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still_one

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7. Don't know. If it is the process of trying to "flip" pledged delegates they didn't win", which
Thu Mar 17, 2016, 06:17 PM
Mar 2016

Devine got caught discussing, that would be the same thing as stealing votes from those people who voted for Hillary.



If they won by doing that, which is extremely unlikely, they would have disenfranchised millions of people who voted for Hillary in the primaries, and because of that they will give a landslide victory to the republican nominee.

http://crooksandliars.com/2016/03/sanders-camp-lays-out-strategy-remaining


"For those of you who continue to confuse superdelegates with pledged delegates and don't want to believe I heard what I heard, here's the tweet of a Time Magazine reporter also on the call, who also reports the same thing.


Update 2:

Oh, you skeptics. Here's Alex Seitz-Wald, at MSNBC, asking the specific question. Here, I'll even transcribe it for you.

SEITZ-WALD: Tad, you mentioned earlier in the call that something about pledged delegates not necessarily having to vote for whom they're pledged to. Could you just describe that process a little bit more for those of us who aren't as versed as you are in the process. And are you going to make an active campaign of people who are pledged to switch their votes.

DEVINE: Well no, let me start with the second part of that question. We're not going to try to, you know, convince anyone to do anything, at the moment. The reason I brought that up is just to illustrate the fact that you know, in 1980 is a very good example of this.

If you are the frontrunner in the nominating process, even if you have a significant delegate lead, that delegate lead with pledged delegates can become very soft if you don't continue to win. That's the point I'm trying to illustrate.

We don't have a plan at the moment to start calling all the Clinton delegates once they get selected and try to sway them individually to vote for Bernie Sanders. But we do believe that if we can succeed in this last half of the process as much as Hillary did or even more so, that there will be enormous pressure on people who are delegates at this convention to do the right and responsible thing."

I read it as a joke on the rwnj claim that Obama is going to go giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #1
I think it was a joke. hrmjustin Mar 2016 #2
One I don't get. johnp3907 Mar 2016 #3
I don't get it either. hrmjustin Mar 2016 #4
Hmm..... johnp3907 Mar 2016 #5
I think they are f!@&!#g with us. Agnosticsherbet Mar 2016 #6
I agree, ignore it. They are the ones with "conspiracy theories", and mathematical deficiences still_one Mar 2016 #8
Don't know. If it is the process of trying to "flip" pledged delegates they didn't win", which still_one Mar 2016 #7
Right. johnp3907 Mar 2016 #9
It is their issue, whether real of fantasy, I personally could care less still_one Mar 2016 #10
/////////its a secret \\\\ Historic NY Mar 2016 #11
I think they might just be having some fun. This is something we used to do lamp_shade Mar 2016 #12
Agent Mike? Now I'm even more confused. johnp3907 Mar 2016 #13
I hope this helps. From an old DU post (2007).... lamp_shade Mar 2016 #14
I think Agent Mike retired or died of old age. charlyvi Mar 2016 #17
Yup. I have many, many good memories. We had such fun. lamp_shade Mar 2016 #19
Yes we did. charlyvi Mar 2016 #24
Wake up people it's a slam at our president GusBob Mar 2016 #15
LOL, they are sooooo clever. UtahLib Mar 2016 #16
It means they think Hillary is "Obama's Third Term" jmowreader Mar 2016 #18
The third term bit was the most confusing part. johnp3907 Mar 2016 #20
Yep--and an "establishment" set-up! pandr32 Mar 2016 #21
Why the open window thing? jmowreader Mar 2016 #22
Ha-ha! Michelle, too :-) pandr32 Mar 2016 #23
They'll just throw a blanket over his head when they're bringing him to work jmowreader Mar 2016 #25
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