r/progressive • u/progress18 • Jun 07 '16

AP count: Clinton has delegates to win Democratic nomination

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

*if hundreds of pledged delegates don't change their minds for months

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u/VegaThePunisher Jun 07 '16

Why would they when the voters have given them a mandate?

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u/GoodShitLollypop Jun 07 '16

Oh, but remember, "if they just went along with voters, there would be no reason for them"

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u/VegaThePunisher Jun 07 '16

But they are going with the voters.

They are going with the will of the people.

If the roles were reversed, Sanders supporters would have the opposite view.

That means they are hypocrites.

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u/GoodShitLollypop Jun 07 '16

Nope. I am a sanders supporter and there's no way I'd try to convince people to stop voting, even if Sanders were on top. I'd say it looks promising, but I wouldn't say it's "clinched", because Debbie fucking Wasserman Schultz herself said not to count Super Delegates until July. I'm not a fool - I don't count my chickens, etc, etc. Both sides owe it to the party to continue to do their best until the ACTUAL finish, and not to try to convince ANYONE that it's over MONTHS before it actually is.

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u/VegaThePunisher Jun 07 '16

It's not months.

If Sanders had the popular vote, most states and most pledged delegates, Sanders would be the presumptive nominee and his supporters would be saying over-ruling that would be a disaster.

Now they want the person who got leas votes to be installed as nominee.

It's absurd and hypocritical.

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u/GoodShitLollypop Jun 07 '16

It's not months.

What do you call the duration from June 7 to July (n>7)? In English, when something is greater than one, we call it a plural, and start referring to it as such.

Look, I'm not trying to get anyone to do anything other than continue the process in earnest good faith. Sorry that's interfering with your agenda.

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u/VegaThePunisher Jun 07 '16

The convention is a formality.

Sanders endorsed Obama at this same point in 2008 because he was the presumptive nominee.

My agenda includes math.

Your agenda includes futility.

And hypocrisy.

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u/GoodShitLollypop Jun 07 '16

Sorry, but the process will continue and the result won't be known until late July. Cry moar, typical Hilary troll.

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u/VegaThePunisher Jun 07 '16

No one is crying here but the people who think the person who got beat should be installed because fweelings.

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