Methuselah "basically" admits he's done, finished

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/110790397

Oh my.

liberal N proud (51,175 posts)    Mon Apr 4, 2016, 04:47 PM

BREAKING: Bernie Sanders Campaign Basically Admits Defeat
 
One day before the Wisconsin primary, the Bernie Sanders campaign has all but conceded that Hillary Clinton has clinched the nomination.

An eye-opening story in The New York Times reveals the Sanders campaign has been more effective than they hoped. But early missteps seem to have cost him the nomination:

“Mr. Sanders is now campaigning more effectively than many expected, exposing Mrs. Clinton’s weaknesses as a candidate, and is positioning himself to win contests like the Wisconsin primary on Tuesday. But allies and advisers of Mr. Sanders say they missed opportunities to run an aggressive political operation in 2015 that would have presented more of a challenge to Mrs. Clinton. She has now firmly built a big lead in delegates needed to clinch the nomination — a margin that would be smaller if Mr. Sanders had run differently last year, according to interviews with more than 15 people who are on his team or close to him.”

…All those decisions stemmed in part from Mr. Sanders’s outlook on the race. He was originally skeptical that he could beat Mrs. Clinton, and his mission in 2015 was to spread his political message about a rigged America rather than do whatever it took to win the nomination. By the time he caught fire with voters this winter and personally began to believe he could defeat Mrs. Clinton, she was already on her way to building an all but insurmountable delegate lead.”

Sanders is predicted to win the Wisconsin primary tomorrow but only by a few points. If he has any hope of winning the nomination, he has to win in Wisconsin, New York and California by much bigger margins.

http://www.liberalamerica.org/2016/04/04/breaking-bernie-sanders-campaign-basically-admits-defeat/ 

Well, about ****ing time.

Thinkingabout (23,157 posts)    Mon Apr 4, 2016, 05:11 PM

4. Actually the missteps began in 1991 when he entered congress, he did not buold
 
Relationships with other Congressional members nor did he build them through the years. Hillary started building relationships in 1993 as First Lady and continued those relationships through her time in the Senate, as SOS and still building those relationships. When supporters day people do not know Sanders it is true because of the lack on Sanders to work with others.

All of Sanders excuses now does not change the fact of Hillary's qualifications and his points of trying to tear down those qualifications nor her abilities. Hopefully in the next debates the issues will rise to the top 

CalvinballPro (705 posts) Mon Apr 4, 2016, 06:38 PM

17. "You have to be a friend to have a friend."

Yeah.

One suspects the lesson's lost on Bernie bullies, though.

misterhighwasted (5,616 posts)    Mon Apr 4, 2016, 05:16 PM

6. If he gave two shits about who this country will be governed by,
 
then he would stop campaigning against the only person left to lead this country out of the depths of Republican hell.

Instead his dying campaign goes down shouting the same slanderous untruths that caused him defeat in the first place.

He should have spent that $16million social media slander against the Republican Party & walked away with the dignity of being a great part in changing the direction of our country.

He slandered the wrong Party.

He has accomplished nothing but dividing the only Party that American Democracy has a chance of surviving with.

WTF is a legacy like that worth when the RW is prepared to lie, cheat, & steal its way to the Presidency & chooses the next RW hard core Supreme Court.

Its been very difficult to know what side bernie sanders has been on throughout this campaign.

He either wants the RW to succeed or he doesn't.

But he will never be the President elect, so what does he do?

Spends $16 mill on social media to censor Hillary's message of equal rights around the world, while hanging every exaggerated thing he can dream up, often taken from RW operatives, to destroy her integrity & credibility.

Hard to say just WHO bernie sanders has been stumping for. I don't see it as for the Dem Party.

But rather he abetted the RW far more.

Now he admits defeat & missteps?!

He can never undo the damage he has done to the only hope this country has for a future against the hateful Good Old Boys of the KKK Republican Right.

Please Just #GTFObernie 

CalvinballPro (705 posts)    Mon Apr 4, 2016, 06:35 PM

15. I dislike being filled with as much contempt as I feel for Bernie Sanders but he can thank his peeps
 
He paid millions of dollars for his online troll army, and I for one am not sorry that it came back to bite him in the ass. That's what you get for hiring Gamer-Gaters as your online spokesmen, to use Fox News talking points against a life-long Democrat.

He and his warmed-over libertarian movement can go back to the wilderness where they belong. 

LannyDeVaney (764 posts)    Mon Apr 4, 2016, 07:39 PM

22. What's up with these multi-millionaire entertainers insulting me?
 
What have I done to them? What has Clinton done to them? Nothing.

If they are so committed to the revolution, tell them to donate 50% of their earning to the DNC, you know, Bernie's party. Let him run with it. That's the tax rate it would take to even start his agenda - and they are REALLY committed to the Revolution - so they should set the example and get it started.

Lecturing a middle-classer like myself doesn't do jack shit. Put up you millions or STFU. 

misterhighwasted (5,616 posts)    Mon Apr 4, 2016, 09:08 PM

25. Yup! Multi-Millionaire Entertainers & their multiple mansions around the world
 
multi-millionaires with Wall St investments, stumping for bernie, against the 1% & Wall St investors!! HAAAHAA..

Now ain't that a pantload!

[thundley4]

If he gave two shits about who this country will be governed by,
 
then he would stop campaigning against the only person left to lead this country out of the depths of Republican hell.

Um, yeah, about that. The current crop of GOP members of congress has given Obama almost everything he wanted. If there is a current hell, it belongs to Obama.

[Big Dog]

CalvinballPro (705 posts)    Mon Apr 4, 2016, 06:35 PM

15. I dislike being filled with as much contempt as I feel for Bernie Sanders but he can thank his peeps
 
He paid millions of dollars for his online troll army, and I for one am not sorry that it came back to bite him in the ass. That's what you get for hiring Gamer-Gaters as your online spokesmen, to use Fox News talking points against a life-long Democrat.

He and his warmed-over libertarian movement can go back to the wilderness where they belong. 

Pay attention, DUmbass. Che Sanders is not within 100 miles of being a libertarian. He fits right in with the rest of you collectivist, authoritarian, socialist shitheads.

Cocksucker.

[miskie]

"He and his warmed-over libertarian movement can go back to the wilderness where they belong.  "

Seriously ?

Someone doesn't understand the first thing about Libertarians.

Sanders wants top-down government control. The only difference between Sanders and HRC, is that Sanders is willing to admit that up-front.

[Karin]

"Libertarian?"  Idiot.  But I like his screenname. 

They're mad because Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon called Shrillary supporters sheep.  On our side, it's the columnists who are abusing the supporters.  If you live in a smaller town, and are frustrated by the lack of opportunity as far as the eye can see, then according to Kevin Williamson, you should just die, you drunk, druggie breeder. 

[GOBUCKS]

Bern is nearly as crazy as Trump, who he'd probably beat easily.

The main attractive thing about Bernie is that he's likely to fall dead very soon.

But that nice angle is offset by his likely nutty VP selection, Fauxcohontas.

The worst Final Four in the history of presidential politics.