Politico: Sanders supporters suffer through stages of grief

[workinclasszero]

Sanders supporters suffer through stages of grief
The New York loss demoralized some of Bernie's most impassioned backers.
By ANNIE KARNI 04/21/16 08:10 PM EDT

Bernie Sanders’ supporters are experiencing the five stages of grief after a devastating 16-point loss in New York Tuesday night, a drubbing that greatly narrowed the Vermont senator’s path moving forward.

After holding out hope, some are beginning to accept the disheartening notion that the Vermont senator is now unlikely to win the party's nomination.

“It is over,” Lee Stonum, an avid Sanders supporter and public defender in Orange County, California, wrote on his Facebook page after the New York results were tallied. “I’m a little annoyed by the tone of the emails I’m now getting from the campaign that refuse to acknowledge this and claim there is still a path to the nomination. There is not.”

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/bernie-sanders-supporters-demoralized-222297

[frylock]

1. Three! Three threads on Sanders supporters and their stages of grief!

Get money.

[workinclasszero]

3. This is a news story though

I like this part the best:

“It is over,” Lee Stonum, an avid Sanders supporter and public defender in Orange County, California, wrote on his Facebook page after the New York results were tallied. “I’m a little annoyed by the tone of the emails I’m now getting from the campaign that refuse to acknowledge this and claim there is still a path to the nomination. There is not.”

[frylock]

5. Yeah. "News".

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. Pro tip, media gets the talking points too

You got no idea...



Ah the good old days that by mistake I ended up in Bachmann's distro list, or at least I hope it was by mistake.

[Maru Kitteh]

16. That must have been AWESOME, lol.

The entertainment value of those emails would almost be worth the pain in the ass of deleting all of them.

[nadinbrzezinski]

25. Oh it was

Then i got them throughout her final days in Congress.

But I get those from many campaigns currently, Also fund raising emails... I used to check the map... it is bad when you get the raising letters from a small town in N. Dakota... it is like... you know I am in CA right? Those I usually just send to the trash bin...

[dinkytron]

17. Yup. They don't.

[Autumn]

9. Lee Stonum sounds just like a Hillary supporter here.

[demmiblue]

7. OMFG... lol!

It is amusing, isn't it?!

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. MORE of the same talking point

[frylock]

4. Deliberate saturation or just poor coordination?

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. I got no idea, but I am having a blast

[Autumn]

11. I'm going with poor coordination caused by a computer glitch.

New businesses always have bugs to smooth out.

[demmiblue]

12. I also noticed that they respond to themselves in order to kick their thread.

[Orsino]

37. Well, it's Politico, so click-bait may be all it is.

At Politico, any anecdote can be a trend.

[workinclasszero]

10. Maybe Sanders next multi-state beatdown by Hillary on Tuesday will bring him around?

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. Or we will see rinse and repeat

The man said he is taking to the convention. I believe him. It's math actually. Which also makes me laugh, and I usually do not trust pols, but on this one, I think he will. And my fracking election on June 7... will actually GASP, matter for far more than Prop I.

Though I admit, the R returns will be far, and I mean this, far more entertaining, due to the mechanics of that primary...

[CoffeeCat]

14. It's going to be a contested convention

because neither candidate will reach the magic number of pledged delegates to clinch the nomination, prior to the convention.

See you in Philly!

[workinclasszero]

15. Keep dreaming

[Adrahil]

22. No its not. She will win on the first ballot.

Remember that Obama did not have enough pledged delegates to outright clinch the nomination. But the convention can be said to have been contested.

[Corporate666]

18. They're running out of rationales....

We've already heard Sanders would have won, but for voter suppression

And how the corporate media is lying to us and Sanders is actually on track to win

And how it's not over until CA (boldly/delusionally predicting an 80/20 win for Sanders)


The thread is getting more tenuous with every passing day. Pretty soon we'll be hearing how space aliens are mind controlling voters and making them vote Clinton, or something equally laughable.

[Silver_Witch]

27. I have a suggestion for you...

Stop reading the posts you don't like or believe in then you don't have to make rude comments. I don't read Hillary OPs cause they offend me. Then I don't have to say rude things. See how this works?

[PowerToThePeople]

19. I have had a plan b since before he started running.

Canada.

[Adrahil]

23. Enjoy. Ottawa is beautiful small city. NT

[CorkySt.Clair]

34. If you think an HRC presidency will be bad

You should have seen the Bush years.

[PowerToThePeople]

35. I did.

I do not want a repeat of that.

There is nothing that makes me think an HRC presidency will be much improvement over Bush.

She will give benefits to the wealthy on the backs of the rest and take us to war. What is the difference again?

[Surya Gayatri]

20. Enormous K & R. Thanks for posting.

[Broward]

21. Resistance is futile. Get on board with inspiring right-wing Hillary.

[redstateblues]

29. More bullshit smears-Hillary was one of the most liberal Senators in Congress

You obviously have not been paying attention to politics very long.

[Broward]

33. Way to adopt GOP/Third Way framing.

By claiming Hillary is anything but right wing, you move the terms of the debate to the right. May be that's what you want.

[Alfresco]

24. K&R

[Firebrand Gary]

26. Huge Kick and recommendation.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

28. .

[LexVegas]

30. Perfect. nt

[jack_krass]

31. I'm at stage#...

KISS MY ASS

New York is -one state-. This is not over yet.

(If it doesnt go Bernies way) Ill grieve then, and Ill do it how I want, not how some @sshole thinks I should! And my grief will mainly be for my country, not myself(ill do fine under Trump presidency), that we had a once in a generation chance to elect a great statesman, and stupidly chose a corporate shill like Hillary.

[drokhole]

32. Meanwhile, Hillary supporters making way through stages of truth...

"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." - Arthur Schopenhauer

Currently at stage one, but transitioning en masse to stage two.

[ladjf]

36. Please spare us the unwanted free psychoanalysis. nt