I support Bernie 100% - but a few of my fellow supporters are not being realistic

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13. It's a new course. Not a new coarse.

You aren't giving us credit for paying attention, for listening to what Sanders is actually saying. Or for paying attention to his record, and to how he gets things done.

From the HRC camp, we've got people throwing everything, including their kitchen sinks at him, hoping something will stick so that HRC gets her "turn." Among the rubbish they are throwing are the suggestions that he "can't win," that he hasn't accomplished anything, that he can't handle the job, that he'd never be able to accomplish his goals in the WH, as if we should simply pack up, go home, and accept the inevitability of HRC, since SHE would of course be able to accomplish what Sanders supposedly couldn't. As if the things we want to accomplish would even be allowed at her table.

Now you are skipping right past the "revolution" part of his campaign to suggest that we're assuming pie in the sky...kind of like reflecting the HRC propaganda camp. I've heard this argument from them repeatedly. Please don't.

FWIW, if you need me to, I'll clearly state:

1. The most important part of supporting Sanders, campaigning for Sanders, electing Sanders, is the change in the national conversation and direction, which will get us started on the very long road to where we want to be.

2. In office, Sanders will continue, inexorably, to work for the changes we all want. He has said repeatedly, and I know, we know, that he can't do it alone. That's why we're going to have to use our votes to elect people to Congress who will work with him, and we're going to have to be in constant contact of all kinds with our Senators and Reps, keeping the pressure on them. How much gets done will reflect whether or not WE stay the course, stay active, and stay involved.

And, just for me, a third:

3. I'm old enough to know it would be foolish to suggest that one man, or one presidency, could make all of the worst characteristics of our nation just disappear. It's a long, long road, and even if we win, right the ship, and head down a better course, the fascists, the neo-cons and neo-libs will still be there, waiting and scheming and working to grab power again. It will take generations of steadfast determination to make a long-term difference. I hope the millenials, the generation Zs, and the generation to come after will do so. As a late baby boomer, I don't expect to live to see it, and I don't think Sanders does, either. The best we can hope for is to see the beginning of the process. That's what I want, and if it doesn't happen with Sanders, I don't think it will happen in my lifetime.