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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders remains one of Americas most popular politicians [View all]synergie
(1,901 posts)Yeah, it's sad that some people simply cannot seem to let go of the bitterness and hate they whipped up in the primaries. Some people really do need to figure out that the rest of us have moved on and are fighting the guy who coopted some of that bitter hate to keep people from voting for the only progressive on that ballot.
Here is a citation you might have missed, that shows that the conservatives were actually rather fond of Bernie, there was a lot rhetoric back then that was being used by nefarious forces to attack Hillary, since she was pretty much the only qualified candidate that the RW and other forces were terrified of.
http://www.salon.com/2015/07/09/conservatives_bernie_sanders_lovefest_why_the_right_has_the_hots_for_a_prickly_socialist/
They thought Bernie was weak, and thus they spent a lot of money promoting him, and worked hard to shove their RW nonsense onto the innocent and naive supporters they felt they could poison with 20 years of toxic hate and misogyny. Didn't work on most people who supported Bernie, but on enough who didn't know any better and believed all the fake news they pumped out.
The attempts to divide and toxify actual Democrats was something that we had all been pointing out, but here is a link that should educate you on how so many people were affected during the primary, and why some simply cannot let go.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-fake-news-russia_us_58c34d97e4b0ed71826cdb36
Hindsight should teach us exactly how so many were fooled and why so much toxic hate and bitterness seemed to flood the internets. It wasn't pretty, but the toxic ones sure did overplay their hand, didn't they?