2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDaily Kos: 11 reasons why Bernie Sanders lost this thing fair and square
1. If you plan for a coup, youve already lostLets just take a moment to appreciate what Sanders is trying to accomplish herehe knows hes lost the election. Hes all but acknowledged it. Which is why hes now focused so heavily on getting the establishment superdelegates to overturn the election in his favor.
Like a despotic dictator, he is so sure of his supremacy that he sneers at the choices of his electorate and seeks to callously toss them aside. He dishonestly tells his supporters that theres a conspiracy standing between him and victory.
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2. He may want to disenfranchise them, but communities of color voted against Sanders
Take another moment to savor what that would meana party establishment ignoring the choice of the communities of color, who have heavily chosen a woman, to undemocratically hand the nomination to yet another white guy. That, my friends, is the essence of white privilege. Its EXHIBIT A, and in case you are wondering, yes it fucking pisses me off.
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4. No, the system wasnt rigged against him
The system was rigged, for sure, but in his favor. The first two states? Two of the most unrepresentative states in the union, states that glossed over his failures in reaching communities of color. Its a calendar that benefits white candidates and silences the issues that matter to the communities that drive the modern Democratic Party.
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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/5/23/1529938/-11-reasons-why-Bernie-Sanders-lost-this-thing-fair-and-square
RockaFowler
(7,429 posts)11. The system is rigged because if we could start now, more people would vote for Sanders and hed be winning more!
Football is rigged because the scores in the first three quarters matter! Another stupid argument.
closeupready
(29,503 posts)Sorry.
MineralMan
(146,350 posts)something there agrees with whoever is posting it. Then, it's fine.
DailyKos runs all sorts of opinions. It covers the full range. DU posters can pick and choose from just about any point of view to post here. Opinions are those of the authors. Just like everywhere.
closeupready
(29,503 posts)Demsrule86
(68,788 posts)or perhaps a Trump supporter as a source...but I love Kos and it is a liberal blog and every word is true...Sander lost because he got beat and all he is up to know is holding his breath until he turns blue.
LonePirate
(13,437 posts)This thread will receive a plenty of disagreements or it will be largely ignored. I don't expect many Bernie supporters to agree and I don't expect many Hillary supporters to disagree.
TheBlackAdder
(28,252 posts)Demsrule86
(68,788 posts)I will send them some money...
Dawgs
(14,755 posts)There's a whole lot of dumb in that post. It's fucking crazy.
Not surprising. This is the same guy that guaranteed that Michelle Backmann would be the Republican nominee in 2012.
Demsrule86
(68,788 posts)And Sanders is in the process of destroying his so called revolution.
You obviously are clueless.
UMTerp01
(1,048 posts)Peachhead22
(1,078 posts)Even though Kos is a Clinton backer I expected some logic and reasoning. Instead it was basically him sticking his thumbs in his ears, waving his fingers, sticking out his tongue then saying nanny nanny boo boo!
Vattel
(9,289 posts)Sancho
(9,071 posts)anotherproletariat
(1,446 posts)AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)themaguffin
(3,832 posts)Even though some here are Bernie backers I expected some logic and reasoning in responding to Markos' points. Instead it was basically them sticking their thumbs in his ears, waving their fingers, sticking out their tongues then saying nanny nanny boo boo!
pansypoo53219
(21,008 posts)black out bernie was the plan.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Shandris
(3,447 posts)...entire line of idiocy.
Also, when someone has to write an article to EXPLAIN how its 'fair and square', you can bet your ass it wasn't.
Demsrule86
(68,788 posts)to people of color...he can't be the nominee...sorry...very important group...growing and all.