Don't be stupid

I continue to be baffled by "Bernie or Busters" who are refusing to vote for Hillary because they "hate" her or "don't trust" her. I recently asked a friend if Bernie hadn't run, and Hillary had got the nomination basically no contest over Martin O'Malley, would she still not be voting for her? I was answered with silence. I voted for Bernie. Bernie represents everything I believe in. But I am not going to not vote. Plus, I don't hate Hillary! Eight years ago, I was behind her in the primaries.  I was sad when she lost, but I whole heatedly got behind President Obama as soon as she conceded. I recently came across a great "letter" on Huffington Post to "Bernie or Bust-ers" you can read the whole thing here.
 
My favorite passage from it is this:

With all due respect, you’re beginning to sound like a bunch of petulant children who kick and scream whenever they don’t get everything they want. You’re the equivalent of the sandlot brat who whines “it’s my ball” and quits the game because he doesn’t like the way it’s being played or because he’s not winning. This is not behavior of revolutionaries. A revolution doesn’t happen overnight, which is why Sanders is pleading with you to continue the fight with him well beyond the convention and the election. Real revolutionaries fight to the death and put the cause before themselves. You’re not doing that. You’re making this all about you.

If you fail to show up for Hillary in November, and Trump wins, then your revolution will prove to be nothing more than a faddish exercise in futility by privileged white millennials who shamefully cut off their noses to spite their faces, while destroying everything that Sanders worked to achieve for you. Because President Trump will toss it all in the trash. The gains made on minimum wage, income inequality, free college, Wall Street/big banks, criminal injustice, the death penalty, Citizen’s United, climate change, super delegates and more will have been in vain. They’ll end up like sad bullet casings on the failed battleground of your ill-fought, prematurely ended revolution.

 If you fail to show up for Hillary in November, and Trump wins, then your revolution will prove to be nothing more than a faddish exercise in futility by privileged white millennials who shamefully cut off their noses to spite their faces, while destroying everything that Sanders worked to achieve for you. I want to shout that from the rooftops to every single person who voted for Bernie and is still refusing to support Hillary.

Guys, pull yourselves together. It's been over a month since Hillary won the nomination and we had such a kick ass convention. Let's do this.

Comic Relief: Dogs.