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In reply to the discussion: Clinton: I Urged 08 Supporters to Back Obama, Didnt Get That Respect from Sanders [View all]Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)OP headline: Clinton didn't get respect from Sanders.
Your defense of that smear: His supporters booed her at the convention.
Of course, even what you said is false if it's read to mean "all of his supporters". It was clearly a minority of his supporters, but even if it was every last one of them, it wasn't Bernie Sanders himself.
As has been pointed out on DU innumerable times:
* Sanders endorsed her (ticking off many of his supporters in the process -- one of the most honest and straightforward politicians in the country was called a "sellout" by some of them);
* Sanders campaigned for her extensively;
* The Sanders voters from the primaries voted for Clinton in higher proportion than the Clinton voters from the 2008 primaries voted for Obama.
It's absurd to hold a politician responsible for what all of his or her supporters do. For example, I believe that Hillary Clinton is not personally an anti-Semite, even though in the heat of the 2016 primaries it was not unheard-of for Clinton supporters to make anti-Semitic remarks about the first Jewish candidate to mount an effective campaign for the Presidency. (Sorry, Senator Lieberman, but your campaign went nowhere.)
I will say, in defense of utterly meritless posts like yours and many others, that the discussion on DU has been very instructive. It's clear that some people -- including, unfortunately, Hillary Clinton herself -- are still very focused on their hostility to Bernie Sanders. The flip side is that the discussions on JPR show that some people -- not including Bernie Sanders himself -- are still very focused on their hostility to Hillary Clinton. This will be a problem for the Democratic Party going forward.