Clinton campaign shrugs off Sanders

[geek tragedy]

Hothead supporters such as myself should probably follow suit.

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/283963-clinton-camp-shrugs-off-sanders

Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign is shrugging off the refusal by Bernie Sanders to concede the Democratic primary.

Clinton aides and allies say they’ve moved on to focus solely on Donald Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee.

They expect Sanders will eventually offer an endorsement, and say they are content to give him the space he needs to get there.

“At this point, Bernie Sanders is an after thought,” one former Clinton aide said, adding that “the world has moved on.”

“Now it is about Hillary Clinton versus Donald Trump. We are now in full general election mode,” the former aide added.

Time to walk the walk and go into general election mode.

My last post on the 2016 primary, and Bernie Sanders (I promise!)

Chill out, she's got this.

[Gomez163]

1. Just ignore him. Everyone else does.

[geek tragedy]

2. the trash can filter in user settings is something I'm learning to use nt

[highprincipleswork]

6. No, 46% of the Democratic vote not only don't ignore him - they trust him and

look up to him and count on him doin the right thing. Which for them or at least me is to fight for Progressive values wherever he can.

[Lord Magus]

13. 43%

And most of the people who voted for Bernie have already moved on to supporting the nominee in the GE.

[highprincipleswork]

65. I love how expert you all think you are on human behavior.

[Autumn]

7. "Just ignore him. Everyone else does". Transparency. Too bad it's going away.

[Gomez163]

9. Yep. And the alerting on every one of my posts which all the Bernie people have been doing.

[AgingAmerican]

11. No, you keep insulting people and getting hides

There are lots of belligerent Hillary supporters whose T-pages are NOT showing.

[Gomez163]

15. A page that will be clean on Monday.

[Matt_in_STL]

21. 16 hides in three months

Yeah, I don't think losing your transparency page will matter. You won't last.

[Gomez163]

23. There will be a stiffer penalty for alerts that dont work

[AgingAmerican]

24. Cuz you say so!

[Gomez163]

25. Cuz I read the announcement.

[pintobean]

33. Better read it again.

[Matt_in_STL]

29. You have 16 alerts that worked

And even if we remove the 4-3 decisions you would still be at 9. I stand by my previous statement.

[Gomez163]

30. F the Giants

[Matt_in_STL]

32. And then you wonder why people alert on you

Congrats on the previous amnesty. It won't last.

[Gomez163]

31. And about 2000 that didnt work

Because that's whats been going on.

[Matt_in_STL]

34. And a 17th that did work it would appear

As you got flagged for review in the middle of this posting

[pintobean]

35. Stick a fork in him

[cherokeeprogressive]

42. I just got back from a two week time out with a total of four hides and less than 10 in a decade.

I'm curious to see how long this clown's gone before coming back.

[QC]

44. More persecution. n/t

[redstateblues]

56. BSS go into our protected group to get hides. Pretty sad

[Autumn]

12. Oh Such undeserved hides.

My favorite was the one where you said Bernie gets "Obummercare" I remembered that so well, I never heard a dem refer to it as "Obummercare" . Obamacare, yes because Obama cared enough to get it passed but your "Obummercare" hidden post took it to a while new level.

And yes that hide is on your transparency page.

[Gomez163]

14. I have Obamacare. It was a joke (You Bernie people are humorless)

[AgingAmerican]

10. Except you folks

Who are obsessing over him like never before!

[rock]

64. I was one of the first

It was a month or so ago I started calling him irrelevant. Except for remaining extremely annoying.

[stonecutter357]

3. Good.

[MFM008]

4. she will pick a VP soon

[Demsrule86]

5. Sort like humoring Uncle Bernie (every family has one) Get off my lawn!!!

Good for Hillary. She has class.

[John Poet]

60. "Good for Hillary. She has class." Moreso than most of

her supporters here, it would appear.

Many of them need to take a damn chill pill.

[Demsrule86]

63. She does. I should be nicer too. nt

[eastwestdem]

8. I think they are realizing that anyone who is even remotely liberal will come over to her side

eventually. The diehard Sanders folks would likely vote Green or Independent anyway.

[swhisper1]

54. no need to, she can win without our votes

[KingFlorez]

16. There really is no other choice

If he doesn't want to move on that is fine, but that's his problem alone.

[mcar]

17. She's got this

Time to move on to the GE and dump Trump!

[Armstead]

27. Yeah she's got it....Let's hope she doesn't drop it this time

[Trust Buster]

18. Sadly, Sanders thinks he's more important than he actually is. He can't control his ego.

[Beacool]

19. Smart attitude.

Her campaign can't force him to be gracious and concede, as she did in 2008. Therefore, they'll move on and work on defeating Trump.

[NastyRiffraff]

20. Hillary and her campaign are moving on

to the important thing of defeating Trump. So should we! Start GOTV now!

[Cooley Hurd]

22. "shrugs" sounds very dismissive...

...and, quite frankly, is quite rude to Senator Sanders and his supporters.

Do yourself, and, *especially* Secretary Clinton a HUGE favor and EMBRACE Senator Sanders' supporters into your fold. Yes, she has clinched the nom - no one (except for a few dead-enders) , INCLUDING Senator Sanders, is disputing that at this point. But, to denigrate him and his supporters NOW is driving away votes from Secretary Clinton (most likely to Dr Jill Stein, less so to Governor Johnson).

GT, I want to win this for the Democratic nominee as much as you do, but I need your, and other Secretary Clinton supporters, help. Please???

[geek tragedy]

36. at the risk of breaking my own promise in the OP,

I really don't see what more can be done for those who are highly invested in his campaign, until he acknowledges the legitimacy, and existence, of her win, and that his supporters need to figure out a way to work with her supporters, rather than seeing her and her supporters as a faceless wall of establishmentarian corporatism.

He's still acting as if Clinton's supporters are the obstacles to reforms, and the bad guys in his morality play. Until he drops the sanctimonious dismissal of the 55% of the party that didn't vote for him, and instead shows actual leadership, sorry the best we can do is pretend he doesn't exist. We can't treat him as an ally until he presents himself as such, so the best we can do is stop treating him like a foe.

[Cooley Hurd]

38. He has acknowledged it. But, for his supporters, he has to lead them there as well...

That is the dance that's taking place now.

We're all on the same side. I'm simply pleading for an accord.

[geek tragedy]

39. I think my best contribution is to keep my big mouth shut

right now. I expect there's a great deal of consensus on this point, especially amongst the Bernie supporters.

[Cooley Hurd]

43. No, GT, I sincerely respect you...

...and I respect your devotion to the Democratic nominee, who will be our candidate in the GE. I simply ask that you try to refrain from alienating them. As I've said, at the end of the day, we are ALL on the same side.

[geek tragedy]

46. in order to avoid alienating, I'll need about a week of keeping my mouth shut.

[Cooley Hurd]

47. I've let my dander get the best of me a few times during the primaries...

...but November's staring down its barrel at us. And, there AIN'T no way Ima gonna let THEM win, my friend! : )

[kstewart33]

48. Okay if you do, but come back.

I'm a loyal reader. You post interesting material and your perspectives are worth reading.

[geek tragedy]

62. I'm not done talking, just not talking about the part

that is over. Primary is history, look forward not backward.

[Demsrule86]

52. He has not conceded

And on Thursday Weaver said he was still trying to win the nomination.

[Haveadream]

58. Best post I've read on this issue

Thank you

[Armstead]

26. Nah 43 percent doesn't matter. Just an afterthiought

Aside from the long-term prospects of a shriveling Democratic base, I just hope Trump doesn't implode so much that the GOP actually decides to replace him with an electable candidate.

Then, the level of support Bernie has had won't seem so irrelevant.

This seems apropos :
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512197691

[RandySF]

28. Yes, those who treated like crap for over a year don't really merit special treatment.

[Cooley Hurd]

41. Time to put all of that behind us, and merge into a singular force...

I could, but will not, at this point of the contest, place blame with the "those" you're referring to.

It's this simple; let the bygones be fucking bygones re: the contentious primary season. Time to re-take the WH. The contender on the other side is, in the first time in my memory (and I've been in this for 44 yrs), DANGEROUS!

[Demsrule86]

53. I doubt all will stay home...but what about the 57% that didn't vote for him? nt

[Armstead]

66. If you only focus on that 57 percent and ignore and insult the 43 percent you start weakened

The percentages are fluid obviously......People make their voting choices based on a combination of reasons...Many people who voted for Cliinton also believe in the principles Sanders is pushing for. And many people who voted for Sanders are okay with Clinton, or at least see her as preferable to trump.

But in the big picture, if you act like the 57 percent are all that matters -- and insult Sanders and his supporters and behave as though none of the things Sanders has been pushing for matte,r then you are weakening the Democratic party base both for this election and the future.

Even with the fluidity I mentioned, do you really want to start out with a base of 57 percent, and push 43 percent away?

[Coyotl]

37. Obviously, Sanders wasn't running for V-P. Moving on, who will be the V-P?

The next Vice-President of the United States should be whom? Anyone heard the rumors about Dorgan?

[lunamagica]

40. Good for her. The biggest mistake she cold make is trying to please people who will

never vote for her. Gore made that mistake, and it cost him dearly.

[FSogol]

49. A lot of truth in that statement: "The biggest mistake she could make is trying to please people

who will never vote for her. Gore made that mistake, and it cost him dearly."

[swhisper1]

55. she makes alot of mistakes, whoppers in fact

[Squinch]

45. I will use you as my inspiration, geek. I'm right behind you. Thanks.

[pansypoo53219]

50. oy vey.

reminds me why i voted for obama.

[SaschaHM]

51. There really isn't much else they can do.

The campaigns are talking through back channels, of course, but barring something else happening, Clinton will be the nominee and she needs to be focusing on the general.

Donald Trump is unable to put up ads until after the Republican convention. That's a huge advantage that a campaign has to get the jump on.

[Maru Kitteh]

57. “At this point, Bernie Sanders is an after thought,”

I.E., he's making himself completely irrelevant. He's certainly free to do so.

I think he prefers being in the role of the victim. I think he likes standing in the yard, shaking his fists at the sun and screaming into the wind. It's more comfortable for him, and more familiar. At this point, he has a secure job, and it's easier than doing the work to actually get things done.

[sadoldgirl]

59. Well, she has all the repugs on her side, who

don't want Trump. So she is sure to win. Then we can call
the party "demopublican". What an achievement!

[riderinthestorm]

61. Good! I'm happy there's a clear line between her and Bernie. nt