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If Bernie loses to Hillary, its all on him and his campaign. It wont be my fault. (Original Post) JaneyVee May 2016 OP
You're a poster on an internet message board. tabasco May 2016 #1
What are you? JaneyVee May 2016 #2
LOL, Oops! stevenleser May 2016 #3
Oh gosh I'm sure that poster didn't realize that.... Armstead May 2016 #7
Irony, no. tabasco May 2016 #13
The lack of awareness in that gotchya response to your post is what struck me as funny Armstead May 2016 #25
A poster on an internet message board tabasco May 2016 #10
^^^ again nt grasswire May 2016 #12
They take themselves very seriously. Witness how they closeupready May 2016 #16
Redistribute your concern: JaneyVee May 2016 #17
^^^ nt grasswire May 2016 #11
If Sanders loses the primary, I'll blame the Clinton campaign's lies and dirty tricks Electric Monk May 2016 #4
Of course you will. Even though its Bernie who was caught... JaneyVee May 2016 #19
Do you live in opposite world? Electric Monk May 2016 #39
Of course you will . It's far easier than admitting your candidate lost puffy socks May 2016 #23
Well put, but that type of "reality" is not allowed in some groups. eom guillaumeb May 2016 #35
Yeah, we got it... TheCowsCameHome May 2016 #5
Um I'm not sure you're that important in the scheme of the universe... Armstead May 2016 #6
Yep! It's pretty clear where this is headed ... no surprises when Bernie loses. However ... NurseJackie May 2016 #8
Pssst....he lost. LexVegas May 2016 #9
Anyone remember the closing scene from "Psycho"? closeupready May 2016 #14
I agree.. asuhornets May 2016 #15
LOL...you want to talk about Sanders poor judgement... TCJ70 May 2016 #18
Bernie Sanders judgement is awful asuhornets May 2016 #20
Yep, pandering has to start Day One TheCowsCameHome May 2016 #24
Bernie thought he could just wing it asuhornets May 2016 #26
Let's not change anything. TheCowsCameHome May 2016 #28
$12 is better than $7.25.. asuhornets May 2016 #30
And $15 is better than that. TheCowsCameHome May 2016 #36
Sure it does...for Hillary: TCJ70 May 2016 #27
He went from 4% to 48% with no help from the party, establishment, or media. Dawgs May 2016 #29
Sanders has done an excellent job AND asuhornets May 2016 #32
And HRC did not "go negative" when it was apparent in 2008 that she was losing to guillaumeb May 2016 #38
More complaining from the JV team TheCowsCameHome May 2016 #21
His complete ignorance of the popularity of President Obama killed his campaign thelordofhell May 2016 #22
Just wait until President Obama is free to campaign for Hillary. nt oasis May 2016 #34
....or testify on her behalf. TheCowsCameHome May 2016 #41
Don't you have a campaign/adoration rally to attend? oasis May 2016 #44
She says she'll be OK on her own. TheCowsCameHome May 2016 #45
If Hillary loses to Trump its your fault AgingAmerican May 2016 #31
As a Sanders supporter, I agree. Chan790 May 2016 #33
Excellent response. bvar22 May 2016 #37
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. cali May 2016 #40
Bernie has already lost the nomination.... dubyadiprecession May 2016 #42
Obviously, no matter how many times Hillarians desperately beg him to quit, he just won't lagomorph777 May 2016 #43
Of course nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #46
 

tabasco

(22,974 posts)
13. Irony, no.
Tue May 10, 2016, 04:32 PM
May 2016

Just the acknowledgement on my part that my posts on the internet have no effect on any elections. LOL.

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
25. The lack of awareness in that gotchya response to your post is what struck me as funny
Tue May 10, 2016, 04:40 PM
May 2016

I, of course, have total power to determine the outcome by what I type.

 

tabasco

(22,974 posts)
10. A poster on an internet message board
Tue May 10, 2016, 04:31 PM
May 2016

who is not claiming to have any effect on the general election. LOL.

 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
16. They take themselves very seriously. Witness how they
Tue May 10, 2016, 04:34 PM
May 2016

needed an amnesty so that her supporters, as a group, could continue harassing their opponents here.

 

Electric Monk

(13,869 posts)
4. If Sanders loses the primary, I'll blame the Clinton campaign's lies and dirty tricks
Tue May 10, 2016, 04:27 PM
May 2016

including paid internet trolls for discussion forums such as DU.

 

puffy socks

(1,473 posts)
23. Of course you will . It's far easier than admitting your candidate lost
Tue May 10, 2016, 04:39 PM
May 2016

all on his own..well, with a lot of help from all the BoB bunch

TheCowsCameHome

(40,167 posts)
5. Yeah, we got it...
Tue May 10, 2016, 04:27 PM
May 2016

...for the umpteenth time.

Nobody is expecting you to take the blame for what Bernie did or didn't do.

Cripes, do you ever let up?

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
8. Yep! It's pretty clear where this is headed ... no surprises when Bernie loses. However ...
Tue May 10, 2016, 04:30 PM
May 2016

... the blame-game has already begun. And it's ALWAYS be someone else's fault.

 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
14. Anyone remember the closing scene from "Psycho"?
Tue May 10, 2016, 04:32 PM
May 2016

Where Norman is hearing the voice of his mother talking to herself, arguing that nobody could possibly blame her for the murders?

asuhornets

(2,405 posts)
20. Bernie Sanders judgement is awful
Tue May 10, 2016, 04:37 PM
May 2016

He started his campaign too late, didn't reach out to POC until it was too late, Cornel West an admitted Obama hater and the list goes on and on.

asuhornets

(2,405 posts)
26. Bernie thought he could just wing it
Tue May 10, 2016, 04:42 PM
May 2016

Free college tuition then visits college campuses. Sanders repeat the same talking points over and over. I can even listen to him speak anymore....It's too much...

TheCowsCameHome

(40,167 posts)
28. Let's not change anything.
Tue May 10, 2016, 04:46 PM
May 2016

This is freakin' paradise for college bound kids, right?

Six figures in debt plus the little piece of parchment.

What a sad state of affairs. Hillary's $12 an hour jobs will get everyone through it, though.

asuhornets

(2,405 posts)
30. $12 is better than $7.25..
Tue May 10, 2016, 04:49 PM
May 2016

you really believe Sanders can raise the min wage from $7.25 to $15...that would be nice. But that does not happen overnight.

TheCowsCameHome

(40,167 posts)
36. And $15 is better than that.
Tue May 10, 2016, 05:03 PM
May 2016

How progressive of you - let's settle for half a loaf.

But "Yay Hillary", right?

TCJ70

(4,387 posts)
27. Sure it does...for Hillary:
Tue May 10, 2016, 04:43 PM
May 2016

- The Crime Bill (I know you'll say Bernie voted for it, and he did, but was outspoken about the very bad parts of it. What was he supposed to do? Vote against the VAWA?)
- NAFTA
- IWR
- TPP
- Pushing Libya
- Private email server
- and many more...

Note that those are all policy related except the email server. I figure you'll find 2-3 for Sanders but the lists don't even compare in magnitude or number.

 

Dawgs

(14,755 posts)
29. He went from 4% to 48% with no help from the party, establishment, or media.
Tue May 10, 2016, 04:48 PM
May 2016

Won over 40% of the states and had no name recognition.

He did better than anyone could have imagined.

Oh yeah, he's also an elderly socialist Jew.

asuhornets

(2,405 posts)
32. Sanders has done an excellent job AND
Tue May 10, 2016, 04:53 PM
May 2016

I will admit in the beginning his large rallies scared the hell out of me..He went negative for a minute but that's because he saw no path. But lately he has continued to go negative-Hillary has yet to even lay a finger on him..I'll be glad when it is all over..

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
38. And HRC did not "go negative" when it was apparent in 2008 that she was losing to
Tue May 10, 2016, 05:04 PM
May 2016

President Obama?

Perhaps you might wish to do some research on the 2008 Clinton campaign.

thelordofhell

(4,569 posts)
22. His complete ignorance of the popularity of President Obama killed his campaign
Tue May 10, 2016, 04:38 PM
May 2016

And Trump has the EXACT SAME PROBLEM!! Hillary will win in a landslide!!

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
33. As a Sanders supporter, I agree.
Tue May 10, 2016, 04:54 PM
May 2016

I also think it's true when said about Clinton.

Nobody is entitled to support. A losing candidate is 100% responsible for their loss...not the voters that they failed to persuade to support them. If Hillary wants my vote, she has to earn it. Bernie already earned it if he came out of the primaries as the nominee. If Sanders wants your support...he needs to earn it. Loyalty pledges to vote the party line are part of the problem, not the solution. If holding SCOTUS is important...earn the support to do it. Don't try to use it as a cudgel to compel support.

This belief that we are or should be obligated to support any candidate ever, no matter how loathsome we personally find them to be, is both arcane and stupid.

dubyadiprecession

(5,697 posts)
42. Bernie has already lost the nomination....
Tue May 10, 2016, 05:15 PM
May 2016

it's just a matter of time before he breaks the bad news to his supporters. He is just a bad candidate.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
43. Obviously, no matter how many times Hillarians desperately beg him to quit, he just won't
Tue May 10, 2016, 05:18 PM
May 2016

so no, we won't blame you.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
46. Of course
Tue May 10, 2016, 05:51 PM
May 2016

he did not earn your vote. And if she does not earn the votes of Americans and loses to trump it is the same thing. She needs to earn those votes. And purity pledges ( very much a RW tactic) are not going to work. Nor are threats or at this point, lesserism of evil.

So there. We agree, and somewhere there is this report of snow in hell. And it is sticking. Poor devil, he is not used to cold...

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