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moriah

(8,311 posts)
8. We don't have a nominee until concession..
Mon May 2, 2016, 04:48 PM
May 2016

... even if Bernie's Sunday speech regarding superdelegates had the tone of Hillary's letter to the DNC delegates right before the last primaries -- essentially concession if the pledged delegates are larger after the primaries are complete and even under his idea of splitting Supers by the percentage of the win in each state he still can't get the nomination, but not conceding yet because there are people who still have to vote.

Even Obama only called himself the "presumptive Nominee" until Hillary officially conceded.

I, as a Hillary supporter, cannot criticize Sanders for the same strategies Hillary used in 08. And I have good reason to believe, particularly when he said that he would work to do whatever it took to not get a GOPer or Trump elected, that he will be graceful after the process is fully concluded.

Wow. Almost none of those rules are followed now. onehandle May 2016 #1
Are there more or less people participating now than in 2008? Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #3
Feels like far less, but there has been a bump for the last two months. onehandle May 2016 #5
If I owned this place there is NO way I would cut out all the people who might Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #6
That's why Skinner created Discussionist. moriah May 2016 #15
Ahh yes, that place. GOP has invested in a several hundred million dollar propaganda campaign Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #17
It's hard to remember it's bullshit.... moriah May 2016 #19
We don't have a nominee until concession.. moriah May 2016 #8
Feels like less to me wildeyed May 2016 #28
Far less now than in 2008. NanceGreggs May 2016 #9
Yeah, those rules are definitely old. nolawarlock May 2016 #2
Wow! (nt) stone space May 2016 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author carolinayellowdog May 2016 #7
Kinda freaky. +1 for Jung.... I heart Jung. Nt moriah May 2016 #10
And DU grew and thrived ... NanceGreggs May 2016 #11
There was concern about transparency, biased mods, etc, from what I recall. moriah May 2016 #12
Skinner also stated ... NanceGreggs May 2016 #20
This one against me didn't get a hide. moriah May 2016 #22
One of my first hides here ... NanceGreggs May 2016 #23
I hope you did alert on that alert. moriah May 2016 #26
No, I didn't alert. NanceGreggs May 2016 #27
Early on in the jury system, wildeyed May 2016 #29
Alerting. NuclearDem May 2016 #13
They will bake us honeybuns with the brainwashing juice in it? moriah May 2016 #14
This place is gross LoverOfLiberty May 2016 #16
*blush* moriah May 2016 #21
That was when DU was a unique place, now it's just like the other places, full of bullies of Bluenorthwest May 2016 #18
They also started a site full of Freepers and Cavers. demmiblue May 2016 #24
I always thought DI was an attempt to both get ad revenue.... moriah May 2016 #25
Early this primary season a community college "blogger" who could barely string a sentence together Warren DeMontague May 2016 #30
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