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Time To Stop Wasting Everyone's Time, Bernie
RE: Time To Stop Wasting Everyone's Time, Bernie
(May 5, 2016 at 3:17 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Christ all-fucking mighty...can't you understand that the way the democrats award delegates is ruining him?  After "winning" ( maybe you'd prefer the term Pyrrhic victory without quotes?) he is in worse shape than before because he did not win by a big enough margin to significantly impact the delegate race.

My point, Min, is that if he'd lost, he'd be in an even worse position than he is now. So your point is, well, pointless.

He was expected to lose by 7 points. That would have meant that Clinton would have gained more delegates than him, and the gap between him and her would be larger than before. Now, it's smaller. This was a victory that closed the gap slightly between him and Clinton. Plus, if he can turn a predicted 7 point loss into a 5 point win, there's hope for future primaries.

Quote:A couple of more such victories and he'll be mathematically eliminated.

As I said before, at this stage even if Clinton won half the delegates remaining, she wouldn't have the magic number. It's possible, but I doubt that Sanders will be mathematically eliminated until the actual convention. The DNC nominee will be decided by the superdelegates.

Quote:The choice will be Clinton or Trump.  And if it is Trump I don't want to hear any fucking whining from the so-called progressives.

This. This attitude is just bullshit. People have a right to complain if they are unhappy, if they feel that the wrong person was elected. People who vote for the 2nd place candidate don't some magic right to be the only ones allowed to complain.

Anyone who thinks that a third party voter is somehow responsible for, or doesn't have the right to complain about a Democrat or Republican who is elected, is quite frankly, a bully.

People should ignore people like Min who insist everyone vote for the lesser of two evils, because if we do that, the electoral system in this country (which I think most people will agree is pretty broken) will never get changed. People should vote for who they believe will make a better President, and if that's a third party candidate, go vote for them, and hold your head high afterwards knowing that you expressed your opinion at the polls, rather than succumb to the pressure of a broken system.
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RE: Time To Stop Wasting Everyone's Time, Bernie - by c172 - April 26, 2016 at 11:59 pm
RE: Time To Stop Wasting Everyone's Time, Bernie - by Heat - April 27, 2016 at 12:47 am
RE: Time To Stop Wasting Everyone's Time, Bernie - by Heat - April 27, 2016 at 12:42 am
RE: Time To Stop Wasting Everyone's Time, Bernie - by Heat - April 29, 2016 at 11:08 pm
RE: Time To Stop Wasting Everyone's Time, Bernie - by Heat - April 29, 2016 at 11:20 pm
RE: Time To Stop Wasting Everyone's Time, Bernie - by Tiberius - May 5, 2016 at 4:41 pm

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