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JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)
Sat Apr 2, 2016, 08:40 AM Apr 2016

Bill Clinton Says His Superdelegate Vote Will Go To Sanders If He Wins Nom

Former President Bill Clinton, husband to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, suggested Thursday that he'd use his superdelegate vote to support Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) if he won the Democratic nomination.

The former President told The New York Daily News that he did the same thing in 2008 when Hillary Clinton lost the nomination to then-Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL).

"It happened last time,” Clinton told the newspaper. “Last time I did what my candidate asked, I voted for Barack Obama."

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/bill-clinton-superdelegate-vote-sanders

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Bill Clinton Says His Superdelegate Vote Will Go To Sanders If He Wins Nom (Original Post) JaneyVee Apr 2016 OP
Roll Back preceding indictment FreakinDJ Apr 2016 #1
k&r bigtree Apr 2016 #2
I don't get this Time for change Apr 2016 #3
 

FreakinDJ

(17,644 posts)
1. Roll Back preceding indictment
Sat Apr 2, 2016, 09:10 AM
Apr 2016

I know the surrogates will pull out numerous solicited articles disputing any possible indictment but if your judgment is not totally clouded by Hillary fervor there can be no clearer sign they are in full post indictment preparation mode

Time for change

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3. I don't get this
Sat Apr 2, 2016, 09:54 AM
Apr 2016

He'll use his vote to support Bernie IF Bernie wins the nomination. In other words, he'll only vote for Bernie IF Bernie doesn't need his vote because he's already won. But if Bernie has more pledged delegates than Hillary, and Hillary needs the superdelegates to pull it out for her, what will he do then? He doesn't say it here. Hmmm, I bet I know what he'll do.

If I was a superdelegate and she was my wife, I guess I'd vote for her too. But this statement by Bill Clinton really means almost nothing.

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