Very red. Totally cool.

SMH

Facts and History of Hillary...

The knocks on the South were bad enough coming from the most comically fanatical of his followers. For him to repeat this nonsense is really beyond the pale. It's as if John McCain would have encouraged that woman who claimed Obama wasn't American. It's a sad day when John McCain has a better sense of stature and decorum than Bernie Sanders.

I think the crowds got to his head. He's intoxicated by them. It's a sad lesson.

Writing the region off as "conservative" is an insult to the Democrats there.

In my view, it was his greatest blunder.

Exactly!

AA have been the most loyal Democratic demographic. Many were insulted when Sanders and his campaign were dismissive of Hillary's wins in the South. Some made their derision even worse by calling these states the "Confederate states". Meanwhile, Sanders didn't discount his wins in Red states, such as Alaska and Oklahoma.

calling her wins there part of the confederacy were really insulting.

always recognize that they lost an election. They always say, "Yup, we lost that one."

The Sanders supporter never acknowledge that they've lost.. Never! Every loss comes with some contorted "unfairness" or ludicrous excuse that denies it as a loss. they've never lost an election. Some of them genuinely seem to believe that Sanders has more popular vote, or "would have, if not for..."

It's completely delusional. It's also the essence of fascistic behavior. I'm increasingly convinced that the most important trait for a citizen in a democratic polity is the ability to recognize and accept an election loss. The Sanders people simply don't seem to have that, and it's frightening as hell. Fascism.

You get the impression from some of them they would overturn the 15th Amendment, the 19th Amendment, and the Voting Rights act in a New York minute if they could to advance the goals of their "revolution".

messenger..... Just ugly. It was one thing when it was just supporters her being stubborn, but for SBS to mimic that mindset- and everyone pats him on the back for it. Consistency? Consistently ignorant to others needs.

And speaking of dissing, how about Clinton campaign's dissing of the West, and rural areas?

It's about insulting AA, who are the ones mostly responsible for Hillary's blow outs in the South, by being dismissive of them. As a bloc, there hasn't been any other group as loyal to the Democratic party as AA.

How come Sanders and his campaign don't seem to dismiss his wins in Red states? It's hypocritical.

It doesn't matter if this hurts people's feelings.

It's going to take many generations of migration and encouragement to get southerners as a voting bloc to see the light.

Which card to play? Maybe he's being sexist... there are women in the south too, you know.

No campaign strategist worth his or her paycheck will spend any time on GE campaign appearances in the south.

And many of those states are swing states or will be swing states in the future.

But I guess the low pop red states like Oklahoma are way more relevant. Gotcha.

FL, VA, and NC will be happy to know some lumberjack believes they are "irrelevant to a Democrat winning the presidency."

Never mind PBO carried both FL and VA twice and NC once.

What utter nonsense.

Or do you think that Democratic primaries should only be held in blue States?

Since they're the ones that get all the attention in the general.

And by "kind of important" I mean "absolutely crucial"

Ohio, Virginia and Florida, imagine the hedge she could have if she's competitive in Georgia. Or Texas.

Sanders needs to dial it back, then throw his support to viable southern states.

Bullshit. Why even bother with them?

Because they are Americans and Democrats.

"I've known Secretary Clinton a long time. I like her and I respect her". He has repeatedly said that in debate and interview after debate and interview. Yet, Clinton supporters continue to scratch for negative rumors or stories in am attempt to discredit Sanders, even when his chances of winning the nomination become fractional.

And then these same individuals promote party unity and how important having a Democrat is for future SCOTUS nominations. How do you reconcile your words and actions? Do you really want a united front or is hate and revenge that overwhelming to you?

Are you oblivious to the tactics used by your candidate, just as much as the Sanders campaign? Can you be THAT blind? I find your posts so absurd.

He was dismissive of Hillary's wins in the South, but had no issue with his wins in Red states.

http://www.bustle.com/articles/155045-bernie-sanders-dig-at-southern-democrats-was-ill-advised-for-a-whole-bunch-of-reasons

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/16/why-is-bernie-sanders-slamming-southern-democrats.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/18/opinion/sanders-dismissesthe-deep-south.html?ref=opinion&_r=0

If my posts are "absurd", the pro-Sanders ones tend to be hypocritical.

If Trump is the nominee maybe some of those states will surprise us.

HISTORICALLY, Democratic candidates have eyed the southern states as a regional area which only ONCE UPON A TIME was reliably Democratic. Decades ago, many people in these southern states, in anger over favorable civil rights legislation being enacted to protect the rights of minorities, switched to the Republican party. As a consequence of these states becoming reliably Republican, many Democratic tacticians started from the beginning planning on a winning strategy that did not include the South. Most recently, Kerry did it when he observed how Gore did it, and he virtually played the same hand.

In other words, it is politics not racism.

But it is a deceitful and racist tactic to imply Sanders "minimizes the importance of the voices of a core constituency" when his campaign has embraced all ethnicities. His stump speech always includes the thought that Republicans seek to cause discourse between different ethic components of our society when we can only succeed when we unite as one people.

The southern states voted for Clinton early because at that point Sanders was still being ignored by the MSM and most people there were totally unfamiliar with his name or face. Those states were slated to go first in the line of primaries to give Hillary Clinton a big lead while Sanders was still unknown so she could advance the "I am inevitable" slogan.

The people listed as tutoring Sanders on inclusion are staging a publicity stunt only, and it is an ugly one at that.

And I am from the South, as is most of my family.

Sam

If it was a question of visibility, he was all over NY, and she still cleaned his clock.

and it was an extremely high number.

I do not think Hillary cleaned his clock. She benefited from the fact Independents could not vote in a closed primary and from all of the election "difficulties" experienced Tuesday.

Sam

IMO, all primaries should be closed. Independents can either choose to join a party or wait until the GE to vote.