I am not angry at Bernie. I don't really care when he chooses to officially quit.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

The primaries are over, and we on du should focus on what it will take to get the democratic nominee HRC elected.

There is no anger, I'm just over pretending that the primary is not over. It is over. She won. Let's help her win the general election.

That is all.

[BlueCaliDem]

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out campaigning enthusiastically with the Democratic nominee, I'm no longer angry at Sanders or his dwindling group of supporters. But I have to admit, I was before all the above happened.

But yes, with President Obama set to campaign with Hillary Clinton next week and the G.E. in full swing already, I'm happy as could be that we'll be getting another true-blue Democrat into the White House and am enthusiastically guessing along with other Democrats who will she choose as her VP running mate!

[geek tragedy]

2. Nina Turner supported Cinton in 2014, she currently has no plans to vote for, let alone support

Clinton

She's not really a Democrat anymore

[still_one]

6. Exactly right

[BlueCaliDem]

12. That's gratitude for ya! And you're right - she doesn't appear to be a Democrat anymore.

I also can't find her tweet where she proclaimed #ImWithHer. I recall seeing lots of hate directed at her for it while I left a tweet thanking her. Now I can't find it. Maybe she took it down to stem the hateful vitriol she was getting.

[geek tragedy]

13. someone retweeted her 2014 statement, before Sanders ran.

She's completely repudiated that stand.

[BlueCaliDem]

15. You're right. She repudiated that stand when she lost the election to become SoS.

It appears that she's making her opposition to Hillary Clinton this presidential year a personal vendetta.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. I wad irritated that he was not doing what she did in 2008

Till I saw the poll numbers. She's not really floundering now, so no reason for me to be angry. I want her to win with a giant margin and that is my focus.

[lunamagica]

7. Nina Turner Tweeted #ImWithHer? Wow, that was unexpected.

[geek tragedy]

10. That was 2014. Nina Turner is now a third party, Bernie-or-Bust type nt

[brooklynite]

11. No, she didn't...

....I think this refers to her INITIAL support for Clinton; she then switched to Sanders and is still with him...

Nina Turner ?@ninaturner Jun 29
Bernie Sanders: Democrats Need to Wake Up - http://NYTimes.com

True That @BernieSanders

[BlueCaliDem]

14. MY MISTAKE. That was in 2014.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1107171252

I guess she's gotten bitter and angry that the Clintons didn't help her win the SoS position in Ohio and she was effectively ousted from a good-paying public job.

[JustAnotherGen]

3. Well said!

Anger at Sanders would be fruitless - there's not point to it.

Now lets throw a big collective elbow at that awful piece of shit Trump. It's time for him to go home!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

9. Yup. Plus most Bernie supporters have migrated over

Even the kids have broken for her recently.

I don't know that he is really consequential right now.

[Armstead]

31. He remains consequential....as do the beliefs of his supporters

They will remain consequential during and after the election.

We'll vote for Clinton to Stop Trump and the GOP, but that does not mean blind absorption into the borg. Or, if you prefer a Dr. Who reference, we will not become Cybermen.

[MohRokTah]

5. Best bet is to just ignore any post mentioning the loser of the primaries.

That way, it all goes away because the loser of the primaries is irrelevant to the GE now. That candidate's actions no longer have any effect as anybody that supported the loser of the primaries who hasn't already moved over to the nominee won't be voting for the nominee, regardless. Time to just give up on anybody like that and try to pick up more from the middle and disaffected anti-Trump Republicans by performing the standard GE pivot.

Write them off, they weren't going to vote for the Democratic nominee any way.

[morningfog]

8. That's the reality. There is no sense in fighting a battle that is over.

That goes for both Hillary and Bernie supporters. Bernie's just playing it out in his own way but it is really of no moment. Hillary is the nominee and Bernie will be behind her by the time the GE is truly underway.

[LongtimeAZDem]

16. Exactly; he is no simply longer relevant at this point (nt)

[Stuckinthebush]

18. ^ This

Every day that he refuses to concede and actively move to support the Democratic nominee is another step into irrelevancy. Current events starting with Orlando left him standing behind. His story is older and older news. Where he CAN help if he is interested in moving his message from thought to reality is to actively work with Clinton's team to promote the Democratic candidate and, by doing so, create real political capital to advance some of his agenda. The longer he waits the less he is needed by the Clinton campaign. In fact, his stock is probably close to the bottom now.

[Surya Gayatri]

17. Couldn't agree more, LLP. No sense looking back for the stragglers.

Either they'll catch up with the parade, or they won't.

Immaterial really, when Sanders decides to call it quits.

He is daily slipping further away from the center of power and influence. He has willfully exiled himself from the main arena of action.

Pity...he is sabotaging the very "political revolution" that he campaigned on.

[brer cat]

19. K&R

[aikoaiko]

20. I somewhat agree. Focusing on concession and endorsement is beside the point.

I really don't understand the HRC supporter focus on concession and endorsement.

I believe helping the Democratic party win the Whitehouse is supplemented by supporting Bernie's effort to influence the party platform right up to votes in the convention.

Bernie supporters are wiling to vote for HRC, but Bernie still speaks for many of us and outside the party who would like to see more of his agenda adopted.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

21. The party agenda will be controlled by the majority

And the majority voted for her, so her policies will win. Despite all the propaganda, we too understand policy, and we preferred hers by a four million margin.

[Surya Gayatri]

22. "Elections matter"...to the winner the spoils.

[aikoaiko]

35. Of course you understand policy, but the platform committee is a deliberative process

where minority groups may convince some or all members of the party to vote for something.

If it just supposed to be determined by Hillary there wouldn't need to be a committee or vote.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

36. yes, a deliberative process that will closely reflect what the leader of the party wants

just like the 08 platform was more reflective of Obama than Clinton.

[KMOD]

23. I'm not angry,

but I admit to being a bit annoyed at their insistence that I be angry. But it's been like that since his campaign started, harassing people, attempting to intimidate people, telling people to "feel the bern".

sigh

[La Lioness Priyanka]

24. i am not angry, but i think its best for people to acknowledge that she won, which also means her

platform won, her agenda won, her policies won.

I think too many people assume that we voted for Clinton for non-policy reasons. This is both condescending and wrong.

[KMOD]

26. Exactly.

[Ken Burch]

25. OK. Fair enough.

We all know that HRC won.

Now, it's mainly about the platform(which has been a pretty good combination of things both campaigns stood for) and the way the party is run in the future, which does need to change in many ways.

I hope we can all work something good out on those points.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

27. i think its best for people to acknowledge that she won, which also means her platform won

her agenda won, and her policies won.

I think too many people assume that we voted for Clinton for non-policy reasons. This is both condescending and wrong.

she won because of her platform, which will eventually be the platform democrats agree on due to her winning the primary by a large margin.

[sufrommich]

28. I feel the same way.nt

[Squinch]

29. I hear you, but frankly it pisses me off that he keeps trashing Hillary and Democrats. With

respect to endorsements or a concession, though, I don't think it matters what he does.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

30. i haven't personally paid attention to anything he has said past the DC primary

when the primaries ended, and he went back to being a Senator from Vermont.

[tonedevil]

33. Your lack of anger...

is palpable.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

34. i think more likely people interpret any opinions from women as being emotive and not rational

i have no anger at all towards Bernie.

[Blue_Tires]

37. kicked

[pnwmom]

38. Yeah, but I could live without the treatises on how we're really angry

because we only supported Hillary because she's a woman and Bernie got in the way of that.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

39. Def