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spinbaby

(15,089 posts)
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 06:08 AM Mar 2016

Are we beginning to see a pattern?

Over and over again, we're seeing some kind of mass confusion or disruption of the voting or caucus process followed by a narrow Clinton win. Coincidence? Once would be a coincidence; this is a repeating pattern.

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Are we beginning to see a pattern? (Original Post) spinbaby Mar 2016 OP
wait wait wait EdwardBernays Mar 2016 #1
but - she's been "consistent" nt LiberalElite Mar 2016 #3
We don't disagree EdwardBernays Mar 2016 #7
Oh, that's just a feast of sour grapes! There is no problem. Assimilate immediately. hereforthevoting Mar 2016 #2
I know, I'm trying to practice my Hillary mantras at home, so I can accept voter disenfranchisement. highprincipleswork Mar 2016 #11
A quote from Ian Fleming springs to mind nxylas Mar 2016 #4
I misused the word "coincidence ," didn't I? spinbaby Mar 2016 #12
Iowa, Nevada, Mass, and now Arizona seem to have fallen off the back of a truck. AtomicKitten Mar 2016 #5
Illinois too. n/t in_cog_ni_to Mar 2016 #15
The Manic Mandate To Be The First Female POTUS - Trumps All cantbeserious Mar 2016 #6
I'm beginning to think there is so much dirty shit that's gone on behind the scenes in our jalan48 Mar 2016 #8
^^This^^ farleftlib Mar 2016 #9
Not voter fraud, election fraud spinbaby Mar 2016 #10
thank you farleftlib Mar 2016 #13
Yup. hereforthevoting Mar 2016 #14
Bingo. Else You Are Mad Mar 2016 #17
We're getting ratfucked, plain and simple. VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #16
Beginning???? Helllooo, children!!! LongTomH Mar 2016 #18
Hmm, I'd frame it as the party not going out of its way to accomodate the new voters Babel_17 Mar 2016 #19
Sign The WH.gov Petition And Let The Deniers Deny corbettkroehler Mar 2016 #20
 

highprincipleswork

(3,111 posts)
11. I know, I'm trying to practice my Hillary mantras at home, so I can accept voter disenfranchisement.
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 08:34 AM
Mar 2016

and things like endless wars of aggression, cuts to Medicare and Social Security, collusion with corporations over average people, bad trade deals which you're for one day and against when it suits you. Phrases like "Citizens United is swell" are coming up among my morning affirmations.

If I try really, really hard, perhaps I can become assimilated and not notice there is anything wrong with these things either.

nxylas

(6,440 posts)
4. A quote from Ian Fleming springs to mind
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 06:52 AM
Mar 2016

"Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, the third time is enemy action."

spinbaby

(15,089 posts)
12. I misused the word "coincidence ," didn't I?
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 08:35 AM
Mar 2016

You need at least two instances to make a coincidence. The grammar nerd inside me is cringing.

 

AtomicKitten

(46,585 posts)
5. Iowa, Nevada, Mass, and now Arizona seem to have fallen off the back of a truck.
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 06:57 AM
Mar 2016

"Irregularities" all benefitting one & the same candidate.

Seems legit.

jalan48

(13,860 posts)
8. I'm beginning to think there is so much dirty shit that's gone on behind the scenes in our
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 08:11 AM
Mar 2016

government that no one can be allowed in office who might expose it. The financial meltdown of 2008 comes to mind. The biggest financial catastrophe since the Great Depression and what exactly has happened to find out those responsible and deal with them? Or the trillions spent on wars? Where did it go? Essentially, Bernie is a whistle blower for the entire corrupt set-up. He cannot be allowed to have the power to expose what's been going on for a long time, the entrenched interests are not going to let it happen.

 

farleftlib

(2,125 posts)
9. ^^This^^
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 08:29 AM
Mar 2016

Can you imagine the housecleaning that would go on if Bernie became POTUS? Well they can and they'll do whatever it takes to stop him. Voter fraud wasn't just a one-time deal to help Bush. It's an ongoing problem.

spinbaby

(15,089 posts)
10. Not voter fraud, election fraud
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 08:32 AM
Mar 2016

The voters are behaving; the people running the elections, not so much.

hereforthevoting

(241 posts)
14. Yup.
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 08:37 AM
Mar 2016

It's one thing to know of the moneyed interests working against change and that says nothing about what we cannot see. Though to many if you can't see it it must not be there.

Else You Are Mad

(3,040 posts)
17. Bingo.
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 10:56 AM
Mar 2016

Not only that, Sanders will stop the Billions being made through corruption & war. There are too many powerful people (people way above the power the Clinton's have) that want to keep the status quo to continue to make money. Sanders will end that.

The good thing for us average citizens is that even of Sanders is not the nominee, there is no way to put the lod back on the movement. Come next election cycle, maybe this movement will come to fruition. This can even be seen, although erroneously, on the right with the Trump support.

VulgarPoet

(2,872 posts)
16. We're getting ratfucked, plain and simple.
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 09:10 AM
Mar 2016

Clinton was supposed to be the heiress apparent, but Sanders was the spanner in the works. The media and the DNC believe the average voter is too ignorant to realize what's going on-- don't look behind the curtain, it's bad for you.

Babel_17

(5,400 posts)
19. Hmm, I'd frame it as the party not going out of its way to accomodate the new voters
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 11:35 AM
Mar 2016

Much of the party establishment sees Sanders as an insurgent, and these new voters as a bit akin to barbarians at the gate.

Part of the issue is that the people at the top and/or with influence do amazingly well for themselves even when we're not controlling Congress, and/or can't get things done.

Would they still do amazingly well if our party had a significantly more progressive platform and agenda? If one sees the answer to that as "No" then the lack of effort in accommodating new voters doesn't seem as odd. And it's not a conspiracy, it's just human nature.

corbettkroehler

(1,898 posts)
20. Sign The WH.gov Petition And Let The Deniers Deny
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 06:54 PM
Mar 2016

Cynics insist that we accept the rigged results.

Baloney!

Sign the WH.gov petition to demand a federal investigation of Arizon:

http://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/investigate-voter-fraud-and-voter-suppression-arizona-3222016-democratic-party

then spend some time on BernKit.com

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