The writing was on the wall and a sizeable chunk of the democratic base supported him and continue to support him.
Not enough support.
The writing was on the wall and a sizeable chunk of the democratic base supported him and continue to support him.
Ha, damn those quotes are great.
He hasn't even been fully attacked yet, because no one really took him too seriously.
All it would take is a week of digging for the Republicans.
Also, this kind of illustrates why only one of his senate colleagues supports him.
He won't. The DNC is going to give him concessions and he'll strongly endorse Hillary.
Basically his entire platform.Ok so what concessions is Bernie hoping to get put of this?
Bernie is doing what 10 million votes allow him to do. So he's trying to reform the party or excersize leverage on what the platform is as much as he can? Why the hell not?
And there is suddenly backlash and cries for unity over everything else?...The writing was on the wall and a sizeable chunk of the democratic base supported him and continue to support him.
http://fair.org/home/the-myth-that-sanders-hasnt-been-criticized-wont-go-away/
"Congress is crooked" is like, probably one of the most universal political opinions in the country, lol.
In some other universe, in this one with the DNC rules, he has lost. Threatening the convention is not going to get supers to flip.
Everything is officially finished on June 7th and double finished on June 14th.
After that, he gets to go fuck himself.
"Vote for me or I'll burn this whole fucker down!" isn't gonna fucking work.
This is adorable.
So am I to take it that you think Bernie essentially blackmailing the party will endear him to superdelegates?
The election is over. Hillary will be the candidate. Bernie will never be president. Nobody will remember who Bernie Sanders is in 6 months. There was no revolution. None of Bernie's talking points will lead to drastic change in the Democrat party. Bernie will get no credit when some of his ideas become law in a few decades.
Sorry
Ok so what concessions is Bernie hoping to get put of this?
Edit: ah read above post
CENK: If you're going to ask for policy positions, as you just indicated, what are the policy positions that you would want?
SANDERS: Okay. I want Secretary Clinton - if she's the nominee - to come out for a Medicare For All singlepayer healthcare system. I want fifteen bucks an hour as the minimum wage. I want to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure; Flint, Michigan is not the only community in America that doesn't have safe drinking water. Our roads, bridges, rail system is in disrepair. I want a vigorous effort to address climate change. I mean I am very worried - I talk to these scientists - this planet is in serious danger. And you can't cuddle up to the fossil fuel industry. You gotta take them on. And also, what is resonating, and I believe very important: making colleges and universities tuition free, Wall Street tax on speculation to pay for that, ending these corporate loopholes. These are some of the demands I would take.
I just...how can a progressive not like Barney Frank? I get that there have been words but...
It just boggles the mind.
Bernie is doing what 10 million votes allow him to do. So he's trying to reform the party or excersize leverage on what the platform is as much as he can? Why the hell not?
And there is suddenly backlash and cries for unity over everything else?...The writing was on the wall and a sizeable chunk of the democratic base supported him and continue to support him.
I'm just disappointed Bernie turned out to be another crotchety old self interested white dude
What a sore loser. That is not how it works.. jesus.. how was this guy in congress as long as he was/is? He clearly doesn't have a diplomatic bone in his body. We dodged a bullet.Literally his entire platform.
(It's funny because she was running on half of this shit before him!)
But it ain't over until l it's over and as a Californian I plan to do my part to keep this hawk out of office.
U know what he's also not?Sanders may be a joke to you but of the three remaining players he's the only one not planning to ratchet up war.
It`s overBut it ain't over until l it's over and as a Californian I plan to do my part to keep this hawk out of office.
CENK: If you're going to ask for policy positions, as you just indicated, what are the policy positions that you would want?
SANDERS: Okay. I want Secretary Clinton - if she's the nominee - to come out for a Medicare For All singlepayer healthcare system. I want fifteen bucks an hour as the minimum wage. I want to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure; Flint, Michigan is not the only community in America that doesn't have safe drinking water. Our roads, bridges, rail system is in disrepair. I want a vigorous effort to address climate change. I mean I am very worried - I talk to these scientists - this planet is in serious danger. And you can't cuddle up to the fossil fuel industry. You gotta take them on. And also, what is resonating, and I believe very important: making colleges and universities tuition free, Wall Street tax on speculation to pay for that, ending these corporate loopholes. These are some of the demands I would take
Notice, though, that at no point in that demand does he call for Clinton to break up the banks.
That all sounds good?
And? 90% of the country approved of Bush at one point."Congress is crooked" is like, probably one of the most universal political opinions in the country, lol.
"Bernie alienates his natural allies." Frank was reading Sanders 20 years ago. That is such an accurate statement.It's amazing how a year can change someone's opinion. I went from liking Bernie Sanders, to being indifferent, to now just wishing he would go away and stop.
At this point I really feel Barney Frank's 1991 assessment of Sanders was 100% correct.
"His holier-than-thou attitude - saying in a very loud voice he is smarter than everyone else and purer than everyone - really undercuts his effectiveness"
"To him, anybody who disagrees with him is a crook; there are no honest disagreements with people. Bernie's view of the world is that the great majority of people agree with him on all the issues and the only reason he does not win is that the Congress is crooked"
That all sounds good?
They already gave him concessions, this isn't the Bernie party. He needs to learn to take the L and stop throwing temper tantrums. Call a spade a spade man. This does nothing to further his message.
I wish I had your sense of oneupmanship but this isn't about being right, it's about the future of our planet. Sanders may be a joke to you but of the three remaining players he's the only one not planning to ratchet up war. War. Yes, an ambiguous and overused term for us here in the US but it is very real for the people of Syria and the people of Europe by proxy.
Hillary has plans for Syria and for the world. Oh, she won't tell you or me, but she will tell the Council on Foreign Relations. [URL="http://www.cfr.org/radicalization-and-extremism/hillary-clinton-national-security-islamic-state/p37266"]Listen for yourselves, or don't. [/URL] If you actually care to learn about your candidate, you might notice the difference in her tone from the speeches you get to hear. She is composed, certain, and specific about how Syria and Iran haven't seen the worst of what the greatest military the world has to offer.
But it ain't over until l it's over and as a Californian I plan to do my part to keep this hawk out of office.
Not enough support.
I just keep reading it over and over. It makes no sense. What the hell? Seriously. I've never said this before, but I literally can't even.
This news has broken my brain.
Enough to cause a ruckus and run an independent bid with.
That all sounds good? So maybe he feels staying in the race is the only way to push these issues?
Enough to cause a ruckus and run an independent bid with.
Good luck making it onto any state ballots when basically all of the filing deadlines are before the DNC.
I guess he could endorse Jill Stein but that's about it.Enough to cause a ruckus and run an independent bid with. Enough to demand changes to the DNC platform.
Fuck a VP spot, he's gonna be lucky if he doesn't get primaried in 2018 at this point.
How do you primary an Independent?
They just have to actually run a strong candidate
She won't tell us guys, but she'll keep what she really thinks a total secret on this youtube video that anyone can easily see.
You're all blind sheep!!!
How do you primary an Independent?
They just have to actually run a strong candidate
Enough to cause a ruckus and run an independent bid with. Enough to demand changes to the DNC platform. Some folks might not like it and rage to hell and back but they'll certainly have to digest it aka deal with it.
Again, what does replacing Very Progressive Barney Frank on the committee actually do besides satisfy a personal vendetta from someone?
Yeah, this is getting dangerously close to truther and birther levels of stupidity. Embarrassing.
That time is past.Enough to cause a ruckus and run an independent bid with. Enough to demand changes to the DNC platform. Some folks might not like it and rage to hell and back but they'll certainly have to digest it aka deal with it.
Again, what does replacing Very Progressive Barney Frank on the committee actually do besides satisfy a personal vendetta from someone?
I want to give Bernie the benefit of the doubt. I want to believe the best about him. But damn is he making it difficult. This is so shitty. He's putting so much at risk over an fucking purity contest.