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I smell a major conspiracy.... [View all] Playinghardball May 2016 OP
I hate it when.... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #1
12 photos of ridiculously large rallies, and "How are we not winning by literal landslides". VulgarPoet May 2016 #118
There is a medical condition that affect smell tonyt53 May 2016 #2
You have a good count on caucus goers? Ed Suspicious May 2016 #14
everyone can smell just fine- and this 'election' smells fishy J_J_ May 2016 #19
If all those people at those rallies had just voted . . . brush May 2016 #38
yes indeed! floppyboo May 2016 #105
It was always going to be Hillary. It's her turn. Atman May 2016 #103
For profit wars — you are correct brush May 2016 #109
If big crowds represented a win, than Nader would have won in 2000. nt onehandle May 2016 #3
yup tonyt53 May 2016 #4
Remember President McGovern? (Me neither.) NurseJackie May 2016 #15
Same with Howard Dean Sheepshank May 2016 #32
Nader didn't attract massive crowds AgingAmerican May 2016 #94
Not sure if this is disingenuous firebrand80 May 2016 #5
Most adults over 45 don't buy sanders bs....and we vote and understand beachbumbob May 2016 #6
Seems like Sanders was never given a chance from Day One Baobab May 2016 #39
That's a bunch of fucking baloney Trajan May 2016 #57
+51 (my age) dana_b May 2016 #99
So you think you speak for all people over 45? GreatGazoo May 2016 #110
This message was self-deleted by its author NCTraveler May 2016 #7
A roomful of people RandySF May 2016 #8
But when their opponent... scscholar May 2016 #77
She never tried RandySF May 2016 #84
Beg to differ... KansDem May 2016 #107
It's a conspiracy, there's no possible other explanation! NuclearDem May 2016 #9
You have put your finger on the main reason Bernie needs to concede BootinUp May 2016 #10
Uh huh... Punkingal May 2016 #24
Obama and Hillary ran a very close race fun n serious May 2016 #30
Sanders has not received "huge" donations from millions of people onenote May 2016 #46
I meant a huge NUMBER of donations. Punkingal May 2016 #66
Actually, I didn't. I'm not a mind reader onenote May 2016 #68
I wasn't talking about donations to Trump. Punkingal May 2016 #72
Trump has big crowds, but he also has 2 million fewer popular votes than Clinton onenote May 2016 #73
Hillary in 2008 argued that "Bernie" (herself) stay in the race "Until every Vote is Counted" Baobab May 2016 #29
What Hillary basically said there was that by early June (pre-convention) BootinUp May 2016 #36
Read the link below and to the right to see why its so important Bernie stay in Baobab May 2016 #37
You know how Deadheads used to travel around the country seeing every concert? brooklynite May 2016 #11
So. Much. This. Dr Hobbitstein May 2016 #23
Yes LiberalFighter May 2016 #25
Lol! Perfect! Only difference is that they changed up the playlist now and then. Squinch May 2016 #80
The hard fact is rock May 2016 #12
This would be like me wondering how the UF football team ever gets defeated. NCTraveler May 2016 #13
AND YOU, NCTraveler, WIN THE INTERNET today. Maru Kitteh May 2016 #54
Hey, easy with my Gators!!! Beacool May 2016 #58
Alberta runs the show in that relationship. NCTraveler May 2016 #60
I'm a UF graduate myself. Beacool May 2016 #61
Awesome. Go Gators!!!! NCTraveler May 2016 #64
Why sir, you flatter me. Beacool May 2016 #70
You're a gator girl!! It's nice to learn new things about you, Bea!! (eom) StevieM May 2016 #100
Yep, Gators all the way!!! Beacool May 2016 #117
lol uponit7771 May 2016 #92
At a Bernie rally, you appear to be "cool" AND it's also a cheap date. oasis May 2016 #16
This is just sad. hrmjustin May 2016 #17
Because MILLIONS more leftynyc May 2016 #18
Another Conspiracy: Brought to you by the SAME FOLKS who think ... NurseJackie May 2016 #20
I'm not seeing much diversity in those photos? Is anyone else? NurseJackie May 2016 #21
My daughter and a few of her friends have littlebit May 2016 #22
Just curious, why didn't they vote? lunamagica May 2016 #45
Who knows littlebit May 2016 #97
Obviously he didn't inspire them. His rallies are fun shows, nothing else lunamagica May 2016 #98
This.......... Beacool May 2016 #59
Same people traveling to different rallies..about 1/3 are repeaters. nt Jitter65 May 2016 #115
True littlebit May 2016 #116
Those of us who have been through more than a few elections fun n serious May 2016 #26
Brought by the same people who hacked the DNC computers The Second Stone May 2016 #27
Silent Majority! Exit polls are always wrong! Minorities hate Bernie! J_J_ May 2016 #28
well in "a future to believe in" mooseprime May 2016 #34
Lol. ok then. nt La Lioness Priyanka May 2016 #31
Even if they all voted they are still only a subset of the voters. LiberalFighter May 2016 #33
it really doesn't have to be major at all mooseprime May 2016 #35
Not all of the crowds are actually interested enough to show up on election day? Tarc May 2016 #40
How is it possible? lunamagica May 2016 #41
Because those are not voting booths. JoePhilly May 2016 #42
27,000 in Washington Square Park, drawn from all over the NY Tristate area alcibiades_mystery May 2016 #43
Because rallies don't equal votes n/t Godhumor May 2016 #44
I don't know if it's a conspiracy ... Yurovsky May 2016 #47
Most actual exit polls qdouble May 2016 #53
If the 1% gobbling up our national wealth doesn't bother you... Yurovsky May 2016 #93
The 1% is a garbage talking point. qdouble May 2016 #95
Hillary-supporters have shown their "devotion & enthusiasm" by actually voting DrDan May 2016 #63
She got more votes in 2008... Yurovsky May 2016 #88
Ask President Rmoney, he had rallies that dwarfed Bernies..oh wait workinclasszero May 2016 #48
Politics 101: Always book venues smaller than your expected crowd. apnu May 2016 #49
Can you do basic math? ContinentalOp May 2016 #50
This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel May 2016 #51
Hell, you don't need millions and millions of people... KansDem May 2016 #52
they are the same crowd? MFM008 May 2016 #55
Yeah, it's called voting. Beacool May 2016 #56
Funny how that works, huh? Stuckinthebush May 2016 #67
I had forgotten about them. Beacool May 2016 #69
Eating free pizza Stuckinthebush May 2016 #74
One of them, Rob Pilatus, killed himself in 1998 Ned_Devine May 2016 #76
Oh, I didn't know that. Beacool May 2016 #86
I remember it in the news back then Ned_Devine May 2016 #87
They made a mistake and paid dearly for it, but he didn't deserve to die. Beacool May 2016 #89
Hey, who are we kidding? They were terrible Ned_Devine May 2016 #119
rallies are a lot more fun than voting . . . that is tedious - you have to register and all . . . DrDan May 2016 #62
Because his organization didn't make sure those folks got to the polls. Starry Messenger May 2016 #65
Or even registered for that matter. Bobbie Jo May 2016 #71
ABO--Always Be Organizing. Starry Messenger May 2016 #75
Because rallies are not representative of the general electorate. Zynx May 2016 #78
Posting 90% white rally pics for Louisiana, Arizona, and Texas SaschaHM May 2016 #79
..... obamanut2012 May 2016 #81
This is a pretty absurd post. Have some dignity and self delete it. Takket May 2016 #82
K&R Exactly felix_numinous May 2016 #83
Well, a lot of the crowds are the same people, and they can only vote once, synergie May 2016 #85
Voting > rallies? tia uponit7771 May 2016 #90
Mob rule ain't our thing. Scurrilous May 2016 #91
Hell isn't that a requirement Andy823 May 2016 #96
When I went to a Sanders rally last year (Amherst, MA), NOBODY was registering voters brooklynite May 2016 #101
I've also heard he never talked to the audience about getting registered in each state Maru Kitteh May 2016 #104
I have a simple answer HRC supporters will never believe. The vote machines are rigged and many bkkyosemite May 2016 #102
Huh? workinclasszero May 2016 #106
IDZ DE MACHINEEES! Maru Kitteh May 2016 #108
The evil George Soros, who sometime we love and sometimes we hate emulatorloo May 2016 #112
Huh? Much back at you...denial...denial..cuz no matter what she is gonna win come hell or bkkyosemite May 2016 #114
CT belongs in CREATIVE SPECULATION brooklynite May 2016 #111
He doesn't have to. You guys keep using that one. But many states use the machines and bkkyosemite May 2016 #113
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