If Bernie isn't a "real" Dem, why does he owe Hillary any allegiance?

[kstewart33]

70. Rider, please calm down.

Please don't make negative assumptions about me because I don't support Bernie. I worked 2 jobs in college, and 2 in graduate school to pay the bills. We almost lost our home because we were having trouble paying the mortgage, for geez sake. It was hand-to-mouth for years. So please don't talk to me about illustrating my 'privilege.'

Gore did not win. He was not inaugurated. Bush won. And within a few years after, hundreds of thousands of innocents died in his obscene war. If one is handy, please give me a source that found that Nader did not make the difference in Bush's win because I haven't seen the analysis.

Of course, Hillary is loaded with promises. But so is Bernie. They are politicians. The difference, IMHO, is that Bernie's promises are completely unrealistic. He knows they are unrealistic. For geez sake, he's spent 25 years in Congress. He knows the numbers and how it works. But he is still promoting free college, medicare for all, and breaking the banks. None of that will work in the present Congress and after the 2016 elections. Obama barely got the ACA passed and that was with Democratic control of both houses. How is Bernie going to dismantle the health insurance industry that comprises a sizable percentage of our GDP? How is he going to get free college passed in the House, or in the Republican-controlled state legislatures that must fund 1/3 of the total cost? The Republicans own over half of the country's state legislatures. Bernie knows this.

So let's agree that we disagree and neither of us will convince the other. I respect your view especially because you are well read. You've done your homework to support your views, and so have I.

But I respectfully wish that the Bernie supporters would stop the outrage and castigating and stereotyping anyone who supports Hillary as stupid, corrupt, deranged, and whatever else that's typically thrown our way. Every time I post on this forum, I feel like I'm facing a firing squad!

Hope you have a good day today.