2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHas Sanders flipped any superdelegates in recent weeks? Have any even indicated they might flip?
Oh, no they haven't. In fact, some, like Senator Merkely, have basically indicated that if Hillary has a majority of pledged delegates when the process end, which she will, he'll try to push Sanders out of the race.
So, there goes that dream.
BootinUp
(47,068 posts)but it sure isn't coming in the form of super delegates. Lets review after the ass kicking he gets tonight in Indiana.
RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)Plenty of time for the supers to make up their minds.
It's fucking cool the ass whipping Bernie is putting on the campaign!
Zynx
(21,328 posts)It's going to be awesome. I will enjoy it so much.
RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)seeing the ass kicking Bernie is putting down on this campaign.
Who is this amazing man who was virtually unknown?... not even Obama knows him well, yet he's about to win over the world infamous wife of Bill the sexy WH intern screwer, who shamed the office of the presidency.
H should just retire now before she is totally embarrassed.
Zynx
(21,328 posts)Unless a bolt comes from the blue, I doubt a single super delegate will switch from Hillary to Bernie. In fact, I think some will be doing the opposite.
Arkansas Granny
(31,506 posts)zappaman
(20,606 posts)For a second, I actually thought you were serious!
nolawarlock
(1,729 posts)boston bean
(36,218 posts)nolawarlock
(1,729 posts)Here's Tammy Baldwin. And there's more where that came from. I'm thinking of compiling the very worst of the worst.
Tarc
(10,472 posts)If they say it in public, they should have to own it.
nolawarlock
(1,729 posts)I was mainly being courteous and avoiding any TOS issues, but I'm fine either way. Someone already accused me of making them all up because the person who accused me said they sounded fake.
There are plenty more out there. You can see the following list of super delegates on Wikipedia. Just sort by "endorsement" to see all the Clinton supers together and then find their official Facebook pages. The results are very disconcerting but are also a clear indication of the type of bullying that's been going on.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Democratic_Party_superdelegates,_2016
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)MineralMan
(146,248 posts)Similar stuff is being posted on Al Franken's FB page, too, and most other elected officials who are supporting Hillary.
Change? Nah. Some might report some of the posts they get to the authorities, though. I've seen some really scary ones, frankly.
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)since she is so far ahead..
Maru Kitteh
(28,313 posts)dmosh42
(2,217 posts)candidates.
nolawarlock
(1,729 posts)You make it sound also clandestine. As I understand it, the express purpose of super-delegates is to weigh towards establishment candidates so it's not like they're keeping that quiet. All these attempts to argue over what they should do beyond that are basically trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. The idea of super delegates is anti-democratic and I say that as a Hillary supporter. I say get rid of them, but as long as they're here, let's not pretend that they're anything other than exactly what they are.
annavictorious
(934 posts)Tad Devine is no longer out there trying to sell the Sanders product is because he's the one who devised the "vote rigging tool".
dmosh42
(2,217 posts)IamMab
(1,359 posts)You know, all of the typical baseless pablum used to con true-believers out of their money.
Bernie Sanders isn't flipping any super-delegates to his losing campaign. He's a loser. And a sore loser at that.
He needs to take his petulant ass back to Vermont and find some more universally accepted programs, like the Amber Alert system, to oppose on moronic "principled" grounds.
He's a fraud.
randome
(34,845 posts)Now if he could get all those superdelegates into one stadium with a decent mic and sound system...well, anything is possible.
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Bobbie Jo
(14,341 posts)MineralMan
(146,248 posts)Apparently threats from self-called supporters don't work well on people who are superdelegates. You should look at what's being posted on Al Franken's Facebook page, for example.