How to Explain the Sanders Campaign to an Idiot, Paul Krugman or a Clintonite in 8 Sentences

[elleng]

'Sentence #1: If a Democratic primary candidate can win 59 percent of the Party’s “pledged” (primary- and caucus-won) delegates or more, the primary is decided by pledged delegates; if a Democratic primary candidate fails to meet that threshold, they are considered by DNC electoral processes to be a weak front-runner and the nomination is finally decided, instead, by “superdelegates” — who can express support for a candidate at any time, but cannot commit themselves to anyone (i.e., cast a binding vote for any candidate) until the Democratic National Convention in July; superdelegates are unlike pledged delegates in this regard because, while pledged delegates also do not vote until the Party’s convention, they cannot change their votes from what their state’s voting results pledged them to be — though it has been argued by some that in fact they can change their votes at the Convention, with this argument most recently having been advanced by Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2008.'>>>

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/seth-abramson/how-to-explain-the-sanders_b_10206250.html

[Hoyt]

1. But, we know how they will vote unless Berners can come up with some BS on Clinton by the convention

I doubt they will, but they'll try to the detriment of the Party. And even then, I bet the delegates go for a candidate with a chance to win.

[elleng]

10. Hillary Clinton broke the rules: Our view

As secretary of State, she ignored repeated warnings about email security.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512090029

[geek tragedy]

2. Seth Abramson certainly is an expert on idiocy--Clinton is a vastly stronger frontrunner than Obama

was in 2008

[Matt_in_STL]

3. I know. Remember the Federal investigation hanging over his head in 2008?

Me either.

[geek tragedy]

6. 16 more days to pray to the Indictment Fairy, use them well nt

[Seeinghope]

18. I know if the indictment fairy spreads enough fairy dust all over maybe magic will happen and

All of the proof will go poof!

[Matt_in_STL]

20. Oh, I don't think she'll be indicted

But let's not pretend she is clean and hasn't lied repeatedly. But hey, it runs in the family.

[frylock]

21. 16 more days of listening to you people bleat about the number of days..

till you get your little safe space where nothing happening in the real world will have any effect on you.

[morningfog]

30. Referring to the FBI criminal investigation of Hillary's use of

her server is not "praying for the indictment fairy" and the story will continue beyond June 18 and will be discussed here. Brace yourself for dispointment.

[geek tragedy]

31. The manner of the discussion will be factual, not politically weaponized

So no more sewage like one sees from the HA Gooddman, Seth Abramson, Shaun King crowd.

[morningfog]

33. The fact is until all the facts are publicly known, she is a liability to the party.

[geek tragedy]

34. Fact is she won, in 16 days this won't be a place for dead enders to try to relitigate the primary

by flogging that issue.

Trashing the nominee helps Trump.

[Baaadger]

15. Her pollinc vs Trump is terrible

Hillary Clinton leads Donald J. Trump by just 4 points in New Jersey, a state that hasn't voted for a Republican presidential nominee since 1988.

[geek tragedy]

16. lol, welcome to DU.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512095151

[840high]

26. Good to have you here.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

4. Epic fail! At least

he didn't say, "8 simple sentences."

But he forgot the necessary preface, "New Rules".

[randome]

8. You can make a sentence run for months with enough semicolons!

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

[ProgressiveEconomist]

14. What's even worse is that this guy evidently

is the chief editor for a writing program! See the end of the OP link.

[ContinentalOp]

13. First it was Bernie Math and now they bring us Bernie Lit!

Just as convoluted, but with words instead of numbers!

[quickesst]

5. You do realize...

... that the claims of Hillary Clinton being a weak candidate only tells everyone else that Bernie's supporters believe that if she can't put Sanders away then he is an even weaker candidate and not formidable at all. If she is that weak how come Bernie can't beat her? That statement is a double edged sword and Bernie supporters are trying to climb it with both hands, one on each edge.

[AgingAmerican]

7. The media and the Democratic party have pretended he doesn't exist for the last year

And yet he has managed to scratch and claw his way into a virtual tie with her. I would say he is a very, very strong candidate despite all odds.

[mythology]

11. He isn't anywhere near a virtual tie.

He's behind by more than twice as much as Clinton was in 2008.

Apparently we get our news from different sources as I've heard about Sanders on every news source I read, watch or listen to.

[AgingAmerican]

12. She has not cinched the nomination and the primaries are almost over

It's near a virtual tie and it won't be resolved until the convention, or someone gets indicted, whichever happens first.

If she or anyone involved is indicted AFTER the convention, Trump is the next president. Especially if they throw someone besides Sanders in.

The Democratic party is incompetent.

[quickesst]

19. I would hardly call it...

... a virtual tie. You are absolutely wrong if you think the public and the media do not know who Bernie Sanders is now. He gets more airtime than Hillary Clinton does, especially on Sunday. What I'm trying to tell you is that if you believe that Hillary Clinton is a weak candidate and she is leading Bernie Sanders substantially in votes and delegates, then how do you expect him to be a more formidable opponent against Donald Trump than Hillary Clinton? Why can't he be a weak candidate if he is so formidable? Logic is not on your side.

[randome]

22. "Third base."

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

[YouDig]

9. Seth Abramson, hoping to convince idiots with his idiotic reasoning.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. Paul Krugman is the youngest recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal and a Nobel Prize winner...

Professor Abramson is a professor at a small state university.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

36. Win the John Bates Clark Medal and a Nobel Prize and get back to me, okay?

I have another fan... I feel like Elvis, lol.

[jcgoldie]

23. Nice but I can explain the Sanders campaign in one word...

WAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

[Beacool]

24. Well, if anyone knows what it takes to be an idiot, it's Abramson.

Ditto for H.A. Goodman.

[Garrett78]

27. In that case, Obama was an even weaker frontrunner in 2008, as he was further from 59%.

As for Clinton "having every possible advantage...in terms of the logistics of individual state electoral processes," Sanders benefited from caucuses, which greatly suppress the vote. Replace caucuses with primaries and I doubt Clinton would have much trouble reaching 2383 via pledged delegates alone.

And Clinton's early superdelegate advantage in 2008 didn't prevent Obama from beating her. If anything, in an anti-establishment climate, Sanders probably got a boost from Clinton's superdelegate advantage.

[Number23]

28. How to explain punctuation to a Sanders supporter

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/spelling_grammar/punctuation/read/1/

[elleng]

29. to an Idiot, Paul Krugman or a Clintonite in 8 Sentences

[Number23]

32. An idiot OR Krugman or a Clintonite. Yeah, I got that.