Hillary Clinton
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders raising money off of false hopes - why aren't we SCREAMING about this? [View all]wildeyed
(11,243 posts)When I was undecided and even a bit after. Early on, a bunch were swarming Bravenak, who was also still undecided. I tried to point out to the one who could write in complete paragraphs and seemed most sane that Brave was practically begging him to persuade her to Sanders. I even rewrote a few of his posts to demonstrate the basic political persuasion technique of finding common ground. He said he would think about it, but the next time I saw him, he was right back to his old ways The rest called me hillbot, etc, even though it was my first post in GDP, ever and I had never made a pro-Hillary post OR anti-Sander one, either. Just criticized what a SUPPORTER said. Thin skins, that lot....
I did that a few times, even after I was for Clinton. I warned them when their deadlines were coming up in early states and offered to tell them how to do voter registration and GOTV with young voters. No one took me up on that I don't mind teaching the ones who WILL fight to fight better. In my heart, I crave unity and hope that if I teach them something now, they will come back as strong allies in the GE. And the ones who learn WILL. The others, oh well..... They need to get their little temper tantrums in check to be useful allies. Chair throwing and nasty phone mail? WTF. GOP with throw chairs back and they have more guns too, so good luck with that.