Peacelover Hillary voted for an insane war that killed hundreds of thousands, but Bernie

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236. The system is set up to favor the establishment's anointed candidate

David vs. Goliath, so David won't wait for Goliath to crush him.

If the party wants nicey-nice, bring on the debates and let the candidates words be the topic of conversation. But no, Goliath has that deck stacked.

Long story short, the Sanders campaign has come from very humble beginnings and has played it very straight. It's gotten where it is because of the candidate and the campaign's message. Some Sanders supporters are going to energetically contrast their candidate and his positions vs. that of his opponent HRC. For the HRC camp to complain, given their campaign's many advantages, is to risk sounding unreasonable and entitled.

Either we have a primary that isn't rigged or we don't. It's not supposed to be about mounting token opponents to a candidate that the establishment has settled on.

Secretary Clinton is still favored to win by the oddsmakers, but the gains Sanders has made by absorbing some of her support were not due to any kind of dirty pool. And I say that applies here at DU as well as it does to the world outside it.

I heartily agree that we need to be more polite to each other though. Eventually we'll all be working together.