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Bernie Sanders Says It Would Be Undemocratic If He Dropped Out (Original Post) Bernie93 May 2016 OP
But it's oh so democratic to seek to overturn elections BainsBane May 2016 #1
Actually, his argument is Hillary could LOSE to Trump. Spitfire of ATJ May 2016 #2
I'm in California. I want a chance to vote for Bernie because, at 73, this year, JDPriestly May 2016 #4
Please know that millennials like myself have a great respect for voters like you: Betty Karlson May 2016 #5
Super Delegates Were Here Ace In The Hole billhicks76 May 2016 #7
He's absolutely right. And everybody needs to see this MSNBC... Peace Patriot May 2016 #3
He has too damn many victories PATRICK May 2016 #6
No, Bernie is having a late life crisis and won't admit he lost. Lil Missy May 2016 #8
Yay, Bernie! Enthusiast May 2016 #9
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2016 #10

BainsBane

(53,035 posts)
1. But it's oh so democratic to seek to overturn elections
Wed May 25, 2016, 02:47 AM
May 2016

And argue that super delegates should install him as the nominee against the will of the majority of the electorate. As he says, his supporters being young and independents makes them more important. The rest of us are just second class citizens who reliably vote Democratic, so our rights just don't matter. That is not democracy. It is a brazen effort to impose minority rule.

His argument on super delegates has turned around completely, yet we hear no concern about that from his supporters.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
4. I'm in California. I want a chance to vote for Bernie because, at 73, this year,
Wed May 25, 2016, 03:28 AM
May 2016

Bernie's campaign, is the one chance in my lifetime to vote for a candidate I really trust and believe in. I was born when FDR was president, and Bernie is the closest to FDR in all those years.

Win or lose, I want in my lifetime to support a candidate I trust and believe in.

Hillary can wait. A lot of Bernie voters will not be voting for Hillary in November.

All of us Bernie voters want our chance to tell the world that we believe him to be the best candidate for America.

Hillary needs to be patient.

How in the world can Hillary claim to be qualified to direct our foreign policy when she is so impatient with others. She needs to practice some patience. Let her wait.

And who knows. Hillary has a lot of problems. Bernie doesn't. Bernie polls better against Trump than Hillary.

Bernie still has a chance to win. So just be patient and let others like me vote.

 

Betty Karlson

(7,231 posts)
5. Please know that millennials like myself have a great respect for voters like you:
Wed May 25, 2016, 04:24 AM
May 2016

waiting a lifetime to vote - just once - for a candidate you believe in. WOW! And millennials are glad to help make it happen. Solidarity between the generations: Bernie is offering it!

 

billhicks76

(5,082 posts)
7. Super Delegates Were Here Ace In The Hole
Wed May 25, 2016, 05:31 AM
May 2016

And she obviously has pissed a lot of people off. A little blowback is justified. Only 250 pledged delegates separate them. He could still win. Don't you recall Clintons arguments in 2008??? She said we should ALWAYS go to the end. That RFK was assassinated in CA in June '68 (that one was unbelievable given the death threats against Obama and she was a manipulative, disingenuous gaslighter to say she was actually referring to herself) and the Bill went all the way to the end. Big donors pulled her aside and told her she would get a high rank in Obama's administration and be hand picked to be the nominee in 2016. Bernie isn't playing that BS game and doesn't give a crap about status or future promotions. It's ain't about him. It's about a cause. He never attends the galas in DC or retreats and when he does he goes off to enjoy the sights not hobnob with the elitist power brokers and their poodles. At least Clinton isn't bringing up assassinations this time to insinuate anything. No wonder Obama wouldn't allow her to be VP.

Peace Patriot

(24,010 posts)
3. He's absolutely right. And everybody needs to see this MSNBC...
Wed May 25, 2016, 03:23 AM
May 2016

...political analyst examination of the remainder of this Democratic primary, in which he establishes, without any question, that Clinton CANNOT win sufficient pledged delegates in the remaining states to clinch the nomination before the convention. It is mathematically impossible.

https://www.facebook.com/susan.sanders.35325/videos/636912853123585/

All the hysteria of the Clinton campaign, in trying to strongarm Sanders out of the primaries, is about this. She CANNOT reach her target in the remaining states.

Feel the math! And the Berne!

PATRICK

(12,228 posts)
6. He has too damn many victories
Wed May 25, 2016, 04:51 AM
May 2016

and delegates to accept any argument about dropping out. In fact it is so senseless that the futility or arrogance of pushing the point(his campaign debt is not a point of friendly persuasion) may be increasing his chief campaign which is to redirect the party away from its money monster garbage can- which is why they are especially afraid and angry. He is just not invited to join the Third Way circular firing squad no matter how much ammunition the left might bring to the fight.

In this case who is talking like losers while posing as victors?

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