Imagine: Bernie gets the primary. Hooray. He's the democratic candidate. But for nearly a year you've been "setting the record straight" on Hilary. Saying not-nice things about her. Saying not-nice things about her supporters. So. Now it's time to get Bernie elected. All the Bernie folk are fired up and ready to work 24/7 to do it. Wouldn't it be nice if the Hilary people were on board helping you do that?
After all these months of you telling them, repeatedly, that they need to be straightened out...why should they? Have you given them a reason to help get Bernie elected? To work as tirelessly for him as they did for Hilary?
If Bernie is best for the job, setting HIS record straight and making the differences obvious in emphasizing his positives will do that. There is no reason to undermine Hilary—and there is most especially no reason for some of the posts I'm seeing here like "shame on Hilary" and "Hilary needs to answer this," and "I'll cut off my hands before voting for Hilary," and "How could any liberal vote for Hilary," etc. as if Bernie's a saint and she's a devil. When you phrase things that way, you're not "setting the record straight" and you know it. Or would you tell a friend, "I'd don't know how a fat cow like you can wear something like that!" rather than, "I don't think that dress flatters your curves?" Both are setting the record straight, but one is mean-spirited and going to lose you that friend.
If you show respect for Hilary and her supporters (and, yes, her supporters must do as much for Bernie and his supporters in turn), then if he gets the nomination, you will have all that many more working to get him elected. Isn't that worth playing nice and polite rather than being mean spirited? "Setting the record straight" should never be used as an excuse to spit venom—and spitting venom, even in the name of truth, is short-sighted at best.
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