Its deal-cutting for future favors. It is sanctioned bribes. (Reply #14)

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Sun Aug 23, 2015, 11:28 PM

Bonobo (29,257 posts)

14. Its deal-cutting for future favors. It is sanctioned bribes.

Hillary is the presumed favorite by a LOT.

And THAT is the reason she has endorsement.

It's like the mafia. Rematch the Godfather. You'll get it.

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35 replies	Author	Time	Post
What's this "endorsement" thing? [View all]	sibelian	Aug 2015	OP
That's hilarious.	99th_Monkey	Aug 2015	#1
If they are super delegates they are extremely important	yeoman6987	Aug 2015	#6
It must be nice to be in the Oligarch's Club	99th_Monkey	Aug 2015	#9
Actually these are her colleagues	yeoman6987	Aug 2015	#11
The DC Insiders Club	99th_Monkey	Aug 2015	#12
So the system is rigged!	John Poet	Aug 2015	#26
Same system that president Obama used. That president carter used.	yeoman6987	Aug 2015	#28
Actually, there were no superdelegates until 1984.	John Poet	Aug 2015	#32
Thanks. Learn more and more here everyday.	yeoman6987	Aug 2015	#34
Actually, what you decribed isn't very far from the truth. Except the Republicans use frogs & newts.	BlueJazz	Aug 2015	#2
I,for one,don't know,	wendylaroux	Aug 2015	#3
Remember how Sean Connery came out for Scottish independence and JK Rowling came out the other way?	Attorney in Texas	Aug 2015	#4
OK, I just wondered if we were looking at something with more influence than that...	sibelian	Aug 2015	#19
Yes. The endorsed person has to give YOU stuff.	HappyPlace	Aug 2015	#5
It's someone with gravitas, popularity and esteem saying	Cleita	Aug 2015	#7
To date Hillary has endorsements of 118 current Congressional members and 15 former Congressional	Thinkingabout	Aug 2015	#8
Bernie is the only one	AgingAmerican	Aug 2015	#29
Wonder why he doesn't work with Congress and how he plans to work with them	Thinkingabout	Aug 2015	#30
???	AgingAmerican	Aug 2015	#31
It is politician A, or important person, or paper	nadinbrzezinski	Aug 2015	#10
It's a betting game. People try to "pick a winner."	Ron Green	Aug 2015	#13
Its deal-cutting for future favors. It is sanctioned bribes.	Bonobo	Aug 2015	#14
I didn't want to go that far...	sibelian	Aug 2015	#18
I vote for A, A endorses candidate B, then I'm automagically likely to look more favourably on B.	delrem	Aug 2015	#27
Secret club?	oasis	Aug 2015	#15
Ummmm..... you actually do "have it" in Scotland.	Nye Bevan	Aug 2015	#16
Hmmm?	sibelian	Aug 2015	#17
"Two-faced Sun newspaper endorses SNP in Scotland while English edition urges voters to back Tories"	Nye Bevan	Aug 2015	#20
I've encountered it.....	BooScout	Aug 2015	#22
Ah, the record. No, I never read it.	sibelian	Aug 2015	#35
ha ha. lol. nt	seabeyond	Aug 2015	#33
A highly overrated ploy to impress voters.	Tierra_y_Libertad	Aug 2015	#21
Here is a video example in which Donald Trump endorses a pizza.	Bluenorthwest	Aug 2015	#23
Endorsements by Congressional members translate to super delegates at the convention.	leftofcool	Aug 2015	#24
It's more of an aquatic ceremony	hootinholler	Aug 2015	#25

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