2016 Postmortem

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162. GulfCoast66—You are, not may be, wrong.

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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