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Originally Posted by SmartAleq
So he endorsed, but has not and will not concede. This will go to a floor fight and Bernie will be bringing the much larger and much more enthusiastic crowd along with him. Yeah, this sucks, but it ain't over 'til it's over...
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Uh... I don't think so. Endorsing is understood to be a step beyond conceding.
Conceding = "I admit, I'm not going to win this." For all practical purposes Sanders did this a week ago when he started referring to Hillary as the "presumptive nominee."
Endorsing = "I
want this other person to win this." This is the new part.
He was very clear on both elements, with Clinton beside him in New Hampshire yesterday,
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Originally Posted by Bernie Sanders
Secretary Clinton has won the Democratic nominating process, and I congratulate her for that. She will be the Democratic nominee for president and I intend to do everything I can to make certain she will be the next president of the United States.
I have come here today not to talk about the past but to focus on the future. That future will be shaped more by what happens on November 8 in voting booths across our nation than by any other event in the world. I have come here to make it as clear as possible as to why I am endorsing Hillary Clinton and why she must become our next president.
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Originally Posted by loshan
Zero ego, my ass.
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Every serious candidate for President (or Governor, or US Senator) has some ego. You have to, to get into the game at that level--and the process itself feeds it. You literally have a team of people working to help you feel strong, energized,
right, destined to lead. The conflation of personal success with policy goals is a mistake, but it's a seductive one that takes character to resist.
I believe Sanders to be a good man, genuinely committed to his issues before himself. In terms of character, this is about the best that can be said for any politician competing for a statewide or national office. At the high point of his primary run, I'm sure he found the prospect of
President Sanders alluring, as I expect anybody who ever gets to that point would.
But he recognized the realities of the situation, and he kept his priorities straight.
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Originally Posted by eleanorigby
If anything, BS held the DNC hostage while he dicked around with this entire nation's future (which is still in peril--and I say peril knowingly. Trump is no joke to the future of this country. HRC is far from perfect, but he's an irresponsible, insane choice).
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He wasn't dicking around; he was campaigning. Playing politics, in the best sense, with the sincere intent of advancing his agenda. It's what politicians are supposed to do, and Bernie has done it pretty well, all told. Both running against Hillary, and now supporting her, are equally part of that.