So don't give up! It looks like the tide is shifting!

I made positive posts but there's just too much end of campaign wacky going down not to talk about any of it.

And I just sat on the losing end of a jury that decided not to hide a rah rah vote for Jill Stein post grr

bashing that had been going on for months left a lot of anger.

It will get better

and to see how they are complaining about DU, how they want their money back, etc.

And to think how slanted DU has been. We've all seen the bias in hiding pro Hillary and anti Sanders posts while keeping the same one alive and kicking. And now they are whining about DU and Skinner?

They need to grow up.... like most of his voters.

He just said that Bernie should be able to pick Clinton's Cabinet members.

It's. Far. From. Over.

contain his manic hatred of Hillary Clinton. A real Norman Bates.

Isn't he the guy that got BS an invitation and audience with the Pope?

If BS suporters still need to blame someone besides BS for their massive loss, this is the guy they should look to. His Pope Jumping The Shark stunt is when the campaign truly began to collapse.

Wait until the FEC is through with him after he sent 10 relatives on a Roman holiday with campaign cash.

to overturn the Feb caucus vote happened the weekend before the Pope-related brouhaha. The NV event was when I became very disappointed with Bernie and his campaign. But the "Pope Jumping the Shark stunt" - as you put it so well - is when I became thoroughly disillusioned.

Unfortunately, I have seen no reason yet to become "illusioned" again. I keep hoping, but so far ... no.

With advisors like Sachs, Bernie needed no enemies.

Who the hell has he been listening to, because it isn't Bernie!

There are a lot of hurt feelings right now. Skinner has already given them a time frame so why don't we just stick to that. There's no sense in stirring them up at this point.

... of days ago when the lengthy list of responses to a Bernie supporter congratulating Hillary had way more positive replies than negative. Not typical of GDP. I thought it might signal a turning of the tide.

If the other side keeps bashing you, you've got to defend yourself.

Just stop feeding the trolls.


Follow the example of our candidate and ignore/dismiss the haters. Reinforce the positive threads and posters. Don't reward the negative behavior of haters with hate.


It's better for our community and for our candidate.

I have already trashed and, for quite some time, not gone near the Sanders Group and the GDP Forum.

However, it was the candidate himself who stoked the hatred in many of his followers. They are not all paid trolls. And he is not an innocent politician. His hatred for Democrats has been brewing for many years.

I feel sorry for his followers. I hope they get better on their own, since their leader isn't helping very much.

I will not stop criticizing him until he decides to behave like a responsible adult. Having followed his character and behavior during this primary, I am not optimistic that he is even capable of changing course. This is not your usual political contest.

to put down our swords.

He is seeing the game through the last few minutes of play in DC. He's said he will be talking with Hillary very soon about how to unify. He's meeting with some of her top supporters on the hill with the same goal.

This was not your usual political contest, but they never are. And this one is over. Time to follow her lead and let it go. Work for unity instead of poking at raw wounds and things that divide us.

If there is anything less usual about this political contest, it is the genuine menace that lies on the other side. We need to get to work, and we need to work on doing it together.

But I don't trust Sanders. I will feel better if he cancels the protest gatherings in Philadelphia. There is a bit of a trickster in him.

I sincerely hope that this all plays out well, but I have the right to remain skeptical. Sanders has unresolved issues that lie at the heart of his campaign.

I hope my suspicions are unfounded and your optimism is justified. We'll soon see. But I am not a provocateur, in any case.

I'm sure there are others who also believe that we must work for unity, but also watch our backs.

for trouble. It would be irresponsible not to.

But I think we do need to keep our sights set further on the horizon, and reach out our hands, so that we may gather in as many to our shared goals as possible.

We'll see what happens after her announcement tonight. How will Sanders react? That will be the key.

And I can understand why. He's still looking for votes in DC. What's he going to say? I think endorsements of the other person on the ballot are great?

Next week, he'll suspend. As fast as he's moved thus far, I expect to see him on the trail with Hillary very, very soon.

As far as his verbal response is concerned, he could say a lot of things without saying he agrees with the endorsement.

He could have said something today, in response to the reporter's question, without agreeing with Obama's endorsement. He could have said he was disappointed. His silence was deafening.

And I do not think he will suspend next week. He will hold on until the convention. Let's see whether he cancels the protest gatherings in Philadelphia. JMHO.

Anyway, his speech this evening will tell us a lot.

you are right. But ... time will tell.

WWHD? What would Hillary do?

Endorsements rolling in, love these posts, trying to stay out of GD-P, a lot of good OP here in the Hillary group.

You'll feel better, I promise.

to process everything and move to the next phase, it also takes time for some Clinton supporters. The reasons are obviously different, but both need time.

Sorry but there will be no indictment and the law is clear that one has to have a culpable mental state to commit a crime.

what you tried to do, the Bernie supporters I been running into don't want to be healed or unified.

Don't feed the haters. Don't fuel the hate and division by responding in kind.

Ignore or dismiss the negativity you run into and choose instead to reinforce positive posts and posters. Don't reward the negative behavior of attention-seekers with your attention.

the moment they go negative towards me, I block them.

I used to be quite guilty of jumping into every scrum. It was a hard habit to break.

I still make no promises on Susan Sarandon though. That's a bridge too far.

and admire your determination

Hang in there, and stay in this group. It's the only way to keep your sanity around here, still.