Just speaking for myself here

[LuckyTheDog]

I wanted Bernie to win. I voted for him. I gave him money. And I talked to other people about him as best I could. But, as has happened with a lot of candidates I have supported over the years, he lost. It happens.

So what will I do now? I will gladly vote for Hillary.

Hillary is not the cranky Jewish grandpa America really needs. Only Bernie can fill those shoes. But, I trust Hillary to responsibly take charge of the nuclear launch codes and nominate sane people to the Supreme Court. These days, that's a win.

So, reluctantly, and while retaining all the affection and admiration I have felt for Bernie, I am ready to say: #ImWithHer.

We can't let the rat bastards win.

[OregonBlue]

1. Very well said.

[leftofcool]

2. Amen!

[MFM008]

3. Lucky

welcome, Bernie will have his say im sure, in fact ill bet discussions are under way now.
We will take it to Rump!

[matt819]

4. Add me to the list, with one change

I will vote for Hillary, but not gladly.

One more thought. I am deeply troubled/perplexed by reports that Bernie supporters will vote for Trump. I'm sorry, folks, but that makes no fucking sense. Sure, they are both fighting "the Establishment." That's where any similarity ends. Bernie has a long history of social justice, community and national service, and is overall a pretty decent guy. Trump is, well, Trump. As HuffPost puts it at the end of each of their Trump articles, "Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims — 1.6 billion members of an entire religion — from entering the U.S." He's the anti-Bernie. Anyone one who would choose him over Bernie, or over Hillary, is not a Democrat in any sense of the word.

[larkrake]

5. the only solace I will have is she will be in control of the football

I think her SC choices will be corp and bank friendly- not what we need

[qdouble]

7. better than SC justices that are anti-woman, anti affirmative action, anti health care, etc

Voting for Trump should be unconscionable for any true progressive.

[TwilightZone]

16. She's been very supportive of the four liberal justices on the court

and there's little reason to believe she won't nominate liberal justices as POTUS.

President Clinton nominated RBG, as you might recall.

[larkrake]

19. I wont hold my breath

[Algernon Moncrieff]

12. When Obama won in '08, I initially wasn't thrilled

I came to see him as an effective leader, and infinitely prefer Kagan and Sotomayor to anyone McCain or Romney would have put on the SCOTUS.

I see a lot of similarities between Sanders supporters and Dean supporters in '04. Dean lost that fight, but changed the way the party raised money and brought in new enthusiastic supporters. I see Sanders' supporters doing much he same in the coming decade.

[RKP5637]

6. I really like Bernie, but I definitely agree with you and I will vote for Hillary, absolutely.

[workinclasszero]

8. Thanks!

I would have voted for Bernie if he had gotten the nomination as well.

Stopping Trump is paramount.

[LuckyTheDog]

18. Or any OTHER Republican the party chooses...

... after they screw Trump out of the nomination.

[Algernon Moncrieff]

9. Welcome to the fight!

We're happy to have you.

[C_U_L8R]

10. We were blessed with two wonderful choices

Just look at the Republicans, out of all their membership
the best they could come up with was a bunch of misfits
and cromag-cons. And the cream of the GOP crop,
their ignoble leader, is Donald fucking Trump.
Donald Fucking Trump !!

Yes indeed we're blessed with both Bernie and Hillary
and it's time to come together to win the White House
AND all of Congress!! Lets sheep-dip every down-ticket
republican in the vile Trump-slime that has become
the GOP brand. They can't remove that stuff very easily.
This is gonna be fun. C'mon Dems !!!

[Sylvarose]

11. Me too

...I voted for Bernie in the primary (Hoosier here). Am absolutely voting for Hillary without reservation. Only wish my mom was alive to see this. She wasn't alive for Obama's win either. Both of these elections she would have been over the moon for.

Also know my Dad..big Bernie supporter is also going to support Hillary. *smile* He breaks the demographics. He's a retired, gun owning, white guy with a HS education who worked in a factory all his life. He was born and raised in Indiana. He voted for Obama...twice. He voted for Bernie in the primary and over Memorial Day he told me he was going to support Hillary...though he'd really like to see Elizabeth Warren on the ticket.

[auntpurl]

15. Awesome re: your dad!

He sounds like an enlightened soul.

[auntpurl]

13. Great post! Thanks for being a true Democrat and caring about the future of the country.

And welcome to the fight! We cannot let that fascist bigot anywhere near 1600 PA Avenue.

[JoDog]

14. Here, here!

[PJMcK]

17. Glad to be on the same side as you, LuckyTheDog

The cliche holds true: We share more commonality than disagreements. Let's destroy the Republicans this November.

[Armstead]

20. Just speaking for myself....I'm voting for her but I'm not with her

[Surya Gayatri]

21. Massive K & R. Thanks for posting.

[VulgarPoet]

22. I'll "look into that".

[moriah]

23. Thank you, Lucky.

I'm sorry that you didn't get to see your favored candidate win, and even sorrier that the happiness I feel seeing my favored candidate win this time comes at the expense of people like you who have worked tirelessly for your candidate.

But we'll all be sorry if Trump wins.