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in_cog_ni_to

(41,600 posts)
1. If NY delegates go against the people, They will get voted out of office.
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 02:13 PM
Mar 2016

Same with every other delegate in states Bernie won by landslides. Their days will be numbered!

Hear that Pat Leahy? Chuck Schumer?

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
5. She has s-delegates on her payroll and include lobbyists for some very nasty corporations ...
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 02:31 PM
Mar 2016

Can't vote them out of office ...

https://theintercept.com/2016/02/17/voters-be-damned/

The following individuals are unelected, Clinton-supporting superdelegates who simultaneously work in the lobbying industry:

Jeff Berman, well-known for his delegate-strategy work in the past, is being paid by the Hillary Clinton campaign to organize her delegate-counting effort while himself being a superdelegate. A “top lobbyist” at Bryan Cave LLP, Berman previously worked as a lobbyist for the private prison company Geo Group and as a lobbyist helping TransCanada build support for the Keystone XL.

Bill Shaheen is one of the six New Hampshire superdelegates to endorse Clinton. Shaheen is a prolific party fundraiser, and his law firm is registered to lobby local officials in the state. The most recently available lobbying records show that Shaheen’s firm is registered to lobby on behalf of the American Council of Life Insurers and PainCare Centers, among other clients. PainCare has faced increasing scrutiny as local officials have noted that eight of the 10 most prolific opioid prescribers in New Hampshire’s Medicaid program worked for PainCare. The flood of prescription painkillers has fueled the heroin epidemic in the region, as four out of five heroin addicts report beginning their drug habit with opioids. Bill is the husband of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H.

in_cog_ni_to

(41,600 posts)
6. Jeezus Krist on a pogo stick! Then we beat her arse in every state...by a LANDSLIDE.
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 02:44 PM
Mar 2016

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Her filth runs deep.

She cannot be president.

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

Aquavit

(488 posts)
10. She also has that other superdelegate, what's his name...
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 07:30 PM
Mar 2016

Oh yeah, it's Bullhorn Billy, Electioneering Extraordinaire!

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Democratic_Party_superdelegates,_2016

He's a NY superdelegate this year.

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
11. It's the job of the superdelegates to support establishment candidates only. Think Bill would ...
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 07:33 PM
Mar 2016

... bend to the will of the voters if Bernie wins NY in a landslide?

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
3. Go against the Will of the Voters...
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 02:18 PM
Mar 2016

And the Revolution will really be on!

We need to clean house of these Entrenched Elite DINO Turd Way Establishment types...top to bottom...Federal, State and Local.

CrispyQ

(36,424 posts)
4. Super delegates listed here:
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 02:25 PM
Mar 2016
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Democratic_Party_superdelegates,_2016

Click on the "State" field to sort by State.

People, write to your reps/senators/governors about this! Send them an email & go to their Facebook page & post that they need to uphold the will of the people.

Optimism

(142 posts)
7. Thanks for the list!
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 03:29 PM
Mar 2016

Yesterday I e-mailed my Washington State Governor, two senators, and Congressional Rep asking them to reflect the will of their constituents (these "Supers" have all pledged for Hillary), and reminded them that their early pledge (well before our caucuses) for Clinton is being used by the media to reinforce their Clinton has this wrapped up narrative. At a bare minimum they should at least change their pledge to uncommitted until the convention, due to how their "pledge" is currently being used.

I will wait a day now and then call all of their offices, to verbally remind them of how undemocratic they are being. So in the three western states that just caucused this past weekend (AK, HI, WA) and voted overwhelmingly for Sanders ... 14 of the Superdelegates have pledged for Hillary and one lone Alaskan "Super" has pledged for Bernie. In what universe is that remotely democratic ?!

Aside from that ... let's phonebank for Bernie to take Wisconsin!! One state at a time ... the momentum continues!

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