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CajunBlazer

(5,648 posts)
Sat Apr 2, 2016, 04:02 PM Apr 2016

Can Sanders Win the Nomination? Only in a Parallel Universe

I was going to copy and paste some paragraphs of this article, but to fully understand the nature of the challenge Bernie Sanders faces going forward you need to read the article. It is totally fact based with very little opinion. If you are a Hillary supporter you will love it; if you support Bernie you won't.


Can Sanders Win the Nomination? Only in a Parallel Universe

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Can Sanders Win the Nomination? Only in a Parallel Universe (Original Post) CajunBlazer Apr 2016 OP
Love it! SharonClark Apr 2016 #1
Thought you might... CajunBlazer Apr 2016 #3
The math doesn't lie. LiberalFighter Apr 2016 #2
The math is against Sanders Gothmog Apr 2016 #4
Math is the supreme superdelegate. Koinos Apr 2016 #6
Well... SaschaHM Apr 2016 #5
This is the Hillary group. stopbush Apr 2016 #7
I guess I should have used the sarcasm smily SaschaHM Apr 2016 #9
Aha! I have it. Koinos Apr 2016 #10
It's much more simpler than that. SaschaHM Apr 2016 #11
I'm feeling relieved that I will not be faced with the choice stopbush Apr 2016 #8
I think that I can now it admit that if Sanders looked like he was going to win the nomination.... CajunBlazer Apr 2016 #12
only if that makes others of us bad people as well dlwickham Apr 2016 #13
A Bloomberg run and win.... SaschaHM Apr 2016 #14
The BSERS will blame election fraud in every state BS doesn't win. liberal N proud Apr 2016 #15
Like that would be new CajunBlazer Apr 2016 #16

LiberalFighter

(51,015 posts)
2. The math doesn't lie.
Sat Apr 2, 2016, 04:31 PM
Apr 2016

But Sanders and his people do.


It doesn't help when Sanders has alienated the same people that he would need to help him win.

His supporters say he has a history of supporting civil rights (which I dispute) and other issues. Well that same history shows his disdain for the Democratic Party.

SaschaHM

(2,897 posts)
9. I guess I should have used the sarcasm smily
Sat Apr 2, 2016, 08:20 PM
Apr 2016

I just thought that the absurdity that Hillary Clinton, DWS and the DNC could create math for the sole purpose of keeping Bernie down wouldn't require it. Chill, I'm on your side.

Koinos

(2,792 posts)
10. Aha! I have it.
Sat Apr 2, 2016, 08:37 PM
Apr 2016

Banks use math. Banks are evil. Whatever banks do is evil. Therefore, math is evil. Guilt by association argument (or fallacy or whatever).

SaschaHM

(2,897 posts)
11. It's much more simpler than that.
Sat Apr 2, 2016, 08:41 PM
Apr 2016

Math doesn't help Bernie. Therefore, it's evil. It's a cult of personality at this point and I doubt anything could change it. Otherwise, they'd be flipping mad about Bernie's campaign trying to take Nevade through the convention process since they couldn't win in Feb.

stopbush

(24,396 posts)
8. I'm feeling relieved that I will not be faced with the choice
Sat Apr 2, 2016, 08:05 PM
Apr 2016

of voting for Bernie Sanders in November.

That would have been a real "hold your nose and cross your fingers" proposition.

CajunBlazer

(5,648 posts)
12. I think that I can now it admit that if Sanders looked like he was going to win the nomination....
Sat Apr 2, 2016, 08:44 PM
Apr 2016

.... I might have secretly hoped that Bloomberg would have run as an independent.

Does that make a bad person?

SaschaHM

(2,897 posts)
14. A Bloomberg run and win....
Sat Apr 2, 2016, 10:19 PM
Apr 2016

would have been amazing if only to hush the (loud) chorus that believes America wants to elect someone far to the left and that centrism is unnecessary when it comes to swing states.

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