Spielberg: Bernie needs to kick some serious butt in California. It's still possible.

[kgnu_fan]

For @BernieSanders to win, he'll need to kick some serious butt in California. It's a long shot, but still possible.

https://twitter.com/BenSpielberg/status/725167352715812864/photo/1

[firebrand80]

1. .

[morningfog]

2. You still can't distinguish mathematically possibility from political possibility?

[merrily]

11. 2008 primary: Hillary continued "running" well after actual mathematical impossiblity.

[joshcryer]

29. Her surrogates pulled the J. Wright gambit in the last significant primaries.

J. Wright did a presser, where he doubled down on AIDS conspiracies and crap and Obama effectively rebuked him. Clinton lost by 62 delegates then went on to not only nominate Obama by acclimation but stump for him in dozens of states.

[merrily]

40. Yes, but she cut a deal with him, although she is now denying that. "It was in all the papers"

in 2008 as a deal to help her fundraise to pay off her campaign debts, but I did never bought that as anything but a red herring.

I had been a steady donor to Obama, both primary and general. I got exactly one email from him or his campaign asking me to donate to Hillary and IIRC, he did exactly one fundraiser for her. Staying in the campaign, incurring more debt, in order to cut that deal makes no sense. However, he did nominate her for Secretary of State (after she, her husband and her surrogates had run a rather low down primary campaign against him); she and her husband did stump for him; she did not challenge him in 2012; she's been declared inevitable since 2012; Bernie was her only serious 2016 challenger; and Obama is being fairly helpful to her in her run, while claiming neutrality.

[joshcryer]

45. Obama held all the cards.

She had no deal to cut.

Any challenge in either 2008 or 2012 would've led to her becoming a complete pariah, it's utter nonsense to think she's that stupid. A contested convention was all the rage here in 2008, I know I spent at least 200-300 posts explaining how asinine that was.

BTW, Bill didn't do squat in 2008, he was very bitter. He did turn around and gave one of the greatest speeches of all time in 2012.

[merrily]

48. Of course she had a deal to cut in 2008. PUMAs. Party Unity, she and Bill campaigning for Obama, no

challenge in 2016--no one in 2008 knew what conditions in 2016 would be. But, you knew that.


I was shocked to see your reply. I haven't seen you in so long, I thought I had you on ignore for exactly that kind of post/claim. I must not have, though. I'll fix that now. Life is too short. Have a great summer and fall!

[joshcryer]

49. No, I had you on ignore.

Along with quite a few other faux Sanders supporters. Once I got blocked from the group I had no reason to keep ignoring you all.

There was no deal, Obama had no reason to make any deal, and his SoS offer was purely magnanimous.


And you won't be adding me to ignore, though I hope you do, your posts are some of most uninformed I've seen and the pointless replies are tiresome. I mean you literally have a sticky in the Sanders forum dismissing the harassing, low behavior of certain overzealous supporters, which is precisely why AA and Latino voters didn't go for Sanders. The very kind of crap I warned about and you threatened to ban me for. (And I eventually got banned for disavowing a banned troll, which is all the more ironic.)

[kgnu_fan]

39. right

[MadBadger]

3. Thought it was Steven

Didnt think Steven would believe that.

[beachbum bob]

4. Winning the Powerball lottery is possible too....

Sanders chances to overtake Hillary in delegates and popular vote... about the same odds....

[sufrommich]

5. Ben Spielberg,whoever that is. nt

[ismnotwasm]

41. Right?

That threw me for a second..

[lagomorph777]

14. Demoralized voters won't show up in November

So it's not really something to celebrate.

[treestar]

32. They'll get interested again

Trump will have done and said many stupid things.

[grossproffit]

7. We're looking forward to voting for Hillary here in California.

[kgnu_fan]

9. yay!!!

[Agnosticsherbet]

8. Proportional distribution of delegates means Sanders is no longer running to win the nomination.

Not even with California.

[winter is coming]

10. I don't think so, but I'd still like to see him kick serious butt.

The better he does from here on out, the harder it will be for the Party to suffer collective amnesia about income inequality after the primaries.

[FlatBaroque]

15. You are correct LiveLong, unfortunately the Finger Men will see your post and

slip a bag over the head of your DU persona.

[grossproffit]

19. Thankfully, I don't have to write Hillary in. WOOHOO!

[SidDithers]

23. Are you also advocating that people vote for a 3rd Party?...

Or is it "posting privileges before principles" for you?

Sid

[demwing]

46. The op was "LiveLong"

not that long, apparently. What was said?

[FlatBaroque]

47. The irony was not lost on me

And you can still reveal the hidden post.

I take it back...poster was leaning Trump.

[Adrahil]

18. If you believe that, you're a fool. NT

[Renew Deal]

13. Bernie could win all the delegates in CA and still not catch up.

[Adrahil]

16. Sooo...

[seabeyond]

17. No it is not possible. Sanders lost.

[workinclasszero]

20. Really?

[SidDithers]

21. About Ben Spielberg...

Studying & advocating for power-balancing social justice policy. Working with @econjared; union, TFA, & Stanford alum. Views are my own.

Huh.

Sid

[sufrommich]

27. Wait,you mean it's not Steven Spielberg????

I love how the OP added his last name with such drama.

[Bluenorthwest]

30. Ben is a good guy, his blog '34justice' is a good read. Not sure what your 'huh' is about...

Ben currently works with Jared Bernstein and the federal fiscal policy team at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (views expressed on 34justice are his own). He spent the 2013-2014 school year as a math instructional coach at two traditional public schools (one middle school and one high school) in San Jose, CA. He also served on the Executive Board of the San Jose Teachers Association from 2012 to 2014. Prior to working as a coach, Ben taught middle school math and science at his Teach For America placement school.
https://34justice.com/about/

[SidDithers]

31. My "Huh" is because the OP simply said "Spielberg"...

and nobody, and I mean NOBODY, when they hear the name Spielberg, immediately thinks Ben Spielberg.

Sid

[CajunBlazer]

33. Never heard of him

Surely a math teacher knows the difference between a possibility and and and infinitely low probability and is therefore being extremely disingenuous in his statement.

[Waiting For Everyman]

22. I always like long shots, they pay off better.

What's the point of betting on a favorite? It's taking a risk to only possibly win not much.

[CajunBlazer]

34. By all means, take all of the money you can put your hands on to Vegas

[Waiting For Everyman]

35. I do very well at the track, thanks.

And don't need your advice, save it.

[CajunBlazer]

38. Then you had better stick with the ponies

[Waiting For Everyman]

42. I said, I don't need your adice, save it.

[Starry Messenger]

24. Is he using special effects? LOL

Edit: lol, thought you meant Stephen. Wtfever!

[sufrommich]

28. "thought you meant Stephen"

I think that was the point.

[uponit7771]

36. omg smh nlol... wtf

[Zynx]

37. By 40 points? Nope.

[Karmadillo]

43. Wasn't Spielberg the director of Close Encounters of the Third Party Kind?

[kgnu_fan]

44. It is Ben Spielberg... so just get used to it