Hillary's win today in SC will be HUUUUGE

[RealAmericanDem]

Sadly, after Super Tuesday there will no longer be a path for Bernie to the nomination. I just hope we can then all come together to make sure there is no President Trump.

A good read here:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/22/this-is-the-date-bernie-sanders-berns-out.html

[cantbeserious]

1. Compelling Wisdom - Vs - Disheartening Cynicism - The Choice Is Clear - And It Is Not HRC

eom

[21st Century Poet]

2. A question unrelated to the original post.

Why do so many of the pictures, memes or whatever it is you call them, such as the one you are using in your post, have a crawling insect to the right of them? Does the insect signify anything?

I find the images of insects crawling all over my computer screen to be totally unappealing so I do not understand what this is all about.

[cleopotrick]

3. Poetic

[21st Century Poet]

5. Poetic?

Poetic in what sense?

I still don't get it.

How are crawling insects poetic?

[1StrongBlackMan]

22. Perhaps its symbolism, acknowledging their real purpose ...

bugging the crap out of folks.

[quickesst]

52. It is a symbol misguided protest...

... for a member that got themselves tombstoned through no ones fault but their own.

[cantbeserious]

4. Yes - Solidarity For A Fallen DU Member Tombstoned By Camp HRC

eom

[Helen Borg]

7. It's about crawling insects, obviously.

[Petrushka]

9. Be glad you weren't around when there were dozens more PLUS fly-swatters slapping them down!

I don't know what THAT was all about either; but the distraction was enough for me to stay away for a while.

[Gore1FL]

28. The graphic belonged to a long time DUer.

The Duer was banned. Apparently, some DUers feared him so much that they created a fly-swatter gif to celebrate this banning with each post. Despite making DU suck, the admins seem to have no problem with this rather elongated grave dancing.

The fly gif (w/o the swatter) is a reminder to the people who still celebrate the loss of a DUer that they cannot avoid disagreement through a great purge, despite what seem to be apparent efforts to do just that.

[21st Century Poet]

47. Thank you

Thank you for the detailed explanation. For people who are not familiar with the story, the gif makes absolutely no sense.

Symbolism aside, the gif is really annoying. Isn't there a better way to share the same sentiments, and does the sentiment need to be shared with each and every post, no matter what the topic is? Sorry but I find that ubiquitous fly distracting.

[Cobalt Violet]

6. Wait til those transcripts leak.

Hillary's failed days in the White House are over! She and DWS have left this party in a world of shit.

[NurseJackie]

54. Ha!! :-D

[unapatriciated]

8. what a rude post...

but you want us to be friends - Kumbaya

you're gonna feel the Bern way past Tuesday

[Helen Borg]

10. Yep. Bernie is sticking around.

[Funtatlaguy]

26. Very telling where Bernie is tonight.

Minnesota.
That is one of 3-4 states Bernie really needs out of 11 on Super Tuesday.
He will, of course, win big in Vermont.
Some polls are close in Mass, but I think he has some home field advantage there.
That leaves only Minnesota, Colorado and Oklahoma where Bernie has a chance Tuesday.
All 5 states would be huge and he can recapture some momentum.
4 would be very good.
3 would be ok and keep him viable.
2 and he's in trouble.
1 - Vermont and it's all over.

Just one persons .02

[Helen Borg]

27. If young people come out and vote...

He will win big. If they don't, well, they should. They are the ones with the big student debts.

[Funtatlaguy]

30. Unfortunately, so far, they haven't.

College student turnout in both Iowa and Nevada were less than hoped for.
Bernie won that age group with over 80%. Just not enuf showed up.
Hard to understand. They come to his campus rallies in huge numbers with huge enthusiasm.
But, come voting day, many don't get to the polls.

[Helen Borg]

32. We'll see on Tuesday what the numbers are.

I expect a big win for Sanders.

[Chico Man]

46. They forgot to register

You know, the details.

[bigwillq]

12. What is rude about it?

[randome]

13. Seriously? 'Rude'? With the word 'sadly'?

The only problem I have with this post is that I'm rather tired of people trying to sound like Donald Trump. After a while, it's no longer funny. Same thing with overuse of the word 'morans'.
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[SidDithers]

11. DU rec...nt

Sid

[stonecutter357]

14. K&R!

[snagglepuss]

16. EVery poll shows Trump beating Hillary, only Bernie can beat that PoS.

Older Democrats may swoon over and AAs may see it in their interest to support her but nationally they are in the minority.She has next to nil Independents. The Independents, who are supporting Bernie in big numbers, are independent because they can't stomach Establishment candidates, especially someone so patently corrupt as Hillary.

[RealAmericanDem]

17. WRONG. Every poll but one shows Clinton beating Trump.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_clinton-5491.html

[Stuckinthebush]

43. Exactly!

The "Trump beats Clinton" meme is laughingly false.

[SidDithers]

25. Every poll, except for all the ones that show Clinton beating Trump...

Sid

[Stuckinthebush]

44. Face palm indeed, Sid!

Did you see that Christie Todd Whitman said that she and many moderate Republicans will vote Hillary over Trump if it comes down to that?

No way in hell Trump beats Clinton

[oasis]

18. Time to end it all by Super Tuesday. Bernie has served his

purpose in getting out widespread public awareness on income inequality. Too many of his followers seem to be persuing a scorched earth policy with the sole aim of seriously wounding HRC for her GE run.

[Helen Borg]

19. I agree, time to end it on Super Tuesday.

Hillary has served her purpose in firing up anti-establishment sentiment. The revolution is on. Well done, Hillary, they need you at the Clinton Foundation.

[Broward]

20. The oligarchs are jumping for joy.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

21. We must call upon our better angels...

We must call upon our better angels, rise above the fray, eschew the desire to gloat, and come together to achieve our true goal, which is to halt Republican perfidy.

[RoccoR5955]

23. Bernie is far from out of it.

He is sticking around until the convention.
Don't expect us to give up either.

Nice stealing of the Yuuuuuuge thingie there.
Once again, Clinton supporters are parroting Bernie, after finding that what he says, or is said about him resonates.

[randome]

34. So Sanders moving the conversation further to the left is ungood?

And I doubt Sanders will still be running until the actual convention. If he does, when all the math is against him at that point, he is simply shit-stirring and doing a disservice to the party he only recently joined.
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[RoccoR5955]

63. Conversation is one thing

Actions are another. Bernie has been acting on the things he has been proposing for years. Small steps. We need larger ones, and Hillary is too much in the bag with corporations to make any big steps for WE THE PEOPLE, because she works for them, the corporations.

[LuvLoogie]

59. Things Bernie has invented

The word Huge
The color Red
Progressive taxation
Milk & Cookies combo
...

[mdbl]

24. Sadly, after Super Tuesday there will no longer be a path for Bernie to the nomination.

I just hope we can then all come together to make sure there is no President Trump."

Sadly, there won't be as good a reason if that happens, but I'll vote for Mrs Triangulation if that's all we get. I'm used to it.

[Orange Butterfly]

29. Your thread's heading is a Bernie theme: "HUUUUGE"

This is an example of how much Bernie has influenced the entire party.

If, Hillary is the nominee, which the DNC is doing everything it can to make sure of this, you will never bring the party together by telling Bernie supporters, "Ha Ha, now join us".

We will only come together when Bernie is honored for his message and stance on political policy. Same is true for a Bernie nomination.

[NurseJackie]

33. I kinda doubt that Bernie supporters are ACTUALLY as sensitive as your post suggests.

[Le Taz Hot]

35. Newsflash: Ain't nobody "coming together."

The Democratic Party is finished. But it doesn't really matter when the "Democrat" is exactly the same as the Republican. It's all good for the .01% -- they don't care who their puppet in the White House is. It's all a big game to them. Just like it's all a big game to the Hillarians.

[randome]

38. Why would Democrats not join in unity with the Democratic Party?

Sanders certainly joined when he saw the advantage in doing so. If all he's going to do is crash the party and make a mess, then he'll end up with the same kind of legacy as Ralph Nader.
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[RealAmericanDem]

39. Please read the link in the OP

Bernie has and will be a major influence. The OP link explains it.

Bottom line is that we all wish we had a stronger candidate than Hillary BUT, to win the general election the candidate must be a moderate. Sanders is not perceived as a moderate by anyone.

[Orange Butterfly]

41. EXACTLY, Bernie is a TRUE PROGRESSIVE

Hillary is a lite republican. We have seen this with Obama.

Obama is part Dem, then out comes his republicanism. Hillary will do the same and does so now.

[John K]

55. Obama was always a moderate

I am tired of people dumping on Obama as changing from a lefty liberal. Any one paying attention would have known that he was always a moderate Democrat, which is where you have to be to GOVERN this country. If you just want to destroy stuff, then you can be out on the extreme wings.

[Orange Butterfly]

60. I completely disagree Re: how to govern

the only way for america to have any hope is through progressive politics like Bernie's.

[Le Taz Hot]

31. Enjoy President Trump

[Orange Butterfly]

36. I think so too...

I think the only way Dems will win against trump is Bernie.

You can't win a race against grass roots hyped up energy with an incremental, slow, tainted with issues candidate.

[EndElectoral]

37. Super Tuesday is composed mostly of southern Republican states. Should be interesting after that.

HRC should do well in SC and Dixie. However, when we get to the actual states who vote Democoatic, it will then be interesting.

An interesting state is Massachusetts however. Let's see how that goes.

[hobbit709]

40. Getting all excited over a Primary in a state that hasn't gone D in the GE since 1976

[davidthegnome]

42. LOL

Sadly indeed. Yeah, you seem awful broken up about it.

We'll see how huge the win is, then we'll see about Super Tuesday... then we'll see what happens after Super Tuesday. A Clinton victory is not inevitable. All of this premature gloating is just that... gloating. It's not over yet.

[Feeling the Bern]

45. America: a long history of settling for second best.

[azurnoir]

48. Thanks for your concern

and I'm sure it'd be oh so healthy for the Democratic party to let folks know on March 1 a full 8 months prior to the election in a non-incumbent year that there is no other choice than Hillary, it's bound to rev voter enthusiasm and turn out. especially as the Clinton Foundation is put under the microscope

[OhZone]

49. Personally I am Super Mega Epically YUUUGELY Rev'd up to vote for Hillary!

Especially after all the mostly idiotic attacks by lying unethical people on the right, and some on the far left!

[azurnoir]

50. I'm sure you are it's the rest of the country that concerns me

and well it's not a rightwing lie that some very cozy weapons deals were made with large Foundation donors during Clinton's tenure as SoS

[localroger]

51. There is cheerleading, which is okay, but there is also math

The best case scenario for Hillary is that she comes out of Super Tuesday with something like an 800-600 advantage in delegates. That's proportional representation for you. That gives her less than half of what she needs for a majority lock, and a lead of only about a tenth of the lock threshold. Going into a lot of large states that are more favorable to Sanders that is a very surmountable lead.

You are doing nobody any favors by repeating this tripe. Remember it's exactly the same reasoning that lost her the primary in 2008.

[dpatbrown]

53. In no way!

In NO WAY are any Sanders supporters buying your assessment. Wishful thinking. After Super Tuesday, the break down of Clinton begins, thankfully.

[RealAmericanDem]

56. Reality challenged maybe?

[dpatbrown]

57. Or not

You are counting your chickens much to early. But I understand. You folks are trying anything and everything to stop Sanders.

[stillwaiting]

61. The candidate that you support has made your wish very difficult, if not impossible to fulfill.

A candidate can NOT dismiss, ridicule, and mock voters and then expect for them to campaign and/or vote for them.

That's not going to work for many people. Many Bernie supporters are telling you this, and you should listen to them.

Add to this, independents do not support HRC, and the youth vote does not either, and we have a very serious problem. It is painfully obvious this is true, but HRC supporters do not seem to care.

[Aerows]

62. I couldn't get past

"the proverbial kitty-bar".

She meant "Katie, bar the door!" (idiom meaning danger is on the way)

And she is writing for a media outlet?