My "big boss" has been a huge Bernie or Buster

[obamanut2012]

And has inappropriately been dismissive of Hillary supporters in meetings. A good person, a very smart person, but has been Saradon-like on this subject.

She's called Hillary someone we can't be trusted yada yada yada will be voting for Jill Stein if Bernie doesn't get the nom yada yada yada DWS yada yada yada rigged, etc. The whole nine yards.

Ten minutes ago, she posted on her Facebook that she and everyone else needs to get over it and support Hillary, because, and I quote, the "differences between Hillary and Trump is startling, and I decided my bruised pride is less important than watching our world burn."

[sarae]

1. !!!

That's awesome. I've been hearing more and more stories like this after the convention and it makes me so happy.

[obamanut2012]

11. I think the contrast between the two conventions

Made people really see what could happen to us.

[rjsquirrel]

2. Better late than never

"Bosses for Bernie" has a funny ring to it.

Personally I wouldn't want my boss telling me how to vote or how s/he was voting. None of their business and not appropriate in a work relationship - your employees shouldn't feel your politics affect your judgments of their work.

[obamanut2012]

12. Someone said something to her privately and she stopped

[treestar]

3. Yes

the choice between the orange one and a human sort of brings it home.

[KMOD]

4. That's wonderful.

I expect more and more to come on board.

[lapfog_1]

5. Or to put it another way...

Hillary might have voted for war... Donald would start a nuclear war.

[Orsino]

6. Or-bust has always been a negotiating tactic for some.

Why not hold onto it until whatever one feels is the last possible moment? No hate here. There are still months to canvass and volunteer for a good Democrat.

[MADem]

7. Well, that's great news!

I'm a little troubled that your boss would badger ANYONE in the work place about their political affiliation, though--I just think that is not appropriate and suggests a failure of leadership skills.

I wouldn't like to hear that stuff even if it was to do with a candidate I supported. It just doesn't belong at work, especially when people feel like if they disagree, they could fired or denied promotion.

[DemonGoddess]

8. ...

[LoverOfLiberty]

9. Wonderful anecdote

Hoping to hear many more of them between now and November, including from disaffected Republicans.

[AgadorSparticus]

10. If she can get from A to B, I am hopeful many others will too. Sweet. Good to hear!

[calimary]

13. Wow! That's great news!

Thank you for sharing that very encouraging tidbit with us, obamanut2012! Sorta restores one's faith!

If it's ever appropriate to do so, please send her our/my appreciation as well.

Hey, it's HARD to get over a loss like this! It's damn HARD!!! I can totally sympathize with Bernie supporters for having come up short. When you have your whole heart set on something and you come up empty at the end, it's the bummer of all bummers! I take that heartbreak very seriously. It's worse than being jilted by your first love, because it involves something so much larger and over-arching. I'd say plenty of Hillary supporters know that feeling, personally, having gone through it themselves at one time or other. Especially in 2008.

And remember how most of us felt when dubya finally "triumphed" in Selection 2000? You wanna talk about feeling miserable? Sheesh...

So I try to keep that in mind. Those who are now finding their way toward supporting Hillary, especially knowing how earnestly they supported Bernie Sanders, I applaud. It's strong, committed, dedicated, and BIG people (and I don't mean their girth or bone structure, either) with their eyes on the prize and the big picture long-term (which also includes both Hillary AND Bernie) who can somehow make this transition successfully. I personally can't make that easier for any of them, much as I might like to. But I CAN appreciate the livin' daylights outta them and express tremendous gratitude.

[Agschmid]

14. This will happen more and more.

[Mr.Bill]

15. My 26 year old granddaughter

is a huge Bernie supporter also. Her take is that she won't vote for Hillary because she holds her personally responsible for stealing primaries from Bernie. She can't comprehend how anyone could have gotten more votes than Bernie. Oh, well, at least she interested and passionate about politics for the first time in her life. And I have 100 days to work on her. Right now she is walking around with a blank stare on her face like a family member died or something.

[No Vested Interest]

16. Many of us can likely relate to the first big political loss

we faced after being emotionally involved in elections.
Mine go back to high school days - so very long ago.

[Mr.Bill]

17. Absolutely.

When McGovern lost to Nixon it took me a long time to get interested in politics again.

[dflprincess]

42. I still can't believe that more people voted for Nixon

[barbtries]

55. i'll never forget that

i was 17, couldn't even vote, but went with a friend of mine and waited in her car. she had a mcgovern sticker on her car. she went and voted for nixon because the night before her boyfriend told her he was going to win. i was so disgusted and so helpless. hei won in a landslide because of dirty tricks and bullshit. i believe i was born a liberal democrat but that election was when i first really began to loathe the republicans.

[obamanut2012]

23. My boss is almost twice as old, and pragmatic

Hopefully, your granddaughter will understand what can happen to us all.

[Fresh_Start]

37. Would something like this be useful?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/07/30/1554378/-About-that-conspiracy

To believe that there is any significant degree of corruption in the process is to believe an impossibly large number of people are both in support of Hillary Clinton and willing to commit a crime on her behalf.

[Mr.Bill]

40. Thanks, maybe eventually.

First I'm going to leave her alone for awhile and see if time heals things a little. Then when the time is right I'm going to sit down with her and tell he a story about two guys named Nixon and McGovern. That was my first election I could vote in. It was horrifying to see that monster elected to a second term. Ditto both times Reagan was elected. But I got over it, life went on and I remained optimistic and involved.

[GaYellowDawg]

18. Pfff. Typical woman.

You know, flexible-thinking, empathetic, and smart.

[Cirque du So-What]

19. Where did you find a 'big boss' like that?

Throughout my career, my 'big bosses' ran the gamut from Better Business booster types to frustrated theocratic poobahs. I wouldn't know how to act if one displayed the slightest deviation from hard right.

[obamanut2012]

24. Lucky I am thinking!

[keithbvadu2]

20. "Bernie or Bust" is cut your nose off to spite your face.

[DinahMoeHum]

21. Good for her. She gets it.

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[obamanut2012]

25. it's she

[Yallow]

22. "my bruised pride is less important than watching our world burn"

I will be putting a I'm With Her bumper sticker on my bumper next to my Bernie bumper sticker.

Time to fix our country.

Helping Trump won't fix anything.

I don't care if Hillary takes a little longer than Bernie.

[obamanut2012]

26. Forward motion is progress

I am also hoping against hope for a Dem Congress.

[TNNurse]

51. This indicates that some are more

focused on what they want then what Sanders wants. He understands that it is not about him but about the country. Some of his followers seemed to have missed this.

[emulatorloo]

27. Great! Glad to hear about the conversion!

That being said, she should have been reprimanded by her superiors if she was doing that shit to employees.

[obamanut2012]

33. She is a liberal -- and finally agrees Hillz is, too

[mountain grammy]

29. Me too. I even ordered a tee shirt

and some yard signs, bumper stickers, buttons.. ok, I've gone a little crazy

[obamanut2012]

34. lol

[DLCWIdem]

30. while I am glad there's a convert I am a little leery about her being a boss

After all in 2012 didn' t we criticize the Koch brothers for trying to fix the election for Romney when the pressured their employees to vote RepublicAn.

[Ninga]

31. Not surprised it took a bit for her to pivet to Hillary. Time is a great equalizer. I try to give

strong Bernie supporters their space, allow them to relax and make it no big deal when they convert. It's how I would want
to be treated.

[Demsrule86]

32. I think that will happen more and more

As the primary recedes and hurt feelings and anger dissipate people will start watching Trump and be shocked at who he is and who follows him. We can not allow Trump to become president...he is a monster and clearly insane. I like Hillary...she is a good person and has been attacked for years unfairly.

[obamanut2012]

35. Cosign your entire post!

[Pluvious]

36. Like KO said, it's paper cuts vs cancer !! n/t

[Vattel]

38. I don't get it. Why would her pride have been bruised?

[Mr Maru]

39. Sounds like she succumbed to an outbreak of sanity! Good for her; and all of us.

Because this can't happen, and there's only one way to stop it.

[qnr]

41. That is certainly good to hear.

Hopefully, a lot more people will start to come around.

[Cha]

43. Brilliant! thanks for posting, obamanut!

[DFW]

44. "Watching Our World Burn" is definitely an option

I'm glad to hear she rejects it!

[Liberal_in_LA]

45. ..

[Warren DeMontague]

46. No one who understands what a primary is, should really have much "bruised pride" at all.

Look, I supported Sanders. I knew he was a long shot. Hillary got more votes. Hillary won, she's the nominee. So we support the nominee as the logical outcome of the primaries. That's what we did, that's what Hillary's people did, in 2008.

As far as your boss, "bruised pride", hey, whatever it takes. But me, I dont take the fact that my candidate didnt win the primaires, personally.

I just want OUR candidate to win the White House.

[nikto]

47. No matter how much of a Bertnie-supporter you are ...

You will "get over the hump" once you truly understand the meaning of
catastrophe.






Trump = Catastrophe


Plain & simple.





We Democrats can hash-out our other differences on the issues after the election.

[IronLionZion]

48. Did the convention help?

I would think the overwhelmingly positive message exuding confidence and solid plans and showing her qualifications may have helped bring in a lot of people who might have been on the fence. It showed a clear difference between the two main parties. And I have lost any respect for Jill Stein.

I trust Hillary and think she has good plans for us. It baffles me that other liberals don't. A friend of mine just can't get over the email server scandal and also claims that her friends at State Dept think Hillary is abusive/mean to her workers and takes them for granted. Not that our votes matter much since we live in DC.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

49. I would like having a boss...

... who was a Bernie supporter! That's not cool for her to politically bully people under her, though.

Nearly all of my bosses have been hard-core Republicans or Libertarians over the years. The less actual work that they do, and the more they delegate tasks on others, the more they've been that way politically!

[jimlup]

50. Wish I could get this message through to my wife...

she's a Bernie or bust and won't budge. She seems to have something personal going on regarding Clinton but I can't figure out what to say to cause her doubt her bias. This is going to sound weird but I think it is a form of sexism. An assertive woman hating another assertive woman or a similar psychological bias.

[dofus]

52. While everyone is entitled to support whomever they wish,

it is totally inappropriate to behave in that sort of way as a boss. It's not really a good thing to do if you're merely a worker bee either.

Discussions of politics ought to be kept out of the workplace as much as possible.

[raven mad]

53. I have a Bernie bumper sticker on my front door.

My yard signs all say HILLARY!

[barbtries]

54. i know one or two bernie or busts

and at least one person who has said he would vote for stein. very curious to see if he's seen the light by now.

[Onyrleft]

56. Three more months of Trumpisms.

Still bugged about Bernie but it's time to vote like a grownup. Protest votes for Stein could hand Supreme Court judges to Trump.

It's either Nein on Stein or a nazi nine.