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Liberal_Stalwart71

(20,450 posts)
Tue May 3, 2016, 09:17 PM May 2016

Hillarys negatives are high, thanks to the Corporate Media. But there's good news...

The Corporate Media and the BSers love to point out how HRC's negatives are so high. The BSers tout these numbers as evidence that she is unfit to beat the Republican nominee. Indeed, they point out that in ***hypothetical*** match-ups, BS beats the ReThug nominee by a greater margin than she does, and therefore BS should be the Democratic Party nominee.

Here's what they don't acknowledge:

1. HRC, by every electoral metric, beats BS. More pledged delegates, more Super Delegates, and many more votes than BS. If he's the better candidate, then he should be beating her soundly. He is not.

2. HRC beats the ReThug candidate in popular votes, by far.

So even with the high negatives, one would think HRC should be losing, right? BS should be beating her blindly, especially since the Corporate Media has treated this guy with kid gloves. And yet he is not. HUGE rallies ought to translate into high vote counts, right? Not.

And insofar as he's the so-called "Revolutionary Candidate," one would think that he would have the numbers that Barack Obama had, right? Right. He doesn't.

And...if he's such a change agent, his support among young voters is not translating to high voter turnout on the Democratic side as it did in 2008 for Obama, right? Right!

In sum, HRC supporters should be proud of the fact that despite all this negative coverage directed at HRC, she's still winning with more votes, more support, and outperforms Trump as well.

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ismnotwasm

(41,955 posts)
1. Sanders has lost by every measure
Tue May 3, 2016, 09:19 PM
May 2016

His utter failure to connect with a significant portion of PoC, women, unions, the poor--where the hell is his revolution?

2naSalit

(86,307 posts)
3. According to Jane
Tue May 3, 2016, 09:55 PM
May 2016

we should be thankful for all the newbies that Bernie allegedly has brought to the Democratic party... not.

2naSalit

(86,307 posts)
10. Exactly...
Tue May 3, 2016, 10:17 PM
May 2016

instead she's still demanding Hillary show transcripts that really are insignificant to anything. She & Bernie are now threatening to blow up the party they've crashed in order to even get on a ballot anywhere and contest the rules they agreed to a year ago. There was a good interview today that I thought was really good even thought the interviewer was Andrea Mitchell who absolutely loathes Hillary. She was nice to Hillary's face but tried to trash her in the "analysis" afterward.

The interview...

Part 1

http://www.msnbc.com/andrea-mitchell-reports/watch/clinton-trump-struggle-with-negative-ratings-678581315900

Part 2

http://www.msnbc.com/andrea-mitchell-reports/watch/clinton-trump-s-attacks-are-familiar-to-women-678543427816

2naSalit

(86,307 posts)
11. I normally do but I was
Tue May 3, 2016, 10:19 PM
May 2016

washing dishes and my hands were wet so I bit my tongue and endured it to see what she was going to try and blow past us this time.

Makes me cringe as much as some others in the R party when they speak.

ladym55

(2,577 posts)
6. Let's talk about down ticket, too
Tue May 3, 2016, 10:06 PM
May 2016

In all the hoopla and noise about Bernie, everyone neglects the need for a Democratic Senate and a Democratic House. Nothing will happen without that. We need a Democrat fighting for ALL Democrats up and down the ticket. I have not seen Bernie or his followers show any interest in that.

The fact that his rallies have not translated into bigger turnout for him also show a lack of genuine campaign organization.

I just want to get everyone back in the real world, but I guess that's not happening on Democratic side anytime soon.

riversedge

(70,047 posts)
9. Hillary camp continues to work with state and down tickets-that we know. We hear nothing
Tue May 3, 2016, 10:13 PM
May 2016

about Sanders to work with the Dem.Party. Everything is about him--and his need to win over super delegates. over and over--that is all we hear.

 

Jitter65

(3,089 posts)
13. Now the Bernie-bots are saying the Hillary is laundering money through the states via her
Tue May 3, 2016, 11:51 PM
May 2016

Victory Fund. I don't hear the candidates in the states saying anything about this. There will be money in the Fund for the GE and whatever is left after the GE will help pay off debts by others.

Cha

(296,771 posts)
14. I am so proud of that, L_S! I have been saying for while now .. that the M$M, BS, and the gop
Wed May 4, 2016, 12:26 AM
May 2016

are all spewing disingenuous, negative crap against Hillary and she's Beating them ALL!

She just is. Thank you!

sarae

(3,284 posts)
15. Worth repeating
Wed May 4, 2016, 07:52 AM
May 2016

1. HRC, by every electoral metric, beats BS. More pledged delegates, more Super Delegates, and many more votes than BS. If he's the better candidate, then he should be beating her soundly. He is not.

2. HRC beats the ReThug candidate in popular votes, by far.

Why is this so hard for people to get? SHE IS WINNING, PERIOD!!!

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