Boston Globe: Bernie Sanders declares war on reality (HRC GP)

[Her Sister]

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/05/02/bernie-sanders-declares-war-reality/68txAVboFpkpbLXarTH33O/story.html

Some excerpts:

By Michael A. Cohen MAY 03, 2016
Instead of coming to grips with the overwhelming evidence that Democratic primary voters prefer Hillary Clinton be the party’s 2016 presidential nominee, Bernie Sanders continues to create his own political reality — devising new and creative excuses to explain why he’s losing to her and why he should be the party’s standard-bearer in November.

First there was the complaint that Southern, conservative states have their primaries early, which “distorts reality,” because these states won’t support a Democrat in November. This is certainly a compelling assertion from a candidate who has won such red-state stalwarts as Utah, Alaska, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Kansas, Idaho, and Wyoming.

Next the Sanders camp argued that the primary system is unfair because places like New York have a closed primary that doesn’t allow independents to vote. By this logic, it is undemocratic not to allow voters not registered as Democrats to vote in a Democratic primary tasked with choosing the Democratic nominee for president. If independents could vote, claims Sanders, it would be a different race (even though Clinton has actually won more open primaries than Sanders).

For Sanders, it seems, the only fair and equitable manner for choosing a Democratic nominee is one that favors him.

This brings us to the Sanders campaign’s latest “the dog ate my homework” excuse. In what was a bizarre press conference Sunday at the National Press Club in Washington, Sanders took aim at a new target — superdelegates.

[Her Sister]

1. They go on on the subject of Superdelegates

Kinda funny really!

[workinclasszero]

2. Bernie's losing so its "rigged"

Any scenario that says hes losing = its rigged.

He pissing his rep right down the drain.

[Iliyah]

3. That's a given

[displacedtexan]

4. Not a great way to go down in history, is it?

To be known as the guy who demanded that Democrats allow non-Democrats to choose their presidential nominee?

Sad.

[Her Sister]

5. Conclusion:

In head-to-head general election polls, Clinton trounces Trump, but since Sanders trounces him by a bit more, he argues that he should be the nominee.

In the realm of illogical, self-serving, hypocritical, intellectually dishonest political arguments, this is practically the gold standard. But with six weeks to go until the last primary, I have great confidence that the Sanders campaign will find some way to top it.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/05/02/bernie-sanders-declares-war-reality/68txAVboFpkpbLXarTH33O/story.html

WOW!


HRC #45

[Koinos]

11. You beat me to it!

Isn't that a great quote?

The Mad Hatter candidate twists logic every which way. Yet his followers follow him into Wonderland.

What a drink! Kool-Aid that dissolves reason, logic, civility, and common sense.

[jmowreader]

14. And they haven't even touched on him personally

The voters not being able to do math troubles me...does he intend to turn every business in America into a nonprofit?

[SunSeeker]

6. This is pretty much the universal response to Sanders' cray cray SD scheme.

The only people who genuinely think Sanders' superdelegate flipping scheme is rational are true believers hopped up on unicorn farts.

[Koinos]

7. Great article! Thanks.

And the last paragraph, regarding Bernie's argument that Clinton superdelegates should vote for him:

In the realm of illogical, self-serving, hypocritical, intellectually dishonest political arguments, this is practically the gold standard. But with six weeks to go until the last primary, I have great confidence that the Sanders campaign will find some way to top it.

[Her Sister]

9. wow! I posted the same snippet above! lol!

Yep! We are in the realm of illogical!

[Koinos]

13. Yep, you were first. What a great conclusion!

This Sanders campaign has me so dizzy, I can't tell east from west or up from down anymore.

If Sanders told his followers to jump off a bridge, would they do it?

[stopbush]

8. Obvious to everyone not blinded by Sanders mania.

[displacedtexan]

10. That last paragraph! Yikes!

In the realm of illogical, self-serving, hypocritical, intellectually dishonest political arguments, this is practically the gold standard. But with six weeks to go until the last primary, I have great confidence that the Sanders campaign will find some way to top it.

Reminds me of that familiar voiceover: "Stay tuned for scenes from next week's show."

[CrowCityDem]

12. Bernie is near "old man yelling at cloud" territory.

[Tarheel_Dem]

16. Exactly.

[LannyDeVaney]

15. It appears the bloom is off that rose ...

revolution indeed.

At this rate, he won't be allowed anywhere near the stage at the convention. And while the trickle-down effect doesn't work economically, it certainly works with whining.

[wysi]

17. Sanders' behavior...

... is exactly what republicans have been doing for eons. What a shock.

[mcar]

18. Delusional

[Koinos]

19. It takes a lot of emotional energy to maintain a delusion that size.

Reality will have the last word, and when it does...

[mcar]

20. It's going to get even uglier, I fear

[Koinos]

21. I fear that Bernie may collapse from exhaustion.

People who love him should pull him back from the abyss.

He is not right in the head right now.

[Cha]

22. Now that's what I'm talkin' about.. California needs to read this.. Mahalo, Sistah!

Last edited Tue May 3, 2016, 05:19 PM - Edit history (1)

By Michael A. Cohen MAY 03, 2016
Instead of coming to grips with the overwhelming evidence that Democratic primary voters prefer Hillary Clinton be the party’s 2016 presidential nominee, Bernie Sanders continues to create his own political reality — devising new and creative excuses to explain why he’s losing to her and why he should be the party’s standard-bearer in November.

First there was the complaint that Southern, conservative states have their primaries early, which “distorts reality,” because these states won’t support a Democrat in November. This is certainly a compelling assertion from a candidate who has won such red-state stalwarts as Utah, Alaska, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Kansas, Idaho, and Wyoming.

For Sanders, it seems, the only fair and equitable manner for choosing a Democratic nominee is one that favors him.

This brings us to the Sanders campaign’s latest “the dog ate my homework” excuse. In what was a bizarre press conference Sunday at the National Press Club in Washington, Sanders took aim at a new target — superdelegates.

Sanders’ third argument, however, is the real doozy, because to buy it you basically have to ignore everything else he has said about the unfairness of the primary system. According to Sanders, superdelegates shouldn’t actually be guided by the will of the people. They should be guided by who can win in November. Surprisingly enough, Sanders thinks that he would be that person.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/05/02/bernie-sanders-declares-war-reality/68txAVboFpkpbLXarTH33O/story.html


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[sarae]

23. Great title!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

24. Acid flashback?

Though I think those are an urban legend.

[ismnotwasm]

25. Certainly not internally consistent anyway.

Very strange