Democratic Primaries

Welcome to DU, I have been on this site for years and years but post infrequently.

In this primary, I started to respond to the inauthentic and daily attacks on Bernie but have pretty much given up because there is no interest in actual unity, only in exercising the hatred that some posters here have against Bernie. Your post will probably go into the same Vacuum. I would not worry about it. The posters on this thread who assert that Bernis is this or Bernis is that are not representative of the Democratic Party as a whole who like both Biden and Bernie.

One of the attacks of this thread is a consistent point of attack with Bernie Haters that somehow he is unlikeable or abrasive or hand gestures when he talkss (ignoring of course the fact that Biden does the same as does Amy and Elizabeth in debating). With respect to whether people want to work with him, Bernie was one of the founders and the first chairman of the Progressive Caucus of the House appointed by fellow House Members. After the founding, more and more house members joined a group chaired by Bernie. He was then the chairman for the next 8 years till going to the Senate. My guess is that they must have made him chairman of the house caucus because no one could work with him and no one likes him and because he is abrasive to work with. EXTREME SARCASM IN THE LAST SENTENCE.

In fact, Bernie works well in coalitions with other people as pointed out by Hillary herself when he worked with her on Health Care (one that failed unfortunately). However, they find a person or article that asserts that a person does not like Bernie and claim that applies to everyone.

He is indeed on the left and most of his accomplishments are incremental by amendments of bills passed by the more corporate democrats and republicans. However, his issues constantly poll as popular amongst the electorate. So why did his bills not pass. Not because of the general support for the substance of his bills in the general electorate but because moderates and conservatives really don't want M4A or big changes to our society even those changes wanted by the electorate. However, because many people like and respond to him and his issues and moral tone (not the few one track haters who post every day) his issues have gained ground and at least are gaining ground in the general electorate who do ask, why do not have universal health care or a economic system that has such wealth disparity. This growth is not obviously him alone but he has helped rather than hinder such progress towards a better society. Hopefully eventually we will reach those goals and have the changes to our economic and political system that would make us a much better society.

Now, welcome to DU. Do not expect that your moderate post will have any affect on the attacks you see in this thread. if you continue to read DU, you will see the same attacks by the same posters day after day, hour after hour, and minute after minute. However, know that you are not crazy in your thoughts. DU's general hatred for Bernie is way out of step with the Democratic electorate. That hatred does exist in the Democratic Party electorate but it is a minority, not the majority as claimed by the people here.

Biden looks like the candidate and hopefully will be a good candidate but it is not because people hate Bernie or some characteristic as asserted by the active posters in this Thread. By all counts, the voters view Biden as a good man and more electable than Bernie and we can hope that the general electorate has judged correctly in giving Biden their vote to get Trump out.