Personal attacks are getting really vicious against me the more I speak out.

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41. It is INSANE what’s going on in here

I don’t post anti HRC stuff so I haven’t been on the attack list yet, but I’m painted with the Bernie Brush and some people who were “friends” before who are active in HRC won’t engage with me at all. It’s so childish - - just because we’re supporting different candidates?

I do have some friends & former employers who are close to HRC. I understand she is a genuine, likable and very intelligent woman. She was a fantastic Junior Senator for our State. She has many great qualities and it sounds like I would like her very much. But even the people who know her sum up her prospects with the simple word “baggage”. Most of the BS she has to deal with is manufactured, like that stupid email “scandal” and some hangovers from Bill, but some things I will never be able to swallow, like her way-too-cozy relationships with the banks (some of the aforesaid employers are hedge fund managers), her reluctance to take a stand on XL, and her proclivity - like most politicians, not just HRC - to wait to see which way the wind is blowing before taking a stand on important issues (like gay marriage) is bothersome. I love that Bernie is so absolutely genuine and consistent. He’s an old-school public servant who has not enriched himself by his position.

Will I vote for her if she is our candidate? Absolutely. Do I think she’ll be our candidate? Objectively, the answer is daily becoming less and less certain, and I believe she will NOT be.

But I’m not going in the HRC group to say that, and I think they should just leave us alone in here. We should be able to be enthusiastic about our candidate without being attacked.