whistle just blew, game over! The 2016 Democratic presidential primary is finished!

[geek tragedy]

Polls closed in DC 8:00 PM, Eastern Time.

[bigwillq]

1. It's been a spirited primary

Clinton and Sanders both did a good job, imo.
And a great primary season here on DU; very entertaining.

[LenaBaby61]

3. Agree....

But thank GOD it's over soon

[grossproffit]

6. Very entertaining is right.

[Peacetrain]

2. Drinks and coffee will be served at the back of the room

(_)O(_)O(_)O _/ _/ _/

Its been a long haul for everyone..

[geek tragedy]

4. 10 minutes! nt

[BootinUp]

5. Woohoo! Tick Tock.

[MineralMan]

7. Counting it down to this week's

Number one hit, kids!...

[geek tragedy]

8. who's gonna win? suspense is killing me! nt

[MineralMan]

9. But can you dance to it?

That's the real question.

[ucrdem]

10. It was grand

[wyldwolf]

11. duh duhduhduh DUH DUH DUH DUH! (wait! Where's the MSNBC music??)

[geek tragedy]

13. Wolf Blitzer has a CNN breaking race update:

she still won

[grossproffit]

15. You mad?

[wyldwolf]

16. ^^ Example of a post that will not be allowed in just ONE day! Woo hoo!

[Doctor_J]

19. So if Mrs. Clinton gets indicted, discussion will be prohibited?

It's going to be pretty quiet. When did issues become verboten?

[geek tragedy]

44. .

[grossproffit]

20. Can't wait.

[BootinUp]

41. lol nt

[rhett o rick]

14. Have the delegates voted yet? I am curious why you are so anxious to declare Hillary

the winner. Afraid that the other shoe might fall between now and the convention?

[grossproffit]

17. Were you the same way when Obama was the presumptive nominee?

[geek tragedy]

18. The voters declared her the winner, as has everyone outside the Bernie Bubble

that tends to happen when someone finishes with large majorities in the voting.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroo_Onoda

[rhett o rick]

22. The election system, the worst in the modern world, has her leading going into the convention.

[geek tragedy]

26. "she won"--Elizabeth Warren

maybe you have a greater understanding of these issues than people like Elizabeth Warren and Barack Obama.

[rjsquirrel]

52. Also called "winning"

[rhett o rick]

25. Those of us in the Bernie Bubble are fighting to end poverty, what are you fighting for? Goldman-

Sachs profits?

[geek tragedy]

29. denying external reality is not a sign

of moral virtue.

She got more votes than he did. A lot more. She has a LOT more delegates than he does.

He has zero chance of being the nominee, because he lost and she won.

That is reality, whether you embrace it or hide from it, it's still reality.

[rhett o rick]

31. She is leading in a corrupted election process. She had the DNC, the Corp-Media

and Big Money Special Interests on her side. The People will fight the corruption of Big Money in our government to the convention and beyond.

[geek tragedy]

34. "The People" chose Clinton over Sanders. And she isn't leading, she WON. The voting is over.

All 50 states, all overseas territories, everyone has had their chance to vote in the Democratic primary.

And Sanders lost. He failed to win over registered Democrats, women, older voters, blacks, and Latinos.

The voting is over, he lost and she won.

[anamnua]

43. Amen. I am also reminded of the following Monty Python sketch

[bettyellen]

23. It's because the voters have spoken- and some people disrespect them and stubbornly ignore that.

It's tiresome and a tiny bit sad,nothing more.

[rhett o rick]

33. I don't disrespect the voters, I disrespect an election system known to be the worst

of all modern nations. I disrespect a corrupt system that pits Big Money against the People.

[bettyellen]

35. The caucuses suck, open primaries are unfair to Dems.... And the

GOP gerrymandering and onerous other ID laws need to go. we need a supportive and liberal Supreme Court, and more states governors to get things changed though.

[geek tragedy]

36. so it couldn't possibly be that voters just preferred her, because lord knows

no one can honestly disagree with you

[rhett o rick]

38. Your attempts to bait me are childish.

I won't be responding to you again.

[zappaman]

49. !!!

[lancer78]

57. Wow

Such Hyperbole. Sanders lost because he only won 6 counties TOTAL among the states of LA, AR, TN, MS, AL, GA, and SC. These all voted before March 15th and changed the race narrative. Any claims of voting fraud (Arizona was done by republicans) is to make a mockery of true voting fraud and disenfranchisement.

[rhett o rick]

59. Hyperbole? What did I say that you consider hyperbole? Have you not read

that our election system is one of the worst in the western countries? How is my making that statement hyperbole?

Maybe you think that our system doesn't plot Big Money against the People. Maybe you don't understand Citizens United and Super Pacs. Before Hillary ran, most Democrats were united against Citizens United and Big Money in politics, but now the Clinton Wing embrace it.

[BainsBane]

42. Still hoping to overturn the votes of the people

She is the nominee, and now you get to choose between supporting her or Trump.
You can spend all summer hoping to overturn electoral democracy, but you don't get to hold others to your anti-democratic fantasies.

[rhett o rick]

46. Quite the contrary. I want the voices of the People to prevail against the corrupt

culture of Big Money that controls our government and our elections.

[BainsBane]

60. No, you want YOUR voice

The people have spoken. The problem is you think their right to do so doesn't matter, and that you should be able to determine their votes. That is precisely why I find your rhetoric about concern for "the people" so unbelievable. Advancing the people's voice means respecting their rights to make their own electoral decisions, something you refuse to do.

Anyone can claim they are operating in the interests of the people, and they all believe it. It doesn't make it so, particularly when they openly express a desire to overturn the results of popular elections.

[Lord Magus]

61. +1

Pity we can't recommend replies.

[Lord Magus]

62. The voices of the people have been heard.

We said we want Hillary Clinton to be the next president.

[rhett o rick]

63. The voice of an election system has been heard just like it did in 2000 and 2004.

Millions more eligible voters didn't vote for Hillary than did.

I think our voting system ranks 23 best in the western world.

[Lord Magus]

64. Millions more?

There's 12,698,367 votes so far for Bernie, 102,966 for "uncommitted" and 395,749 for assorted other candidates. That's 13,197,082 for "not Hillary" vs 16,507,979 for Hillary.

[OilemFirchen]

21. Some hilarious responses already.

I don't see any mention of a winner; simply an observation that the primary is done. Which, of course, it is.

The angst is palpable.

[rhett o rick]

24. It is hard for some of us that hoped we could get big money our of politics, but we have to

fight against the conservative Democrats that support the corporations. The two presumptive candidates have low popularity ratings. Hmmm, maybe the election system is corrupt.

[OilemFirchen]

27. Okay.

Thanks for sharing.

[redstateblues]

53. The people have spoken. The people chose Hillary. Bernie did well.

Not enough to win.

[Jon Ace]

28. We're... free...

[OilemFirchen]

32. And freedom tastes of reality. (n/t)

[greatauntoftriplets]

58. Funny thing, it always does.

That's reality, I guess.

[ucrdem]

30. I'm gonna miss those hourly astroturf updates and snarky tweets

good times

[Jamaal510]

37. ...

[grossproffit]

39. DC LANDSLIDE! HILLARY!!!

[BainsBane]

40. 61% lead for H

Already called by the networks.

I came to GD-P to see what the CT du jour is.

[Demsrule86]

45. Thank God!!!

So if Sanders never concedes what will he be other than a late night joke and possible spoiler? Do we ignore him? I have no interest in any 'movement' he leads.

[Lil Missy]

47. Was it close? I wonder who the nominee is going to be.

[geek tragedy]

48. When will they reveal her name? nt

[jcgoldie]

54. The suspense is killing me:) nt

[eastwestdem]

50. Apparently someone didn't get the message. nt

[Live and Learn]

51. See you at the convention!! nt

[AgadorSparticus]

55. Yabbadabbadooooo!!!!!!!!! It is time to kick some trump ass!!

[Beacool]

56. Yes, congratulations to both candidates for a hard fought primary.