HI-1: Takai retiring

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I know that progressives/leftists are supposed to hate Hanabusa, but I can't remember why.

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Not quite. He was wondering why so many Democrats suddenly had a boner for Gabbard. Aside from her looks (no pun intended), it was due to her resigning from the DNC and endorsing Bernie. I doubt many of them even know about her "colorful" past.

To be fair, though, some of the biggest Bernie supporters were the same people calling her out for acting like a magic progressive 4 years ago. I don't think it's lost on anyone her past, but many, including me, have chosen to forget it considering the dramatic U-Turn she's made.

There's also plenty of r/sanders4president types who are completely ignorant of any politician who isn't Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton. There are people on there who legit believe that Colin Peterson and Dan Lipinski are progressive stalwarts.

I really can't comprehend that; if you're that pumped about politics, why don't you check out lower-level candidates to see if you can help similar candidates to Bernie?

They're not pumped about politics. They're pumped about Bernie. They're more enthused about primarying Hillary backers than taking out any Republicans.

Reddit in general has a habit of putting too much stock into single issues.

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I was curious so I went on the thread on r/s4p where they announced Peterson was voting for Sanders. Generally people were expressing surprise that such a conservative Democrat would support him. I did find this little exchange, though:

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Was not expecting that. RIP, FF.