Daily Kos: 11 reasons why Bernie Sanders lost this thing fair and square

[Cali_Democrat]

1. If you plan for a coup, you’ve already lost

Let’s just take a moment to appreciate what Sanders is trying to accomplish here—he knows he’s lost the election. He’s all but acknowledged it. Which is why he’s now focused so heavily on getting the establishment superdelegates to overturn the election in his favor.

Like a despotic dictator, he is so sure of his supremacy that he sneers at the choices of his electorate and seeks to callously toss them aside. He dishonestly tells his supporters that there’s a conspiracy standing between him and victory.

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2. He may want to disenfranchise them, but communities of color voted against Sanders

Take another moment to savor what that would mean—a party establishment ignoring the choice of the communities of color, who have heavily chosen a woman, to undemocratically hand the nomination to yet another white guy. That, my friends, is the essence of white privilege. It’s EXHIBIT A, and in case you are wondering, yes it fucking pisses me off.

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4. No, the system wasn’t rigged against him

The system was rigged, for sure, but in his favor. The first two states? Two of the most unrepresentative states in the union, states that glossed over his failures in reaching communities of color. It’s a calendar that benefits white candidates and silences the issues that matter to the communities that drive the modern Democratic Party.

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Read more:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/5/23/1529938/-11-reasons-why-Bernie-Sanders-lost-this-thing-fair-and-square

[RockaFowler]

1. I was just reading through these

11. The system is rigged because if we could start now, more people would vote for Sanders and he’d be winning more!

Football is rigged because the scores in the first three quarters matter! Another stupid argument.

[closeupready]

2. DailyKos is not a credible source.

Sorry.

[MineralMan]

10. It appears to be treated as one whenever

something there agrees with whoever is posting it. Then, it's fine.

DailyKos runs all sorts of opinions. It covers the full range. DU posters can pick and choose from just about any point of view to post here. Opinions are those of the authors. Just like everywhere.

[closeupready]

13. Understood. Thanks.

[Demsrule86]

18. I am sure you would prefer Fox

or perhaps a Trump supporter as a source...but I love Kos and it is a liberal blog and every word is true...Sander lost because he got beat and all he is up to know is holding his breath until he turns blue.

[LonePirate]

3. Let me grab some popcorn.

This thread will receive a plenty of disagreements or it will be largely ignored. I don't expect many Bernie supporters to agree and I don't expect many Hillary supporters to disagree.

[TheBlackAdder]

4. Kos is establishment, only getting 1/3 funding from its readers. I stopped funding them in December.

[Demsrule86]

19. Thanks for the info

I will send them some money...

[Dawgs]

5. Holy Shit! Markos has lost it.

There's a whole lot of dumb in that post. It's fucking crazy.

Not surprising. This is the same guy that guaranteed that Michelle Backmann would be the Republican nominee in 2012.

[Demsrule86]

20. It is completely true...every word

And Sanders is in the process of destroying his so called revolution.

[Dawgs]

22. LOL!

You obviously are clueless.

[UMTerp01]

6. Cue "Daily Kos is establishment" "Daily Kos is in the tank for Clinton" excuses in 3....2...1... nt

[Peachhead22]

7. Silly me

Even though Kos is a Clinton backer I expected some logic and reasoning. Instead it was basically him sticking his thumbs in his ears, waving his fingers, sticking out his tongue then saying nanny nanny boo boo!

[Vattel]

8. Yes, he has fought hard to disenfranchise communities of color

[Sancho]

9. Nice link. Thanks!

[anotherproletariat]

11. Good read! nt

[AtomicKitten]

12. That's a lovely rationalization you got going on there.

[themaguffin]

14. Silly me

Even though some here are Bernie backers I expected some logic and reasoning in responding to Markos' points. Instead it was basically them sticking their thumbs in his ears, waving their fingers, sticking out their tongues then saying nanny nanny boo boo!

[pansypoo53219]

15. the teevee gnewz ordained clinton AND trump. to make it a better horse race FOR THE MEDIA.

black out bernie was the plan.

[hrmjustin]

16. K&R!

[Shandris]

17. When the first entry is demonstrably proven false by history, one can safely dismiss the...

...entire line of idiocy.

Also, when someone has to write an article to EXPLAIN how its 'fair and square', you can bet your ass it wasn't.

[Demsrule86]

21. Bernie really needed to reach out

to people of color...he can't be the nominee...sorry...very important group...growing and all.