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Why Bernie is Going to Win
The Huffington Post's Huffpost Contributors The Blog ^ | May 12, 2016 | Frank Huguenard, Scientist, Film Maker and Speaker

Posted on 05/20/2016 11:42:17 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Bernie is going to win. The writing is on the wall that Hillary is most likely guilty of [at a minimum] unintentional espionage and probably much worse and it looks like an indictment at this point is imminent. There’s no doubt that the democratic establishment is also aware of this inevitability and is beginning to hedge their bets, albeit behind closed doors. It’s only a matter of time before the majority of the DNC begins to realize that Hillary is a liability to the party and once this tipping point occurs, establishment democrats will defect en masse like rats from a sinking ship. But that’s not why Bernie is going to win.

Superdelegates, which date back to centrist “Scoop” Jackson’s Coalition for a Democratic Majority in the early 1970s, were meant to be a safeguard mechanism and were installed after an extremely contentious Democratic Convention in 1980 between Ted Kennedy and Jimmy Carter. This heated contest split the democratic party and created a chasm between the two camps, quite probably cost the democrats the general election. “Scoop” was a conservative Democrat and the superdelegates function was to ensure the party had a viable candidate to compete against the republican nominee by steering the party away from progressive candidates and more towards moderates.

The true, original intention of superdelegates was to have safeguards in place to act in the best interest of the party and it’s becoming more and more clear that Hillary’s legal troubles are not going away. In the general election, Sanders crushes Trump in a head to head contest while Hillary struggles, especially in 3 key so-called battleground states....

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1 posted on 05/20/2016 11:42:17 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No way.

Biden/Warren.

Just a matter of time.


2 posted on 05/20/2016 11:44:53 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("During a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" --George Orwell)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Sanders crushes Trump”

I don’t think that will happen.


3 posted on 05/20/2016 11:45:43 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Nation States seem to be ending. The follow-on should not be Globalism, but Localism.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Here I come to save the day!!

4 posted on 05/20/2016 11:47:07 AM PDT by seawolf101 (This)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Millennials would come out to vote for Bernie in the general, but blacks would either stay home (”two old white crackers? ain’t got time for that”), or vote 75-25 for Bernie, far less than Obama got.


5 posted on 05/20/2016 11:48:35 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

In the general election, Sanders crushes Trump in a head to head contest...

What ever he’s smoking, I don’t want any of it.


6 posted on 05/20/2016 11:48:45 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Don’t know what they smoke at HuffPo, but it’s powerful.

What’s driving the shakers toward Bernie is not Hillary’s criminality, but the prospect of a very violent convention which his followers are already proven ready to foment.


7 posted on 05/20/2016 11:49:43 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The writer admits that Hillary is guilty and will/should be indicted. However, if she is not he will most likely have no problem pulling the lever for her over Trump. And they say we have sold our soul to Trump. He’s not looking at being federally indicted...


8 posted on 05/20/2016 11:50:40 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I believe the indictment will come after she wins the nod, leading to Biden or The Moose as the nominee.


9 posted on 05/20/2016 11:51:01 AM PDT by Ingtar (86% del allocated. Trump 94% of required for nomination 21.3% of remaining needed 5/18)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

I’m sure plenty of corrupt Commie lawyers at Just-Us are working on a trumped-up indictment for Trump.


10 posted on 05/20/2016 11:52:22 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Thanks 2ndDivisionVet. I'd love to try puffin' on whatever the Puffington Hos are puffin'.

11 posted on 05/20/2016 11:52:52 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’m hoping he does well enough just to make Hilary a weaker candidate.


12 posted on 05/20/2016 11:53:06 AM PDT by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Would take about 2/3rds of super delegates switching from Herself to Bernie for him to win.
That’s actually quite doable, considering their interest is more in any Democrat winning than in Herself running (and quite possibly losing).
Bernie is popular. Herself, not so much.


13 posted on 05/20/2016 11:54:24 AM PDT by ctdonath2 ("Get the he11 out of my way!" - John Galt)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Frank Huguenard, Scientist, Film Maker and Speaker

And delusionist.

14 posted on 05/20/2016 11:55:52 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Maybe Bernie can run for President of Venezuela and turn it around.


15 posted on 05/20/2016 11:58:33 AM PDT by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prison 2016)
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BWAHAHAHAHA. Two problems with this. Clinton has the super-delegates bought and paid for. Any defectors will be visiting Fort Marcy Park. In the event that Sanders does somehow win, the DNC will collapse as the CCF will pull their money that is supporting it.


16 posted on 05/20/2016 12:00:10 PM PDT by PJBankard
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To: Sasparilla

Not like he could do much worse in Venezuela.


17 posted on 05/20/2016 12:00:58 PM PDT by PJBankard
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I don’t believe that either sanders or Hillary are going to be the candidate... right before the convention Hillary is going to be forced to release all her delegates and those delegates are going to chose some one else. the reason that Bernie has not quit is that he knows this is going to happen and he is hoping that he can peel off enough of Hillary delegates’ to win. the reason Hillary will quite is to get a pardon for crimes she is about to be charged with. the only reason that she has not ended her campaign is that Bernie has gotten enough delegates to make him still wining the nomination after she ends the campaign. if it was not that Bernie is the only alternative unless all Hillary’s delegates are used to elect another candidate. this has kept Hillary from ending her campaign two months ago.


18 posted on 05/20/2016 12:01:27 PM PDT by PCPOET7
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
It’s only a matter of time before the majority of the DNC begins to realize that Hillary is a liability to the party

They've known this for years! But they did nothing but deflect and obfuscate because, like all Dems, they thought they could GET AWAY WITH IT!

19 posted on 05/20/2016 12:04:11 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (#BlackOlivesMatter)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

So what it Bernie stays in the race no matter what? IF Hillary drops because of an indictment, won’t Sander be the “presumptive nominee”?


20 posted on 05/20/2016 12:05:25 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (#BlackOlivesMatter)
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