Haven't heard a word from Bernie

[MaggieD]

No concession, no mention of the elections last night at all. And I hear that he did not send out the typical post primary email asking for donations.

Have I missed it? Or might he be "considering his options", as they say?

[azurnoir]

1. apparently you missed it look around it's here

[MaggieD]

2. What did he say?

[Donkees]

3. You missed it. He congratulated Hillary, etc. It's been posted several times since this morning...

[MaggieD]

5. Threads are moving fast and furious

Name of thread? Link? TIA. I would love to see what he said. I know he didn't concede last night.

[Donkees]

8. Here:

PHOENIX – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday issued the following statement:

“I congratulate Secretary Clinton on her victories on Tuesday. I also want to thank the millions of voters across the nation who supported our campaign and elected delegates who will take us all the way to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

“With more than half the delegates yet to be chosen and a calendar that favors us in the weeks and months to come, we remain confident that our campaign is on a path to win the nomination.”

[MaggieD]

13. So just a statement

And no awareness that he's not going to win. Thanks for the response though.

[Donkees]

17. He danced too, as supporters were stuffing money down his pants. Women were fainting, etc.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

55. If it was Hillary, would you want her to quit now? I wouldn't.

I think Hillary is going to win this thing, eventually, but the process we are in is a good one, one that Democracy thrives on, and ultimately is making her a better candidate.

[MaggieD]

58. Actually I would

For the sake of her dignity.

[frylock]

67. For the sake of her dignity.

?noredirect

[Logical]

73. Bernie has 1000 times the dignity of her. Nt

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. Here ya' go. I got it this morning. And, sent another donation.

When we started our campaign 10 months ago, Michael, I don't think you could find a single person who would believe you if you said Bernie Sanders would win nine states by this point in the campaign.

Last night we beat all the polls in almost every state. We earned a significant number of delegates, and are on track for the nomination. Here's why:

What you will not hear from the political and media establishment is that, based on the primary and caucus schedule for the rest of the race, this is the high water mark for the Clinton campaign. Starting today, the map now shifts dramatically in our favor.

Arizona, Idaho, and Utah are up next Tuesday. Alaska, Hawaii, and Washington State caucus the Saturday after. Then it's Wisconsin's turn to vote.

That means we have an extremely good chance to win nearly every state that votes in the next month. If we continue to stand together, we’re just getting started for our political revolution:

Make another $10 contribution to our campaign and we can win this Democratic primary, the White House, and take our country back from the billionaire class.

No one said a political revolution would be easy. We are up against a billionaire class and super PACs that are determined to see us lose.

The fact remains that Hillary Clinton’s lead will never be as large as it is right now. From here on out we keep chipping away until we take the lead. But that can only happen if we keep fighting, and that’s why your $10 contribution to our campaign is so important.

The whole country will be watching to see how we respond in this moment. Let’s send a message that millions of Americans are just as ready to fight for an economy that works for everyone as we were when this campaign started 10 months ago.

In solidarity,

Bernie Sanders

[MaggieD]

12. Okay, so still asking for donations -- thanks

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

14. And, still getting them..but not from Wall Street.

[MaggieD]

18. How do you know?

Given that his FEC filings have been so messed up? How about all those non-citizen donors? How about all the folks who donated over the limit? Thousands of them.

And it looks to me like his top 3-5 are the same as hers.

https://www.opensecrets.org/pres16/indus.php?cycle=2016&id=N00000528&type=f

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

21. OK. I'll say "suspect" that he's not getting paid off by Wall Street..unlike another candidate.

[MaggieD]

25. Link?

I have a new rule for myself around here. Whenever I see anyone making a baseless accusation regarding our presumptive nominee I am going to call it out.

It's about time we stopped with the baseless innuendo that is NEVER accompanied by a shred of fact.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

29. There are no facts, only interpretations. Friedrich Nietzsche

My interpretation of Hillary's coziness with Wall Street is that she's corrupt.

Interpretations may differ.

[MaggieD]

46. So no facts

I am not surprised. I have been watching this place thrive on no facts for years now.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

70. But, a lot of interpretations.

[dixiegrrrrl]

23. I have something for you...

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

26. Accepted humbly.

[firebrand80]

7. What elections last night?

All I saw was the REVOLUTION Bernin up Phoenix

[NurseJackie]

9. MaggieD!!!!

(That's all. Just wanted to hug ya!)

[JohnnyLib2]

53. I'll second that!

[Skwmom]

10. I got my email.

[JoePhilly]

15. Might want to post that on Discussionist ...

... they've been predicting she'd be indicted "any second" for about a year now.

[JoePhilly]

20. Make it an OP and you'd become famous.

They are very confident Hillary is going to be indicted too. Any second.

[riversedge]

43. "they' meaning the RW (andsome Bernie fans). It is hard to tell the

differences with posts like the one you are responding to.

[grossproffit]

27. There's a better chance of seeing a unicorn dressed as a pig in a flying saucer.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

61. Given the email scandal is made up by the GOP, you might be right.

[morningfog]

19. He's in till the convention. You missed his speech because the networks didn't carry it.

[MaggieD]

22. He did not say a word in his speech about the primaries he lost

Not a single word. And yes I did see it. He just went on for an hour with his standard stump speech, acting like the 5 primaries last night never happened.

Odd. Why do you think he did that? Too proud to admit defeat? That's my impression.

[morningfog]

28. Moving forward, I suppose. On to the next few weeks were he is expected to do well.

He is in for the long haul. You should be thanking him and sending a donation. It gives you an outlet for your hate.

[MaggieD]

30. He will be losing his dignity

... by staying in. And that is a shame. Everyone knows he is not going to be the nominee. I don't think I have seen a candidate so consistently whooped by 20% that still insists they are going to win. It's sad for him.

[morningfog]

32. But great for you!

Just think, you get another 2-3 months of Bernie hate!

[morningfog]

38. But you get to hate on him! I can tell you are secretly tickled about it.

[karynnj]

40. Did you know that the losing candidate in 2008 stayed in for a month after the last contest?

Did she lose any dignity?

Given that you support HRC, why do you care that he is still running? HRC is very very likely to win, if he wants to contest the remaining states, that is his privilege. By the way, the people back home (in his case) respect and love him - and that is what he will go back to in the summer if he loses.

[MaggieD]

42. She was behind by 90 - he is behind by 320

[karynnj]

50. True, but MATHEMATICALLY, she could not win the majority of pledged delegates as there were NONE

left. Half of the delegates are still to be won this year. It is very very likely HRC wins, but MATHEMATICALLY, if Sanders wins more delegates in the second half than she did in the first half -- he would win.

Is this likely? - no Is it possible (no matter how improbable) ? - yes

[MaggieD]

56. SMH

He looks silly. He will be a joke in the media if he doesn't get out soon. Also watch his turnout drop as people decline to spend hours to caucus for no purpose.

[karynnj]

62. Well, silly is not the word I would have used relative to continuing to stay in

after all the contests in 2008 when she had absolutely no way to win -- it was kind of sad. She had so much given to her and she blew it then.

The media has never given Bernie the coverage that they gave to Republican candidates doing far worse than he did. He is not a joke and I would suggest that you are not doing your candidate any favors with this nonsense.

[morningfog]

45. You need to read this:

I think it is important that we begin to tone down the most divisive and over-the-top rhetoric about our primary candidates and their supporters. And in case it's not clear, that goes for both candidates.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10135098

Read the whole post so you can properly adjust your posting habits.

[choie]

36. Do you always have to be nasty?

N/t

[morningfog]

39. Yes.

[choie]

47. Morning I hope

You don't think I was referring to you!!

[morningfog]

48. I know who you were referring to.

[riversedge]

49. No, in the speech itself in AZ, he ignored what was going on in the

primaries--did not say a word one way or another from an article I read. He send out the memo later--late last night I think although not sure.

Today, he and his advisors are taking the day off--went to Sedona AZ--the beautiful Red Rocks area. (been there afew time myself). anyway they are having a pow wow on strategy

[John Poet]

69. So Bernie doesn't write his speeches to please YOU!

What a newsflash! I guess you never suspected that.

[ucrdem]

24. LOL, you missed his brand-new meme, which is . . . .

"And who are America's richest family? The WALTONS!!!1111"


And we know where he'll be going with that for the next six months. It's stunts like this that really make me wonder whose side he's on.

[MaggieD]

33. He's not on the side of Democrats

That much has been obvious for a very long time considering that he has smeared them for 30 years and then continued to smear them throughout this campaign.

I said long ago, I have no clue why that seemed like a good campaign strategy to him, but apparently it did. I guess he needs to get out of Vermont more. That crap does not play with actual Democrats.

[frylock]

68. Shitting on Sanders and his supporters seems like a pretty sound strategy.

Keep up the good work!

[Cleita]

31. Considering that the MSM preferred to show an empty podium

that Trump was supposed to give a a speech at instead of Bernie speaking at the same time might have something to do with it.

[MaggieD]

34. Except I saw that speech and he never mentioned the primaries he just lost

[Cleita]

35. Maybe because they hadn't been decided all yet. One wasn't decided

until today.

[karynnj]

44. What part of congratulating HRC on her victories did you not understand?

[morningfog]

51. The part that gets in the way of her Bernie hate.

[MaggieD]

52. The part where he couldn't bear to call her to concede or.....

.... say anything, and only release a statement instead. Poor sport. IMO.

[JonLeibowitz]

59. How do you know he didn't call her to concede the states?

Do you handle Hillary's telephone calls?

[karynnj]

60. Concede what? He congratulated her on her victories - which is what she has done

when he won states. She has not yet won the nomination!

He DID give a speech - the networks failed to cover it. That is not his fault.

[MaggieD]

63. Concede 5 states, FL, NC, OH, IL, and MO

He lost all of them, or hadn't you heard?

[karynnj]

65. Just what do you think congratulating her on her victories means?

[pdsimdars]

41. It was posted by Segami much earlier today.

Might want to read a little before posting.

[MaggieD]

54. He released a statement

Couldn't bother to concede or even speak a word. Not too classy, IMO.

[Doctor_J]

57. Someone's Lying Lord, Kumbaya

Someone's Lying Lord, Kumbaya

How have you managed to not get another time out?

[morningfog]

64. Skinner did away with time outs. So they are back.

[frylock]

66. That'll happen when you refuse to listen.

[pdsimdars]

71. Take your fingers out of your ears and blinders off the eyes. It's out there all day long

ever hear of the "internet"? You can look stuff up on it I hear. Try it.

[Autumn]

72. You must have missed it.