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When Bernie concedes, will Tad Devine insist that Bernie wasn't competing for the nomination? (Original Post) DanTex Mar 2016 OP
You're gonna be waiting a long time for Bernie to concede NWCorona Mar 2016 #1
Three months tops. Could be as early as April 20. We'll see. DanTex Mar 2016 #2
Yes we will NWCorona Mar 2016 #3
Two famous Bernie Sanders surrogates have total meltdowns and become laughingstocks riversedge Mar 2016 #6
Dailynewsbin? NWCorona Mar 2016 #7
nah--google a link for Yourself--these two Sander meltdowns are all over the news. riversedge Mar 2016 #8
I will and check back NWCorona Mar 2016 #10
I broke down and looked at your link then read the hyperlinked NWCorona Mar 2016 #13
Post removed Post removed Mar 2016 #4
oh my--you ARE GOOD! riversedge Mar 2016 #5
56%... HumanityExperiment Mar 2016 #9
That's 57% to have more delegates than Clinton. It's 67% to have enough to win the nomination. CalvinballPro Mar 2016 #11
LOL... HumanityExperiment Mar 2016 #12
What do you know about "critical thinking" peddling this Sanders fantasy? CalvinballPro Mar 2016 #14
"You're acting like"... HumanityExperiment Mar 2016 #15

riversedge

(70,187 posts)
6. Two famous Bernie Sanders surrogates have total meltdowns and become laughingstocks
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 10:31 AM
Mar 2016



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Two famous Bernie Sanders surrogates have total meltdowns and become laughingstocks http://www.dailynewsbin.com/opinion/the-bernie-sanders-cult-finally-became-a-national-laughing-stock-today/24288/ #DontGetBerned





Two famous Bernie Sanders surrogates have total meltdowns and become laughingstocks


http://www.dailynewsbin.com/opinion/the-bernie-sanders-cult-finally-became-a-national-laughing-stock-today/24288/


By dailynewsbin | March 28, 2016



We all know by now that there are regular Bernie Sanders supporters who happen to like his views on the issues, and then there is the Bernie Sanders Cult – those who worship him in such religious fashion that they have no interest in facts or issues or even the politics involved. Today may have been the day the Bernie Cult finally became a national laughing stock. Not one but two of his top people became trending topics on Twitter today, for entirely different reasons, each because they were being made fun of for saying insanely disturbing things.

Around mid-day, top Bernie Sanders campaign strategist Tad Devine saw his name appear in lights on Twitter when he claimed that Bernie has only lost the majority of states because he wasn’t trying to compete in them. Not only was that a factually false statement based on how much money he spent trying to win Arizona and South Carolina, only to lose them in blowouts, it had a sore-loser vibe written all over it. Suddenly “Tad Devine” was in the trending topics column on Twitter, as one user after another made fun of him for what they alternately referred to as his dishonest or delusional thinking.

It confirmed what must be the worst fears for Bernie’s reasonable supporters: he was never trying to win the nomination, and his entire campaign strategy has been a calculated attempt at creating a cult figure. Even as the Bernie Cult members seemed to be lapping up Devine’s every incoherent word, the regular Bernie voters must have been wondering just what the hell kind of campaign Devine has been running under their noses.

Then one of Bernie’s most famous surrogates, Susan Sarandon, became a trending topic for revealing the lunacy of how the cult thinks. She went on national television and tried to explain why she could never vote for Hillary Clinton if Bernie failed to get the nomination. But while doing so, she slipped up and admitted that she’d rather see Donald Trump become President than Hillary. Sure enough, “Susan Sarandon” appeared on Twitter’s trending topics as users began asking if she was suffering a breakdown.

In other words Sarandon doesn’t give a damn about the issues Bernie Sanders is advocating for. She just wants to see the establishment torn apart by an outsider – any outsider – even if it’s a racist sexist xenophobic nuke-happy Nazi wannabe like Donald Trump. In that moment, she threw away every bit of liberal credibility she ever had, instead painting herself as a madwoman who simply wants to see the nation fall. And once again, it left the normal supporters of Bernie Sanders wondering why they’ve been supporting a campaign whose most prominent backers are involved for such insanely nihilistic reasons........................

NWCorona

(8,541 posts)
13. I broke down and looked at your link then read the hyperlinked
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 10:57 AM
Mar 2016

Source material and I'm not seeing what you or dailynewsbin are seeing.

Yes he was spinning and trying to put the best light of the situation of Bernie losing badly in the south. But meltdown or laughing stock? I'm not seeing that.

I do thank you for bringing this up!

Response to DanTex (Original post)

 

HumanityExperiment

(1,442 posts)
9. 56%...
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 10:43 AM
Mar 2016

Of the remaining 22 primaries 56% is what Bernie needs to win nomination

Why would he concede when the nomination is within reach?

 

CalvinballPro

(1,019 posts)
11. That's 57% to have more delegates than Clinton. It's 67% to have enough to win the nomination.
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 10:48 AM
Mar 2016

Try reading a whole article next time, not just the parts you think favor Bernie.

 

HumanityExperiment

(1,442 posts)
12. LOL...
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 10:53 AM
Mar 2016

"have more delegates than Clinton"

that forces the super delegate's hands... go against the delegate count to prop HRC, the establishment republican light candidate up to 'win' the nomination or.... face imploding the D party

reading is fundamental, critical thinking is paramount

 

CalvinballPro

(1,019 posts)
14. What do you know about "critical thinking" peddling this Sanders fantasy?
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 11:06 AM
Mar 2016

You're acting like Clinton's delegates will stay static while Bernie's just wrack up. Not according to proportional allocation rules.

Clinton needs 37% of the remaining delegates to win. She'll get that long before Sanders gets 57%, and Sanders required margin will only increase as less states remain to vote. He'll roll into CA needing to win 110% of the delegates there, just watch.

 

HumanityExperiment

(1,442 posts)
15. "You're acting like"...
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 11:15 AM
Mar 2016

not I've presented facts, and looking at trends over time guess which candidate is gaining while the other is 'staying static', to use your term...

I am 'watching' and paying attention to the facts and details, you on the other hand are not

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