Bernie Sanders Endorses Hillary Clinton (cnn.com)

It's official. U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on Tuesday endorsed former presidential rival Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee ahead of the party's July convention. Sanders said Clinton will make an outstanding president and that he is proud to stand with her. "Hillary Clinton understands that if someone in America works 40 hours a week, that person should not be living in poverty," Sanders added. CNN reports: "I have come here to make it as clear as possible why I am endorsing Hillary Clinton and why she must become our next president," Sanders said at a joint rally here. "Secretary Clinton has won the Democratic nomination and I congratulate her for that." The 74-year-old self-described democratic socialist, who has been a thorn in Clinton's side over the last year, pledged his support to his former rival: "I intend to do everything I can to make certain she will be the next president of the United States." Clinton, speaking after Sanders, declared: "We are joining forces to defeat Donald Trump!" "I can't help but say how much more enjoyable this election is going to be when we are on the same side," she said. "You know what? We are stronger together!" Full remarks of Sanders can be found on this blog post.

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Tabby vs Calico

[thoromyr]

Translated:

"Bernie says he will gladly accept whatever bones Queen Hillary tosses him in return for not being sent to gitmo following her coronation."

"Hillary says she is glad Bernie came to his senses because she was beginning to think she'd have to have him put down for being a rabid dog."

Not that this should surprise anyone. While the imminent blood bath is sure to provide some moments of dark humor, sadly we will be voting on which candidate will continue the rise in executive power.

National elections, where the populace of mice decide whether they would prefer to be eaten by a tabby or a calico.

Re:The DNC overlords always get their way

[cayenne8]

I just hope that enough seats flip in Congress to prevent Republicans from obstructing Hillary for the next eight years the same way they obstructed Obama for the last eight years.

God, I hope NOT....

The congress has been the only thing standing in the way of letting Obama ruin us further and fundamentally change everything that made the US great to begin with....

That really bad thing if Hillary gets in...is the Supreme Court replacement...we'll never see someone who actually reads and tries to judge based on the actual constitution.

Its sad the Reps couldn't do any better than Trump. Clinton is so flawed, most anyone but him could handily beat her in the general election.

Hell, look how much a challenge a self proclaimed Socialist did in the primaries??!?!? That's something unheard of in the US till now....

Farewell message

[Orgasmatron]

Bernie had a message for all of the people that supported him; all of the people that ran up their credit cards so they could donate to his campaign; all of the people that ate ramen so they could donate their food budget to his campaign; all of the people that risked eviction by donating to his campaign instead of paying their rent:

NO REFUNDS

Re: The DNC overlords always get their way

[Zero__Kelvin]

"The fact that Bernie called Clinton "unqualified" throughout his campaign, and is now supporting her is a testament to the Party politics that both D and R people have expressed in the election this year."

No. It means Clinton is unqualified but Trump is an order of magnitude less qualified than that. Seriously, anybody who can't figure that out is a straight moron.

Re:The DNC overlords always get their way

[cayenne8]

Disagree - don't want Trump, but Hillary with a strong republican congress might repeat the Bill Clinton era. Hillary with a strong democrat congress is going to railroad a lot of garbage through... the best years have traditionally been with opposing parties in the legislative and executive branches.

That's a BIG problem though....Hillary is NOT Bill.

She has NONE of his political acumen, none of his charm, and she's much more militant and hardheaded than Bill. She also has a much more sense of entitlement and a feeling that the rules don't apply to her.

If she gets in, I'd have you watch for her to try to take Executive Orders to a new level even above and beyond what Obama has done with EO's and the Executive Memo's (pretty much the same thing)...

No...she's not likely to work with anyone....and you think Trump is unstable? Wait till you piss that bitch off and she'll take your head off....

I've known of her for a LONG time..back when she was wife in the Gov.'s office in Little Rock. She was a horrid person then and has only gotten worse with age.