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Sandersdemocrat2020

(91 posts)
Fri Jun 3, 2016, 07:30 PM Jun 2016

We Voted For Sanders

If you feel that Hillary can win in November without the support of Sanders Voters, go right ahead. I think that you are very wrong. I have never deliberately insulted a Hillary supporter. I am just pointing out that Sanders has power, and he will use it to advance his cause. That is politics. It is hard ball. We are in a position to make certain demands. This is not a tantrum. It is a statement of the political reality.

I recognize Hillary's position as the probable nominee of the Democratic Party. But, she will lose, badly, in November without the majority of support from the Sanders people. Our votes and our views matter. She will not gain the support of Sanders People if we continue to have animosity. We need to come together, and that means both sides stopping with the insults and disrespect. I personally have never been deliberately insulting or disrespectful here to any Hillary person. Read my posts.

Sanders people are in a position to ask for reasonable concessions. That is my view. I am sorry if that chafes certain people, but that is politics. Our votes count too. If Hillary wants to win in the General Election, she needs our votes. I think now is the time to make peace with the Sanders Camp. If she doesn't, she loses.

Insults and disrespectful language is not the way to go about making peace. Clinton can not make it to the White House without Sanders People. I would urge you to consider that. Clinton needs our votes to win in November. You don't gain peoples votes by denigrating and insulting them. So, I suggest a brokered peace between the two camps.

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