Sanders backers suppressing their own votes

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Snapchat liberals, that's a new one.

If the polls hold, scoring tickets to “Hamilton” will be as good as it's going to get for Bernie Sanders in New York. But let us first linger in Wisconsin, where Democrats and independents gave Sanders what looked like a decisive win.

It seems that 15 percent of Sanders' Wisconsin supporters voted only for Bernie, leaving the rest of the ballot blank. By contrast, only 4 percent of Hillary Clinton voters skipped the down-ballot races.

It happens that one of the down-ballot races was for Wisconsin Supreme Court justice. The progressive, JoAnne Kloppenburg, had a good chance of toppling Rebecca Bradley, a right-wing appointee of Gov. Scott Walker's. But Kloppenburg lost, in part because of the laziness of Snapchat liberals.

Snapchat is a messaging app that makes photos and videos disappear after they are viewed. Its logo is a ghost. Snapchat liberals are similarly ephemeral. They regard their job as exulting in the hero of the moment. Once the job is done, they vanish.

(An interesting wrinkle is that 10 percent of Sanders' voters checked the box for Bradley. This suggests that a good chunk of his win came not from fans but from conservatives seeking to frustrate the Clinton candidacy.)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20160412/OPINION04/160419800

[Her Sister]

1. Very telling

Some of BS voters voted for the Republican judge!!! and some voted for no one else but BS!

Snapchat liberals tend to buy into the “great man” theory of history. So if change comes from electing a white knight on a white horse, why bother with the down-ballot races?

Hence the irritating pro-Sanders poster: “Finally a reason to vote.”


Oh? Weren't there reasons to vote all these years as tea party activists stocked Congress with crazy people? Wasn't giving President Obama a Congress he could work with a reason to vote? (The liberal savior in 2008, Obama saw his own Snapchat fan base evaporate come the midterms.)

When asked whether he'd raise money for other Democrats if he were to win the nomination, Sanders replied, “We'll see.

Bernie doesn't do windows and toilets. That's for establishment Democrats.

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20160412/OPINION04/160419800

[SunSeeker]

2. WTF?! Why would you NOT finish your ballot?!

[kstewart33]

4. They don't because they aren't Democrats.

All they care about is electing Bernie. Which is a point in favor of closed primaries.

[SunSeeker]

6. Yes, I think all states should have closed primaries.

And no more caucuses--they suppress the votes of working people and especially working moms.

[IamMab]

8. There's a word for that kind of people... How does it go again... Ratfeeders? Ratfunders?

I'm sure I'll remember it eventually.

[anotherproletariat]

10. Exactly...and it is so short sighted of them. If they truly believed in progressive causes, they

would see how important it is to vote for down ballot progressives.

[Stand and Fight]

3. The GIF with the Hulk punching out Trump best emphasizes what I think the "Snapchat IDIOTS" deserve.

[NastyRiffraff]

5. This is not at ALL surprising:

(An interesting wrinkle is that 10 percent of Sanders' voters checked the box for Bradley. This suggests that a good chunk of his win came not from fans but from conservatives seeking to frustrate the Clinton candidacy.)

It's been pretty clear that some of them are RW trolls; now their votes show it too.

[SunSeeker]

7. Yep. The GOP desperately want the weaker, unvetted candidate to win, namely Sanders. nt

[Lucinda]

9. And the state is doomed to 10 years of a very bad judge because of it.

Disgusting.

[Cha]

11. They Blew it.

[Loki]

12. #Surprised#Notsurprised

Imagine a real Democrat not paying attention to a very important down ballot race. And they all act soooo innocent about the fact they helped elect a right wing fanatic to the Supreme Court in Wisconsin. Thanks Bernie, uh I mean Karl.

[NurseJackie]

13. Ah-ha! See? We knew this all along!

Glad to have some confirmation.