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Omaha Steve

(99,493 posts)
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:08 PM May 2016

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Totally corrupt.. the DNC has fully pushed me away. This is a Democracy damnit! nt phazed0 May 2016 #1
Party has been fully infiltrated and taken over by traitors. FlatBaroque May 2016 #9
treason! Helen Borg May 2016 #38
Treason! phazed0 May 2016 #40
wait till they call us yuiyoshida May 2016 #36
Dammit man! You've been here since at least March! silvershadow May 2016 #50
It's getting harder and harder to stay a Democrat. ozone_man May 2016 #86
DWS committed a bag-job. Dont call me Shirley May 2016 #2
What else do you expect her to do? scscholar May 2016 #3
She better hope those "Outsider Democrats" vote for Hillary if she gets the nomination. jalan48 May 2016 #6
So the DNC is there to support the person who's turn it is? mindwalker_i May 2016 #7
The majority of Democratic primary voters made their decision. And it ain't for your candidate. Zorro May 2016 #83
The DNC had not only their thumb on the scale mindwalker_i May 2016 #84
Clinton has worked and organized hard for the nomination Zorro May 2016 #85
The job of the DNC is not to push one candidate over the other mindwalker_i May 2016 #87
Yeah, they've been bought and paid for. eom zalinda May 2016 #100
Agree, they paid good money for this election. Katashi_itto May 2016 #109
Her job is to remain neutral, not favor one Democrat over another. Akicita May 2016 #13
^This. nt silvershadow May 2016 #52
Bernie is not an outsider Ferd Berfel May 2016 #57
her focus is to stop the grassroots vote. period. hopemountain May 2016 #103
No, she's carrying water for Clinton and the corporations and the very wealthy! ananda May 2016 #34
I expect her to run a Primary and a Party to allow its voters to decide. Bernie an "outsider"??!! FighttheFuture May 2016 #74
oh puleeeze, even a long-term party member that passed the purity tests... Raster May 2016 #106
No one on the planet (if they were being honest) thinks DWS isn't slanting favor towards HRC tomm2thumbs May 2016 #4
Whine, whine, complain, complain. Not fair!! livetohike May 2016 #5
and then they wonder why 87% of self-identified Democrats support Hillary over Sanders still_one May 2016 #8
Funny, havn't seen any primaries winning by anywhere near that much.. phazed0 May 2016 #10
That is because a fair number of Sanders supporters only registered as Democrats to vote in the still_one May 2016 #17
So getting people to register into the Democractic party is a bad thing now? beardown May 2016 #43
I'm a long-time Dem... ReRe May 2016 #81
Everyone of my friends are sick of him. Even the ones who were strong supporters at first. livetohike May 2016 #11
You must have a lot of friends to decide it is over. LS_Editor May 2016 #15
Just my personal experience. I'm sure I'm not alone. n/t livetohike May 2016 #21
Anecdotal bullshit... Bodych May 2016 #23
Are Your Friends Banksters? Yallow May 2016 #16
LOl. Far from it. Retirees for the most part. Those still working range from teachers, nurses, livetohike May 2016 #24
This was based on Nate Silvers analysis that a good number of Sanders supporters who voted do not still_one May 2016 #22
Every One Of My Friends... Lean May 2016 #29
Nothing cool about it. Optimism May 2016 #115
Cool story. frylock May 2016 #111
Why is your arrow pointing to the right? LS_Editor May 2016 #12
Actually it's pointing forward, not backward like the Bernie B. nt Fla Dem May 2016 #48
Republican red and moving rightward. Ed Suspicious May 2016 #78
I know, right? arikara May 2016 #95
87% Really Yallow May 2016 #14
Many of those Sanders supporters who registered as Democrats, do not identify themselves as still_one May 2016 #20
I don't know where 87% came from trudyco May 2016 #27
Nate Silver still_one May 2016 #31
Nate "92% chance of victory" Silver? frylock May 2016 #112
Where did you get 87% from? nt Duval May 2016 #39
Proof that 85% of statistics are made up on the spot padfun May 2016 #110
I've been a Dem since Carter. I support Sanders. mainer May 2016 #121
Whew! For a second there I thought you were going to say something nasty Ned_Devine May 2016 #54
Ben Norton? TwilightZone May 2016 #18
DWS is a pox upon the party Scientific May 2016 #19
Clinton is going to be the nominee. If you don't want to vote for her don't, but these posts, still_one May 2016 #25
Is this part of the constructive "progressive" Bernie "Message" that he plans to take to the The_Casual_Observer May 2016 #26
Again?? Sanders has a reputation for Whining and sueing. riversedge May 2016 #28
Clinton... Lean May 2016 #32
And being indicted. frylock May 2016 #113
Not LBN. riversedge May 2016 #30
K&R...Thanks for posting, Omaha Steve red dog 1 May 2016 #33
Terrible Chairperson pmorlan1 May 2016 #35
Hand picked or part of some deal he made with Hillary like jwirr May 2016 #44
Could Be? pmorlan1 May 2016 #46
It goes in with the "my turn" idea. jwirr May 2016 #49
From Josh Marshall creeksneakers2 May 2016 #37
Don't know what has happened to Josh Marshall. Duval May 2016 #41
I frequent places that don't just confirm what I already believe creeksneakers2 May 2016 #45
Don't forget the 32 state Democratic Party deals with Hillary's jwirr May 2016 #51
Bernie could have made the same deal creeksneakers2 May 2016 #55
YES, because it was a deal to launder BIG MONEY. Good for jwirr May 2016 #60
You can call it that creeksneakers2 May 2016 #67
That is not my words - that is what the articles about it called jwirr May 2016 #71
I don't blame Bernie for not taking the deal creeksneakers2 May 2016 #77
ANYONE who unequivocally claims to know that the primary was not rigged FlatBaroque May 2016 #53
I don't believe in wild conspiracy theories creeksneakers2 May 2016 #56
I don't believe in head in the sand coincidence theories when they don't pass the smell test. Ed Suspicious May 2016 #79
A smell test creeksneakers2 May 2016 #82
OK Beowulf May 2016 #89
Contrary to popular opinion creeksneakers2 May 2016 #90
Bernie has been outperforming exit polls? You'll have to show me. Ed Suspicious May 2016 #92
I'm talking about the regular polls creeksneakers2 May 2016 #93
Well that's not what they use to evaluate the legitimacy of elections. Ed Suspicious May 2016 #94
For decades networks and other media outlets Beowulf May 2016 #97
Why not look at both types? creeksneakers2 May 2016 #99
One big difference between the USA and African or Latin American countries ... Nihil May 2016 #108
Saw that. Josh has always been a good read. Laser102 May 2016 #62
This sort of abuse of the DU rules is below you, Steve. Surya Gayatri May 2016 #42
Your going to complain about this primary-oriented LBN post too then? Omaha Steve May 2016 #47
So, now you want to play "if I am, then, what are you"? Surya Gayatri May 2016 #58
No I'm asking if the other post is LBN worthy? Omaha Steve May 2016 #66
If the rule is that primary-related news must be posted in GD-P, then Surya Gayatri May 2016 #70
I post primary related material about Hillary and you lock them. riversedge May 2016 #59
I don't even bother posting anything in LBN that mentions HRC. Surya Gayatri May 2016 #64
Yes, same here--as you know riversedge May 2016 #116
These 2 from today aren't locked Omaha Steve May 2016 #69
"Sanders campaign blasts DNC chair ..." sounds like news to me Babel_17 May 2016 #65
Bad tactical move by DWS, interjecting herself so prominently, and obviously Babel_17 May 2016 #61
Van Jones Speaks for me. nt zentrum May 2016 #63
I am ashamed. BunkieBandit May 2016 #68
Trump Claimed Clintonites Violent In Chicago billhicks76 May 2016 #72
DNC and BFEE i trust 'em equally. nt chknltl May 2016 #73
Just the kind of leader I want in the White House. You could do no better. Gregorian May 2016 #75
good for him stupidicus May 2016 #76
It is time to Let go. wisteria May 2016 #80
He'll be out when he's out. As of now he is not eliminated. Neither Ed Suspicious May 2016 #91
I wish Sanders would remember who the real enemy is and get back to the issues Zorro May 2016 #88
As soon as Hillary and her supporters stop attacking him. zalinda May 2016 #102
11 Governors, 13 Senators, 69 Reps, 913 state seats, and a partridge in a pear tree MisterP May 2016 #96
It's Her Turn! libodem May 2016 #98
Thank you Van Jones for the comment. EndElectoral May 2016 #101
Kicked and recommended! nt Enthusiast May 2016 #104
Omg...Hillary Is So Fake And Disengenuous billhicks76 May 2016 #105
Hillary Not Allowed To Have Sanders VP billhicks76 May 2016 #107
Seriously, how hard IS IT to get rid of DWS who has been the most complete failure that we have had JCMach1 May 2016 #114
Kinda OT, but what's that on DWS's chin? Wednesdays May 2016 #117
Kick for Primary news in LBN...nt SidDithers May 2016 #118
Hmmm--is this even news? Looks more like "opinion" to me! nt MADem May 2016 #119
Maybe "analysis"... SidDithers May 2016 #120
Salon is not news. wildeyed May 2016 #122
 

phazed0

(745 posts)
1. Totally corrupt.. the DNC has fully pushed me away. This is a Democracy damnit! nt
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:09 PM
May 2016

FlatBaroque

(3,160 posts)
9. Party has been fully infiltrated and taken over by traitors.
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:13 PM
May 2016

Helen Borg

(3,963 posts)
38. treason!
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:00 PM
May 2016
 

phazed0

(745 posts)
40. Treason!
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:02 PM
May 2016

yuiyoshida

(41,818 posts)
36. wait till they call us
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:54 PM
May 2016

sore losers. Remember the Bush supporters? Sore loserman!!

 

silvershadow

(10,336 posts)
50. Dammit man! You've been here since at least March!
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:20 PM
May 2016

ozone_man

(4,825 posts)
86. It's getting harder and harder to stay a Democrat.
Thu May 19, 2016, 08:49 PM
May 2016

DWS makes it unbearable. The Democrats are as corrupt as the Republicans, there is hardly any difference in my view. Let's restore the Party to its FDR ideals. Clintons are not in that direction, to the right of Trump in most ways that affect the 99%.

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)
2. DWS committed a bag-job.
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:10 PM
May 2016
 

scscholar

(2,902 posts)
3. What else do you expect her to do?
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:10 PM
May 2016

Support a long-term party member or an outsider? She's doing her job.

jalan48

(13,841 posts)
6. She better hope those "Outsider Democrats" vote for Hillary if she gets the nomination.
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:12 PM
May 2016

mindwalker_i

(4,407 posts)
7. So the DNC is there to support the person who's turn it is?
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:13 PM
May 2016

Yeah, screw this democracy thing where people get in the way of them deciding stuff.

You are the problem

Zorro

(15,722 posts)
83. The majority of Democratic primary voters made their decision. And it ain't for your candidate.
Thu May 19, 2016, 08:40 PM
May 2016

That's what "this democracy thing" is all about.

Get over it.

mindwalker_i

(4,407 posts)
84. The DNC had not only their thumb on the scale
Thu May 19, 2016, 08:43 PM
May 2016

... but their collective fat ass. My point remains: the DNC is there to give it to the person who's turn it is? That is what the parent post implied.

Zorro

(15,722 posts)
85. Clinton has worked and organized hard for the nomination
Thu May 19, 2016, 08:46 PM
May 2016

She's earned her delegate lead.

mindwalker_i

(4,407 posts)
87. The job of the DNC is not to push one candidate over the other
Thu May 19, 2016, 08:53 PM
May 2016

You can berate me about it all you want but a lot of people will see this is cronyism which will hurt Hillary in the GE and the democratic party long term. Unfortunately, all that stuff we complained about for the republican party is now true for this one.

zalinda

(5,621 posts)
100. Yeah, they've been bought and paid for. eom
Thu May 19, 2016, 10:58 PM
May 2016
 

Katashi_itto

(10,175 posts)
109. Agree, they paid good money for this election.
Fri May 20, 2016, 09:38 AM
May 2016

Akicita

(1,196 posts)
13. Her job is to remain neutral, not favor one Democrat over another.
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:18 PM
May 2016
 

silvershadow

(10,336 posts)
52. ^This. nt
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:24 PM
May 2016

Ferd Berfel

(3,687 posts)
57. Bernie is not an outsider
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:30 PM
May 2016

he's caucused with the Dems his entire time in House and Senate and he's been on, or chaired committees for the Dems.

hopemountain

(3,919 posts)
103. her focus is to stop the grassroots vote. period.
Fri May 20, 2016, 03:46 AM
May 2016

she has clearly stated this and used the term "stop the grassroots" when explaining the purpose of the superdelegates.

dws is not a democrat. i don't know what she is other than mean, spiteful, authoritarian, manipulative, and a snotty elite.

she is pissed she may loose her senate seat, her job with the dnc, and the election for hillary. she feels threatened and for whatever it takes she must win all.

poor, poor debbie....this may be the end of her career.

ananda

(28,833 posts)
34. No, she's carrying water for Clinton and the corporations and the very wealthy!
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:52 PM
May 2016

!!!

 

FighttheFuture

(1,313 posts)
74. I expect her to run a Primary and a Party to allow its voters to decide. Bernie an "outsider"??!!
Thu May 19, 2016, 08:10 PM
May 2016
Ridiculous!!!

He's is more of a Democrat than most of them in office today! People see that and they know it. It's the Corporate leaning Democratic leadership that cannot understand that because they forgot what this Party's roots!

DWS appears to be too much of a tone-deaf DLC toady to understand that. She is too busy courting payday lenders, and minimizing the debates, stymieing Bernie, ignoring all the voting issues injected by the R's over the years, to understand anything else.

Raster

(20,998 posts)
106. oh puleeeze, even a long-term party member that passed the purity tests...
Fri May 20, 2016, 07:26 AM
May 2016

...that challenged the Ne-Empress, would have been completely left out in the cold by DWS and the DNC.

Wasserman-Shitz is PWNED by the Clinton machine. She exists to serve She Who Must Be Obeyed, plain and simple.

tomm2thumbs

(13,297 posts)
4. No one on the planet (if they were being honest) thinks DWS isn't slanting favor towards HRC
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:11 PM
May 2016

it goes against any logic, and we see examples of it, from debates to dismissing talk about Bernie early on in the race, even in regards to speaking at the Convention

livetohike

(22,121 posts)
5. Whine, whine, complain, complain. Not fair!!
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:11 PM
May 2016

Oligarchy! Establishment! Corporatists!

still_one

(92,061 posts)
8. and then they wonder why 87% of self-identified Democrats support Hillary over Sanders
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:13 PM
May 2016
 

phazed0

(745 posts)
10. Funny, havn't seen any primaries winning by anywhere near that much..
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:16 PM
May 2016

..and according to Hillary supporters, polls don't matter.

But since still_one says it, it must be true!

still_one

(92,061 posts)
17. That is because a fair number of Sanders supporters only registered as Democrats to vote in the
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:20 PM
May 2016

primaries for Sanders, not because they identify as Democrats

beardown

(363 posts)
43. So getting people to register into the Democractic party is a bad thing now?
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:06 PM
May 2016

Good to know you side with the rabid repubs who have the same beliefs about Acorn and other organizations who try to increase Democratic party membership.

It's getting so you can't read more than a couple of responses to any of these threads without running into posts like this that show just how horribly wrong the Democratic party has strayed from it's FDR and Kennedy days into the Clinton NAFTA, welfare reform, TPP, Iraqmire days.

ReRe

(10,597 posts)
81. I'm a long-time Dem...
Thu May 19, 2016, 08:30 PM
May 2016

... and voted for Bernie in the Primary.

livetohike

(22,121 posts)
11. Everyone of my friends are sick of him. Even the ones who were strong supporters at first.
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:16 PM
May 2016

I notice a change on my FB feed too. No more barrage of donate to Bernie, feel the Bern cheerleading. It's over.

LS_Editor

(893 posts)
15. You must have a lot of friends to decide it is over.
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:19 PM
May 2016

Last edited Thu May 19, 2016, 10:43 PM - Edit history (1)

You must have more friends than anyone in the world, or it's all anecdotal bullshit.

livetohike

(22,121 posts)
21. Just my personal experience. I'm sure I'm not alone. n/t
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:25 PM
May 2016

Bodych

(133 posts)
23. Anecdotal bullshit...
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:27 PM
May 2016

...gotta love that expression.

And I do.

 

Yallow

(1,926 posts)
16. Are Your Friends Banksters?
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:20 PM
May 2016

livetohike

(22,121 posts)
24. LOl. Far from it. Retirees for the most part. Those still working range from teachers, nurses,
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:28 PM
May 2016

engineers, artists, musicians, accountants for non-profits, doctors, pharmacists, not one banker. Thanks for asking .

still_one

(92,061 posts)
22. This was based on Nate Silvers analysis that a good number of Sanders supporters who voted do not
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:26 PM
May 2016
 

Lean

(39 posts)
29. Every One Of My Friends...
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:45 PM
May 2016

Are sick and tired of the Clinton's. Even the one's who were strong supporters at first. And it appears that Trump has closed the gap. The DNC establishment chose to back the wrong candidate. Hillary is going to lose. Again. Sham on you DNC. Shame on you DWS!

Optimism

(142 posts)
115. Nothing cool about it.
Fri May 20, 2016, 01:14 PM
May 2016

A President Trump because the Superdelegates refuse to put up the best, most electable candidate is not cool. It's tragic ... for this country and the world.

frylock

(34,825 posts)
111. Cool story.
Fri May 20, 2016, 10:51 AM
May 2016

LS_Editor

(893 posts)
12. Why is your arrow pointing to the right?
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:17 PM
May 2016

That's not a good sign.

Fla Dem

(23,585 posts)
48. Actually it's pointing forward, not backward like the Bernie B. nt
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:18 PM
May 2016

Ed Suspicious

(8,879 posts)
78. Republican red and moving rightward.
Thu May 19, 2016, 08:22 PM
May 2016

arikara

(5,562 posts)
95. I know, right?
Thu May 19, 2016, 10:05 PM
May 2016

Red and rightward. The most blatantly honest logo I have ever seen.

 

Yallow

(1,926 posts)
14. 87% Really
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:19 PM
May 2016

In Seattle it is exactly the opposite.

BTW, where did you pull that number? It doesn't smell right.....

still_one

(92,061 posts)
20. Many of those Sanders supporters who registered as Democrats, do not identify themselves as
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:25 PM
May 2016

Democrats, and there are enough posts here which confirm that

"That’s because a lot of Sanders voters don’t identify as Democrats. Exit polls have been conducted in 27 primary and caucus states so far, and Clinton has won among voters who identify as Democrats in all but Vermont, New Hampshire and Wisconsin (where she tied Sanders). But she’s won self-identified independents only in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. (I keep using that term “self-identified” because the exit poll asks voters how they “usually think of” themselves — Democrat, Republican or independent. A voter’s self-identification may differ from her party registration, and some states do not have party registration at all.)"

.....

Clinton’s reasonably strong general election numbers among self-identified Democrats — she had the support of 87 percent of Democrats in a recent NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll in her matchup against Trump,


http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-hidden-importance-of-the-bernie-sanders-voter/

trudyco

(1,258 posts)
27. I don't know where 87% came from
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:40 PM
May 2016

but that self identified Democrats number... keeps going down.
And that Independent number... keeps going up.

DWS/DLC has pushed people out of the party, especially progressives.
down,down,down... fewer and fewer..shrinking percentage of the population... less effective... less important

Great job, Democrats! Great job Debbie! Go Hillary! you guys really know how to manage a big tent. Not.

frylock

(34,825 posts)
112. Nate "92% chance of victory" Silver?
Fri May 20, 2016, 10:53 AM
May 2016
 

Duval

(4,280 posts)
39. Where did you get 87% from? nt
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:01 PM
May 2016

padfun

(1,786 posts)
110. Proof that 85% of statistics are made up on the spot
Fri May 20, 2016, 10:38 AM
May 2016

Your number is so obviously inflated that it borders on a Trumpism.

mainer

(12,017 posts)
121. I've been a Dem since Carter. I support Sanders.
Sat May 21, 2016, 06:53 PM
May 2016

Don't you dare say all Sanders supporters are Johnny come latelys. There are many, many of us who have given tens of thousands of dollars to the DNC over the years, who are now fed up with what the Democratic party has become.

I can't even stand to look at DWS's face. And I'm quickly getting to that point with Hillary.

 

Ned_Devine

(3,146 posts)
54. Whew! For a second there I thought you were going to say something nasty
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:29 PM
May 2016

Instead it was just thoughtless and childish. Nice work!

TwilightZone

(25,426 posts)
18. Ben Norton?
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:23 PM
May 2016

lol, no.

Scientific

(314 posts)
19. DWS is a pox upon the party
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:23 PM
May 2016

Her track record - not just in overt support of Hilary - but in general organization and strategy, sucks. She is the wrong person for the job.

still_one

(92,061 posts)
25. Clinton is going to be the nominee. If you don't want to vote for her don't, but these posts,
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:33 PM
May 2016

which mostly occur from Sanders supporters, with OPs labelled as LBN, when instead they belong in General Discussion : Primaries makes DU a joke

 

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)
26. Is this part of the constructive "progressive" Bernie "Message" that he plans to take to the
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:37 PM
May 2016

convention? He has gone off the deep end.

riversedge

(70,077 posts)
28. Again?? Sanders has a reputation for Whining and sueing.
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:44 PM
May 2016
 

Lean

(39 posts)
32. Clinton...
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:46 PM
May 2016

Has a reputation for cheating, and stretching the truth.

frylock

(34,825 posts)
113. And being indicted.
Fri May 20, 2016, 10:54 AM
May 2016

riversedge

(70,077 posts)
30. Not LBN.
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:45 PM
May 2016

red dog 1

(27,767 posts)
33. K&R...Thanks for posting, Omaha Steve
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:47 PM
May 2016

Too bad Obama lacks the courage or the will to fire DWS!

She's just too damn divisive, IMO.

A divided Democratic Party will not do well come November, regardless of who the nominee is.

pmorlan1

(2,096 posts)
35. Terrible Chairperson
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:52 PM
May 2016
Wasserman Schultz was handpicked by Obama to lead the party in 2011, but soon fell out of favor. “When she sensed Obama was considering replacing her as chair in 2013,” Politico noted, “she began to line up supporters to suggest the move was both anti-woman and anti-Semitic.”


She needs to go.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
44. Hand picked or part of some deal he made with Hillary like
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:09 PM
May 2016

the SOS job?

pmorlan1

(2,096 posts)
46. Could Be?
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:10 PM
May 2016

whoever picked her she needs to go.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
49. It goes in with the "my turn" idea.
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:19 PM
May 2016

creeksneakers2

(7,472 posts)
37. From Josh Marshall
Thu May 19, 2016, 06:59 PM
May 2016
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/sanders-camp-flirts-with-going-full-burn-it-down

"From what I can tell, the current Sanders campaign is riven between people who are increasingly upset or bewildered by what we might call the resurgent "burn it down" turn of Sanders outlook and others who are fully immersed in the feedback loop of grievance and paranoia that sees all the political events of the last year as a series of large and small scale conspiracies to deny the rectitude and destiny of Bernie Sanders. I've seen many, many campaigns. People put everything into it and losing is brutal and punishing. Folks on the losing side frequently go a little nuts, sometimes a lot nuts. The 2008 denouement really was pretty crazy. But it's not clear that this time we have any countervailing force - adulthood, institutional buy-in, future careers, over-riding pragmatism to rein things in."

Other than a debate advantage to Hillary at the beginning, The DNC hasn't done much to affect the outcome of the race. They've had fundraising with Hillary but Bernie could have had that too if he chose it. Now that the Sanders side is devoted to nothing more than damaging the nominee its time for DWS to speak up.

Bernies supporters are obsessed with bizarre conspiracy theories. Now that they are losing they've gotten much worse. The election wasn't rigged. Bernie lost.
 

Duval

(4,280 posts)
41. Don't know what has happened to Josh Marshall.
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:03 PM
May 2016

But, there's another website I won't either donate to or frequent. Too bad.

creeksneakers2

(7,472 posts)
45. I frequent places that don't just confirm what I already believe
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:10 PM
May 2016

I learn that way.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
51. Don't forget the 32 state Democratic Party deals with Hillary's
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:23 PM
May 2016

Victory Fund, the DNC and the state parties. Included in these deals were the Super-Delegates.

creeksneakers2

(7,472 posts)
55. Bernie could have made the same deal
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:29 PM
May 2016

He chose not to.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
60. YES, because it was a deal to launder BIG MONEY. Good for
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:36 PM
May 2016

Bernie.

creeksneakers2

(7,472 posts)
67. You can call it that
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:53 PM
May 2016

But you can't say the process was fixed because only Hillary got the deal.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
71. That is not my words - that is what the articles about it called
Thu May 19, 2016, 08:02 PM
May 2016

it.

You have a strange idea of fairness - because someone refused to take part in a dirty deal they are to blame? Funny.

creeksneakers2

(7,472 posts)
77. I don't blame Bernie for not taking the deal
Thu May 19, 2016, 08:13 PM
May 2016

He got more money from his supporters by turning down big donations and made out better in the long run.

I'm just saying you can't claim the DNC played favorites where they didn't.

FlatBaroque

(3,160 posts)
53. ANYONE who unequivocally claims to know that the primary was not rigged
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:26 PM
May 2016

is FULL OF SHIT. And Josh Marshall is a very much full of shit.

creeksneakers2

(7,472 posts)
56. I don't believe in wild conspiracy theories
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:30 PM
May 2016

unless they have evidence.

Ed Suspicious

(8,879 posts)
79. I don't believe in head in the sand coincidence theories when they don't pass the smell test.
Thu May 19, 2016, 08:27 PM
May 2016

creeksneakers2

(7,472 posts)
82. A smell test
Thu May 19, 2016, 08:34 PM
May 2016

is a name for just going by preconceived notions. Given that you call yourself Suspicious, its not hard to guess what you'd think you were smelling. Judging based on evidence is not the same as a head in the sand.

Beowulf

(761 posts)
89. OK
Thu May 19, 2016, 09:28 PM
May 2016

The exit polls in so many Democratic primaries were off significantly and always in favor of Hillary. Strangely, every exit poll on the GOP side was spot on. If this had happened in an African or Latin American country the world would be screaming election fraud.

creeksneakers2

(7,472 posts)
90. Contrary to popular opinion
Thu May 19, 2016, 09:34 PM
May 2016

Exit polls aren't all that accurate. Its very difficult to get a random sample.

Bernie outperformed many polls. If anything, polls would make it look like it was Bernie's side that was cheating.

Ed Suspicious

(8,879 posts)
92. Bernie has been outperforming exit polls? You'll have to show me.
Thu May 19, 2016, 09:36 PM
May 2016

creeksneakers2

(7,472 posts)
93. I'm talking about the regular polls
Thu May 19, 2016, 09:37 PM
May 2016

taken before the elections.

Ed Suspicious

(8,879 posts)
94. Well that's not what they use to evaluate the legitimacy of elections.
Thu May 19, 2016, 09:38 PM
May 2016

Apples and oranges.

Beowulf

(761 posts)
97. For decades networks and other media outlets
Thu May 19, 2016, 10:30 PM
May 2016

used them to project winners in US elections. They got so good at it, they could project winners before the polls even closed. The UN and other agencies that monitored elections used them to tell if election fraud was occurring. Then suddenly in 2000 and in 2004 we were told exit polls no longer could be trusted. Yeah, right! Peeing on my leg and telling me it's raining ain't going to work.

Also, nice job conflating two different kinds of polls. Exit polls sample actual voters. The kind Bernie outperformed sampled likely voters.

Karl Rove couldn't have done you better.

creeksneakers2

(7,472 posts)
99. Why not look at both types?
Thu May 19, 2016, 10:54 PM
May 2016
http://www.vox.com/2014/11/4/7150019/exit-polls-2014-midterm-election-results-biased

Are exit polls always right?

No. In fact, there are some particular challenges that exit polls have faced for the last several elections, that they still haven't found a way to work out:

Early voters. The phone poll for early voters is a new addition to the exit poll, and it's not clear that the kinks have been worked out yet. It runs into the problems any phone poll has — namely, that it's difficult to poll people who only have mobile phones. Furthermore, the exit pollsters don't typically do early-vote polling in every state; in 2012, only 15 states got early-vote polling.


No exit poll interviewer here. (Justin Sullivan/Getty)

Small groups. Like any poll, the smaller a sample size is, the less likely it is to be representative. So the exit poll is pretty reliable when it comes to large demographics (men, women, Democrats, Republicans) but gets less reliable when it gets to small demographics (young voters, Jewish voters).

Voters of color. In addition to the general problems with smaller voting demographics, analysts believe that the exit poll has a tendency to oversample a particular kind of voter of color — the kind who lives in majority-white areas.

Here's the logic. Even though the public doesn't know exactly how the exit poll chooses where to go, it's possible to make some educated guesses. The exit poll is trying to predict the margin of victory for one candidate over another across the state. So when it decides which polling places to put interviewers outside of, it's reasonable to assume that it's choosing lots of swing precincts — precincts that are harder to predict and likely to affect the outcome. Those are going to be largely white precincts.

Alternatively, says Matt Barreto of Latino Decisions, exit pollsters might choose a precinct as a benchmark based on the last cycle. For example, if a precinct voted for the Democratic Senator 70 percent to 30 percent in 2008, the pollster might choose to put an exit-poll interviewer at that precinct to see if the Democrat's getting less than 70 percent of the vote this time around. But they're not necessarily paying attention to the racial makeup of those precincts.

Here's why this is a problem: the voters of color pollsters run into in majority-white precincts might not be representative of the voters of color across the state. In particular, according to Latino Decisions, voters of color living among whites are "more assimilated, better educated, higher income, and more conservative than other minority voters."

Check out the difference between the percent of nonwhite voters who had a college degree in 2010, according to the US Census vs. the exit poll:

Education level nonwhite voters exit polls
And the problem's even worse for Latino voters, because exit polls are almost never offered in Spanish — even though over a quarter of Latino voters prefer Spanish to English. So the exit polls oversample English-speaking Latinos.

All of these issues together mean that the exit polls sometimes think that Latino voters are much more favorable to Republicans than they actually are. In 2010, for example, Harry Reid won reelection to the Senate by turning out Latinos to vote against his Republican challenger, Sharron Angle, who was running as a hardcore immigration hawk. But according to the exit polls, 30 percent of Nevada Latinos voted for Angle — many more than voted for John McCain for president in 2008. (When the official vote tallies came out, it became clear that over 90 percent of Latinos had voted for Reid.)
 

Nihil

(13,508 posts)
108. One big difference between the USA and African or Latin American countries ...
Fri May 20, 2016, 08:19 AM
May 2016

... is that independent electoral monitors are not allowed in the USA ...

If they were, several elections since 2000 would have been invalidated.



Laser102

(816 posts)
62. Saw that. Josh has always been a good read.
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:42 PM
May 2016
 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
42. This sort of abuse of the DU rules is below you, Steve.
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:04 PM
May 2016

As a former host of LBN, would you have allowed this primary-oriented OP, if it involved a "blast" from Clinton directed at Sanders instead? I think not.

You, who supposedly value DU so much, should NOT flout the spirit of its rules in such a base way.

You should self-delete and re-post to GD-P, if you have any integrity left.

Please see this post as well:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141457035#post25

Omaha Steve

(99,493 posts)
47. Your going to complain about this primary-oriented LBN post too then?
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:14 PM
May 2016
 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
58. So, now you want to play "if I am, then, what are you"?
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:33 PM
May 2016

Like I said, as one of the "pillars" of DU, we might have expected better than this from you. Very disappointing and revealing.

Hope it's worth throwing over your integrity for an ephemeral spot on the homepage "trending list".

 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
70. If the rule is that primary-related news must be posted in GD-P, then
Thu May 19, 2016, 08:02 PM
May 2016

the rule should apply to all sides, no matter who's doing the posting.

As for that pile of links you threw at me, whether those OPs are or are not locked is NOT my call.

I AM NOT A HOST AND I HAVE NO SAY.

YOU ARE (or have been) A HOST, and should therefore set the example for best practice.

Or, at the very least, you should obey the standing rules in order to attempt (against increasing odds) to maintain the integrity and perennity of DU.

riversedge

(70,077 posts)
59. I post primary related material about Hillary and you lock them.
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:36 PM
May 2016
 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
64. I don't even bother posting anything in LBN that mentions HRC.
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:44 PM
May 2016

Omaha Steve must have locked half a dozen of my OPs for being "off-topic". Guess it depends on who's talking.

riversedge

(70,077 posts)
116. Yes, same here--as you know
Fri May 20, 2016, 02:26 PM
May 2016

Babel_17

(5,400 posts)
65. "Sanders campaign blasts DNC chair ..." sounds like news to me
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:45 PM
May 2016

Thanks for posting it, please leave it. This is an important development to the escalation of the already simmering hostilities between DNC head Shultz and the Sanders campaign. Not to mention her disdain for some popular policies held by Democrats of all stripes.

Babel_17

(5,400 posts)
61. Bad tactical move by DWS, interjecting herself so prominently, and obviously
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:38 PM
May 2016

She is not a good poster person for a successful Democratic party. Now she's making it about her and Secretary Clinton vs. the Sanders campaign. The Clinton campaign isn't helped by the association, not at this moment in time.

By all means continue, Representative Shultz; upcoming states in the primaries will no doubt be moved by your disdain for the Sanders campaign, and those voters supporting it.

zentrum

(9,865 posts)
63. Van Jones Speaks for me. nt
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:43 PM
May 2016

BunkieBandit

(82 posts)
68. I am ashamed.
Thu May 19, 2016, 07:55 PM
May 2016

I feel dirty and feel like something of mine has been violated. I dunno. Is this the new norm to be expected every election cycle?

 

billhicks76

(5,082 posts)
72. Trump Claimed Clintonites Violent In Chicago
Thu May 19, 2016, 08:03 PM
May 2016

I guess DWS, Boxer and Hillary want to emulate that strategy. It's pathetic and at this point Hillary has totally lost the under 30 vote. It doesnt matter whether we agree or not or what we here do or dont support...what matters is how the GENERAL ELECTORATE will vote and Hillary has already botched it. Sanders has a MUCH BETTER chance of winning. ALL POLLS VERIFY THIS FACT. Please persuade me polls dont matter after telling me for 2 years they are all that matter. Hillary's negatives are IMMOVABLE. I will blame her for a Trump victory you better believe it.

chknltl

(10,558 posts)
73. DNC and BFEE i trust 'em equally. nt
Thu May 19, 2016, 08:05 PM
May 2016

Gregorian

(23,867 posts)
75. Just the kind of leader I want in the White House. You could do no better.
Thu May 19, 2016, 08:10 PM
May 2016

It makes me proud to be a Democrat when I see such behavior.

Thank you for standing up to the bullies, and cheaters I might add.

 

stupidicus

(2,570 posts)
76. good for him
Thu May 19, 2016, 08:13 PM
May 2016

HC came, she saw, and Bernie is still breathing

I guess she can't celebrate any violence in this case

 

wisteria

(19,581 posts)
80. It is time to Let go.
Thu May 19, 2016, 08:29 PM
May 2016

It has been hard fought, but he can't make up the differences. He has given it his all, and he will change the discussion and path of our party for a long time. He should be proud. No one has cheated, rules are rules. Hillary lost in 2008 playing by these same rules. Continuing the blame game will not get anyone anywhere.

Ed Suspicious

(8,879 posts)
91. He'll be out when he's out. As of now he is not eliminated. Neither
Thu May 19, 2016, 09:35 PM
May 2016

Will have the delegates. Then it's time to make their pitch to the super delegates. Why is this so dang hard to understand?

Zorro

(15,722 posts)
88. I wish Sanders would remember who the real enemy is and get back to the issues
Thu May 19, 2016, 09:13 PM
May 2016

zalinda

(5,621 posts)
102. As soon as Hillary and her supporters stop attacking him.
Thu May 19, 2016, 11:10 PM
May 2016

Hillary hasn't talked about the issues, like never. She says something and then changes her mind. Oh, wait did she say anything? I can't tell, she speaks around a subject like she has something to hide.

Z

MisterP

(23,730 posts)
96. 11 Governors, 13 Senators, 69 Reps, 913 state seats, and a partridge in a pear tree
Thu May 19, 2016, 10:25 PM
May 2016

Last edited Fri May 20, 2016, 03:02 PM - Edit history (2)

and also an Oval Office, now

libodem

(19,288 posts)
98. It's Her Turn!
Thu May 19, 2016, 10:43 PM
May 2016

A Coronation was in order. There is no competition in democracy. The people have nothing to do with it. What do you think this is? Some kinda one party Communist one party system?

EndElectoral

(4,213 posts)
101. Thank you Van Jones for the comment.
Thu May 19, 2016, 10:59 PM
May 2016

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)
104. Kicked and recommended! nt
Fri May 20, 2016, 06:45 AM
May 2016
 

billhicks76

(5,082 posts)
105. Omg...Hillary Is So Fake And Disengenuous
Fri May 20, 2016, 07:24 AM
May 2016

She can't even hide it. Too many people hate her. What a candidate lol. Most liberals can't stand her. Great solution to winning. The leadership is so stupid. Ego over reality.

 

billhicks76

(5,082 posts)
107. Hillary Not Allowed To Have Sanders VP
Fri May 20, 2016, 07:28 AM
May 2016

When Cuomo on CNN asked she knew the answer. Her overlords on Wall St and the National Security Establishment would never allow it. Hillary has to maintain wars at home against average Americans with the Drug War and in the Middle East enriching weapons manufacturers. What a joke she is against guns. My mind is blown that people who support her don't see the shame in it. Fine. Let's hold them responsible later.

JCMach1

(27,553 posts)
114. Seriously, how hard IS IT to get rid of DWS who has been the most complete failure that we have had
Fri May 20, 2016, 10:57 AM
May 2016

as a Chair in recent memory?

Wednesdays

(17,311 posts)
117. Kinda OT, but what's that on DWS's chin?
Fri May 20, 2016, 03:08 PM
May 2016

There's either a flaw in the photo, or she forgot to wipe off some toothpaste.

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)
118. Kick for Primary news in LBN...nt
Sat May 21, 2016, 04:05 PM
May 2016

Sid

MADem

(135,425 posts)
119. Hmmm--is this even news? Looks more like "opinion" to me! nt
Sat May 21, 2016, 06:20 PM
May 2016

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)
120. Maybe "analysis"...
Sat May 21, 2016, 06:45 PM
May 2016

Guess it matters who you are, as much as what you post.

Sid

wildeyed

(11,243 posts)
122. Salon is not news.
Sat May 21, 2016, 08:14 PM
May 2016

Salon is so stupid, I unfollowed it on freakin' Facebook because cat videos were more enlightening than some of the crap they post.

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