Yavin4
Yavin4's JournalIf you're registered as an Independent, then you have no right to complain about the Dem party
If you're not a member of the party, then you cannot complain about the order of the primaries, the caucuses, the Super Delegates, the debate schedule, NOTHING. You're not a member of the party, then you cannot complain about the rules of the party.
The Dem party is designed to service those who are members of the party. Those who have put in the time and effort to build it. You didn't want to be a part of that process, so now you want to file list of complaints? That's absurd.
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For those who disagree, if you were in a union, paid your dues, attend meetings, etc., you would be okay with someone outside of the union having a voice on what your union should and should not do, and who gets to lead the union?
Given all of the updsets in the tournament, was the seeding off?
Or is there just more parity in the NCCA mens bracket?
Discuss.
Yesterday, Bernie won a grand total of 230,000 votes across three states --EDITED
So, I have edited my post to include the updated attendance totals for each state from Saturday. There were a total of 286,564 votes cast. Bernie won on average of 80% of the vote in each state to give him 230,000 votes yesterday.
As a contrast, Hillary won over 1 million votes in Florida alone.
My point still stands. This is his HUUUUGGGEEE momentum? 230,000 votes in total across 3 states????
Total Turnout
WA: 244,548
HI: 32,000
AK: 10,016
Links:
Democrats likely set caucus attendance record
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Democrats-likely-set-caucus-attendance-record-1264684.php
http://patch.com/us/across-america/hawaii-democratic-caucus-2016-live-results-0
http://www.alaskademocrats.org/
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bee0c9e4b0441ce96c4681/t/56f7547e27d4bdeb601fa43f/1459049599932/Alaska+2016+Democratic+Presidential+Caucus+Results+%281%29.pdf
Bernie Sanders has not been vetted. Not a single hard negative ad has ever been run against him.
That's why he polls so well against the Republicans. At one point in 1988, Mike Dukakis was out-polling George H.W. Bush, and then they started in on him.
Conversely, Hillary has been vetted since 1992.
Why are polls showing Bernie doing well a good thing but the actual votes and delegates
including the Super delegates where Hillary is leading a bad thing?
President Obama was right to continue his Cuba trip
Dropping everything to respond to every terrorist attack sends the wrong message to the terrorists. What they want is to control our behavior and actions through mass violence. Ending a historic event enables and encourages them to do more of it.
ESPN tried to shame Cuba's slums, but tweeters highlighted US sports dystopia
Cuba:
US:
http://gizmodo.com/espn-tried-to-shame-cubas-slums-but-instead-highlighted-1766469104
When Bernie endorses Hillary at the convetion and some of his supporters are still fighting
or voting for a 3rd party, then you know it's about their ego and them. It was never about Bernie nor the country nor the future. It was all about their need for ego gratification and their sense of entitlement.
Your vote in the General Election should be based on who's better for your fellow American, not you.
You should vote your conscience in the primaries, but when it comes to the General Election, your vote should be based on who, in the best position to win the presidency, would govern best for your fellow Americans, particularly those at the margins, the elderly, the poor, our service men and women, the undocumented, racial and ethnic minorities, the GBLT, the working class, etc.
What you want individually should not matter. What you expect should not matter. Why? A President Gore would not abandon New Orleans in 2005. A President Gore would not have been asleep at the switch before 9/11. A President Gore would not have invaded Iraq. A President Gore would not have used bigotry on marriage equality to win OH.
The lives of people here in the U.S. and abroad are at stake here. Your vote or non-vote is literally life or death.
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