Game changing mensch

It is wonderful to respect & love Bernie - HE is the campaign's most unique force.  But don't go all Republicany,  giving feelings more power than facts. 

Bernie brought out the best in us, while Trump draws out the worse.  Trump will take the natural ill will at the DNC deep-sixing Bernie's campaign & turn it totally toxic. 

Bernie is the ultimate mensch - and he doesn't want his supporters to be played for a bunch of schmucks.

Last night, President Obama's speech hit it out of the ballpark.  But one of the things that gave it such soaring power were its shout-outs & respect for both Bernie & his supporters.  Our president, leader of the Democratic Party, made it clear to the world that Bernie is one of his own.  It does not heal the wounds of how Bernie was finagled by the DNC, will not touch those who are beyond being reached, but it offered salve to those who seek healing.

It would be nice to have a magic wand right now, to be able to show Bernie supporters HOW different this convention would have been without him being the game-changing mensch he's always been. 

Bernie ran as a way to get his message out. 

He ran as a Democrat because he's always sat with the party's caucus, because it would give him a bigger podium for delivering his message. 

He ran to deliver us a message & he gave us more than a champion, he made it a race, turned the party more progressive than it's been in decades, was the force for good he's always been. 

Bernie is my hero for reasons far different than the rest of my friends, then most of America.  He is my hero because he showed that it is never too late to be bold.  At 74, he had the physical stamina to keep on going, the mental stamina to deliver his message as a clarion call, had the heart to win everyone over - if not their vote, he got their respect.  He's da man!

Love  Bernie, respect him.  And vote for Hillary.  This is not the election for casting protest votes or trying to build up a viable 3rd party or sitting it out. 

In 1968, when I was 16, when stay-at-home Dems handed Richard Nixon his first term. 

I was 48 when Dems' 3rd party votes opened the door to stealing the 2000 election, handing Bush-Cheney their first term. 

Does any Dem, Independent, Radical Centrist, or traditional Republican want to handle Donald Trump a first term?

Love Bernie.  Continue the revolution.  But save America first.

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