Dear Bernie: Leave an a High Note

[Native]

Assuming that Reinish is calling it correctly when he says, "The two “m” words that matter most in a campaign, math and map, just aren’t on his side...."

...."Worrisome data bears out that over one-third of Sanders voters when polled have said they will stay home if Bernie isn’t the nominee. The candidate himself needs to course-correct on this, and fast. There’s too much at stake.....He also has to emphasize that you aren’t a progressive, or a fighter, but an infant and a narcissist, if you spitefully stay home in your bathrobe on November 8 in an effort to “send a message.” If his campaign was about transcendent, transformative ideas and is indeed a movement, he must make the case to his supporters that at the end of the day it doesn’t matter whose torch they march under and remove ego from the equation..."

http://observer.com/2016/03/dear-bernie-leave-on-a-high-note/

[bkkyosemite]

1. Bernie needs to keep going and we will keep supporting him...the rest is bull shit.

[FBaggins]

52. Bernie SHOULD leave on a high note.

After eight years in the White House.

[bkkyosemite]

66. he he he

[dogman]

2. He's not all wrong.

He wrote this:"Jon Reinish is a native New Yorker who works in political communications, strategy and media. His opinions are his own and can be taken with a deer lick's worth of salt."

[Vote2016]

3. Hillary should get out while she's not under an FBI indictment recommendation

[GreenPartyVoter]

49. +1!

[magical thyme]

60. +1 nt

[phantom power]

62. It's the dignified thing to do.

[MrMickeysMom]

63. This worries Wisconsin voters, according to what they said to me yesterday...

I phone bank, so I'm actually hearing it straight from THEM. HRC's indictment has the voter concerned.

[choie]

4. Jon Reinish is a Democratic strategist

who used to work for Kristen Gillibrand - he's hardly unbiased. Of course, he would write a piece like this. Come on, do some research...

[Art_from_Ark]

5. Screw that noise

Voters in the last 5 of 6 states have overwhelmingly supported Bernie, at least 2-to-1 in all 5 states. And Bernie won every single county in all 3 of the most recent states. Meanwhile, Hillary has the spectre of investigations by various agencies shrouding her candidacy.

[snowy owl]

6. LET EVERY LAST VOTER HEAR YOUR MESSAGE, BERNIE

Then watch the regret from people who voted too early.

[BillZBubb]

7. He'll fight to win the nomination--that will be the high note.

All these Hillary fanatics are showing their desperation.

[snowy owl]

8. Whining is annoying. . . i wish they'd quit. Absolutely desperation

[dchill]

54. The only high note here is the incessant whining!

Make it stop.

Where are the "high notes" from the HRC Campaign?

[Native]

9. Spoken like a true fanatic. nt

[BillZBubb]

59. Projection much? I'm not the one posting nonsense OP's calling for anyone to quit the race.

That seems to be the realm of the Hillary fanatics.

[Native]

65. So glad to hear you're not the one posting nonsense calling for Hillary to quit the race!

Now if you could kindly get some of the Revolution Messaging trolls to do the same along with the true Bernie supporters who have gone off the rails into cultdom, we might be able to get back to the days of spirited discourse and a real exchange of ideas and opinions. I too think Reinish is premature in calling for Bernie to back out now, but as Reinish puts it "The stakes have never been higher. There are two choices: unity or Trump." To not vote in the general election simply because your candidate doesn't win the nomination is simply a vote for the other side. Period. Personally, I think Cruz would be even scarier than Trump, and I will vote for the Democratic candidate regardless of who it is. Moreover, I think we do our party a disfavor by denigrating other Dem candidates by using trash we've pulled from Rabid Right Wing sites and worse. Hillary = Hitler? Prostituting Chelsea? I could fill up an entire journal with the crap that's been posted here. Reinish's opinion as a Dem strategist is simply his opinion, and compared to the stuff that gets posted with unfortunate regularity here about Hillary, his piece is about as denigrating as toasted bread in warm milk.

[jeepers]

10. In what reasoning system

does a transcendent transformative campaign not be concerned with whose torch they march under? Once you've finished with the insults you blather on with this nonsense , all the while begging for our support.

[delrem]

11. That's a lie.

Support for Bernie is support for ideas, policies.
That kind of support isn't transferable to someone who buys out a fucking name.

[ebayfool]

12. His Twitter is full of retweets of Hillary Clinton. Bias much? Pffft ...

https://twitter.com/JonReinish?ref_src=twsrc

[oldandhappy]

13. Dear Bernie: Stay and let me vote for you!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. My dear oldandhappy! YES!

I want to vote for him too..........and have it mean something good.

[Native]

14. Man are you guys so easily riled up...

I had no idea you could all be so much fun! What sport!

[ibegurpard]

22. so you admit you're only trolling is that it?

[nichomachus]

38. Yup, trolling

Just for laughs.

[Art_from_Ark]

46. Someone must have sent out

the Rat Signal

[Trajan]

29. Here comes the touchdown!

[Font Size=1] ... click ...

[geek tragedy]

16. He can end it in June if he wants.

After he gets stomped in NY, PA, CT, DE and MD part of me wants to see Devine and Weaver squirm while claiming he has a path to victory.

[jillan]

17. Just like Arizona. Don't let people vote.

A reminder to all. We live in America. We have a right to vote. There are a little bit less than half of the states that have not voted. Shame.

[dana_b]

18. "transcendent, transformative ideas"

and voting for HILLARY will push those type of ideas forward??

Is Reinish HIGH?!

[Joe the Revelator]

19. If his campaign was about transcendent, transformative ideas and is indeed a movement

he must make the case to his supporters that at the end of the day it doesn’t matter whose torch they march under and remove ego from the equation

The fuck does that even mean?? It DOES matter who you are 'marching under'. A whole awful lot.

[Joe the Revelator]

20. So Jon Renish has written a grand total of two recent articles..

...why am i suppose to care what he says?

[litlbilly]

21. All I have to say is...Bullshit...Bernies not leaving and neither are we. you better get used to it

[litlbilly]

23. The real two letters that really matter: H and T...Honesty and Trustworthy

Kind like a republicans rationale for voting for Bernie:

I don't like anything he stands for but he is honest and trustworthy.
Dammit Bernie...wants to give me healthcare
Dammit Bernie...wants to make sure my kids can go to college
Dammit Bernie...wants to make the rich pay their fair share and take away corporate welfare.
Dammit Bernie...wants to make sure I get a living wage
Dammit Bernie...wants to give women equal pay and let them control their own bodies
Dammit Bernie...wants to take corporate money out of politics, where do you get your money? oh wait, never mind
Dammit, Dammit, well ok Bernie, I don't agree with that crap but I'll vote for you because
you tell the truth...

[SheilaT]

24. The better Bernie does

the more desperate the calls for him to drop out.

How interesting. What could they possibly be afraid of?

[Hydra]

40. I don't know, but the terror levels are rising

I really want to know what shoe is going to drop that they think will sink her campaign.

[Ino]

25. "Dear Bernie:

Please quit and give all your supporters (and their money) to Hillary. You are so worrisome to us! Wah!"

I don't care if Hillary worries. [URL=http://www.sherv.net/][IMG][/IMG][/URL]

[jfern]

26. Bernie plans on leaving on a high note on January 20th, 2025.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. Why not let everybody vote first?

[blueintelligentsia]

28. Like after.... smoking a joint during a 4 minute interview? n/t

[riderinthestorm]

31. LOL!!!!

[PonyUp]

32. Bernie and his supporters aren't going anywhere. Hillary should leave on a high bark.

[BernieforPres2016]

33. What a smarmy, snarky piece of shit this faux columnist is

I've never heard of him before and hope to never be exposed to his wretched writing again.

[mcar]

51. Yeah

Let's hear what HA Goodman has to say about it.

[MisterP]

34. if she doesn't like such a high level of disgust, she shouldn't have backed IS

and when Honduras's kingpin told her the country has too much democracy she shouldnt've said "sure!"

[TDale313]

35. All your vote are belong to us!!!!

Sheesh, get some new material. This is going to the convention. He's not getting out. And Hillary isn't owed our votes- she's gonna have to earn them.

[ucrdem]

36. That would be a pleasant change. nt

[Kalidurga]

37. Paid polls not going as well as expected I presume.

[Aerows]

39. No. Surprisingly

despite the propaganda someone was pushing, the Sanders campaign is "hurting financially", and spending like a drunken sailor*.

*Actual quote by a DUer.

[nichomachus]

41. Hillary can't leave on a high note

That ship has not only sailed. It hit the rocks and sank.

[onecaliberal]

42. The SURVIVAL of my grandchildren on this planet ISNT FUCKING EGO!

This is why we are stuck with the same God damn bullshit

[Hydra]

43. "I hope be remembered as teachable moments—or distinct lapses in taste."

Well, damn. 2008 seems to have fit that to a T, and Team Hill is still doing it. Lapse of taste or a steep learning curve?

[2banon]

44. This is a despicable attempt to disenfranchise voters in the remaining primaries

Despicable, contemptible, outrageous.

to the trash this goes!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

45. The question is what will Hillary supporters do when he is our nominee?

[ljm2002]

47. He doesn't have to say a damned thing...

...to his supporters about who they need to vote for in the general. Not while the primaries are still going on and while he is still battling to win it.

When the general election rolls around, whoever is the Democratic nominee will be making those arguments to their supporters. Until then, no.

[Betty Karlson]

48. He won't leave at all, and he won't change his tune at the behest of those who strike wrong notes

with his voters - day after day. The numbers suggest he could win BIG against Trump, and only Clinton is burning bridges here. That is how the land lies. That is your "math" and your "map".

[mcar]

50. Interesting read

Thanks!

[enid602]

53. Too late

It's too late for Bernie to end it on a high note.

[Hiraeth]

55. I think he meant LIVING on a High Note

[restorefreedom]

56. dear hillary: for once, put the country ahead of your own greed and ambition.

do what is right for the country and step aside.

[LWolf]

57. Dear Jon Reinish: FUCK YOU

and the bully brigade you wrote in with.

Bernie cannot "correct" this reality.

He can, and will, support HRC should she win the nomination, which he, and I, are not yet conceding, thank you.

He can't determine the votes of the people supporting his campaign should he not win the nomination. That's democracy. People have a right to determine their own vote, and they will.

Votes aren't owed.

I support Sanders because of his positions and record on issues. Not because I need him to tell me how to vote.

I guess some voters need to be led. I guess I view people who need someone else to do their thinking for them as part of the problem, not part of the solution.

Too much at stake? The establishment thumbs its nose at voters, and then kicks the bullying into gear to try to cow them into submission with terms like "infant," "narcissist," "spite." FUCK THAT. What's at stake is the identity of the Democratic Party, among other things, and some of us will not be going quietly.

I'll be staying at home in my bathrobe on November 8th no matter who I've voted for; I always vote in my bathrobe. I have no worries about reduced polling places or voter suppression in my state.

I'll be voting for the best candidate on my ballot based on positions and record on issues, as I always do. Spite has nothing to do with it.

Remove your own ego from the equation.

[demwing]

61. Preach it!

Thanks for this post.

[MineralMan]

58. I don't think there should be calls for Bernie to drop out

until after the big states in the Northeast have weighed in. If Hillary wins those with good margins, the pledged delegate count will make it impossible for Bernie to win the nomination. If that happens, then the call for him to stop his campaign will make perfect sense. Once we see results from NY, PA and MD, we'll have a much clearer picture.

Bernie should continue campaigning at least through April.

[Avalux]

64. Leave?? Yeah, they wish Bernie would just go away.

Tell me why again? When:

1. Bernie is only trailing 6% in pledged delegates
2. His momentum is on the upswing after 3 blowouts on Saturday
3. Many more states have yet to vote
4. Bernie's close in CA and other upcoming states
5. He's more popular than ever, raising 4 million in a few days

Hillary Inc. would love nothing more than for Bernie to give up. Sorry but it's NOT going to happen.

[GreatGazoo]

67. If Clinton wants more votes let her adopt, sincerely, Sanders' positions.

To demand otherwise is undemocratic.