[McGruff]

I've been saying this all along. Let Bernie bring his followers with him rather than vote for Hillary.

[struggle]

Keep at it Trump. You may completely destroy the Democrat party and the Republican establishment in one election.

[glorgau]

Got to give Trump credit for stirring the pot like this.

The man is an expert at messing with the opposition’s head.

[Abathar]

I swear I would sit down and laugh myself silly if he did that.

[Brilliant]

It shows that Trump doesn’t believe his own propaganda that Sanders supporters will go to Trump rather than Hillary.

[Grampa Dave]

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Skip to comments.Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Revealing Our Elections are Rigged: “The Illusions of Choice”
The Conservative Treehouse ^ | 4-17-2016 | sundance

Posted on 04/17/2016 3:05:41 PM PDT by smoothsailing

(Nick Bernabe via ANTIMEDIA) Denver, CO — The 2016 election has been a wild ride, with two insurgent grassroots campaigns literally giving the political establishment a run for its money. But as the events of this presidential primary season play out, it’s becoming clear the U.S. election — and even more so, the presidential race — is a big scam being perpetrated on the American people.

Events from the last week have exposed the system as an illusion of choice and a farce. They have reinforced at least one study showing the U.S. is an oligarchy rather than a democratic republic.

The Wyoming democratic caucus took place on Saturday, purportedly to allow voters to have their voices heard in the race between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. Sanders lost the Wyoming caucus by winning it with a 12 percent margin.

Wait, what?

How does one lose by winning 56 percent of the votes? This happens when the political process is, according to the New York Post, “rigged” by superdelegates. The Post summed up this “strange” phenomenon:

“[U]nder the Democratic Party’s oddball delegate system, Sanders’ winning streak — he has won seven out of the past eight contests — counts for little.

“In fact, despite his win, he splits Wyoming’s 14 pledged delegates 7 to 7 under the caucus calculus.

“Clinton, meanwhile, also gets the state’s four superdelegates — who had already pledged their allegiance to her in January. So despite ‘losing,’ she triumphs 11-7 in the delegate tally”. (link)

Even media pundits on MSNBC openly called the process rigged:...

(Excerpt) Read more at theconservativetreehouse.com ...

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[JediJones]

Works for me.

[xzins]

Trump is now using Sanders’ plight to warn the GOP-E about what he will do if he gets cheated.

I expect him to use the Reform Party structure.

It would be better if he could use the Libertarian, but they won’t go for it.

[COUNTrecount]

Bernie IS an Independent, he only caucuses with the RATs.

[Sooth2222]

He’s a Communist and he should run as a Communist.

[SERKIT]

While many are preparing for virtual funeral of the Republican Party in Cleveland, the real story is the demise of the Democrat Party.

Their lead runner was set for an automated coronation will soon be “Scooterized” by the FBI (we hope). The second pony is an Independent, self-described socialist, who has only been in the Democrat Party for four months. Lil’ Debbie has driven the party into near-bankruptcy.

Before the November elections, we may have 5 candidates:

1-Trump - as a Republican - will be shunned in a Kadich-Cruz-fed “open convention” and run as an Independent.

2-Bernie - who is really an Independent and has only been a Democrat for four months - will run as an Independent once Lil’ Debbie gives him his walking papers, i.e. the super-duper delegates anoint Hillary,

3-The schizophrenic GOPe will finally find a next-old-fart-in-line and run him. Kasich is short on delegates and apparently short on Haldol and Lithium, and is too delusional to be the CoC. Lyin' Ted is working the f'd up system.

4-Hillary, the impeachable and inEVITAble, backed by whatever is left from the bankrupt Democrat Party, unless she is “Scooterized” by the FBI,

5-A rock-ribbed, yet totally unelectable “conservative” or pseudo-conservative, conceived in an out-of-wedlock affair in a formerly Republican smoky room in an upscale resort, who will have a welfare-to-work program for fired TSA workers hired as crotch-checkers at public restrooms.

[DoodleDawg]

"Bernie Sanders has been treated terribly by the Democrats — both with delegates & otherwise," Trump tweeted. "He should show them, and run as an Independent!"

Trump's said he's been treated badly as well. So when does he declare as an independent?

[trisham]

Agreed. This is brilliant, imho.

[Persevero]

Ha I’d love that

[NonValueAdded]

That would be nice but then Cruz would jump in to be the fourth and that would be sub-optimal.

[McGruff]

[Pinkbell]

Yeah, that would give Trump the election.

[Red Badger]

Would make an interesting Electoral Map........................a four way split....................

[familyop]

Sanders really messed up with his description of his "socialist" position. It's more like the European Pirate Party position than what most voters perceive from the talk. Here's a re-post of some info from several months back (before any edits voters might see there now).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders
Bernie Sanders
Wikipedia
“A self-described democratic socialist,[6][7][8][9] he favors policies similar to those of social democratic parties in Europe, particularly those instituted by the Nordic countries.[10][11][12]”

http://senate.ontheissues.org/Senate/Bernie_Sanders.htm#Homeland_Security
Bernie Sanders on Homeland Security
[Excerpts]
Voted NO on extending the PATRIOT Act’s roving wiretaps. (Feb 2011)
Voted YES on requiring FISA court warrant to monitor US-to-foreign calls. (Feb 2008)
Voted NO on removing need for FISA warrant for wiretapping abroad. (Aug 2007)
Voted YES on limiting soldiers’ deployment to 12 months. (Jul 2007)
Voted YES on implementing the 9/11 Commission report. (Mar 2007)
Voted NO on allowing electronic surveillance without a warrant. (Sep 2006)
Voted NO on adopting the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission. (Oct 2004)
Voted YES on permitting commercial airline pilots to carry guns. (Jul 2002)
Address abuses of electronic monitoring in the workplace. (Apr 1993)

http://senate.ontheissues.org/Senate/Bernie_Sanders.htm#Free_Trade
Bernie Sanders on Free Trade
Click here for 14 full quotes on Free Trade OR background on Free Trade.

End disastrous NAFTA, CAFTA, and PNTR with China. (Mar 2015)
Stop TPP, the Trans-Pacific Partnership. (Jan 2015)
Voted NO on promoting free trade with Peru. (Dec 2007)
Voted NO on implementing CAFTA, Central America Free Trade. (Jul 2005)
Voted NO on implementing US-Australia Free Trade Agreement. (Jul 2004)
Voted NO on implementing US-Singapore free trade agreement. (Jul 2003)
Voted NO on implementing free trade agreement with Chile. (Jul 2003)
Voted YES on withdrawing from the WTO. (Jun 2000)
Voted NO on ‘Fast Track’ authority for trade agreements. (Sep 1998)
Rated 33% by CATO, indicating a mixed record on trade issues. (Dec 2002)
Extend trade restrictions on Burma to promote democracy. (Jun 2007)
Review free trade agreements biennially for rights violation. (Jun 2009)
Impose tariffs against countries which manipulate currency. (Feb 2011)
No MFN for China; condition trade on human rights. (Nov 1999)

[familyop]

Sanders even voted in favor of the Second Amendment on at least two issues (for Vermont pro-Second-Amendment constituents). Under Clinton and her fascists, we might lose all of our rights.

[Bubba Gump Shrimp]

After Hillary locks this up, the LAST thing Trump wants is for Bernie supporters to go to her side.

She’ll choose Warren to hopefully get some of them, but that’s a tar-baby on it’s own.

Trump is smart to plant seeds of discord in the D party. I would love to see (and I am sure we will) the Bern-Outs protesting her convention and all of her campaign stops. When they sober up from their drug induced buzz and realize that Bernie is not the nominee, it’s going to get real interesting.

They are not going to be too happy being roped off 2 blocks from the events, no matter how the media will try and ignore them.

Twitter and the internet have evolved into quite the political machine now, and that cat is out of the bag. The media, no matter how much it tries, just can no longer control the exchange of ideas.

As long as Trump keeps 10% of the dems from voting for Hillary out of support for Bernie, and if he picks up another 5% of the Bernie folks to his side, Hillary is toasted.

She will be reduced to government employees voting for her (and some of them will be GOPe types).