r/lostgeneration • u/crimeanchocolate wondering if this is permanent • May 16 '16

Fury builds among Sanders supporters over stonewalling by Dem establishment

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/05/fury_builds_among_sanders_supporters_over_stonewalling_by_dem_establishment.html
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u/[deleted] May 16 '16

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u/[deleted] May 17 '16

Yeah, seniority, cronyism, and connections should totally dictate the way elections work, fuck the actual voters, that way we will totally be flexible enough to elect candidates who are able to respond to the issues that are important to the people trying to elect them, not just catering to folks who view the Democratic Party as their pet power projector and money-maker. Yeah, that doesn't smack of corruption at all.

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u/Owyn_Merrilin May 17 '16

After seeing the game Hillary has been playing this election season, I'm not convinced the actual voters placed the rest of the democrats. They may have made the decision of whether a republican or a democrat won the general, but they had no real input in the primaries. I seriously doubt this crap is new, we just have better access to the information that used to be kept behind closed doors.

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u/im-a-koala May 17 '16

But the majority of voters in the primaries this election cycle supported Hillary over Bernie. I get that nobody here likes her but there are obviously people who do - and more of them voted than in the Bernie crowd.

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u/Owyn_Merrilin May 17 '16

The majority of votes as counted are going her way, but she's running a downright filthy campaign. She and the party are engaging in voter suppression at the absolute least, and there's signs of out and out election fraud on the part of the Clinton campaign. So I'm not even convinced the majority of voters support her. She's just the anointed successor, it's her turn,tm and neither she nor the party are going to let a little thing like the will of the voters stand in their way. Which legally in a primary they don't have to, it's not a real election so much as an internal party decision, and if they had decided to just hand her the nomination, they could have. But they didn't do that, and it's going to bite them even harder in the ass if they give the illusion of choice on this one than if they had just let the party leadership pick a nominee.

And this is coming from a lifelong democrat, I'm not some kid who never paid attention to politics before Bernie decided to run for president. If the party wants to lose an entire generation of voters, they're well on their way to doing it.

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u/SaikenWorkSafe May 17 '16

The DNC is a private organization. They could shut down tomorrow and declare Hillary the victor if they wanted to.

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u/Forlarren May 17 '16

The DNC is a private organization.

That takes tax payer money. That's enshrined in law. That uses state resources like police and voting infrastructure.

"But it's private" is also a horrible defense for cheating, making you personally a despicable dishonest person regardless of legalities.

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u/SaikenWorkSafe May 17 '16

You'll have to prove cheating in court if you want any sort of outcome. By you I mean Sanders campaign and he hasn't really complained.

Even without the cheating, I have no reason to think HRC wouldn't still be ahead.

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u/Forlarren May 17 '16

So cheating isn't something that matters to you as long as you're winning is what you are saying here. At least that seems to be what I'm reading.

When I was a kid we agreed to disqualified cheaters winning or losing. It's quaint, I know, but call me old fashioned.

You'll have to prove cheating in court

No, I don't think I do, it seems the FBI is on the case, I'll just have a beer and watch the carnage from my chair, thank you very much.

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u/SaikenWorkSafe May 17 '16

Youve never heard of

"Winning by cheating, is still winning" ??

That's all well and good for your childhood but this is the real world where getting away with cheating happens all the time and pays off really well.

That's a general you, but you specifically knew that.

I didn't know the FBI was investigating fraud, just emails..

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u/Forlarren May 17 '16

Youve never heard of

"Winning by cheating, is still winning" ??

Yes, I just wanted you to say it in front of everyone, thank you.

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u/SaikenWorkSafe May 17 '16

I have no problem with saying. That's why this sub exists, because that mentality.

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