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YouDig

(2,280 posts)
Tue May 17, 2016, 09:06 PM May 2016

Huge win for Bernie!

The actual votes in Kentucky are a virtual tie, which means Bernie falls even more hopelessly behind in the delegate race.

BUT!!! If my #berniemath is correct, Bernie has won 3 new conspiracy theories, 12 baseless allegations of voter fraud, and 5000 angry facebook posts.

Hillary can't possibly match that! #whocaresaboutthedelegates

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Huge win for Bernie! (Original Post) YouDig May 2016 OP
Bernie can't claim that FBI INVESTIGATION! dchill May 2016 #1
Oh yes, there will be many prayers to the email fairy after this. YouDig May 2016 #2
Including mine. dchill May 2016 #4
Don't worry lancer78 May 2016 #12
You're trying to reassure someone by predicting that Trump will win? YouDig May 2016 #15
You are in the right place lancer78 May 2016 #16
The voters chose Hillary. Voters like me. Don't disrespect my vote and millions of others. YouDig May 2016 #17
No, it won't lancer78 May 2016 #19
But that's just not true. You had a chance to vote for Bernie. YouDig May 2016 #20
She was crammed lancer78 May 2016 #21
Sure. It's always someone else's fault. randome May 2016 #46
People VOTED for Hillary. Sorry that bugs you, but that's how this happened. Maru Kitteh May 2016 #22
Yes, because the DNC lancer78 May 2016 #23
No. Because there are literally millions of us that were waiting for 8 years for her to run Maru Kitteh May 2016 #24
How can someone lancer78 May 2016 #25
So you're saying your candidate sucks? Or he wasn't genuinely hoping to gain the nom? Maru Kitteh May 2016 #38
No, I am saying yours does lancer78 May 2016 #40
But the GE will have Indies voting. Why couldn't Hillary win in open states? The reason floriduck May 2016 #27
Then he should have run as an Indie. Maru Kitteh May 2016 #37
and mine 840high May 2016 #34
careful what you wish for Rosa Luxemburg May 2016 #39
head or tails its still the same! big_dog May 2016 #3
Fool's gold... k8conant May 2016 #5
Symbolic of the two headed coin beedle May 2016 #31
Well done! DavidDvorkin May 2016 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author TM99 May 2016 #7
She Just Went up by 2.500 Stallion May 2016 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author TM99 May 2016 #14
Of course you don't dear! LOL!!! beaglelover May 2016 #44
This message was self-deleted by its author TM99 May 2016 #48
She won KY.... by a smidge. NT Adrahil May 2016 #10
19 of 25, huh? That's just awesomely #berniemath! Well done. YouDig May 2016 #11
Oh, you poor little dear. Hillary won KY. Bernie did not win OR by the huge margin he beaglelover May 2016 #43
This message was self-deleted by its author TM99 May 2016 #47
If you think there is a lack of angry posts by HRC supporters Eric J in MN May 2016 #8
I read a post tonight that referred to him as an a$$hole. SamKnause May 2016 #32
Oh, snap! Mic drop! Surya Gayatri May 2016 #13
Not even a tie anymore. Hillary won. In KENTUCKY. Number23 May 2016 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel May 2016 #26
How dare you say that Bernie's not winning? barrow-wight May 2016 #28
Who is really winning? beedle May 2016 #29
Bernie is! #berniemath YouDig May 2016 #30
Um puffy socks May 2016 #35
I'm not talking about the canidates, beedle May 2016 #41
Her actual voting record puffy socks May 2016 #45
Holy cow! puffy socks May 2016 #33
Don't forget the chair throwing contest. wildeyed May 2016 #36
Flame bait yuiyoshida May 2016 #42
 

lancer78

(1,495 posts)
12. Don't worry
Tue May 17, 2016, 09:19 PM
May 2016

She will lose the GE as she follows the path of all great campaigns ran by Mondale, McGovern, and Coakley.

 

lancer78

(1,495 posts)
16. You are in the right place
Tue May 17, 2016, 09:30 PM
May 2016

but if Trump wins, maybe the DNC will remember not to cram a nominee down our throats ever again.

YouDig

(2,280 posts)
17. The voters chose Hillary. Voters like me. Don't disrespect my vote and millions of others.
Tue May 17, 2016, 09:32 PM
May 2016

Sorry your guy lost, but it wasn't the DNC, it was me and millions like me. People. And no, Trump winning the presidency would not be a good thing.

 

lancer78

(1,495 posts)
19. No, it won't
Tue May 17, 2016, 09:37 PM
May 2016

but a lot of us feel that HRC was crammed down our throats and we had no choice BUT to accept her. THAT is why a lot of people are voting for Sanders. A lot of people like his ideas, but I am sure a huge part of it is protest vote.

YouDig

(2,280 posts)
20. But that's just not true. You had a chance to vote for Bernie.
Tue May 17, 2016, 09:40 PM
May 2016

Yeah, I know that a lot of people voted for Bernie. Just more people voted for Hillary. I don't see how she could possibly be "crammed" when the people who went out and voted chose her. And by a significant margin at that.

If she had less elected delegates, and the superdelegates put her over, then sure. That would be obviously undemocratic, and it would have been a "cramming". But that's not what is happening.

 

lancer78

(1,495 posts)
21. She was crammed
Tue May 17, 2016, 09:49 PM
May 2016

by basically having all the Media, DNC, and super delegates behind her before the first primary vote was cast. All her support also scared off any other serious contenders.

Hell, I am thinking Sanders ran only to get his message out. He never expected to get this far. But there is so much dis-like for the Clintons that he has come within 300 delegates of beating her. An unknown, 74 year old Senator from Vermont, who only joined the Democratic party 8 months ago, nearly defeated the most powerful woman in American politics for the last 25 years.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
46. Sure. It's always someone else's fault.
Wed May 18, 2016, 09:17 AM
May 2016

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

Maru Kitteh

(28,341 posts)
22. People VOTED for Hillary. Sorry that bugs you, but that's how this happened.
Tue May 17, 2016, 09:56 PM
May 2016

Nobody "crammed" her down anyone's throat (so dramatic ) anymore than you attempted to "cram" Sanders down my throat when you voted for him.

Maru Kitteh

(28,341 posts)
24. No. Because there are literally millions of us that were waiting for 8 years for her to run
Tue May 17, 2016, 10:31 PM
May 2016

And then we voted for her. She had a huge base of grass-roots support long before the race began. Long before a fair number of the people who voted for SBS could even drive, there were millions of us waiting and hoping she would run. I know that's difficult for many to take in, but it's true.

Senator Sanders WAS a viable contender and he proved it, but more people voted for Hillary. More people chose her. More voters supported and responded to her. That's all it is.

 

lancer78

(1,495 posts)
25. How can someone
Tue May 17, 2016, 10:43 PM
May 2016

be a viable Democratic contender when he only joined the party 8 months ago? Just admit your candidate had a huge advantage in the media, super delegates, and DNC. Crammed was too strong a word, so is coronation, but both those words describe the situation.

Maru Kitteh

(28,341 posts)
38. So you're saying your candidate sucks? Or he wasn't genuinely hoping to gain the nom?
Tue May 17, 2016, 11:42 PM
May 2016

This makes no sense. My candidate sucks because he wasn't even a Democrat so why is yours winning?

The media you partially credit for Hillary's votes has been tearing her a new one on a regular basis for long about 25 years now. They did NOT help her. They've never helped her. I don't expect they ever will.

The supers? I don't think the Democratic party should have supers. However, as the Sanders campaign discounted supers from the beginning, I don't see what they matter. Clinton started 2004 with most of the supers and they switched to the President when he overtook the popular vote. Supers have never determined the outcome of an election.

More people voted for Hillary. We've been waiting for some time now to vote for her. We were already here and waiting, and we got the chance to vote for her, and we did. That's it.

 

lancer78

(1,495 posts)
40. No, I am saying yours does
Wed May 18, 2016, 05:15 AM
May 2016

by losing one primary contest to an unknown, no experience, freshman Senator from Illinois in 2008. Eight years later, she is doing much better, but she has not locked up the nomination yet.

And the media has been extremely pro-Hillary this cycle. Just watch Maddow sometime.

The main argument being is despite being the most powerful woman in american politics for 25 years, she is not meeting expectations you would see from a stronger candidate.

Has any Clinton supporters wonder why she is having such a hard time?

 

floriduck

(2,262 posts)
27. But the GE will have Indies voting. Why couldn't Hillary win in open states? The reason
Tue May 17, 2016, 10:47 PM
May 2016

is so obvious, it went right over your head. It's no longer Dems vs GOP. Indies vote for Bernie and they make up more than any party.

 

beedle

(1,235 posts)
31. Symbolic of the two headed coin
Tue May 17, 2016, 10:49 PM
May 2016

used by the Hillary campaign and the media throughout the whole primary season

Response to YouDig (Original post)

Response to Stallion (Reply #9)

Response to beaglelover (Reply #44)

beaglelover

(3,486 posts)
43. Oh, you poor little dear. Hillary won KY. Bernie did not win OR by the huge margin he
Wed May 18, 2016, 09:08 AM
May 2016

needed. He sealed his fate last night. Too bad his supporters can't do math and realize it is over. LOL!!

Response to beaglelover (Reply #43)

Eric J in MN

(35,619 posts)
8. If you think there is a lack of angry posts by HRC supporters
Tue May 17, 2016, 09:15 PM
May 2016

...then spend more time on Twitter.

I've seen HRC tweets calling Sanders a "tyrant" and "a delusional psychopath."

I've been called an "idiot" by a dozen HRC supporters in tweets.

SamKnause

(13,108 posts)
32. I read a post tonight that referred to him as an a$$hole.
Tue May 17, 2016, 10:50 PM
May 2016

I read one a month or so ago that called him a mother f**ker.

 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
13. Oh, snap! Mic drop!
Tue May 17, 2016, 09:21 PM
May 2016
Bernie has won 3 new conspiracy theories, 12 baseless allegations of voter fraud, and 5000 angry facebook posts.



Response to YouDig (Original post)

barrow-wight

(744 posts)
28. How dare you say that Bernie's not winning?
Tue May 17, 2016, 10:48 PM
May 2016

I am so devoted to the Bern! That means he has to be winning!

 

beedle

(1,235 posts)
29. Who is really winning?
Tue May 17, 2016, 10:48 PM
May 2016

Donations under $200

even all those "$1 bills" her supporters kept stuffing in her "donation envelopes" couldn't hide who she's working for.

 

puffy socks

(1,473 posts)
35. Um
Tue May 17, 2016, 10:55 PM
May 2016

it's votes that count, not the number of small donations. Perhaps that is where you've made your error?

 

beedle

(1,235 posts)
41. I'm not talking about the canidates,
Wed May 18, 2016, 09:03 AM
May 2016

I'm asking who is winning: the 99% or the 1%?

And yes, seeing as how Clinton has the most votes, the 1% (and their suckers) are indeed happy.

 

puffy socks

(1,473 posts)
45. Her actual voting record
Wed May 18, 2016, 09:12 AM
May 2016

proves you wrong among other issues she's tackled outside of any office for the 99%

Perhaps you should try your talking points on someone who isn't familiar with her background.

 

puffy socks

(1,473 posts)
33. Holy cow!
Tue May 17, 2016, 10:54 PM
May 2016

I knew it! All he needs is to win 1180% of the votes in next couple of races and Bernie wins the nomination!!

Then all we have to do is threaten and harass the super delegates and their families and they'll flip for Bernie just as we have!


We're unstoppable!

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