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brooklynite

(96,882 posts)
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 04:09 PM Feb 2016

Does anyone else find it ironic...

....that, with all the complaining about "anti-Democratic" and "chaotic" Caucuses, the Sanders campaign is built around winning all the remaining ones?

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Does anyone else find it ironic... (Original Post) brooklynite Feb 2016 OP
Yes leftofcool Feb 2016 #1
Audience testing your latest conspiracy theory I see. Avalux Feb 2016 #2
Um, what's the "theory"? brooklynite Feb 2016 #4
Ooh, yes. That's extremely dishonest and fraudulent. dchill Feb 2016 #3
Hardly: k8conant Feb 2016 #5
If they win, it's the will of the people; if they lose, it's cheating alcibiades_mystery Feb 2016 #6
No HassleCat Feb 2016 #7
They'll like them when/if they win one. Alfresco Feb 2016 #8
he has to work with the system we currently have JI7 Feb 2016 #9
It would be interested to see the results if they were conducted properly. CentralMass Feb 2016 #10
That's the nature of the beast. In order to get to the GE one must get through the primary. Autumn Feb 2016 #11
Not at all A Little Weird Feb 2016 #12
She would win nada if she didn't cheat..nt monmouth4 Feb 2016 #13
 

brooklynite

(96,882 posts)
4. Um, what's the "theory"?
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 04:14 PM
Feb 2016

Are you suggesting Sanders WON'T be targeting the Caucus States? He announced two Caucus States out of the five he thinks he can win on Super Tuesday.

dchill

(42,660 posts)
3. Ooh, yes. That's extremely dishonest and fraudulent.
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 04:13 PM
Feb 2016

Does it matter that he NEEDS those caucuses? Does it?

k8conant

(3,038 posts)
5. Hardly:
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 04:14 PM
Feb 2016

the Sanders campaign is built upon the foundation of the issues critical to the body, mind, heart and soul of the United States of America.

https://berniesanders.com/issues/


 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
6. If they win, it's the will of the people; if they lose, it's cheating
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 04:15 PM
Feb 2016

It speaks to an utter inability to fathom that others may not agree with you. It's a little scary, to be honest.

 

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)
7. No
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 04:15 PM
Feb 2016

Irony would be if Sanders were focused on creating more anti-democratic activity, or more chaos, to help him win. Irony consists in criticizing something and then using that thing to your own advantage. There is no irony in criticizing what is wrong with the caucuses, then working to win the next caucus, UNLESS Sanders uses the same tactics to which he objects. So we will see if there is any irony in the future.

JI7

(93,906 posts)
9. he has to work with the system we currently have
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 04:16 PM
Feb 2016

Even if there are changes made they would not apply to this years elections.

CentralMass

(16,994 posts)
10. It would be interested to see the results if they were conducted properly.
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 04:19 PM
Feb 2016

Last edited Sun Feb 21, 2016, 04:59 PM - Edit history (1)

Autumn

(49,020 posts)
11. That's the nature of the beast. In order to get to the GE one must get through the primary.
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 04:25 PM
Feb 2016

I don't suppose you can give me the link to the Sanders campaign complaining about "anti-Democratic" and "chaotic" Caucuses can you? I haven't had the TV on. TIA

A Little Weird

(1,754 posts)
12. Not at all
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 05:26 PM
Feb 2016

Is that the way people should handle things? Identify a problem exists and then throw up your hands in surrender? That doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

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