I posted this long rant in response to another commenter who insinuated that if Hillary wins the nomination, she’ll lose the general because Sanders supporters will stay home because they won’t “sell out”. I think it bears posting out here in the wild:

Demanding that democrats, especially downticket races, forgo money while allowing republicans to drown them out with money is basically crippling the democrat and handing the majority of the victories to republicans. You need to completely overhaul campaign finance, and overturn Citizens United BEFORE there is an even…

“I finally felt so disenfranchised by Obomba I left.”

You aren’t missed.

Okay, sorry, Bernie, I actually do like you, but this time you’re full of it.

No. No. No. Why do you believe these obviously false assertions?

I’m not bothered. one. bit. The prospective nominee should be raising funds for the GE and for downballot races. Scalia is dead and Trump may be at the top of the ticket. This is going to be the most expensive GE ever because many seats will be in play and this is going to hit the Koch Brothers and the Adelson’s,…

Bernie is probably still pissed that Clooney raised $15 million for Obama in 2012, back when Bernie wanted someone to primary him.

That pic is amusing considering it has his hands on Ohio, which he lost. The cartoonist shouldn’t have counted Bernie’s chickens before they hatched.

I just donated 25 to Hill after reading the comments here. Fuck sanders and his campaign. I used to (at the very least) respect him. Not anymore.

For the same reason it was called the Obama Victory Fund in 2008 and 2012.

Sanders is gull of contradictions. He claims to be about equality, but has no women in the top paid positions in the campaign. He claims to be about the people but the reality is very different. I haven’t seen Sanders comment on how his wins have mainly come from the caucus system, caucuses majorly disenfranchise…

Inspired me to donate as well...

I don’t know, I get Bernie’s criticism on the campaign finance system but this fundraiser in question is largely meant to benefit down ticket candidates rather than the Clinton campaign itself. How exactly does he expect to change the system without getting a ton of Democrats elected to the House and Senate? Not every…

She is also funding other Democrat campaigns, he has done nothing for fundraising other campaigns. I get that he is anti establishment, but he needs the legislature on his side if he were to win.

God damn. Sanders is quickly losing any goodwill he ever had with me. What a fucking asshole. Private citizens raising money for you is okay because they are poor people? Clooney is raising money for down ballot candidates. Something Bernie hasn’t bothered to worry about because Bernie only cares about Bernie.

Well, they are actually raising funds for progressives down the ballot, not really Clinton’s campaign. But, the writer “overlooked” that fairly important detail. As you do when you’re a “journalist” as opposed to a journalist.

She is raising money right now for people down the ballot. You know, those people Bernie will need to be elected for his “revolution.” It’s literally money for other progressives so that we can change our government. Bernie has raised $0 for the people down the ballot. No progressives have gotten his help. It is one…

As a reminder, this is a joint fundraising committee, which means that $5400 can be allocated to the Clinton campaign but the VAST majority of contributions go to the DNC and state parties to be used to build their GOTV and other local operations for the fall to support downballot candidates. These are the same people…

Meh. I get his point about campaign finance, but I find the fact that Sanders has ZERO women in the top ten highest paid positions on his campaign far more obscene.

He cannot and will not make up the necessary ground with Clinton. It’s almost all primaries from here on out. The remaining contests tend to feature a lot more non-white folks, who just don’t seem particularly interested in what Sanders is selling. She is likely to rout Sanders in New York, and should beat him…