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Related: About this forumSanders is not going to be the nominee because he hasn't won enough votes or delegates.
It really is this simple!
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Dill: Sanders is losing fair and square
http://www.pressherald.com/2016/05/22/cynthia-dill-sanders-is-losing-fair-and-square/
He is not going to be the nominee because he hasn't won enough votes or delegates.
By Cynthia Dill
As Maine goes, so goes the nation, Bernie? Because we know what happens when a stubborn, left-leaning candidate stands on principle complaining about persnickety party politics, and it isnt pretty. In fact, its insane by definition: We do it over and over again and expect different results.
I am not standing down
and neither should those voters whose consciences compel them to cast a vote for me, Eliot Cutler said defiantly, with zero chance of winning and then Maine re-elected the man Politico magazine called Americas craziest governor with 48 percent of the vote, the majority of votes split between two far-superior candidates.
It doesnt take Einstein to figure out the math had Cutler urged his team to put on the blue jerseys in 2014. And its pretty simple math that says Bernie Sanders cant win the Democratic nomination in 2016, but his ego and the affluenza of his advisers insist on fighting until the end one that looks to become increasingly more bitter by the day.
The arc of Sanders campaign has gone from extremely inspiring to incredibly annoying, and the latest temper tantrum in Nevada is inexcusable. Whining about unfair rules that have been on the books since 2008. Outrage that delegates not registered as Democrats were refused a seat at the official convention of Democrats to select the Democratic nominee. Indignation that the higher number of Clinton delegates trumped the higher volume of Sanders delegates. Astonishment that Bernie Bros rushing the dais, throwing chairs, cursing and shouting caused security to shut down the convention four hours after the designated end time. Accusations of another conspiracy by establishment.
Hillary Clinton is winning the Democratic primary fair and square by the same rules by which she lost to Barack Obama in 2008. She won the recent contest in Nevada for the same simple reason shes winning overall: She got more votes. Thats not establishment thats democracy.
The reaction of the Sanders people trashing the place and threatening the state party chairwoman was immature at best, and if it werent for the fact that their antics increase the probability of a Trump presidency, we could gently close the door and let them cry it out.
But thats what Maine did in 2014, and whos crying now?
Whats sold as a political revolution looks more and more like just another power trip. Bernie and Jane Sanders are high on crowds and crowdfunding, and through the haze its crystal clear why virtually none of Sanders colleagues in the capital support him. Its not because hes anti-establishment. Its because hes an angry, unreasonable man with a chip on his shoulder as big as the state of Maine.
Americas economic system might be rigged to favor the rich and powerful, and maybe the nominating process is, too, but hello? Sanders campaign is pretty darn rich and powerful.......................
liberal N proud
(60,349 posts)And since he can't have it, he will destroy it.
It appears that he intending to do Trump's work for him on his way to oblivion.
daa
(2,621 posts)fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)Cha
(297,888 posts)mercuryblues
(14,552 posts)litter box is full of so much shit that no one notices a new steaming pile anymore. Next thing you know they will be demanding that everyone else cleans it out for them, because you know...they're special.
TwilightZone
(25,505 posts)then they'll have a little more validity. At the moment, Clinton is running against two people. Trump is only running against one.
riversedge
(70,383 posts)TwilightZone
(25,505 posts)Trump is getting the Trump vote and the bitter Bernie backer anti-Hillary vote. Once he drops out and endorses Hillary, most of the latter will either stay home or get on board.
RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)Cha
(297,888 posts)stonecutter357
(12,698 posts)BootinUp
(47,207 posts)endorsed him.
TwilightZone
(25,505 posts)Huh, and we thought that only the south was still fighting the Civil War.
Kaleva
(36,372 posts)TwilightZone
(25,505 posts)The rest were just peachy.
procon
(15,805 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)To accomplish her agenda.
Sanders has an unrealistic agenda, does not have a plan to accomplish his agenda, did not research to determine the future cost of his agenda, those in the know says it will cost $17 trillion
wisteria
(19,581 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)Cha
(297,888 posts)The nomination process is the same one Hillary lost in 2008.. she didn't go whining about how it was "rigged".
She was all grace and dignity and look where she is now.. she's going to be POTUS #45 for those not keeping up.
Mahalo, rivers~
riversedge
(70,383 posts)it with many of her goals and policies. Of Course Chuck was not into policies--he just threw out speculations and gossip. But she stood tall.
Cha
(297,888 posts)chucky todd.
Mahalo~
TwilightZone
(25,505 posts)His run in unprecedented, but not in the way he might have wanted.
Or maybe it's exactly what he wanted. He seems to be trying desperately to stay relevant.
Her Sister
(6,444 posts)Theres a word for somebody with these characteristics, and its not leader.
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