2016 Postmortem

LaydeeBug

(10,291 posts) Mon Jun 6, 2016, 09:27 PM Jun 2016

It is REALLY SHITTY of the AP to do this on the Eve of the Primaries [View all]

It is bullshit...they aren't giving specifics, and it just steals her thunder. She wants it to be tomorrow.

Fuckers.

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It is REALLY SHITTY of the AP to do this on the Eve of the Primaries [View all] LaydeeBug Jun 2016 OP

Kinda rude, innit? bravenak Jun 2016 #1

just *underhanded* LaydeeBug Jun 2016 #5

Nothing is ever fair to Bern Sanders these days bravenak Jun 2016 #12

While I don't compeletely agree with that, LaydeeBug Jun 2016 #21

Thank You. pablo_marmol Jun 2016 #33

+1 mahina Jun 2016 #109

Integrity looks fantastic on Hillary supporters! I'm so glad to see it being worn around town! Bluenorthwest Jun 2016 #99

Bull CHIT ...if Bernie did this to her laserhaas Jun 2016 #47

It is not fair to California voters and it is not fair to our democracy. avaistheone1 Jun 2016 #81

Lol. You're complaining that they are counting super delegates? Lol. morningfog Jun 2016 #2

I am complaining because HRC asked some supers who indicated their support LaydeeBug Jun 2016 #10

If you are a Hillary supporter there is nothing shitty about this morningfog Jun 2016 #29

I am a supporter of voters, AND a HRC supporter, and yes there is LaydeeBug Jun 2016 #31

This is incredibly disingenuous of you! Wow! The double thought. morningfog Jun 2016 #34

it is NOT disengenuous at all. We knew she'd get there LaydeeBug Jun 2016 #54

Hilarious. Pouting because she was declared the winner too soon. morningfog Jun 2016 #65

It's not the same... JSup Jun 2016 #68

The fucking nerve! morningfog Jun 2016 #70

I know, right? JSup Jun 2016 #74

Please. This just feeds the bogus "rigged" story Sanders likes to peddle. KittyWampus Jun 2016 #87

Sanders has never said the race is "rigged." morningfog Jun 2016 #88

Hillary didn't ask them, the AP asked them. Lord Magus Jun 2016 #85

Media whores create stunt story timed for attention. JackRiddler Jun 2016 #106

. stonecutter357 Jun 2016 #3

HRC and MSM... HumanityExperiment Jun 2016 #4

She was going to cross the threshold tomorrow night KingFlorez Jun 2016 #8

LOL... yeah sure HumanityExperiment Jun 2016 #13

No one is afraid of Bernie KingFlorez Jun 2016 #17

Yeah sure... HumanityExperiment Jun 2016 #28

No Chance. Math is math. LaydeeBug Jun 2016 #53

That's what I'm saying also gopiscrap Jun 2016 #62

I agree MFM008 Jun 2016 #6

You're not complaining that it minimizes millions of legal, lawful voters... Raster Jun 2016 #7

They are not unrelated...since the reason she wanted them to wait is FOR the voters LaydeeBug Jun 2016 #15

like she gives a damn about CA voters. Now we will never know who really won the most pledged d's larkrake Jun 2016 #60

What minimizes those millions of votes is the primary schedule. Lord Magus Jun 2016 #52

Poor Hillary Joe the Revelator Jun 2016 #9

Nah, Skinner made a good point in one of the other threads. Sitting on the information wouldn't make TwilightZone Jun 2016 #11

Actually it's not. KULawHawk Jun 2016 #30

I have no idea what you're talking about TwilightZone Jun 2016 #35

Site revenue KULawHawk Jun 2016 #39

Considering that he's going to crack down on some of the nonsense, it would seem that TwilightZone Jun 2016 #43

Crackdown is KULawHawk Jun 2016 #44

They were probably sitting on these delegates Renew Deal Jun 2016 #46

But HRC only has 1812, not 2383. valerief Jun 2016 #48

No. TwilightZone Jun 2016 #49

Wrong. valerief Jun 2016 #51

Superdelegates count. Lord Magus Jun 2016 #55

On July 25. Whether you like it or not. valerief Jun 2016 #95

Your candidate disagrees with your interpretation of how the delegates should be counted. TwilightZone Jun 2016 #56

Bullshit. This isn't a news report, it's a construct. JackRiddler Jun 2016 #107

Supers aren't anonymous. TwilightZone Jun 2016 #108

Oh yeah? JackRiddler Jun 2016 #110

If the press know something they will say something. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #14

Agreed. If the numbers were there, they're going to report them. Makes no sense to sit on the info TwilightZone Jun 2016 #22

They also didn't want to get scooped... DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #25

Worry of being Scooped doesn't = good journalism. KULawHawk Jun 2016 #32

Because the numbers weren't there until tonight. TwilightZone Jun 2016 #36

Still aren't. KULawHawk Jun 2016 #38

They have confirmed numbers now. TwilightZone Jun 2016 #40

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2016 #93

i am upset...I was invited to a watch party... Now it's like watching a movie from the end. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #37

Sitting on a story because it'll hurt people's feelings doesn't = good journalism either. -nt- Lord Magus Jun 2016 #92

Since when is that the case? Are they vigilent on issues of Police corruption, judicial inequality? Bluenorthwest Jun 2016 #100

Tonight... we know... CherokeeDem Jun 2016 #16

I was really looking forward to tomorrow ecstatic Jun 2016 #18

I think they had to. The timing stinks. Nt NCTraveler Jun 2016 #19

i'm fine with it coming now, no sense in delaying the inevitable Tarc Jun 2016 #20

lol reddread Jun 2016 #23

News organizations don't generally take the views of prominent people into account Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #24

Just so long as we don't consider the complainers here prominent people nt Sheepshank Jun 2016 #69

So they should have embargoed the story to avoid hurting the feelings of Berners? tritsofme Jun 2016 #26

Agree apcalc Jun 2016 #27

There is NO WAY this announcement wasn't explicitly approved by Clinton. JimDandy Jun 2016 #41

yes there is. nt LaydeeBug Jun 2016 #42

That position is extremely politically naive. JimDandy Jun 2016 #45

Not naive at all. LaydeeBug Jun 2016 #50

Nonsense. Lord Magus Jun 2016 #61

Nonsense. JimDandy Jun 2016 #64

"The majority of the voters tomorrow they expect to be Sanders supporters." [citation needed] Lord Magus Jun 2016 #67

This post is WHY you are a Hillary supporter. JimDandy Jun 2016 #71

Because I care about facts? Yes, that's true. -nt- Lord Magus Jun 2016 #72

No. That post was your analysis of the situation-and not a poitically astute one. JimDandy Jun 2016 #84

"her big win tomorrow"? JDPriestly Jun 2016 #77

Just because everybody you know is voting for Bernie dosn't mean he's going to win. Lord Magus Jun 2016 #83

When did the polling indicate that Bernie would win? In very few states, yet he has JDPriestly Jun 2016 #89

He polled ahead in most of those 20. Lord Magus Jun 2016 #91

it works two ways, Hill voters stay home and Bernie gets his 90% larkrake Jun 2016 #57

The majority of Hillary voters are older and elderly. They vote by mail consistently. JimDandy Jun 2016 #73

I wanted my vote to matter Fresh_Start Jun 2016 #58

One last dirty trick. Jester Messiah Jun 2016 #59

+1 Peregrine Took Jun 2016 #80

Agreed. thucythucy Jun 2016 #63

If I lived in CA I'd be pissed. Baitball Blogger Jun 2016 #66

I do and I'm not ContinentalOp Jun 2016 #75

You know, I agree with those who say that calling out a group Baitball Blogger Jun 2016 #96

I live in California. Anyone this morning who was going to vote tomorrow is still going to vote. still_one Jun 2016 #76

NO accident - done to screw up the vote tomorrow. Typical Clinton trick. Peregrine Took Jun 2016 #78

Agree. Political maneuvering to temper the vote in CA for Bernie. Baitball Blogger Jun 2016 #97

Why? Bernie had to win big in Cali, NJ to even have a chance. bigwillq Jun 2016 #79

It's not that bad. greyl Jun 2016 #82

Yes, it is nasty. And plays into the 'rigged' nonsense. It only hurts Clinton. KittyWampus Jun 2016 #86

They've done everything they can to steer the nomination to Hillary since the beginning Time for change Jun 2016 #90

It's called a scoop... JCMach1 Jun 2016 #94

I don't like it either, for several reasons. We already knew she would clinch today Lucinda Jun 2016 #98

we all agree on this....hillary, bernie and all their supporters...see how we have unity already?? beachbum bob Jun 2016 #101

"The AP" is just journalists doing their jobs rjsquirrel Jun 2016 #102

I love the smell of faux outrage in the morning. -nt- NorthCarolina Jun 2016 #103

mad mistaken media shows Drumpf-type restraint Democrats_win Jun 2016 #104

Corporations need their puppets boomer55 Jun 2016 #105

LOL. This was the Clinton campaign's brilliant final strategy. mhatrw Jun 2016 #111