The next time you are thinking about praising Bernie Sanders....

[PatsFan87]

320. He chooses to spend it getting out a progressive message,

working with Tom Perez, working on legislation, shedding light on important issues like workers wishing to unionize in Mississippi, working to elect progressives at all levels, etc. You'd be hard pressed to find a politician who works as tirelessly as he does.

You speak about him not bringing his criticisms to party officials as if you're his handler and follow him 24/7. You nor I know what he has and has not said behind the scenes to party officials.

And he's not ranked out of 8, the most recent poll had him on the top among every senator. http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/328214-poll-sanders-most-popular-senator-in-the-us

His popularity doesn't mean that you can not criticize him- just as I can criticize the DNC. Everyone has an opinion and falsehoods should be corrected on all sides.

Of course race played a factor in this election, as did rising healthcare/drug costs, job loss, drug related issues, etc. We should be asking previous Obama now Trump voters WHY they voted the way they did but many on here continue to dig in their heels, saying we should not reach out to Trump supporters to which I ask- So we never win the presidency again? We write those voters off? That seems unwise.

To many Bernie supporters, he is not a 60s era Democrats but a 30s/40s FDR Democrat proposing a new New Deal. He is proposing something modern Democrats hadn't been which is part of the appeal.

To dismiss his supporters as only caring about him and not the issues he has consistently stood for for 20+ years is both naive and condescending. His supporters are fight for $15 activists, anti-fracking activists, BLM activists, Occupy Wall Street activists, etc. What brings us together are the issues and standing up for the little guy and taking on the big guy. That's the overarching theme and the thread that ties us all together under one tent.

For someone who claims to not "heroicize" a politician, you sure do have extremely high, hero like expectations for Bernie. Perhaps use some of your anti-Bernie energy and direct it back to the issues you care about.