Sanders: Democratic Party hasn't been fair to me

[Iamaartist]

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/bernie-sanders-democratic-party-fairness-222355


Bernie Sanders says the Democratic Party hasn't been fair to him — but he has mixed feelings on the nominating process overall.

"Do you think this process has been fair to you? The Democratic nomination process?" moderator Chuck Todd asked the Vermont senator in an interview filmed Saturday in Baltimore and aired Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press."

"Yes and no," Sanders said, going on to criticize the role of the media for neglecting to focus on "real issues facing America." The media, he said, emphasizes "political gossip" rather than "issues that affect working people."

"So it sounds like the party, though, you feel like's been fair to you?" Todd asked Sanders.

"No," Sanders responded. "I think we have— look, we're taking on the establishment. That's pretty clear."

Pointing to the Democratic debate schedule, of which three of the first four took place on weekend nights, Sanders said they were "scheduled — pretty clearly, to my mind, at a time when there would be minimal viewing audience— et cetera, et cetera."

"But you know, that's the way it is. We knew we were taking on the establishment," he said. "And here we are. So [I'm] not complaining."

Todd then asked Sanders if he felt he was "given a fair shot" at the Democratic nomination.

"Yeah, we took advantage of the opportunities in front of us. We are in this race. We are not writing our obituary," Sanders said. "We're in this race to California, and we're proud of the campaign we ran."

Clinton is ahead of Sanders by 750 in POLITICO's delegate count, with superdelegates included -- and could wrap up the nomination even if she loses every remaining state. The Sanders campaign has said it plans to persuade superdelegates to switch sides, but has shown little ability to do so thus far.

But Sanders himself betrayed little sign that he intends to quit the race before the final round of contests on June 7, when six states will hold presidential primaries.


Oh really??? I think not...we been to good to you....

[SharonClark]

1. Todd should ask Hillary the same question

Since the party has been walking on tip toes trying not to get Sanders and his supporters mad at them.

[Cha]

2. Oh, Let's get out the really tiny violins! BOO******HOO, BS!

[Iamaartist]

8. LOL

[riversedge]

17. Bernie is echoing The Donald!!

[Cha]

18. He is? is trump whining the "gop isn't being fair to him"?

[riversedge]

22. Well, he did a lot of that early in his campaign. Don't know if he has whinned recently

about the Gop not being fair.

[stopbush]

43. This week, Trump was calling the R system rigged.

[Cha]

44. They're both big time whiners.

[Iamaartist]

3. Maybe BERNIE you ran in the wrong party to begin with????

[72DejaVu]

4. What a cry baby.

Try to imagine this whiner as president.

"It's not fair that Putin invaded Poland."

[Iamaartist]

5. I cant cant imagine a whiner either....maybe time for him to retire,take a long trip...

[LiberalFighter]

34. He already took one long trip

[Cha]

7. NO, Kidding! I just wrote on another thread about this.. that I cannot wait

until that *******whining hypocrite gets out and goes away.

[savalez]

25. +1

[Lil Missy]

6. very unsportsmanlike conduct

[BlueMTexpat]

9. Ah yes, Bernie.

[Iamaartist]

10. LOL....

[Cha]

12. We're Voting for Hillary! BS: Not Fair!

BS

Blue~

[Bluerome]

11. If he'd spent more time explaining

how his big plans could be accomplished he might have had a chance. Repeating the same lines without details just doesn't work with Democrats. That only works with republicans

[procon]

13. Here's the money quote:

Hillary "could wrap up the nomination even if she loses every remaining state."

So what's his game plan? Factor in Sanders failed efforts to persuade the Democratic Party's superdelegates, who already have long and deep ties to secure their pledges to Clinton, to switch sides, and it must be sinking in that he has no viable chance of winning.

That said, I have a growing concern will he completely break with the Party and strike out on his own in a pique of malicious spite to split the voters, throwing the election to Trump, just to prevent Clinton from winning.

[Cha]

14. "That said, I have a growing concern will he completely break with the Party and strike out on his

own in a pique of malicious spite to split the voters, throwing the election to Trump, just to prevent Clinton from winning."

I'm thinking he's just bitter and spiteful enough to do that.

[procon]

19. Yeah, it's a worrisome thought and something we should be prepared for. nt

[Rose Siding]

64. They're already organizing to disrupt the convention

-even including info about buses to it in the BS group right here on DU

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

71. Easy to do I guess

When you don't have a job and live in your parents basement.

[riversedge]

15. "We're in this race to California,..........

We will see after Tuesday--if his donors will ante up more $$


.........."Yeah, we took advantage of the opportunities in front of us. We are in this race. We are not writing our obituary," Sanders said. "We're in this race to California, and we're proud of the campaign we ran."

[Fla Dem]

16. As he himself said; "We knew we were taking on the establishment,"

He is nothing more than an interloper. Using the infrastructure of the DNC to his benefit, getting press off of running as a Dem, and participating in the Dem Debates. Except for the exposure he got in those debates, he would be little more than any other 3rd party candidate.

[Blue Idaho]

20. I have zero confidence

Sanders will endorse Sec. Clinton for President. He's no Democrat and right now he is more interested in promoting his own "brand" than helping to elect any Democrats. As someone who has voted Democratic for my entire life, I gotta say, this idea of allowing a non-Deamocrat to use the money and machinery of the party to damage the likely nominee was a terrible idea.

I hope the party has learned its lesson.

[livetohike]

33. I agree. I hope this is brought up at the convention and rules

are reviewed and changed.

[LiberalFighter]

35. I see that happening at DNC meetings.

[stopbush]

45. Yep. We need to adopt what I'm calling the Sanders Rule:

"Any person wishing to enter the Dem presidential primaries must be a member in good standing of the D Party for five consecutive years leading up to and including the day they announce their candidacy for president."

And, yes, I have sent that suggestion off to the DNC.

[Blue Idaho]

65. Excellent Idea! nt.

[NastyRiffraff]

73. I like it!

a lot. I'd support that in a heartbeat!

[sarae]

36. Yep

And even if he does, how credible would an endorsement be after all the things he's said? I'm thinking at this point, no one would take any "endorsement" of his seriously.

[apcalc]

67. Agree

He said he used the party to get media coverage.
IMO he has no allegiance to the party, has not supported down ballot Dems, has never held a Dem fundraiser, sued the Dem party, his team hacked into Clinton's server, and now HE says the Democratic party wasn't fair.

And BEYOND THAT, he thinks he might try to persuade super-delegates to support him?


That takes alot of gall. What nerve from an ungrateful interloper. Tuesday can't come soom enough for me.

[Haveadream]

21. Bernie, the 60's called...

They want their slogan back.

"No," Sanders responded. "I think we have— look, we're taking on the establishment. That's pretty clear."

Say something NEW. For the love of all that is holy, say something new.

[livetohike]

31. Dusty relic of a time long gone. I was a teenager in the 60's.

He was not a hippie. He was part of the radical,street corner, pamphlet passing crowd. The ones with the wild look in their eyes not caused by LSD.

[displacedtexan]

38. OMG! You're right! He's that guy who loitered on college campuses

and complained how even Democrats always abandon their own platforms when they get elected because they're sell outs. I remember those guys. They had nothing to offer but negative propaganda... and drugs for sale.

[stopbush]

46. I'm convinced it had something to do with the chemical formulation

of Herbal Essence Shampoo when it first hit the market. Something in that stuff leeched through the scalp and affected the brain.

[Iamaartist]

48. Me to, those where the days though ,a great era never to be forgotten.....

Not a teen in the early 60s but in the middle 60s.....for me....

[spooky3]

23. He IS the establishment, given how long he's been in office.

[sarae]

37. Right?

See how well it's worked for him, smashing the system from the inside for all those years?

[displacedtexan]

24. Weekend debates are the problem? Seriously?

Pointing to the Democratic debate schedule, of which three of the first four took place on weekend nights, Sanders said they were "scheduled — pretty clearly, to my mind, at a time when there would be minimal viewing audience— et cetera, et cetera."

Sitting on a sofa on a SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Goin' to the candiadates' debate

Well, here's to you, Mr. Sanders, Sir. Weekend debates are not new.

[livetohike]

29. Good one!

[sarae]

26. Oh, really?

The media, he said, emphasizes "political gossip" rather than "issues that affect working people."

The media? Media like Rosario Dawson talking about Monica Lewinsky or Hillary being indicted? Oh wait - that was your paid surrogate!

[Hekate]

32. Oh snap

[livetohike]

27. Wish he would STFU! Quit running around whining about everything.

He is lucky he was permitted to run as a Democrat.

[UtahLib]

28. I'm so sick

of him getting so much face time. Treat him as what he is, a loser.

[KewlKat]

42. Speaking of face time....

anyone done an analysis of how many appearances all the other candidates have gotten compared to Hillary? It seems extremely lopsided overall and I swear that she's no where near the number that BS has had.....anyone? any source on this?

add to less quality face time AND the negative crap EVERYONE is throwing at her.........I'm surprised she's doing as well as she has...................

[jmowreader]

69. One of the liberal think tanks did...it was on DU a couple weeks ago

I don't have the link, sorry, but it was pretty damning: Trump and Sanders are getting the most TV interviews and positive press, followed by Cruz and Kasich. Clinton is receiving the least interviews, the least positive press and, of course, the most negative press.

[savalez]

63. I have a theory that the more face time he gets

the more votes he loses.

[savalez]

30. Apparently "being good to him" means we have to vote for him too.

NO THANKS!

[SaschaHM]

39. Wah wah says the Senator who is the ranking member of the Budget Committee.

I really hope we retake the Senate with votes to spare, just so the big bad "establishment" can cut him loose, strip him of his assignments, and let him beg for scraps from the republicans so his final years in the Senate aren't as wasted as his previous 25.

[Cha]

40. +100000000000000000000000

[KewlKat]

41. perhaps someone should call the .....

[Iamaartist]

50. LOL

[Iamaartist]

47. All can say is Get Back ....Bernie.... Beatle video

[ismnotwasm]

49. Right. Because don't live in a digital age where information proliferates

All over the place, oh wait, yeah we do. I can pretty much guarantee that anyone who is remotely interested in American politics, has heard of Sanders, if not his message. Weren't some counting on click polls the thing of hope and beauty?



Sanders shouldn't be using debates either. He lost all of them by most accounts. It's not the "establishment'--it's the message of the candidates. Most voters like Hillary's message better, by latest count.

[savalez]

53. and hasn't Sanders been in government longer than any other Candidate?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

59. Yep

But he's not establishment.

[Lucinda]

51. It is just sooo ridiculous for a career politician to say he is taking on the "establishment"

Dude has been a member of one of THE MOST EXCLUSIVE "establishment" clubs on the planet for a quarter of a century. The US Congress. And we are supposed to think that he is suddenly going to be a leader and fix things?

[George II]

52. That's like he answers just about every question and reference to how he voted on bills...

...in Congress: "Yes and no"

Always and ever the equivocator.

[DemonGoddess]

54. The Democratic party and Democrats as a whole

have been more than fair to this interloper. He can take his whining self and go sit in a corner and pout.

[Historic NY]

55. Oh my........

[nini]

56. So Democrats are the 'establishment'

so why did he join the establishment to run for president? Isn't that exactly opposite of what he preaches?

He needs to go away and the sooner the better.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

57. And here come the excuses

[dlwickham]

58. Boo freaking hoo

[Pika78]

60. Let me ask Justin Timberlake what he thinks

[Cha]

70. Excellent, Pika!

[Setsuna1972]

61. Shut your pie hole Bernie !!!

[Setsuna1972]

62. I want to say something really bad about Bernie

But since his supporters are stalking us here in the HRC, I'll just go on a Twitter rant the hashtag will start off with a world rhyming in DUCK

[LiberalFighter]

66. Making up any excuse he can think of.

[Algernon Moncrieff]

68. When this election is over, it's time to reclaim the party

1) Registered Democrats only in primaries and caucuses
2) Only registered Democrats (or accepted, known substitutes, such as the DFL in Minnesota) should be allowed to run as Democrats

[Setsuna1972]

72. He can just

Kiss my you know what !!! Dude has never been a Democrat is his life, he's more like an uninhibited houseguest who doesn't know when to leave !