This argument just feels circular in every thread it comes up in. We know the facts. The bottom line is America doesn't care they voted a rapist before and they'll do it again. Clinton after the Lewinsky trial and subsequent impeachment had super high approval ratings. This country doesn't care about morality and goodness or purity of message. Understanding that, truly understanding that is important to succeeding in winning a nomination and subsequently the presidency. The people that do enough to not vote are a minority in one of the two major parties, but there's probably enough of them to swing an election but a rapist still wins. That's the flaw of the American democratic process, we're mostly always stuck with shit choices. In a way I kinda wish Bernie Sanders was not the progressive standard bearer, he's a great messenger but he's a shit politician with great ideas and doggedness. He never showed the guile required to actually win a primary, this should've been a cakewalk. If he had shown a willingness to compromise on a few issues, moderate voltron wouldn't have been so quick to assemble. Obama would never have made the missteps and the arrogant moves the Sanders campaign made, they couldn't afford to. I've accepted that Obama from a morality stand point will be the best president of my lifetime. All my other votes will be damage limitation. I'm still hopeful that one day we'll get a progressive candidate that actually knows how to sell a message to more than 30% of the Democratic base cause Sanders clearly ain't it.