Big whoop. Nobody cares what you think anymore, Mercury.

While I really applaud your choice of Bernie Sanders, you could have done without recycling tired Bernie tropes. I write this not for your benefit, since you've said you don't care, but because a lot of people read your terrific weekly and may inadvertently form opinions without checking facts. It's *not* anyone's guess how Bernie Sanders would do against a Republican candidate - poll after poll consistently shows him from 12-20% ahead of Trump, whereas Clinton has much narrower margins. That gap has grown to a gulf.

Calling his record on gun control a "refusal to attempt to curtail America's gun violence" is a minor demerit on the Mercury - that sort of distortion belongs on the Clinton News Network. Senator Sanders has helped pass bans on assault weapons, pushed for background checks, pushed against the "gun show loop hole" and more. More often than not, the times he voted "Nay" on gun control laws were because he disagreed on some detail while pushing for a different version. While his background on guns is inconsistent, and I hate guns and gun violence, I would take that any day over accepting donations to my foundation in return for approving massive arms deals.

As far as Bernie Bros, give it a rest. Those of us who have the sense to support Sanders are a very diverse group (see #BernieMadeMeWhite - see Matt Bors' "Idiot Box" - see photos of rallies across the nation), across the spectrum in any demographic you can name, and we're not belligerent. Granted, there are bad apples in *any* online barrel, but our troll factor is not nearly as high as Trump's (a given) or Clinton's (who quite literally has paid trolls [#CorrectTheRecord]). That is my piece. Thank you for your endorsement!