Honestly thinking about it more and more, the Bernie-Hillary stuff is actually quite tame compared to how things went down in 2008. Things were a lot uglier at the end of that Democratic primary than this one. I just think with social media now the hostility between the sides seems a lot stronger, but really its not. If it were as strong as 2008 most Hillary supporters would be calling Bernie a communist, instead they mostly leave him alone (other than to say they don't think his platform is realistic) and instead go after Bernie supporters. In 2008 most Hillary supporters then were like the Bernie or Busters are now. But today most Hillary supporters would back Bernie no problem if he had won.
So everyone will probably calm the #### down at some point. Bernie supporters were the most intensely passionate supporters I've ever seen, and it'll take some time for them to go through the stages. What will be interesting is if they feel any sort of betrayal when he eventually endorses her. The reaction to Warren endorsing Hillary will sort of give an idea how they'll react to Bernie doing the same.
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Yeah, I even pointed that out to some of my die hard angry Hillary friends and they dismissed the whole 2008 election, saying it was nothing like this one. I agree 100% Clay.
Social media is the problem to a large degree, in that a lot of people seem to think its representative of society as a whole, but its not even close. Twitter is Twitter, and its pretty much its own universe and its kind of detached from reality. I enjoy it as a news source and for sports #### talk, but it is a terrible tool for grasping the real world. So many people on there living in their own bubbles, and with confirmation bias easier than ever to fall into, it perpetuates things.
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I really disliked the % of Bernie supporters that seemed oblivious to facts, posted constant nonsense from laughable sources. I still see some posting total nonsense.
Yeah. I mean vast majority of my FB are Finns, and I STILL get way too much nonsense than I would care for.
And while people have been happily posting newslinks of every perceived Sanders victory (even ones that really were not), no mention of how California went down. Or the vast difference in popular vote in the end.
I'm quite disappointed in many of my friends / contacts. Not that I haven't seen stuff like this before, but it's still annoying.
The name that keeps coming up now for VP is Sherrod Brown. Popular figure with progressives, from a swing state (Ohio), under the age of 70 (someone has to be right?). Checks most of the boxes for the Dems.
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"I will do everything in my power ... to make sure Donald Trump does not become president," the Vermont senator said following a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama.
Then don't stay in this race and divide the Democrat votes even more? His stance is confusing. He has yet to realize that he's lost.
The name that keeps coming up now for VP is Sherrod Brown. Popular figure with progressives, from a swing state (Ohio), under the age of 70 (someone has to be right?). Checks most of the boxes for the Dems.
Yeah, which is interesting in itself because insiders in Bernie's campaign have noted that one of his main goals (outside of, for example, making sure Debbie Wasserman-Schultz gets fired) is making sure Sherrod Brown is not the VP candidate.
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I can't wait for the history books to reflect on the moment Hillary told Trump to delete his account. That really should be her pitch to Bernie voters "Yeah, you don't like me...but don't you wanna see Trump get his ass kicked by a woman?"
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The name that keeps coming up now for VP is Sherrod Brown. Popular figure with progressives, from a swing state (Ohio), under the age of 70 (someone has to be right?). Checks most of the boxes for the Dems.
He doesn't check one very important one... the governor of his state is a Republican. So that would be one more seat they'd (Democrats) need to retake the Senate since he'd appoint a Republican to replace Brown. Ditto for E. Warren.
If you're looking for a Senator to fill the VP seat it's gotta be one from a state with a Democratic governor. In terms of sitting senators I think it'd basically come down to Tim Kaine (Someone from a Swing State) or Al Frankin (Someone to excite Bernie's crowd).
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