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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Oh my goodness, Bernie supporters, PLEASE READ [View all]Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)44. ok but it doesn't work unless Bernie wins. But don't despair, because don't forget that facts don't exist as future entities..
They have to exist in real time in order to be actual facts.
Some do, but most, although cited, don't actually exist.
The ones that don't exist, aren't facts yet. They may never be.
Now, that IS a fact in current time.
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OK I will appoint you Supreme Commander of the Universe, but maybe only on one condition...
Voice for Peace
May 2016
#21
ok but it doesn't work unless Bernie wins. But don't despair, because don't forget that facts don't exist as future entities..
Voice for Peace
May 2016
#44
Super Delegates should NOT be counted in the total until the convention when they vote.
bkkyosemite
May 2016
#52
women candidates only get credit for 78% of the delegates that men get credit for nt
geek tragedy
May 2016
#3
there's no evidence that what Bernie is doing is about ego. that's called you projecting your
Exilednight
May 2016
#45
she only has 1769.....she needs enough California delegates to push her over that line.
virtualobserver
May 2016
#8
I agree. When she has the majority of pledged delegates, that's when she has the sole and exclusive
geek tragedy
May 2016
#13
No need for replacement or machinations - simply nominate the safer candidate:
lagomorph777
May 2016
#42
Unless she wins 2383 delegates before the convention, she has not clinched. Now, whoever wins
MillennialDem
May 2016
#48
Incorrect. That is not the standard that has been applied to men so it will
geek tragedy
May 2016
#50
Ummm, it's math. Effectively over and clinching are not the same thing. I don't care that it was
MillennialDem
May 2016
#53
What the fuck. It's math. Clinch means guaranteed victory. That is impossible unless 2383 delegates
MillennialDem
May 2016
#55
"I would however still press her to adopt policies and priorities that were important to me, and to
auntpurl
May 2016
#20
And that, of course, aside from actually determining who is our nominee, is why all votes count
Tom Rinaldo
May 2016
#26
so what you're really saying is that she can't clinch the nomination until after the SDs vote at the
Exilednight
May 2016
#15
Bernie has a right to try to steal the nomination after losing the vote, just as everyone else has
geek tragedy
May 2016
#22
I've been watching the process since I was a child, the 'super delegates' are not historicaly
Bluenorthwest
May 2016
#23
Superdelegates (or unpledged, if you prefer) didn't come into being until 1984.
auntpurl
May 2016
#24
Your OP is very condescending and presumptive, it's full of inaccurate and semi accurate rhetoric
Bluenorthwest
May 2016
#33
It's not semantics. It's also not an opinion, the terms are in our Party's regulations which you
Bluenorthwest
May 2016
#39
The MAJORITY of pledged delegates is 2026, not 1664.... What this means is that if you
MillennialDem
May 2016
#47