Bernie Sanders for President

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  • PJPOWERPJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    edited March 2016
    Free said:
    I cannot help but think about the Mortal Kombat voice saying "Round 2...Fight". Surprised no one has made a remake with the current candidates, that might be a game I'd actually buy, ha
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  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    PJPOWER said:

    rgambs said:

    PJPOWER said:

    Will most definitely vote for Trump over Hildabeast. I'm not so sure she is the lesser of the evils...she's just been in politics longer. I'm somewhat considering Trump as a protest in and of himself. A protest against career politicians, super packs, establishment. As much as I dislike the dude as a person, he may be the wake up call Washington needs to help the career politicians wake up and change their strategies. I love that all these assholes are flushing corporate money down the drain running against a "mostly" self funded candidate. I was really hoping it would boil down to a Trump vs Bernie campaign (though I have a few idealogical differences with a Democrat Socialist), but anyone that will drag Hillary through the mud has my support. Who knows, maybe this is exactly what we need to dissolve this payed for two party dynasty system in future elections.

    Sure, and maybe it will dissolve into a dictatorship, but who cares Hilary sucks right?
    Fight the man!
    :anguished:
    Dissolve into a dictatorship? That is the funniest thing I've read all day from someone supporting big government. You are starting to sound like the fearmongers you so adamantly appose. And yes, Hillary SUCKS, just not as well as Lewenski evidently.

    Oops, forgot to add an emoji at the end...does that help one appear "smarter"?
    Duhhhhhh, it's about equal to the likelihood of him dissolving the monied 2 party system. Which is to say it is pretty unlikely.
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  • PJPOWERPJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    edited March 2016
    rgambs said:

    PJPOWER said:

    rgambs said:

    PJPOWER said:

    Will most definitely vote for Trump over Hildabeast. I'm not so sure she is the lesser of the evils...she's just been in politics longer. I'm somewhat considering Trump as a protest in and of himself. A protest against career politicians, super packs, establishment. As much as I dislike the dude as a person, he may be the wake up call Washington needs to help the career politicians wake up and change their strategies. I love that all these assholes are flushing corporate money down the drain running against a "mostly" self funded candidate. I was really hoping it would boil down to a Trump vs Bernie campaign (though I have a few idealogical differences with a Democrat Socialist), but anyone that will drag Hillary through the mud has my support. Who knows, maybe this is exactly what we need to dissolve this payed for two party dynasty system in future elections.

    Sure, and maybe it will dissolve into a dictatorship, but who cares Hilary sucks right?
    Fight the man!
    :anguished:
    Dissolve into a dictatorship? That is the funniest thing I've read all day from someone supporting big government. You are starting to sound like the fearmongers you so adamantly appose. And yes, Hillary SUCKS, just not as well as Lewenski evidently.

    Oops, forgot to add an emoji at the end...does that help one appear "smarter"?
    Duhhhhhh, it's about equal to the likelihood of him dissolving the monied 2 party system. Which is to say it is pretty unlikely.
    Have you not kept up with things lately? Bernie and Trump have both done wonders in the way of disolving the two establishment parties and their rhetoric. Both of them should have the balls to run 3rd party, wouldn't that be something :)
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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,075
    Free said:
    Free said:

    More proof that Clinton and Trump are in this together. One big lie. Don't buy that they hate each other, they are rigging the system.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bill-clinton-called-donald-trump-ahead-of-republicans-2016-launch/2015/08/05/e2b30bb8-3ae3-11e5-b3ac-8a79bc44e5e2_story.html

    Still feeling the Bern to the end, there's a long way to still go.

    Still feeling it here too, Free, despite a brief lapse in despondency last night. And shame on me! It's not over. And no, JC29856, this is not an example of having "the spine of a wet loaf of bread and the courage of a drone operator". It's an example of continuing the work toward that which we believe is best. What do you want us to say? Oh, we give up, throw in the towel? No way. Presidential Primary 2.0 might just blow away all of that negative thinking., We will sure as hell give it a shot.
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  • Wma31394Wma31394 Posts: 3,045
    brianlux said:

    Free said:
    Free said:

    More proof that Clinton and Trump are in this together. One big lie. Don't buy that they hate each other, they are rigging the system.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bill-clinton-called-donald-trump-ahead-of-republicans-2016-launch/2015/08/05/e2b30bb8-3ae3-11e5-b3ac-8a79bc44e5e2_story.html

    Still feeling the Bern to the end, there's a long way to still go.

    Still feeling it here too, Free, despite a brief lapse in despondency last night. And shame on me! It's not over. And no, JC29856, this is not an example of having "the spine of a wet loaf of bread and the courage of a drone operator". It's an example of continuing the work toward that which we believe is best. What do you want us to say? Oh, we give up, throw in the towel? No way. Presidential Primary 2.0 might just blow away all of that negative thinking., We will sure as hell give it a shot.
    Nothing wrong with continuing a fight for a cause or "revolution" that you believe in. I would do the same.

    The donald and Hilary working together?? Come on people that is just wack..
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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,075
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  • JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,181
    Barring a debilitating Clinton scandal...it's over.

    That doesn't mean Bernie needs to get out. He is well funded and has an important message. He will continue to get votes. Just because the DNC and the Democratic Establishment have installed Hillary doesn't mean Left-leaning voters should have no alternative.
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  • Wma31394Wma31394 Posts: 3,045
    brianlux said:
    Sorry had to stop reading after the 1st sentence since it's not true. Bern has not won Missouri
    "Going where the water tastes like wine!"
  • lolobugglolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,192
    Keeping the hope alive for Bernie.....
    he will win many of the upcoming primaries...
    who knows what can happen in the next few months.
    Once the RNC machine ramps up on Hillary it's going to get real nasty.
    they have their hands full with Trump right now.

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  • FreeFree Posts: 3,562
    Wma31394 said:

    brianlux said:
    Sorry had to stop reading after the 1st sentence since it's not true. Bern has not won Missouri
    No one has won Missouri; still too close to call.
  • Wma31394Wma31394 Posts: 3,045
    Free said:

    Wma31394 said:

    brianlux said:
    Sorry had to stop reading after the 1st sentence since it's not true. Bern has not won Missouri
    No one has won Missouri; still too close to call.
    Yes I know..that article stated that Bernie won Missouri
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  • FreeFree Posts: 3,562
    edited March 2016
    https://www.facebook.com/actdottv/videos/451881618335743/

    History shows the candidate with the early lead doesn't always win.
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  • FreeFree Posts: 3,562
    http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=15888

    The Sanders Speech the media wouldn't show you last night (because looking at an empty podium waiting for Drumpf was so spellbinding)
  • London BridgeLondon Bridge USA Posts: 4,733
    Free said:

    https://www.facebook.com/actdottv/videos/451881618335743/

    History shows the candidate with the early lead doesn't always win.

    Nice video, but Bye Bye Bernie
  • FreeFree Posts: 3,562

    Free said:

    https://www.facebook.com/actdottv/videos/451881618335743/

    History shows the candidate with the early lead doesn't always win.

    Nice video, but Bye Bye Bernie
    Scared.
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,075
    It's not over. This from Bernie:

    "When we started our campaign 10 months ago... I don't think you could find a
    single person who would believe you if you said Bernie Sanders would win nine states
    by this point in the campaign.

    Last night we beat all the polls in almost every state. We earned a significant
    number of delegates, and are on track for the nomination. Here's why:

    What you will not hear from the political and media establishment is that, based on
    the primary and caucus schedule for the rest of the race, this is the high water
    mark for the Clinton campaign. Starting today, the map now shifts dramatically in
    our favor.

    Arizona, Idaho, and Utah are up next Tuesday. Alaska, Hawaii, and Washington State
    caucus the Saturday after. Then it's Wisconsin's turn to vote.

    That means we have an extremely good chance to win nearly every state that votes in
    the next month. If we continue to stand together, we're just getting started for our
    political revolution."

    Not throwing in the towel!

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  • JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,181
    What states did Bernie do better in on Tuesday than the polls indicated?

    I'm troubled by this statement. You don't win the nomination by beating polls. You don't earn delegates by chasing windmills in the media. You need to win states.

    Bernie had 5 chances to do that on Tuesday. 0-5. That isn't the fault of the polls or the media.
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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,075
    Jimmy, you also don't win by quitting.
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  • JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,181
    I appreciate Bernie's honesty more than anything. But reading that statement...for the first time...I have doubts.
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  • callencallen Posts: 6,388
    ^^^^ Funny.

    As to Bernie staying in, he does have a chance, it's good for Democratics to keep in headlines and it furthers his message. And that lingering Clinton issue.
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  • JC29856JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    JimmyV said:

    What states did Bernie do better in on Tuesday than the polls indicated?

    I'm troubled by this statement. You don't win the nomination by beating polls. You don't earn delegates by chasing windmills in the media. You need to win states.

    Bernie had 5 chances to do that on Tuesday. 0-5. That isn't the fault of the polls or the media.

    If the American public are fools for Clinton and trump they are fools flummoxed by polls and media, no doubt.
  • JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,181
    JC29856 said:

    JimmyV said:

    What states did Bernie do better in on Tuesday than the polls indicated?

    I'm troubled by this statement. You don't win the nomination by beating polls. You don't earn delegates by chasing windmills in the media. You need to win states.

    Bernie had 5 chances to do that on Tuesday. 0-5. That isn't the fault of the polls or the media.

    If the American public are fools for Clinton and trump they are fools flummoxed by polls and media, no doubt.
    That's a fair point.
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  • pickupyourwillpickupyourwill Posts: 3,135
    edited March 2016
    JC29856 said:

    JimmyV said:

    What states did Bernie do better in on Tuesday than the polls indicated?

    I'm troubled by this statement. You don't win the nomination by beating polls. You don't earn delegates by chasing windmills in the media. You need to win states.

    Bernie had 5 chances to do that on Tuesday. 0-5. That isn't the fault of the polls or the media.

    If the American public are fools for Clinton and trump they are fools flummoxed by polls and media, no doubt.
    I agree. "When they own the information...oooh they can bend it all they want"~~John Mayer

    The crazy thing to me about the Republicans, not just in Congress but all over the country, is that they had 8 full years of bitching and complaining about Obama and kept claiming how things would be different once they got a Republican in there--yet when the time came for them to choose candidates, they had almost 20 of them to start with?!! How unorganized is that? And then they bitched about Trump getting so far when they let it happen?--craziness. They've had all this time to get their shit together for this election and look what they've done with it.

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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,961
    JimmyV said:

    I appreciate Bernie's honesty more than anything. But reading that statement...for the first time...I have doubts.

    TBH, I think that suggests that you were ready to turn anyhow, and were just waiting for some reason to do it, because there isn't really anything wrong with that statement at all IMO.
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  • JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,181
    PJ_Soul said:

    JimmyV said:

    I appreciate Bernie's honesty more than anything. But reading that statement...for the first time...I have doubts.

    TBH, I think that suggests that you were ready to turn anyhow, and were just waiting for some reason to do it, because there isn't really anything wrong with that statement at all IMO.
    I'm not sure what "turn" is supposed to mean here.

    The statement isn't really reflective of reality and that is a problem. The candidate himself said he was going to win Ohio and didn't. Many of us - myself included - had high hopes for Illinois and Missouri, too. None of that came to pass. Pointing fingers at the polls and the media after that disappointing performance rings hollow to me and stinks of dishonesty. We see candidates make excuses all the time but I had higher hopes for Bernie. Like I said the thing that most drew me to Sanders was his honesty. Reading that statement left me feeling disappointed.
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  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    PJ_Soul said:

    JimmyV said:

    I appreciate Bernie's honesty more than anything. But reading that statement...for the first time...I have doubts.

    TBH, I think that suggests that you were ready to turn anyhow, and were just waiting for some reason to do it, because there isn't really anything wrong with that statement at all IMO.
    I agree, I understand that Bernie is the underdog but he's not as mathematically eliminated as you are hung on him being. I am not going to lay out a path to victory, but there are multiple routes that could get him there. He took Michigan, if he can do that he has a fighting chance.
    There is also the baggage Hilary has, if she get's indicted in June you will be glad as he'll that Bernie Sanders stuck it out. He is simply not beaten yet and giving up is just foolish. There is no advantage to the party for him to drop out, Hilary will always be flush with cash and we have the electoral advantage.
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  • JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,181
    Some of you are misunderstanding. I have not called for nor do I expect Sanders to drop out. I dug up the dates yesterday. Hillary didn't drop out until June 7, 2008. Sanders is under no obligation to drop out now.
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  • lolobugglolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,192
    Bernie is going all the way to the convention....
    you can take that to the bank (or wall street)!!!!

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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,961
    JimmyV said:

    Some of you are misunderstanding. I have not called for nor do I expect Sanders to drop out. I dug up the dates yesterday. Hillary didn't drop out until June 7, 2008. Sanders is under no obligation to drop out now.

    I didn't mean to say that you think he's under that obligation. I just thought it sounded like you are kind of searching for negatives when it comes to Bernie, so that tiny little things that I would consider meaningless are catching your attention enough for you to at least consider changing your feelings about him as a politician, about his honesty, etc. Maybe I'm wrong - it's just what it sounded like.
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