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RBInMaine

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2. Clinton's comments were GOOD and FAIR. They were empathetic and part of a primary campaign.
Sun Oct 2, 2016, 01:47 PM
Oct 2016

She EMPATHIZED and said idealism was good.

What she said in that meeting was that Bernie was making huge promises that he could not keep. And that was a fair campaign season critique.

Millions of others said it too. If I am not mistaken, Bill Clinton said it publicly and she may have too. MANY people said it. It doesn't mean she was against idealism or the general goals, but Bernie was wrong to be making such huge promises (and he was also wrong to keep saying that everything in the world was "rigged&quot . That said, Bernie was right about a lot too, and the primary is now over. Now we all need to work together to beat Trump, just like Bernie is.

This was a heated primary, and her criticism of Bernie's over-promises were fair game, and she was right, much as I otherwise love Bernie. And he also said a lot about her too, calling her "the establishment" and all the rest. But those are bygones.

We don't need to re-fight the primary campaign. It's over. Now let's work together and BEAT TRUMP.

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