So Sanders essentially believes that independents should decide who the Democratic nominee is.

[still_one]

Sorry Bernie. DEMOCRATS want DEMOCRATS to decide who their party's nominee is. Obviously, that statement you sent to MSNBC leaves in question just how much you want to be part of the Democratic party.

When you started this campaign, you joined the Democratic party. Now you are upset because you think independents should decide who the Democratic nominee is?

Bullshit. Independents had plenty of time to register as Democrats in states that have closed primaries. There is only two reasons why that didn't happen. 1. They don't want to be associated with the Democratic party, and 2. They are ignorant about the registration process. Either way, those are lame excuses, and express only that you Mr. Sanders, are a sore loser.

[msongs]

1. independents will swing to the democratic party nominee except for the bitter holdouts nt

[Thinkingabout]

2. It would be like Canada deciding who our president would be. The key element here is DNC

it is the party of Democrats, we are not Republicans, we should not choose the GOP nominee either, this is a choice voters makes, don't disparage the DNC process by telling Democrats we do not have the right to choose our nominee.

[Frances]

3. I tried to stay neutral in the primary because I am so pro Dem and anti Repub

I don't have a problem with Dems selecting the Dem candidate

But in the general, we will need to get Independent votes.

I think we should all work hard to do that

[Maru Kitteh]

7. That's fine when pivoting to the GE, not in the Democratic primary

People outside the Dem party should not get to decide who our nominee is. Period. If people want a say they can register as Dems.

[still_one]

10. Exactly

[Cha]

4. 'cause he's losing to Dems.. that party he hates.

[still_one]

11. Gald to see you Cha, didn't see you earlier when the results were coming through

[Cha]

12. Aloha and Mahalo, stillone! It's really awesome to see all of you in such

a celebratory mood! Hillary

[underthematrix]

5. Bernie Sanders knows that the

Republican, Democratic, and other parties run presidential primaries and caucuses. He knows that political parties, which includes all its registered voters the candidate they want to run as their party's presidential nominee. This why Bernie Sanders registered as a Democrat in 2015 so he could use the ESTABLISHED Democratic party machine.

Bernie preyed on the anger and ignorance of his supporters. That's so sad.

[Tarheel_Dem]

6. Nothing to add.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. So long as they vote for him

[Tommy2Tone]

9. A whole bunch of them need to stfu and go away

I personally feel that anyone on a site for Democrats that says they won't support the Democratic candidate in the election needs to be banned.

Me I plan on using my "full ignore" button a lot more.

[2naSalit]

13. Seems I add to mine

every day, and not just one or two. Can't wait til this whole messy part is over.

[are.you.sure]

14. exaggeration ...

Sanders emphatically states that when a state conducts a public process primary election on behalf of a private corporation like the NYS Democratic Party the state is conducting an exclusionary election which is not reflective of the will of the whole of that state's electorate.

Sanders also advocates that voters should not have to affiliate with a private corporation or party in order to participate in a public process primary election, that early voting should be allowed to an extent far more accomodating than absentee ballots are, that voters should be able to expediently cast their votes, that election workers should facilitate rather than impede voters voting, and that those authorized by state law to register to vote should be able to register to vote up to and even on the same day as elections in order for them to act on such state authorization.

Are you sure you aren't exaggerating what Sander's said?

[Whimsey]

17. If Sanders had run as an independent he could have bypassed the messy democratic primaries.

No sympathy for Sanders, or Trump, on the fact that parties want to set their own rules on their party primaries. Both could have run as independents, bypassed the primaries and been on the ballot for the general election where they could have muscled their way onto the debate stage. Both wanted to use the "infrastructure" set up by the parties, but wanted it to play their way. The whole point of a party is they want to produce a nominee who is a member of their party, not an independent interloper.

[SharonClark]

19. Agree 100%

[NastyRiffraff]

23. A primary is NOT

"reflective of the will of the whole of that state's electorate." It's supposed to be reflective of a political party (I have no idea what he means by a "private corporation" in this context.)

Why is it so hard to understand that a nominee of the Democratic should be selected by Democrats? Same goes for a Republican nominee. If Sanders wants a third party he ought to do the hard work of promoting one. But it's easier to run as a Democrat, even though the Democratic Party is part of the hated establishment.

[ContinentalOp]

15. They're under the delusion that independents are some kind of cool free-thinking progressives

rather than teabaggers, libertarians, greens who probably think Sanders is a sellout for running as a dem, undecided idiots, and a bunch of center-right swing voters who skew way more toward Clinton than Sanders.

[SharonClark]

18. Like they think everyone under 30 wants Sanders to be president

It must be a shock to them that some are even republicans.

[Surya Gayatri]

16. So well said. Couldn't agree more. The unimpeachable truth.

[Pathwalker]

20. Republicans can vote in an open Democratic primary, too.

We certainly don't want them deciding who our candidate should be. Remember Michigan.

[pandr32]

21. Listening to Bernie is a head scratcher for me, too!

One of the things I think is happening is that so much of his base is young and hoodwinked. They really have not had the experience in life or as voters to resist the rhetoric of Bernie Sanders. They have taken it as gospel--including the demonizing of Hillary Clinton and the DNC. Now Sanders wants to posture himself as the leader of this group, and that even though Hillary Clinton has cleaned his clock among registered Democrats he insists his group "is the future of the Democratic Party."
This is all about Sanders, and not his followers. He does not want to let go.

[William769]

22. Kick & highly recommended.