2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBernie reminds me of a mad magzine cartoon decades back
They show a politician whos not going to concede even though he is five million votes
behind, because his Uncle in Ohio promised to vote for him.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)upaloopa
(11,417 posts)till then forgetaboutit
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)upaloopa
(11,417 posts)When they stop I'll stop
I am not a gracious winner I am an angry winner
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)"call date" of June 16. That does not mean that we cannot seize the initiative and start cooling things down despite the backlash we will be facing in the week ahead.
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)But you and I know they are not capable of it. Their whole world was built on delusion and trying to manufacture a reality that didn't exist. So now they pout and whine because they have to wake up and face the true reality.
The ball is in their court. I have no love to give them.
Let Bernie drop out, let them acknowledge Hillary as the nominee and pledge to help defeat Trump. Those are my demands.
Ford F-150
(72 posts)rock
(13,218 posts)That makes them irrelevant. They can easily change that if they want to support the Democratic candidate. If they don't what are they doing on DU? Way to go Upaloopa!
Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)You run a 5k this morning?
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)get use to it.
Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)You do understand that there is another election coming up in a few months. One that actually matters more. Your 'angry' winning is in direct competition of what you need to do to win THAT election.
Good luck to you.
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)and stop blaming everything on somebody else. Frankly I don't give a god damn if you vote or not.
Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)I've taken complete responsibility for my vote. I know what I'm doing with mine, but not everyone is as staunch as me. I am a lost cause, I freely admit that. But you can't win a national election on your own. You need to mend fences with those who will help mend them.
Being an 'angry' winner just means that you don't understand what comes next.
slipslidingaway
(21,210 posts)now I am not an old white male, maybe a 60 + white female but the idea of dividing people by race, age, gender and color began way back then.
And it continued and spiraled down once the primary season began.
It was wrong then and it has continued to be wrong, we had pictures posted that basically said 'count the non-white people' at Sanders rallies.
That is some seriously sick thinking, so I agree those attacks were vile and nasty.
But tomorrow we are supposed to hold hands with many supporters of a candidate that did everything to divide people by race, age and gender?
I am not a sore loser, but I am not easily inclined to align myself with those who seek to divide others in a devious manner.
think
(11,641 posts)Jester Messiah
(4,711 posts)If they position themselves as the enemy, take them at their word & treat them as such.
BobbyDrake
(2,542 posts)I believe Maya Angelou said that.
msongs
(67,441 posts)tally in a desperate attempt to cancel tomorrow's primaries, costing bernie the election because he already has all the delegates he needs to put him over the top and now he won't.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)It won't make a bit of difference what we do.
NanceGreggs
(27,818 posts)... (a la Rupert Pupkin in "The King of Comedy" , creating a faux Oval Office in his basement, where he will spend the rest of his days pretending to have meetings with his Cabinet, giving instructions to his staff, and delivering SOTU speeches that no one will ever hear.
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PepperHarlan
(124 posts)I bet there aren't many millennials here that would get it!
Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)Because I was just thinking of Don Martin the other day.
He'd vote for Bernie.
brettdale
(12,384 posts)and he will either run as a third party or not help Hillary.
So forgive me if I kinda angry that he isnt doing the right thing now.
pdsimdars
(6,007 posts)saying that, it was Hillary. So, if we don't support her, well, that's just what she called for. All she needs is her money and her machine. F* the voters.
BernieforPres2016
(3,017 posts)Backing a lying criminal war monger isn't doing the right thing.
DLevine
(1,788 posts)He's the only candidate who truly gives a fuck about improving the lives of poor people, people like me.
Califonz
(465 posts)and that was enough. :/
Orsino
(37,428 posts)His goal is party commitment to progressive change, and he got to name five members of the platform committe precisrly because he was still in the race.
I don't know why so many refuse to understand how much more is at stake than a magic number of delegates. Sanders is fighting for influence.