Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumJust watched Bernie Sanders 6/7 speech
There was a very telling moment when he said, "Tonight I had a very kind call from President Obama and I look forward to working with him to ensure that we move this country forward." [The emphasis was his, not mine.]
Misogyny, bitterness?
*Edited to remove second half, because it was a separate subject.
LiberalFighter
(53,467 posts)CrowCityDem
(2,348 posts)displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)What an expletive of your choice.
stopbush
(24,630 posts)to the convention, when the super delegates will miraculously switch their support to him from Hillary.
Getting his ass kicked by every measurable standard doesn't seem to phase him. It's like his thinking is, "I'm going to flip Hillary's super delegates. But before I can do that, they first need to identify themselves as supporting her. THEN, I can flip them! It's all going according to plan, ooo-aaah!"
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)than a majority of pledged delegates then it is impossible for him to receive a majority.
stopbush
(24,630 posts)pledged delegates!
That would mean that she needed to win 59% of the pledged delegates.
In other words, if Sanders got 42% of the pledged delegates, it's "Game On!" for a contested convention because "she didn't get enough pledged delegates."
Despicable.
Cha
(305,406 posts)whether he goes back to Vermont or goes back to Vermont.
sarae
(3,284 posts)DURHAM D
(32,835 posts)the count will be closer...
So what - he is a loser.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)having everyone working together will be wonderful. Defeating Trump is a goal we should all strive to complete.
stopbush
(24,630 posts)He's a loose cannon who is overly impressed with himself. I can see every kind word he would say about Hillary couched in a mountain of disclaimers.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)stopbush
(24,630 posts)But one has to ask - what other loser has ever felt entitled to dictate terms to the winner, especially when that person lost badly?
I can see a negotiation where Sanders says, "the Dems need to start looking out for the middle class!" where the response is, "yeah, we've been doing that for decades. Next issue." "The Dems need to get serious about climate change!" "Yep, already doing that. Where have you been? Anything else?"
But it sets a very bad precedent to cave in to a person who - at best - achieved a minority of support in the party he couldn't be bothered to join until it was advantageous to his chances.
And I am not convinced that Hillary "needs" all of those Sanders voters to win. She won at least 55% of the primary vote. Of the 45% Sanders won, 85% of them say they'll vote for Hillary. That means that 93% of people who voted in the D primaries WILL vote for Hillary. Does she really need that final 5-7% of BoB Sanders zealots to win? With Trump as her opponent, Rs openly saying they'll vote for Hillary, and Trump facing massive shortfalls in the women and minority votes, does she really need to appease those die-hard Sanders voters? I don't think so.
She already has all the Bernie supporters she will need.
The remainder won't vote for her no matter how much she compromises.
Cha
(305,406 posts)country FORWARD.
President Is going to be helping Black kids in his retirement and you'll do what you've always done.
2naSalit
(92,695 posts)ever come with up their taxes for us to see?
The more I see and hear from him he seems more like spiteful old curmudgeon who is also a misogynist.
Where are the taxes he's promised to produce?