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SidDithers

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39. You're right. "Bernie aaproved the rules" is more accurate...nt

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Fri Feb 28, 2020, 12:21 PM

Feb 2020

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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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The absurdity of the "Bernie wrote the rules" talking point. [View all] DanTex Feb 2020 OP

The delegates will decide. Skya Rhen Feb 2020 #1

And if it splits the party no problem right? ripcord Feb 2020 #59

NTSA. n/t rzemanfl Feb 2020 #2

Dan, it's just silly now. Squinch Feb 2020 #3

The media's Bernie-bashing is indeed silly. And it's ramped up a lot since he took the lead in polls DanTex Feb 2020 #4

Sigh. SMH. Squinch Feb 2020 #6

Indeed SMH. DanTex Feb 2020 #8

Must be weird to reach so far down as to pretend others agree with you. LanternWaste Feb 2020 #36

The "I know you are but what am I?" reposte. ehrnst Feb 2020 #46

That seems to happenwhenwver a candidate takes 33taw Feb 2020 #51

It's BEYOND silly... hopefully, it'll end once President Sanders is inaugurated!! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #52

You do know that the media will give "President Sanders" all the same treestar Feb 2020 #57

TOTALLY silly! R B Garr Feb 2020 #11

He's exhausting. xmas74 Feb 2020 #30

Oh, no. I am so sorry. And I am guessing there is no knowing when his next one could be. Squinch Feb 2020 #31

Technically he could take it xmas74 Feb 2020 #32

Good gawd, no. And why bother? Squinch Feb 2020 #33

So he can get sick too? xmas74 Feb 2020 #34

But as I have said before, he has the freakish good luck of the truly evil. He may very Squinch Feb 2020 #35

You have the nerve to post this after you were called out for lying? W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #5

I'm telling the truth. Some anonymous person calls me a liar? LOL. Yeah, that happens. DanTex Feb 2020 #7

Then post the up-and-down votes that you refer to that Sanders and his minority lost. W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #28

It was a compromise. Everyone knows that. DanTex Feb 2020 #38

Yes, that's how compromises work. W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #40

Exactly. And now people want to blame Bernie for exactly the thing he didn't want. DanTex Feb 2020 #41

Bernie helped to draft the rules that he's complaining are "unfair." ehrnst Feb 2020 #69

Superdelegate BS hired superdelegate Nina Turner to run his campaign. lapucelle Feb 2020 #76

She/he's got receipts. You're losing. Best to stop digging that hole you're in. brush Feb 2020 #70

But what happened when it was clear Bernie lost? R B Garr Feb 2020 #9

If Bernie doesn't get the most pledged delegates, he shouldn't and won't be the nominee. DanTex Feb 2020 #12

You misspelled "Majority" nt sweetloukillbot Feb 2020 #14

No, I mean the most. It would be suicidal to give the nomination to someone who got even less DanTex Feb 2020 #15

Boy, Bernie shouldn't have agreed to the process then.... nt sweetloukillbot Feb 2020 #18

And are willing to "Fracture the Party" if the rules aren't broken for them nt sweetloukillbot Feb 2020 #19

"It would be suicidal to give the nomination to someone who got even less delegates." ehrnst Feb 2020 #43

Um. He was arguing that he should get the votes of superdels *for states that he won*... JudyM Feb 2020 #61

No, Superdelegates are 'unpledged" delegates - and not the delegates from the states. ehrnst Feb 2020 #62

They hail from states. JudyM Feb 2020 #63

Nope. Not the same thing as a 'pledged delegate." And if they do serve as a pledged delegate, they ehrnst Feb 2020 #64

Now you are shifting again. So much shifting. nt R B Garr Feb 2020 #20

No shift. Whoever gets the most should be the nominee. Democracy. Simple. DanTex Feb 2020 #22

That's not what Bernie says. nt R B Garr Feb 2020 #23

Yes it is. DanTex Feb 2020 #24

But we know you have some gaps in your recollections R B Garr Feb 2020 #25

Um, no, there aren't. The unity commission went down exactly as I described. DanTex Feb 2020 #26

He's been back and forth on it, that's for sure. ehrnst Feb 2020 #65

"Whoever gets the most should be the nominee. Democracy. Simple." ehrnst Feb 2020 #42

I've never seen goal posts moved so much! greatauntoftriplets Feb 2020 #27

"If Bernie doesn't get the most pledged delegates, he shouldn't and won't be the nominee." ehrnst Feb 2020 #44

so you are saying if Berne gets 36%, Biden 33%, Bloomberg 18%, etc etc Celerity Feb 2020 #53

Just wait till he needs the SDs this time... sweetloukillbot Feb 2020 #13

Exactly! Shape shifting again. nt R B Garr Feb 2020 #21

This would be complete reversal number three. ehrnst Feb 2020 #71

... LexVegas Feb 2020 #10

yeah, joe puts me to sleep also... mikeysnot Feb 2020 #16

Everyone knows the "evolution" of the rules between the last primary and today. George II Feb 2020 #17

Wow this AGAIN? awesomerwb1 Feb 2020 #29

My guess is a very dramatic and emotional flame-out is forthcoming. LanternWaste Feb 2020 #37

You're right. "Bernie aaproved the rules" is more accurate...nt SidDithers Feb 2020 #39

You use what "supporters said" to shore up a claim about what "Bernie did" ehrnst Feb 2020 #45

Just so we are clear on the "nominating process"... wundermaus Feb 2020 #47

I'll repeat to you what I said to you in a different OP AncientGeezer Feb 2020 #48

I think you are missing my point. wundermaus Feb 2020 #49

" Who ever wins the most delegates in the primary should be the nominee" AncientGeezer Feb 2020 #50

Will you concede the sElection rule is not democratic? wundermaus Feb 2020 #58

I'll cncede it's the rules the Semator agreed to. AncientGeezer Feb 2020 #73

fair enough. wundermaus Feb 2020 #74

I recall the Bernie supporters thought the superdelegates treestar Feb 2020 #54

I was a Hillary supporter in 2016, and Obama in 2008, and I've been against superdelegates DanTex Feb 2020 #55

"been against superdelegates overriding the voters in every election" ehrnst Feb 2020 #67

It was a Hail Mary moment... wundermaus Feb 2020 #60

By "even sea water is an option" you mean even reversing completely ones position on what is ehrnst Feb 2020 #66

indeed... interesting dissection of my analogies wundermaus Feb 2020 #72

So that's a yes to my questions? ehrnst Feb 2020 #75

I don't know what you are going on about... W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #77

well... myohmy2 Feb 2020 #56

...I can imagine he's trying his best... ehrnst Feb 2020 #68