[Megathread] Bernie Sanders 2016

[Xandrigity]

I've quit watching cable news all togeather. I watch local evening news, briefly and that's it. Cable news is all just a big shit show and with the political shannanigans going all from all sides I can't watch it anymore.

[Yvaelle]

I've not watched TV in a decade, in that I've not owned a set and cable. So I guess I thankfully am not as disappointed as some about MSNBC is shifting to the right.

I haven't had cable in that long either, but I used to watch Rachel from her website stream - and sometimes I end up in front of some other TV.

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A bit more on why going with Hillary instead of Bernie to the general, with the email issue still looming over her head, is a bad idea.



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And here's Cenk with some truth about Bernie's situation:



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Violence involving Sanders' supporters. "Yeah, they they go again, those violent Sanders people!" But wait...

[Kontinuum]

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says he'll vote for Hillary Clinton

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/06/24/presi...ton-msnbc.html
http://i.imgur.com/6kZmxUq.jpg

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Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says he'll vote for Hillary Clinton

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/06/24/presi...ton-msnbc.html
http://i.imgur.com/6kZmxUq.jpg

You thought he'd vote for Donald Trump?

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016...linton-n598251

But Sanders also dismissed the idea that he should withdraw from the Democratic race now that Clinton has secured the nomination.

"Why would I want to do that when I want to fight to make sure that we have the best platform that we possibly can, that we win the most delegates that we can?" he said.

Sanders also insisted that his continuing presence in the race is not causing disunity in the Democratic Party.

"You talk about disunity. I talk about involving the American people in the political process," he said.

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Violence involving Sanders' supporters. "Yeah, they they go again, those violent Sanders people!" But wait...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74UQn8kcT90

Also wanted to come back to this a bit because it's completely hilarious.

So, a Trump person grabs a woman to move her a bit as he's trying to follow Trump, and the country goes crazy. In Canada, Trudeau shoves a woman a bit as he's coming to the aid of an elderly politician who's being bodyblocked, and that country goes crazy.

But, here we have a woman being hit with a cane, and nobody bats an eye. Because what, because she supports Sanders?

[mvaliz]

Man, all i know is this - seeing the stock market crash due to Brexit, imagine the holy hell freefall that would happen if Donald Dump was elected President! >_<

I don't care which one gets the Dem choice anymore, the difference between the two is small by comparison to the disaster Dump will bring - Dump has to be stopped either way!

[GennGreymane]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-can...ource=facebook

US Senator Bernie Sanders has said he will vote for his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in November's presidential election.
The two have fought for the Democratic nomination, which former Secretary of State Mrs Clinton won this month.
Mr Sanders, a self-described socialist, told MSNBC he would do everything in his power to defeat the likely Republican nominee, Donald Trump.
But he stopped short of saying he would end his campaign.
He said his job now was to "fight for the strongest possible platform" at the party's convention in July, including a higher minimum wage.
Although Mrs Clinton has more of the all-important pledged delegates than he does, Mr Sanders failed to give the former first lady a full endorsement.

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Now if only Hillary would so something to get that 45% (according to the latest Bloomberg poll) of Sanders' supporters who will never vote for Hillary. I mean, Sanders voting for her is great and all, but that's 1 vote.

I guess they're still under the impression that once Sanders says "let's all vote for Hillary", everyone will vote for Hillary.

And what do they look to as proof? Well, because they themselves did it with Obama in 2008, then of course Sanders' supporters will do it with Hillary. The thing is, though, that in comparison, Obama and Hillary were like conjoined twins on most important issues, and Hillary's supporters were establishment Democrats to whom it feels "right" to "fall in line" behind the establishment candidate.

Problem is, Sanders' supporters aren't establishment Democrats, and they have no allegiance to the Democratic party. They're young, independent voters and independent thinkers, and to compare them to Hillary's supporters in 2008 is so, so wrong.

[I Push Buttons]

You thought he'd vote for Donald Trump?

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016...linton-n598251

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Also wanted to come back to this a bit because it's completely hilarious.

So, a Trump person grabs a woman to move her a bit as he's trying to follow Trump, and the country goes crazy. In Canada, Trudeau shoves a woman a bit as he's coming to the aid of an elderly politician who's being bodyblocked, and that country goes crazy.

But, here we have a woman being hit with a cane, and nobody bats an eye. Because what, because she supports Sanders?

Maybe because one guy is the prime minister of a country, the other guy is a senior staff member of a guy trying to become president of the country...

And the third is........... A random old disabled guy.

Hmm... I wonder why no one cares?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm..............

I can't quite place my finger on it, but I am sure if you think about it long enough you will figure it out yourself... Or not, since you brought it up in the first place.

[Pterodactylus]

Now if only Hillary would so something to get that 45% (according to the latest Bloomberg poll) of Sanders' supporters who will never vote for Hillary. I mean, Sanders voting for her is great and all, but that's 1 vote.

That same poll has HRC beating DJT by 12%, even without those #BernieOrBust folks - so, there goes that talking point.

A handful of people won't vote for her, but they would never have anyway - and she can win without them.

[Dextroden]

That same poll has HRC beating DJT by 12%, even without those #BernieOrBust folks - so, there goes that talking point.

A handful of people won't vote for her, but they would never have anyway - and she can win without them.

Plus, she doesn't have to kill herself pandering to the extremist element of the left.

You know? The thing people regularly gave Republicans shit for when they curried the extreme right?

[mvaliz]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-can...ource=facebook

You see? This is what it's like to work together for a common goal, despite differences. The Dumpsters could learn a thing or three from this.

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You see? This is what it's like to work together for a common goal, despite differences. The Dumpsters could learn a thing or three from this.

You clearly see something that isn't there. Nothing about Sanders voting for Hillary if he doesn't get the nomination is news, nor does it change anything. You don't honestly think Sanders' supporters will change their minds just like that?

The Republican side is still much more unified.

[Pterodactylus]

The Republican side is still much more unified.

Based on what metrics? Your self-delusion?

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Based on what metrics? Your self-delusion?

It's funny how I'm the one who gets infracted for "flaming" and whatever reasons, yet people like you have free range to throw insults at people without any punishment. Still, I can always ignore people, which I'm doing right now.

[Dextroden]

I feel a tinge of sadness for Sydänyö. Soon, he'll have no one to talk to that doesn't have their head firmly wedged up Bernie's ass.

[kail]

You clearly see something that isn't there. Nothing about Sanders voting for Hillary if he doesn't get the nomination is news, nor does it change anything. You don't honestly think Sanders' supporters will change their minds just like that?

The Republican side is still much more unified.

Granted this race is rather diminishing the moderate hue, the republican party is anything but unified. Trump may have won popular vote for nominee but he is receiving plenty of flak from republican officials (senators, governors, you name it). They are smart enough to call Trump on his shit show and I wouldn't be suprised if they completly sabatoge his campaign to save the party.

[BrerBear]

Now if only Hillary would so something to get that 45% (according to the latest Bloomberg poll) of Sanders' supporters who will never vote for Hillary.

Sure. So for the minimum wage issue, should Hillary switch to abolishing the federal minimum wage to appeal to all those Berners who are supporting Trump and Johnson?
Because that's what Trump and Johnson want.

Will that help?

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I feel a tinge of sadness for Sydänyö. Soon, he'll have no one to talk to that doesn't have their head firmly wedged up Bernie's ass.

Don't worry, he still sees our posts when we are quoted. Take delight in the fact that he has to bite his tongue and pretend he can't see us destroying his points.

[DeadmanWalking]

Sure. So for the minimum wage issue, should Hillary switch to abolishing the federal minimum wage to appeal to all those Berners who are supporting Trump and Johnson?
Because that's what Trump and Johnson want.

Will that help?

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Don't worry, he still sees our posts when we are quoted. Take delight in the fact that he has to bite his tongue and pretend he can't see us destroying his points.

Not to mention that you can not block a small amount of people before the first few blocked come off the blocked list to make way for new.

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Not to mention that you can not block a small amount of people before the first few blocked come off the blocked list to make way for new.

Not to take this too much off-topic, but the ignore list doesn't "purge" people, or at least it hasn't for me. I've got 85 people on the list and seems it's still got plenty of room, so no problems there.