A candidate that gets "damaged" by a primary run has no business anywhere near the GE.

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99. Then you must wasn't the opp research file on Sanders released

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The two foot thick one that Clinton never used.

The candidate who belongs in the primary is the one who wins the most votes. I understand that concept is unacceptable in certain quarters, but some of us still believe in electoral democracy.

The GOP endorses your message. They ask you continue that approach so that they continue to increase their grip on power. The irony is you make that point in defense of a candidate who no one ever ran against and who was treated with kid gloves so as not to alienate his supporters. This is the same candidate his supporters insisted was too good to be challenged by black lives matter or have mere women ask about his commitment to their equal rights. This is the same candidate whose supporters used juries to hide any discussion of his voting record and campaign finance violations and who descended on any progressive, liberal or organization that dared to criticize him in any way. The widespread behavior of a number of Sanders supporters during the primary made clear that they did not want a hard primary against him, insisted he not be vetted, and insulted anyone who dared to as much as ask about his policies.

Clinton should have used that file because what she failed to understand is the commitment some (a small minority) of those supporters had to the destruction of the Democratic Party and the undermining of rights of the Democratic voters they hold in such contempt. Now we see the results of their efforts is a fascist about to enter the White House, and they are so unconcerned about what that means for the non-white men of this country they continue to focus entirely on a primary settled months ago. SS and Medicare are about to be privatized, hate crimes spiking in alarming ways, and billionaires raiding the national treasury, and the only thing that concerns them is that their favored member of the political elite was denied what they see as his right to rule.

We are in Germany in 1933, and you continue to refuse to stand up for Hitler because you are so focused on your anger toward the opposition against him. This is precisely how fascism takes hold.

You seem to think what matters are personalities, Clinton vs Bernie. It is shout fascism vs democracy, where neither Clinton or Bernie are any longer relevant. It is about whether the citizenry has the courage to stand up to injustice or whether their petty animosities about long since moot contests means they collaborate with or ignore the evil we now face.