2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumI seriously want the superdelegates to give Sanders the nomination. I'm really not kidding.
As a Clinton supporter, it would be nice if she got the nomination, but there is way too much anger from Sanders supporters for that to happen. Sometimes you have to concede in order to actually keep the peace. It's not worth all the anger and the fighting. If Clinton gets the nomination, there is going to be a lot of angry people who will vote from Trump out of spite or simply not vote at all. Sanders would not be my choice for the nomination, but it's clear that nominating him is the only way to avoid Trump from becoming President. In addition to that, we don't need a floor fight at the convention and it's clear that Sanders is not going to back down, so it has to be Clinton that is the bigger person.
As if I was really serious. lol.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)It's the dark cloud of the investigation (which is just beginning to come out), that will doom her
candidacy. The e-mails, the Clinton Foundation, the Wall Street speech transcripts. All of those
things are lining up against HRC.
If she gets elected we will have the first husband/wife Presidents that are both impeached.
And if she is not indicted, which I believe she will get out of, she will surely be impeached.
A smear on our party for years to come.
If you believe the obstruction of Obama was bad, as I do, Wait until HRC gets elected, if she
makes it that far.
KingFlorez
(12,689 posts)No one is being indicted, no one is going to jail. If Bernie Sanders has to win by default, he's a pathetic candidate who will have to hope that Trump has to be indicted to win the general election. No matter what happens, Bernie Sanders will never be President short of attempting a coup.
Arkansas Granny
(31,521 posts)Bernie have the nomination?
NO! I'm really not kidding, either.
KingFlorez
(12,689 posts)I just wanted to see who would seriously believe that democratic process should be overturned to benefit a losing candidate.
Nonhlanhla
(2,074 posts)that women should become submissive when men threaten them with violence?
Inquiring minds want to know.
KingFlorez
(12,689 posts)It was an exercise in sarcasm.
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)Nonhlanhla
(2,074 posts)I mean it's not as if the OP did not posit that a woman should stand back in favor of a man because it's not worth all the anger and fighting...
(And to the OP, if you intend sarcasm, then use the sarcasm smiley. It's not as if the silliness in your post has not been seriously proposed by Bernie supporters.)
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)Add that to the fact the OP was a Hillary supporter and you lose again.
Nonhlanhla
(2,074 posts)And I don't care that the OP is a Hillary supporter - there was no indication that he/she was not serious. After all, this is exactly the kind of bullshit argument that the Bernie folks are making.
And no, I don't 'use the sexism card at the drop of a hat.' I've done research on domestic violence, and the pattern of women drawing back, not standing up for themselves, becoming more submissive, when threatened with "all the anger and fighting" is sadly a typical one. So the OP's proposal echoed a very serious pattern.
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)She's still got the majority of Super Delegates, so why should she back down?
I would love for the Supers to side with Bernie. But they need to do that because they think he is the best option for the party, not because people are angry. Bernie would be viewed as illegitimate unless the super delegates who voted for him could make a strong case of why they did.
KingFlorez
(12,689 posts)If you lose the pledged delegate count and trail by double digits in the popular vote, you shouldn't get the nomination through a procedural maneuvers.
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)If the super delegates get wind that Hillary is going to face indictment, would their flip to Bernie be illegitimate? I think for the party's sake that would be the right action and not too many real Democrats would disagree.
KingFlorez
(12,689 posts)And Sanders strategy to flip superdelegates isn't even based on that, it is based on hypothetical match-up polls for the general. This nutty indictment theory isn't even part of Sanders' already nutty strategy.
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)The FBI report will be much tougher on Hillary than the just released State Department Inspector General's report. If they recommend indictment (which given what we know right now is not highly likely, but likely enough to cause concern), Hillary as nominee would kill the party's chances in November.
I find it amazing how easily Hillary supporters simply dismiss something so serious and so dangerous. She's already a very weak candidate and any more bad news is going to sink her.
KingFlorez
(12,689 posts)Trump would screw up as President anyway, so Democrats would take Congress in 2018 and likely have control of redistricting for the next cycle.
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)KingFlorez
(12,689 posts)No use arguing about it. I'll leave it at that. Goodbye.
randome
(34,845 posts)Except for the Mario cart. I have no idea what that means.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]
Quayblue
(1,045 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)My experience with videogames is close to nil. Thanks.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]
Quayblue
(1,045 posts)Sivart
(325 posts)Why would you intentionally put "I'm really not kidding" in the headline when you clearly are??
desperation for attention.....looks bad on you.
KingFlorez
(12,689 posts)It was an exercise in honesty. Looks bad for any who would agree with stealing the nomination through procedural move.
Sivart
(325 posts)Just not honesty on your part.
Got it.
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)Your OP was a total lie, yet you wanted to discover the dishonesty of others. Who the frack are you James O'Keefe?
SheenaR
(2,052 posts)Our Party put these rules in place. If your scenario played out, Democracy would not have been usurped. Rules would have been followed and Supers given their rightful voting ability.
If you have a problem with the Party Mr. Florez, just say so.
KingFlorez
(12,689 posts)Superdelegates are really only supposed to be a safety net for if someone totally unacceptable was to win the pledged delegate count. Imagine if Trump had run as a Democrat and secured the nomination by running up score among right-wing independents and Republicans able to crossover to vote, that would have been a disaster. That sort of situation is quite unlikely, but it is the sort of emergency where superdelegates would step in.
Sivart
(325 posts)You're point is that the supers have never over ruled the popular vote, while recognizing that this is the sole reason they exist.
I think you are negating your own point.
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catnhatnh
(8,976 posts)If you state you are not kidding then it is not satire then it's a lie.
Armstead
(47,803 posts)Turnabout would be fair play.
I know it' s not gonna happen....But you have to admit rigging the board for Clinton long before the first vote was cast -- and thus setting in place the "She's the inevitable nominee" meme -- tilted everything in her favor from the start.
jamese777
(546 posts)for Hillary Clinton.
I wonder how the Superdelegates arranged to vote that many times. After all, the are only 714 of them nationwide compared to 4,051 pledged delegates
Armstead
(47,803 posts)From the beginning it was setup like she was the only "serious" candidate
I tell.you how many people who have said to me I really like Bernie and prefer his policies, but I have to support her because she's the one who can win
KingFlorez
(12,689 posts)The pledged delegate count has allowed the superdelegates to remain in Clinton's column. Plenty endorsed early in 2008's cycle, but switched over to Obama when he was clearly ahead in the pledged delegate count.
bjo59
(1,166 posts)But at least you're giving it your all to entertain the anti-Bernie-supporter troops! Good for you. Nothing like a good belly laugh to make your day seem brighter, right? Glad to see you're here, joking around, instead of out there actually trying to undermine Bernie Sanders' campaign in California. Thank you!
dchill
(38,510 posts)FBI.
Am I right?