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Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
92. Gavile, these claims of "blatant corruption"
Tue May 17, 2016, 06:23 AM
May 2016

happen every time an event doesn't go Bernie's way, and every time--so far--there was no corruption found on investigation, although sometimes irregularities due to bad organization and/or sloppiness on the part of the locals are identified.

Instead, it has always turned out that people assumed corruption because they did not understand the procedures and misinterpreted what they saw and heard.

Of course you are not part of a "robot army," so why not wait to find out what happened with those delegates, in both camps, who were turned away?

Keep in mind also that, except for the very beginning, Hillary Clinton has been well ahead overall all through the primaries. She has large leads in pledged delegates, unpledged delegates, and the popular vote. She has been expected to win for months.

She would have little to nothing to gain by cheating and everything to lose as it would likely cost her the presidency.

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In your face, Democracy! dchill May 2016 #1
omgz... that made me laugh. cui bono May 2016 #16
They are somehow mesmerized... dchill May 2016 #21
Oh, can the lies for heavens' sake! Hortensis May 2016 #28
I got your lies right here... dchill May 2016 #32
There's no new, reliable information in this thing. Hortensis May 2016 #33
So it's okay if you steal an election a little bit. mmkay... cui bono May 2016 #35
Absolutely NOT, which brings us to the Sanders in NV. Hortensis May 2016 #39
Charles Pierce: " if anybody thinks ---Sanders-he is having the nomination "stolen" they R idiots" riversedge May 2016 #47
What a bunch of bullshit. You should be ashamed of defending the stealing of an election. cui bono May 2016 #34
The judge who dismissed the Sanders camp's suit Hortensis May 2016 #46
We are not Bernie's robot army Gavile May 2016 #81
Gavile, these claims of "blatant corruption" Hortensis May 2016 #92
Once again, I see the use of the word "illegal", TexasTowelie May 2016 #2
Maybe not illegal, but definitely immoral, undemocratic and corrupt. bobbobbins01 May 2016 #6
Okay. TexasTowelie May 2016 #10
I'm much more concerned with holding a person in power accountable bobbobbins01 May 2016 #11
Thanks for expressing your concerns. TexasTowelie May 2016 #12
Priorities matter. bobbobbins01 May 2016 #13
Thanks for making me laugh. TexasTowelie May 2016 #17
There is an important distinction to be made between criminal and civil law 99th_Monkey May 2016 #22
If the Sanders campaign believes that there has been a violation of the bylaws TexasTowelie May 2016 #26
"legal counsel attending and advising the chair" Hortensis May 2016 #30
I didn't say anything to you about February. bobbobbins01 May 2016 #23
Well thank you for giving me the last word then. TexasTowelie May 2016 #25
Fuck February. If caucusing was only at one level, why bother with the other levles? n/t eridani May 2016 #27
Really? So much for democracy. TexasTowelie May 2016 #31
Democracy has been thrown under the bus Hortensis May 2016 #50
Correct. In caucus states, voters don't matter. Caucus attendees matter n/t eridani May 2016 #62
So when the caucus attendees showed up in February TexasTowelie May 2016 #63
Conveneintly skipping over the second step. But expected n/t eridani May 2016 #64
Conveniently ignoring the first step, but expected. n/t TexasTowelie May 2016 #65
The third step was a farce. But you know that eridani May 2016 #66
It depends which narrative you wish to believe. TexasTowelie May 2016 #67
OK, so now Coffee Cat is a liar. eridani May 2016 #69
Deflect much? TexasTowelie May 2016 #70
What happened to the Sanders delegates have everything to do with subsequent events eridani May 2016 #71
How interesting you should ask that. barrow-wight May 2016 #73
I was talking about VOTERS having their party of registration changed involuntarily n/t eridani May 2016 #74
And I don't believe them. barrow-wight May 2016 #75
Thanks for calling long time poster from Iowa a liar n/t eridani May 2016 #78
You choose to make this personal. barrow-wight May 2016 #79
Not just Coffee Cat. If you refuse google the many instances of issues with eridani May 2016 #80
more lies I'm sure. barrow-wight May 2016 #83
I see. Hiillary really did have to dodge sniper fire n/t eridani May 2016 #84
She sure did barrow-wight May 2016 #85
Independents now make up 42% of the electorate. Thanks for helping to suppress GE election turnout eridani May 2016 #86
how have surpressed anything? barrow-wight May 2016 #88
Post the video of someone throwing a bottle or a chair n/t eridani May 2016 #89
Why don't you post it? barrow-wight May 2016 #90
Not possible, because no such thing ever happened. n/t eridani May 2016 #91
One person? So in NYC, 120,000 people is now one person? Or actually none since that one person cui bono May 2016 #99
I'm not disregarding facts. barrow-wight May 2016 #102
So because you believe that since the Sanders delegates were not properly credentialed TexasTowelie May 2016 #94
No, I don't believe that the Sanders delegates weren't properly credentialed eridani May 2016 #95
Another conspiracy theory? TexasTowelie May 2016 #96
Hillary suporter James Bilbray didn't think so. eridani May 2016 #97
Convention was to go from 7:30 am to 7 pm. After all the disruption of the Bernie people the Paris KelleyD May 2016 #57
Is that more important to you than the fact that democracy was thwarted by TPTB? cui bono May 2016 #15
Do you mean the voice that called Senator Boxer TexasTowelie May 2016 #41
No, I mean the arbitrary rule changing and the denial of revote requests. cui bono May 2016 #48
Oh please. TexasTowelie May 2016 #49
The Executive committe was 50% Bernie people and 50% Clinton people. They all agreed well before. KelleyD May 2016 #58
No, they did not. The rules were changed during the process with questionable voting count. cui bono May 2016 #98
Law? If Robert's Rules of Order were voted on at the beginning jwirr May 2016 #38
Really? TexasTowelie May 2016 #45
I didn't hear anything about this on the network and cable news I ... spin May 2016 #3
I have been specifically scouring every online MSM source, all day. silvershadow May 2016 #4
I thought perhaps I merely missed it but this is such a big story ... spin May 2016 #7
Oh I had the tv on all day, too. Not a mention. It's as if it silvershadow May 2016 #8
Maybe the news media feels Bernie has lost so now they can ignore him. ... spin May 2016 #14
1. It's extremely embarrassing to Sanders. Hortensis May 2016 #51
Today I am actually starting to see reports about the incident on ... spin May 2016 #60
:) Hortensis May 2016 #61
Why should it have been news? HarmonyRockets May 2016 #87
This message was self-deleted by its author artislife May 2016 #5
Madeleine Albright got them spooked about going to that special place in hell Art_from_Ark May 2016 #68
Are those guys Retrograde May 2016 #9
Metro. Local Las Vegas police. When incidents of trespass occur, oasis May 2016 #37
No, that's what it looks like when you illegally turn into a violent and unurly mob synergie May 2016 #18
Wow, I can make stuff up too! northernsouthern May 2016 #20
Made a quick new Hill poster!!! northernsouthern May 2016 #19
Thank you, Hillary, for sacrificing democracy on the altar of your ego Android3.14 May 2016 #29
Your making deceptive posters against a Democratic candidate is nothing to be proud of. It was the riversedge May 2016 #43
That is outrageously dishonest. Hortensis May 2016 #54
K & R AzDar May 2016 #24
The Paris Hotel convention ballroom is private property. Trespassing oasis May 2016 #36
I read that the Hotel security was concerned that they could not control the Sanders crowd so riversedge May 2016 #42
But why were they doing this? scscholar May 2016 #55
Can you imagine the wall to wall coverage if this had happened at a Repiggie convention??? FlatBaroque May 2016 #40
yeah...I can...boy, it comes to this. EndElectoral May 2016 #44
WillYourVoteBCounted—Now more than ever, I am so inspired to vote Democrat this November. CobaltBlue May 2016 #52
Drumpf will make this look like an afternoon on the beach. Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #53
Corporatists protected by brown shirts. HooptieWagon May 2016 #56
Or put another (more honest) way... the cops had to come after Bernie supporters behaved violently Corporate666 May 2016 #59
+1000000 auntpurl May 2016 #76
Not true. barrow-wight May 2016 #72
nothing illegal happened. Just some unhappy Sanders supporters acting like thugs. Lil Missy May 2016 #77
Maybe not illegal, but dishonorable. From the complaint filed by the NV state party: ucrdem May 2016 #82
THUGS, wow you really went there! B Calm May 2016 #93
The Hillary style of authoritarian government. . Is this really what you want? Authoritarianism? pdsimdars May 2016 #100
Sure looks like "brown shirts" to me but sometimes my eyesight isn't what it used to be... eom Purveyor May 2016 #101
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