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44. Weak!

Tue May 17, 2016, 09:23 PM

May 2016

So this presidential wannabe is saying that since things didn't go his way so it was perfectly fine if his shock troops got violent and started threatening other Dems, and no one should have called the cops because he wasn't being treated fairly.

He just gave his believers a free pass to be as violent as they like.

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Sanders Statement on Nevada (official, full statement) [View all] Lodestar May 2016 OP

k&R!!! Down with the Vichy Dems Katashi_itto May 2016 #1

K&R RATM435 May 2016 #51

Here's a Sanders supporter being helpful! Stryguy May 2016 #76

Chair up, chair down, hugs, no throw. Snarkoleptic May 2016 #82

A standard Deflection by corporates Katashi_itto May 2016 #86

Perfect term zentrum May 2016 #99

Thank you, Lodestar. Duval May 2016 #2

Agree thank you Lodestar and it is a mess! Silver_Witch May 2016 #55

Where's that damn "Like" button..when you really need it? laserhaas May 2016 #85

Love your concession speech Senator Sanders. William769 May 2016 #3

... mcar May 2016 #6

Your Post is a sad example of Liberal/Progressive/Democrat Perogie May 2016 #8

His statement is a sad example of Liberal/Progressive/Democrat. nt William769 May 2016 #10

why? Fast Walker 52 May 2016 #23

Well at least he is a liberal, unlike a certain Clinton. JPnoodleman May 2016 #54

well, that's the thirdwayers way stupidicus May 2016 #18

... sheshe2 May 2016 #9

I support this message! brer cat May 2016 #16

see post 17 and pat yourself on the back. :) nt retrowire May 2016 #20

Thanks, I will! nt brer cat May 2016 #26

Cult of personality. nt retrowire May 2016 #28

I agree to a degree, brer cat May 2016 #31

And you're confused. XD retrowire May 2016 #32

How you talk with that boot stuck on your tongue. SkyIsGrey May 2016 #77

WTF saucy007 May 2016 #17

Huge +1! Enthusiast May 2016 #71

+1000000 SammyWinstonJack May 2016 #89

Amen! I'm thoroughly disgusted. Pacifist Patriot May 2016 #102

wishful thinking hahaha retrowire May 2016 #19

Huge +1! Enthusiast May 2016 #70

Well.... Enthusiast May 2016 #72

Hillary's to trump should be intetesting UpInArms May 2016 #29

++++++ rbrnmw May 2016 #63

Just horrible. SammyWinstonJack May 2016 #88

K&R silvershadow May 2016 #4

K&R mountain grammy May 2016 #5

K&R n/t RoccoR5955 May 2016 #7

Sounds like farewell to me...Bernie knows it. Sancho May 2016 #11

thats some wishful thinking there! retrowire May 2016 #15

I don't get it - has math been abolished John K May 2016 #39

know whats cute? retrowire May 2016 #47

Excellent!! Thespian2 May 2016 #53

im not fighting for Bernie. :) nt retrowire May 2016 #57

I am fighting against the current rigged systems Thespian2 May 2016 #58

Yes nt retrowire May 2016 #61

The current rigged system was in evidence in Nevada. Enthusiast May 2016 #73

Yep Thespian2 May 2016 #100

Not wishful...that's the actual numbers... Sancho May 2016 #40

that may be, but it doesn't excuse what happened in the Nevada convention Fast Walker 52 May 2016 #25

What's new??? Sancho May 2016 #38

Sanders Statement on Nevada Convention ReRe May 2016 #12

There goes Bernie again speaking the truth. retrowire May 2016 #13

You don't combine a condemnation of violence with a justification ecstatic May 2016 #14

clearly hes saying in short... retrowire May 2016 #24

If winning requires linking arms with violent, sexist jerks, ecstatic May 2016 #35

theres vile sexist jerks on all sides. retrowire May 2016 #45

How can you keep saying this with a straight face? Indydem May 2016 #60

REASON FOR ALERT Ghost Dog May 2016 #75

Time for the horseshit to end... catnhatnh May 2016 #41

Spot on. eom BlueMTexpat May 2016 #67

well, rightwingers don't have a monopoly on the "ends justify the means..." use stupidicus May 2016 #21

Kicking and Recc'ing for a Democratic awakening. Drum May 2016 #22

Now the Clinton trolls will call you violent for "kicking" arcane1 May 2016 #27

Instead of condemning the violence, Sanders just deflects and conjures excuses. Shameful. nt SunSeeker May 2016 #30

Put on your reading glasses zentrum May 2016 #37

He did not even acknowledge the Nevada violence happened, let alone condemn it. SunSeeker May 2016 #52

The Nevada chair... zentrum May 2016 #64

She did not override a voice vote; there were more Clinton Supporters there than Sanders supporters. SunSeeker May 2016 #66

This argument is specious. Ghost Dog May 2016 #74

No one disputes that Hillary had more delegates at the NV State Convention. SunSeeker May 2016 #92

DWS had better take note. Roberta Lange is not the rateyes May 2016 #33

Really great statement. zentrum May 2016 #34

Have you guys any clue what you are saying? John K May 2016 #42

Guess the point eludes you. zentrum May 2016 #46

Stop Making Sense chwaliszewski May 2016 #48

Yeah! Where's my stuff? zentrum May 2016 #49

Hillary supporters can't hear you! All they care about is she's "winning". SammyWinstonJack May 2016 #90

The Clintons zentrum May 2016 #98

The party doesn't want liberals, we don't owe the party fealty, it owes us a reason to support it. JPnoodleman May 2016 #56

I hear echoes of Ted Kennedy in 1980. nt TeamPooka May 2016 #36

People with power never give it up without a fight. Spitfire of ATJ May 2016 #43

Weak! procon May 2016 #44

K&R For Bernie! LongTomH May 2016 #50

Some statements should never be followed by a "but" MirrorAshes May 2016 #59

I'm not familiar with Roberts Rules, but did the Chairs' voice vote break the rules? midnight May 2016 #62

Once again, Bernie gets it right. marble falls May 2016 #65

"imperative that all state parties treat our campaign supporters with fairness and the respect" ucrdem May 2016 #68

K&R! Obviously this post deserves hundreds of recommendations. Enthusiast May 2016 #69

K & R N/T w0nderer May 2016 #78

Kicking nt LiberalElite May 2016 #79

And I would add - TBF May 2016 #80

That sure speaks for itself Progressive dog May 2016 #81

TLDR version The Polack MSgt May 2016 #83

K&R ....thanks...and WOW ..never heard of the shots laserhaas May 2016 #84

Nevada conv. is how Hillary will govern - she's got Wall Street debts to pay, fuck everyone else whereisjustice May 2016 #87

Jesus! And all Rachel reported was that Bernie issued a half-hearted KPN May 2016 #91

The "shots" and "ransacking" were red herring deflections. SunSeeker May 2016 #93

Lol!!!! The NV convention "riot"!!!! Hahaha ... KPN May 2016 #94

In keeping with your candidate, all you offer are deflections and insults. SunSeeker May 2016 #95

I'm amazed ANYONE supports HRC after what happened in NV felix_numinous May 2016 #96

Excellent statement d_legendary1 May 2016 #97

K&R stage left May 2016 #101

Sanders is the one with a choice to make. And he had a choice before entering the race. Either Jitter65 May 2016 #103