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2016 Postmortem

QC

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9. Plus they won't stay off my grass!

Reply to LexVegas (Reply #2)

Thu May 19, 2016, 11:21 AM

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A simple explaination why Sanders did not do better in the primary (it ain't because of fraud) [View all] KingFlorez May 2016 OP

LOL! merrily May 2016 #1

+10000000000000000000000000000000000000 Faux pas May 2016 #3

I know, right? merrily May 2016 #4

For sure! Faux pas May 2016 #8

Sander's rally attendees have parents that give them a ride to the rally, but not the polling place. LexVegas May 2016 #2

. merrily May 2016 #6

Plus they won't stay off my grass! QC May 2016 #9

Loved that! :) LiberalFighter May 2016 #19

Thank you so much every one of these sort of posts are worth their weight in gold azurnoir May 2016 #29

(it ain't because of fraud) stonecutter357 May 2016 #5

Excellent, excellent post. auntpurl May 2016 #7

It's been amazingly ironic that the candidate winning the most votes has been called... BobbyDrake May 2016 #10

Sanders camp is into gas lighting, they're trying to make a point that Obama wasnt a long shot in 08 uponit7771 May 2016 #22

You have NO way of knowing this. It's just what you believe! Election theft is hard to wrap your ViseGrip May 2016 #11

PS. I believe unlike you, she isn't really winning anything! 12 point deviations??? ViseGrip May 2016 #13

We spend money and military to make sure that the outcome is what we want in elections elsewhere Txbluedog May 2016 #15

You need to have evidence of fraud KingFlorez May 2016 #16

You guys have broadened the definition of 'fraud' to include any election Sanders does not win. LanternWaste May 2016 #42

Can't get enough people to fill a big event... scscholar May 2016 #12

See he can't hold small campaign events Txbluedog May 2016 #14

kick auntpurl May 2016 #17

It also helps explain -again- what I see as the most glaring 'defect' of Sanders. randome May 2016 #18

WHOA!! Fewer dem endorsements than Cruz... wow... See, it'd be different if he had 50 and Clinton ha uponit7771 May 2016 #21

And the 'wrongness' doesn't prevent his ideas from being heard or his work going undone. randome May 2016 #24

That is particularly damning, because if there's anyone who f'ing hates Cruz more than we do auntpurl May 2016 #23

I think the 'distaste' directed at Sanders is of a different sort, though. randome May 2016 #25

Yeah, I'm increasingly convinced Cruz is a stack of ferrets in a trench coat auntpurl May 2016 #28

Um, thanks for that image. I think. randome May 2016 #35

I know, I know, sorry. auntpurl May 2016 #38

He's difficult to work with KingFlorez May 2016 #26

Some say... dchill May 2016 #33

His lack of endorsements says everything KingFlorez May 2016 #36

In 2008, Hillary couldn't afford... dchill May 2016 #39

Sanders also ignored the dem base; Blacks, Hispanics, women's issues and homogenized them into uponit7771 May 2016 #20

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It is what it is KingFlorez May 2016 #31

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Good tagline, BTW. libdem4life May 2016 #30

I wouldn't claim great charisma for Sanders, either... Orsino May 2016 #32

One very important reason is that few over 50 vote for him. tonyt53 May 2016 #34

As a Bernie supporter, I can agree with that. And yet, the Democratic Party and Hillary would do highprincipleswork May 2016 #37

B.S. The corporate media has been manipulating the process for months. Skwmom May 2016 #41

Nice summary. Thanks for posting. nt eastwestdem May 2016 #43