Bill Richardson gets it. Huge Hillary supporter. Just said on msnbc - Hillary & her supporters

[jillan]

need to recognize the Bernie Sanders is a serious candidate & need to recognize that he does have a movement following with him and to be careful they do not alienate his voters. This would be a huge mistake because some of their voters might not vote for Hillary if they are pushed away.

He was on for about 4 minutes, totally shilling for Hillary which was great because *it was based on issues* - then he was asked about Bernie & the latino vote (Richardson is Latino). That's when he went into the above mini-rant.

Thank you Bill! I respect your decision to support Hillary because it is based on issues!

[daleanime]

1. Respect, yes.....

disagree, yes also.

[beltanefauve]

2. I just chided

a Hillarian on another thread for calling us "fans " rather than "supporters " Again. They disrespect us at their own peril.

[Cleita]

3. Truthfully a little late. They already have alienated every Bernie supporter I know.

It will take some back flips on the Hillary side to get them to support her including me.

[marew]

4. You've got that right!

After all the modifications and changes in positions she has been making lately, who knows where she'd land if she is elected! There are good and valid reasons why the majority consider her dishonest! I will never vote for her- I'll leave that box blank.

[Vincardog]

6. Where she'd land is with the neo-cons on war and the neo-liberals on enforcing the corporate agenda

Expect no help on getting the corrupt money out of politics. No progress removing corporate control.
She will never nominate a Supreme Court justice to rule the TPP is a treaty and requires 3/4 Senate approval.

[BernieforPres2016]

7. It is irrelevant that Hillary supporters offend me

Is anybody really going to decide who to vote for based on whether the supporters for a particular candidate are nasty or nice? The Clintonistas could praise Bernie and flatter his supporters endlessly and it wouldn't make me one iota more likely to vote for that corporatist war mongering crook.

The "we need to be nice to them" to get them to vote for our inevitable nominee (because it is a rigged process) Hillary meme is worse than their contempt.

[DeeDeeNY]

5. He deserves respect

No longer a Judas http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/24/carville-stands-by-judas-remark/?_r=0

[BernieforPres2016]

8. Typical Clinton/Carville

Nothing short of blind loyalty to the Clintons is acceptable. That doesn't go in the other direction, of course.

[SoapBox]

14. Agree.

That whole batch of Clinton "era" types, usually they were somehow involced with that Administration, had come out of the woodwork for her.

They are what I frequently call the Entrenched Elite Establishment...they got their power...they got their money...but they are not yet ready for their rocking chairs and don't want anyone rocking their boats.

What an eye opener it has been for me, to see so many that I thought were good liberal/Proggressive Democrats, show their true colors as hard core Turd Wayers, leaning WAY to the Right.

[stillwaiting]

9. That is WAY, WAY, WAY too late. nt

[bkkyosemite]

10. Many of them imply we are just dumb asses being led with rings in our noses. Oh are they wrong!

[CharlotteVale]

11. Treating us with so much contempt shows just how she'd act if she were elected.

[BernieforPres2016]

13. We would be treated just like Hillary's supporters after the election

But they would be the ones with battered supporters syndrome, not us.

[kath]

12. So, on what issues is he basing his support for HRH?

because her stances on the vast majority of issues are NOT consistent with traditional Democratic values (of the Democratic Wing of the Democratic Party, not the asshole corporatist wing.)

So freaking sick of all the DLC/ThirdWay/TrojanHorse infiltrators. Enough of their bullshit.

[SoapBox]

15. ^^^This! ^^^

[jillan]

17. It's his right to endorse anyone he wants BUT I appreciate him acknowledging Bernie & supporters

which is more than the msm, her supporters and her campaign.

I think he worked with Billybob when Bill was prez.

[MoonchildCA]

16. Well, last time around he endorsed Obama, and...

...suffered the wrath of the Clintons afterward. As he was more of a player back then, his endorsement carried a bit more weight. Now, I question his motivation. How have her policies changed?
Could just be he wants a place in her administration-can't help being cynical...