How Bernie's campaign contributed to Trump's win.

[JHan]

228. I wish Bernie supporters..

Would engage in the same sort of *why my candidate lost* introspection they want from HRC voters.

I can critique Hillary well though I don't think her flaws were really the tipping point this year. There were happenings beyond her control. But I can point out the flaws her Campaign made , and even she made.

Bernie supporters also need to own up to him dividing the party.

There are ways to do things, and ways not to do things - he chose the latter.

If Bernie really wanted to sway Democrats he needed to pay his dues and show loyalty to the party - any organization would demand this including the libertarians and green party.

He needed to join the Dems in 2012, instead of threatening to primary Obama - work on making his case among the rank and file Dems. Ally himself with other progressive groups, work on establishing coalitions. Put a laser focus on recapturing the house, and hone a group of 30 progressives to capture districts held by moderate Republicans or even take the risk and aim for more right leaning districts. He also needed to out-manoeuvre his critics by showing he's serious through sound policy proposals - which would require he make more refined and detailed arguments instead of going on and on about "The billionaire class" The best way to shut down your critics is show you understand their views and predicaments better than they even do, and counter their claims. There were other things he could have done - and of course HRC needed to take all that advice as well.

But Bernie did none of this, oh no. He barged into my party a year before the elections, criticised everyone and everything, labelled people who disagreed with him as being corrupt or some nonsense and by February I was tired of Bernie Sanders after willing myself to give him a chance. His establishment arguments were slogans, his economic arguments made no sense, his analogies made no sense to me. I am not saying he is a bad man, I'm saying he did not approach this strategically, and unwittingly made it more difficult for Democrats who historically find it tough to recapture the Presidency in an incumbent year.

I'll tell you what it feels like - a dude barging in, fking you over, and there's no orgasm to show for it - I feel like my party was used to propel his political ambitions and he has no real love for democrats. And yet people wonder how he lost to Hillary by millions of votes.