Despite the Math, Bernie's Already Won.

[georgephillip]

Sure. The numbers present a narrow path to the nomination, but is that the important take away for Democrats in 2016?

"As it stands now, Clinton leads Sanders 1,243 to 975 in the pledged-delegate count and 1,712 to 1,004 overall when superdelegates are factored in.

"Even if Sanders is given a 73-to-28 split out of Washington State (so far, it's 25 to 9), going with the 72 percent margin he won by, he'd pick up 64 delegates in all out of Saturday.

"Going into the day, he would have needed 58 percent of all remaining delegates for a pledged majority. Coming out, he would need 57 percent. With superdelegates factored in, he needs a whopping 67 percent of all remaining delegate..."
Despite The Math, Bernie Sanders Has Already Won
"So can he win? 'Our calculations are that, in fact, we can win the pledged delegates,' Sanders said Sunday morning on NBC's Meet the Press. Sanders mentioned that his focus is on Wisconsin and New York, the two biggest contests over the next three weeks, and he pointed out that he has 'won five out of the six last contests in landslide fashion.'"

Hillary's been outed as a born loser with zero chance against whatever piece of white trash the Republicans vomit up next November.

Maybe progressives and conservatives should start demanding better candidates?

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Bernie will not be the Dimocrat nominee.

 

[Andylusion]

How can you people support a guy, whose ideology has ruined every country it's touched? Have you seen the stories of Venezuela in the news? Name one thing going on there, that's 'good'?

 

[SassyIrishLass]

 

[georgephillip]

Bernie will not be the Dimocrat nominee.

He will if they want to win next November.

 

[georgephillip]

How can you people support a guy, whose ideology has ruined every country it's touched? Have you seen the stories of Venezuela in the news? Name one thing going on there, that's 'good'?

What's your point?
"Sanders also brought the word “socialism” back into mainstream political discourse. This turned out to be easier than anyone would have imagined – partly because redbaiting doesn’t cut it anymore, especially with the under-sixty crowd, and partly because Republicans have never taken Sanders seriously enough to make it worth their while to go after him.
Will 2016 be a Pivotal Election Year in the United States?
"The only people Sanders’ 'democratic socialism' seemed to bother were doctrinaire leftists who keep harping on the obvious: that Bernie is a New Deal-Great Society liberal, not a real socialist, and that he is soft on imperialism. All true; and all worth pointing out – but not more than, say, a couple of dozen times."

 

[georgephillip]

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Occupy is a bunch of mama boys and girls too stupid and lazy to actually do something with their pathetic lives.

 

[tinynascarfan]

If the red dot would demand that illegal's be shipped out, then they would have a job. But, they just want what the 1 percent has, and don't want to have to work for it. They are entitled to it, because they were born American. Damned idiots.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

If the red dot would demand that illegal's be shipped out, then they would have a job. But, they just want what the 1 percent has, and don't want to have to work for it. They are entitled to it, because they were born American. Damned idiots.

If someone is in the red dot they only have themselves to blame, I'm not responsible for their failings in life

 

[Mac1958]

I'd agree that Sanders has already won, he's already had a huge effect.

His rise and his candidacy have emboldened the Left to not only feel far more free to discuss socialism, but to aggressively promote it. That has probably changed our political landscape forever.

This effort has all been helped, of course, by their counterparts on the Right who still seem to think that they can just point at their adversaries, scream "socialism!", and win the argument. These people have not yet figured out that they have completely failed to stay on top of the country's move to the Left, and they appear to have no idea whatsoever that their government-is-always-bad absolutism has made Sanders' job even easier.

I'll bet Sanders is secretly very thankful to the various warring factions of the GOP for their assistance.
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[Snouter]

Sanders is presented by the zionist MSM as a silly, drooling doofus who fights for a delusional version of "justice." In fact, Sanders is a fucking nutcase commie, neocon zionist who wants to steal white people's savings. If the zionist political establishment actually had a real alternative to Hillary, like The Donald, the democrat party would be dissolved. The 1% Sanders is obsessed with are actually jews, but he wants blacks to think they are whites.

 

[Andylusion]

So what?

I don't see any problem at all with that picture. In fact, in many ways I think that's the way it SHOULD be.

But even more important.... what civilization has tried to reverse that, and had anything good come from it?

 

[gipper]

Funny how many of the left, including many on this board, thought Mrs. Clinton was a juggernaut not only to win the D nomination, but the general too. That certainly appears to be in question.

 

[cnm]

If someone is in the red dot they only have themselves to blame, I'm not responsible for their failings in life

That'll teach them to pick their parents badly.

 

[cnm]

I don't see any problem at all with that picture. In fact, in many ways I think that's the way it SHOULD be.

But even more important.... what civilization has tried to reverse that, and had anything good come from it?

The Scandinavian social democracies that usually score the highest on national comparisons. Not for gross gdp and gross defence spending, admittedly, just the quality of life metrics.

 

[Andylusion]

If someone is in the red dot they only have themselves to blame, I'm not responsible for their failings in life

That'll teach them to pick their parents badly.

Another childish response. "My parents are to blame!"

An adult doesn't worry about who to blame. They go out and make something of themselves. Left-wing = Childish blaming. Right-wing = Adult taking responsibility.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

If someone is in the red dot they only have themselves to blame, I'm not responsible for their failings in life

That'll teach them to pick their parents badly.

What does their parents have to do with it? You reach a certain age and it becomes on you.

 

[cnm]

Another childish response. "My parents are to blame!"

Another propaganda fed response from a fan of society as a feeding frenzy. I guess it's natural for you guys to think a large part of the population should exist in virtual slavery.

 

[cnm]

What does their parents have to do with it? You reach a certain age and it becomes on you.

Just like Trump's parents have nothing to do with the fact of his wealth.

I know you're Irish but there is a limit.