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"You cannot exploit a broken campaign finance system one day . . . (Original Post) Triana May 2016 OP
That's a good line. morningfog May 2016 #1
You cannot deride super delegates one day qdouble May 2016 #2
Excellent reply ... thank you! NurseJackie May 2016 #3
Boom! Cali_Democrat May 2016 #4
Exactly. This holier than thou shit was always going to bite him in the ass. bettyellen May 2016 #5
+ 1 JoePhilly May 2016 #13
Drop the mic after that one, qdouble! nt IamMab May 2016 #14
Two issues w/ your argument: Triana May 2016 #15
You live in an alternate universe where anytime Bernie Sanders qdouble May 2016 #22
Perfect! This says is all perfectly! R B Garr May 2016 #18
The dude that has hands down spent the most. Tell it Sanders, lol. seabeyond May 2016 #6
Bernie Sanders, the "money buys elections" candidate, outspent his opponent and still lost. #irony IamMab May 2016 #16
I know, right? Lol. Nt seabeyond May 2016 #21
Sure you can. But no one will believe you. Scuba May 2016 #7
+1! nt nc4bo May 2016 #9
+1 n/t Triana May 2016 #12
Using the system to change the system is the only way the system ever gets changed. baldguy May 2016 #8
Bernie is the only true one who can, you know that!!!!!... you are harshing peoples delusions. boston bean May 2016 #10
But when it comes to Superdelegates, you "play the way the rules were written". brooklynite May 2016 #11
16 replies; I can see four. Lizzie Poppet May 2016 #17
Yea. Deliberately disenfranchised voters and money-grubbing hypocrites don't bother them... Triana May 2016 #20
An essential point. n/t Orsino May 2016 #19

qdouble

(891 posts)
2. You cannot deride super delegates one day
Mon May 2, 2016, 11:12 PM
May 2016

then ask them to hand you the nomination even though you're losing in the popular vote, pledged delegates and states the next.

You cannot claim that the democrat party is corrupt one day, then claim to be a democrat as soon as it's politically expedient to be one... then start calling them corrupt the day after you realize that they don't want you to be their nominee.

 

Triana

(22,666 posts)
15. Two issues w/ your argument:
Tue May 3, 2016, 08:58 AM
May 2016

1. Hundreds of thousands couldn't vote in key states: NY, AZ, PA - due to BOE shenanigans in those states, likely by Clinton supporters or operatives or superdelegate meddling
2. "Superdelegates" were bribed by the Clinton Victory Fund - promised $$$ to support HER even if the voters in that state (POPULAR VOTE) voted for SANDERS

If you truly subscribe to the POPULAR VOTE system ie: whoever wins popular vote, then #2 should bother you intensely.

Problem is, you DON'T. As long as your girl "wins" - by whatever hypocritical and foul tactics she can.

So yea, tell me all about it. Pfft.

qdouble

(891 posts)
22. You live in an alternate universe where anytime Bernie Sanders
Tue May 3, 2016, 01:57 PM
May 2016

loses it's because of something nefarious Clinton did....the same Clinton that got beat by Obama. Your zealotry and magical thinking is transparent.

R B Garr

(16,950 posts)
18. Perfect! This says is all perfectly!
Tue May 3, 2016, 09:15 AM
May 2016


And he's being investigated by the FEC, himself. For someone who denigrates other phantom people and processes, that sure is a load of horseshit that he can't even keep track of his own business. How hypocritical can you get.
 

IamMab

(1,359 posts)
16. Bernie Sanders, the "money buys elections" candidate, outspent his opponent and still lost. #irony
Tue May 3, 2016, 08:58 AM
May 2016
 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
7. Sure you can. But no one will believe you.
Tue May 3, 2016, 07:20 AM
May 2016

It's why Hillary is not trusted by the majority of voters.

boston bean

(36,220 posts)
10. Bernie is the only true one who can, you know that!!!!!... you are harshing peoples delusions.
Tue May 3, 2016, 07:37 AM
May 2016

ssssshhhhhhh....

brooklynite

(94,489 posts)
11. But when it comes to Superdelegates, you "play the way the rules were written".
Tue May 3, 2016, 07:37 AM
May 2016

The first step in changing campaign finance is to get elected, and you'll need more than $1 B (5 X what Sanders has raised so far).

 

Triana

(22,666 posts)
20. Yea. Deliberately disenfranchised voters and money-grubbing hypocrites don't bother them...
Tue May 3, 2016, 09:53 AM
May 2016

..as long as it's HILLARY!

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