http://www.democraticunderground.com/1280185888Oh my.
New Earth (9,681 posts) Tue Apr 26, 2016, 10:36 PM
Why are so many Bernie supporters in GDP giving up?
And in here?
Don't we still have a good number of states left, including CA & OR which are high in delegates and good for Bernie?
Look, Lil Butterball:
Messalina Agrippina as of this afternoon has 2,169 delegates.
Methuselah has 1,387 delegates.
It takes 2,383 delegates to nab the nomination; there's still 1,206 up for grabs.
Of the states you cited, Oregon has 74 delegates, California 546.
You omitted to mention New Jersey, which has 142 delegates, which ain't small change.
Take off your shoes and socks and start counting.....
Rebkeh (2,148 posts) Tue Apr 26, 2016, 10:42 PM
7. Some people are used to losing
Progressives have never won in my lifetime, it's what we know. Cenk (The Young Turks) said it best, he was quoting someone else, I don't know who: "Progressives aren't supposed to win, they are supposed to lose gracefully." People my age (mid forties) and older are used to this, it's the same old thing every freaking election, settling. We are supposed to settle and be happy about it. It's what we know.
I think that's what may be happening there.
Now, that's funny. Hilarious.
HubertHeaver (1,866 posts) Tue Apr 26, 2016, 10:55 PM
13. Not settling yet. Just keeping heads down. Those other people are
vindictive as hell and are alerting on anything trying to get our people on "review".
^^^the primitive must live in a mirrorless house.
democrattotheend (8,013 posts) Tue Apr 26, 2016, 10:43 PM
8. I'm not giving up exactly
But I see the writing on the wall. Unless an extraordinary event like Hillary being indicted happens, Bernie is not going to be the nominee. I guess I came to terms with that last week after New York. I want him to stay in until the last votes but return to his positive message. If he does that I will consider donating again. But I don't see the point in deluding ourselves into thinking that he still has more than a miniscule chance. At this point, if I donate again it will be to keep his message out there, not because I expect an ROI on the investment in terms of him getting the nomination (which, to be honest, is how I felt the first time I donated).
Hissyspit (45,391 posts) Tue Apr 26, 2016, 10:51 PM
12. I'm not giving up. Almost anything can still happen.
Almost. Still, the numbers are not good.
LiberalArkie (8,524 posts) Tue Apr 26, 2016, 11:13 PM
20. It is still who counts the votes. I am at the point of believing that HRC will win the nomination
and then arrested. The party will not have a candidate without holding another convention. It sounds very rovian.
lmbradford (317 posts) Tue Apr 26, 2016, 11:58 PM
32. We need wider margins
I think we just need to work harder to overcome the 10% "rigged" factor. We can do it if we don't wait until the last minute to go after a state. We need to use every available minute. Really take all of our time and get out new voters and convince registered voters. The more Bernie is seen and talked about, the more he wins. NO DAYS OFF and no more pouting and licking our wounds.
We can still do this. I have to because I cannot vote for anyone else in NOvember.
grasswire (47,670 posts) Tue Apr 26, 2016, 11:43 PM
26. yes....
...consider how difficult it is for a gentleman to win against a flawed and desperate gutter fighter.
^^^well, if anybody needs any proof Judy's gripped by permanent senescence, I guess this is it.
BernieforPres2016 (2,805 posts) Tue Apr 26, 2016, 11:46 PM
29. Some of us are decent to good with math and are facing reality
After tonight, if Bernie wins California 65-35 and every other remaining primary 60-40, he will still be about 50 pledged delegates short of Hillary going into the convention.
The only remaining hope is for the FBI to do its job and indict Hillary, and I think the chances of that are somewhere between slim and none.
^^^it looks as if at least one Bernie bully computed the mathematics of it.
<<<thinks it's time for Skins to pull the plug on these primitives.
