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ProfessorPlum

(11,257 posts)
Wed May 4, 2016, 10:04 AM May 2016

Look, everybody! A horserace!

Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, can you feel the excitement? Can you feel the excitement of talking about Clinton versus Trump? We have six months to talk about it but I just can't wait to start talking about it. They are so exciting. What's he going to say? I'll bet it will be outrageous. What's SHE going to say in response? Who is going to WIN? Who is going to score rhetorical points? Omigosh, I could just pee myself with excitement.









The moment Sanders drops out or concedes, the plight of the poor, the workers, the union-less, the unemployed . .. their concerns will be consumed in the fire of this mindless babble. Sanders is trying to keep our minds focused on what is important to the people of this country - not which of the two very well-heeled horseys will win the race. His senatorial posts on Facebook last night were right on point, continuing to drive his message of economic equality home. He was talking about climate change, the corrupting influence of fossil fuel money, the retirement crisis. Those issues go right down the toilet once the horse race begins. By delaying the start of that stupid "conversation", Sanders is doing everyone a huge favor.

run, Bernie, run

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Look, everybody! A horserace! (Original Post) ProfessorPlum May 2016 OP
Run like hell, Bernie. The little people are counting on you. nt VulgarPoet May 2016 #1
Yes! In_The_Wind May 2016 #7
Cling to that forever. Convince yourself that Sanders is the only candidate now or ever... Buzz Clik May 2016 #2
my argument withers in the presence of your mighty eyeroll ProfessorPlum May 2016 #4
Your argument collapsed on a foundation of sand. Buzz Clik May 2016 #6
The point of Sander's race is EDUCATION ProfessorPlum May 2016 #9
... said the guy who came in second. Buzz Clik May 2016 #10
Isn't it fascinating that the candidate with _every_ institutional advantage ProfessorPlum May 2016 #13
Yeah, my pain. The pain of an assured victory. It's miserable. Buzz Clik May 2016 #16
Post removed Post removed May 2016 #26
Funny, I thought that was the purpose of the OP. CorkySt.Clair May 2016 #28
And yet, here you are. n/t Jester Messiah May 2016 #29
Why would I miss the show? CorkySt.Clair May 2016 #30
You keep using that word. I don't think that word means what you think it means. VulgarPoet May 2016 #11
Oh, yes, we're quite aware that the Sanders clan believes that they are the only progressives. Buzz Clik May 2016 #12
I don't think I ever made that claim ProfessorPlum May 2016 #17
... and I was not responding to your post. Vulgar Poet is most definitely making that claim. Buzz Clik May 2016 #18
This is an open board where anyone can respond. No need to be a tool about it. TheBlackAdder May 2016 #24
Go Bernie Go! haikugal May 2016 #3
Bernie or Bust Joob May 2016 #5
Excellent post, ProfessorPlum! JudyM May 2016 #8
I second that. Bernie's effort doesn't end in November, either. Eleanors38 May 2016 #27
If it is Hillary versus Trump... Silver_Witch May 2016 #14
I hear you ProfessorPlum May 2016 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author carolinayellowdog May 2016 #20
Hey that's sexist! mindwalker_i May 2016 #19
Exactly. Warren DeMontague May 2016 #21
I think you are painting an overly negative and not too accurate picture BootinUp May 2016 #22
Sanders has already had his ass kicked. He just wants it kicked more. The Second Stone May 2016 #23
Should Bernie drop out the G.E. will be something like this. Uncle Joe May 2016 #25
Don't forget Seabiscuit--the knock-kneed stump of a racehorse from nowhere, Peace Patriot May 2016 #31
Channeling Rachel? Blue_In_AK May 2016 #32
If it's Trump v Hillary, SheilaT May 2016 #33
 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
2. Cling to that forever. Convince yourself that Sanders is the only candidate now or ever...
Wed May 4, 2016, 10:06 AM
May 2016

... to concern himself with progressive ideals.

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
6. Your argument collapsed on a foundation of sand.
Wed May 4, 2016, 10:11 AM
May 2016

You folks have been chirping that nonsense from the outset, and it's never been true.

ProfessorPlum

(11,257 posts)
9. The point of Sander's race is EDUCATION
Wed May 4, 2016, 10:14 AM
May 2016

to show the world and the US that there is another way to approach things, one that doesn't take rich people's tender fee fees into account above all else.

Winning the nomination and the presidency would have been great, but for now he can keep people talking about his broader goals, his vision for America, and the inclusiveness of this message. The education continues.

ProfessorPlum

(11,257 posts)
13. Isn't it fascinating that the candidate with _every_ institutional advantage
Wed May 4, 2016, 10:21 AM
May 2016

name recognition, the entire state and national party infrastructure in her pocket, millions of dollars from the oligarchy, a media who ignores her opponent . . .

just can't seal the deal and win the nomination outright? That's gotta be frustrating. I feel your pain.

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
16. Yeah, my pain. The pain of an assured victory. It's miserable.
Wed May 4, 2016, 10:26 AM
May 2016

She needs about 200 more delegates.

That dripping sound is the life bleeding out of the Sanders campaign.

Response to ProfessorPlum (Reply #13)

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
12. Oh, yes, we're quite aware that the Sanders clan believes that they are the only progressives.
Wed May 4, 2016, 10:18 AM
May 2016

They're wrong, but that's what they think.

haikugal

(6,476 posts)
3. Go Bernie Go!
Wed May 4, 2016, 10:08 AM
May 2016

You are so right! Mindless babble is all we have to look forward to for the next 6 months while the world starves and burns. Trump and Clinton, how fucking rediculous we've become.

 

Silver_Witch

(1,820 posts)
14. If it is Hillary versus Trump...
Wed May 4, 2016, 10:22 AM
May 2016

I suspect I will not play on the webs for a while because REALITY TV makes me ill and the campaigning of these two candidates will be like watching an episode of the kardasians or sister wves all sqeauling all the time!

Response to ProfessorPlum (Reply #15)

BootinUp

(47,165 posts)
22. I think you are painting an overly negative and not too accurate picture
Wed May 4, 2016, 05:04 PM
May 2016

while their rhetoric and style is not very close (Bernie's and Hillary's) their positions actually are. I am confident Hillary will be able to carry forward the issues Bernie is passionate about and that Bernie will work with her to make it effective.

Peace Patriot

(24,010 posts)
31. Don't forget Seabiscuit--the knock-kneed stump of a racehorse from nowhere,
Wed May 4, 2016, 06:26 PM
May 2016

whom all of the elite racing establishment ridiculed and ignored--and who became the greatest, and most-loved, race horse of all time.

Underdog with the heart and soul of a magnificent champion, who inspired the entirety of the USA in the darkest days of the Great Depression, for the very reason that setbacks and handicaps couldn't stop him, and all of his opponents were overrated due to bias and snobbery. He looked like a cart horse. He ran like the wind.

GO BERNIE, MY SEABISCUIT!

 

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
33. If it's Trump v Hillary,
Wed May 4, 2016, 08:05 PM
May 2016

NOTHING of substance will be debated or talked about. Trump, sexist pig that he is, will simply dump all sorts of misogynist crap all over Hillary, will bring up all of Bill's peccadilloes as if they were important, and blather on and on about how great and smart he is and how he will magically fix everything. Hillary, on her side, will go straight back to $12/minimum wage, compromising on a woman's right to choose, will scale back Medicare and Social Security because we can't possibly afford them while continuing to invade other countries. That is when she isn't simply accusing him of sexist nonsense.



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