I'll post this here ...

[1StrongBlackMan]

I guess some are finally reaching the 7th Stage of Grief: Acceptance.

I'm noticing a number of veiled ... and long ... GBCW threads. They are relatively easy to spot ... they start with "Good Luck" or jump immediately into the horrors that will surely befall the Democratic Party, the U.S, and the World, IF {which, I guess, means they are not quite to acceptance} HRC is the Party's nominee ... and end with "And don't blame me {though I plan to stay home, vote 3rd-Party, write-in Sanders, or vote for trump} ... I tried to warn/educate/enlighten you!"

July 25, 2016 can't get here soon enough.

And, I'll go on and say it ... I just hope Bernie (and his supporters) has the maturity/integrity, not to break stuff on their way out.

Perhaps, with time, they will come to realize (in Sanders' case, re-remember), HRC at her worst, is orders of magnitudes better than any republican.

[Iliyah]

1. Well said

[beachbum bob]

2. We saw all the same with 2008 Hillary supporters...

Much is sour grapes.. In the end Hillary got 100% behind Obama and she and her people were as responsible for Obama getting elected...

[1StrongBlackMan]

7. Unfortunately, Sanders doesn't appear to feel similarly obliged ...

and in that Morning Joe moment, I suspect Bernie showed exactly why he has so little peer support and has accomplished so little to advance the platform he is campaigning on, during his congressional tenure.

[Arkansas Granny]

30. I don't remember anyone trashing Obama the way the Bernie supporters have been trashing Hillary.

I supported Hillary in 2008, but I knew from the start that I would vote for the Democratic nominee. There were a lot of hurt feelings when Obama clinched the nomination, but I don't recall the reaction being so nasty toward him. I don't expect to see people parading right wing talking points on this website. I'll be glad when the dust settles and these posters either get with the program or leave.

[beachbum bob]

40. Short memory...I was in PCF....Obama was being crucified

By Hillary's supporters...losing sides take some time to reconcile... Be the same with most sanders people

[hamsterjill]

3. Well said.

And needed to be said!

Like you, I hope that Bernie supporters will ultimately come together with the rest of us and understand that the goal is to keep Donald Trump (or any other Republican) out of the White House.

[Squinch]

4. Kick. I am grateful to those who are sincere in their GBCW posts. If they truly

can't vote for her, they need to stop distracting us from the work ahead.

[Arkansas Granny]

5. Some will get over their disappointment, in time, and others were only here to agitate.

Until things are settled, I'm not even going to try to engage any Bernie supporters in conversation. I'll just be happy when the nomination is official and we don't have to read all the rw rumors and gossip about Hillary.

[Hekate]

6. Some of them are definitely....

...breaking stuff on their way out.

This gem is surviving to see the light of day with 136 replies and 21 Recs

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511846109

I join you in lighting a candle

[1StrongBlackMan]

11. Nah ... that's not breaking anything ...

it's just using their bare hand to smear feces on the wall ... thinking the odd looks they are receiving is because they soiled the wall; not, for HOW they soiled the wall.

BTW, I wonder if that poster realizes the humor in his/her (no doubt) incarnation screen-name choice.

[Hekate]

15. As of this morning I am putting out a call for an acronym, something snappy like POSUCS...

.... so that post and its fans can live in infamy.

BTW, I have a feeling the poster is oblivious to humor in any form. I mean, "impure vessel"? (post 43)

Hm, maybe that's it. Impure Vessel

On review of the thread, though, I feel a bit more encouraged than I did last night. We've got a bunch of people fighting back.

[KittyWampus]

34. I already got you covered Hekate- POSSOS. Piece of shit snake oil salesman.

Of course if I did an OP entitled that about Sanders, ala WillPitt, it'd get locked in a nanosecond.

[Fla Dem]

22. A RW screed from a poster who has only been on DU since Sunday and has a whole 36 posts.

I would alert but it would be voted down by their BS brethren and would only give the poster a "badge of honor".

[wryter2000]

36. They want to impeach her?

Don't you have to be in some kind of office to get impeached from it? What kind of mushrooms are they ingesting over there?

[Hekate]

37. You really should scan through that OP and thread...

There's pushback from sane (and embarrassed) BS supporters as well as HRC Dems, but as you can see from the Recs "metamorphosis" is gaining new friends all the time.

The "impure vessel" needs impeachment before even being sworn into office. The sheer insanity, the trolling, the...

[wryter2000]

38. I did see quite a bit of pushback

IMHO, some of these types are trolls. Probably some paid. Others are Naderites who would never lower themselves to call themselves Democrats.
The rest of Bernie's supporters are reasonable people who like Bernie's message. Those people will be with us for the general election.

[Hortensis]

41. Yes. No telling how many reasonable people stay silent because

they won't associate with that.

[GusBob]

8. I think quite a few are still in the anger and denial stages

too much bitterness for some to swallow

my other thought is some are toying with the idea of a mythical "purge" and their part in it. how do you want to go out? in a blaze of martyrs glory? do you want to fall on your valiant sword? or do you want to play the victim and claim banishment of the pure and innocent?

I also think we are going to see a long phase of "piece of shit used carsaleswoman" The low bar precedent has been set there.

Out of the fire and into the frying pan, so to speak

[Hortensis]

42. Ouch. Too much insight. Probably need to add

torch the place on the way out to the list.

[griffi94]

9. Ive seen a few of the good luck winning without my vote posts

It's just noise.

I realize that Bernie supporters are disappointed. Some bitterly.

We're not responsible for their choices.

They ones who are really for what Bernie stands for will vote for Hillary.
She may not be as progressive as they like but if the Republicans
win in Novemeber it's lights out for any kind of progress and the first
thing to go is every issue Bernie has supported.

The Bernie or Bust crowd is really the
Anyone but Her crowd.

They don't give 2 shits for Bernie he's just a better anti Hillary than trump.

Screw them.
Be calm, Carry on.

[Sparkly]

10. I just hope they make their way out.

This place has gone crazy. The admins are absent, the jury system is overrun with BSers who get away will anything and shut down whatever they don't like, and the boards have rightwing lies about HRC that come straight from the GOP!

[Stuckinthebush]

25. Agreed

I wonder when Skinner will come out and put a stop to the silliness.

[seaglass]

28. From today's ATA post it appears only when either someone drops out or the last primary vote has

been counted. So June 14.

[Stuckinthebush]

29. That's weak

I am sorry to say that but it is a weak policy. This place will become a loud and obnoxious anti Hillary site (even more so than now).

It is over and no amount of hope or magical unicorns will change it

[1StrongBlackMan]

31. I have no problem with the policy ...

Otherwise, it would be widely decried as a partisan purge ... not that it won't be widely decried as a partisan purge after the Nominee is selected.

[Stuckinthebush]

32. 1SBM - I'm finding myself excited about a purge

The racist, mysogynistic crap spewed daily in the guise of supporting Sanders has me angry. They need to go.

[1StrongBlackMan]

33. I hear you.

[Hortensis]

43. It'd only be a self-purge by those for whom

behaving to a minimum standard was unacceptable. Everyone who chose could stay and post their hearts out.

Great post, 1Strong.

[stonecutter357]

12. K&R!

[displacedtexan]

13. I just did something stupid.

I reacted to one of those "good luck" posts. You'd think I would know better by now. But, damn it! I was a devout Puma in the 2008 primary season. That being said, I campaigned for Obama in the general and I think he's been a great president!

And referring to yourself as a "burr" doesn't actually make you one.

[NurseJackie]

14. "Don't blame me" and "You were warned" and "Told you so" ...

... are common themes.

The "my vote can't be bought" and "I have too much integrity" themes aren't quite as bad as the ever present "I hope the GOP wins, and then you'll be sorry" people.

I hope they find a more mature and constructive way to deal with their disappointment. What they're doing now certainly does nothing to further the causes they claim to care about.

Maybe it will pass.

[1StrongBlackMan]

16. I take comfort in the fact that ...

those writing that have a long and storied history of being wrong about ... well ... every damned thing.

I hope they find a more mature and constructive way to deal with their disappointment

Might I suggest ... drinking heavily? That would be more mature and constructive.

[ismnotwasm]

17. I hope so as well

At the expense of repeating myself--I get it, I voted socialist or write in until 2000. I never voted for Bill Clinton, for instance. I understand. But I also understand not only the qualifications, but the symbolic power of Hillary Clinton-- as I understand how deadly, literally, republicans are. The world has moved on, and republicans haven't moved with it.

[yallerdawg]

18. They just want to jack us up some more on their way out!

Worldwide, DU has a handful of participants who have spent the last year in relentless Hillary Hate, and now they want to tell us we will lose in November without them.

I have never believed a single thing they spout. Not gonna start now.

And, yes - DU does purge - or I would never have contributed one penny to this website! We all know "the dearly departed."

Soon, I hope to have a reason to contribute more to DU!

[UtahLib]

19. K&R. nt

[brer cat]

20. Well said. K&R

[DemonGoddess]

21. K&R!

Well said!

[Fla Dem]

23. Good Bye Cruel World....

[Deuce]

24. In the end, I believe those that consider themselves Democrats will happily vote for Hillary.

[SharonClark]

35. Yes they will

[Hortensis]

44. Umhm. Anyone check out Trump's foreign policy speech?

Nuke ISIS, in Europe if necessary? In addition to those who will be happy to vote for her now, it seems likely some others will become at least somewhat relieved to have her. Some will turn out to be hopeless, of course, and will probably still be hissing incomprehensible hillhate when they're sitting around drooling in their wheelchairs.

[Gothmog]

26. In 2008, McCain's selection of Palin as VP convinced many PUMAs to vote for Obama

As people watch Trump, I feel that many Sanders supporters including many Bernie or Bust types will come to these senses. Trump is even more scary than Palin.

[1StrongBlackMan]

27. I suspect so, too ...

Trump is even more scary than Palin.

Yep ... palin was/is an idiot; trump is an idiot with an ego ... We can't have him anywhere near the nuke codes.

[Hekate]

39. Palin couldn't grow past being a high school Mean Girl with no power beyond her little state...

She was/is as vain as a canary in a roomful of mirrors, resentful, and just not as smart as she thinks she is.

Part of Trump has never matured past being the playground bully in elementary school; I find it intriguing that he found a home in that military school his parents sent him to.

But besides his bullying ego Trump has had extensive money and power his whole life. He understands much better how to wield it. Whatever brains he has he uses to accrue more vainglory to himself -- and though much better educated than Palin, he is also not as smart as he thinks he is.

Neither of them has any empathy toward others. Neither of them has any power of introspection.