2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumKinda sad the way the Bernie candidacy is ending.
It started out with really worthy goals. Working people in America just wanting a fair economy, more pay, healthcare, education, less income inequality and the 1% taking all the wealth.
And now in its waning days Berners are devolving into a competition to see who can come up with the craziest email conspiracy theory.
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)Wasting the future of the party is way worse than continuing to campaign for long overdue reform.
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)Good point!
Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)msongs
(67,381 posts)Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)and then there was this:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512088875
while also taking this into account
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512008877
and some pretty important news about the women voting in this elections, since Clinton seems to rely heavily on the presumption that "Hell has a special place for women who don't help women" (as per Madelein Albright Afterlife Projections):
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512035463
Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)CorkySt.Clair
(1,507 posts)And the Schaudenfreude will only get richer.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,659 posts)Some people apparently can't help being assholes even when they win. There's a whole lot to be said for being gracious in victory - it at least keeps one from looking like an asshole.
CorkySt.Clair
(1,507 posts)So your sore loser-sore winner analogy is poor. At DU the war is still on, at least until the TOS kick in.
In the interim slur after slur is posted about Clinton and the party by angry Berners. I'm sure you haven't noticed.
But you have a nice Bernie day, ya hear.
Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)The Berners "berned" that bridge down several months ago.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,659 posts)since from the very beginning Bernie's supporters were condescended to and dismissed as a bunch of naive, entitled young "bros" who didn't understand reality and just wanted free college and unicorns, when we were not being insulted as sexist, racist, Communist, not real Democrats, anti-Semitic (?!!), and generally evil. I never understood any of that but we sure didn't appreciate it.
Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)I clearly recall being attacked simply because my Avatar identified me as a Hillary supporter. The topic wasn't even about politics! Clearly naked partisanship. That's when I began my turn into a cynic here.
PS - the poster who kept attacking me got a hidden post over that lesson.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,659 posts)from Hillary supporters. It went both ways.
Cal Carpenter
(4,959 posts)TCJ70
(4,387 posts)That hasn't changed.
firebrand80
(2,760 posts)I saw him on MTP this weekend and he was great.
His supporters, on the other hand, seem to be having it rough.
Vinca
(50,255 posts)Running an insider candidate in an outsider year is dumb, dumb, dumb.
RKP5637
(67,102 posts)to run a super-establishment candidate.
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,659 posts)libtodeath
(2,888 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)libtodeath
(2,888 posts)Of course they were a Hillary supporter.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)bunnies
(15,859 posts)Now with extra trolls.
And a certain Admin says he is so, so disappointed in the lack of civility. It bothers him so much he can barely stand it.
Meanwhile the place is overrun with these blatant trolls and he does nothing about it.
libtodeath
(2,888 posts)Bobbie Jo
(14,341 posts)Seems to be keeping up in the hide count department.
Still active too, AFAICS.
bunnies
(15,859 posts)You dig?
aikoaiko
(34,165 posts)And for pissing off all the right asshats.
7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)I believe YouDig, if given enough rope....
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CorkySt.Clair
(1,507 posts)puffy socks
(1,473 posts)and clean campaigning were thrown out the window months ago.
His campaign stole data from the DNC
He keeps throwing out unfounded accusations of being rigged ..now says its just dumb as he back peddles that lie.
He rails against campaign financing and then takes questionable donations and ignores the FEC.
So many Berner's desperate sick and twisted hopes that Hillary gets indicted, complete with faux outrage of security concerns.
It's a melt down ..and can't Bern down fast enough as far as I'm concerned .
So back to patience and positive thinking. Because it's over they know it and just like the pleasure of ticking off Hillary's supporters by dragging it on and on...so we just have to watch the agonizing wailing and gnashing of teeth while the fanatics throw out their last pathetic conspiracies and polls "proving" Bernie's the only one who can beat Trump over the next couple of weeks here.
Come June 16th I hope to see honest discussions about the GE and how to defeat Trump. In the meantime, I'll post when I feel like it in GDP all about Bernie's negatives .. the swarms of the enraged stew and pile on the talking points and call me a Brock troll all they want.
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CorkySt.Clair
(1,507 posts)beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)pretty much self imploding his way to the minor footnote in history category like the guy that kerry beat in the primaries in 2004...what was that name again?
MariaThinks
(2,495 posts)Faux pas
(14,657 posts)steaming piles of Horse Shit. That is all.
MariaThinks
(2,495 posts)demented clown.
Good bye Bernie. Stay, go, who cares anymore. You're definitely not getting the nomination.
highprincipleswork
(3,111 posts)lies around the private server continue to be exposed.
Sorry, can't blame the Sanders campaign for the reckless and dishonest behavior of Hillary Clinton.
tokenlib
(4,186 posts)The movement will go on.. This is not going back in the bottle. This is bigger than Bernie and always has been... Bernie even says, this isn't about him, it's about us. He also knows that in the end, his supporters have minds of their own and he respects that..
And we're still going to Philadelphia... we have plans..
lancer78
(1,495 posts)Hillary said she was going to Denver.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)You will be there to witness Clinton nominated on the first vote.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)Hell Hath No Fury
(16,327 posts)will soon be ending.
B Calm
(28,762 posts)taught_me_patience
(5,477 posts)and the more his crazy conspiracy theories persist, the more likely it will end up like occupy... dead and forgotten.
Demsrule86
(68,539 posts)I feel bad for my kids who really liked Bernie. They deserve better from Bernie and from his supporters.
reddread
(6,896 posts)AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)frylock
(34,825 posts)People here think I'm a dick now. Just wait.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... considers all that has come before and everything leading up to this moment.
BobbyDrake
(2,542 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)CorkySt.Clair
(1,507 posts)reddread
(6,896 posts)this should be pinned.