Why is Sanders Holding Back on Endorsing Clinton?

[Uncle Joe]

[chillfactor]

1. because he is a poor loser...

and full of himself.....goes to show he never was a Democrat to begin with...

[Uncle Joe]

2. Obviously you didn't view the video. n/t

[RoccoR5955]

17. Brock didn't hire these people to view videos.

He hired them to put a hit on Bernie.

[The Wielding Truth]

26. I watched it and I love that there is fire to do the things we have wanted for so long.

Go Bernie supporters! Keep Hillary hopefully our next Pres. in check!

[bjobotts]

4. You're a shallow mindless boob to make such a stupid unsupported comment.

Shows you definitely don't know Sanders or what a democrat is. Bet you don't know what the DLC is or how it came to be or how it opened the party up to wall street and bank lobbyists. Just another clueless horse race mentality too closed minded to learn. Must be a Trump troll.

[Ned_Devine]

5. ^Response #1 is my favorite type of post to read

There's not real positive thought put into it. It's just hair trigger emotion filled with negative nastiness. When I first started seeing these types of responses around ten months ago, I was really surprised that this type of conservative behavior was able to penetrate our liberal fortress here at DU. Now I've come to realize that this is the prevailing mindset amongst most of the faithful believers.

[bjobotts]

6. Same way they responded to Obama in 'o8.

[azurnoir]

9. It berns it berns

[passiveporcupine]

12. Only a few more days for you to spout crap like this.

Enjoy it while you can.

[MrMickeysMom]

18. burp...

I excused myself, but there's no excuse for your behavior.

[senz]

22. lol, you are a lively one, MMM.

[MrMickeysMom]

24. ...

I'm just FULL of it!

[840high]

29. You kitty always improves my mood on DU.

[xocet]

21. No, it is because of working families & climate change etc. The reasons are clear in the video.

I read your profile. It is hard to believe that a statement such as the one that is purportedly yours has been given by someone who possibly may have been a professor.

Usually, professors tend to be analytically (or - at a minimum - artfully) minded. Mere, cut-and-paste ad hominem attacks are generally beneath them.

Surely, you must possess the intellectual depth to improve upon what you have posted above.

I dare you to try to present a carefully formed criticism based on the content of the video.

[billpolonsky]

3. First world problems...

"Democracy takes time. Dictatorship is quicker but too many people get shot." Jeffrey Archer

[appalachiablue]

7. Thanks Uncle Joe. Very well done discussion by Norman Solomon, journalist

and Bernie delegate about how Bernie must fight for issues at the convention and the power and continued action by his millions of grassroots supporters is critical for change.

[Uncle Joe]

8. Thank you, appalachiablue.

Peace to you.

[zebonaut]

10. Progressives have a Power Card; USE IT

[passiveporcupine]

11. Thanks Uncle Joe

It can't be said enough. Obviously some people still don't get it, or just don't want to.

[Uncle Joe]

15. Thank you, passiveporcupine.

I'm out for the evening, have a good night.

[Joe Chi Minh]

13. Because their resepctive moral compasses are as unalike as

chalk and cheese ?

While you are all asking why Bernie's holding back from endorsing Hillary, the obvious question Bernie's supporters will have been asking themselves is : Why on earth should they endorse a Democrat rival who in the very significant area of starting wars with innocent countries, is as hawkish as John McCain - and probably more so than a number of other Republicans. Not to speak of her being a friend of Wall Street - to the ever-increasing detriment of Main Street.

[840high]

30. .that^

[TIME TO PANIC]

14. Thanks for posting this, Uncle Joe.

Just signed the petition at RootsAction.org.

[Uncle Joe]

16. ...

[MrMickeysMom]

19. I just listened to the 8:30 PM webcast and it's clear...

There is not one reason to decide to support a candidate who has disagreed on as many important issues to this economy, from minimum wage to climate change to TPP to Wall Street allegiance.

The movement is bigger than that. I'm prepared to stay with the movement and not vote for the corporate candidate who can do too little too late. I can't leave that legacy. As he mentioned, history will hopefully reflect better than that when it comes to when the start of this political revolution began and positive steps toward a better world, as a result.

[midnight]

20. Pressure below needs to match or exceed the pressure from above… Absolutely.

[senz]

23. Because he's a man of principle

and courage.

[rickford66]

25. Because he is following the rules, son butt out.

[truebluegreen]

27. I haven't had time to watch yet,

but I am guessing for the same reasons I haven't endorsed her (not that I'm anybody). I don't agree with her positions.

[Lithos]

28. Simple...

There is some conviction in what he believes. He's using his endorsement as leverage to get some of the platform items which mean the most to him. To simply give that up without anything in return is simply stupid.

Now that their is a presumptive nominee which is Clinton, she's not got a sufficient majority to declare it's her way or the highway. It's now time for her to open up her political checkbook and start paying out some political credibility in order to get the backing she needs for the general.

L-

[George Eliot]

31. Nice OP and nice thread to read.