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What the hell just happened in Nevada? Sanders supporters are fed up — and rightfully so
SALON ^ | May 16, 2016 | SEAN ILLING

Posted on 05/16/2016 8:35:49 AM PDT by McGruff

Chaos erupted at the Nevada Democratic convention on Saturday as supporters of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clashed over the awarding of the state’s 35 pledged delegates. Clinton edged Sanders in the Nevada caucus on Feb. 20th (52.6 percent to 47.3 percent). On April 2, however, the state party held its Clark County convention and Sanders mobilized more delegates than the Clinton campaign (1,613 to 1,298), which swung the delegate count in his favor.

At the state convention this weekend, the final step in the process, Sanders supporters hoped to secure the lion’s share of the remaining 12 delegates. Instead, the delegate allocation rules were abruptly changed and Clinton was awarded 7 of the 12 delegates. State party chair, Roberta Lange, told caucus-goers that the “ruling by the Chair is not debatable; we cannot be challenged and I move that…and I announce that the rules have been passed by the body.” Predictably, a chorus of boos followed and the convention was forced to end on a frenzied note.

What happened in Nevada is likely to happen elsewhere. The perception that the DNC has thrown its institutional support behind Clinton has only deepened the internal divide within the party. The Sanders wing is pissed off, and rightfully so

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Arkansas; US: Massachusetts; US: Nevada; US: New York; US: Vermont
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To: McGruff

What we are seeing is that both parties have spent years setting up the primary rules to prevent a populist, non establishment candidate from getting the nomination. We are just now realizing it because this is the first year they’ve have to use those rules. It’s all fixed.


21 posted on 05/16/2016 8:55:13 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: Ken H

“Airplane!” reference. ;-)


22 posted on 05/16/2016 8:58:26 AM PDT by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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To: pepsi_junkie

I believe it stands for Party Unity My Ass.


23 posted on 05/16/2016 9:12:12 AM PDT by Jean2 (ox)
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To: Cementjungle

“Bernie’s mission was simply to make it appear as if Hillary had to “win” her nomination.”

Interesting theory.
People keep suggesting likewise of Trump.
I have to doubt it though, as support is vast and genuine, and both Trump & Sanders have an actual chance of winning. Why be a patsy when each could actually WIN the presidential election?


24 posted on 05/16/2016 9:12:57 AM PDT by ctdonath2 ("Get the he11 out of my way!" - John Galt)
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To: McGruff
Got a photo of this taken by a friend (high school -- many, many years ago) who is a Bernie supporter:

Bernie people are actually blaming the police for
disrupting their convention and not letting them "vote".
Democrats have lost touch with reality ( it they were ever touch at all).
25 posted on 05/16/2016 9:20:19 AM PDT by StormEye
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To: McGruff

The MSM seems to be suppressing the facts about this incident and how “disruptive” it was.


26 posted on 05/16/2016 9:21:39 AM PDT by StormEye
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To: NonValueAdded

That’s Mutley to you


27 posted on 05/16/2016 9:23:26 AM PDT by gr8eman (Don't waste your energy trying to understand commies. Use it to defeat them!)
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To: StormEye
Correction, should read:
"(if they were ever in touch at all.)"

I'm such a lousy typist!
28 posted on 05/16/2016 9:29:42 AM PDT by StormEye
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To: McGruff
Colorado for us, Nevada for them.

Colorado threw gasoline on top of Trump's fire. It is too late for Sanders to win, but this will do nothing to help unify the democrats.

29 posted on 05/16/2016 9:31:49 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: StormEye
Interesting photo.

Very revealing of the RAT mindset.

They knew they were doing something wrong, so they pre-emptively pulled in some brown-shirt muscle.

30 posted on 05/16/2016 9:33:15 AM PDT by JOAT
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To: McGruff

Good. The more aggrieved the Sanders people feel when Hillary becomes their nominee, the fewer will vote for her, and some might even switch to Trump.


31 posted on 05/16/2016 9:36:40 AM PDT by Yashcheritsiy (You can't have a constitution without a country to go with it)
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To: McGruff

Here’s a great idea! Trump as President and Bernie as VP. Pidgeon hole the VP and don’t let him get loose!


32 posted on 05/16/2016 9:37:13 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: Biggirl

PUMA = “Party Unity My A$$”


33 posted on 05/16/2016 9:37:34 AM PDT by SatinDoll (A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE USA OF TWO USA CITIZENS)
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To: StormEye
The MSM seems to be suppressing the facts about this incident and how “disruptive” it was.

There were several people taking phone videos right from the event, and they are posted all over the internet. MSM can't keep a lid on much anymore.

34 posted on 05/16/2016 9:38:22 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: McGruff

Hey, Bernie -— Hillary! winning 6 coin tosses in a row, in Iowa, was your first clue as to how the Clintons operate.


35 posted on 05/16/2016 9:40:38 AM PDT by LibertarianLiz
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To: McGruff

36 posted on 05/16/2016 9:54:19 AM PDT by tflabo (truth or tyrrany)
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To: McGruff
Actually, the funny thing about this is that Hillary actually won the most votes, but Bernie supporters packed the delegate nominating process and got more delegates. Sound familiar?

The chair intervened to ensure that the person who got the most votes got the most delegates.

So was that right, or wrong?

37 posted on 05/16/2016 10:37:34 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: circlecity
Again, Hillary has actually won a clear majority of ballots cast in the Democrat primary -- 12.7M to $9.6M This isn't a Trump situation where he had a clear plurality in some states but ended up with fewer delegates. The candidate with the clear majority of the votes is going to win the nomination. Sure, the whole super delegate thing stinks to high heaven, but she's clobbering him among actual votes anyway. This is Bernie's hard left special snowflakes whining because they're finding out that their votes, no matter how enthusiastic they may be, still only count for one vote. They feel they should win, so they're outraged they're not going to. It's great!

The beauty of all this is that Hillary is being blasted by the special snowflake logic to which her campaign constantly panders. The left constantly talks about how people feel, and how that should be respected regardless of facts. Well, an outraged "revolt" by people whose candidate is getting clobbered in the vote totals is exactly what they deserve.

38 posted on 05/16/2016 10:37:34 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: McGruff

I heard that Sanders may go 3rd party...

Trump landslide coming.


39 posted on 05/16/2016 10:52:19 AM PDT by Rockitz (This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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To: Mears

I always thought it was “party United my ass”


40 posted on 05/16/2016 11:01:39 AM PDT by Finatic (Sometimes I think it would be nice to just get it on and get it over with. Once and for all.)
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