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In reply to the discussion: Candidate A makes headlines when she is finally asked a half dozen questions by the press. [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)Nader never did that, and then to find that he had GOP support - OMG - I lost the respect I'd had for him for years. Totally.
I'm worried about that with Bernie. I understand fears, as we can NOT take another GOP in the White House. The Reddit thread did mention what did he think he could do with the GOP Congress?
He answered that is where the grassroots come in. Those who say they support him until the votes are counted, and then walk away, are useless and are actually setting their man up to fail and then yell 'betrayal.'
Staying into the process between elections is something the HRC volunteers have in common, they are not going away. Most of them have been involved in local politics, AFAIK in my area, and aren't going to give up their idesals.
Because it's not the candidate, it's the ideals. That is what is important to the two most discussed candidates.
It's about ideals too important to give up on, not about their own egos. Those who transfer certain personality traits to others, usually negative ones, are not fooling anyone but themselves.