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Thinkingabout

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81. In for the fact Sanders has bern saying from the start he was in it to win it.
Sat May 28, 2016, 04:12 PM
May 2016

Remember before there is a tendency to sharpen up the steak knives, the pledged delegates are pledged to Hillary will remain pledged to her unless she releases them. She has not released them.

Since there seems to be some who are very willing to have Hillary indicted remember this, there is now investigation into the Burlington College where there was an effort to get the banks to give a loan while Jane Sanders was president and perhaps some exchanges between Bernie and the banks, perhaps fraud.

There is also the FEC sending a second letter to the Sanders campaign about overages on donations from individuals, a list of names and the amount of donations, on the second letter he has ask for an extension, he is low on funds, will probably have to return money and is still spending, is this willful disregard for the FEC laws, it will probably be investigated.

So before you get ready to eat the steak, find out if a steak is on the way.

I wonder if Kerry and Obama has had something to do with his staying in madokie May 2016 #1
Could be democrattotheend May 2016 #2
Yes POTUS, the de facto leader of the democratic party Txbluedog May 2016 #4
No. I think it's unlikely re. Obama democrattotheend May 2016 #7
Bernie knows a lot of bad things about HRC that he has not brought up. Baobab May 2016 #23
PURE SPECULATION SCantiGOP May 2016 #40
I am not the OP, and I have personal knowledge of this situation. Baobab May 2016 #45
Obama considers Biden a friend Txbluedog May 2016 #72
Biden is not a strong candidate "on the fly" libdem4life May 2016 #84
IMO, the reason no other Democrat dared libdem4life May 2016 #43
"I am not hoping for Clinton to be taken down by scandal" <-- I disagree 99th_Monkey May 2016 #21
... And who will spend her entire tenure in the WH mired to her neck in hearings when not being JudyM May 2016 #25
I really think republicans will be more obstinate to Hillary than to Bernie. It's just their RKP5637 May 2016 #34
At least with Bernie, Republicans need to conjure-up bullshit out of thin air to criticize 99th_Monkey May 2016 #42
Definitely agree!!! n/t RKP5637 May 2016 #48
To be fair, a lot of the "decades of baggage" was pulled out of thin air democrattotheend May 2016 #49
This message was self-deleted by its author silvershadow May 2016 #61
Actually there is some truth there. libdem4life May 2016 #75
Fresh start sounds great, doesn't it? Unfortunately a lot of independents in the middle are thinking JudyM May 2016 #90
Absolutely! Same as tRump will get a helluva lot more votes from people who would otherwise JudyM May 2016 #60
Hillary is a politician. Trump is a business man. Hillary will play the political RKP5637 May 2016 #70
That is a very good observation. Made me feel a little ugh in my gut. WTH are we in for... JudyM May 2016 #91
And these are some of his tactics. RKP5637 May 2016 #98
Yes, that too. Thank you. nt 99th_Monkey May 2016 #38
If she broke the law, she should be held accountable democrattotheend May 2016 #47
read the links in the text below this post Baobab May 2016 #50
I've privately thought that Jack Bone May 2016 #26
His debate line was "You're likable enough, Hilllary." nt tblue37 May 2016 #95
The moment. Jesus Malverde May 2016 #97
She came across very charming in that clip. nt tblue37 May 2016 #99
Given a chance to defend her in Hiroshima. Jesus Malverde May 2016 #96
I have my doubts about Hillary winning against Trump. She has too much baggage, right or wrong, RKP5637 May 2016 #30
tRump worries me madokie May 2016 #57
Also, she's a terrible campaigner and not naurallt likeable Indpndntfrombirth May 2016 #83
From what I hear Demsrule86 May 2016 #116
I don't think so Rosa Luxemburg May 2016 #3
Bernie has connections RobertEarl May 2016 #5
It's unlikely but not impossible. DemocraticWing May 2016 #6
I think your analysis is pretty spot on democrattotheend May 2016 #10
It's certainly possible that both those things are motivating him right now. DemocraticWing May 2016 #11
This too. Really interesting Arazi May 2016 #16
I agree. TPTB are far too smart not to have contingency plans no matter what their public RKP5637 May 2016 #55
Maybe He "knows" He ProgressiveEconomist May 2016 #8
I doubt he KNOWS anything. basselope May 2016 #9
To be fair, the same could have been said about Obama in the summer of 2008 democrattotheend May 2016 #12
Then why have superdelegates? basselope May 2016 #20
Ironically, the supers were put in place to stop candidates like Bernie democrattotheend May 2016 #27
And thus is the problem with putting "party" over principles. basselope May 2016 #64
"she did not secure enough pledged delegates" TwilightZone May 2016 #19
No she won't. basselope May 2016 #22
If Sanders is so great at driving turnout mythology May 2016 #29
False conclusions. basselope May 2016 #71
This^^^ libdem4life May 2016 #76
Can you explain how she won the WA primary than? Tavarious Jackson May 2016 #107
Because no one bothers with it since the votes don't count. basselope May 2016 #110
Interesting and with merit Arazi May 2016 #13
Bernie would be a fool to drop out, and he's no fool. AtomicKitten May 2016 #14
If she gets indicted, he has to be ready... Yurovsky May 2016 #15
They will try to give the nod NorthCarolina May 2016 #103
They will try to give the nod to Biden or some other controllable pRick* DJ13 May 2016 #113
I'd be outraged if Bernie wasn't the pick in the event of a HRC withdrawal... Yurovsky May 2016 #117
Although I believe that is possible, I lean more towards understanding the task at hand me b zola May 2016 #17
I don't disagree with any of that democrattotheend May 2016 #24
I have wondered about this for months. IdaBriggs May 2016 #18
There must be a run on tinfoil. Metric System May 2016 #28
what an ugly and unnecessary comment n/t zazen May 2016 #32
k&r for very reasonable question and also very reasonable, balanced tone n/t zazen May 2016 #31
He's staying in because he's ego driven KingFlorez May 2016 #33
Could you make a list of non-ego driven politicians libdem4life May 2016 #52
I think Bernie is less ego-driven than most democrattotheend May 2016 #54
That's surely my take. libdem4life May 2016 #67
None of us know the outcome of these investigations. I think Bernie is staying in for those of us mmonk May 2016 #35
Why do you think Pelosi keeps butting in saying Sanders should stay in the race? Barack_America May 2016 #36
Good point - hadn't thought about that democrattotheend May 2016 #41
I don't think many supers know... Barack_America May 2016 #53
I don't see why Pelosi and DWS would know democrattotheend May 2016 #62
Diane Feinstein, too .. just before he came to Caliornia. libdem4life May 2016 #63
And Harry Reid n/t TexasBushwhacker May 2016 #79
Absolutely. Was just thinking of California libdem4life May 2016 #82
Oh, and Joe Biden TexasBushwhacker May 2016 #85
Ups the Democratic ante yet again. libdem4life May 2016 #87
Sanders ego won't allow him to know something secret and not jjump beachbumbob May 2016 #37
Bingo--An aging egotist ProgressiveEconomist May 2016 #59
And HRC and fans here are sans ego libdem4life May 2016 #69
25 responses and only 2 of them are snark! Actually seems like a discussion happening. JudyM May 2016 #39
It's crossed my mind more than once. Myrina May 2016 #44
Could be he heard it from his MyNameGoesHere May 2016 #46
I think some of the 30,000 missing emails Skink May 2016 #51
I delete that many in a year Zambero May 2016 #109
Are you hiding something? Skink May 2016 #112
How did you know? Zambero May 2016 #118
...add to this the fact that NO ONE from the Sanders cliffordu May 2016 #56
Clap for Tinkerbell!!!! nt msanthrope May 2016 #58
At the very least Urchin May 2016 #65
Agreed. I wish Bernie were not so old democrattotheend May 2016 #66
The term Senior Statesman was coined libdem4life May 2016 #80
Nine More jamese777 May 2016 #68
If I were HRC MFM008 May 2016 #73
Bernie knows a LOT of stuff we don't. pangaia May 2016 #74
Praying for a miracle to give Sanders the nomination is rather sad Gothmog May 2016 #77
Could you look for a new cute put- down. libdem4life May 2016 #86
Well, the initial discussion is presented in a Hortensis May 2016 #89
Hmmm, plausible. I didn't know that about Devine. riderinthestorm May 2016 #78
I didn't know that Kerry himself called for the IG investigation democrattotheend May 2016 #111
if ever there was a 'behind the scenes' kingmaker sorechasm May 2016 #114
Yes, Paul Thompson has it on his timeline riderinthestorm May 2016 #119
In for the fact Sanders has bern saying from the start he was in it to win it. Thinkingabout May 2016 #81
He's staying in because he trounces Trump. Lint Head May 2016 #88
He's pulling a "Clinton 2008" Nevernose May 2016 #92
No. It's ego from a career politician. Nothing more. nt onehandle May 2016 #93
I like how you identified a conduit from state to the Bernie campaign. Jesus Malverde May 2016 #94
I'm sure he know more than people on this board know he knows. Cobalt Violet May 2016 #100
he knows that he can still squeeze a few bucks out of the bros dlwickham May 2016 #101
They are trying to figure out how to tell Hill yourpaljoey May 2016 #102
Hillary could be indicted, but he might not know any more than we do. jfern May 2016 #104
There has never been a good explanation for Obama's meeting with Bernie. wilsonbooks May 2016 #105
i don't think his meeting with Obama had anything to do with this democrattotheend May 2016 #108
Sanders said long ago, he would stay in through the entire process. And so it was. Sunlei May 2016 #106
No He is just a sore lose and wants to hurt Hilalry and the party Demsrule86 May 2016 #115
Hillary Unfit for Presidency november3rd May 2016 #120
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