Great speech by Bernie Sanders just now. Hard to believe that any of his supporters thought he wouldn't give Hillary an enthusiastic endorsement. The notion that he had anything meaningful in common with Donald Trump other than "outsider" status was always ridiculous. Hey, my gardener has "outsider" status, too. He'd make a great president if all we want to do is plant bougainvillea around the White House.
Let's see: Sanders wants to put restrictions on what corporations and the rich can do to this country. Trump wants them to be able to do whatever they want, no matter what it does to the poor and disadvantaged. Yeah, there's a lot of common ground there. Why, just think of all that Senator Sanders could do for his agenda with Republicans controlling the House, Senate and Presidency.
I have a few friends who were so obsessed with the idea of electing Bernie Sanders that they fell into the whole Fox News/Trump "Crooked Hillary" meme. They wouldn't believe another word from those sources but they bought into that premise because, you know, when you're fervent about an election, every single negative thing anyone says about your opponent is true.
I know it's tough to turn loose of that kind of thing. There are folks out there who refuse to believe that electing Bill didn't destroy the economy. But — and I have a friend reading this who'll know I have him particularly in mind — Bernie Sanders can get up there and admit that it's time to forget about what's not going to happen and do the best you can. I hope all his supporters can do that too.