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2016 Postmortem

davidn3600

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17. He was doomed when 95% of superdelegates immediately declared for Hillary on day one

Reply to workinclasszero (Reply #14)

Wed Jun 8, 2016, 01:39 AM

Jun 2016

...before a single vote was cast.

Easy to win when you have 500 delegate head start.

It was always rigged. And everyone knew it was rigged which is why so few Democrats attempted to run.

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Inside the bitter last days of Bernie's revolution [View all] workinclasszero Jun 2016 OP

Just can't let it fucking go, can you? BlueStater Jun 2016 #1

Hillary will win in a landslide against the TrumpenFührer workinclasszero Jun 2016 #2

Had what in the palms of our hands? aikoaiko Jun 2016 #3

The prize workinclasszero Jun 2016 #5

You think Hillary was that weak? aikoaiko Jun 2016 #7

LOL workinclasszero Jun 2016 #8

But you're saying Bernie and his supporters had the win but let it go? aikoaiko Jun 2016 #9

Well Elizabeth Warren would have ran a much better campaign workinclasszero Jun 2016 #12

Its true he made mistakes, but I'm not sure if he ran a perfect Bernie campaign it have worked aikoaiko Jun 2016 #13

He was doomed when he could make no inroads into the south workinclasszero Jun 2016 #14

He was doomed when 95% of superdelegates immediately declared for Hillary on day one davidn3600 Jun 2016 #17

Uh...Hillary just won with pledged delegates not supers workinclasszero Jun 2016 #19

Wishful thinking Lil Missy Jun 2016 #23

This story is being talked about on MSNBC right now! workinclasszero Jun 2016 #4

It was interesting to hear Nicole Wallace's perspective DesertRat Jun 2016 #15

They can't get enough of this story! workinclasszero Jun 2016 #16

I'm sure it will! DesertRat Jun 2016 #18

Let the truth come out workinclasszero Jun 2016 #20

Well, unity sure didn't last long. Barack_America Jun 2016 #6

This is an important story Renew Deal Jun 2016 #10

From the looks of it, you can blame the Sanders camp. TwilightZone Jun 2016 #11

The last days of this revolution are far in the future, Ron Green Jun 2016 #21

Everything about this piece speaks to an absolutely breathtaking sense of entitlement Number23 Jun 2016 #22