It may not seem like it now, but Bernie's going to look like a real ass when

[YouDig]

all the pledged delegates have been elected and he's trailing by between 200 and 300 of them, if he still insists that he should be the nominee.

For now he can get by with his Forrest Gump impression when anyone asks him about delegate math, but once Hillary hits the mark, no more. He's going to have to own the fact that he's trying to overturn the voters by using superdelegates, trying to get establishment insiders to push him up against the will of the people.

There's no way to do that without looking like a total ass.

[tonyt53]

1. I think he likes the adoration of his "flock".

[YouDig]

3. His flock is thinning, it peaked a while ago. And when Hillary clinches next Tuesday, it will thin

more. People don't like it when politicians ignore voters.

[aspirant]

12. Bernie won't "ignore" his increasing ranks

[merrily]

8. My, my.

tonyt53
Gender: Male
Hometown: KY
Home country: USA
Current location: KY
Member since: Wed Apr 20, 2016, 11:34 AM
Number of posts: 768
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YouDig
Member since: Mon Apr 18, 2016, 07:35 PM
Number of posts: 1,541
Posts hidden by Jury: 6

You two should buddy up

[tonyt53]

29. And you have been a Democrat, voting for Democrats for how long?

Yep, I've had posts hidden. When the term "uppity" does it, then that says a lot.

[merrily]

44. Democrat emotionally, for want of a better term, since I was 4. Voting for Democrats

since I could vote. But, why is that your business and what does it have to do with your profile or YouDig's?

[tonyt53]

71. Odd how you could ask such a question right after posting things about me. Odd and weird.

So, how long have you been registered to vote?

[frylock]

51. Fucking Brockboys.

[B Calm]

2. Another positive unifying post from a hillary supporter!

[hack89]

7. Are you saying it is incorrect? Will Bernie concede?

or will he keep trying to flip super delegates?

[merrily]

11. LOL!

[Dem2]

18. wow

that took a lot of gall to post

[immoderate]

4. Heavens to Betsy!

--imm

[merrily]

5. Is he insisting he should be the nominee, or that he is going to fight for every primary vote?

Why are you so worried about how he is going to look? I'm not.

You obviously hate him anyway and he looks fine to those who support him.

I do appreciate your concern, though.

[YouDig]

9. For now, he can use that line. Once the voting is over, he can't. That's the point.

If he keeps it up after all the primary votes are in, it will be a naked undemocratic power-grab.

[merrily]

15. Which "line" do you claim he is using, though?

Because the only thing I've seen or heard is that he is fighting for every vote, same thing Hillary has said for months.

[YouDig]

17. The one that he might still win more pledged delegates.

[merrily]

22. Are we now IMAGINING he will keep saying he is fighting for every vote after

all primaries end?

[YouDig]

23. I don't know what he will say. He might just concede gracefully once all the votes

are in, seeing that Hillary got a lot more of them. Or he could keep fighting for superdelegates, in which case he will look like a total ass.

[merrily]

25. In your eyes, maybe, but my prior post covered that. Or, he could neither of the things you say.

[hack89]

10. We will see if he concedes after the DC primary when there are no more votes to be won.

if he doesn't then we know that he thinks he should be the nominee voters be damned.

[merrily]

16. I don't agree with your characterization, something that surprises neither of us.

[hack89]

19. If he does not have a majority of pledged delegates why should the SDs make him the nominee?

explain that to me without insulting the millions of voters that did not choose him.

[merrily]

20. As Hillary noted in 2008, one never knows what may happen.

[hack89]

21. But that didn't stop Hillary from conceding, did it now? nt

[merrily]

24. She did not concede until all primaries were over AND she had deals to make

re: 2016.

Sanders has no fucks to give about running 4 or 8 years from now.

[hack89]

27. Bernie does have deals to make

his role at the convention has not been finalized. He will concede within two weeks of the last primary.

[merrily]

32. Very different kinds of deals for very different reasons. And Obama was not being investigated.

Bernie will do whatever he ends up doing. I don't have a crystal ball or psychic powers and neither do you. I really don't see the point in pretending that you or I know what Bernie will do. I certainly don't know why Hillary supporters are perseverating so intensely over what Bernie will do and I'm not.

[hack89]

37. He is a proud and honorable man

he is not going to humiliate himself to placate his most diehard supporters.

[merrily]

39. LOL! Please. My sides were splitting already.

[nc4bo]

6. You called?

[IMG][/IMG]

[Aerows]

13. .

[elleng]

43. :hug:

[Aerows]

54. Thanks :)

I'm having a difficult time hanging around here of late. It is what it is, but folks like you keep me able to be sane here!

[elleng]

55. Ditto.

I really have to take a walk.

[Aerows]

61. I'm clocking better times for my 5K

training. I can tell you that for sure. I've broken two sets of headphones and I'm on my second pair of shoes (though to be fair, the pile of dogshit I ran through did in the first pair while they maybe had a good couple more sessions left)

[elleng]

65. SO admirable!

Not much dogshit around here, and I really have no excuse especially today, when the weather is so fine.

THIS is on the radio right now, so maybe I'll head out when it ends:

[Aerows]

68. Not admirable

A little piece of sanity .

That's a lovely piece. Thank you for sharing it!

[wendylaroux]

14. hey youdig

[Happenstance24]

26. I think if Bernie's still on this crusade after the 14th

the Congressional Black Caucus is gonna start calling him out for wanting to invalidate the majority of the black vote. People still have to vote. After the 14th everything changes.

[merrily]

36. Let me get this straight: When supers in states that Bernie won say they will vote for

Hillary, even though their state went to Bernie, that's great, right?

[Happenstance24]

40. Bernie seems to have no problem

with Supers in states she's won decisively voting for him, now does he? Sanders and hypocrisy seem to go hand in hand these days.

[merrily]

53. Sorry, when someone responds to a question with another question, I know good

faith discussion is not the goal. And I don't have much use for posts made in bad faith.

[elleng]

28. Your vulgarity is entirely unnecessary.

[YouDig]

31. You just made a post calling anyone who doesn't believe in #berniemath an "idiot"?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512095457

[elleng]

35. I did not.

If you could read, you would see the headline says 'How to Explain the Sanders Campaign to an Idiot, Paul Krugman or a Clintonite in 8 Sentences,' and go on to read the explanation:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/seth-abramson/how-to-explain-the-sanders_b_10206250.html

PLEASE don't confuse yourself with mere facts.

[merrily]

38. Moreover, "idiot" is not a vulgarity applied to a candidate for POTUS.

[elleng]

41. Thanks, merrily.

Correct, merely 'descriptive,' a stupid person.

[NCTraveler]

30. In all fairness, there is no way to do it period without looking like an ass.

He is appealing to only two groups. Clinton haters on the right and people on the left who are already voting for him. His expansion of believers stopped a while back. With that, there is no way to look like anything other than an ass to everyone outside of those two groups and to many in the second part of those groupings.

[Tortmaster]

33. The most hated man in Washington ...

... should concede when he is mathematically eliminated, and that's what Ted Cruz did.

[frylock]

57. The most hated man in Washington?

You pull that out of your own ass, or is this being run up the flag pole by Brock?

[Tortmaster]

64. I asserted that Ted Cruz is ...

... the most hated man in Washington. Do you disagree?

[frylock]

66. The fuck does any of this have to do with Ted Cruz?

[Tortmaster]

73. Just to note that the most ...

... hated man in Washington dropped out of his primary race once the math could no longer help him. Cheers!

[uponit7771]

72. ...is Obama...even slighted consummately by Sanders

[whistler162]

34. Oh boy another Trumpite!

[Bluenorthwest]

42. You know what makes a person look like an ass? Carrying on as if an election is some sort of an

affront to democracy when in fact it is a principle element of it and a fully agreed upon process. It's an election. It's not territorial warfare. In this case, your candidate is one who ran until the very end while trailing the whole time just a few short years ago so braying about how offensive it is to do that looks exceptionally self serving at best.

[elleng]

46. THANK YOU, Bluenorthwest!

[Bluenorthwest]

56. I gets tiresome. Have they never seen an election?

It's such a strange stance to take, furious that there is a primary process. Where have they been living? And what's the actual intention of affecting such a stance?

[elleng]

59. Good questions,

and every day it feels more and more like badgering and bullying, fearsome if it reflects the character of their candidate.

[Bluenorthwest]

60. The OP is a random speculation 'what if Hillary Clinton levitates at the convention, what then?'

sort of thing. It's just so stupid. I think they must be Trump Pumpers.

[elleng]

63. Lot of those around, I think,

looking @ dates of 'membership' and #s of posts.

[AgingAmerican]

45. Why do you hate Democracy?

Why do Hillary's core supporters hate Democracy so much?

[YouDig]

47. Huh? I don't hate democracy. I think the person (Hillary) who got the most votes should win.

[AgingAmerican]

48. Why do you hate democracy?

[YouDig]

52. I don't get it. Is this a Marco Rubio impression?

[frylock]

58. It's been pretty evident during your short tenure that you don't get it.

[elleng]

49. Excellent question.

They, or those @ DU at least, DO appear to hate Democracy, and spend inordinate amounts of time badgering and bullying.

[frylock]

50. Not as big an ass as the Democratic Party will look..

when their standard bearer comes with a recommendation from the FBI for indictment.

[highprincipleswork]

62. Thankfully Bernie, unlike some people, is not in it for the ego. Therefore, I'm sure he doesn't

care whether he looks to you like "an ass". He cares about the principles, and he will keep fighting for them as long as they seem reasonable to fight for. Probably forever.

[frazzled]

69. Oh, really?

Not in my eyes, and not in the eyes of millions of others. Try reading this (and read it to the end):

https://medium.com/@cmclymer/the-pettiness-of-the-angry-white-male-58bcc970021d#.74m5ql1st

[MFM008]

67. It looks like it now

And it IS all about his ego.
His demands. Lights, cameras, crowds, interviews, his big moment in the sun.
Malloy has to go, Barney Frank has to go, DWS has to go
who has to be on HRCs ticket with her.
WTFF?
EGO EGO EGO
JUST GO.

[Mike__M]

70. Who looks like what today?

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[seabeyond]

74. Oh, it seems like it now, too. Nt