups, but you just can't get away from the nonsense. I think the

next is to trash key words "Bernie" and "Sanders"

[realmirage]

27. At this point Hillary supporters are talking more

about his headlines than the people in the Bernie group.

[Squinch]

28. Yes, you are right. It's hard, sometimes, not to address the crap that is being thrown around, but

you are right that we need to move on.