We need ALL of us...we need the voters who backed BOTH primary candidates.

[NanceGreggs]

164. Oh, the OHenry-esque irony of it all!

”How does what was said in that book do anything whatsoever to help us achieve unity and victory?”

More to the point: How does Bernie’s continued whinging about the Democratic Party do anything whatsoever to achieve unity and victory?

The irony is BS supporters who claim that “unity and victory” was well-served by casting HRC as a not-to-be-trusted corporate whore in the pocket of Wall Street. And then there was the irony of championing “Mr. Transparent” – who still hasn’t coughed-up his tax returns despite promises to do so.

The irony is BS supporters who heard Bernie say he would appeal to super-delegates to overturn the will of the people by ignoring primary votes and putting their support behind him instead of the people’s obvious choice and thought THAT was acceptable.

The ULTIMATE IRONY is the fact that Bernie supporters railed against “being told what to do” by the DNC, HRC, DWS et al – while completely accepting the idea that a self-proclaimed non-Democrat should be telling the Party that he refuses to be part of how it should be conducting itself.

“Do as I say, not as I do” is a phrase that Democrats have traditionally rejected when coming from hypocritical Republicans – and yet many Bernie supporters are more than happy to accept a self-proclaimed non-Democrat telling them what to do within a party he refuses to be a member of, but nonetheless wants to dictate to.

Those who refused to vote for Hillary, who voted third party, who wrote-in Bernie on their GE ballots – and encouraged others to do so – are no different than those who voted for Trump. So let’s stop this ludicrous pretence that they didn’t contribute to the Idiot being elected. Every vote NOT for Hillary was one less vote Trump had to overcome in order to be where he is right now.

But don’t take it from me. Take it from the “yeah, I didn’t vote for Hillary because I really wanted Bernie” crowd. They got what they wanted – HRC lost the election. And I am really not interested in “having them on our side” when they’ve already made it clear whose side they’re really on.