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NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
Thu May 19, 2016, 03:39 PM May 2016

What's up with all the "You'll-Be-Sorry-y-y" and "Don't-Blame-Me" themed messages in GDP?

That appears to be a common theme recently. There are several variations in the wording and tone ... some appear to be spontaneous quips, others are lengthy diatribes.

Often it's the same posters repeatedly warning us about the "doom" that's about to befall our country and how they'll never vote for Hillary ... others are more reflective and affirm that they'll just hold their nose and vote for Hillary as a vote against Trump.

So, my fellow Hillary Group members ... what do you make of this?

Is it a sign that these people (and perhaps others) are becoming resigned to the reality that Hillary will be our nominee? OR ... is it a last-ditch effort to frighten everyone into voting for Bernie and make him the nominee?

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What's up with all the "You'll-Be-Sorry-y-y" and "Don't-Blame-Me" themed messages in GDP? (Original Post) NurseJackie May 2016 OP
Sore losers. It hurts to have all their hopes dashed. nt LexVegas May 2016 #1
I call it bitterness and despair. Their candidate has lost, but won't admit it, so they keep Arkansas Granny May 2016 #2
Fear mongering because you know that the sky will fall if Hillary is elected leftofcool May 2016 #3
Just getting their last annoying shots in. yallerdawg May 2016 #4
Shows the maturity level of the Sandroids. Not surprising. nt eastwestdem May 2016 #5
I think they really want to see her win big so they can spend the next 8 years apologizing ucrdem May 2016 #6
LOL ... Or, win big ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2016 #27
So childish DrDan May 2016 #7
Makes me wonder if there was some form or moment of prescience for whoever said... BobbyDrake May 2016 #8
They'd just use that sign to tell us how much more liberal and/or progressive they are. TwilightZone May 2016 #10
Yeah, because it's so liberal/progressive to vote for Trump if they don't get their way in trying BlueCaliDem May 2016 #22
Between the trolls and the anarchists, I'm not sure who the "real" DUers even are anymore. TwilightZone May 2016 #9
Assholes gotta be assholes. Squinch May 2016 #11
Poutrage TwilightZone May 2016 #12
Sore Losers playing nanny nanny boo boo. n/t Lil Missy May 2016 #13
They know they will be responsible if trump wins in November .... beachbumbob May 2016 #14
It's a little like kids trying to blackmail their parents radical noodle May 2016 #15
This is exactly LoveMyCali May 2016 #34
Meh. ismnotwasm May 2016 #16
Moping George II May 2016 #17
They actually think they know something! That's Bernies' gift to them.... Walk away May 2016 #18
You left off "You can't make me vote for her!" SharonClark May 2016 #19
They seem delusional enough to complain jane May 2016 #20
You and I think a lot alike. NurseJackie May 2016 #21
They think EVERY sanders supporter savalez May 2016 #23
And every independent is an ultra-liberal. TwilightZone May 2016 #24
Really? savalez May 2016 #25
Yeah, they think they're all just like them. In reality, TwilightZone May 2016 #26
That's it exactly. NanceGreggs May 2016 #29
You've described every Bernie supporter that I know IRL too. NurseJackie May 2016 #31
Just their sense of entitlement lashing out, stopbush May 2016 #28
Yes, a lot of them realize ... NanceGreggs May 2016 #30
Just some more BS Setsuna1972 May 2016 #32
Trolls. Look at the troll's hair. Compare to Bernie's hair. There is your answer. LannyDeVaney May 2016 #33
Bwahahaha Haveadream May 2016 #35
I know how it feels when my candidate is not nominated bluestateguy May 2016 #36
No doubt some of the same ones who repeatedly brought doom&gloom to the Obama Cha May 2016 #37

Arkansas Granny

(31,519 posts)
2. I call it bitterness and despair. Their candidate has lost, but won't admit it, so they keep
Thu May 19, 2016, 03:43 PM
May 2016

looking for miracles that aren't going to happen. In the meantime, they are going to shit all over anyone who is happy about the outcome of the primary race.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
4. Just getting their last annoying shots in.
Thu May 19, 2016, 03:48 PM
May 2016

Then they'll fade away - unless DU tolerates attacks on the Democratic nominee. You know - like it does now.

ucrdem

(15,512 posts)
6. I think they really want to see her win big so they can spend the next 8 years apologizing
Thu May 19, 2016, 03:51 PM
May 2016

for being so wrong.



 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
27. LOL ... Or, win big ...
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:55 PM
May 2016

Because they'd be so out of practice, they'd have to relearn how to criticize non-Democrats.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
22. Yeah, because it's so liberal/progressive to vote for Trump if they don't get their way in trying
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:20 PM
May 2016

to "gut" the Democratic Party.

TwilightZone

(25,471 posts)
9. Between the trolls and the anarchists, I'm not sure who the "real" DUers even are anymore.
Thu May 19, 2016, 04:25 PM
May 2016

As for your question, I think reality is slowly creeping in and they're not ready to cope. They may never be. A lot of that is their candidate's fault.

 

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
14. They know they will be responsible if trump wins in November ....
Thu May 19, 2016, 04:51 PM
May 2016

and trying to give themselves some type of cover when they don't support our nominee...Unfortunately they will be MORE responsible than the voters who actually voted for trump as they copped the attitutude my ego is more important than the future of America....to me the most despicable of all excuses...

radical noodle

(8,003 posts)
15. It's a little like kids trying to blackmail their parents
Thu May 19, 2016, 04:57 PM
May 2016

If you don't give me what I want (Bernie getting the nomination), you'll get Trump for a president.

Walk away

(9,494 posts)
18. They actually think they know something! That's Bernies' gift to them....
Thu May 19, 2016, 05:31 PM
May 2016

...delusion. They just don't get that it's over and the Republicans aren't coming to their rescue by finding some manufactured scandal about Hillary that anyone will give a shit about.

complain jane

(4,302 posts)
20. They seem delusional enough to
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:15 PM
May 2016

think they can still get people to vote for him and "make him the nominee".

I also think many of them are republican plants in drag

savalez

(3,517 posts)
23. They think EVERY sanders supporter
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:33 PM
May 2016

is as crazy as they are. The majority of sandars supporters will vote for HRC in the GE

TwilightZone

(25,471 posts)
24. And every independent is an ultra-liberal.
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:45 PM
May 2016

The latest meme is that all independents are to the left of Democrats.

TwilightZone

(25,471 posts)
26. Yeah, they think they're all just like them. In reality,
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:52 PM
May 2016

it's roughly a third right-leaners, a third left-leaners, and a third who don't really care enough to lean.

Pretty much what one would expect.

NanceGreggs

(27,815 posts)
29. That's it exactly.
Thu May 19, 2016, 08:03 PM
May 2016

They've led themselves to believe that behind every vote for Bernie, there is a rabid revolutionary who will sit out the election, vote Trump, or write-in Bernie's name.

The BS supporters I know in RL have never seen his campaign as a "revolution" or a "movement". They simply voted their preference in the primary, and will vote for the (D) in November.

stopbush

(24,396 posts)
28. Just their sense of entitlement lashing out,
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:59 PM
May 2016

even as Sanders is losing his power to make them feel special.

NanceGreggs

(27,815 posts)
30. Yes, a lot of them realize ...
Thu May 19, 2016, 08:11 PM
May 2016

... that Bernie is dead in the water, and has been for months.

But because they have predicted doom all along if their great saviour isn't elected, they can't let go of the meme.

My prediction: HRC will be the next POTUS - and we'll have eight years of hearing about how much better Bernie would have been, and how everyone would have single-payer healthcare and a free college education if only we'd elected BS instead.

bluestateguy

(44,173 posts)
36. I know how it feels when my candidate is not nominated
Thu May 19, 2016, 11:59 PM
May 2016

I was big for Wes Clark in 2004. He got in the race too late and he just never got traction. But I had no personal animus against John Kerry.

And for many many downballot races, I have voted for the candidate who I was certain was the best nominee the party could put forward. My fellow Democrats disagreed and outvoted me. Sometimes I was frustrated or disappointed or certain that he/she would lose, but I always cast my ballot for the nominee. It would take A LOT to get me to abstain, and even Bernie has not crossed that line with me yet. I will still say today that I'd vote for him if he won the nomination, in spite of a lot of reservations I have about his prospects for winning.

Primaries are hard, and you are going to win some and lose some. But this is a team sport.

Cha

(297,323 posts)
37. No doubt some of the same ones who repeatedly brought doom&gloom to the Obama
Fri May 20, 2016, 12:01 AM
May 2016

Admin... they were wrong then and they're wrong now.

Poor things are always on the wrong side of history.

Jackie~

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