2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: A candidate that gets "damaged" by a primary run has no business anywhere near the GE. [View all]NanceGreggs
(27,835 posts)Where did I say Bernie didn't say he'd vote for her? Where did I say that he didn't campaign for her? Please feel feel to provide the links.
By the end of the primaries, the damage was done. He'd already told his supporters that the Dem Party was corrupt, and the only thing that would un-do that corruption was his nomination.
He was still refusing to concede after it was obvious he had no path to the nomination, and was vowing to take it "to the Convention floor". He played his supporters right up to the end, still leading them to believe he could win when he KNEW he couldn't. After months of whinging about the SDs, he told his supporters that he would appeal to those same SDs to overturn the will of the Democratic voters and support him instead.
Bernie's "integrity" was wanting from the get-go. It was never about what was good for the Party or the country - it was always about what was good for Bernie.