2016 Postmortem

InAbLuEsTaTe

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239. It's called "blame the messenger"... too bad everyone can see through the fake outrage.

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Sat May 21, 2016, 04:11 AM

May 2016

Bernie & Elizabeth 2016!!!

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Clinton fury with Sanders grows [View all] GeorgiaPeanuts May 2016 OP

Well she has only herself to blame. Jester Messiah May 2016 #1

^^That^^ onecaliberal May 2016 #3

No way Demsrule86 May 2016 #11

+100. i'm really starting to think that. n/t. okieinpain May 2016 #25

Oh, ffs. Primary challengers are not spoilers. As far as character, Hillary has polled as merrily May 2016 #56

Thank you for pointing this out! Needs to be repeated over and over. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2016 #237

You're welcome, but I am not sure pointing it out makes the least bit of difference. merrily May 2016 #245

The spoiler would be running as a third party candidate in the general election. jeff47 May 2016 #81

No.... seekthetruth May 2016 #94

Don't blame him timmymoff May 2016 #131

^^THIS^^ InAbLuEsTaTe May 2016 #238

And praise Nancy Reagan! Betty Karlson May 2016 #244

The real spoiler is the FBI pinebox May 2016 #136

^^this^^ panader0 May 2016 #142

+1,000,000!!! Her greed got her into this mess... Yurovsky May 2016 #155

it may be Rosa Luxemburg May 2016 #281

Sorry not sorry for ruining your coronation. frylock May 2016 #171

Why are you blaming him? Fawke Em May 2016 #173

Heh. Hard to feel guilty, enit? Mike__M May 2016 #187

This story must be meant for rallying the echo chamber. RichVRichV May 2016 #194

This!!!! Silver_Witch May 2016 #228

It's called "blame the messenger"... too bad everyone can see through the fake outrage. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2016 #239

What proposterous bullshit. I'm so sick and goddamn tired of hearing this crap. liberalnarb May 2016 #206

He is no longer running Demsrule86 May 2016 #273

It all depends on California. liberalnarb May 2016 #274

Given networks ceased exit polling .... Jackilope May 2016 #276

Hillary did not withdraw from the election until after the final primary. Silver_Witch May 2016 #227

I hope he does Demsrule86 May 2016 #272

Yep. HooptieWagon May 2016 #82

Exactly right. Hillary's behavior shows she is unfit for the office BlueStreak May 2016 #106

Yes the Gestapo tactics of de-certifying Bernie delegates is disgusting ... Yurovsky May 2016 #157

Not just disgusting and heavy handed -- but mainly just stoooooopid BlueStreak May 2016 #204

Agreed... She needs every Bernie vote she can get... Yurovsky May 2016 #210

It is the sickness of "political science" BlueStreak May 2016 #212

Yep 840high May 2016 #168

Agree - given the crap that her people and DWS have pulled Ferd Berfel May 2016 #251

Yes, you nailed it... tex-wyo-dem May 2016 #267

The Nominee... onehandle May 2016 #2

Nope. bvf May 2016 #14

Is the the same person? Fritz Walter May 2016 #80

Short memory Armstead May 2016 #98

That was then... This is now Fritz Walter May 2016 #161

yup. I will be doing phone banking tomorrow for Hillary in California. No need to waste time with still_one May 2016 #114

"No need to waste time..." dchill May 2016 #181

And yet you post! Silver_Witch May 2016 #229

So agree. Not that I see most of it now Hortensis May 2016 #231

Do me a favor... yuiyoshida May 2016 #255

The Indictee... frylock May 2016 #172

+1 *snort* dchill May 2016 #182

LMFAO! JRLeft May 2016 #4

You bet your ass. pangaia May 2016 #5

I recommend your post. JRLeft May 2016 #15

+10 dchill May 2016 #183

Over? Maybe not. But there is some chubby lady warming up her vocal chords. tonyt53 May 2016 #6

Oh, no doubt Hillary will be doing some singing. frylock May 2016 #174

I don't hate anyone. cwydro May 2016 #7

The DNC is corrupt, plus she said Bernie isn't a Democrat she should unify the party herself. JRLeft May 2016 #12

Do you understand what ""welcome hatred" really means? pangaia May 2016 #23

As in Jesus on a cross jeepers May 2016 #188

+1 okieinpain May 2016 #27

Yeah, FDR was so wrong for living his life that way. jeff47 May 2016 #38

You do know that it was FDR who famously said that. grasswire May 2016 #40

Sanders has nothing at all in common with FDR. cwydro May 2016 #159

And how would you know that? pdsimdars May 2016 #163

FDR's second bill of rights include RichVRichV May 2016 #196

*crickets* vintx May 2016 #224

Bernie Sanders is the closest we've come to FDR senz May 2016 #216

;-) ReRe May 2016 #230

Take the blinders off passiveporcupine May 2016 #252

Twenty years from now, when historians are writing about the end of the Democratic Party... Ikonoklast May 2016 #164

how poetic Fairgo May 2016 #179

Got a link where she says that? Zorro May 2016 #185

"That's what they offered" Fumesucker May 2016 #205

Sooooo....she never said "I welcome their money"? Zorro May 2016 #209

No one is saying she said that passiveporcupine May 2016 #254

It was a joke arikara May 2016 #217

I hate some people Codeine May 2016 #54

+1 ! Surya Gayatri May 2016 #137

I only felt that way about JFK, but I was 6-8 at the time so I at least have an excuse for having kerry-is-my-prez May 2016 #146

Back in 1960, I was still in thrall to my RW parents and was nominally "for" Surya Gayatri May 2016 #152

Had a rabidly Republican family too but I was a rebel. Hated Nixon but I did vote for Reagan. Yuk... kerry-is-my-prez May 2016 #208

It's a cliche lifted from a Reddit post lifted from a movie or Orwell novel. It V for Vendetta and bettyellen May 2016 #64

Learn your Democratic Herstory. I an independent know more about it than you... GeorgiaPeanuts May 2016 #71

Wow- you are stalking me now, and sending memes. This is what they call campaigning these days? bettyellen May 2016 #75

You posted in my OP and I'm the one doing the stalking.... GeorgiaPeanuts May 2016 #85

I was replying to someone else, but thanks for the interest! And yeah I find the constant vacuous bettyellen May 2016 #91

FDR is the reason we had a middle class.... GeorgiaPeanuts May 2016 #97

A middle class for men who lack melanin. Not for women, not for POC. And I get that does not bettyellen May 2016 #112

A middle class that was largely lacking before I guess incremental change is only good in the 1990's That Guy 888 May 2016 #134

Uh your revisionism is astounding. pinebox May 2016 #141

Hilarious how many people miss well-aimed irony swag May 2016 #170

Incremental change for thee, but not for me...... bettyellen May 2016 #190

The irony is that they're sort of forced to Hortensis May 2016 #236

A-friggin'-men! Surya Gayatri May 2016 #143

it's not that different than gamer gate bullshit at this point. bettyellen May 2016 #147

"Gamer gate bullshit", indeed. Exactly the same enraged swarm mentality. Surya Gayatri May 2016 #153

I think you can only see it from the outside. Guess that's why they call it blind rage. bettyellen May 2016 #156

Deaf to reason, blind to math... Surya Gayatri May 2016 #158

I wish you would make this an OP in GDP, in both Hill and 7wo7rees May 2016 #125

FDR's counterpart is HILLARY CLINTON, tho. Hortensis May 2016 #234

MOST Democrats know what it is, Bettyellen. grasswire May 2016 #76

Most Democrats know FDR was as flawed as any other politician. He did good for the white man though! bettyellen May 2016 #79

Which character did he play in V for Vendetta? (nt) jeff47 May 2016 #83

You did not know this IMPORTANT part of Democratic history. grasswire May 2016 #89

Just like many here- this is all tit for tat- small minded bullshit for you. SBS admitted same when bettyellen May 2016 #95

THE WOMAN HURT HIS FEELINGS?? grasswire May 2016 #101

Yes, he has made some very petty remarks, and then walked them back. He is too easily baited to bettyellen May 2016 #117

no hope grasswire May 2016 #122

I agree, so many here are blinded by hate. sad for them. bettyellen May 2016 #145

Wow. You are the living embodiment of identity politics. Which is the reason this party is dying. vintx May 2016 #225

I don't know...I guess I've heard of some black recipients of Social Security jonestonesusa May 2016 #282

Get a room, you two! kerry-is-my-prez May 2016 #150

But what you do support is more seekthetruth May 2016 #107

So well said...agree 100%. Surya Gayatri May 2016 #139

So what policies of Clinton swung you over to her? The TPP, the fracking, the pipeline, the wars? pdsimdars May 2016 #162

+1. Trump wouldn't allow hesitation, or erase doubt. Hortensis May 2016 #232

Based on what I've seen here from Hill camp passiveporcupine May 2016 #250

Was that just an admission that Clinton and Co. are unable to multitask? notadmblnd May 2016 #8

Or can't take the heat? Or are presumptuous? BillZBubb May 2016 #55

Certainly not a good thing if you want to run the country. pdsimdars May 2016 #165

Hillary wants Bernie to unify the party even though she said he's not a real democrat. JRLeft May 2016 #9

Great point. bvf May 2016 #17

If he told the party they're on their own I would be weak. JRLeft May 2016 #43

That's the way abusive relationships work, not normal people. pdsimdars May 2016 #166

Bernie will endorse Hillary before the convention redstateblues May 2016 #18

I posted a thread saying that. Keep trying. JRLeft May 2016 #22

So what? jeff47 May 2016 #36

Yeah, I agree. Sanders supporters are not backing Sanders....... socialist_n_TN May 2016 #70

It's really sad how they don't seem to be able to grasp that. nt vintx May 2016 #226

I recommend YOUR post. pangaia May 2016 #24

Hillary's message changes with the circumstances. BillZBubb May 2016 #59

Right, all of sudden he's Democrat. Shocking! Not JRLeft May 2016 #65

Exactly "Yo! Irrelevant loser infiltrator! It's the job of your gullible fanboys to unify my party!" lumberjack_jeff May 2016 #69

It's obviously Sanders's fault bvf May 2016 #10

Not really all that figurative. frylock May 2016 #175

They completely fail to grasp what has happened here. Third Way is done. yourpaljoey May 2016 #13

What has happened here is that Bernie lost redstateblues May 2016 #20

No. He has not lost, and he is not having a hard time dealing with anything. pangaia May 2016 #28

He's lost. Time for you and him to wrap your brains around the math. brush May 2016 #102

I welcome the insult. pangaia May 2016 #108

Reality is now an insult? brush May 2016 #124

Keep repeating what Bernie said "We have a path to the nomination" over and over redstateblues May 2016 #103

Bernie is not creating false hope to keep the money rolling in. pangaia May 2016 #113

In hisrorical perspective . ... . pdsimdars May 2016 #167

This message was self-deleted by its author NowSam May 2016 #16

Exactly, and THAT is what "they" really hate him for. pangaia May 2016 #30

Agree CountAllVotes May 2016 #90

Guess she shouldn't have cheated her way to the "top." GreenPartyVoter May 2016 #19

she is ahead of Bernie by 3,000,000 votes redstateblues May 2016 #26

In the primary. This OP is talking about the general election. jeff47 May 2016 #32

The Rs would only have to loop Video of Bernie promising to raise taxes redstateblues May 2016 #44

And the R's will only have to loop the video of Clinton lying for 15 minutes. jeff47 May 2016 #48

Sorry. Running on raising taxes on the middle class is a loser. Political suicide redstateblues May 2016 #84

Hrm...if only there was other things to run on jeff47 May 2016 #87

I'm sure the Repugs will include that in their attack ad redstateblues May 2016 #110

You mean like all the candidates who lost in 2014, 2012, 2010, 2008.... jeff47 May 2016 #120

Woah! October surprises about the Clinton Foundation? Divernan May 2016 #119

You don't need to worry about finding something that's true. jeff47 May 2016 #129

Uh oh. n/t bvf May 2016 #189

From what I understand, the FBI investigation has... tex-wyo-dem May 2016 #268

CF gifts $2 Mil. to company of Bill's Energizer "friend" Divernan May 2016 #269

Bernie is winning this. pangaia May 2016 #35

I don't believe those numbers anymore. Mostly lies, I would bet. reformist2 May 2016 #154

That might've been a thought, yes. Waiting For Everyman May 2016 #109

The complete lack of remorse is disturbing. nt Zorra May 2016 #132

I am getting so disgusted at the Nixonian behavior of the HRC camp that I'm on the verge Larkspur May 2016 #21

The sense of entitlement of the losing side is amazing redstateblues May 2016 #37

I don't understand this "entitlement" meme. panader0 May 2016 #148

HRC contributes to her own poor public image Larkspur May 2016 #271

Huh...maybe a strategy of "you are all racist, sexist, deluded idiots" was not the best plan jeff47 May 2016 #29

this quote sums the whole deal up for me. okieinpain May 2016 #31

When you sow the wind, you reap the whirlwind. DookDook May 2016 #33

get her message out? Merryland May 2016 #53

"I'm not a Republican" DookDook May 2016 #88

don't forget labelling young women Bernie supporters as "boy crazy" WolverineDG May 2016 #128

She should run a less sleazy campaign next time. Vattel May 2016 #34

An honest question for Bernie supporters: CrowCityDem May 2016 #39

and why should it be walked back? grasswire May 2016 #47

Why? Because Bernie himself says he'll do "everything in my power" to stop Trump. CrowCityDem May 2016 #67

he's doing exactly that right now. grasswire May 2016 #72

She can't AgerolanAmerican May 2016 #50

This is a tricky one.... JPnoodleman May 2016 #74

First, I would recommend NOT doing what they did in Nevada. lumberjack_jeff May 2016 #77

That's expecting him to lie about what we all know is true, Waiting For Everyman May 2016 #126

I've said that the DNC handed the election to Clinton on a platter for a lot longer than a month. That Guy 888 May 2016 #135

Its not up to Bernie to do her job for her IF she gets nominated. arikara May 2016 #218

So why was unity Clinton's job when she lost, and when she won? Sexism? CrowCityDem May 2016 #246

. mmonk May 2016 #41

haters gonna hate AgerolanAmerican May 2016 #42

It's her own fault arikara May 2016 #45

Who gives a flying fuck if Hillary throws a tantrum ThePhilosopher04 May 2016 #46

yeah, she's back to the victim status grasswire May 2016 #49

Never left her apparently. ThePhilosopher04 May 2016 #51

Yeah this DID (Damsel in Distress) gets old trudyco May 2016 #62

she can't even debate in (Latino-heavy) CA MisterP May 2016 #149

How dare he interrupt the coronation! BillZBubb May 2016 #52

They are clueless as always BernieforPres2016 May 2016 #57

Ah, poor Queen Hilary... TheProgressive May 2016 #58

She is solely responsible for any alienation. CharlotteVale May 2016 #60

"We welcome their hatred." WTF? What a misguided bit of unoriginal DRAMA. Go hate elsewhere. bettyellen May 2016 #61

Um, honey, FDR said that quote... GeorgiaPeanuts May 2016 #63

He lifted the white man out of poverty leaving everyone else behind, pulled us into the biggest war bettyellen May 2016 #73

deflection nt grasswire May 2016 #93

FDR? You might as well accept, he was not perfect either. None are. bettyellen May 2016 #99

He was never investigated by the FBI. nt grasswire May 2016 #104

that's about all that one has... Raster May 2016 #130

So WWII was something we should have stayed out of? Rex May 2016 #191

Nope, but I think SBS would disapprove of getting involved if it happened today. Absolutely I do. bettyellen May 2016 #200

Okay I get ya now, thanks. Rex May 2016 #201

It's amazing that people would so willingly flaunt their ignorance. frylock May 2016 #178

so now FDR is a B movie/Orwell novel? grasswire May 2016 #68

I don't even understand the Orwell reference. frylock May 2016 #184

Its about time the DNC had to reckon with the Left. JPnoodleman May 2016 #66

Sanders has lost and the fury is coming from more than Hillary.. beachbumbob May 2016 #78

"We all know that Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California" Fumesucker May 2016 #235

Sweet Jezuz Buzz cook May 2016 #240

Interesting that I belong to a "tribal group" and you do not Fumesucker May 2016 #242

Trifecta, I win. nt Buzz cook May 2016 #248

''Clinton fury with Sanders grows'' Shadowflash May 2016 #86

everybody duck! nt grasswire May 2016 #96

Everybody run! Maedhros May 2016 #121

Not sure I want hatred from them.... seekthetruth May 2016 #92

What Sanders is doing is NOTHING compared to what the GOP and Trump are going to do. hollowdweller May 2016 #100

yeah grasswire May 2016 #127

Yep, and this is me when that happens.. frylock May 2016 #186

Seethe away! You bought it. 7wo7rees May 2016 #105

They should change that from MuseRider May 2016 #111

Bernie has done nothing to alienate me from LibDemAlways May 2016 #115

Putting NAFTA Willie in charge of US Trade is remarkably tone-deaf. More "Dem" Job Killing... NewImproved Deal May 2016 #116

Her continued nastiness is alienating many of us.. HughLefty1 May 2016 #118

Well isn't that too SheilaT May 2016 #123

Or, as Obama put it to Romney . . . "Proceed." pdsimdars May 2016 #169

here is something from one of the 'new' Democrats (apparently) downthread: islandmkl May 2016 #133

no this is NOT the "worst-case scenario"... yet 0rganism May 2016 #138

Bernie didn't alienate us from her Third Doctor May 2016 #140

It does seem like a worst case scenario for the Hillary camp. KPN May 2016 #144

The MSM is foaming at the mouth nest May 2016 #151

Not that I've heard Buzz cook May 2016 #241

Let them short out felix_numinous May 2016 #160

Aww poor Hillary........that bad Bernie...let's see your transcripts and your tax havens bkkyosemite May 2016 #176

Clinton doesn't need supporters Aerows May 2016 #177

It's tough for her to keep lying when her primary opponent insists on truth-telling. AtomicKitten May 2016 #180

Fuck her fury. It's the sense of challenged entitlement. cherokeeprogressive May 2016 #192

"I will be the nominee for my Party, Chris,"...There's No Way I Won't Be! KoKo May 2016 #249

We are behaving like Republicans. nruthie May 2016 #193

I would respectfully disagree. DookDook May 2016 #197

Really? If they toed the party line Jeb Bush would be their nominee and immigration reform Akicita May 2016 #219

Sanders having lost leaves him furious. Difference being he is reactive and explosive and Clinton seabeyond May 2016 #195

Presidential, just like Nixon & Bush TheSarcastinator May 2016 #199

What a nasty post. seabeyond May 2016 #203

Yes, yours was...nt tex-wyo-dem May 2016 #270

Hillarians Continue Their Entitled Temper Tantrum TheSarcastinator May 2016 #198

Bite me, Hillary AZ Progressive May 2016 #202

This is disgusting. barrow-wight May 2016 #207

He isn't scorching the earth Trajan May 2016 #211

Clearly that's your narrative. barrow-wight May 2016 #214

Yeah, Brock and DWS and Rahm Emmanuel will dig into their rolodexes full of "leftist democrats" Warren DeMontague May 2016 #256

Time will tell, won't it? barrow-wight May 2016 #257

I'm sure he's terrified. Warren DeMontague May 2016 #258

I personally hope he stays in the Senate. barrow-wight May 2016 #259

Oh i am sure. Especially the next time we have a tie and by caucusing with us Warren DeMontague May 2016 #260

What choice does he have? Voting with Republicans? barrow-wight May 2016 #261

The man is 74. He's up again in what, '18? And if reelected, he's 82 when he has to face the VT Warren DeMontague May 2016 #263

We shall see. barrow-wight May 2016 #264

Yeah, maybe he'll lose his primary. Warren DeMontague May 2016 #265

Into every life a little rain must fall, I guess. barrow-wight May 2016 #266

The more arrogant HRC, DWS and her supporters become, the more I support Bernie KauaiK May 2016 #213

Thank you. My feelings precisely. And writing him in is what I've decided to do . snowy owl May 2016 #222

To the reporter who wrote that piece nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #215

Well, too bad. I'll remind them that this is "part of the process". :P southerncrone May 2016 #220

She did same with Obama. What doesn't she get about that? Is the Presidential material? snowy owl May 2016 #221

Agreed, she refused to bow out and claimed some nasty crap about assassination, hence the reason for akbacchus_BC May 2016 #223

LOL @ "worst case scenario." She's winning. nt ucrdem May 2016 #233

"It's my turn I want it I want it I want it!!!! Whaaaaaaaaah!" -- HRC, 2016. eom Betty Karlson May 2016 #243

Anytime ........ anywhere. polly7 May 2016 #247

I've said many times I believe Clinton a weak candidate. PatrickforO May 2016 #253

I have plenty of ire to direct Hillary Clinton's way. Aerows May 2016 #262

Wait till after her "interview" with the FBI, she'll REALLY be mad then. pdsimdars May 2016 #275

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I saw the whole interview DesertRat May 2016 #279

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What's good for the goose is good for the gander democrattotheend May 2016 #278