Fellow Berners, I have a favor to ask. Yesterday this blog suffered a great loss with the passing of Tricia Wyse aka The Pootie Queen. I mostly lurked there, but Tricia’s Pootie Diaries and the community I met there are a big reason I'm still at Daily Kos after finding it in May/June 2008.

Note that I did not say I am here because of Markos. If you've been here any length of time, you know that Markos can be a d*ck. We've been thru mass banings before. We've lost good community members because of Markos. We saw many of them return yesterday to remember Tricia.

Tricia had 2 main rules in the Pootie diaries. 1) don't bring the outer blog into the Pootie diaries. 2) no shit stirring. These 2 rules helped make the Pootie diaries a much needed & much loved respite.

Sadly, I see Berners, because of the hurt caused by Markos’s edict, lashing out in pro-Bernie diaries. I ask my fellow Berners to not bring the outer blog into this diary. Let's have positive energy in this open thread. And let's ignore, please, please, please, ignore any Hillary supporters who wander in here. Responding to them results in negative energy.

And if you are a Hillary supporter, I ask you to please respect our community. We have clearly identified this as a BNR diary. I'm sure there will be open threads on the front page and in your own community to take part in. Thank you.

Ok, Bernie. Show Michigan why they should vote for you.