I cordially invite all Hillary supporters and rational Democrats

[auntpurl]

to the General Discussion forum.

With the certain knowledge that Donald fucking Trump is the GOP nominee, we can't waste any more time on this ridiculous infighting. The primary is over (yes, yes, you can all vote, please, have at it! Vote like the wind!) and Hillary is our candidate. Let's turn our attention to the real enemy.

We have the opportunity to land the KILLING BLOW to the Republican Party. We CANNOT be complacent - Hillary has a MUCH better chance to win than Trump, but we can't take ANY chances. That racist fascist in the White House is simply not acceptable.

Let's start honing our strategy to beat him in November. And let's talk about downticket races as well!

GDP just seems so ridiculous now in light of this new development. Trump is a certainty now, and he is certainly going to be running his GE campaign from TODAY. Let's do the same and kill the stereotype of the Dems fighting like cats between themselves and never being able to compromise enough to work together.

Anyway, I'll be over there. Hope to see you there!

[JaneyVee]

1. The tangerine terror must be stopped!

[auntpurl]

2. RIGHT??

Fuck's sake, I'd happily vote for a ficus plant over Donald fucking Trump (I can't seem to type his name without adding "fucking" in the middle there, sorry).

This is serious now, people. You want to squabble like children about whose candidate is better on college tuition? TRUMP WANTS TO WATCH THE WORLD BURN. Get your heads out of your butts!

[Live and Learn]

7. Good gawd, please tell me childish name calling isn't the Hillary campaign's plan for the GE too. nt

[JaneyVee]

17. Calling Trump a tangerine terror bothers you?

Take it up with The Daily Show, they invented it.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

53. It bothers those who support Trump

[mythology]

48. Hillbots, camp Weathervane, Hillarians, Hillshill

Don't pretend Sanders supporters haven't tossed around just as much name calling here.

[roguevalley]

64. how about leaving out the insult, op?

Thanks but no thanks.

[Number23]

70. What is with these folks getting salty because you're insulting Trump??

Who in HELL deserves to be insulted more than that imbecile and why the hell are people getting pissy about insulting Trump on a Dem web site??!

[grossproffit]

3. Thank God for the voice of reason.

Hillary is running against Trump while both Trump and BS are running against her.

[auntpurl]

4. Imagine helping Trump by continuing to attack the one person who can defeat him.

Just imagine that. I wouldn't be able to look at myself in the mirror if I did that.

[Lizzie Poppet]

12. You don't have to imagine it: just look in the mirror.

Bernie is far, far better suited to beating the vulgar talking yam.

[baldguy]

16. Is that why they repeat each others' attacks on Clinton?

They can tag-team her until the cows come home & she'll still win. The only question now is how foolish are Trump & Sanders willing to look.

[timmymoff]

69. Clinton is as pure as new fallen snow and nobody

would've said any thing about her if it wasn't for those damn meddling kids. You people are ridiculous blaming Bernie for Hillary's record and judgment.

[IamMab]

46. GDP has threads (which apparently survived a jury) calling for Sanders supporters to back Trump.

I'm pretty new here, but that seems like a pretty big TOS violation to me.

[auntpurl]

52. Yeeeah.

Primary season is always awful on DU, and this year is particularly horrific. It is actually a useful resource at other times, believe it or not. When the primary is over, people who advocate for Trump or 3rd party candidates will be summarily banned. Cannot come soon enough for me.

Welcome to DU!

[Jackie Wilson Said]

55. Those who are doing that dont care about anything but their pocketbooks

[bvf]

5. Clinton is not our candidate.

[CentralCoaster]

41. She sure as fuck isn't MY candidate and she's not OUR candidate yet, either.

Nothing and I mean nothing sucks more than the party leadership and PTB shoving a shitty candidate down our throats.

This will be the utter and bitter end of the party if something doesn't change.

[bvf]

45. Yep.

If it comes down to superdelegates being willing to destroy an already severely crippled, heavily co-opted party, by going with a candidate linked to an FBI investigation, I'm done with it.

[JudyM]

6. This is dismissive of the votes of DUers from all the remaining states.

As well as those of us who are continuing to volunteer for the far better candidate against tRump. But it would please many of us if y'all who think there's no more contest shuffle off into GD, so please do carry on there.

[berni_mccoy]

8. The Hubris of Hillary Fans reflects Hillary's own Hubris. It's disgusting and large part

As to why Hillary can't be Trump in the GE.

[JudyM]

11. Agreed. Smug and entitled.

[TCJ70]

31. Something weird seems to happen when you decide to support her (for some posters)...

...I watched it happen with BigTree and, it took longer, but MineralMan also seems to be heading in that same direction. It's weird.

[JudyM]

32. Kool Aid.

[840high]

44. .that^

[Tarc]

19. Well that's kinda too bad, no, isn't it?

We have a thing called a calendar, and not every state gets to go at the beginning of it. Sometimes that means the states near the end are more or less irrelevant to the nomination process. You'll still get to vote, Sanders still ants to pile up as many delegates as possible, but don't delude yourself or others into thinking the nomination is still up for grabs.

[JudyM]

23. Thank you for inserting your superior wisdom into every conversation.

[Tarc]

24. Sooner or later, the bar closes and everyone has to go home

Sanders is like the guy who pretends not to hear "last call!"

Help him home, willya?

[Uponthegears]

33. Yep, last call is July 28, 2016

I'm thinkin' you'd best belly up to the bar for now because, if you don't, you are going to have one powerful hangover by then.

[Tarc]

36. #berniemath

[Uponthegears]

37. #calendar

[Tarc]

40. WHOOSHing way over your head, I'm afraid

If there's only one person still contesting the race, it's no longer really a race. Hillary is turning to g.e. mode, I'd be surprised if she namedrops Sanders at all in future stump speeches.

[Uponthegears]

43. That argument

Didn't get much play re: red states below the Mason Dixon line . . . how did it suddenly become acceptable?

Oh, that's right, the most privileged woman in the world is done playing victim.

[99Forever]

35. Always nice to hear from...

...the drunk wisdom crowd.

[Warren DeMontague]

62. Yet people are still voting for him, despite being ordered by their Manhattanite betters not to.

oooh, I bet that chafes!

[Tarc]

66. It's like a basketball game when you're heading to a blow out win

and sub in the bench players for the last 2 minutes.

The losing team is still playing their best, but it doesn't matter.

[Warren DeMontague]

68. See, what's funny is you think you're pissing me off.

I've known for a long time she was very likely to be the nominee.

But I also think Sanders is doing all of us, and the conversation, and ABSOLUTELY Hillary Clinton, a favor by staying in as long as possible.

[frylock]

38. Bless your heart.

[Warren DeMontague]

61. Yeah, and that ought to be fixed, too.

We should change the system whereby the same states get an early shot at influencing the process. It should be random, or rotated.

[Tarc]

65. They do rotate

California was a part of Super Tuesday in 2008, for example.

[Warren DeMontague]

67. That's not rotation.

California changed, and then changed it back again.

Beyond that, every 4 years pretty much the same batch goes first.

They should all rotate, and that includes Iowa and New Hampshire. There is nothing magical about those two pieces of the electorate.

[Duckhunter935]

29. They say they do not need us anyway

We are not true democrats. She never earned my vote.

[IdaBriggs]

9. Conventional wisdom has been wrong all season.

Thank you for your kind attempt to reach out, but it's not over until it's over, and I support Bernie Sanders.

I can only suggest you start by working to convince people she isn't a liar and that putting Bill in charge of trade is a good idea.



Good luck!

ON EDIT: And implying I am not "rational" because I don't agree with you is rude.

[JudyM]

10. Yes! Best idea, IdaBriggs.

[Joob]

13. Race isn't over

But by all means, keep doing what Hillary is doing, she turned to the General and lost a state she was projected to win. So yes. Bye . Go over there in your ignorance.

[TheFarS1de]

14. I did'nt realise they had called the nominee already .

No point in running around like Chicken Little , no need to worry , Sanders has this covered.

[Bluenorthwest]

15. Hey there Home Counties! Here in Oregon we are having an election, I have my ballot

right here with me. Our neighbor to the South, California is the most populous State and they vote next month. Not only do both major candidates need turnout, those down-ticket races need turnout. Currently Camp Clinton claims to be strong on coattails for candidates but this routine of claiming an ongoing election is already concluded is not helpful to those other candidates and is fact is detrimental to them.
Hundreds of dedicated Democratic volunteers are working hard to get people to show up and vote. I sure don't see messages like yours as helpful to those volunteers.

[Betty Karlson]

18. We don't have a nominee yet.

what part of this rather essential condition for a GE fight do you consider negligeable?

And by the way: the "but but Trump; be afraid be very afraid" line has been used so many times in the past months that it's impact has rather dulled by now.

[Armstead]

20. Buh Bye -- It doesn't do much good to beat up on about 40 percent of her potential voters

Might as well go to an echo chamber and yell in unison Clinton Good...Trump Bad....added with "Forget Sanders and all who support him"

The rest of the issues don't matter I guess.

[Jokerman]

21. Condescending and dismissive...the perfect hillbot.

Take your ball and go home if you want to, we don't care.

[Katashi_itto]

22. Can you be more condesending?

[farleftlib]

25. Presumptuous much?

Just like HRC. It's all about me, me, me, me, me, me!!!11!

[Bjornsdotter]

28. Yeah

I noticed that too.

[bkkyosemite]

26. The primary is not over but if you want to go ...go ahead. echo echo echo

[NewImproved Deal]

27. Pompous Brit.

The Primary ain't over and we want no part of either Oligarch...

[link:|

[auntpurl]

30. I'm American.

[CrispyQ]

34. "...a KILLING BLOW to the Republican Party."

The new democratic party is the republican party.

[99Forever]

39. You still here?

Be gone with you. Don't worry about being missed.

[auntpurl]

42. Lol, I'm not banning myself from GDP or anything.

I'm just posting more in GD and spending more time there.

Sorry to disappoint you.

[99Forever]

49. You WAY overrate your importance.

Frankly I don't give a damn if or where you post. There's plenty of other posters of similarly drivel filled posts, enough in fact, I won't even know you're gone.

Bye Bye

[auntpurl]

50. Well, you did take the time to post on the thread and ask

You seem lovely.

[Ferd Berfel]

47. There are 16-17(?) states full of people that haven't voted yet

Don't they get to participate in the process?

[radical noodle]

58. Ten including DC I believe

[panader0]

51. Ho hum....

[arcane1]

54. Yep, we can't take any chances. That's why I'm voting for Sanders, the only honest candidate nt

[Fumesucker]

56. Unfortunately the two groups do not get along

It would be imprudent for both of them to be in GD at the same time.


(whistles and looks off into the distance)

[Android3.14]

57. No.

[radical noodle]

59. I'm in

[Warren DeMontague]

60. "honing our strategy"? Is that what goes on there?

I've been here for 12 years, and I can tell you you're far more likely to find a fight over thanksgiving turkeys, the sports illustrated swimsuit issue, or the olive garden than any substantive strategy-honing discussions.

But really, good luck.

[Marrah_G]

63. Nothing cordial about your post