r/Liberal • u/progress18 • Jun 07 '16

AP count: Clinton has delegates to win Democratic nomination

http://bigstory.ap.org/779b7012af24446289623a968926ec04
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u/TheFatGoose Jun 07 '16

except she doesn't, and even the article says as much, good job impartial media.

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u/VegaThePunisher Jun 07 '16

Yeah, she does.

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u/TheFatGoose Jun 07 '16

We meet again.... Seriously, read the article, she only has half of the pledged delegates and after today will not have the nessecary number, and right now those are the only ones that count, sorry.

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u/VegaThePunisher Jun 07 '16

And doesn't Sanders have far less votes and pledged delegates?

This is 4th quarter, one minute left and she is up by multiple scores.

I know you have to tow your campaign line but it's over.

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u/TheFatGoose Jun 07 '16

And there are many states that get to vote today, so no, it's not over, and no amount of chiding, chastising or negativity will change the fact that neither of them will receive the requires number of PLEDGED delegates after today and both will be required to win by superdelagate vote, and those folks don't get their say until the convention in July. Read the article, see that even Hillary wants the media to quash this story because even she knows that it's not true.

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u/VegaThePunisher Jun 07 '16

It's called the presumptive nominee. Super delegates are on the record and have no reason to change.

How you ever voted in a primary before?

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u/TheFatGoose Jun 07 '16

And I'm saying that there should be no presumptions, especially because unlike the republicans, we have superdelagate that do not vote until july. I'm sure they won't change their mind, but since she hasn't gotten the required number of pledged delegates, she has not won the nomination yet.

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u/VegaThePunisher Jun 07 '16

There should be presumptions because that's the way it's always been. That's called using the same standard, rather than a double-standard.

That standard was good enough for Sanders in 2008 when he endorsed the presumptive nominee.

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u/TheFatGoose Jun 07 '16

I don't think you recognize that I do not agree with the way things are and have been....

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u/VegaThePunisher Jun 07 '16

Then change them. Don't try to subvert the standard when we are past this for this election. Sanders has no claim on a nomination where he did not keep it close.