I would just like to point out Trump fractured the GOP 100 times worse than Sanders did the Dems [View all]

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and yet he still squeaked out a win. Had Trump barely lost in just a couple of rust-belt states, the GOP would be soul searching and blaming Trump for fracturing the GOP apart and attacking all it's candidates a MILLION times harder than Sanders attacked Hillary. Lets not forget that Hillary was firing back too. That's politics and it went on just as hard back in 2008. I remember some of the stuff between Obama and Hillary which was absolutely brutal.

By the way, this is not re-fighting the election it is in response to the Democratic candidate running against Sanders.

So with Trump dividing the GOP and winning the lesson here is that most people are comfortable with someone who isn't afraid to be a devils advocate and see if there are internal problems with party leadership. It doesn't mean they are not still for that party core values. We are a democracy and Sanders is just another voice. For heavens sake we are Democrats and getting us all to agree on something is like herding cats. We all walk to our own drum.

A candidate running against Sanders because he thinks he is hurting the party by not walking in lock step with party leadership? First of all that is going absolutely nowhere fast! He thinks that is going to be a winning strategy? You start going after Sanders because he doesn't walk in lock step with the DNC and the vast majority of folks both moderate and very liberal are going to be completely turned off to the Democratic party as having any ability to be introspective and open to a lot of different views. Once Hillary got the nomination every one I know, many who were hard core Sanders fans went out and voted a month early for Hillary and were excited as hell to vote for the first woman President. Same thing happened on the GOP side, those that hated trump and thought he was fracturing the party came out and voted for him.

Lets be real here. I know a handful of people here hate Sanders. It's like the same 15 or 20 folks who keep those threads alive and get them their 25 recommendations. Sanders is a blip on what is going on in the voting machines. He simply is nothing more than another voice who gets some media attention because he had big crowds. The vast majority of those who supported Sanders also supported Hillary! We are very close to one another. Can't we all just get along and move forward?