To Bernie supporters (not at all critical!)
You have a right to be angry about the DNC emails. I supported HRC and I'm angry about it, too, because while I certainly wanted my candidate to win, I wanted her to win without any advantages. I think that there should be consequences. I think that Wasserman-Schultz has undergone a very public shaming along with her firing, and I think that's appropriate. I also think that her "honorary" position is a meaningless position specifically created to marginalize her, and although I'd like to see her completely gone from the entire Democratic political process, marginalizing her is another form of punishment by public shaming. I hope that we don't see anything like this again. On a side note, I also hope that this blows a huge hole in the Trump claim that he's not beholden to anyone. Imagine the cognitive dissonance if a Trump voter finds out that his candidate is beholden to someone, and that someone is a Russian! Heads. Exploding.
Living in the South, I have to tell all of you that I don't think the DNC's bias could have made up the delegate margin between Bernie and Hillary that really propelled her to victory. I really don't. It could have made the race closer, and I wouldn't have minded that, either. Nothing wrong with a close race so long as we can win the general afterwards.
I wanted to let you all know how much I admire your willingness to lay aside your feeling of loss, and your understandable anger, to do what's right for the country in defeating Trump. I know that MSNBC and others are trying to push the idea that Bernie supporters are all heading for Trump and the Green Party, but I also know that it's simply not true. I think that you are truly patriotic for stepping up to help defeat Trump. It is my greatest wish that Hillary wins, and that after the first year or so, that you can think, "well, I wanted Bernie, but Hillary hasn't been so bad."
Anyhow, thank you. THANK YOU. I got a huge lump in my throat when I saw Bernie's brother vote for him, and I got another lump along with apparently some dust in my eye when he made the motion for acclamation. I hope that you feel like your candidate has been honored at this convention, and I hope that you feel like his ideas and your passions have gotten attention after Hillary takes office.
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