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pandr32

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26. Wow! My son, too, but he admitted Bernie has no chance
Tue May 10, 2016, 10:52 AM
May 2016

...and he will support Hillary because getting Dems elected is important for our nation. He is aware that not all Bernie fans will be so rational about the failure of their candidate to win the nomination.

Anger causes people to act irrationally, unfortunately, and blaming the DNC and "the Clinton machine" is not healthy.

My son is a member of Young Democrats and the whole time he supported Bernie he refused to bash Hillary because he knew that, as a Democrat, he would have to support the nominee. It was obvious that it was a contest and that Bernie might not win, but he said, "Bernie has added so much to the discussion" and so I leave it at that and do not respond with how his lies and other negativity has drowned that out. I hope my son can influence others to look at the bigger picture--the one over Bernie's shoulder past him--Congress, the Supreme Court, state governments, the Democrat Party, etc. Bernie dropped the ball in all these places.

Bottom line is that it will be up to us Hillary supporters to help young people that haven't already gotten a clue to get one, and vote a Dem ticket in November. It looks like Bernie won't step up. He used young people and now he refuses to take responsibility.

You and I both know our sons won't regret supporting Hillary Clinton--ever!

Aloha Cha!

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Ohhhhh, that is so beautiful! I wonder what made her ask about Hillary in the 1st Cha May 2016 #1
She saw the recent FB meme going around about stopbush May 2016 #5
Thank you for that.. it is depicable that burnies are trying to use this lie to bring down Cha May 2016 #6
Yes. A happy old dad! stopbush May 2016 #8
Ok.. time for full disclosure.. Cha May 2016 #10
interesting. i was always a dem even when i was too DesertFlower May 2016 #13
It was so sad back then in the '60 when they were killing our leaders who were doing so much good Cha May 2016 #14
i was 22 when JFK was killed. i was working as a temp in DesertFlower May 2016 #16
You had quite the memorable experiences after hearing the tragic news of Cha May 2016 #17
I was all of 8 when JFK was killed. I remember getting home from stopbush May 2016 #22
Wow! My son, too, but he admitted Bernie has no chance pandr32 May 2016 #26
Your son has foresight, pandr.. he's an excellent example Cha May 2016 #33
I agree pandr32 May 2016 #36
Both of my millennial daughters voted for Bernie griffi94 May 2016 #27
That has been my atttude mercuryblues May 2016 #30
That's great, griffi! I can't imagine parents who are for Hillary and Cha May 2016 #34
I really like your approach of going to sources she trusts spooky3 May 2016 #20
I wish more people would do that. LiberalFighter May 2016 #24
+1~spooky! Cha May 2016 #35
That's awesome! DemonGoddess May 2016 #2
Thanks for sharing. That warmed my heart. fleabiscuit May 2016 #3
K & R SunSeeker May 2016 #4
My daughter will also be voting for Hillary in the California primary on the 7th. still_one May 2016 #7
Our very vocal early Bernie supporter needed up voting for Hillary here in Maryland...guess why... Jitter65 May 2016 #9
And she's right NastyRiffraff May 2016 #12
What a wonderful post NastyRiffraff May 2016 #11
This is the BEST post I've read recently. An emblematic and encouraging Surya Gayatri May 2016 #15
Thanks for sharing, Hillary has a great agenda, and it is achievable. Thinkingabout May 2016 #18
wonderful. Thanks for the post riversedge May 2016 #19
"Could be that those issues take more than a page" SharonClark May 2016 #21
Wowza. kstewart33 May 2016 #23
Thank you for raising a wonderful young lady. hamsterjill May 2016 #25
Whenever I hear people complaining about today's kids stopbush May 2016 #32
K & R Iliyah May 2016 #28
Yay! puffy socks May 2016 #29
Yeah otohara May 2016 #31
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