2016 Postmortem

cui bono

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44. Seriously, they had to cheat there just to squeak out a win for her.

Sun May 15, 2016, 05:45 AM

May 2016

Fuck her and all her delegates and fuck DWS and the DNC too.

What this country has come to that it would go to such unethical extremes to squash the people's desires to keep the establishment intact. I hope the change that is coming happens quickly. We can't take more of this.

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Super delegates "are worrying about their decision to nominate a deeply flawed and wounded Clinton" [View all] imagine2015 May 2016 OP

IF They Are Sentient Beings... THEY DAMN WELL SHOULD BE WORRYING About What the Outcome CorporatistNation May 2016 #1

it appears VOTERS MFM008 May 2016 #29

You mean "voters" northernsouthern May 2016 #130

Amen! insta8er May 2016 #137

How many told ya so bkkyosemite May 2016 #2

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2016 #28

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2016 #32

more baloney from the sanders camp. completely forgot to name even ONE person doing/saying ANY msongs May 2016 #3

No kidding! puffy socks May 2016 #14

So much wishful thinking! synergie May 2016 #39

Pretty sure they would not want their names to be used. libdem4life May 2016 #94

They--not Bernies' supporters--will be to blame if the Clinton Machine is on the Dem Ballot... NewImproved Deal May 2016 #4

that is one fantastic cartoon! thanks! eom Merryland May 2016 #79

Thanks! Matt Wuerker is superb--and a REAL (not "New") Democrat... NewImproved Deal May 2016 #87

Leave it to a cartoonist to express what I couldn't...the similarities are amazing. libdem4life May 2016 #97

You got to be kidding Gothmog May 2016 #5

Hillary isn't even strong enough to win the nomination with elected (pledged) delegates! imagine2015 May 2016 #10

How ridiculous. If she's so weak what does that make Sanders? brush May 2016 #33

She's cheating. The media virtually ignored Bernie. She is a known entity. She ran a dirty campaign. cui bono May 2016 #45

Boy howdy she is cheating. And the People do not like it. yourpaljoey May 2016 #51

What smears? Florencenj2point0 May 2016 #63

Oh yes... here's a few... cui bono May 2016 #135

no links? I thought not Florencenj2point0 May 2016 #136

Changing the goal posts? Why am I not surprised... cui bono May 2016 #140

How is being a "known entity" and getting more votes than Sanders a weakness? onenote May 2016 #127

You tell me. If she's so strong why is the establishment working so hard to skew the election cui bono May 2016 #134

turnout wouldn't be consistently low if more Sanders voters showed up onenote May 2016 #152

So now Bernie is to blame for our country's entire history of people not voting? cui bono May 2016 #153

If that's what you think I said, you are very badly mistaken onenote May 2016 #154

Easy: she's winning among 30% of the electorate, despite an enormous head start. Lizzie Poppet May 2016 #53

Many of his wins are in red states as well, and many were in undemocratic CLOSED caucuses brush May 2016 #76

Thank you for the links and info! Lizzie Poppet May 2016 #106

She has won more blue states (with more electoral votes) than Sanders. By a big margin onenote May 2016 #129

Let me tell you something nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #58

let me tell you something Florencenj2point0 May 2016 #67

I do not know whether to laugh or cry nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #75

One doesn't even have to keep up with foreign press to see it though. vintx May 2016 #81

That they do nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #82

If we're lucky, we'll go the way of the British Empire. If not, the Russian. This election will leveymg May 2016 #86

The party is too proud and stubborn to nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #90

We will all accept Warren. She's the only viable, unifying ticket lead. leveymg May 2016 #92

As I said, the party is in group think mode nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #95

Clearly, it isn't. The apparachiks are all-in, and think they have nowhere to go. Base is on it's leveymg May 2016 #98

Obviously you are the engineer warning about the nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #100

Even Tweety asked the question last week, "What do we do if something happens to Hillary?" leveymg May 2016 #112

I know that is now 4 outlets, 5 if you include Fox, nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #114

What did Orwell say about the Outer Party members? They are always the last to know, leveymg May 2016 #116

I am not talking of the partisans here. nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #119

It's like reading The Theory of Oligarchical Collectivism. leveymg May 2016 #122

Read Democracy Inc nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #123

I just happened to open it to page 47, and look at what popped out> leveymg May 2016 #141

Yup nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #142

and why some of us pretend to be governed by the elected. nt leveymg May 2016 #143

shame on you Florencenj2point0 May 2016 #138

Shame on you for ignoring reality nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #139

Yet she's still beating Sanders. Again, what does that make him? brush May 2016 #72

And she will lose in November nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #77

She won't lose to Trump. But neither would Sanders, but he can't beat her. brush May 2016 #78

We shall see nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #84

Yeah, yeah. If Sanders loses it's corrupt. If he wins, it's fair. We know the story. brush May 2016 #88

And it started in 2000 and went through 2004 nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #89

I was one of the posters here who realized that the poll closing by the repug officials was . . . brush May 2016 #99

That is how she is winning nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #101

"But Americans are too stupid"...Nice voter outreach....n/t Henhouse May 2016 #102

Nice reality check nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #108

And how weak must Bernie be if he's been 300 PDs behind her the whole time synergie May 2016 #40

So under your silly theory Obama was an rven weaker candidate Gothmog May 2016 #56

If no one were taking him seriously the establishment wouldn't be tinkering with the elections. cui bono May 2016 #133

Sanders is a very weak general election candidate Gothmog May 2016 #148

Keep telling yourself that. The fact is he's polling better than Hillary for the GE cui bono May 2016 #149

who says? Bernie? Florencenj2point0 May 2016 #62

Yeah! apcalc May 2016 #104

And she STILL has more than St Bernie, which makes him a loser Lil Missy May 2016 #117

Neither was Obama. But he was elected president twice. onenote May 2016 #126

I submit babylonsister May 2016 #159

"Alternatives, Anyone?" Triana May 2016 #6

Just another steaming pile ... BS cheerleaders reek of desperation ... actually, they just reek n/t SFnomad May 2016 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author synergie May 2016 #41

Wow. The "dirty hippies" meme lives again. n/t Jester Messiah May 2016 #107

It never died nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #111

When We Stand Together No Citizen Need Settle For The Lessor Of Two Corporate Evils cantbeserious May 2016 #8

Oh, can they finally read the writing on the wall? Jester Messiah May 2016 #9

If super delegates are smart enough they will abandon Hillary just like they did in 2008. imagine2015 May 2016 #12

They would GulfCoast66 May 2016 #17

Welcome to DU! sheshe2 May 2016 #20

Stop revising history hack89 May 2016 #69

Easy to read the wall Fairgo May 2016 #38

The Democratic Party will be a long time JEB May 2016 #11

Hillary's nomination could mean the beginning of the break-up of the Democratic Party imagine2015 May 2016 #13

. Dragonfli May 2016 #16

Yea, camp weathervane will tolerate no question of Her Corporate Majesty timmymoff May 2016 #18

Who said that to you, Dragonfli? Amaril May 2016 #65

It was sent in a postal letter, unsigned with no return address, written in cursive Dragonfli May 2016 #110

WTF????? Amaril May 2016 #118

Now I am being locked out of gdp by hillary supporters. AS OFF TOPIC, when comparing records Dragonfli May 2016 #124

It is indeed a good read! Amaril May 2016 #131

This alone speaks volumes about HRC supporters and tactics here. Shameful and illegal. Jackilope May 2016 #125

Meanwhile, in the real world GulfCoast66 May 2016 #19

Hon, there are mostly Independents in this country. Fawke Em May 2016 #24

Hon GulfCoast66 May 2016 #161

GulfCoast66�You are, not may be, wrong. CobaltBlue May 2016 #162

I guess GulfCoast66 May 2016 #163

The Rs have been obviously nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #93

Republican Party is just fine, thank you. JustABozoOnThisBus May 2016 #144

And yet, they are indeed in split out mode nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #147

according to ...???? Lil Missy May 2016 #121

Is that the goal here Andy823 May 2016 #146

. corkhead May 2016 #155

They did a great job destroying the party, haven't they? It started with the midterms in 2014. jillan May 2016 #21

Speaking of "building the party", pacalo May 2016 #157

The Rise and Fall of the Third Way Empire perhaps? N/t tokenlib May 2016 #15

In b4 someone makes op link and RW connection n/t JesterCS May 2016 #22

TYT thinks the party is already to promote Biden if Clinton is too wounded (FBI) to win DJ13 May 2016 #23

Agreed, that's the vibe I'm getting. snot May 2016 #36

And Biden said his heart was not in it nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #96

Oh, to have the Tums and Pepto-Bismol concession at the convention. Buns_of_Fire May 2016 #25

Well it may not matter much if they all act like they did in NV. nt silvershadow May 2016 #26

What does "Dem" now mean, anyway? snot May 2016 #27

bye Lil Missy May 2016 #31

Your invitation to ignore you Amaril May 2016 #66

gawd you guys are getting desperate. The truth is none of them will switch to St. Bernie. n/t Lil Missy May 2016 #30

Awomen! Florencenj2point0 May 2016 #68

thank you thank you. I'll be here all week ... Lil Missy May 2016 #115

And this is just now dawning on them? Punkingal May 2016 #34

Seriously, they had to cheat there just to squeak out a win for her. cui bono May 2016 #44

Her fans have been in deep denial. vintx May 2016 #83

GOOD. elleng May 2016 #35

It was totally stupid and UNDEMOCRATIC for the super-delegates to line up en masse before Uncle Joe May 2016 #37

If they'd just kept their damned mouths shut until the convention, Buns_of_Fire May 2016 #42

Which, if I understand correctly, they've done in previous elections. Lizzie Poppet May 2016 #52

Well guess what, in a democracy SDs are not supposed to make the "decision" of who gets to be our cui bono May 2016 #43

We have been saying this for weeks. Nice to see some supers are getting sensible. Betty Karlson May 2016 #46

According to author Robert Parry: hillary is a neocon and not qualified. FBS factfinder_77 May 2016 #47

I've posted the correct link. People should read the article and make up their own minds. imagine2015 May 2016 #50

According to any objective snalysis of policy nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #60

more wishful thinking than reality I am afraid....super delegates KNOW how flawed sanders will be in beachbum bob May 2016 #48

The right-wing painted Obama as a left-wing communist extremist Muslim from Kenya. imagine2015 May 2016 #49

No shit. snort May 2016 #57

How is Sanders flawed when Hillary is under an FBI investigation pinebox May 2016 #54

She is not under investigation. apcalc May 2016 #105

She is not under investigation. apcalc May 2016 #109

Parry. LOL...nt SidDithers May 2016 #55

While they might worry nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #59

LO freaking L Florencenj2point0 May 2016 #61

"Hey look .... a UNICORN!!!" ... is more likely to be heard ... JoePhilly May 2016 #64

Again, Bernie losing to a candidate you call "weak" actually makes him "worse than weak." #logic IamMab May 2016 #70

She could head into the convention with her last win being a squeeker in Guam. -nt- NorthCarolina May 2016 #71

or not... brooklynite May 2016 #85

Hillary could never win the GE! Nominate Bernie or See Trump Elected amborin May 2016 #73

She could. Especially if TPTB hack the election for her. stillwaiting May 2016 #128

If you read something on the Internet, it must be true... brooklynite May 2016 #74

Can you point out where an actual superdelegate is quoted Tarc May 2016 #80

Frankly... Turin_C3PO May 2016 #91

Why did not the author name a single superdelegate who "feels" this way? MineralMan May 2016 #103

so besides already faltering against Trump, investigations from all angles, and surging MisterP May 2016 #113

Journalism? "The onlookers might sense that they had made a terrible mistake but couldn�t ... bettyellen May 2016 #120

Who??? Beacool May 2016 #132

And they should be worried about her. Do they want a Dem to win or not? Seriously! pdsimdars May 2016 #145

The author says Bernie "isn�t even technically a Democrat". procon May 2016 #151

So what? Most voters, including registered Democrats don't care. imagine2015 May 2016 #158

I can't say that I've ever found that to be true. procon May 2016 #160

KICK KICK KICK!!!! ViseGrip May 2016 #150

Knowing what values/principles drew us to Bernie in the first place, pacalo May 2016 #156