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MineralMan

(146,255 posts)
Wed May 4, 2016, 10:58 AM May 2016

If the Democratic Primary race is to be decided by the most recent

primary election that occurs, I say let's wait until the DC one. Let's ignore New York, and all the rest and just see what the voters in DC decide. Forget the convention and all those pledged delegates and superdelegates. We don't need all that stuff.

I mean, Bernie won Indiana yesterday, so some people are calling for Hillary to drop out because Sanders picked up a handful of pledged delegates, even though Hillary Clinton has an almost 300 pledged delegate lead. So, it's apparent that only the most recent primary election makes any difference.

I'm cool with that. But there are still several primaries to go, and the one in DC is the last one, so let's just trash the convention and go with the DC results. Who cares about a 3.1 million popular vote lead nationally? DC can decide. I mean, that's where the next President will live, after all.

What do you think?

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If the Democratic Primary race is to be decided by the most recent (Original Post) MineralMan May 2016 OP
I think you are as perspicacious as ever... DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #1
Yeah. What the heck? MineralMan May 2016 #3
I think a lot of Bernie supporters are still in their feels. underthematrix May 2016 #2
Hyperbole as a means of demeaning thoughts and movements is a common and obvious tactic. RadiationTherapy May 2016 #4
Rarely have so many bytes been employed to say so little tularetom May 2016 #5
Well, your sig pictures take more bytes than text, so you're already wrong. IamMab May 2016 #16
And, they can't complain when there are calls for Sanders to drop out lunamagica May 2016 #6
Is this another attempt at humor? frylock May 2016 #7
No. Did you find it amusing? MineralMan May 2016 #9
Our definitions of what is to be considered amusing are diametrically opposed. frylock May 2016 #10
OK. I can live with that. No problem. MineralMan May 2016 #11
Post removed Post removed May 2016 #8
Waste of O2. Katashi_itto May 2016 #12
What is a waste of O2? MineralMan May 2016 #13
Yep. Katashi_itto May 2016 #14
I believe if Sanders wins the remaining contests by 30 points..... Brother Buzz May 2016 #15

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,708 posts)
1. I think you are as perspicacious as ever...
Wed May 4, 2016, 11:02 AM
May 2016

It's like a card game and you call "pot".

I would be more than wiling to bet the "pot" on our nation's capital and let its residents choose our nominee.

MineralMan

(146,255 posts)
3. Yeah. What the heck?
Wed May 4, 2016, 11:04 AM
May 2016

Nobody seems to care about delegates and popular votes or the convention. So, let's just cut to the chase and give the nomination to the winner of the final primary election.

Makes as much sense as most of the suggestions I'm seeing. Let's just go "all in" on the turn of the last card.

underthematrix

(5,811 posts)
2. I think a lot of Bernie supporters are still in their feels.
Wed May 4, 2016, 11:03 AM
May 2016

But I'm okay with that. They need to express their anger and disappointment. Hillary will win the DEM nomination on the first convention ballot. I think Bernie will get some stuff he wants added to the DEM platform.

RadiationTherapy

(5,818 posts)
4. Hyperbole as a means of demeaning thoughts and movements is a common and obvious tactic.
Wed May 4, 2016, 11:08 AM
May 2016

I mean, if Colorado and Vermont want single-payer health care, why not just give it to the WHOLE WORLD? And why not just ask 47% of Americans to pay for it, since we pay for everything for all the freeloaders already!!


It's all so dramatic! Hahahahaha. Here ya go.

 

IamMab

(1,359 posts)
16. Well, your sig pictures take more bytes than text, so you're already wrong.
Wed May 4, 2016, 01:03 PM
May 2016

I assume you're used to it by now though.

lunamagica

(9,967 posts)
6. And, they can't complain when there are calls for Sanders to drop out
Wed May 4, 2016, 11:32 AM
May 2016

I mean, after the narrow win in a state he should have won by a landslide -Open primary mostly white people, stent hundreds of thousands in ads, while she spent $0.00- they are calling her to drop out.

Ridiculous

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