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"content": "[**@ClarkDems**](https://twitter.com/ClarkDems):\n>[2016-04-02 23:33:14 UTC](https://twitter.com/ClarkDems/status/716408177307168768)\n\n>Clinton 2390 delegates. Sanders 2958 delegates. [#ccdp2016](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ccdp2016)\n\n----\n\n[^[Mistake?]](/message/compose/?to=TweetPoster&subject=Error%20Report&message=/4d40fm%0A%0APlease leave above link unaltered.)\n[^[Suggestion]](/message/compose/?to=TweetPoster&subject=Suggestion)\n[^[FAQ]](/r/TweetPoster/comments/13relk/)\n[^[Code]](https://github.com/joealcorn/TweetPoster)\n[^[Issues]](https://github.com/joealcorn/TweetPoster/issues)\n",
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"content": "Clark county final delegate numbers:\nSanders -2958\nClinton -2293\nInitial numbers:\nSanders - 3928\nClinton - 4774\nNv total delegates initially = 12000 . Clark county was initially 8600 of it.Good chance Sanders wins Nevada on delegates.",
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"content": "CARSON: Sanders:29 Clinton: 28\n\nWASHOE COUNTY: Sanders:1050 - Clinton:833",
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"content": "I wonder what the total delegate count will be now. Sanders 20 - HRC 15?",
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"content": "Hard to say with caucus math, but at least 4 delegate swing, could be as high as 8-10.\n\nthe announcement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Ete-Hjw50",
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"content": "Dang. That's amazing. Apparently this is what happened in 2008 too. ",
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"content": "yeah, so unexpected, lazy millennials showed up and a bunch of HRC didn't. who would've thought?",
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"content": ":D",
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"content": "That's fantastic! ",
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"content": "Yeah it's a shocker, they tried to exclude a couple of Sanders delegates and the campaign lawyers had to travel over to the center, in the end there was a bunch of Clinton delegates that didn't show, not official yet but he takes Nevada, by a nice margin too.",
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"content": "This from a Sanders supporter there..\n\n> \"It was complete chaos. The committee was all HRC supporters who decided to stall after the count hoping Sanders supporters would leave. Turns out more HRC supporters left and after the final vote Bernie got 54.8%. HRC previously had a 10% lead in the delegate rich county and Bernie has just won it. Lots of pizza was delivered and a lot of extra water was brought.\"",
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"content": "I guess this post was removed. Talk about sour grapes. ",
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"content": "\"unverified\" ",
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"content": "Haha,.. cause I posted video too, doesn't matter I will find articles soon.",
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"content": "She has been very biased towards Clinton lately, maybe not purposely, but her bias is obvious. If she wants to maintain her impartiality, she should be more conscious of it. ",
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"content": "I have a real problem with all the Sanders hit pieces by Steve Benen being posted to her blog and shared by her Facebook page. If you're really not paying attention you might think she's the source, which gives it more credibility to us liberals.",
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"content": "Could you link to an example? ",
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"content": "Just scroll through the Facebook page. Every article that talks about Sanders might say something positive, but always ends with the message that his campaign is still doomed. And I have not seen a single article that is negative on Clinton. I'll dig up some examples later.",
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"content": "It's not a \"hit piece\" to say that he's probably not going to win. I mean, he's probably *not* going to win, and any reality-based individual has recognized that from day one.\n\nI'm a Sanders supporter, just not a delusional one.",
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"content": "When literally every piece he writes about the campaign emphasizes how hopeless it is, it seems like an attempt to shape the narrative negatively. I have seen lots of positive articles and lots of negative articles. I'm not delusional either, but the media does have an impact on public opinion, and not every article by someone needs to regurgitate that he's still going to lose despite any positive items mentioned. It's tiring.",
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"content": "Ya, now there is an obvious bias there.\n\nhttp://steve-benen.people.msnbc.com/",
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"content": "I don't think it's that big a deal. It certainly didn't bother me when she appeared to be biased towards Sanders.",
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"content": "Has she been biased towards sanders?",
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"content": "Yup. I always just assumed it meant she was a supporter.\n\nMaybe I'm just not familiar enough with her show. I probably don't watch it as often as some folks around here.",
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"content": "Nope...She did at least talk to him while the rest of the media ignored him or asked him what he thought of what Sec. Clinton said.\n\nAnd I do watch her show pretty regular...I didn't notice any pro Clinton Bias until after her interview with both of them...then only in the way she formed her question to Sec. Clinon...pretty even handed so far.",
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"content": "Yes accuse her, find her guilty and demand she change all in one statement, ",
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"content": "O'Donnell and Hayes have been insanely pro-Sanders, so it's not weird that she is a political ideology too.",
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"content": "Weird? No, but should our broadcasters have such apparent biases? I think I would like to see less. I would also like to see a lot less sensationalist spins on stories, but I don't see that changing anytime soon. ",
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"content": "I'd rather my reporters be open about their biases. They're inescapably there regardless because they're human beings and also because the mere act of deciding what is and is not worth spending time reporting on reflects a person's own subjective value judgments, never mind the inevitable framing, weighting, and sorting that has to occur to create a coherent narrative rather than just spewing a list of unconnected factoids in a manner that sounds more like the second half of \"Vogue\" (\"Greta Garbo and Monroe, Dietrich, and DiMaggio...\") than a news report.\n\nAt least if they're open, it's easier for me to assess their impact.",
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"content": "Sandernistas are delusional to the point of vilifying people who to support him *enough*.",
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"content": "This is the same purity test bullshit that created the tea party on the GOP side. I mean attacking Elizabeth Warren and now Maddow ffs",
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"content": "agreed 100%. Truly embarrassing show on the left side of the aisle.\n\nI understand that not all Sanders folks are that bad, but as someone else said, reddit is full of people who are.",
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"content": "You mean one person commenting anonymously in the comments section of an article on KOS?\n\nLet's be honest here - if you read the article, and you now believe this is representative of us \"Sandernistas\", you're being willfully suckered.",
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"content": "r/iamverysmart",
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"content": "Just appreciate the irony.",
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"content": "You know the Sandinistas were the ones who overthrew the Nicaraguan dictatorship. So, kind of weird using it derogatorily. ",
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"content": "They were also communists, so it isn't weird at all... it totally one point.",
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"content": "I'll take communism over totalitarianism any day, just me though. ",
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"content": "Communism is totalitarian in practice... what your fighting against is oligarchy... but you aren't smart enough to understand any of that.",
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"content": "The goal of communism is to function without the nation state.\n\nIn that instance I was speaking about the Somoza dictatorship. When speaking about American politics, the oligopoly is what we are fighting against. An oligopoly that sees no limit in their power and seeks to control everything within their reach, which is far reaching. What is that, if not totalitarianism?",
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"content": "\"I read a supporter of Senator Sanders say that Rachel Maddow and MSNBC were “basically Fox News.\"\n\n\"The Bernie Sanders campaign asks me to believe something I refuse to believe about Rachel Maddow.\"\n\nOne random comment on an article = \"The Bernie Sanders Campaign\".\n\nGood god, this is pathetic, even by your standards.\n\n>...Dozens of Good Democrats Aren't Corrupt Shills \n\nNope. Many of them are great people. Probably even dozens. But that's not what anyone is saying. No one said that every single Democrat is a corrupt shill. In fact, from the article -\n\n\"I don’t dispute that some within the Democratic establishment are far too friendly to corporate interests. Some are so indebted to their corporate betters that they’ve lost sight of who they serve.\"\n\nGood, then we're all in agreement, and this was a pretty pointless waste of everyone's time. Well done.",
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"content": "The Democratic party is a big tent and I don't agree with everything everyone says, but it's my party and I support it. If you really want Bernie to get the nomination, you should too... no matter who wins this nomination.",
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"content": "I'll support the party if it supports my interests and concerns. If it doesn't it can go the way of the Republicans for all I care.\n\n*I will not support a party that doesn't represent my values.* The question at hand is whether the Democratic party does or not. If they choose a candidate who doesn't, that means they don't.",
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"content": "Komrade Rachel is nyet towing de line! \n\nOff to the gulags in Vermont! \n\n",
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"content": ".....\n\n\n> One curious feature about political reform is that so many people feel it is \"disloyal\" to attempt to rectify the abuses in one's own party. And yet it is obvious that political morality is dependent upon the awakened conscience and private morality of the voters. Such \"disloyalty\" is simply an evidence of loyalty to principle.\n\n* Eleanor Roosevelt\n\n*The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt* ^^http://www2.gwu.edu/~erpapers/mep/displaydoc.cfm?docid=jfk40\n\n ^Chapter ^Forty-two, ^\"The ^Democratic ^Convention ^of ^1960\"",
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"content": "FDR made peace with Tammany Hall to get elected.",
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"content": "I love Rachel and I love Sanders. Not so keen on the rhetoric in the Daily Kos lately. IF we ever get back to a point where Democrats and the 'left leaning print media' can come to cause for the good of the people and not single candidates, why that would be just swell.",
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"content": "She does have Clinton bias. So does reality.\n\n/thread",
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"content": "Good.",
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"content": "Who is he?",
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"content": "Only one of the most progressive politicians in the country and mayor of the capitol of the world, NYC. \n\n",
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"content": "Meh, I prefer Tokyo. ",
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"content": "NYC is better. ",
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"content": "I disagree. ",
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"content": "Berlin is where it's at ",
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"content": "I hope to see it someday. ",
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"content": "I am kidding. I would have to say Hong Kong or Paris? \n\nThough I have never been to either. ",
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"content": "I've been to Hong Kong. It's beautiful. I had a good time the times that I was there. It's a unique city/territory with lots to do and see. Of course it's an island and a Peninsula so the seascape is amazing. It's expensive and but it's not too bad for just a few days. \n\nSydney is cool too. I definitely loved my time there and in Perth. Australians are awesome and they're pretty much like the American Midwest in some ways. \n\nBut as far as cities go, my heart belongs to Tokyo. It's so much fun. There's so much to see and do. You never feel unsafe or threatened although it's not uncommon to be confused most of the time. I really recommend it to anyone who's interested in travel. I wish I had seen western Japan, but the two and a half years I lived outside of Tokyo were some of the best times in my life. Not to detract from other times. ",
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"content": "Yea Hong Kong is dope. \nAs for Australia i would say Melbourne is cooler. Not so many touristic attractions but the city is alive, alternative, cool. ",
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"content": "the latest tool to fill the NYC mayoral position, nobody likes him here",
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"content": "False. He won in a landslide and will win again. ",
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"content": "no mames",
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"content": "One of the most progressive mayors in the US. Won the mayor of NYC on both the Democratic and Progressive parties tickets. And the fact that he backs Mrs. Clinton as a bonafide progressive, pisses them off to know extent.",
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"content": "He was also her campaign manager in her Senate run. ",
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"content": "How you jump to smear a true progressive since he doesn't tow your line. ",
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"content": "Please stop shaking. It will be okay. ",
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"content": "hillary hates the working class enough to help author the TPP and call it the \"gold standard\"",
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"content": "Another copy of Bernie Sanders ",
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"content": "She had a plan for this before Sanders was even running. ",
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"content": "Sanders has been talking about this since he started his career 30 years ago",
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"content": "she had a plan it was called NAFTA which was worth way more than 10 billion, overseas unfortunately, but still.",
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"content": "She wasn't in elected office at that time. \n\nTry to keep up with history. ",
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"content": "Here's a tissue to wipe your eyes. \n\nAnd chin. ",
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"content": "like lewinsky?",
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"content": "And he still left office with 60% approval. ",
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"content": "and one cigar that tasted like vagina",
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"content": "An epic Presidency that people still long for. \n\nNot the BJs. But no one is perfect. \n\nI hope Bernie did not get naughty with Daniel Ortega. ",
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"content": "You were there counting? \n\nWell, I guess we all know what the \"c\" in your user name stands for. ",
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"content": "Considering she never ordered killing at all, you must feel the same about Obama? \n\nHow many were fucked by Daniel Ortega and Fidel Castro? \n\n",
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"content": "actually obabma voted against the iraq war.",
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"content": "Obama wasn't in office yet, sparky. ",
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"content": "and yet i recall him using as a talking point against clinton in 2008. then she came back with the whole muslim, birther, can't be trusted at three a.m., can't win the white vote, thing.\n\nThe last time Hillary Clinton ran for president, she lost in no small part because of her 2003 vote authorizing the Bush administration's use of military force in Iraq. The vote provided a stark contrast with her rival Barack Obama, who could point to his early and vociferous opposition to what he called a “dumb war.”",
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"content": "So you are saying you were wrong to say he voted against it? \n\nAnd Hillary never did no \"Muslim\" thing, unless you believe rightwing brain diarrhea. \n\nAnd now here you are using Obama to attack Clinton, when they have pretty much the same policies, and took $$ from the same industries.\n\nMake up yer mind. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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"content": "factually, there was no vote, he did however come out strongly against it. i remember hillary attacking obama on it, it was disgusting, she tried to paint him as un-american. gross and racist.",
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"content": "No she didn't. \n\nAnd Obama would have voted for the war if he was in office because all the Dems who were running did. \n\nYou are not trying to use Obama to make Clinton look hawkish are you? Obama turned out to be a Dem hawk as well. \n\nYou are failing everywhere. \n\n\n\n\n\n",
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"content": "http://www.politico.com/story/2008/08/clinton-told-to-portray-obama-as-foreign-012420\n\nmore proof; cited works are proof. obama was too hawkish for me, as is the queen of military industrial complex donations, hillary.",
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"content": "That is not proof. It cites Penn according to an entire different article (and book). \n\nDo you understand what proof is? ",
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"content": "here's hillz!!\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lecMstzWzY",
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"content": "Here's a clue - No one watches your YouTube videos. ",
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"content": "you are no one?",
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"content": "No. \"No one\" means not a single person.\n\n",
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"content": "many people do watch, although you don't.",
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"content": "No its just you over and over and over. ",
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"content": "This guy is a troll. Just report him. ",
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"content": "And we just won Nevada!",
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"content": "Who is we?",
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"content": "Americans for Bernie Sanders!",
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"content": "As did Clinton by the way. she offered NCAA finals day, one of his rallys on another day and he is on tv on another day. Wonder if she picked those days on purpose?",
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"content": "Who is the one begging to debate?",
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"content": "lol, some of the biggest media outlets in New York? Bernie can't cancel a rally, too many people show up. it's not fair to disappoint crowds that size.",
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"content": "For a debate to smash Clinton? I doubt that. After all in NYC after Brussels he can get his foreign policy thing on.",
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"content": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Ete-Hjw50",
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"content": "All you guys ever have are irrelevant YouTube videos. ",
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"content": "Why not debate her at the rally? Two birds with one stone.\n",
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"content": "Which media outlets?",
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"content": "All of them",
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"content": "Not really. I am here in NY and we just want to get to it and vote. ",
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"content": "Clinton already agreed to a debate. They're simply negotiating over a time.",
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"content": "yeah it'll happen, their just doing the dance on both sides, fair play in politics really.",
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"content": "Lmao this is really how Clinton supporters think. The mental gymnastics you guys do are ridiculous",
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"content": "Bwahaha! ",
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"content": "Edsel.\n\n8-tracks.\n\nFloppy disks.\n\n",
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"content": "Congratulations to the people of Nevada and Bernie supporters around the country. Now, on to Wisconsin, Wyoming, and New York! ",
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"content": "He just won the delegate count in Nevada a few hours ago, because Hillary's delegates didn't show up.\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBFmuFQGzok\n\nNot trying to be an ass but bad timing on this post I think.",
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"content": "At most two delegates for Nevada will move from Clinton to Sanders, according to CNN. Clinton still has over 700 delegates more than Sanders from all the various states she's won plus her super-delegates.\n\nI'm sorry that you think the article is \"bad timing\" but take that up with the editors and writers at the source publication. I don't see anything in the rules about how I need your permission to post here.",
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"content": "haha sour grapes, it's more than 2, we'll see in a few days, CNN likes to break the bad news slowly, and your superdelegates haven't voted for her yet. :-)",
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"content": "Not sour grapes at all. No offense, but I believe credible, established news outlets as opposed to some anonymous guy on Reddit.",
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"content": "http://lasvegassun.com/news/2016/apr/02/sanders-wins-most-delegates-at-clark-county-conven/\n\nhttps://mobile.twitter.com/ClarkDems/status/716408177307168768",
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"content": "None taken, we'll see, it's hard to do the math on it with these damn caucuses but 2 is the low-ball in many estimates,also 2 is a swing for a 4 delegate difference. \n\nNo point over analyzing I'm sure it will be settled soon. I'm just happy cause it hopefully buys us some of that ever precious free media.",
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"content": "From what I've heard and read it won't be finalized until the state convention in the middle of next month.",
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"content": "Well the media will get a bead on the math.",
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"content": "No, this is +5 for Bernie, and - 5 for Clinton at least. \n\nThe pledged delegate gap is now 218 and we'll be knocking another 60 or 70 off of that next week. See you then! ",
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"content": "> we'll be knocking another 60 or 70 off of that next week.\n\nWisconsin has 86 delegates. If you think the Sanders campaign will win Wisconsin with more than 80 percent of the vote, then you have been smoking some seriously mind-bending weed.",
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"content": "Wyoming votes next week too. ",
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"content": "Eww, the smallest state in the country.",
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"content": "Eww? Man, you're something else. ",
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"content": " Democrats get a reputation for being elitist. I've never understood it; surely we're the party of the people, I always thought.\n\nNow I know where that reputation comes from. Now I know why half the country hates us.",
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"content": "wow, is this not the united states of america?",
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"content": "Maybe he thinks certain folks shouldn't be allowed to vote.",
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"content": "> Clinton still has over 700 delegates more than Sanders from all the various states she's won plus her super-delegates.\n\nYeah, *plus* the super-delegates - who will switch to whoever wins the popular vote (or the Democrats will lose when the public turns on them for forcing their preferred nominee on us).\n\nKeep in mind the supers are only *pledged*. No one has officially won them yet. For the time being, they do not count.\n\nSo Clinton's only ahead by 263 (some folks are saying even less? I'm uncertain at this point), which is barely 1/5. It's ridiculous to call a race that's only half through on such a slim margin. Especially when Sanders is polling higher than Clinton in the majority of the remaining primaries.\n\nClinton did well in the South - and a fat lot of good those votes will do us in the general election - but the Southern primaries are mostly over. Now it's time to see what some actual Blue states have to say about the future of the Democratic party.",
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"content": "april fools! hahahaha...i get it. good joke nationalinterest. next you will let us know about the johns hopkins study that found that clinton was the most trustwothy politician in america.",
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"content": "But if 2 million more voted for her, what does that say about your candidate ",
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"content": "http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/04/01/how-hillary-clinton-bought-the-loyalty-of-33-state-democratic-parties/",
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"content": "Oh noes! It's counterpunch!!\n\nNo wonder you living in a dream. ",
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"content": "oh noes! it's national interest a paid rag of a clinton PAC. go play with michaelconfoy and goldmanslacks and i-whateverthefuck and keep on with the josef goebbels line of work you are in.",
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"content": "Lol. So mad, so funny, ",
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"content": "Last week it was 2.5 million. What do you think it'll be next week?\n\nYou're ahead by less than 1/5 and the race is only half over. You're desperate if you think that means Clinton's winning.",
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"content": "Uh no, statistics tell is. \n\nYou know statistics are math, right? ",
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"content": "I made 3 statements. The first two are verifiable facts. Last week you were boasting about being ahead by 2.5 million. Now it's only 2 million. Fact. Clinton has 1/5 more delegates than Sanders in a race that's only half through, which is a slim margin. Fact.\n\nThe third statement was an opinion; that you're desperate. You're clinging to a 1/5 margin as proof of a win long before the race is over. It looks pretty desperate.\n\nBut the rest is fact and I don't care how neutral you are toward facts; cuss and scream, bang your head against a brick wall, shitpost on the internet, it's not going to change the *facts*. So no, your baseless assertion *isn't* better, and it doesn't address or change the *facts*. Deal with it, chump.",
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"content": "You said we are desperate if we say she is winning. \n\nWell, according to facts, and statistics, she is winning. \n\nA 1/5 margin is a big deal because the primaries will be proportional so Sanders needs to win by bigger and bigger margins. \n\nCurrently according to 538, she has better than a 90% chance of winning. \n\n90%.\n\nAnd you are trying to lecture someone on facts?\n\nReally. ",
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"content": ">A 1/5 margin is a big deal because the primaries will be proportional so Sanders needs to win by bigger and bigger margins.\n\nExcept that the primaries won't be proportional. The Conservative Southern Red states had their say, now those primaries are over and liberal Northern Blue states get to weigh in - and Sanders is polling higher than Clinton in the majority of those.\n\nSo Clinton's best is over and done with, she's only 1/5 ahead, and it's mostly in Sanders' favor from here out.\n\n>Currently according to 538...\n\nIDGAF\n\n>And you are trying to lecture someone on facts?\n\nYou haven't been able to dispute those facts, have you? I'd say you learned something new, but we both know that's not true. You knew it all along, and were hoping no one would point it out. Like I said, desperate.",
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"content": "Dispute what facts? Your predictions are not facts.\n\nOhio and Illinois are not southern states. ",
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"content": "> Dispute what facts? Your predictions are not facts.\n\nI didn't make a single prediction in the post we're both referring to. Jeez, I've said this before and I'm likely to say it again - learn to follow a conversation. *The facts*, that we *both know you were referring to* are that you once boasted of 2.5 million ahead and are now retreating from that number, and that Clinton's margin is less than 1/5. Now learn to read and stop making me repeat myself because you can't follow a conversation.\n\n>Ohio and Illinois are not southern states.\n\nNo one said it was a rule. I would expect exceptions.\n\n[Green is Sanders, yellow's Clinton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries_results_by_county,_2016.svg). Notice a pattern?",
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"content": " Pattern? \n\nYes, where there a high-density populations, primaries and minority populations, Sanders is losing. \n\n\n\n",
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"content": "lol, the South is high-density? What a joke.\n\n...primaries...\n\nElections are elections. Deal with it.\n\n>...and minority populations...\n\nAnd you're running out of that quickly. Not as dense a minority population in the North. Whether you like it or not, white Americans get a say in the Democratic process, too.",
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"content": "Not a dense minority population in NY and CA? Where she is up 12 points? \n\nYou are starting to lose touch with reality. \n\n",
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"content": "NY and CA are the entire North? No, of course not.",
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"content": "And elections are elections. And she is way ahead. ",
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"content": "By 1/8. Cling to that. Never let go. Like I said, I love watching you make yourself out to be so desperate.",
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"content": "It says the states where Sanders is more popular held caucuses. That's it. Unless, of course, you're continuing to try to maintain a Rove-in-2012 bubble of false confirmation bias.",
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"content": "What Rove bubble?\n\nRomney LOST and was behind by early evening. \n\nMany more people are voting for Hillary Clinton. That is a fact. Accept it. \n\n",
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"content": "Except it hasn't been a fact for quite some time and now she's even losing some of those delegates. Cheers! ",
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"content": "Uh no. It's still a fact because she is still in the lead. By a huge margin.\n\nYou know that right? ",
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"content": "She's got what, six or seven points on us? There's still 22 states, 2,000 delegates, and 45% of the electorate to decide. You're just blowing smoke. The trend has been in our favor and that's going to continue. I don't blame you for being scared, but don't worry it's going to be alright. ",
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"content": "Stats say 90% chance it's on lock.\n",
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"content": "I'm not convinced by stats. I don't care what they say. ",
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"content": "You care about polls, though. \n\n",
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"content": "So you don't care about stats, but you care about polls.\n\nWhich are stats. \n\nGotcha. ",
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"content": "I said I don't care about stats. \n\nPolls and stats are no guarantee of how things will turn out. Thank you for trying. ",
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"content": "So you will longer cite any polls because you don't care about stats? ",
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"content": "I don't usually post or cite polls. I cited one earlier but it wasn't predictive. It was to point out how many voters could be up for grabs. I don't think polls that attempt to predict voter turnout are reliable and they can quickly end up being the tail wagging the dog. ",
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"content": "Keep clinging to that. *Never let go.*",
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"content": "It's called math. \n\nYou have? Hope.",
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"content": "> By a huge margin.\n\nHahahaha! Denial mode immediately reactivated. 1/5 = *huge*? Like I said, desperate.",
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"content": "Uh yeah. \n\nA couple of hundred pledged delegates and 2 million votes is a huge margin. Because the primary is proportional. \n\nThat is why statistically she has 90% chance of getting the nom. \n\n\n\n\n\n",
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"content": "1/8 ahead in votes and 1/8 ahead in delegates is not a huge margin. At all.\n\n>Because the primary is proportional.\n\nYeah, no. The difference between the North that supports Sanders and the South that supports Clinton is not proportional.",
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"content": "1/8 ahead is big because you need to gain an 1/8 just to catch up, and that doesn't even consider the opponent gaining anything. \n\nYou fail at math. ",
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"content": ">...you need to gain an 1/8 just to catch up...\n\nWhich isn't a big deal. At all.",
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"content": "Yeah it is. Unless the opponent is stationary. ",
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"content": "Which of course she isn't. In the North she polls lower than Sanders, so it's *worse* than being stationary.\n\nI'm not saying I know who'll win. I'm saying you're a sucker if you think you do.",
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"content": "I know she will win NY, which is North, liberal and will spell the end of Sanders' campaign. ",
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"content": "Blah, blah, you're a bore.",
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"content": "So impolite. ",
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"content": "lol",
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"content": "I accept that about half the people in the country haven't voted yet.\n\nDo you?\n\nI accept that Clinton cleaned Sanders' clock in the South - with super majorities just like Sanders' won recently.\n\nDeep South: Clinton 587, Sanders 288.\nThe rest of the country: Clinton 656, Sanders 692.\n\nSo: There's a lot of non-deep-South left.\n\nThere is a positive trendline of Sanders' results over time. He did better in late March than Early, and better in March than in February.\n\nTherefore, the more insistent the calls for him to leave, or that we've reached \"Maximum Bern\" - the more it sounds like desperation to me.",
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"content": "That last part is simply your opinion. \n\nI don't think he should drop out though. He should be beaten mathematically. ",
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"content": "> Many more people are voting for Hillary Clinton.\n\nMany more *voted* for Clinton. Southern primaries are over homie. Time to sit back and watch Clinton's campaign go down the drain.",
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"content": "Ohio and Illinois were Southern primaries? \n\nAnd yes, a LOT more people have voted for Clinton. That is why she has a yuuuge lead. ",
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"content": "> Ohio and Illinois were Southern primaries?\n\nYou can expect exceptions, like OK and MO.\n\n>And yes, a LOT more people have voted for Clinton.\n\nSomewhere around 16,113,787 people have voted in Democratic primaries in 2016. If Clinton's ahead by 2 million, she's ahead by less than 1/8 of the popular vote. Interestingly enough after Nevada, she's only ahead by 1/8 in earned delegate counts, too. No, that isn't \"a LOT\". It's going to be even less now that the Southern primaries are over, and we're going to Northern states, where she's polling low and Sanders is polling high. If you think the difference between the North and the South is \"proportional\", you're in for a big surprise.\n\n **Imsosick** of people who think being 1/8 ahead in the middle of a race means you've already won.",
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"content": "LOL. Fractions is a numbers game. \n\nShe is 2 million ahead. Fact. \n\nThat means Sanders has to win by bigger and bigger margins. Fact. \n\nIt's why she has a 90% statistical chance. Fact. \n\n",
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"content": "> **Fractions is** a numbers game.\n\nThank goodness it isn't a language game. You'd probably hurt yourself.\n\n>She is 2 million ahead. Fact.\n\nDown half a million in less than a week, huh? *Nice.*\n\n>That means Sanders has to win by bigger and bigger margins.\n\nHe does have to win by bigger margins. Which he will, in the North, where there are actual liberals and progressives.\n\n>It's why she has a 90% statistical chance.\n\nIt's why she's *reported* by *one* prediction agency to have a 90% chance. According to FOX News, Bush won a mandate. Who cares? Desperate people like you.",
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"content": "No, by Nate Silver. I take his credentials over yours. ",
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"content": "Don't care.",
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"content": "You will. Be prepared. ",
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"content": "For what? The Democratic party to self-destruct? DGAF, homie.",
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"content": "Okay. Beddy bye.",
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"content": "Tuckered out already? Sweet dreams, champ.",
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"content": "Every time Sanders has a good week, there have been articles like this saying it means nothing.\n\nFine by me. The more Clinton supporters are complacent, the more likely Sanders pulls this off.",
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"content": "Maybe it would be a good idea for Clinton to focus on the race she's currently in. ",
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"content": "The phrase you want is \"presumptive nominee.\"\n\nWhen you have a 700+ delegate edge like Secretary Clinton, you tend to focus on finalizing your nomination and also on focusing on your possible GOP opponents.",
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"content": "The gap is 218 and we'll be decreasing that by sixty or seventy next week. ",
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"content": "The operative phrase is \"super-delegates.\" You might try to pretend they don't exist, but they do. More than 400 have pledged their support to Clinton. Unless and until they announce they're changing their position, they remain in her delegate total.",
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"content": "They don't vote until the convention. When Bernie takes the lead in the popular vote they'll be all but forced to vote for him. ",
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"content": "> When Bernie takes the lead in the popular vote \n\nWhen pigs fly.\n\nVirtually every established political analyst has said that is impossible.\n\nNo candidate has ever been as far behind as Sanders is now and caught up and passed the front runner to win the nomination.",
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"content": "So we're going to make history! Fantastic! ",
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"content": "Give us this fantasy scenario.",
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"content": "So Sanders is no longer allowed to talk about Trump? \n\nBe serious. ",
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"content": "like setting up a personal server with top scret information being passed through it for \"convenience.\" dangerous and illegal.",
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"content": "Not illegal, according to facts. ",
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"content": "Really? They investigate things all the time that are nothing. \n\nUnless you believe in guilty until proven innocent. The opposite of America. \n\nLike Castro and Ortega. ",
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"content": "Then she is innocent until proven. \n\nAnd if any sickles fit, wear them. ",
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"content": "None of those people were Democratic Socialists. \n\n",
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"content": "From theleft.co??? Hahahaha\n\nOf course they are going to say that. \n\nMLK actually wrote about socialism and would meet with socialists (straight up socialists) but he also wrote about how he was definitely not a socialist. \n\nPlease stop co-opting people.\n\nIt does not help your cause. ",
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"content": "It's not proof.\n\nI know you have a hard time with what proof is, but you go work harder and when you realize what the definition of proof is, come back and we'll discuss your progress. ",
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"content": "Oooh... I have been labelled as not being a progressive. \n\nSo edgy. ",
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"content": "so you admit it then?",
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"content": "You are becoming a laughing stock here. Please proceed. ",
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"content": "vegatheneo-neocon",
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"content": "I mean, I don't think that's much of a rip that's more like common knowledge.",
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"content": "Correction: Bernie won Nevada back because Clinton's delegates couldn't be bothered to show up. You can keep your sour grapes. We're keeping Nevada and the delegates. \n\nAlso, there is absolutely no evidence of cheating on behalf of the Sanders campaign. But it is common knowledge that certain employers offered their employees time off to caucus for Clinton in February. Apparently those people weren't as interested in winning as Nevada Sanders supporters. ",
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"content": "> Bernie won Nevada back \n\nNo news source is reporting that, possibly because the state convention is still weeks away.",
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"content": "Do you think things will go better for Clinton then than they did tonight? I wouldn't bet on it. ",
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"content": "One county's caucus has utterly no impact on closed state primaries thousands of miles away.",
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"content": "It wasn't just one County. There were at least three that swapped up for Bernie, two of which constitute 90% of the state's delegates. \n\nI've been reading about this for the last couple of hours. If I were you I'd probably hold off on making baseless claims until you've read something substantial. ",
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"content": "What happens in Nevada will have no impact on Clinton's winning the nomination and the general election in the fall.",
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"content": "Everything counts. We're not going away. ",
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"content": "Yes you are, very soon.",
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"content": "BTW, I have already bet a Sanders-supporting friend that I would donate $2600 to Sanders primary campaign if he were the nominee and another $2600 for his general election. That's how confident I am that he will not be the nominee. Interestingly, my Sanders-supporting friend is not willing to do the same thing the other way and give $5200 to Hillary.",
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"content": "What does that have to do with the price of tea in China? ",
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"content": "IS the cap for personal donations not $1250?",
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"content": "I believe it's $2,700.",
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"content": "check it out, I think its less, unless the nominee race is different?\n\nI may have this wrong.",
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"content": "Google results say $2,700 per election, and $5,000 per year. ",
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"content": "ah okay.",
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"content": "/u/GoldmanSlacks is almost correct. The limit per cycle is $2,700, not $2,600. That means you can give $2,700 during the primary phase and then another $2,700 once a candidate is the final nominee. That's per candidate. So you could give $27,000 during the primary phase as long as it was to at least ten different candidates.",
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"content": "That's some spin, especially since Sanders campaign laywers had to intercede after the HRC camp called the cops and tried to have the only Sanders delegate on the committee removed for \"trespassing\". HRC delegates tried to cheat and shot themselves in the foot because most of the delegates that left in the delay were HRC's, poetic justice my friends.\n\nIncident recorded btw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSGSMbD-EVk",
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"content": "Holy fuck these people have no morals.",
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"content": "Also the incident referred to in the article was recorded https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSGSMbD-EVk",
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"content": "Dream on if you think the DNC is going to let it slide. Care to take bets on getting banned from this subedit?",
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"content": "Bernie is the only candidate slightly more honest than anyone else!!! I am mostly with him!! ",
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"content": "Clinton's delegates couldn't be bothered to show up. How is that Bernie's fault? \n\nEdit: Man the author's comments are ridiculous. Did Hillary Clinton refuse the delegates she won at the county level in 2008? Did she suggest that the Arizona primaries be held again at a later date or even personally address that fiasco at all? What a joke! ",
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"content": "Don't worry, the DNC will make sure they aren't seated, you know that don't you? ",
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"content": "Is that what happened when a [similar situation occurred in 2008?] ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_Democratic_caucuses,_2008) ",
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"content": "Yep, they'll take care of her again except this time the Slanders whiners won't have anything to complain about, not that it will matter.",
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"content": "You misspelled *Sanders winners*. \n\nAnd no, that's not what happened in 2008.",
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"content": "Could you take out the scum part please? Let's try to keep it civil.",
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"content": "Clinton's delegates were there. Many were turned away. Lots of misinformation swirled around both campaigns today. Lots of disputes still to be resolved.\n\nClark County caucuses are notorious exercises in confusion and disorganization. The 2008 Clark County Caucus was an epic mess and had to be done over. The same could happen again this year.\n\nSo you might want to hold of on puerile taunts until all the facts are known.",
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"content": "You have no evidence of that. Why would they be turned away? \n\nAnd how was what I said a \"taunt\"? I was just pointing out what happened. I've been reading testimonies and commentaries from actual caucus goers all night. That is what they've been saying again and again. \n\n\n>The 2008 Clark County Caucus was an epic mess and had to be done over. \n\n[That's not true.] (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_Democratic_caucuses,_2008)\n\n",
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"content": "I certainly agree with the author that caucuses are a sad joke at the expense of Democracy.\n\nSanders supporters did what they're supposed to - show up and stick around. Good on them.\n\nI totally get the frustration on the part of Clinton supporters, and would be livid if the circumstances were reversed.\n\nJust like I'm livid about\n\n* superdelegates\n* Polk County, Iowa\n* Debbie Wasserman Schultz not stepping down\n* the ridiculous debate games\n* the endless string of phony attacks on Sanders' character\n* and deliberate mischaracterization of his position on issues like health care.",
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"content": "Is his response to the people that he tried to dump nuclear waste on in Texas a phony attack? Or the people that complained about the noise at Burlington airport when F-35 fighters were suddenly based there and he said they could move a phony attack? What are the deliberate mischaracterization of his position on issues like health care and source on that please? And if not by someone in the something major like the Post or the Times, not interested.",
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"content": "Yeah, you can provide some sources yourself for these nuke waste and airport issues. \"Major sources only, please.\"\n\nClinton intimated that Sanders was going to get rid of people's healthcare. Early debate. I know you can find it. That was bullshit. Utter, premeditated bullshit.",
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"content": "And in Nevada, voters say Bernie Sanders is the winner!",
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"content": "The DNC will take care of that next week. You really believe they will seat them at the convention? Who controls the rules committee? Funny guy.",
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"content": "They will if they know what's good for them. ",
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"content": "He is. He didn't care enough about Dems until he became a celebrity. \n\nRonald Reagan, Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani were Democrats longer. ",
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"content": "Yeah, Hillary has been a center-right Democrat for decades. ",
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"content": "Wrong. She's been a liberal longer than you have. ",
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"content": "She's center-right. She's been center-right since the early nineties. ",
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"content": "Wrong. \n\nYou think you can keep repeating something and it makes it more true? \n\nOr do you have the usual unsourced socialist site link or YouTube video? \n\n\n",
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"content": "I have her record which includes countless conservative positions, actions, and statements. ",
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"content": "No you don't. \n\nClinton is pro-progressive tax, pro-choice, pro-public education, pro-public healthcare and pro-gun control.\n\nHas been for years. \n\n\n\n\n",
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"content": "She was outspokenly against marriage equality. She and her husband campaigned on welfare reform that resulted in the abjection of millions of Americans. She and her husband championed legislation that resulted in the unnecessary incarceration of millions of Americans. She voted for the Iraq war and outspokenly supported it in the Senate. She supported a brutal coup against the democratically elected government by a despotic regime in Honduras. She and the DNC lifted the ban on accepting lobby money in Democratic races. And so on and so forth. ",
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"content": "That does not mean she is center right.\n\nUnless you think Obama is center right.\n\n",
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"content": "...And as if she is granted the nomination, she will immediately backtrack on much of her current positions, and step silently to the right. \n\nI voted for the president twice. I would not vote for him a third time is given the chance. ",
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"content": "Politicians only backtrack when their supporters are too lazy to keep applying pressure.\n\nIf gay people though the same of Obama when he ran in 2008, we would not have legal gay marriage today nationwide. Fact. \n\n",
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"content": "You're just speculating. It would be equally valid to say that the president was being disingenuous during the 2008 election cycle. The truth is that you don't know what would have happened either way. ",
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"content": "But it wasn't valid.\n\nIf people would have whined about Obama and threw a tantrum and not voted, McCain would have been nominating the two SCOTUS justices we needed to strike down the laws.\n\nThat is a fact. Just like we blew it in 2000.\n\nIf Gore had won we may not have had the CU decision.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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"content": "What? That's neither here nor there. I've made it clear that I intend to vote as a Democrat. But that has absolutely nothing to do with the president changing his position on marriage equality. Not one bit. ",
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"content": "That is very here because people said the same exact shit about Gore they say about Clinton. That he was not much different than Bush. ",
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"content": "I'm not saying that Clinton isn't much different than whatever turdsandwich will be served up by the GOP. I never said anything like that. I said that she's center-right. On a few key issues she's not much different than her GOP counterparts, but certainly not on everything. ",
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"content": "source?",
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"content": "Source? ",
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"content": "Source?",
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"content": "Source? ",
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"content": "Source?",
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"content": "Michael Bloomberg and not pro-gun like bloody Bernie.",
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"content": "Sanders' policies are consistently progressive. To pretend he's a democrat-come-lately is to claim that the Democrats are a club without values. He's had progressive values all along.",
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"content": "Yep, and... \n\n> Sanders has caucused with the Democratic Party ever since he came to Washington as a congressman in 1991.",
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"content": "I'm sorry, what party was he in a year ago?",
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"content": "What values did he have a year ago. 10 years ago. 30 years ago?\n\nWhere it matters, he has been demonstrably more consistent than Clinton, whose \"evolution\" on many issues is well documented.\n\nYou're not happy that he didn't put a D-pin on his lapel - but he's been fighting for the same stuff.\n\nFighting for the same stuff - which is why I treat Clinton with respect, and why you should try harder to do the same for Sanders.",
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"content": "Source?",
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"content": "For what? You've been living on Reddit since the campaign began. I am not going to rehash Clinton's life for you. Jesus.",
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"content": "Well you answered with nothing. So far it has been nothing from every other Bernie Bro, because that is the answer. Nothing.",
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"content": "coming from the corporatist wall streeter, this means nothing. bernie is the new-new dealer. hillz is a neo-neo con.",
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"content": "Source on corporatist wall streeter or STFU and GTFO.",
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"content": "https://www.google.com/search?q=hillary%27s+donations&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi37qyq7vLLAhVikYMKHV8ADMEQ_AUICCgC&biw=1352&bih=634#imgrc=NgoYB2B74PuvjM%3A\n\nwall streeter\n\nhttp://michellemalkin.com/2015/10/08/principled-stand-of-the-week-hillary-courageously-comes-out-against-trade-deal-shes-supported-dozens-of-times/\n\ncorporatist \n\nit's great you're working so hard for her. you're with her->hrc2016",
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"content": "You're not wrong, but these are the rules. The same thing happened at the county level in Nevada in 2008. If we want to see change in the system we have to demand it, and at the state level. ",
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"content": "Yea, but then then what would Bernard do for wins? He has only won 4 primaries. Only one, barely, in a large state and the only one with people of color, and 2 in all white pissant states.",
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"content": "I trust that Clinton doesn't share your disdain for some of the United States.\n\nIf she did, I might go BernieOrBust. What an advocate you are.",
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"content": "He's being rude in a thread meant to unify us, but going Bernie or Bust isn't helping. If the Republicans figure out that Kasich is electable and rewrite the convention rules in his favor, Bernie and Hillary are both toast. ",
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"content": "Note that I dismissed Confoy's trollery, confident that Clinton is better than that.\n\nhttp://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/pres_general/\n\nThe last 5 polls:\nKasich vs. Clinton: Kasich by 4, 6, 11, 8, and 4. (33/5 = K by 6.6)\n\nKasich vs. Sanders: Kasich by 3, 1, 1, and Sanders by 4.\n\nThat's a swing of +>6 for Sanders. It would be foolish to ignore it.\n",
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"content": "Awesome graph!",
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"content": "Yeah i live in Florida so I was able to mail in my ballot from home which is great since I work for a hospital and my hours are erratic enough where I might not been able to caucus if that's how Florida voted. I get that the Dems let the states desire their own rules, but voting seems to be something that should be the same nationally. Either all states are winner take all or proportional. Either all states are caucuses (uugh) or primaries.",
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"content": "I think they're useful. I don't want them to go away.\n\nI think you're thinking of primaries the wrong way. You claim caucuses aren't democratic. That's true. They're not. But primaries aren't supposed to be democratic. This is not an election for a government office. This is a private party's nomination process. \n\nThink of primaries as less of an election and more of a trials. It's a system meant to look at the strengths and weaknesses of candidates so we can make the best decision on who to nominate for the party. \n\nThe caucuses measured something important about Bernie's campaign that we would have never been able to measure in a primary. That's enthusiasm and a willingness of supporters to navigate complicated bylaws to get things done. Bernie supporters deserve a lot of credit for this attitude. They've been very passionate and very willing to do whatever they can for the movement. For Bernie. \n\nPersonally I don't think this is enough to nominate Bernie this time around. But had this been a closer election, a solid display of supporter enthusiasm might have convinced more superdelegates that Bernie is a good choice.",
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"content": "Suggestion: enthusiasm will play out in volunteering.\n\nThe fact remains that if you're a paramedic, or have an infant, or any of a thousand reasons to not be free for hours at one specific time, you get no say in the nominee of your party.\n\nIf any club I've joined worked that way, I'd have the same complaint.\n\nThe Democratic Party method should allow everyone to ~~view~~ vote. (<-- phone-typing fail)\n\nLook at the turnout. Look at the waiting games. Yuck. It's a parody that isn't funny when it's done to choose our presidential candidate.",
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"content": "If I had to caucus, I would be so pissed. It's voter suppression against people who have to work, ie the downtrodden, penniless like me. ",
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"content": "I hope Bernie comes in and slaps the fuck out of all these states with making voting a national holiday and tears apart all these stupid voter suppression laws. ",
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"content": "It's really sad to see you've been downvoted. Whether a Democrat is a Bernie supporter or not, we should all agree on voting holidays. This is simple stuff people. ",
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"content": "They would rather keep having voter suppression",
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"content": "Yes, that's it. We want more voter suppression so us liberals lose more states and seats in Congress. And the POTUS. \n\n\n",
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"content": "Bernie can't \"come in\" and start doing all kinds of stuff. That us why. \n\nHe needs to get a LOT of people on board. ",
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"content": "Dude, he has a fucking revolution backing him up.\n\nTrust me. We will protest the fucking hell out of everything, We ain't scared like other supporters of other candidates ",
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"content": "Protest everything?\n\nProtesting does not influence people who do not represent you. \n\nAnd that \"revolution\" (lol) couldn't bring themselves to do jack shit the past eight years in terms of even voting in the mid-terms. ",
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"content": "Yeah because Obama started to piss people off, TPP, among other shit. \n\nBernie is consistent and can't be bought. ",
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"content": "Obama did not run in the mid-terms. \n\nThat is why they are called midterms, \n\nTPP was not even a national issue in 2010.\n\nSeems to be the weakest \"revolution\" evah. ",
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"content": "Revolution started with Bernie announcing his presidency... ",
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"content": "Really? That's your answer? \n\n",
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"content": "Grassroots been out for a while but never as strong Sanders supporters tho. Just my opinion ",
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"content": "She feels sorry for us poor, deluded young people. That's sweet. ",
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"content": "The ones everybody should feel sorry for are the college students maxing out their credit cards donating to Bernie Sanders.\n\nIt's one thing to donate if you can afford it, but when you can't, then you help in other ways. You don't saddle yourself with debt for years.",
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"content": "Especially with Bernie Slanders is hiding that he is a multi-millionaire and paying his hitman Tad Devine millions.",
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"content": "The irony of your using the epithet \"Slanders\" is assuredly lost on you. Hopefully not on other reading this.",
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"content": "Yes, we know, but it's still a funny pun.\n\nSlander = audio.\n\nLibel = printed.\n\n",
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"content": "I don't think he's a multi-millionaire. His congressional assets disclosure showed that he had a net worth under $600K. For somebody who has earned a six-figure salary for a quarter century, and whose spouse has earned a six-figure salary for many years, the fact that he has almost no assets is extremely troubling. That strongly suggests to me someone with very poor financial management skills.",
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"content": "Got the money from his wife.",
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"content": "You got to admit this is a terrible tact, it's already all over social media. This is not going to win her any votes. I love when she does this.",
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"content": " #feelthetaxreturns",
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"content": "No I don't have to admit it because it's not terrible. Sanders is promising them things he can't deliver. She's right.",
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"content": "I do too.",
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"content": "Yeah, well no one cares. ",
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"content": "Talk down to us. That's the ticket.",
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"content": " #feelthetaxreturns",
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"content": "That's my excuse too. Never mind they are in a folder in her office.",
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"content": "Now that mainstream media is starting to notice the paucity of Sanders' tax disclosures, his campaign better get out in front of this before it gets away from him. Romney made the mistake of stonewalling on taxes and it grew into a huge story. He admitted after he lost that refusing to release more of his tax returns was a big mistake on his part.",
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"content": "His dog ate them.",
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"content": "Oh where, oh where can the Bernie Bro comments be, oh where oh where can they be? They are always silent when they can defend the defenseless it seems, so they run and hide it seems. Oh where, oh where can the Bernie Bros be, I guess we'll wait and see.",
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"content": "Pathetic, Confoy.",
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"content": " #feelthenoreturnbern",
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"content": " #feelthereturns",
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"content": "It's not cool to be intentionally inflammatory. End of the story ",
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"content": " #feelthetaxreturns",
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"content": "Twitter hasn't been working out for the HRC campaign. For an example see #apologizeforwhat. ",
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"content": "Twitter? You mean what Trump relies on?",
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"content": "Can we see the Clinton foundations taxes and Bills and Hillarie's, and the damn transcripts, and I just can't wait for her ass to have that meeting with the FBI for her secret server I'd like to see those too. \n",
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"content": "Sorry, her husband's are available if they filed jointly already. The foundations are available too. #feelthethetaxreturnsberning",
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"content": "Hillary's tax returns have long been released, as well as the Foundation's, \n\n#FeelTheFacts",
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"content": "Some Sanders college kid. Her bubble has burst yet.",
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"content": "Wow you sure got me pegged don't you, your an idiot for thinking Hillary is an honest political that has the people's best interest at heart. She takes so much money from so many special interest groups and lobbyists that it's insane it's not criminal. The Clinton foundation has received money from Saudi Arabia and other countries that treat people like shit and then suddenly Hillary state department gives them weapons. I know I can't convince you cause you're so goddamn smart but she doesn't fool me and millions of other people that know she is full of shit and being paid by banks, military contractors, pharmaceutical and medicine lobbyists, big oil, and anyone else that's got tons of cash and know that throwing some at the Clintons will get them what they want. People like you are pathetic and the reason I'm no longer a Democrat. ",
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"content": "[Here you go, a few things for /r/sandersforpresident](http://i.imgur.com/yiLaLD4.jpg) \n\n[or](http://i.imgur.com/z44sznU.jpg)\n\n[or](http://i.imgur.com/5OFy2ev.jpg)\n\n[or](https://i.imgur.com/gkTie10.jpg)\n\n[or](http://i.imgur.com/aBd5Ooi.png)\n\n[or](http://i.imgur.com/eIHZbLV.jpg)\n\n[or take this difficult quiz with everyone in the subedit but be careful, if you fail bad things could happen](http://www.mrctv.org/blog/take-quiz-who-said-it-karl-marx-or-bernie-sanders)",
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"content": "Sanders should find the staff and/or personal time to get these released. Excuses are lame.",
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"content": "https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8821.pdf\nA one-page form that allows the IRS to release your taxes. Millions of Americans have filled it out when applying for mortgages. Surely Sanders can do the same.",
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"content": "Hillary Clinton has asked to hold the debates in the hours leading up to the NCAA championships in New York, during a high profile Bernie rally, or at 7:30 in the morning. When Bernie inevitably passed on these times, her campaign pretends that he's refusing to debate. How convenient. ",
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"content": "He is the one begging to debate. Poor Bernie. He can reschedule his little rally. It's a trap for him anyway. #feelthetaxtreturns.",
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"content": "Actually, voters, media outlets, and Bernie Sanders are *asking* for a debate. So are you. ",
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"content": "Who? ",
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"content": "C'mon. I was just trying to be nice with you by talking about myself. I know you're on the clock, but do you really expect me to explain to you who I was talking to? Is it not obvious? ",
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"content": "I wasn't being nice? ",
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"content": "Do you have the slightest idea what logistics go into planning a 5000-20000 person rally? The stage crew, security, permits, rentals....\n\nIt's bullcrap.",
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"content": "He can cut his hitman's Tad Devine salary from $1 million a month to $500K for one month? Just joking.",
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"content": "A rally hardly takes any logistics besides a microphone and a permit. ",
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"content": "You've obviously never worked in event management.\n\nI have.\n\nYou're wrong.",
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"content": "A rally is not a concert. \n\nI have planned many rallies. In NYC in all places, in the 90s under Ghouliani. \n\nYou get the permit for your spot and get the sound system. \n\nMaybe a stage, too. But it's better to get a location that has a perch. \n\n\n\n\n",
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"content": "Now that's one I can agree on. They have been doing that for years.",
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"content": "It's sad that this is all that you feel you can agree with. \n\nThe 33 million Americans without healthcare need your help. And you have a position that could at the very least hinder them. ",
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"content": "The dead children of gun violence could have used Bernie Slanders' help too.",
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"content": "This is what I'm talking about people. Who talks about Hillary Clinton this way? \n\nWhy is this allowed? Aren't we all Democrats? ",
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"content": "Jesus what the fuck",
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"content": "The Democrats don't disagree with that. They disagree on the best step forward. Sanders does not like the ACA, but the ACA cut the number of uninsured in half.",
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"content": "How's that? ",
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"content": "It greatly expanded medicare/medicaid. The media doesn't talk about it. But it was huge, and it's why the Democrats compromised on it.",
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"content": "No, the number of uninsured was something like 45 million. Now it's 33 million. \n\nOne of the arguments I keep hearing from HRC supporters is that poor people are already covered so Bernie's plan would only affect and therefore hurt the middle class, but that's utter nonsense. More than two thirds of the people who were uninsured before the ACA are still uninsured. The ACA didn't do enough. \n\nWe can argue about the history and we can argue about privatization, or we can let that go and consider how simpler efforts could yield much more effective results. \n\nWhy is it ridiculous to argue for single payer? Everyone already pays into this system. It's been working for several decades. ",
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"content": "Hillary tried to push universal healthcare. It was politically impossible. Obama aimed lower and was successful. The realistic plan is to continue incremental change. \n\nOf course single payer is better. But we don't live in a world where the \"best\" decision is politically realistic. We live in a world where extremely wealthy people have an interest in keeping things inefficient and profitable.",
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"content": ">Hillary tried to push universal healthcare. It was politically impossible. Obama aimed lower and was successful. \n\nAt what? Proving that liberal ideas are half measures? How about instituting a real liberal idea instead of recycling old Republican ideas from twenty years ago that ultimately amount to privatization. \n\n>Of course single payer is better. But we don't live in a world where the \"best\" decision is politically realistic. We live in a world where extremely wealthy people have an interest in keeping things inefficient and profitable.\n\nYou're right. And that's what this thing is all about. ",
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"content": "What \"thing\" is that? We're going to suddenly start winning at everything because of Bernie Sanders? Politics is a gradual process. \n\nObama had a much bigger following and momentum than Sanders does right now. After he won, he said \"don't go away, I won't be able to get anything done without this continued movement.\" But people went back to their lives. And his clout was very limited. The ACA was a huge accomplishment given the political context. I won't try to argue the merits of it because it is insanely complex and I hate federal legislation like that as a general rule. But I have no reason to think that Sanders will have more success than Obama. I mainly care about Supreme Court appointments. And I think Hillary and Sanders would probably end up appointing some of the same people. ",
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"content": "The thing is, Republicans are currently committed to making the ACA fail. The fundamental failure of the ACA is that it's a beautiful compromise bipartisan piece of legislation that passed on a party-line vote. Somehow, we managed to pass a bill with tons of Republican input and ideas but no Republican buy-in. \n\nIt's really on Republicans to start talking about improving the ACA rather than repealing it. As long as the Democratic platform revolves around the ACA they're not going to do that. We need to start talking about single-payer so that the Republicans can push improvements to the ACA. Unless we take control of Congress and the presidency both (unlikely) that's the only way the ACA is going to move forward. \n\nNow, because Hillary is proposing sensible incremental changes to the ACA, the Republicans will oppose sensible incremental changes, because that's the way they function. I don't think they're going to become a party adept at compromise regardless of who we nominate/elect.",
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"content": ">Proving that liberal ideas are half measures? \n\nProving that we live in the real world. And what matters is what you can do, not what you ask for. \n\n>How about instituting a real liberal idea instead of recycling old Republican ideas from twenty years ago that ultimately amount to privatization. \n\nHow about putting in the work to elect enough people down ticket? Oh, that's right, Bernie is not sure if he will bother.\n\n",
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"content": "Sorry, down by 1/3. Still a big jump.",
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"content": "No, a third is not less than a quarter. 12 is not a third of 45.",
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"content": "Sanders helped write the ACA. It's absurd to say he \"doesn't like it\". \n\nHe does, however, feel it doesn't solve the problems of the uninsured, the underinsured, and the unmatched cost of US healthcare, and it's hard to argue with that. \n\nEven President Obama said the ACA wasn't a perfect solution. Expanding access to health insurance is good, but single payer is significantly better. That's Bernie's stance, and it used to be the stance of the Democratic party and its current nomination front runner. ",
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"content": "Clinton says single payer is a better solution. It is also politically untenable at the moment. Sometimes if you ask for the stars you get the Moon, sometimes if you ask for the stars you get nothing.\n",
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"content": "If it is politically unobtainable, it's because the government keeps sliding further and further to the right. Electing another centrist, establishment democrat is only going to further that trend. Our goals should be loftier than \"losing less ground\".\n\nWe need a political revolution, something to ignite a progressive movement, and that's what Bernie's packing. I don't know if he'll be successful or not, but I was proud to vote for him knowing that he plans to actually fight for what's best for the country.\n\nI'd be more likely to believe that these things can't be done if the person saying so weren't financed by the industries that don't want them done. That right there is a big reason why I'm not a republican.",
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"content": "Let me know when Sanders decides that maybe he will help down ticket races. \n\n",
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"content": "http://berniecrats.net",
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"content": "Let me know when *Sanders* gets involved. Right now we have ['We'll See'](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/bernie-sanders-fundraise-down-ballot-democrats-maddow).\n\nBTW, this is deep into cult of personality territory. It is a progressive movement, older than Sanders, not the Bernielution. That site is not \"here are the people with the fight views\", simply it is \"here are the people who have endorsed Bernie\". Are you for Bernie or policy changes?\n\n",
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"content": "Why do you expect the man to give freely and without question to a party that has attacked him and his voters from the beginning. The truth is, that if he gave money to the DNC it's just as likely that it would be funneled to his opponent and her allies as it would be going to like minded candidates with similar interests. Bernie will support other candidates when he's damn well ready. Right now his job is to secure the nomination. ",
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"content": ">Why do you expect the man to give freely and without question to a party that has attacked him and his voters from the beginning.\n\nWhat garbage. He just joined the party. Nor has the party attacked him or his voters. He is running in a competitive campaign and you are pissed that the opposing candidate speaks meanly of him and his policies.\n\n>The truth is, that if he gave money to the DNC it's just as likely that it would be funneled to his opponent and her allies as it would be going to like minded candidates with similar interests.\n\nNow you are making stuff up. Not only does the DNC not give money to the Clinton campaign but here are plenty of ways he could be raising money for other candidates on his own. He could use his mailing list to ask for money. He could at least be pushing for Senate candidates that are likely pickups. \n\n>Right now his job is to secure the nomination.\n\nSo it is about him, not some supposed revolution. Because without those down ticket victories he won't have any revolution. Not only would pushing downticket not hurt him it helps. People can campaign for two people at once.\n\n",
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"content": "Bernie Sanders has caucused with the Democratic party since he first came to Washington in 1991.\n\nThe party has definitely been against this candidacy from the start. They've absolutely supported HRC and this is a verifiable fact. \n\nHRC and the DNC are definitely financially involved with one another. http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/04/01/how-hillary-clinton-bought-the-loyalty-of-33-state-democratic-parties/\n\nHe is supporting down ticket Democrats and that support will increase after the convention. People have not been fundraising for and donating to Sanders for President in order for that money to be handed out to other candidates. We're supporting him for president, not the DNC for whatever. We're trying to secure our position in the party before anything else. ",
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"content": "And did not officially join until he wanted to use the party infrastructure to run for president.\n\n>The party has definitely been against this candidacy from the start. \n\nAn interesting claim and not the previous claim. Lots of members of the party have supported other candidates, particularly Clinton. What a shock, there are Democrats in a contested election that support a different candidate. Now where did the party qua the party attack Sanders or his supporters?\n\n>HRC and the DNC are definitely financially involved with one another. http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/04/01/how-hillary-clinton-bought-the-loyalty-of-33-state-democratic-parties/\n\nYou are shifting the claim. She raises a lot of money and she gets a lot of money for the DNC and for down ticket candidates. This is a good thing not a bad thing. \n\n>He is supporting down ticket Democrats and that support will increase after the convention.\n\nExcept he is not raising any money for them and by July it will be too late for a lot of those candidates.\n\n>People have not been fundraising for and donating to Sanders for President in order for that money to be handed out to other candidates. \n\nAnd he never asked people to donate to other candidates.\n\n",
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"content": "It's pretty undeniable that the DNC manipulated the debate schedule (by crippling it) to protect Clinton. 6 debates is incredibly sparse, but far worse than that was scheduling them 3 months late and on nights of notoriously low viewership (e.g. weekends and one even right before Christmas).\n\nAttempting to limit the exposure of the candidates to favor the front-runner is an affront to democracy, to say nothing of the advantage that all of the exclusive media coverage that the republicans got in those first 3 months of democratic silence. Not only have they gotten tons of free media out of it, it's also given them control of the national discussion, and look what they've done with it. Instead of discussing climate change (which has been barely mentioned on either side), we're talking about building a wall spanning the Mexican border (and Trump's penis). All because the light threatens Clinton's head start.\n\nRegardless of the outcome of this election, shit like that has me questioning my place in the democratic party. It also may cost Clinton my vote if she earns the nomination, despite the horrifying prospects of a President Trump or (worse) Cruz. I'm still on the fence about that as Bernie has said if she wins he plans to support her, and I know he'd want his supporters to as well, but that would be a very bitter pill to swallow.",
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"content": ">It's pretty undeniable that the DNC manipulated the debate schedule (by crippling it) to protect Clinton\n\nIt is utterly deniable. It was clear after the 2008 campaign that the debates had gotten out of hand, that there were far too many. The decision was made then to reduce the number. It has nothing at all to do with Clinton. The amazing thing though is that this is the one thing people point to as the sign of the evil DNC. \n\n>Attempting to limit the exposure of the candidates to favor the front-runner is an affront to democracy,\n\nGive me a break. An affront to democracy? The debates happen or don't happen as the candidates see fit. You are not entitled to some debates at all. Negotiation on the number (timing, podium size, sitting or standing, etc.) is the *standard* for political campaigns not the exception. \n\n>Regardless of the outcome of this election, shit like that has me questioning my place in the democratic party.\n\nReally? Shit like that? What other shit do you have in mind other than this one and only complaint? Because I have been told scores of times how terrible the DNC is, how they work for Clinton. And the one example people give is an issue that goes back 8 years and was a public discussion at the time.\n\n>It also may cost Clinton my vote if she earns the nomination, despite the horrifying prospects of a President Trump or (worse) Cruz.\n\nWow. You sure have a dedication to principle if a dispute over the number and timing of debates could lead you to accept Trump as president. ",
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"content": "Bernie loves the ACA. He just thinks it doesn't go far enough. He even helped write the thing",
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"content": "If only Hillary had done something to show she cared about expanding healthcare....",
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"content": "Nothing new here. Republican = suppression by definition, does it not?",
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"content": "I fucking love this guy.",
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"content": "So....it wasn't some conspiracy by Hillary to win Arizona by 16 points? Of course that was never Bernie who said, but I'm glad the focus is being put on the right place because I've been worrying about the general election. ",
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"content": "Hey Rusty,\n\nCould you give me a tl:dr version of what is going on with this please?",
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"content": "These articles provide a good overview of key points:\n\nhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/04/03/unprecedented_leak_reveals_2_billion_offshore_trail_to_putin.html\n\nhttp://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/article69729112.html",
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"content": "\nThanks wenchette. I haven't got a chance to read about this one yet. It does sound very serious.",
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"content": "Panama papers?\n\nGerman news outlet last year gets encrypted messages from \"John Doe\"\n\n2.7T of text files, over 11.5 million documents pretaining to 280k \"companies\"(shells)\n\nIt's a massive \"dollar economy\", feed a company a couple of $100 million, sell it for a dollar to your buddy, side step several countries tax laws.\n\nThey kept it air tight for a year with a massive international team of journalists.\n\nThe files are so damn big it's just collated to search key words.\n\nFirst the run names, then known family and associates.\n\nThe shit list so far...\n\nVladamir Putin ...... about $2 Bn so far\n\nFormer Brittish PM David Cameron ....his father is listed for several million( Likely Camerons money)\n\nLord Ashecroft ....Brittish politician and businessman - no surprise\n\nSeems like every major political leader in the middle east,\n\nSeveral Israeli companies\n\nJackie Chan? I'm not joking.\n\nIceland's PM? Head of State?\n\nNo Americans yet, word is they are on a separate list, suspect as to why they were left out but Wikileaks also has the files and looks like they are just going to dump them en masse.\n\nUnproven as yet but 4Chan is claiming George Soros is possibly in too.\n\nSeems like their could be a long shitlist of American figures business/politics/celebrities.\n\nThe info dates 1977-2015\n\nSidenotes: suspects in one of the most infamous Bank robberies in UK history may also have been flagged.\n\nThis is bigger than Snowden.\n",
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"content": "Holy shitsnacks! Jackie Chan?\n\nThanks for summation. I appreciate it.",
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"content": "No problem, heads already rolling. Iceland PM found out on camera, video in article :-)\n\nhttp://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2016/apr/03/icelands-prime-minister-walks-out-of-interview-over-tax-haven-question-video",
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"content": "This one will be big. Just wait until they release the ones from the US. ",
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"content": "A lot of tinfoil hat wearers like myself are going to be vindicated this week. lol.",
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"content": "I look forward to it. Something besides campaign coverage on the news. It will be a refreshing change.",
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"content": "> Former British PM David Cameron\n\nFYI he is still the PM.\n\n",
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"content": "Oops, well we may have to start using the \"former\" pretty soon :-)",
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"content": "> Seems like their could be a long shitlist of American figures business/politics/celebrities.\n\nI seem to remember that Mitt Romney had offshore holdings in Panama, which was revealed by the 1.5 years of his tax returns that he released. It would be pretty awesome if he was included in this, and Trump, too.",
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"content": "Anyone who voted against Sarah Palin is a misogynist. ",
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"content": "Call me a misogynist then. I'd rather be called that than being caught voting for that nut job.",
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"content": "So you're saying that you hate women because they're crazy, right? ",
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"content": "I'm saying that one woman is zonkers. Probably the one thing both republicans and democrats can agree on.",
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"content": "So she's crazy because she's a woman, right? You couldn't possibly have any objective reason for denying her the office other than the fact that she's a woman, right? ",
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"content": "http://www.alternet.org/story/97907/sarah_palin's_9_most_disturbing_beliefs",
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"content": "> So she's crazy because she's a woman, right? \n\nHe never said that. Why are you engaging in straw man arguments?",
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"content": "He is comparing it to critics of Hillary (notably Sanders supporters) being called sexist. ",
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"content": "I think my intentions are clear if you read through the thread. ",
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"content": "I'm a woman and I voted against her because she's a moron. It has nothing to do with her kitty.",
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"content": "So why is it okay to claim that all Bernie Sanders supporters are male and therefore misogynists? Why is HRC's gender important in this race at all. \n\nPersonally, I feel that our representative government should represent the population and that means that 51% of our representatives should be female. But, I've never understood why someone would argue that it's sexist to oppose any woman* politician including Hillary Clinton. Believe me, I absolutely want to vote for the first woman president, but I'm not going to shift dramatically and ignore my better judgment to do so. \n\nClearly there has been some sexism in this race, but the Sanders campaign isn't the problem. Why is this something I still see in this sub? ",
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"content": "Since I didn't post anything like what you've typed here, I'm probably not the person to ask.",
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"content": "I'm talking about the constant use of the term \"Bernie Bros\" and other such nonsense in this sub. ",
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"content": "I agree with the over use of the term \"Bernie Bros\" but it seems to stem from two or three very specific users...",
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"content": "Dumb and dumber times 2,at least Donald gets his magic wand out when he fucks up and tries to correct his mental midget misquotes.",
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"content": "In one sentence, she agrees to a debate.\n\nIn the next sentence, she says it's her staff doing the negotiating.\n\nFeh.",
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"content": "Right, she is suppose to do it herself as if Bernie Slanders is. #feelthetaxreturns",
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"content": "The negotiating is the date and details. \n\nNot agreeing to the debate. \n\n",
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"content": "In one sentence you say she agrees to a debate.\n\nIn the next sentence you say she says it's her staff doing the negotiating.\n\nFeh.",
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"content": "a morning debate?? that's stupid",
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"content": "Well, it's Sanders that is begging here. He got offered other dates and times. He is in no position to demand anything. He has won a whole 4 primaries and only one in a large state.",
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"content": "Right - he just won the last 5 out of 6 states. \n \n With 78%, 79%, 81%, 69%, and 72% of the vote. So Hillary ran out of momentum on those? I guess so.",
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"content": "Caucuses. He has only won 4 primaries, 3 pissant white states.",
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"content": "Spoken like a person who automatically hates any state he wins. Wait until he wins tonight and then you can hate another group of Americans. \n \n",
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"content": "How many primaries has Bernado won? How many in large states? How many with lots of people of color?",
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"content": "Diversity? In Alaska he won over 80% and it is the most diverse state in the United States. Hawaii, very diverse he won in a landslide. Hillary wanted to win Wisconsin, the state Bernie won last night by double digits - thanks Wisconsin. \n \nYour question is, of course, steeped in disingenuousness. Clinton won the large southern states EARLY. Precisely because they ran so early. Hardly anyone in the south had ever seen or heard Bernie yet. They simply wouldn't vote for an unknown over a known Hillary. The south is not known for its knowledge of Vermont senators, no matter how good they are. \n \nAlso even though Bernie fought for civil rights back then when Hillary was a Goldwater girl - the media kept quiet on his accomplishments, and passed over her contradictions in that time period. \n \n",
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"content": "In a white caucus. Which primaries? What was the diversity breakdown? \n\nGet your facts right on Clinton and Goldwater: http://www.snopes.com/goldwater-girl/ And only Sanders tried to dump Vermont's nuclear was on a poor Hispanic town in Texas.",
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"content": "\"A white caucus\"?!? Did you mean an AMERICAN group of voters? \n \nUsing race to divide is a Republican thing - I think you are a Republican troll. \n\nBTW - She was a Republican all the way to 1968",
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"content": "People in this sub are always complaining that Bernie doesn't do enough to support down-ballot Democrats. Then, when you post an article discussing how his candidacy has inspired support for down-ballot Democratic candidates, they downvote it ...",
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"content": "People in this sub only care about throwing enough dirt in the hope that our candidate looks as dirty as theirs, ain't happening.",
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"content": "Posting an article =\\ supporting Dem candidates ",
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"content": "I didn't say that posting an article is the equivalent of supporting a down-ballot candidate. I said that the article is about how Sanders' candidacy has inspired support for Democratic candidates.",
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"content": "We'll see. ",
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"content": "There's no \"we'll see\" about it. I said what I said.",
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"content": "I know what you said. I have yet to see the actual groundswell of support, though. ",
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"content": "http://berniecrats.net",
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"content": "No. ",
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"content": "Just not with what it takes to win, $",
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"content": "Ah, yes. That reassures me that my concerns that our politicians are addicted to money in the form of legal bribery are completely misplaced.",
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"content": "Hard to run a campaign without it. So Bernard should tell people to quit giving him money. BTW, why is he paying that hired hitman Tad Devine $1 million a month? I keep asking but no one will answer that is a Sanders supporter. You know, the former Monsanto lobbyist, etc.?",
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"content": "b8",
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"content": "Clinton should just release those goldman-sachs speeches. That'd show those Sanders people who's in the pocket of Finance sector campaign donors.",
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"content": "Zzzz... ",
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"content": "To this day I've never heard a sleeping person make that sound. \nalso, *obligatory comment about your tone*",
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"content": "Really? It's a light snore. \n\nOr maybe a heavy yawn. ",
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"content": "I know what's meant by it, it's just that I'd spell it more like : \nhhhnnnnggrhhnnnnnplft \nMaybe get an S or two in there, even a B would be ok I guess, but a buncha Zs? naw",
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"content": "Maybe a baby?\n\nIt's more like when you snore out of your nose than your mouth. ",
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"content": "I'm trying to make a 'zzzzzzzz' sound through my nose but so far no luck. Go ahead, you know you want to try it.",
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"content": "I did earlier. It's similar to a pig's snort you make with your nose, but a lot softer. ",
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"content": "lol. I think our work is done here.",
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"content": " #feeltheberningtaxestobereleased",
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"content": "This is literally nowhere near as bad as 08.\n\nHowever, I'd like to kick Bernie and Hillary supporters who bash the other out of the party. ",
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"content": "> First, she has won more than 2.5 million votes that Sen. Sanders in the 35 Democratic primaries and caucuses held so far (prior to the April 5 Wisconsin primary)—a landslide margin of 58 percent to 42 percent so far.\n\n..except that the vote count is not available for caucuses, which includes most of Sanders' successful states. So, false.\n\n> Surely, the senator can’t claim with a straight place that, although he is behind Clinton by 2.5 million votes up to now, democratic principles dictate that super delegates committed to Clinton should switch to him.\n\nI love it, Sanders is playing Hillary supporters so hard and effortlessly. The Hillary crew are all jumping on this bandwagon that Sanders stated the superdelegates should override the voters (inaccurate). If he ends up in the lead with pledged delegates, every Hillary person will already be on the record crying about superdelegates needing to represent the voters. He'll have neutralized the superdelegate problem by making nuanced statements that were misrepresented when he was down in order to prepare for when he is up. I don't even think it was intentional and it's working.\n\nAnd peeps say he can't handle big-boy politics in a general election...",
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"content": "If there were no caucuses, Slanders would have less wins.",
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"content": "True, but if there weren't any superdelegates her lead wouldn't be as thick. Ifs don't count for anything. \n\nAs an outsider, I would really do away with both, caucuses and superdelegates.",
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"content": "If ifs don't count for anything then it's wholly accurate to say she is far ahead. ",
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"content": "Agreed. Just annoys me people bringing ifs onto the table. ",
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"content": "Please don't ever say \"big boy\" politics when we hear constant whining from Berniecrats over every single thing. \n\nAnd yes, she has a landslide margin in the popular vote. True. \n\n",
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"content": "..except that the vote count is not available for caucuses, which includes most of Sanders' successful states. So, false.\n",
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"content": "If they are not counted then they are not part of the popular vote. \n\nSo true. Stop playing games. Sanders is 2.5 million behind. Fact. ",
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"content": "Oh, I see. If you discount those states as irrelevant, you're right.",
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"content": "To the popular vote, they are. \n\nTo the delegate count, they are relevant. And Clinton still dominates. ",
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"content": "Hillary Clinton leads the Popular\\* Vote.\n\n\\* Popular Vote defined as the number of voters in 46% of contests held thus far.\n\nYou're technically right, factual. Doesn't it get tiring using a talking point that requires fine print though? I mean, this sort of thing is useful to her supporters by letting people make a certain claim and being true, but it comes at a price that people end up trusting her less if they discover that she's talking in fine print. If this was 1992 it'd work great because CNN gives one liners, but people also have google now...",
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"content": "There is no fine print. You can only count the people who voted in the primaries. \n\nIt's Berniecrats always adding fine print like \"southern states\".\n\nShe leads by far in the pop vote and pledged delegates. Those are the facts. \n\n\n\n\n\n",
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"content": "> It's Berniecrats always adding fine print like \"southern states\".\n\nWhile I appreciate being treated as the spokesperson for all Berniecrats, I don't recall having mentioned southern states recently so can't address that one.\n\n> There is no fine print. \n\nReal Clear Politics average of polls has Hillary beating Cruz by only 3 points in head-to-heads while Sanders beats Cruz by a much safer margin of 10 points.\n\nI'm curious, how do you feel about that one?",
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"content": "I feel fine about it. \n\nBecause Cruz ain't getting the nom. \n\nAnd we don't elect POTUS by polls. ",
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"content": "anybody care to look at the author and recognize that none of what he is claiming is either true or verifiable?",
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"content": "Votes and popularity are two phenomenon that are independent of each other. It's idiotic to conflate the two.",
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"content": "Wait, so it's saying that because the tax won't cover the tuition plan 100%, something Bernie's campaign even says, that his claim is mostly false? I don't get that.",
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"content": "Sanders said his free public university tuition program \"is paid for… by a tax on Wall Street's speculation.\"\n\nSanders’ $75 billion proposal is a federal matching program, meaning the Wall Street speculation tax would cover two-thirds of the costs. States would be required to pick up the tab for the remaining one-third. \n\nSanders has a point that his proposed Wall Street tax would cover part of the plan, but he left out the significant state contribution. And it’s not a sure thing that every state would join in. So we rate his claim Mostly False.",
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"content": "I think that would make it mostly true rather than mostly false, but whatever. Semantics. ",
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"content": "FULLY PAID FOR BY IMPOSING A TAX ON WALL STREET SPECULATORS.\nThe cost of this $75 billion a year plan is fully paid for by imposing a tax of a fraction of a percent on Wall Street speculators who nearly destroyed the economy seven years ago. More than 1,000 math monkeys have endorsed a tax on Wall Street speculation and today some 40 countries throughout the world have imposed a similar tax including Britain, Germany, France, Switzerland, and China. If the taxpayers of this country could bailout Wall Street in 2008, we can make public colleges and universities tuition free and debt free throughout the country.\n\nThat's straight from his campaign website, titled \"FULLY PAID FOR\" when would only cover 45-53% of the cost.",
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"content": " #feeltheberninglies",
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"content": "It's amazing how Politifact is 100 percent correct when highlighting one of Hillary's embellishments, but when they do it about Bernie, it's biased or wrong or mean or nasty or whatever.",
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"content": "LOL…seriously. 90% of the politifact posts I've seen in the past 6 or 7 years have been posted by liberals attacking republicans. Now that there is a *single* article that calls out Sanders, it's suddenly a skewed, political tool for 'the man' trying to keep democracy down!\n\nSo laughable.",
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"content": "> Now that there is a single article that calls out Sanders\n\nPolitifact has many more examples of Sanders' false and mostly false ads.\n\nhttp://www.politifact.com/personalities/bernie-s/statements/byruling/false/",
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"content": "[This page is all lies](http://www.politifact.com/personalities/bernie-s/statements/byruling/false/).",
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"content": "that's so fetch",
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"content": "75% true",
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"content": "TL;DR: Politifact is a nitpicking POS, if you take more than Sander's sound bite and listen to his actual plan, he is 100% correct about it at the Federal Level.\n\nPolitifact also fails to mention the fact that some FAFSA money (and state funds that serve a similar purpose) could be diverted to this plan (such as the SEOG grant), and would allow for a net-zero change, but decrease the cost of the plan.",
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"content": "Wait…so whenever politifact takes quotes from republicans and Hillary and proves them as bullshit it's good. But whenever they do the exact same thing to Bernie then they're a nitpicking piece of shit outfit. \n\nRight? \n\nBecause politificat has been *one* of the cornerstones of reddit's political discussions for at least the past 6 years, most of those being posted from liberals proving that republicans are full of shit when it comes to debates, public comments, etc. \n\nWhenever Palin was running for Veep, there were politifact links up and down every part of political discussion subs throughout reddit proving that she had no idea of what she was talking about. (And she didn't). \n\nBut turn that same scrutiny onto Sanders and the liberals go apeshit and get flustered and angry. \n\nWell, let's be honest here: Not liberals, *Sanders* fans, who are a different breed. The same people who parrot Fox News talking points to attack Hillary, the same people who posted Politifact articles to attack Hillary and Trump but SUDDENLY it's a piece of shit outfit whenever Sanders gets the same treatment. \n\nYou people are starting to sound more and more like republicans by the day: Facts are only 'facts' whenever they favor your positions, science is only 'science' whenever it proves you right or backs up a ideal that you believe in. Pull and highlight the parts you agree with, tear up the rest, the way republicans do with the bible and the constitution. \n\nFace it: Politifact isn't an organization out to do anything except hold comments up to basic scrutiny and call out people who lie. \n\nSanders *did* say the comment they are holding to scrutiny and he was lying (and knew it, clearly). \n\nSo sad to see liberals become unhinged to the point where they start to sound like republicans. ",
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"content": "Politifact is owned by the Tampa Bay Times. That's the same Tampa Bay Times that's endorsed HRC's campaign. I wouldn't expect much objectivity out of them at this point. ",
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"content": "Show me where I have disagreed with another Politifact article, please. I would love to see this huge hypocrisy that you want to exist, but doesn't so you're over generalizing and attacking an Internet stranger over. \n\nThis article was a POS, no matter who the candidate is. They took a soundbite that simplified his plan, but was still mostly true if not true, ran BS numbers that still more or less proved Sanders correct, and then rated it \"Mostly False.\" That's BS, plain and simple.",
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"content": ">if you take more than Sander's sound bite and listen to his actual plan, he is 100% correct about it at the Federal Level.\n\nSo you're saying his detailed plan says one thing, and what he says in interviews while trying to sell the plan is different? That's exactly what Politifact is saying, too. I don't get what your defense is. \n\n\n>Politifact also fails to mention the fact that some FAFSA money (and state funds that serve a similar purpose) could be diverted to this plan\n\nWhy would they mention that? It's not up to Politifact to work the math to make Sanders's plan work. That's Sanders's job. Politifact was determining if Sanders's comment in the interview was correct or not, which you stated above differed from his actual proposed plan.",
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"content": "But that's just it. This article even admits that Bernie didn't say the tax would pay for all of the program, but look at the headline. \n\nAnd yes, it is upon them to look at all of the details if they're going to make an objective judgement about the validity of a statement or claim. I give this article an F+. ",
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"content": ">This article even admits that Bernie didn't say the tax would pay for all of the program\n\nDid we read the same article? Where are you getting that from? His quote is literally in the article. \"It is paid for, Erin, by a tax on Wall Street's speculation.\" That's what they're fact checking.\n\n>I give this article an F+.\n\nOf course you do. It's calling out a Bernie Sanders lie. [Which of these articles *wouldn't* you give an F to?](http://www.politifact.com/personalities/bernie-s/statements/byruling/false/)",
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"content": "Well considering that Politifact belongs to the Tampa Bay Times, and the Tampa Bay Times endorsed Clinton's campaign, I don't expect any objectivity out of them on this election. Thanks for asking. ",
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"content": "So rather than look to see if any of it is actually true or not, you just write it all off as a hit job on Sanders?\n\nWay to live up to a stereotype, there. \n\nOh, also you never explained yourself, where does this article claim he never said that?",
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"content": "I have read about it. The Senator said that federal tax would pay for most of the program. It would. Politifact failed to include all of the relevant information. \n\nWe see what financial and political interests are behind politifact. Why should I blindly accept anything they have to say? ",
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"content": "Here's what you said:\n\n> This article even admits that Bernie didn't say the tax would pay for all of the program\n\nWhich it certainly didn't. But, now you're saying \n\n>Politifact failed to include all of the relevant information.\n\nYou're just all over the place, aren't you? This isn't about the truth to you, anymore, is it? It's about defending Bernie's good name. \n\n>The Senator said that federal tax would pay for most of the program.\n\nNot in the statement they debunked. He says one thing when he's giving speeches and an entirely different thing on his website. You said it yourself, the only reason you know about it is because you \"read about it.\"\n\nThat's why they're calling him a liar. In his speech, he said paid for by the tax, but when you \"read about it\" like you did, you learn that's not true. Your only complaint here is that they chose to debunk his lie instead of one of his other statements when he wasn't lying about it.\n\n>Why should I blindly accept anything they have to say?\n\nYou don't have to blindly accept anything. I asked you which ones you thought were true and which ones weren't, and you refused to even try. You're too afraid of discovering that your beloved Bernie isn't 100% perfect in every possible way.",
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"content": ">Sanders has a point that his proposed Wall Street tax would cover part of the plan, but he left out the significant state contribution. \n\nThe article fails to mention the contributions of programs like fafsa. ",
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"content": ">The article fails to mention the contributions of programs like fafsa.\n\nSo did Bernie Sanders, which is why you and I would seem to agree that he deserves this \"false\" rating. You're pointing out *even more* sources of funding than just his Wall Street tax. If Politico had you on their staff, this might be pants on fire.",
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"content": "He said is plan is paid for by a Wall Street tax. This is true, the federal portion of his proposed plan is more than paid for by a Wall Street tax.\n\nNeglecting to mention factors that would directly affect the real price of something in a big way is essentially lying. Basically what the article boiled down to is, \"we're taking thing out of context and refusing to run the real numbers, but Sanders is right and we give this is a mostly false.\"",
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"content": "I think it's funny how Bernie supporters can't admit he's ever made a mistake or misstep. Can one Bernie supporter name one mistake he has made? For the record, I am fine with him winning the nomination, but at least Hillary supporters admit she is awful in many different ways. ",
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"content": "Well, when he's running as the anti-establishment candidate, why would he want to keep those same corrupt people in power?",
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"content": "Pretty messed up when users can keep posting this garbage and moderators delete any comments that debunk these lies. The fact is that there is a long list of Democratic candidates and politicians that are part of a network of support involving the Sanders campaign. If this sub was anything near objective, you'd see that list right here in this thread. ",
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"content": "Yes, he has contributed $1000, public domain. Got to pay his hitman Tad Devine $1 million a month, public domain. #feelthebernedtaxreturns",
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"content": "Like I said. You're allowed to post whatever lies and offensive garbage you like in this sub, but when I post the simple truth it gets removed by the mods. Go ahead, do your worst. ",
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"content": "> \\#feelthebernedtaxreturns\n\nCandidates for the presidency should release any and all information that will help voters make their decision.\n\nBut the supporters of a candidate who won't release their Wall Street speech transcripts calling for an opponent's tax returns strikes me about like Jared Fogle doing commercials for Make-a-Wish: a good cause endorsed by the worst possible entity to endorse that cause.\n\nDoes anyone in their right mind doubt that we'll get Bernie's tax returns LONG before we see what Hillary said to Goldman Sachs to get paid $225,000?",
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"content": "Her words are what she was paid to give because they were worth that much. What is the hold up for Bernard? Filling out the form takes about 30 minutes or less.",
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"content": "Why should America see Sanders' tax returns but not Clinton's speech transcripts?",
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"content": "Because it has been a tradition to see them. Never before has anyone asked to see someone's speech transcripts except Bernie Slanders.",
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"content": "> Because it has been a tradition to see them.\n\nSo you're arguing that \"tradition\" is the root of right and wrong? Epistemologically speaking, that seems cray cray.",
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"content": "So who wants to see Clinton's speech transcripts? #feeltheberningtaxes",
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"content": "This is not the hillary subreddit... and there is absolutely no logic behind that claim. \nAt all.\nAnyone with a drop of sense would see how that sentence just *does not add up.*\n\nBernie has been bringing a lot of new blood into the democratic party. He is encouraging a lot of new voters to vote as democrats, which leads to more people **voting for democrats**. \n\nIt does not matter what he used to be before when it comes to supporting the party because he is currently running AS a democrat and bringing people TO the democratic party. Right now, Bernie is acting as a classic 'doorway' candidate into the party for a massive amount of people. Come for the candidate you like, stay for other democratic political leaders.\n\nDoes that mean all people joining the democratic party will stay to vote for other democrats? No, not all. **But a lot of them will.** A huge surge of people into a political party HELPS the party, not hurts it.\n\nEven if not all of the voters the democratic party gained stay, the party will -still- see a boost of people that will help in getting more democrat leaders elected.",
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"content": "No money means no help. When Sanders loses, has he given any assurances that he will support Democrats running? No, he explicitly said he has not decided. Has he said he will remain a D? Nope. Proof is in the pudding and so far I am from Missouri, the \"show me state\". And why do you care? You aren't even a Democrat either.",
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"content": "Yes! \nMultiple times, at that. \nI take it you do not listen to the full of Bernie's speeches and only hear clips, if anything. \n\nEver since the beginning, he has vowed to back WHOEVER is nominated, and said that others should as well. Now if his supporters will listen to him or not is another thing, but he had already publicly stated that if Hillary wins the nomination, he will support her. \n\n [“And by the way, on her worst day, Hillary Clinton will be an infinitely better candidate and President than the Republican candidate on his best day.”](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-candidate) - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) \n\nThis is hardly new rhetoric as he has insisted that people need to endorse whoever the nominee is. \n\nAlso; \n[“If I can’t make it — and we’re going to try as hard as we can until the last vote is cast — we want to completely **revitalize the Democratic Party** and make it a party of the people rather than one of large campaign contributors,”](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-endorsement_us_56f45bf0e4b014d3fe22b4a7) (Ie, he *wants people to be* **Democrats** as in that effort, you encorage people to join the democratic party.)\n\n>No money means no help. \n\n\nThis is also not true. \n\n[This article](http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/05/politics/sanders-democratic-fundraisers/) rather neatly covers a part Sanders plays in helping raise money for the democratic party.\n>Sanders has been billed as **one of the hosts** for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee's retreats for the \"Majority Trust\" -- an elite group of top donors who give more than $30,000 per year -- at Martha's Vineyard in the summer and Palm Beach, Florida, in the winter. \n>\"He has in the past **written letters and helped Senate Democrats elect Democrats.** He thinks that's very important to the country,\" Briggs said.",
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"content": "> You aren't even a Democrat either. \n\n[Deleted as it is not really any of your business] \nI am a registered Democrat, and it is interesting you think that anyone who votes for someone other then whoever you support 'can't possibly be a Democrat'. \nGood job trying to judge someone you don't know. /s \nMaking opinions of strangers online is not really a smart thing to do.\n",
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"content": "I wouldn't feel too bad. I'm pretty sure that he's lying about being from Missouri. ",
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"content": "Interesting how the ultra-conservative Washington Times is boostering for Bernie Sanders. Now I wonder why that is?",
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"content": "It's interesting how Clinton is pretending to join the fight for fifteen considering her stance has always been that it's not achievable and it's too \"pie in the sky\". Here she is taking credit for what should be considered a victory for Bernie Sanders and other Democrats who've supported the movement. ",
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"content": "> Clinton is pretending to join the fight for fifteen considering her stance has always been that it's not achievable and it's too \"pie in the sky\"\n\nNot correct. Hillary Clinton has long supported a $15 minimum wage in high cost of living markets.",
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"content": "That's not what fight for fifteen is about. It's about achieving a living wage for all workers in the US. ",
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"content": "A living wage in low cost-of-living states would be inflationary and hurt low-income workers more than help them. Economics 101.",
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"content": "A living wage will hurt workers? Economics 101?\n\nNo thanks. ",
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"content": "Microeconomics and macroeconomics are not the same thing. Economics 201.\n\n",
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"content": "Look, I don't need to be talked down to by you. \n\nI have my position on this issue and I know all of your arguments. You can go ahead and type yourself crazy, but you're not going to convince me that paying people a living wage is bad for the economy. ",
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"content": "> paying people a living wage is bad for the economy.\n\n/u/yankhoser did not say that. He said it \"would be inflationary and hurt low-income workers more than help them\".\n\nPeople of means are better equipped to survive inflation. Same too for better paid workers. People on the margins are hurt the most by inflation. Inflation can actual benefit the better off but is really hard on the working poor.\n\nMany of Bernie Sanders' ideas are inflationary (tax increases, trade barriers, etc.) and would hurt the poorest while benefiting the more prosperous.",
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"content": "The amount of inflation that would result from raising the minimum wage is incredibly small and would be offset by benefits such a raise. \n\nInflation is constant and people earning minimum wage haven't had a considerable raise in over a decade. It's arguable that because of inflation those folks wages have actually decreased. ",
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"content": "> The amount of inflation that would result from raising the minimum wage is incredibly small \n\nThat's a sweeping statement with no basis in reality. It all depends on the economic structure of a community. A one-employer town in a lower wage state might close a factory if forced to increase wages substantially. With that factory closed, the local community is devastated. Many semi-rural communities throughout America have one- and two-employer economies.\n\n>Inflation is constant \n\nThat statement is ludicrously wrong. Inflation is not constant. It is fluid both over time and regionally. That is why we have a 2% inflation rate while Venezuela has a 750% inflation rate.\n\nhttp://inflationdata.com/Inflation/Inflation/DecadeInflation.asp\n\n>haven't had a considerable raise in over a decade.\n\nThis is true. That's why a reasonable increase thereafter pegged to the CPI inflation rate is a workable solution.\n\n>It's arguable that because of inflation those folks wages have actually decreased.\n\nAgain true. And again why a reasonable increase thereafter pegged to the CPI inflation rate is a workable solution.\n\nThat's why Secretary Clinton's proposal is a superior plan: indexing.\n\n",
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"content": "I'm meant that inflation is always occurring and that it's already affecting low income workers who are unable to afford things like rent and basic necessities. \n\nBernie's plan includes indexing as well. In fact, Bernie's plan isn't calling for a $15 minimum wage today, it's calling for a gradual increase to $15 from now to 2020 and for the wage to be indexed to inflation after that. \n\n",
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"content": "Yes you do. There is so many times I end it because you just don't understand.",
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"content": "I wasn't even talking to you. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll go back to not talking to you. ",
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"content": "Correct. The minimum wage should scale to the cost of living in your state and town.\n\nNY is very different than Scranton. ",
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"content": "Citation of Clinton saying it's pie in the sky? ",
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"content": "It is shameful that a Slanders supporter would post anything from this sleazy right-wing rag, but he does it all the time as do other of his minions. They have no shame.",
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"content": "Too bad for the Koch Bros that Paul Ryan isn't running for president. ",
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"content": "There's a lot of buzz now about how if Trump does not make it on the first ballot at the GOP convention, thus opening the floor to nominations for a candidate, Paul Ryan would be the consensus result.\n\nhttp://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/paul-ryan-republican-nominee-convention-221522\n\nIf Ryan does run for President, I'm sure there are a lot of soup kitchens that could use his help re-washing their already-clean dishes.\n\nhttps://youtu.be/rkmvmq0-qaU",
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"content": "I'm sure Republican voters are just loving the idea of their votes counting for nothing. ",
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"content": "Yeah, they are finally going to get what they deserve one way or the other. They were fast on their way to being a semi-permanent, regional minority party, and now that might be a stretch for them. ",
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"content": "The DNC needs to pull its collective head out of its ass and start listening to the American people if we don't want to suffer the same fate. ",
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"content": "Just like how he didn't want the speaker job. He could easily be a \"martyr\" and pretend they made him do it for the \"good of the country\" because he is the only man who can do it. And then he will get annihilated in the general, because he is an outright fraud, and totally engulfed in the right-wing fantasyworld. \n\nHe got embarrassed in the debate against Biden, and since then has only produced fraudulent budgets, and learned nothing. All that is without Trump running 3rd party, or his and Cruz's followers staying home because their votes were tossed out in favor of an establishment errand boy who didn't even run a campaign. ",
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"content": "It doesn't matter if it is a brokered convention they can puck anyone, technically they could nominate me if they wanted to. ",
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"content": "I think that it will matter to the voters of that party. ",
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"content": "I can lie just as good as trump if needed. I love people rich people, other rich people and really rich people and I will dig a moat the deepest moat in all the world and you know who will pay for that moat, women who had abortions and you know what my hands are massive so massive i can't even swat at a fly that's buzzing around my servants without causing such a massive windstorm that it would wipe out Europe which is ok because I would nuke them anyways and people love me everywhere people tell me how much they love me and my hands, make America whatever you think is great again.",
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"content": "I wish I could say that I'm surprised, but ultimately I'm not. He magically jumps into a prominent political role just before the shit hits the fan? I'm not buying what he's selling. This has been part of the plan all along, and it's only meant to keep Hillary Clinton on her toes if she wins the nomination.",
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"content": "ahh... Not really.\n\nThis is just another effort to lump to the two campaigns together by a Clinton supporter. \n\nSanders supporters are very aware of the issues much more so that the Clinton supporters who are following the party line. ",
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"content": "Most of them can't find Norway on a map, I leave you [this](https://www.facebook.com/451396465051837/photos/a.453416024849881.1073741828.451396465051837/463503343841149/?type=3&theater)",
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"content": "So now it Bernie's fault kids get drunk on spring break? Or that people are stupid and say stupid things.",
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"content": "No, just that they have access to guns and kill each other and kids in Newtown, CT.",
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"content": "> Newtown\n\nThe guns How he got them: Both guns belonged to Lanza’s mother. That Bernie's fault too?\n\nhttp://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/10/how_roseburg_newtown_and_other_mass_shooters_got_their_guns.html ",
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"content": "His hands are dripping with blood. Every gun bill he voted down. Why doesn't the manufacture of a gun meant only to kill humans limit the size of the magazine that can be used? Why don't the instructions warn you to keep it locked up in a gun safe? Why do they advertise what a real man you can be with this gun? How many deaths Bernie? ",
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"content": "> this\n\nWhat exactly does trash on the beaches of Florida have to do with anything in this thread?",
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"content": "Young voters overwhelmingly support Sanders...so",
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"content": "False. Don't go there, because both Sanders and his supporters would be destroyed in an actual in-depth policy debate. \n\n",
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"content": "By who? Sanders has painfully tried to keep this about the issues. ",
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"content": "No. He repeats the same thing over and over. He keeps it to the topics/issues, but not actual policy. \n\nAs in how it would work. \n\nI would agree chocolate cake for everyone every day would be great. The demon is in the details. ",
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"content": "https://berniesanders.com/issues/",
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"content": "Again, those are issues. Not policy.\n\nHow would he go about dissolving the private insurance companies? Force the banks to break up? Implement a tax on Wall Street speculation? Convince other Sunni dominated nations to wage a ground war in Iraq and Syria? Remove the GOP and moderates as obstacles?\n\nTell me again how Sanders supporters are more knowledgable of the issues and are not just towing a line. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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"content": "> How would he go about dissolving the private insurance companies?\n\nHe doesn't have to a thing about that..they will just no longer have ~~any~~ many customers. \n\n>Force the banks to break up?\n\nhttp://www.dictionary.com/browse/trustbuster\n\nImplement a tax on Wall Street speculation? \n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appropriation_bill\n\n>Convince other Sunni dominated nations to wage a ground war in Iraq and Syria?\n\nAre you trying to say that is not what should be done or that it is hard to do?\n\n>Remove the GOP and moderates as obstacles?\n\nModerates are not obstacles. Every one of his proposals have majority approval.\n\n Now for the GOP they are doing a good job of that by themselves.\n\n>Tell me again how Sanders supporters are more knowledgable of the issues and are not just towing a line. \n\nBecause it is Sen. Sanders who is drawing the line unlike someone who is telling us how we have to do what the right wing wants because it is hard to fight them.\n\n\n\n",
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"content": "The banks are not a trust. Nor are they a monopoly. \n\nAn appropriations bill does not explain how a tax on speculation works. \n\n",
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"content": "> The banks are not a trust. Nor are they a monopoly\n\nWrong on both counts.",
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"content": "No, correct. \n\n",
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"content": "Regarding the Sunnis, it cannot be done. ",
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"content": "Maybe we just need to remind them where Mecca is located...What sort of caliphate doesn't control Mecca?",
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"content": "[Once again.](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/bernie-sanders-break-up-banks-ny-daily-news-interview)",
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"content": "[ #feelthesubstancefreebern](http://www.mediaite.com/online/bernie-bombs-in-nydn-editorial-meeting-reveals-just-how-substance-free-his-campaign-is/)",
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"content": "Besides his campaign site, why don't you provide us something we can trust? Not his new lackey Robert Reich but something from a reputable source. The Atlantic, NY Times, Washington Post, Brookings Institute, Roosevelt Institute, something trusted out there? Is there anyone besides the Interceptor, Salon, Huffington Post anonymous blogger and such crap that you can actually point to that backs you or any Bernie Bro up? CNN? ABC? CBS? NBC? NPR? PBS? If there is, I have yet to find it. All you can do is point to his website and crap websites. Put up, or SU and GO.",
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"content": "WTF are you babbling about...you asked for positions I gave them to you.\n\nIf you are looking for in depth coverage of Sen. Sanders positions on cooperate media good luck.\n\nIs this what you are looking for.\n\nhttp://www.ontheissues.org/Bernie_Sanders.htm\n\nAr e you looking for insight like not supporting the War in Iraq or Trade agreements..well there is this.\n\n>Sen. Bernie Sanders predicts #PanamaPapers in 2011 \n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrsI0Sw2hq8\n\nWhat did your candidate do about these?\n\n",
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"content": "In other words, nothing worth a damn. He just babbles as has been pointed out in multiple stories today. When Paul Krugman asks for details on how his health care and economic plans are to work, he is called a Hillary schill and a right-wing conservative and no answer is ever given. It is just been a big, fat empty sells job. Like Ben Carson. \n\nSanders predicted nothing on Panama. The Atlantic as debunked that nonsense. Free trade may actually be the way we get their banks to cough up names by using that as leverage. This started in 1970. As far as \"starting a war\" there is innocent American blood on Sanders' hand by a factor of at least 100. Much of it children's blood. Those children in Newtown died because of his votes. They died in Aurora. They continue to die everyday. Bloody Bernie's' hands drip with blood of the innocent. How does he sleep at night?",
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"content": "Nice if it was true.",
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"content": "that is the trouble with fanatics can't see truth when shown to them...they are both direct quotes",
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"content": "[Once again.](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/bernie-sanders-break-up-banks-ny-daily-news-interview)",
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"content": "[Like this type of explanation?](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/bernie-sanders-break-up-banks-ny-daily-news-interview) Good enough for his minions I guess.",
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"content": "If you want to talk policy lets talk policy. Bernie never talks policy. He talks about the issues but his policy about what to do about it is always awful.\n\nHis economic policy relies on a 5% growth. Something that almost never happens. And he expects to get to this 5% growth with a hike in payroll taxes (a regressive tax that hits everyone poor or rich), and while breaking apart insurance companies, banks, and investment firms. \n\nHis foreign policy is a joke. He expects to somehow beat ISIS by pulling the US out of military operations and uniting the middle east against them so we don't actually have to fight. If we could do that we would have done it a long time ago. Saudi Arabia has little interest in fighting ISIS.\n\nThen there is energy policy where he wants to ban nuclear fuel and natural gas. Despite the fact that we cannot power our country on wind and solar alone yet. This policy will hike energy costs astronomically and hurt the poor. \n\nAnd his nuclear policy isn't his only anti science policy. He wants to mandate GMO labeling despite no health effect from GMOs. It seems the only proscience stance he takes is on climate change. And I suspect that's because with climate change he has a corporate dragon to slay. That's the key. On GMOs if he supports GMOs he has no corporate dragon to slay.\n\nThis is a man that puts ideology over science. \n\nBut no you're right. I'm just towing the party line over here. Ho hum am I dumb.",
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"content": "> His economic policy relies on a 5% growth\n\nAdds Billions of dollars to the economy by increasing the MW to $15 an hour, Reduces the cost of health insurance gives access to more people to healthcare\n\n>with a hike in payroll taxes\n\nThat gives families medical leave\n\nhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/leave_report_final.pdf\n\nat a cost of **about $1 a week**\n\n> so we don't actually have to fight\n\nI can see you have very little understanding of the situation...WE Can't DO THIS!! It has to be lead by Arabs!!\n\n>Saudi Arabia has little interest in fighting ISIS.\n\nHell no they don't they are of the same faith and are partly the financing behind them.\n\n>Then there is energy policy where he wants to ban nuclear fuel and natural gas.\n\nNo he doesn't\n\n>This is a man that puts ideology over science. \n\nshow one example.\n\n>I'm just towing the party line over here\n\nMore like the corporate line. And I still don't hear you touting Hillary's policy...only saying what Bernie has proposed is too hard to do.",
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"content": "Barney Frank seems a little upset that Sanders and his supporters have made the conversation about the highlight of Frank's legislative career about how ineffective it is. Naturally he's not a fan of Sanders or his supporters.\n\nWho's Frank going to go after next? Elizabeth Warren?",
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"content": "Frank has had more legislative success sitting on the crapper in the House that Sanders has had in 25 years. That is an undisputable fact. Legislatively speaking, Sanders isn't good enough to wipe his ass.",
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"content": "You have a very crass and foul way of trying to make a point, but it doesn't make your argument any stronger. What does the respective \"legislative success\" of either of them have to do with what I said regarding an influx of criticism of the highlight of Frank's legislative career? Absolutely nothing.\n\nI'm tired of people trying to argue around the points I'm making. If you've not got anything to say that relates to what I said, post your comment on the article instead of on my comment.",
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"content": "[I suggest you learn this](https://soundcloud.com/michael-confoy/thecage15)",
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"content": "It helps to think of Confoy as a Rovian saboteur, trying through flawed and ugly advocacy to undermine both Sanders and Clinton.",
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"content": "Barney Frank has lost his way, corrupted by power and money. ",
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"content": "I used to have monthly withdrawals going to Planned Parenthood and the Human Rights Campaign and these issues are still important to me.\n\nThat money now goes to Bernie. And the never-ending cascade of emails from PPAF and HRC ... those go into my Spam folder.\n\nThey would still be getting money from me if they waited and campaigned for whoever the Democratic nominee was since both Clinton and Sanders would be worth their efforts.\n\nCongrats to Planned Parenthood and the Human Rights Campaign. You've Komen-ized yourselves.\n\n",
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"content": "Same here, I couldn't believe they endorsed Hillary, it's as if they did no research or fact checking. Simply went off because she's a woman. All my donations stopped. ",
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"content": "Because you care more about your candidate than the issue. ",
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"content": "Really?\n\nWhen I decided to contribute to PP, I thought I was helping to make family planning and health services more widely available. (Note the lack of \"women\" mentioned here. Not long ago, I learned that I could've gotten my vasectomy at a PP clinic.)\n\nInstead of helping someone get birth control, examinations, etc., PP has used some of the money ($20 MILLION) that we contributed to support a candidate that isn't better than their opponent regarding these issues.\n\n(Hillary Clinton has previously stated a willingness to compromise with Republicans, especially regarding 3rd trimester abortions. Regardless of how one \"feels\" about 3rd trimester abortions, compromising with THESE Republicans ... have you seen them? They're nucking futs!)\n\nI could go along with PP helping Clinton in the general election against anti-choice GOPers; but helping her win the Democratic nomination stinks of pure favoritism and not in line with the reasons for contributing in the first place.\n\n",
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"content": "Favoritism is what endorsements are. \n\nHillary has been a big supporter of PP (and their fundraising efforts) for years and years. This endorsement is understandable. ",
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"content": "> This endorsement is understandable. \n\nI'd say the same about the withdrawal of our contributions. Completely understandable.",
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"content": "Bernie has been doing it much longer. They endorsed the wrong person. Look at it like this, I'm sure if you took all of Hillary supporters, and Bernie supporters, and took a poll on which supporters backed pp (before the endorsement) more Bernie supporters would have backed pp more. There's a reason why Bernie has more woman supporters than Hillary. ",
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"content": "What are you even talking about?\n\nMost Bernie supporters were not even Bernie supporters three years ago. \n\nBernie has not been to fundraiser after fundraiser for PP like Clinton has. \n\nLOL. \"adding up all Bernie supporters\"\n\nWe have been adding them up. And it doesn't look good. \n\n\n\n",
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"content": "I guess we will see.\n\nEspecially after He was right once again about Panama. Something Hillary voted for. ",
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"content": "I challenge any HRC supporter to find an element of women's rights in which HRC has a stronger or more consistent record of support than does Bernie Sanders.\n\nI do not think you'll find any evidence for it.\n\nSanders has been 100% pro-choice, an active advocate for expanded family leave, etc.\n\nBecause ON THE ISSUES, both Sanders and Clinton are very strong, it makes me angry that PP chose to take sides in the primary.\n\nEdit: downvoted, but unrebutted. Typical.",
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"content": "Yes, they're both strong on the issues. The difference is that Clinton has made women's rights one of her priorities and Sanders has not. Clinton was the one who flew to China to speak for women's rights, Clinton was the one who Republicans called a feminazi in the 90s, and the Clinton Foundation that she has been a key part of helps around the world to improve opportunities for women. Sanders has been far more passive in his support.",
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"content": "Come one. At least use some reputable sites to do your smears. The DailyCaller is right-wing trash. There are plenty of other sites out there that don't make you look foolish when you cite them.\n\n",
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"content": "Smear? Did you read it? It refutes a smear on Bernie by HRC. \n\nSorry if news outlets like CNN and the New York Times refuse to publish the truth. ",
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"content": "And the Daily Caller tells the truth?\n\nIf Sanders wins the nomination, you will the first person agreeing with me when they start smearing him.",
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"content": "That may be true, but none of the major media outlets are speaking up about this and the truth is the truth. ",
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"content": "> none of the major media outlets are speaking up about this\n\nThat should be a major hint right there. Seriously, look at their homepage: http://dailycaller.com/",
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"content": "If I chose to swallow the narrative presented by mainstream media I'd be a fool indeed. \n\nThe information in this article comes from the federal government. Whether or not you appreciate the fact, the Daily Caller has presented the truth in response to Clinton's lies. \n\nMaybe major media outlets should consider all of the readers and viewers their losing this election cycle. People are tired of being lied to and ignored. ",
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"content": "Too bad I will never click on a post from them then. ",
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"content": "He trusts the Daily Caller but not the Washington Post because of \"bias\":\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/democrats/comments/4dhili/9_things_bernie_sanders_shouldve_known_about_but/d1qz9ni",
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"content": "Should some miracle happen and Bernie sanders gets the nomination, they will be screaming about the crap the Daily Caller will be saying about him. They want Bernie to win. ",
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"content": "You've said that already. \n\nLike I said, when major outlets begin to approach HRC's claims in an honest manner, I'll gladly post their articles. ",
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"content": "I've said no such thing. \n\nThis article provides federal data on Clinton's claims. That's why I chose to post it. ",
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"content": "seriously, the corporate media has too much to lose from a bernie win. seriously.",
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"content": "Please..., all they care about it continuing the media circus around Trump.",
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"content": "because it shields hillary from any real scrutiny",
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"content": "What? Hillary has been through more scrutiny than anyone, by far.",
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"content": "but, until now, she has never been (adjacent to/involved in) an fbi investigation, the scrutiny has always been political. that being said, i do believe that the corporatists among us would prefer her to bernie sanders. would you concur?",
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"content": "You guys are worse than the republicans with your labels. Coporatists? establishment? This is what I mean by using the exact same right-wing tactics the extreme right uses to push your agenda. \n\nI could answer your question by saying Bernie is favored among socialists and communists just like the republicans do and will should Bernie win the nomination. But I choose not to enrage in such empty rhetoric. My god, you use the same right-wing site to make your points as the extremist republicans do. ",
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"content": "that's ok, socialists and communists would prefer bernie s well as social democrats. how about this question, if you were general electric, who would you prefer?",
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"content": "When it comes to media, my enemies enemy is my friend, at least for now, you've seen some of the crap mainstream is running with, it took CNN months to acknowledge Sanders was a candidate in any meaningful way, it takes the American media at large almost a full news cycle to acknowledge the Panama Papers- pretty sure we all know why, even on this sub you yourself have banned articles about the email scandal, and then try to call people out for using right wing sources, just cause they're assholes, doesn't mean they don't get it right every now and then.\n\nhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/brian-hanley/bernie-sanders-is-exactly_b_9559188.html\n\nHuffPost okay or are they too far back to the left? :-)",
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"content": "But the Daily Caller? They are worse than Rush Limbaugh. If Sarah Palin came out and endorsed Bernie, would you be posting that too? I would be ashamed.",
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"content": "This isn't an endorsement of Bernie. This is the refutation of a ridiculous claim made by HRC using federal data. ",
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"content": "Use a different source. Because I will downvote The Daily Caller every time I see it. ",
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"content": "> “She said that it’s going to be coming out in the very near future that many of the catastrophes that have taken human lives in the State of New York have been the product of guns coming over the border from Vermont,” New York State Sen. Tim Kennedy told Capital New York.\n\n> \"In 2014, out of 7,686 firearms recovered and traced in New York, only 55 were first purchased in Vermont, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.\"\n\nTaken from this trace data, pdf skip to page 7.\n\nhttps://www.atf.gov/about/docs/report/new-york-firearms-trace-data-%E2%80%93-2014/download\n\n> \"In 2013, 61 of the 8,539 guns recovered and traced in New York came from Vermont.\"\n\ntaken from this trace data,pdf skip to page 7 again.\n\nhttps://www.atf.gov/resource-center/docs/143870-nyatfwebsite13pdf/download\n\nData source DOJ, bureau AT&F.\n\nDude she lied, as she damn well nearly always lies, and you guys are trying to rationalize it so it doesn't stink, yes the caller is right wing, but also yes, they are correct. Letting your candidate slide on this stuff helps no one, we both know,that she knew it was bull when she said it, just like so many other times she has tried to misrepresent the situation to her favor.\n\nFor the record, gun control is one of my sticking points with Bernie, I think he's got it wrong, but I'll freely admit that without having to cover when I know he's wrong.\n\nFor the record I got B's back on just about everything else.\n\nEDIT: fixed links",
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"content": "As far as Bernie's stance on gun control... \n\nAs a national candidate he's made it very clear that he's pro-gun control and has no problem with pushing gun control legislation. \n\nAs a Senator and a congressman representing his constituents in Vermont he took stances that best represented the views of those people, as he was supposed to do. That's an elected representative's duty.\n\nAs a semi rural Democrat, I'm not a huge fan of gun control. It's not a popular issue in my area and is often a deal breaker when it comes to approaching independent or undecided voters. People like to hunt and they want to be able to defend themselves against attackers and home invaders. No, those aren't as rare as you might think. ",
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"content": "Besides his campaign site, why don't you provide us something we can trust? Not his new lackey Robert Reich but something from a reputable source. The Atlantic, NY Times, Washington Post, Brookings Institute, Roosevelt Institute, something trusted out there? Is there anyone besides the Interceptor, Salon, Huffington Post anonymous blogger and such crap that you can actually point to that backs you or any Bernie Bro up? CNN? ABC? CBS? NBC? NPR? PBS? If there is, I have yet to find it. All you can do is point to his website and crap websites. Put up, or SU and GO.",
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"content": "oh, you mean a site that is anti bernie, otherwise it doesn't count; got it.",
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"content": "> file:///C:/Users/Mike/Downloads/new_york-firearms_trace_data-2014.pdf\n\nThis looks like link to a file on your personal hard drive. I don't think that's what you meant.",
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"content": "thanks,PDF links from the article, I added the wrong link but if anyone wants them they are one the original article.\n\nEDIT: fixed",
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"content": "What was her exact quote? \n\nNot second-hand. ",
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"content": "http://www.wcax.com/story/31650376/clinton-claims-ny-criminals-getting-guns-from-vt\n\nfrom you're with her direct_>hrc2016",
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"content": "I said \"her exact quote\". Why do I always have to explain definition of words to you? \n",
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"content": "Besides his campaign site, why don't you provide us something we can trust? Not his new lackey Robert Reich but something from a reputable source. The Atlantic, NY Times, Washington Post, Brookings Institute, Roosevelt Institute, something trusted out there? Is there anyone besides the Interceptor, Salon, Huffington Post anonymous blogger and such crap that you can actually point to that backs you or any Bernie Bro up? CNN? ABC? CBS? NBC? NPR? PBS? If there is, I have yet to find it. All you can do is point to his website and crap websites. Put up, or SU and GO.",
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"content": "Are you serious?\n\nThis is a rag that paid hookers in an attempt to frame a Senator. ",
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"content": "http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/albany/2016/04/8595700/clinton-new-york-criminals-get-guns-vermont",
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"content": "There ya go. That wasn't hard. Using right-wing smear sites just appears desperate.",
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"content": "this is from her direct\n\nhttp://www.wcax.com/story/31650376/clinton-claims-ny-criminals-getting-guns-from-vt",
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"content": "You have negative shame posting from this right-wing, gun nut loving rag. How low can you actually go?",
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"content": "http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/albany/2016/04/8595700/clinton-new-york-criminals-get-guns-vermont\n\nfrom one of your favorite sources",
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"content": "I guess he could have lied like HRC and you guys would have praised and cheered. ",
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"content": "No, more like when Bernie lied about his tax returns - Four Pinocchios, the worst rating reserved only for big fat lies:\n\nhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/04/05/bernie-sanderss-false-claim-that-he-has-released-his-full-federal-tax-returns/",
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"content": "Although I've seen a few neutral articles from them here and there, the Washington post has proven to be a biased news outlet in its pandering for Clinton. \n\nThanks but no thanks. ",
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"content": "Yet a week ago you were posting articles from WashPo:\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/democrats/comments/4cgwh7/the_idea_that_bernie_sanders_has_been_too/",
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"content": "Did you read my comment before going through my post history? \n\nI said that although I've seen a few neutral articles here and there they're largely biased on behalf of HRC. They published sixteen negative articles about Bernie Sanders in as many hours during polling for the last Super Tuesday. That sort of behavior can't go unnoticed. ",
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"content": "So sez the guy who posts articles from the Daily Caller. No bias at the Daily Caller, no siree.",
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"content": "I posted an article that provides federal data on one of Clinton's claims. Maybe if major media outlets started being honest about the stuff that HRC says I would be able to post their articles. ",
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"content": "A right-wing rag. Bernie Bros have no shame.",
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"content": "She's not lying, she's just playing the game. Don't worry though, she wouldn't play you.",
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"content": "\"Riding the subway\" appearently, Sanders didn't know that metro cards have been used instead of tokens since 2003! \nThat is some hard hitting journalism right there.",
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"content": "Perhaps if media outlets had provided the \"fair\" coverage Sanders' supporters have demanded he would've been asked these questions months ago and had his lack of knowledge exposed then. Although I largely agree with the larger themes Sanders has discussed, you're not going to effectively take on vested interests if you don't even have an informed plan for doing so. Clinton's tone deafness is problematic, but so is this. ",
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"content": "Here are some responses to those points:\n\n1) The FSOC has some powers, the Federal Reserve has some powers, some overlap. The process begins with a \"determination\" by the FSOC that an institution presents a \"systemic risk\". The Senator fully understands the process, the Daily News reporter didn't understand the answers. http://files.arnoldporter.com/advisory--dodd-frank_act...\n\nHere is a link to a short bill Sanders introduced into the Senate last year to demonstrate the fast way to break up the banks that he would like to use if he can get a friendly Congress. \n(he is aware it wouldn't fly given the current composition on the Hill): http://www.sanders.senate.gov/download/tbtfleg?inline=file\n\n2) The fact that he wasn't prepared to give a legal opinion on the full ramifications of a particular court case without references or advice is just prudence from a presidential candidate. Are people getting so used to the Republican circus that we now expect candidates to shoot their mouths off irresponsibly?\n\n3) He didn't step all over the reputations of people in the Obama Justice Department. But settlements have been reached between the Feds and many large banks in recent years, to avoid prosecutions. That is clear evidence that prosecutions could have occurred. Again, should a candidate opine on specific legal cases without preparation?\n\n4) Again a nuanced issue, reporter asking for specific terms of negotiation without, say a map of settlements to refer to?\n\n5) Bernie has lived in and has relatives in Israel. He knows the difference between being President of the United States and Prime Minister of Israel. He is running to be commander in chief of our military, he knows that he is not qualified to be commander in chief of the Israeli military. It is not for him to say.\n\n6) He doesn't support the use of the ICC as a bargaining chip in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Why not? Because it isn't productive towards a lasting peace and would likely exacerbate tensions and provoke retaliations.\n\n7) Unacceptable that he finds some of the results of Obama's use of military force to be generally good and some results to be outside of his comfort zone? He doesn't have operational control of the US military, and doesn't get White House daily briefings. He has stated an intention to continue what he sees as a reasonably effective Obama policy against ISIL, with some 40% of their territorial gains reversed already, but has concerns about targeting decisions and civilian casualties. If WaPo had quoted his full answers in that section of the interview this would be more clear.\n\n8) They aren't POWs, they are criminals. The whole \"enemy combatant\" thing is a fiction dreamed up by the Bush Administration to allow them to torture people in secret. Sanders won't do that, so he doesn't need special prisons to house them. Since most of their crimes have been committed in other countries, it makes sense that they would be imprisoned in those countries. If they committed crimes against US law, they can be extradicted and brought here for trial and imprisonment. This isn't scandalous unless you are a fan of Bush and want a repeat of Abu G'hraib.\n\n9) Maybe it was more important to remind people that he grew up in NYC than to prove that he knows that the system uses digital card readers. Maybe he didn't know this fact, and just made a joke to cover. I thought it was funny, and very \"old man\" of him.",
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"content": "He could not give any details on his gigantic policy reforms. \n\n",
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"content": "Why would he? Executives put forth ideas, directions, and culture. They don't dive into the nitty gritty details of implementation. That's what middle management is for.",
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"content": "You have no clue then what an executive does then. Especially the POTUS.\n\nObama had far more detail as to a plan of action at this point. \n\nStop making excuses. He needs to provide details, otherwise it's all a puff dream list of liberal ideals and counter-capitalist claptrap. ",
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"content": "LOL Yea, CEOs and directors are down in the trenches dealing with logistics on a daily basis. Sure thing.\n\n\"Break up too big to fail banks\" is more than sufficient. It's not a new idea. It's not a wild idea. It's not an unrealistic idea. It can be done. The details can be worked out when the time comes. Getting people on board with moving forward on it is all that matters at this point.\n\nIf he was proposing \"magical unicorn power\" as a solution to global warming, then I'd want to hear details. But since he's proposing \"a move to green energy\", details aren't really necessary right now because it's perfectly within the frame of reality.\n\n*Disclaimer:\n\nI'm perfectly well acquainted with your posting history and aware you're a Hilary shill. I'm simply throwing out responses for the benefit of lurkers.",
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"content": "I agree, he did not answer the question well, but that does not make his answer incorrect. Sanders has made it clear, and stated at the outset of his answer that he would like to pass new legislation. Barring that he would have to use the Dodd-Frank process which begins with the Treasury Secretary as head of FSOC making the determination that a particular Strategically Important Financial Institution presents a systemic risk to the economy based on its structure. Sanders believes that there is sufficient evidence to make this determination. The Federal Reserve has the power to order banks to do certain things, but not necessarily to \"break up\". The FSOC does not have to accept reforms agreed to between the Federal Reserve and a particular bank as sufficient to alleviate systemic risk. There are a lot of potential areas of litigation within attempts to enforce Dodd-Frank that have not been fully tested in the courts, and past precedent does not always hold up, given new regulations. The FSOC and agencies that comprise its board can make life very difficult for banks that refuse to \"break up\" to relieve systemic risk, but cannot force them to do so by fiat. Sanders nevertheless believes that eventually they will do so, by dint of new legislation or by slower legal and regulatory processes already in place.\nThe answer was unpolished and difficult for people unfamiliar with Dodd-Frank, Glass-Steagal and other financial regulations to understand. It makes sense that he is getting hit for flubbing the interview. I agree that he needs to improve his delivery and communicate his ideas better, I disagree that he doesn't possess the knowledge to craft effective policy in this area.",
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"content": "so Obama's been president how long and he just now is doing something about this tax thing... maybe?",
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"content": "He's just now *talking about doing something about this tax thing*, *maybe*. ",
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"content": "He was saying this in 2008. \n\nHe needs Congress. ",
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"content": "Reminder: the president does not have a big red button he can push whenever he pleases that will fix all of our problems. \n\nHe needs to work in conjunction with Congress, etc. ",
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"content": "All Congress has to do is pass a law banning banks from wiring funds to tax havens. It's quite simple. ",
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"content": "Can you elaborate? What qualifies as a tax haven? Do they wire money to tax havens for reasons that aren't avoid taxes? Are there ways to get around that hypothetical law?\n\nNot challenging/attacking, just genuinely curious.",
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"content": "It would be more that banks would not be allowed transfer funds unless there is some type of transparency compliance followed. So gov'ts could find it if they are looking for it. ",
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"content": "He's actually closed tons of loopholes already.",
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"content": "elaborate?",
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"content": "http://www.reuters.com/article/us-allergan-m-a-pfizer-idUSKCN0X21NV\n\nWell what a coincidence.",
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"content": "lol... its a start, don't forget crypto-currencies and why banks and financial firms have blockchain technologies to circumvent taxes all together.... tick tock.",
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"content": "It's not a start hes been doing things like this since around 2012.",
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"content": "Yeah, I wonder why the narrative is showing this just now.",
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"content": "I've tried posting this story several times only to have the posts removed for \"duplicate links\". But when I search, no one else has posted this video.\n\nVideo contrasting Sanders and Clinton's views on the Panama trade deal.\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01M5hJIJvT8\n\nTo me the democratic party has always been about giving a voice to the people. The fact that so many democrats on this sub are trying to silence Clinton's stance on this trade issue for me is troublesome.\n\nBad trade deals that solely benefit the wealthy is not a position any democrat should have. That's not what the party is about.",
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"content": "Absolutely. This Panama papers development is exactly what's wrong with the US and the DNC. We're being sold out by people who lack even the most basic concern or sense of responsibility for our children's futures and the wellbeing of our nation. ",
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"content": "Top story of the day. A story that affects almost every country in the world and has already caused a prime minister to step down. \n\nAnd yet because it speaks badly of Clinton, her supporters on /r/democrats are down voting anything related to it.",
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"content": "Exactly. This speaks badly about a lot of US politicians including a number of Democrats. http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/112/senate/1/162",
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"content": "The no votes on this bill is basically a list of real Democrats.\n\nAl Franken\n\nTom Harkin\n\nBarbara A. Mikulski\n\nHarry Reid\n\nBernard Sanders\n\nI don't know what the rest were thinking.",
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"content": "> Al Franken\n> Tom Harkin\n> Barbara A. Mikulski\n> Harry Reid\n\nAll endorsed Hillary Clinton BTW.",
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"content": "Maybe because you are trying to conflate it with the exact policy which allows offshore tax haves. \n\nWhich isn't the trade deal. It's policy here in the states. \n\n",
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"content": "BS, read the Atlantic Story right here, this started in 1970. This is more Bernie Bro nonsense. Even without Panama, ever heard of Switzerland, Luxembourg, the Cayman Islands, and Cyprus where the Russians have most of their money?\n\nhttp://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/04/panama-tax-haven/476766/\n\nAnd as usual from Salon. Can't you ever post from something besides their garbage. Why don't you post this in /r/politics? Oh, they don't allow Salon there, do they? Do a search on the author. Another one of Bernies' children not capable of writing a decent story. \n\n\"“Well, it turns out,” Sanders continued, “that Panama is a world leader when it comes to allowing wealthy Americans and large corporations to evade U.S. taxes by stashing their cash in offshore tax havens.”\n\nThe Panama Free Trade Agreement, the Vermont senator argued, would there “make this bad situation much worse.”\n\nAs the release of the Panama Papers has shown, Sanders turned out to be correct.\"\n\nShow me some evidence of those statements? Those are some nice unsourced statements with zero evidence to back them up. Typical Bernie Bro negative campaigning. How did a free-trade agreement make it worse? Connect the dots like this clown has not. This is typical Salon/Bernie Bro crap. Can't you ever post anything from a trusted source of information? Yea, brain dead Robert Reich doesn't count now as he clearly has lost it as an economist.",
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"content": "\"The boom in offshore business came in the 1970s, when the country passed strict confidentiality laws. Insight Crime’s Arron Daugherty writes Panama quickly became known as a haven for criminal activity under its military dictator **Manuel Noriega**, who worked with Colombia’s Medellín cartel in the 1980s.\"\n\nThe Panama Trade law made it so we couldn't prosecute people because that would violate Panamanian laws. And the fact that this was enabled by a military dictator and drug lord really doesn't make me feel any better about this.\n\nAnd the other countries you listed have cracked down on this type of illegal activity. That's why people were putting money in banks in a country with a military dictator as president. Why would you take that risk if you could just put your money in a Swiss bank account?",
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"content": "> The Panama Trade law made it so we couldn't prosecute people because that would violate Panamanian laws\n\nOf course you are making this up because it doesn't make any sense. And I can prove you wrong but first I will give you chance to dig your way out by fixing by saying, source?\n\nPeople put their money in different banks to spread the risk. The banks collapsed in Cyprus for awhile due to the last financial collapse, remember? You spread the risk and if caught, you don't lose it all. Do you really know anything about this subject? Do you actually read the NY Times Business section everyday? If not, go away.",
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"content": ">Do you really know anything about this subject? Do you actually read the NY Times Business section everyday? If not, go away.\n\nI love when people play the \"I am so smart\" card.\n\nFrom the BBC:\n\n\"When Manuel Noriega, commander of the Panama Defence Forces, took power in 1983, he essentially nationalised the money-laundering business by partnering with the Medellin drug cartel and giving it free rein to operate in the country.\"\n\nhttp://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-35967590\n\n\"The free trade agreement Clinton and Obama supported “would effectively bar the United States from cracking down on illegal and abusive offshore tax havens in Panama. In fact, combating tax haven abuse in Panama would be a violation of this free trade agreement, exposing the U.S. to fines from international authorities.”\n\nhttp://www.salon.com/2016/04/05/sanders_ardently_opposed_the_trade_deal_that_helped_make_the_panama_papers_scandal_clinton_supported_it/",
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"content": "Salon, funny garbage.\n\nHere it is, I read through what seemed to be the appropriate parts. Knock yourself out. Here is your source, now prove it. https://ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements/panama-tpa/final-text\n",
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"content": "Annex III: Non-Conforming Measures for Financial Services\n\nNational treatment with respect to banking will be provided based upon the \nforeign bank’s “home state” in the United States, as that term is defined under the International Banking Act, where that Act is applicable. A domestic bank subsidiary of a foreign firm will have its own “home state,” and national treatment will be provided based upon the subsidiary’s home state, as determined under applicable law.\n\nThis section further states that Panama will be granted Most-Favored-Nation Treatment and that local banking laws will be recognized, despite the fact that Panama was a known tax haven and on the gray list for illegal investing and money laundering.",
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"content": "Foreign bank's \"home state\" in the US. So what? As in North Carolina or New York, whatever. \n\nThis doesn't address your garbage from Salon -- \"\"The free trade agreement Clinton and Obama supported “would effectively bar the United States from cracking down on illegal and abusive offshore tax havens in Panama. In fact, combating tax haven abuse in Panama would be a violation of this free trade agreement, exposing the U.S. to fines from international authorities.”\n\n\"This section further states that Panama will be granted Most-Favored-Nation Treatment and that local banking laws will be recognized, despite the fact that Panama was a known tax haven and on the gray list for illegal investing and money laundering.\" \n\nThis also doesn't address your garbage from Salon. This doesn't address tax havens or banking in Panama at all. It is talking about how their banks have to follow local state laws based on their home states. You are wrong, dead wrong. Salon is garbage and wrong. Don't you have the guts to admit it? Or are you just another typical obfusticating Bernie Bro that lies, covers up, etc.? Damn, have the guts to admit you are wrong. Put up, shut up and GTFO.",
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"content": "You posted the link to the Panamanian trade agreement and told me to read it and find the section. \"Knock yourself out.\" Well, I read it, found the section and posted it. And you completely go on an enormous emotional tirade. \n\nGrow up.",
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"content": "You found nothing. You lie. That is why not one article since then, except your Salon crap, agrees with your Salon crap. Nothing. Why don't you find a real source that says that? Because you can't. Typical Bernie Bros nonsense. Garbage sources of made up information. As Barney Frank says, low information voters. Near zero information actually.",
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"content": "The \"Salon crap\" wasn't a quote from a Salon reporter. It was a quote from a democratic senator that worked on the bill. You didn't even read the article. I read that entire Panamanian trade bill. And you couldn't even read a single page article from Salon. And I am the low information person?",
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"content": "I've always kind of wondered but now I have no doubt that you're being paid. ",
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"content": "Maybe when he is ready to concede, but I doubt it since it won't matter. ",
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"content": "There is still ample time. How about after Hillary releases the transcripts? ",
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"content": "Moving goalposts. Clinton released her tax returns, so should Sanders.\n\nIs he hiding income from Cuba? ",
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"content": "So Clinton decides when tax returns are released? Why? And what is she hiding in her Goldman Sachs transcripts? ",
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"content": "What's he hiding in his tax returns? \n\nThat is a standard that's been used in years past. Candidates release their returns. Clinton has released hers for several years. The candidate her critics says is somehow corrupt or bought. \n\nYet Sanders does not release his. Why is that?\n\nIf you want to create a new standard about what people are saying in their private capacities, then I would expect a transcript of all statements made by Sanders in reference to Communist regimes going back years. \n\nOtherwise release the damn returns. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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"content": "> What's he hiding in his tax returns?\n\nDoes he still beat his wife?\n\n> Candidates release their returns.\n\nAnd he said he will release his.\n\n> Yet Sanders does not release his. Why is that?\n\nHe's been busy and unlike Secretary Clinton, probably cannot afford a huge staff to handle his personal matters. \n\n> If you want to create a new standard about what people are saying in their private capacities, then I would expect a transcript of all statements made by Sanders in reference to Communist regimes going back years.\n\nNo, I just want to know why a candidate pledges to reign in Wall Street and at the same time, appears to be friendly with it. A simple release of the transcripts will help clear the air. \n\n\n> I would expect a transcript of all statements made by Sanders in reference to Communist regimes going back years.\n\nI do not think that he had a stenographer with him at the time. \n\nRelease the transcripts and, as a real Democrat, pledge to support health care as a human right, not a commodity to be purchased from corporations that fund your election campaign. ",
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"content": "Made up standards. \n\nYou just said he can't afford it? His campaign raised more than a $100 million in three months. They can make sure their candidate's documents are in order. \n\nAnd I want to how a guy who is supposed to be a Dem Sosh, is supposedly friendly with Auth Sosh dictatorships. \n\nRelease the statements, and the tax returns. \n",
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"content": "He cannot use campaign funds for personal use. \n\nRelease the transcripts AND, be a REAL Democrat who has the GUTS to push for health care as a human right. ",
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"content": "Not releasing any transcripts. \n\nAnd I have been a liberal independent for more than twenty years. \n\nDon't tell me what a real Democrat is. You have not a clue. ",
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"content": "> Not releasing any transcripts.\n\nWhy not? $675,000 is a lot of money. What did it buy?\n\n> And I have been a liberal independent for more than twenty years.\n\nThat does not do much for the party, does it?\n\n> Don't tell me what a real Democrat is. You have not a clue.\n\nOh, but I do. I come from a family of FDR Democrats and I am a Elizabeth Warren Democrat. Those are real Democrats, not this \"third way\" sell out that is all the rage with some. ",
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"content": "FDR Democrats? Your family must be pretty old. \n\nAnd FDR is co-opted by those who think this election is about putting capitalism on trial. It's not. \n\nAnd that's not what a Democrat is. Democrats are not socialists or statists. \n\nWe are about social progress and a safety net. Opportunities for everyone. \n\nNot destroying Wall Street, or destroying \"the banks\", or destroying private health insurance providers. \n\n\"FDR Democrats\". What nonsense. Just lipstick to put on the same socialist pig. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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"content": "My mother passed away about five years ago. She was 95. My dad passed at the age of 84. \n\n> We are about social progress and a safety net.\n\nYes, and wages have been flat for the past 40 years and the USA is still the only developed nation without health care as a human right. Democrats need to deliver on both.\n\n> Not destroying Wall Street, or destroying \"the banks\", or destroying private health insurance providers.\n\nSo maintain the status quo? Really? Democrats are the lapdogs of Wall Street and Insurance Corporations? Wow....\n\n>\"FDR Democrats\". What nonsense. Just lipstick to put on the same socialist pig.\n\nYou prefer a capitalist pig? \n\n\n\n\nAnd by the way, capitalism/socialism is a false dichotomy. \n\n",
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"content": "You sure have read the script. \n\nGood to see you admit you think Wall Street, banks and insurance should be destroyed. And people who disagree are \"lapdogs\", huh?\n\nThat's not being a Liberal or Democrat or Progressive. That's being a socialist.\n\nBecause you are saying you don't believe in those private institutions anymore. \n\nGo start your own party, because you're not a Democrat. You are co-opting the liberal party. Just like Sanders.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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"content": "Show me where I said that Wall Street need to be destroyed. \n\nIf you cannot, then please, go away and take her and her transcripts with you. ",
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"content": "I said Democrats don't \"destroy Wall Street\" and you said, what maintain \"the status quo?\"\n\n",
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"content": "Yes, that is correct. Democrats like me do not want to destroy Wall Street, just alter what it has become. \n\nSo, please stop putting words in my mouth. ",
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"content": "Alter it into what, exactly? \n\nSanders never explains it either. \n\nWall Street is corporate gambling. That is part of the game. It can be regulated but I don't see how you restructure it to not boom and bust. ",
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"content": "Alter it into where it was prior to the repeal of Glass Stegall and other deregulation. Alter it to where banking becomes boring and just serves the people. ",
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"content": "The first part I agree with. \n\nThe second part is a meaningless statement. ",
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"content": "The second part is a key feature in [Other People's Money](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/11/books/review/other-peoples-money-by-john-kay.html?_r=0) by [John Kay.](http://www.johnkay.com/). No offence, but I'd side with him over you. ",
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"content": "Save you some trouble. CNN will be calling it for Clinton in an hour or so, and because Clinton isn't actually going to win, we won't hear the real results from a major outlet until tomorrow afternoon. ",
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"content": "This is the New York Times Results. They have been quite accurate. That is why I use this site.",
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"content": "Bernard needs at least 65% to stay in game.",
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"content": "No he doesn't and you know it.",
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"content": "The 65% number is correct. Anything less and he falls further behind.\n\nhttp://fivethirtyeight.com/features/its-really-hard-to-get-bernie-sanders-988-more-delegates/",
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"content": "1. Thanks for the downvotes!\n\n2. \"Falls further behind\" != \"stay in the game\"\n\n3. These are projections. A subpar showing in Wisconsin can be made up for with an above-par elsewhere.\n\n4. Fivethirtyeight.com, et al., are not taking into consideration that [Clinton lost delegates in Nevada](http://themoderatevoice.com/what-just-happened-in-nevada/). The exact amount will be determined at next months state convention. And this same exact story will play out here in WA and other caucus states as supporters become increasingly less enthusiastic about Hillary Clinton.",
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"content": "Only two caucuses left.",
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"content": "Tonight was a primary. ",
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"content": "Yes I know.",
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"content": "We won by a margin of thirteen points. Keep talking about caucuses. ",
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"content": "Two bad you had to win by 20 to make progress. ",
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"content": "Nah. We've been making progress for a few weeks now, and we're going to stomp your ass in Wyoming. ",
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"content": "Ooh... Wyoming. That land of true blue liberalism. \n\nAnd one of the last two caucuses. \n\nI will see you in NY. Land of hard knocks liberalism. \n\n",
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"content": "I'm sure that the voters in Wisconsin love being spoken to in such a manner. Great job! ",
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"content": "The voters in the south smeared by Berniscrats must feel at least as disappointed. ",
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"content": "What? You too? ",
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"content": "> Two bad you had to win by 20 to make progress. \n\nWaitaminute! Weren't Clinton supporters saying Bernie needed to win by Avagadro's number to make progress? If it's now only 20, Bernie's got this!.",
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"content": "> A subpar showing in Wisconsin can be made up for with an above-par elsewhere.\n\nWhere? Bernie Sanders is running out of Bernie-friendly states.\n\n>are not taking into consideration that Clinton lost delegates in Nevada.\n\nShe lost at most two delegates. Bernie is more than 200 delegates behind.\n\n>And this same exact story will play out here in WA \n\nYou mean WI. WI is an open caucus state with a high percentage of white and young voters.\n\n>supporters become increasingly less enthusiastic about Hillary Clinton.\n\nWishful thinking. Polls in the last several days out of NY, CA, PA, and more big closed primary states show no significant movement for Sanders. He trails Clinton in the double digits in all the remaining April races save WY, which only has 14 delegates.",
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"content": "> You mean WI.\n\nNo. I meant Washington where I live. And I'm a delegate for Sanders.\n\nThe caucus states with this tiered system of conventions are going to chip away at Clinton's lead, as buyer's remorse sets in.\n\n> Polls in the last several days out of NY, CA, PA, and more big closed primary states show no significant movement for Sanders.\n\nPolls change, as evidenced by Sanders' win tonight in a state where he was trailing by double digits two months ago.\n\nI'll never understand why Clinton supporters are so desperate to tout that Sanders is through or doesn't have a chance. Surely one or two of you folks are sports fans, right? Sports do an awesome job of teaching players and fans that it ain't over until there's no time left on the clock. Hell, I can think of several games where my team was out ahead by a large margin, only to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.\n\n(That happened several times to the Seahawks last season.)\n\nSports also teach something about not providing your opponent with bulletin board material that motivates them. But Hillbots apparently haven't heard of that either.",
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"content": "> The caucus states with this tiered system of convention\n\nThere are almost no caucuses left and all in tiny jurisdictions.\n\n>Polls change, as evidenced by Sanders' win tonight in a state where he was trailing by double digits two months ago.'\n\nNY, PA, MD, etc. are not in two months. With their closed primaries, NY, PA, MD, are not liberal white states like open-primary WI. Apples are fruit but not oranges.\n\n>I'll never understand why Clinton supporters are so desperate to tout that Sanders is through\n\nWe are not desperate to tout that Sanders is through. He *is* through. The numbers are not there for him. Look at the impossible numbers he must achieve:\n\nhttp://fivethirtyeight.com/features/its-really-hard-to-get-bernie-sanders-988-more-delegates/\n\n>Surely one or two of you folks are sports fans, right?\n\nPolitics is not sports. But for every sports metaphor you can find, I can find one to counter you. I was a varsity long-distance runner. Hillary and Bernie are in the mile race (four laps on a standard track). Hillary is rounding halfway through the last lap. Bernie hasn't even finished the third lap. \"Catching up\" is now close to impossible. Even if Hillary falls, she can pick herself up and keep going and still easily win.\n\n>it ain't over until there's no time left on the clock.\n\nThis is why sports metaphors are invalid, because all things are not equal in politics. All primaries are not equal. The Bernie-friendly primaries/caucuses are now over, save for WY. Now all the Hillary-friendly closed primaries start again in ethnically diverse states.",
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"content": "> There are almost no caucuses left and all in tiny jurisdictions.\n\nI'm talking about the states, like Nevada, that already have had their caucuses, as well as the future state caucuses. These states have their big election day and those delegate counts get covered by the media.\n\nBut a month or so afterwards, after the media has moved on, there's a Legislative District Caucus. A few weeks later, there's the County Convention and the Congressional District Caucus. Then, finally, a month or two before Philly, is the State Convention.\n\nDelegates and alternates that fail to show for any of these lose their vote. And thus far, Clinton is more frequently losing delegates than Sanders.\n\nThat 200 or so number that keeps being thrown about is NOT set in stone.\n\nAnd politics may be the *ultimate* sport. My analogy stands.",
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"content": "New York, baby. Pennsylvania, baby. Maryland, baby. The Mid-Atlantic closed primary tidal wave is coming. Maybe you poach a few more delegates at your caucuses, but the closed state primary tsunami will swamp you. More than 600 delegates in play, baby. Not like a caucus, no way. Hey!",
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"content": "PR, VI and DC will be total blowouts don't forget. And NJ will be at minimum a big win.",
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"content": "PR and DC are primaries, not caucuses.",
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"content": "Exactly. Clinton will be putting a beatdown on Sanders there. I see 70% plus wins there. #feeltheberningbeatdown",
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"content": "BTW if you're a delegate this summer, you'll love it here in Philadelphia. Fun, crazy diverse city. Hot and humid in the summer. Eat hoagies and Philly steaks. Home of the Villanova Wildcats.",
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"content": "Can't wait! If I'm lucky enough to get that far in this crazy process.\n\nIn an ideal world, my first visit to Philadelphia would include an Eagles game when they're laying a beatdown on the Cowboys.",
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"content": "The delegate number is the key number. Per Nate, he must take at least 50 tonight. If not, then all his percentages in the remaining states go even higher.",
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"content": "Ssshhh!, no not facts! how dare you sir!",
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"content": "But the NYT doesn't have pixelated cartoons of the candidates on scissor lifts coloring in the districts they win.\n\n[Cuteness overload demo](http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2016/mar/05/primary-caucus-results-kansas-kentucky-louisiana-maine-nebraska)\n\n[Wisconsin results](http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2016/apr/05/wisconsin-primary-results-live-election-2016)\n",
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"content": "I know. The \"Times\" are a changing.\n\nSorry..., if that was too punny.",
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"content": "Sorry, I fished for a bit, came home and did some things, and now I'm back. Where are we? ",
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"content": "Sanders and Cruz won as expected.",
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"content": "That doesn't sound right. Only 72% of the precincts are reporting. Right now it's only a twelve point lead. It could still get better. ",
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"content": "Probably not. It was actually less of lead earlier.",
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"content": "That's what I mean. Our lead is only going to widen from this point. ",
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"content": "> Our lead is only going to widen from this point.\n\nNot necessarily. It depends on what counties have yet to report.",
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"content": "It has. It's thirteen points now. Thanks for asking. ",
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"content": "Polls close at 9 p.m. EDT, 8 p.m. CDT, 7 p.m. MDT, 6 p.m. PDT.",
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"content": "Can't wait. :D",
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"content": "[What I imagine every day is like in Wisconsin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iqLhdInGrk)",
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"content": "I thought that was going to be people jumping into vats of cheese. ",
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"content": "Only on Thursdays. Right after \"Bogging for Brats.\"",
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"content": "That's sounds great. Brats need to be sent to bogs so they can learn while they're young not to be assholes. ",
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"content": "That's probably saying it nice. ",
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"content": "When is Wisconsin gonna drop Droopy Dog as governor? ",
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"content": "> Droopy Dog\n\nGifted you are!",
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"content": "Yea good luck with that. They'll probably blame Obama as the state withers away.",
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"content": "Remember we have proportional allocation. ",
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"content": "Yeah, and we've been two thirds of a month. Tonight we won by a big margin. ",
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"content": "Hillary still walked away with a good amount of delegates last night. ",
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"content": "Looks like Sanders is getting 53.8% to 46% of the vote. In what is called a friendly, mainly white, liberal state. That is not going to do it. He needed north of 60% for momentum. Wyoming is the smallest state, besides the Pacific Territories, so no help there. Even if Sanders did this in the rest of the states, he does not catch up. But he won't. He will be blown out in MD, VI, DC, NM, and PR for certain. NJ most likely. Things are going to turn real bad in NY, watch. The terms of the debate there have now been set and it is clear that Clinton was just playing hard to get on debating him. Detailed policy on breaking up the banks, guns, and ISIS/Brussels in a city that thinks about 9/11 everyday, spells doom in that debate. This was one roll of the die that is going to come up craps.",
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"content": "It will give bragging rights for another two weeks. But then the inevitable will start to happen.",
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"content": "I guess he figured he had to roll the die on NY on debates. If he lost it without debating, it would be too late to debate in more friendlier California. Breaking up banks with no details, guns, and protecting us against ISIS with no details are just not winning categories in the city that never sleeps. Upstate is not that liberal except in college towns and it is so much easier to vote in the city. Bloomberg never lost a vote hammering on guns. Edit: and believe me on the ISIS thing. Every time I am in NYC, you do not say they are paranoid and it won't happen again, etc. My most liberal friends there worry. It is something that is no joking matter there and they don't want to hear any bullshit about climate change and allies.",
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"content": "He looked so tired in that video.",
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"content": "Yes. Better get rest. They expect you to look like you are up to it in in NYC. Toughest people in the US. No doubt about it. Go to a Yankees game. Ride the subway. Hang out in Washington Square Park for a day. A day he should have been all victory, he got an NYC hammering. You can't slide BS by them.",
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"content": "Damn right.",
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"content": "He's had to talk to a lot of large crowds lately :-)",
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"content": "Of course. It just wasn't a good look. When you are that tired, it does you more harm to speak than it does good. He's got to be a little more choosy about how much he talks. It will make him look bad if he doesn't appear 100%. God knows I couldn't keep up with what he has had to.",
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"content": "Both Democratic candidates look very tired these days. That's par for the course in the middle of primary season. They both are working very hard.",
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"content": "Certainly there is no doubt about that. I think Hillary is hiding it better. She has done this before. ",
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"content": "Women use makeup and can hide things. Men don't and can't.",
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"content": "True. And older men always look tired even when they are not.",
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"content": "Being Nazi is a actual choice.",
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"content": "This is the answer. And also Nazism is not a religion. ",
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"content": "IMHO this is a ridiculous straw man argument. How many \"Nazi weddings\" are in the United States? Of those, how many would go to a Jewish baker?\n\nHere's a much more realistic argument: \"Would you force a white baker to make a cake for an interracial wedding\"? The answer is yes. Why? Because it's been the law for more than fifty years.",
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"content": "Ridiculous or not, if faced with that situation, what would your answer be?",
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"content": "The Jewish baker must make the cake. It's the law.\n\nI predict the MS law that was just signed by the governor will not last long. The same crap was tried with anti-miscegenation laws in southern states and they were tossed out by federal courts.",
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"content": "There was actually a case a few years back where [a bakery refused to make a birthday cake for a little boy named Adolph Hitler.](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3525259/White-supremacist-father-named-son-Adolf-Hitler-claims-social-services-took-away-children-just-names-sick-people-treating-like-garbage.html) Sorry for the DM link, I'm on mobile and it's what I could find.",
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"content": "That idiot is not too far from me, over the river in New Jersey. Talk about saddling your children with a handicap their entire young lives. At least when they hit 18 they can legally change their names.",
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"content": "I would say it's a slippery slope. If it's cake today, it may be all food tomorrow. I may not support someone else's politics. But I do not think it should be legal for a business to deny that person the ability to purchase food.",
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"content": "Good answer. Besides, a \"business\" does not have religious beliefs. When was the last time you saw a business praying in a house of worship?",
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"content": "Yea.",
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"content": "No. Also the baker doesn't have to be Jewish to refuse it.\n\nA business should be able to have boundaries. Similarly they should also be able to refuse making any other political cakes. If this is a comparison to lgbt cake, then I'd say lgbt is a protected class, Nazi isn't, therefore the decision to make the cake should be left to the business.\n\nAlso I think it's better to compare Nazism not to political parties, but to rapists. So then the question becomes, should a business be allowed to refuse depicting rape on a cake.",
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"content": "First, it's not anywhere close to being a valid comparison or usable analogy. \n\nSecond, nobody is forcing anyone to make cakes or perform any other service, for anyone. \n\nLastly, laws enabling or legitimizing discrimination are among the most morally bankrupt of social policies. Private businesses already have the right to choose their clients, and few in the LGBT community want to do business with businesses who don't want them- they'll take their business elsewhere (and there are many who are happy to have it).\n\n",
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"content": "Not by enough to matter. Needed a big win. And now a debate that is about to crush his soul in NY. Policy, security, Brussels, ISIS, guns, done.",
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"content": "Yea because so far more coverage and air time has hurt him so much.",
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"content": "Are we talking about the losing candidate?",
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"content": "Yes, he has gone from being nearly unknown to closing in on someone who has been a major contender for POTUS for over a decade. I'm not saying he's gonna magically win because of this but the more attention he gets the better he does. ",
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"content": "Like with Blacks and Hispanics?",
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"content": "He has not closed in, though. ",
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"content": "Seriously? Even in terms of the past month and a half he has closed the delegate gap by half, but in terms of the whole primary he went from completely unknown to being a real challenge to Clintons coronation. ",
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"content": "There is no coronation and never was. \n\nAnd his odds of winning grow smaller with each contest. \n\n",
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"content": "You're allowing your cynicism to cloud you're perception. Sure he is likely to loose but Jesus fuck the man has already done impossibly well at this point. \n\nEdit, as to the no coronation point, \n\nI feel like this shows your ambivalence to the reality of the state of things in the Democratic Party. ",
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"content": "No he hasn't.\n\nDoing impossibly well is leaving a legacy where young people will not only be progressive but also consistent every election. \n\nIf Bernie is just a cool fad and then everyone throws a tantrum, all of his work will be in vain. ",
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"content": "Historically American democracy has been very responsive to mounting pressure like this. Just like the Jacksonian era, progressive era, and Great Depression, we're seeing the start of a new wave of economic reform. Bernie's rise isn't happening because he's so trendy or because he's just that cool. It's just that now what he's been Sauk g for the past thirty years is finally starting to resonate with the public. He is tapping into a widespread sense of anxiety about our future and a sense that out economic well being is getting worse not better. That is not going away, and until it is really addressed in a meaningful way then public pressure for people like Bernie will grow. ",
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"content": "Good.",
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"content": "But... but... Clinton won't debate?",
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"content": ">Not by enough to matter. Needed a big win. \n\nLike the eighth in a row? \n\nBernie's not afraid of debating HRC. That's what that argument was about. That's why Bernie got his original time and date. Or do you not remember? ",
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"content": "That is what he was led to believe. Why he wanted to do it in anti-gun, you better have a good plan against ISIS, don't talk us like we are 20 year olds about breaking up the banks New Yorkers is beyond me, except it is a roll of the die because he knows, which is why that post-mortem came out in the NY Times, that if he doesn't pull out big in NY, he is dead before he can make it to California and friendlier territory for a debate. Well, I believe that roll of the dice is going to be snake eyes.",
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"content": ">That is what he was led to believe. Why he wanted to do it in anti-gun, you better have a good plan against ISIS, don't talk us like we are 20 year olds about breaking up the banks New Yorkers is beyond me, except it is a roll of the die because he knows, which is why that post-mortem came out in the NY Times, that if he doesn't pull out big in NY, he is dead before he can make it to California and friendlier territory for a debate. Well, I believe that roll of the dice is going to be snake eyes.\n\n\n\nFrom where did you get this copy pasta? ",
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"content": "No really, are those your words? ",
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"content": "looks like it won't be a big enough win to cut Hillary's lead.",
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"content": "Actually it looks like it will be more than enough.",
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"content": "Not really. It's below the target he needed.",
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"content": "He needs a minimum of 53 moving forward to get a contested convention and its sitting at 56% atm. ",
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"content": "No. He needed to win about 66 percent in WI to keep even. He's falling well short of that.\n\nhttp://fivethirtyeight.com/features/its-really-hard-to-get-bernie-sanders-988-more-delegates/",
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"content": "No, for pledged delegates that number is 56% which he's already met. ",
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"content": "He needs to win at least 50. He's only at 43 now.",
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"content": ">He needs to win at least 50. He's only at 43 now.\n\nNeat! \n\nI think that you're [confused.] (http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2016/apr/05/wisconsin-primary-results-live-election-2016) ",
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"content": "We were talking pledged delegates. Your graphic doesn't show delegates, only percentages.",
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"content": "Oh, in that case, it looks like 49 to 37. ",
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"content": "There's no delegate count on that page. Did you mean to link to something else?",
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"content": "No, Nate Silver confirmed that Sanders still came up short last night. \n\nAnd also got blown out by the black vote, by 40 points. ",
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"content": "Where are you seeing racial demographic data? ",
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"content": "538. ",
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"content": "What? ",
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"content": "What was your question? ",
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"content": "Where are you seeing racial demographic data? \n\n",
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"content": "538.\n\nFiveThirtyEight. ",
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"content": "Yeah, I'm not seeing it. Do you have a link? ",
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"content": "http://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/wisconsin-primary-presidential-election-2016/\n\nThey cite exit polls from CNN. ",
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"content": "Ahh. Interesting demographics. It's true that we were behind with black voters. And we're a little bit behind with all Non-white voters. \n\nWe won the vast majority of other demographics. I'm also curious what those race demographics would look like when age is applied. ",
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"content": "You won the vast majority of women? ",
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"content": "No, we won the majority of women. I meant that we won most of the demographic categories, not a vast majority in those demographic categories. ",
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"content": "Oh okay",
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"content": "You misread that. +16 means he needs to beat Clinton by 16 points, not 50+16. He will likely fall just short of that (he is at +13 right now). \n\nEither way: good night for Bernie. Not good enough. ",
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"content": "Gotcha. My bad.",
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"content": "Also:\n\nNate Silver's words:\n\n>\"Right now, Sanders looks to be getting a bit unlucky in Wisconsin. There are six delegates available in each of the 1st, 6th, 7th and 8th congressional districts. He leads Clinton in each one, but is splitting those delegates 3-3 with her in each case because his lead isn’t quite large enough for a 4-2 split. That could change as more votes are reported, of course.\"\n\nhttp://53eig.ht/1UUKYKy",
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"content": "lol contested convention? Super Delegates aren't voting for someone who lost the popular vote. Who told you the convention had any chance of being contested?",
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"content": "Super delegates don't give a shit about the popular vote. If they aligned to actually reflect the popular vote then the discrepancy in Super delegates wouldn't be so comical. ",
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"content": "Of course they do. The majority of superdelegates have *always* sided with the candidate who won the popular vote. 2008 is a great example where they even *switched* in response to the popular vote. \n",
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"content": "Wait, sorry, I am by no means a Hillary fan... but HRC won the popular vote in 2008. And the Supers went for Barack Obama. \n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries,_2008",
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"content": ">Although Obama led Clinton in delegates won through state contests, Clinton claimed that she had the popular vote lead as she had more actual votes from the state contests. However, this calculation could not include many states that had held caucuses, which Obama had dominated, and it did include Michigan and Florida, which neither Clinton nor Obama contested due to the Democratic National Committee's penalization of those states for violating party rules, making this popular vote statistic effectively meaningless.",
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"content": "Well there ya go. ",
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"content": "I stand corrected! I should have said they never broke with the candidate who received the most pledged delegates.",
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"content": "This (popular vote vs. pledged delegates) is a critical distinction, because it just so happens that states with caucuses are ones which Sanders did extremely well. Because caucuses have a participation rate far, far, far lower than a primary, they undercount support for those who do well in them.",
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"content": "Especially when then entire point of the super delegates is to put a person the party prefers into power when they think it is needed. ",
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"content": "The Sanders campaign is talking about a contested convention happening as a possibility, but they're not talking about the likelihood. That is very, very unlikely to happen. It has literally never happened before. They're going to go with who has the highest delegate count even if it's close. ",
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"content": "No, that just what's being presented by major media outlets. Bernie has no intention of contesting the popular vote or pledged delegate count. That's not happening and anyone who says that, is lying. ",
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"content": "Berniecrats will just use their math to say to count the caucuses as proportion popular vote or some other nonsense. \n\nSo that means this is really over in NY and CA. ",
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"content": "Yea well excuse us for being overly excited to get the better candidate elected. ",
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"content": "\"Overly\" being the issue.\n\nAnd a better candidate would be in the lead. ",
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"content": "Maybe in an alternate America where everyone was always politically engaged and well informed, as well as willing to toss away standing loyalties when presented with new information and contexts. We live in this one where most people don't vote and many that do don't pay much attention to politics and so vote based on party lines and name recognition. ",
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"content": "Yeah, if someone doesn't agree with a candidate who provides virtually no details on enormous policy reforms, THEY must be the ones not informed. \n\n ",
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"content": "Have you even looked? The man lays out pretty clearly how he wants to fund the new programs he wants to roll out. And his economic policies are not only pretty clear, they're shown historically to be the only way to create a large middle class. Enforcing anti trust laws, is that unclear? Attacking insider trading as fraud, is that unclear? Protecting the remaining unions, is that unclear? Raising the minimum wage, is that unclear? Returning to glass steagall, is that unclear? Rolling back copyright and trademark abuse, is that unclear??? Honestly have you ever taken a moment to actually read about his plans or are you too willing to just read MSNBC cliff notes and call it a day?",
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"content": "Weak smear. \n\nCheck out his interview with the NY Daily News, and tell me his policies are clear. \n\nHe is not specific at all and has no idea how to get it accomplished. ",
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"content": "So basically you have your guns and you're sticking to them huh. ",
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"content": "No, I am making an accurate assessment of a POTUS candidate. ",
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"content": "Right cuz you hear no under lying hate of the establishment that can't be swayed with facts, right?",
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"content": "Not really sure what you're trying to say, are you agreeing with something I was inferring or disagreeing with a point? ",
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"content": "Fair enough. I poorly attempted to point out that as much as people cling to loyalties people also cling to hating the establishment. Lots of people blame the \"system\" for failures but when presented with facts that not everything wrong is a conspiracy they don't acknowledge it.",
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"content": "Yea I don't appreciate the conspiracy people, we just simply have people with wealth and power that have, for the past three decades, been acting in their own best interests. Not maliciously, not it some grand scheme to undermine the Republic, just trying to better themselves and make more money. It's been the same trend since the birth of our Republic, and it's a trend we have successfully reversed multiple times. ",
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"content": "Clinton's lead is an artifact of her strongest states coming first.\n\nImagine the southern states coming last. If that were the case, Sanders would be \"comfortably\" ahead.",
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"content": "You mean the southern states like Ohio, Illinois and Massachusetts? \n\nThree of the biggest states as well. And she won the other two bog states, Texas and Florida. \n\nAfter NY, it will be over. ",
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"content": "Vega. You can do arithmetic. Move the southern states to the end of the process and Sanders would be ahead in votes and delegates right now - even including Ohio, Illinois, and Massachusetts.\n\nClinton's big lead is because her strongest states came early in the process.",
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"content": "Bull. You do the math. She was propelled by the larger states, whether they were southern or not. \n\nSanders has his delegates because of smaller, more liberal states. The ones the Dems would win anyways. \n\nWho won the swing states so far? Except for Colorado and Minnesota. Clinton. Florida. Ohio. Missouri. \n\nShe will also win PA. \n\nWhat state has Bernie won that won't be blue anyways in November? New Hampshire?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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"content": "OK, here's the math.\n\nDeep South: Clinton 587, Sanders 288. The rest of the country: Clinton 656, Sanders 692.\n\nAnd that doesn't include Wisconsin.",
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"content": "Does it include Florida? Because Florida is not the deep south. ",
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"content": "A) Tell it to Tallahassee.\n\nB) The point remains that Clinton's strongest states came first, and her \"insurmountable\" lead is in part a result of that front-loading.\n\nB2) And, because you are so very charming, here is new math.\n\nDelegate Source: [Real Clear Politics](http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/democratic_delegate_count.html)\n\nConfederate States (incl. Florida)\n\n* Clinton: 700.\n\n* Sanders: 329.\n\n\nNon-Confederate States (not Florida)\n\n* Clinton: 579\n\n* Sanders 698\n\n*\nIf you move Florida to the non-South, it changes proportions but not the point:\n\nConfederate States (excepting Florida)\n\n* Clinton: 559\n\n* Sanders: 256.\n\n\nNon-Confederate States (plus Florida)\n\n* Clinton: 720\n\n* Sanders 771",
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"content": "So in other words, Sanders is in the lead if you completely discount and ignore a large portion of the country. #SandersMath",
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"content": "I'm neither discounting nor ignoring the South. I have observed that in the rest of the country, Sanders has done much better, and thus the narrative that Clinton should pivot and Sanders should drop out is one I reject with vigor.\n\nThe point is that the timing of what states vote first is somewhat arbitrary.\n\nI haven't voted yet. Why have Clinton people tried to get Bernie to drop out for months when I haven't had my vote yet?",
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"content": "Nonsense. He hasn't done better in the rest of the country: he lost in the liberal stronghold of Massachusetts as well as pivotal states like Illinois, Ohio and Missouri. He has done \"much better\" with one specific demographic, which is white and predominantly rural. Even in Wisconsin, he lost black voters by something like 75-25, and has done a very poor job of mobilizing support among minorities, who make up a major component of the Democratic coalition. \n\nThe timing of which states vote is *always* arbitrary. How the hell would you decide it? Massachusetts, Vermont and Minnesota, three of the most liberal states all voted on the same day as the \"deep south\". And I suppose it was totally arbitrary, as well, that New Hampshire, one of his best victories, was the first primary.\n\nClinton people have tried to get Bernie out of the race because he is growing increasingly negative, wasting his supporters' money, and forcing Clinton on the defensive when she should be focusing on the general. His is a lost cause and he's basically intent on bringing Clinton down with him by now. \n\nBy the way, you seem to be implying that Sanders will do well in the remaining states and implying she only does well in the South. NY, NJ, Maryland and Pennsylvania are all given Clinton wins. Sanders is by now almost out of friendly states.\n\nSorry, friend, but the math is simply not in your favir.",
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"content": "The lost cause has won, big, in 7 or 8 contests in a row.\n\nI am implying that Sanders MAY do well in the states coming up - and I am disparaging as undemocratic the urge to end the race before the voters do.\n\nClinton has done great with African-Americans. Sanders has done great with younger voters. What are ya gonna do? After the primary, every subset of the Democratic party will need to support the winner of the primary, or we'll be looking at President Cruz/Trump/Whomever.\n\nAs to negative voting: you really think anything Sanders or his supporters has said will come close to the buzzsaw of the GOP's machine?\n\nClinton's superpacs HAVE received lots of money from the financial and fossil fuel industries.\n\nClinton DID vote for the Iraq war.\n\nClinton did support free trade agreements that are unpopular now.\n\nNo one is making up fake stuff - and Clinton needs to own the fact that she's evolved more often than many voters are comfortable with.\n\nTruth isn't a negative attack.",
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"content": ">7 of 8 contests in a row\n\nAnd? He has little chance of winning many of the upcoming contests, and the delegate math is looking *very* bad for him. Sorry, but winning states doesn't matter as much as gaining delegates, because even after winning Wisconsin he barely made a dent in Clinton.\n\n>Every subset of the Democratic party will need to support the winner\n\nYes, and Sanders hasn't proven he can mobilize black voters. They are an integral part of the Democratic base, and while this election may be an outlier, normally a Democrat cannot win without the black vote, which Sanders can't rely on having.\n\n>Buzzsaw of GOP machine\n\nClinton has withstood a GOP smear campaign for 25 years. She has proven that she can withstand their attacks and, with the Benghazi hearing, even come out on top. The real question is whether Sanders, who is a far more vulnerable candidate and who has barely been mentioned by Republicans, can withstand the same attacks. \n\n>Superpacs HAVE received money\n\nEvery fact check I've seen have said otherwise.\n\n>Clinton DID vote for Iraq war\n\nNobody said she didn't, but she was relying on the faulty information given to her by the Bush administration. She has a huge amount of knowledge on foreign policy as Secretary of State, whereas Sanders' entire foreign policy qualifications boil down to \"Didn't vote for Iraq war\". Sorry, but a decision made 15 years ago, that almost anyone would have made based on the given information, is far from a disqualifying decision.\n\n>Clinton did support trade agreements\n\nShe did, and there's nothing wrong with that. Unpopular opinion here, but free trade has more pros than cons from an economic standpoint. I'm not sure why she chose to oppose the TPP when she did, but I'm glad she now is, because it's a shitty deal.\n\n>Evolved more often than many voters are comfortable with\n\nThat's fine by me. Plenty of people have evolved on issues, but it clearly doesn't affect voters that much since they're backing Clinton. Sanders for example has evolved on issues like science; I haven't heard him talk about defunding NASA or the LHC recently, or talk about instituting bread lines, but he's backed those things before. \n\n>Truth isn't a negative attack\n\nYou're right, but negative attacks are. He tweeted out pictures of \"Hillary/Rahm 2016\" bumper stickers before Illinois to try and win over Chicago voters. He sent out emails with incorrect prices for her fundraiser. He claims she refused to debate when, in fact, he refused to debate in Florida and insisted on changing the debate from PA to NY to get that sweet, sweet NY media coverage. He also constantly says Clinton is corrupt and in the pocket of Wall Street, which is an attack no matter how you slice it.",
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"content": "/r/enoughsandersspam \n\nCome visit!",
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"content": "Way ahead of you!",
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"content": "Are you confused? Tonight we won the popular vote in a primary race. ",
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"content": "So you're only 2.4 million behind?\n\n",
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"content": "Recalibrate. ",
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"content": "lol, let them whine for another two weeks will they still can, counting Nevada we have 9 of the last 10.",
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"content": ">No, that just what's being presented by major media outlets.\n\nNo, that's what's being said by [Tad Devine](http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/274479-sanders-camp-race-will-hinge-on-superdelegates) and [Jeff Weaver](http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/Bernie-Sanders-Superdelegates-Switch/2016/02/02/id/712364/).",
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"content": "The margin of victory for Bernie is still likely to grow as well",
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"content": "Nice work by Bernie tonight, and a good acceptance speech. Wyoming will go very well for him this weekend as well. \n\nAfter that, he is going to finally be fully vetted by the media in major markets in NY and PA. Bernie and his followers often lament the lack of media coverage, they are finally going to get their wish. ",
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"content": "Eh, any coverage at this point is too little too late \n\nThe damage was done in the fall with the media covering Trump's every move ",
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"content": "Not really, there's a pretty long way to go and there's no way in hell Trump is winning.",
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"content": "I didn't say that \n\nHe gained momentum because he got so much free press in the fall. He would never have risen so high without it\n\nBernie climbed through the Fall with basically zero coverage",
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"content": "This is shaping up to be a straight up brawl. Old school vs new school. ",
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"content": "Not really. Still zero negative ads from either campaign ",
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"content": "Good point, though no one really wants to admit that here. ",
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"content": "You all should probably acknowledge to yourselves that Hillary is an incredibly weak candidate.\n\nI mean, getting beaten by Obama was one thing. You could argue that he was a once in a lifetime candidate. But now she's almost getting beaten by Bernie Sanders, too, and there's a feeling that she will always struggle with an opponent. She has trouble connecting to the electorate. Young people aren't just iffy about her, they actively dislike her.\n\nCrow about this not being enough for Bernie, but a politician as well known and established as Clinton should not continuously struggle with challenges from people who were all but unknown on the national stage a year before the primaries.",
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"content": "To be fair Sanders is also a one in a lifetime candidate. I mean he is the only candidate in living memory to not take corporate donations and the longest serving independent in Congress. ",
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"content": "They have to have in proven integrity and not go for any corporate donations to get access to crowd funding. Beyond that its going to be tough to be an unknown and get that funding; it works for Sanders (and in non-political situations for Louie C.K.) due to already having made their bones; a new guy coming up isn't going to have that or the media attention, hell Sanders didn't have that really until he won Iowa.",
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"content": "> But now she's almost getting beaten by Bernie Sanders, too, and there's a feeling that she will always struggle with an opponent.\n\nThis is a bizarre thing to say, considering she is far ahead of him in the delegate count and is still overwhelmingly likely to be the nominee, absent a miracle and hail mary for and from Sanders. ",
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"content": "Why would the gun manufacturers be held responsible for Sandy Hook? That person sounds loony.",
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"content": "The same way that automobile manufacturers are responsible for every automotive accident ever. They're not. ",
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"content": "If they do not give you proper safety advice they are. They have no blanket immunity like the gun manufacturers or we would not be having this discussion. Bloody Bernie will not get away with the blood of the children on his hands in NYC. Mayor Bloomberg never lost a vote on gun control. After the disaster of today, guns, plus ISIS, he is going to get beaten to death. NY will be the stake his barely beating heart.",
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"content": "What are you talking about? \n\nSafety information is important. \n\nYes they should include safety information with their products. Every state should be funding gun safety and training. I'm not exactly \"pro-gun\" but I think it's always been the biggest waste of time to be \"anti-gun\". All you ever accomplish is increasing visibility and pushing gun sales. ",
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"content": "Take your argument to the progressive /r/gunsarecool. They will straighten you out in no time.",
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"content": "[It’s time to repeal the gun industry’s exceptional legal immunity](https://theconversation.com/its-time-to-repeal-the-gun-industrys-exceptional-legal-immunity-51950)\n\n[How Bernie Sanders Helped Derail a Promising Legal Fight Against Gun Violence](http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/01/bernie-sanders-vote-gun-immunity-black-market)\n\n[GUN MAKERS AND DEALERS SHOULD LOSE THEIR LEGAL IMMUNITY](http://www.newsweek.com/gun-makers-and-dealers-should-lose-their-legal-immunity-404174)",
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"content": "Careful about trolling here. The AR-15 is made for what purpose? To kill people. That is why. Heed my first sentence.",
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"content": "That isn't how the law works, unfortunately. They didn't break any laws by making and selling a deadly rifle. They aren't accountable for their customers actions, no product on earth works that way. ",
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"content": "> They didn't break any laws\n\nThe issue isn't criminal law violation (\"breaking laws\"). This is a *civil law* issue, specifically a dangerous instrumentality product liabity claim.\n\n>They aren't accountable for their customers actions, no product on earth works that way.\n\nOh my goodness this is 100 percent incorrect.\n\nThere's an entire body of law called *product liability.* Manufacturers are sued on a daily basis in America because of problems with products they manufacture and sell every day. Manufacturers win some of those and lose others.\n\nhttp://injury.findlaw.com/product-liability/what-is-product-liability.html",
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"content": "It will be a cold day in hell when the U.S. holds a gun manufacturer accountable for anything at all.",
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"content": "[It’s time to repeal the gun industry’s exceptional legal immunity](https://theconversation.com/its-time-to-repeal-the-gun-industrys-exceptional-legal-immunity-51950)\n\n[How Bernie Sanders Helped Derail a Promising Legal Fight Against Gun Violence](http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/01/bernie-sanders-vote-gun-immunity-black-market)\n\n[GUN MAKERS AND DEALERS SHOULD LOSE THEIR LEGAL IMMUNITY](http://www.newsweek.com/gun-makers-and-dealers-should-lose-their-legal-immunity-404174)",
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"content": "The sweeping immunity from liability that *only* the gun industry maintains is due to the fact they had a whistleblower who was testifying that the gun manufacturers know who corrupt dealers are but refuse to stop selling to them. They also pressure each other to remain silent. If this were any other industry (like tobacco), the gun manufacturers would be civilly liable for millions in settlements. \n\nhttp://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/07/us/ex-insider-becomes-an-outsider-on-gun-issue.html\n\nThe laws as they stand mean the gun manufacturers can continue to create environments and setup distribution to knowingly encourage sales to the black markets, and they cannot be held liable, criminally or civilly. [In fact, the gun shop that sold the firearms used in Sandy Hook finally had their FFL revoked from hundreds of violations in the pas](http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/05/us/connecticut-sandy-hook-gun-store/)t. It's *exceeding rare* to have your FFL revoked because it takes an enormous amount of documented violations to do it. And yet the manufacturers were more than happy to keep selling to a shop like that. ",
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"content": "I'm not a lawyer and I would wish for one to educate me on this but my question is this, if this law suit passes, will it allow the victim of 9/11 to sue the American Airlines company or any manufacturers that manufactured a killing weapon used by an operator that willed to kill people? Will this law suit be the seed of future law suits that may eventually kill manufacturing job?",
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"content": "> a killing weapon used by an operator that willed to kill people?\n\nAirplanes are not designed to kill people. American Airlines was sued and settled out of court on the 911 incidents, but not on dangerous instrumentality grounds, which are the heart of the Sandy Hook suits.\n\nSandy Hook-type suits don't target *all* guns, only weapons designed for warfare that are sold to civilians.",
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"content": "Another question, since you can buy an air plane legally, the airplane used that killed more than 3000 people on 9/11 Twin Towers became as you mentioned \"dangerous instrumentality grounds\" when hijacker/terrorists took over the plane. Bottom line of my question is when does a weapon or any kind of weapon, become \"dangerous instrumental ground\"? Sure that the AR-15 is meant to kill people but you can't ignore that a person, who was actually a terrorist, can use any kind of weapon made by a manufacturer that had no idea the operator of their product was going to kill people. And also, you can't ignore that all weapon that is considered 'guns' were used for warfare even if it was made for recreational use like hunting rifle or any guns that evolved for recreational use if you look at the root of how the gun became what it became. ",
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"content": "> mentioned \"dangerous instrumentality grounds\" when hijacker/terrorists took over the plane. \n\nCommercial planes are not sold as weapons. They're not designed as weapons. They're very rarely used as weapons.\n\nThat's the key difference.\n\nYes, you can kill someone with a dinner fork, but dinner forks are not designed, sold, or typically used as weapons to kill people.\n\nThe AR-15 is. It has no other purpose other than killing. It's lethality is its fundamental design, purpose, and goal.\n\nThe better legal precedent to look at -- as opposed to planes/dinner forks -- is *tobacco* litigation. Tobacco is designed to be addictive. Its purveyors know it is lethal. Here, the caselaw offers little protection to firearm manufacturers because tobacco companies have repeatedly lost big time in courts of law.",
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"content": "There are only two types of companies protected in the US from lawsuits. Vaccine manufacturers because all vaccines can cause reactions and no one would make them. In this case, the government provides a fund for anyone injured since they cannot sue. The second is gun companies. No other manufacturer has this protection. So when a company made magnetic balls for adults to have on their desks clearly not intended for children and gave no instructions on how to keep them away from children, when children got their hands on them and died, they were sued and almost put out of business. In the US, anyone can sue anyone for anything. However, if you sue and the judge finds that your suit was without any merit, then you will be responsible for the other party's legal fees. So if you were to sue a big company without any merit, you would be bankrupt. So the idea that the gun manufacturers falsely put that they would be put out of business is nonsense. If a chainsaw company sells you a chainsaw and doesn't tell you to wear safety glasses, or not to put your fingers near the chain, etc, in the the instructions, and you do and you don't wear safety glasses and get blinded, or stick your fingers in the chain, you can sue and you will win. Before this law, if a gun company did not tell you to keep these guns under lock and key, that these type of guns were not for hunting, except humans, and therefore should not be out except for target practice for hunting humans, and did not advertise as they do now with some GI Joe type of thing, they would be sued. Now they say nothing and advertise them so you can look like a real man by having one. Safety? For whimps.",
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"content": "[It’s time to repeal the gun industry’s exceptional legal immunity](https://theconversation.com/its-time-to-repeal-the-gun-industrys-exceptional-legal-immunity-51950)\n\n[How Bernie Sanders Helped Derail a Promising Legal Fight Against Gun Violence](http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/01/bernie-sanders-vote-gun-immunity-black-market)\n\n[GUN MAKERS AND DEALERS SHOULD LOSE THEIR LEGAL IMMUNITY](http://www.newsweek.com/gun-makers-and-dealers-should-lose-their-legal-immunity-404174)",
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"content": "Moving the goal posts. \n\nBernie stomped HRC tonight in a primary race. 13%! That's awesome. Wouldn't you call that a landslide? Didn't you say that was impossible? ",
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"content": "> Moving the goal posts.\n\nThat metaphor makes no sense.\n\n>tonight in a primary race.\n\nBernie won in an *open* primary race tonight. My post is about *closed* primary races. Bernie has not won any of those.\n\nClosed primaries are very different critters than open primaries.",
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"content": "Actually it does. See, the HRC camp continually looks for more arbitrary qualifications for the Bernie Sanders campaign to meet. At first it was \"only white people vote for Bernie Sanders\", then it's \"only young people vote for Bernie Sanders.\", next it's \"Bernie Sanders can only win caucuses. He can't WIn primary races.\". Now you're telling me that it's actually that he can't win closed primaries? \n\nHow about waking up? ",
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"content": "Bernie Sanders has never won a closed primary state in 2016. Hillary Clinton has won every state with a closed primary. That's an indisputable fact.\n\nTwo other important facts about closed primaries: only Democrats can vote and polls are the most accurate in closed primary states.\n\nLook at exit poll numbers from tonight. Bernie Sanders won independents, but Hillary and he were tied in registered Democrats. This pattern has held in every open and semi-open primary Bernie has won so far in 2016: he and Hillary are always tied in registered Democrats. It's the \"other\" that gives him the win.",
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"content": "We won tonight, pal. By thirteen points. That's no slip of the pen. Try selling your buck somewhere else. ",
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"content": "Let's catch up on April 26 and compare notes again then. :)",
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"content": "You mean like the \"southern states\", \"minority\" and \"real Democrats\" excuses Berniecrats have been using for week? ",
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"content": "Small, white, left-leaning -- source 538. Only one state has he won where that is not true. Michigan and barely there.",
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"content": "Could you please explain the difference to a foreigner?\n",
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"content": "Little. These are the straws that the losing cling to*. ",
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"content": "Like thinking Sanders can win even though he keeps missing his target. ",
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"content": "I feel sorry for you. ",
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"content": "Why? ",
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"content": "Yes. Losing. http://imgur.com/N0VcMXM",
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"content": "Major differences. In closed primary states, only registered Democrats can vote. Also, polls are most accurate in closed primary states, because crossover votes are not a factor (crossover being independent and Republicans who choose to vote Democratic for that race).",
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"content": "*Surely THIS is the round of states that ends Bernie's campaign!*\n\n\\- Every Hillbot, every week, since January.",
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"content": "It's not a secret that Sanders attracts independents who aren't allowed to vote in closed primaries. Independents who 20 years ago would have been Democrats but now consider your party part of the problem. Independents whose votes you'll need to win the general election. Independents who support Sanders and hate Clinton. Independents who will vote Democrat in the general election if Sanders is the nominee, and go right back to ignoring you if it's Clinton.\n\nYou shouldn't be celebrating the fact that your party is doing everything in its power to throw their votes away - unless you're looking forward to goose-stepping for herr Drumpf, that is.",
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"content": "And doesn't attract people of color.",
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"content": "That's a frankly disgusting generalization.",
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"content": "Truth can hurt. Small, white, left-leaning -- source 538. Only one state has he won where that is not true. Michigan and barely there.",
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"content": "Hey Adriel,the only person that can make this decision is you, so rather than try to convince you, I'm going to tell you why I support Bernie Sanders.\n\nMaybe some of this stuff you know, maybe some you don't, before we start lets address the media coverage of this race,this article does it nicely, I have many more if you would like.\n\nhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/brian-hanley/bernie-sanders-is-exactly_b_9559188.html\n\nand this one more for humor, but true\n\n\nhttp://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/media-unimpressed-as-sanders-barely-gets-seventy-per-cent-of-vote?intcid=mod-most-popular\n\n\nOk, so why Bernie?\n\n**Judgement**\n\nHe has a 40 year political history of getting it right long before everyone else realizes they got it wrong, how? simple, he listens to his conscience.\n\nhttp://tysongibb.net/?p=441\n\n**Bernie actually has a far longer, and less controversial track record of \"getting it done\"**\n\nhttp://www.alternet.org/election-2016/bernie-gets-it-done-sanders-record-pushing-through-major-reforms-will-surprise-you\n\nand he will continue to do so as POTUS, with the people's help..\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lcoAyZy6YI\n\nwe've already started, and we're not going away after the election\n\nhttps://np.reddit.com/r/SandersForPresident/\n\nhttps://np.reddit.com/r/GrassrootsSelect\n\nWhy do we need Bernie?, lots of reasons, here are some of my favorite..\n\n**Healthcare**\n\nhttp://www.bloomberg.com/visual-data/best-and-worst//most-efficient-health-care-2014-countries\n\nHealthcare in the US is only 44th worldwide in cost efficiency, why? spend more, get less, the extra goes to pharma and insurance profits, it cannot continue, the single most expensive system in the world and it is killing people, literally.\n\n\n\nHere's a good short digest of the problems\n\nUSA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN-MkRcOJjY&nohtml5=False\n\nHow it should work:\n\nFrance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yF69KVbUaQ&index=6&list=PLkfBg8ML-gIngk82SUbTp6Og_KkYfJ6oF&nohtml5=False\n\nSome more ideas if your interested:\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkfBg8ML-gIngk82SUbTp6Og_KkYfJ6oF&nohtml5=False\n\n\n**Education:**\n\nCollege\n\nCollege access in America is way more expensive than most countries and it doesn't need to be, why is it? it has become a huge profit industry.\n\nhttp://www.valuecolleges.com/collegecosts/\n\nIt wasn't always like this, older generations love to talk about how they paid for college, but they paid nothing like today's youth.\n\nhttp://www.collegeconfidential.com/admit/college-costs-50-years-ago/\n\nhttp://www.mybudget360.com/cost-of-living-2014-inflation-1950-vs-2014-data-housing-cars-college/\n\nI won't tear Hillary down here other than to say that she has taken money from all of the industries profiting from keeping these systems in place,both Clintons combined have raised over $1 BILLION in the course of their careers just for their political campaigns alone(And another $2 Billion for their foundation), they are literally a billion dollar investment.\n\nHillary says this will not influence her, I do not believe this to be realistic.\n\nBernie Sanders has chosen not to take a penny from lobbyists, Wall street or any big business interest, for good reason.\n\nBernie is not just running for president, he is starting a revolution, and it's not going away, because we won't survive without it.Bernie has won 7 of the last 8 contests by double digits, when people hear his message, they come with him.\n\nMore centrist democrats talk about \"incremental change\", well that's fine if you can afford to maintain the status quo, but the truth is most people cannot, that is why despite the lack of positive mainstream media coverage Bernie is pulling in so many supporters at rallys and at the ballot.\n\nThe middle class and the poor are bleeding out, a band-aid is not going to save us. Over the last 40 years the corporate owned right wing of American politics has pushed the [Overton Window](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window) so far to the right extreme, that the left is now standing in the middle, leaving no real opposition to defend the rights of the individual against the will of big business interests, lobbyists literally write bills word for word and pay their way through to law,using tamed pet politicians on both sides, it cannot continue, Bernie is the only candidate that understands that.\n\nPeople will tell you it can't be done, yet all these things are done at lower costs and higher efficiency in most every other civilized country in the world, and that is how they used to be done in America, people will tell you we are asking for a free lunch, yet all we are asking for is for those who already have far too much, to stop stealing from our plate.\n\nJust 400 Americans control half of the money in the entire country, I doubt they work enough in a single day to have earned it. Time we asked for what was ours to begin with.\n\nI'm not much of a debater, but these are a sample of some documentaries I have watched that really inspired me to see the inequality of the current system, for the rigged card game that it is, and realize all we need do to change it is say \"no more\"\n\n[Park Avenue: money, power and the American dream - Why Poverty?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6niWzomA_So&nohtml5=False)\n\n740 Park Ave, New York City, is home to some of the wealthiest Americans. Across the Harlem River, 10 minutes to the north, is the other Park Avenue in South Bronx, where more than half the population needs food stamps and children are 20 times more likely to be killed. In the last 30 years, inequality has rocketed in the US -- the American Dream only applies to those with money to lobby politicians for friendly bills on Capitol Hill.\n\n\n[The One Percent](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmlX3fLQrEc)\n\nThis 80-minute documentary focuses on the growing \"wealth gap\" in America, as seen through the eyes of filmmaker Jamie Johnson, a 27-year-old heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune. Johnson, who cut his film teeth at NYU and made the Emmy®-nominated 2003 HBO documentary Born Rich, here sets his sights on exploring the political, moral and emotional rationale that enables a tiny percentage of Americans - the one percent - to control nearly half the wealth of the entire United States. The film Includes interviews with Nicole Buffett, Bill Gates Sr., Adnan Khashoggi, Milton Friedman, Robert Reich, Ralph Nader and other luminaries.\n\n[Capitalism A Love Story](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLDIoO_ug2c)\n\nMichael Moore's history of modern capitalism.\n\nGood luck on your decision my friend, either way,get out to vote!\n\n\nEDIT:direct reddit switched for np links\n",
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"content": "Thank you! That was...wow, a lot, but informative. Thank you. I am happy I asked this question in the first place.\n\nHowever, as a counter, and don't attack, I agree with all your points--but in the realm of the general election, and the presidency, Bernie will have to face congress. There is little that he has done, from what I have found, to support down ticket nominations. \n\nI just fear that he is promising a lot of wonderful things, all of which I agree we should have, but getting them passed through congress will be difficult, if not impossible. ",
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"content": "You can always take a look at r/hillaryclinton and they have a great wiki tab\n\nWhen I have a more lengthy break today I can try to provide you fair information to help you answer your questions.",
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"content": "For me, it's not that I'm *for* Bernie, as much as I'm *against* HRC. \n/u/Spencerforhire83 has written it better than I can even begin to [Here] (https://np.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/4d12sj/if_you_perceive_verifiable_facts_about_your/). \nHe sites everything he states, that's why I like his write up so much. \n \nEdit: down voters, I thought we were going to have a grown-up discussion here. Care to discuss?",
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"content": "This is basically r/hillaryclinton v2.0 , expect every non-HRC post to be DV'd and occasionally you will get an angry opinion backed up by zero information,followed by some reference to \"Bernie Bros\" being sexist, white guys under 30.\n\nSome topics about HRC are even banned here, it's very even handed /s",
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"content": "Hi. Thanks for your reply. I'm not sure your stance. Forgive my naiveté, but I would be interested in your response. Who do you support, or lean toward, and why? Thank you.",
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"content": "I replied to your original post in this thread Adriel. :-)",
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"content": "Thanks. I appreciate your information. I respect and agree with things mentioned by your source. Curious to know who do you support and where do you live? Again, I am just curious and am a glutton for information. ",
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"content": "Like I said, I'd prefer Bernie, but mainly as an alternative for HRC. \nI wish Liz Warren had run but you gotta work with what ya got! \nCentral Virginia is where I live.",
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"content": "I would LOVE Warren to run, but it's not her time. The world is not ready for her, nor do I think it the US. Same about Bernie. Don't get me wrong, not that I don't want them, but I think of the voting populous. If people were more informed and open, then yes. But right now, they are not. That is why I am voting for Hillary, only because I am scared of Trump. Sorry if I am not articulating myself well enough, but I just feel that we, as democrats, should back the democratic nominee. Regardless of who they are, it will be better than a republican. I would, and will, support Bernie should he be the nominee. ",
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"content": "Oh I'll vote for whomever the Dems put up, no doubt about that. \nI just wish it weren't her.",
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"content": "I would Love a Warren/Castro ticket. I just don't feel she is ready in terms of experience. I so appreciate your response, don't get me wrong. I just want to make sure that I can help influence the winning candidate. I would hate the Dems to go into the convention contested, as it seems the Repubs will do--and I secretly like that they are. ",
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"content": "> It’s the combination of all these factors that makes Bernie Sanders fans so annoyingly excited. He is compassionate, he does have integrity, he does have sound ideas and economically feasible plans. The facts are there, for your sake and mine, and personally, they have made me excited about politics for the first time in my four decades of existence. It’s not because I think Sanders will usher in a utopia, or solve all the world’s problems. It’s because finally, the Change that Barack promised us is getting closer to becoming a reality. \n\nSums up where I'm at.",
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"content": "How is it closer? In what way is it closer? \n\nWe are actually farther away than we were in 2008. \n\nThat's why Sanders fans are annoying. Not because they are excited but because they think they are close to something when they are not. \n\nIt will years of elections to get even close. ",
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"content": "The hope and change that America was promised in '08 will indeed be closer upon Sanders' inauguration. He has the character and the integrity to use the power of the executive branch to its utmost to make it happen. That, and his supporters will get to work on giving him a congress that will help him.\n\nAnd, since we're talking about annoying, here's why Hillary fans are annoying: They seem to be older than most Sanders supporters, yet they seem to have completely forgotten that the previous Clinton administration was a tenure of compromising with Gingrich and Hastert, administration positions for Goldman Sachs executives, playing nice with Alan Greenspan, and continuing Bush's foreign policy.\n\nI didn't care about the whole Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky thing, but when he pointed his finger at us and affirmed, \"I did not have sexual relations with that woman,\" I realized that integrity was unimportant to these people, and that they would lie about *anything*. And that soured me on them, even if they happened to be on the right side of certain issues some of the time.\n\nWe have a chance to elect someone for whom selflessness, principles, and character matter. And we're close to pissing it way by electing someone with many, MANY character flaws and who has been on the wrong side of some very important issues.\n\nIf you're content with what America is today, then by all means, vote Hillary. She's not going to change very much at all, except move the Democratic Party rightward more. I'm not content. I don't want a Democratic Party that's GOP-lite. I don't want a continuation of NSA snooping and the assault on privacy. I don't want to reward Clinton's lack of integrity, campaign shenanigans, and backroom dealing with a term in the White House. And therefore I'll vote Jill Stein if I gotta.",
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"content": "Wait, go back to your first paragraph.\n\nThe Exec Branch cannot do even 10% of what Sanders is promising. Focus on that. And his supporters protesting won't mean squat to the GOP because they only about their own people. \n\nSo he not only can't explain his plans in detail, but cannot even form a plan to get his policy moving. \n\nThat is a recipe for disaster. I don't how nice he is or the fact he is not a Clinton. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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"content": "> Wait, go back to your first paragraph.\n> \n> \n> \n> The Exec Branch cannot do even 10% of what Sanders is promising. Focus on that. And his supporters protesting won't mean squat to the GOP because they only about their own people.\n\nYou're not saying anything we don't know. Look at my last sentence of that paragraph.\n\nOne of Sanders' most-used slogans is *Not me. US!* (It's my favorite. Even have it on a nice green hoodie.) Sanders' campaign isn't merely about getting him elected and being done with politics afterwards. It includes remaining active in the political process, being vigilant citizens who actively try to stay informed, and lessening well-monied influence in our democracy while increasing the power and the participation of individual citizens. In a nutshell, for us, this election is about taking our country back from the oligarchs.\n\nEvery single Sanders supporter that I know of is also involved with supporting Progressive candidates for Congress and the Senate. Whether on not we get the Democratic nomination for Bernie remains to be seen. But know this: The states where Sanders has been strong are going to send representatives and senators just as opposed to Hillary Clinton as Tea Partiers; only the reasons will differ.\n\nHillary's ability to preserve the status quo won't go unchallenged.",
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"content": "We'll see. I have seen zero indication of that anywhere. He is not even generating record turnout. \n\nI have also not seen any indication of local offices that are GOP controlled now in play just because of Sanders. \n\n",
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"content": "> We'll see. I have seen zero indication of that anywhere. He is not even generating record turnout.\n\n>I have also not seen any indication of local offices that are GOP controlled now in play just because of Sanders.\n\nThat's because we've been waiting on you to come aboard! If you can rock a telephone like you do the keyboard, you'd be the game-changer that we've needed. Heck, Hillary probably won't even notice you're missing. ;)",
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"content": "I am in NY so we are solid blue already. ",
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"content": "> I am in NY so we are solid blue already. \n\nYes. But with Bernie Sanders as the Democratic nominee, that \"blue\" will actually mean something.",
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"content": "It has meant something. And Sanders is going to have a real tough time in NY.",
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"content": "I'm with you all the way until voting for Jill Stein.\n\nIf you're in a battleground state, I think it would be terrible to vote Stein over Clinton, because as flawed as she is, in a 1000 ways she'd be better than Cruz & the gang.",
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"content": "I agreed with you until about a week or two ago.\n\nI'm having a tough time justifying rewarding a liar and a crook with the White House. And you're right regarding Cruz and Trump; but here's the trade off: A Democratic Party controlled by the Clintons that is more conservative than it is now, supportive of Neo-con/Dominionist foreign policies, and beholden to the 1%.\n\nIMHO, maybe a Cruz or Trump presidency is fair price for Democrats to start being Democrats again.",
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"content": "I understand that thought process, but I think this campaign has shown it's possible to change the party. Maybe not all at once, but it's possible.\n\nMeanwhile, Clinton would flip the Supreme Court away from the GOP-addled crazies, and Cruz would put a televangelist on there. And so on with other issues.\n\nImagine Jim Inhofe choosing the Secretary of the Interior.\n\nImagine Paul Ryan's budget put into place.\n\nNah. Changing the Dems without blowing 'em up is harder - but there are a lot of casualties when the GOP is in charge.",
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"content": "Imagine a Congress that could oppose that craziness. That, or the GOP president accidentally appoints another Sandra Day O'Conner to the Supreme Court (like Reagan did).\n\nThe Clintons have a history of working and compromising with the GOP. And with this current GOP ... they're crazy! Giving them some of what they want, to me, is nuts and the American people ultimately lose in the exchange.\n\nI want a president who will stand up to the GOP, not work with them. And Hillary Clinton isn't that kind of a politician.",
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"content": "I respect your perspective, really.\n\nCheers.",
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"content": "Yours to.\n\nAnd maybe I change my mind again before November. A lot can happen between now and then.",
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"content": "Of course there is. The last time we took a chance like that we ended up with Bush and Cheney. \n\nThe same young demo said the same thing fucking thing about Gore. ",
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"content": "That's not what my therapist said.",
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"content": "Did she call them dupes?",
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"content": "> “One thing I would stay away from, I would stay away from the *insinuation* that these young people who are inspired by Bernie Sanders are dupes and they are being fed misinformation and that is why they are enthusiastic about Bernie Sanders,” Axelrod said.",
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"content": "Oh so no one called them dupes. ",
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"content": "And no one said that Clinton had called them dupes. They advised her from trying to push the narrative that Sanders' supporters are ignorant or naive because it's not accurate and, perhaps more importantly for Clinton, it tends to piss them off.",
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"content": "Then why is it in quotes? \n\n",
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"content": "Because the journalist wants to make sure that we know that it is Axelrod's word choice.\n\nAnd, really, his choice of words is moot because he's still not accusing anyone of anything. He's speaking against a narrative that Hillary Clinton herself probably regrets touching upon.",
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"content": "Clinton was correct, though. \n\nAnd being naive about some policies is not the same as being dupes. Dupes implies they are being conned. \n\nI don't think idealism is a con. ",
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"content": "The article isn't about whether or not Clinton is right about anything, it's about the indisputable fact that calling a large block of opposition voters stupid is a really bad (and inaccurate and offensive) campaign strategy that works against her stated goal of unifying the party behind her.\n\nAt this point you have changed the trajectory of your arguments against the article an awful lot. Either you haven't read it, or you strongly disagree but can't articulate why. Based on our previous interactions, I'm prone to believing that you don't like it because it's critical of Hillary Clinton and that you don't have a solid argument or legitimate reason for disagreeing with this content. As such, I feel no need to argue with you any further because the article speaks for itself and requires no defending.",
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"content": "You just said it was critical of Clinton, and it isn't about whether or not Clinton is right about anything. So I would get your position straight before you critique mine. \n\nClinton didn't call Berniecrats dupes. She said the truth. That his base of support is idealistic and yes, naive basically. \n\nIt's true she should not alienate them but it's also true what she said and why Bernie has the support he does. \n",
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"content": "You do realize that it is possible to be critical of Clinton and her campaign strategies without talking about whether or not a given statement is true, right?\n\nI articulated my point well and stand behind what was said.",
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"content": "Sure, i got it. \n\nWell, I think Bernie should not murder anyone or call Hillary supporters \"pieces of sh*t\". That is pretty messed up. ",
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"content": "> Well, I think Bernie should not murder anyone or call Hillary supporters \"pieces of sh*t\".\n\nI agree.\n\n> That is pretty messed up.\n\nI think that you probably meant to say \"That *would be* messed up.\" That is pretty messed up, according to the rules of the English language, would mean that it actually happened.\n\nNow, in the case of this article, it's talking about comments that Hillary Clinton actually made that implied that Sanders is duping young people in an attempt to win their support.\n\nIf you want to dispute the use of the word dupe feel free. But it's more accurate to suggest she implied they are duped in the context of this situation than it is to suggest that she simply meant they are naive. And either way it is tangential, because it ignores the main point of the article.",
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"content": "Good advice. If the manages to win this time, she will need all the support she can get. If she gives a damn about the future of the Democratic Party, she will stop insulting the younger members. ",
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"content": "I see how CNN has a headline announcing Cruz's win yesterday, but nothing mentioning Bernie's win. Real objective guys. Ignore the candidate and then post attack pieces. ",
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"content": "If Sanders wins, which he won't, every state at the same margin, he loses. That is why.",
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"content": "No, that's not true and we're going to be picking up states at much higher margins as well, so stand by. ",
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"content": "NM, DC, PR, VI, MD, CT? Funny.",
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"content": "Unify us by actually being transparent and not just saying it. Release the transcripts, it's not hard. ",
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"content": "Why do you need to seem them? How about Bernard's tax returns since he is the only candidate not to release besides Trump?",
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"content": "I think they both should release the documents.\n\nEdit: reflexive downvote much?\n\nIf you're against Sanders releasing his taxes OR Clinton releasing the transcripts of her patty-cake speeches to Goldman Sachs, do explain below.",
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"content": "Sure, post on imugr what your job pays you to do at work.",
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"content": "Only relevant if running for **public** office.",
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"content": "I'm sorry, since when is posting your paid work ever been relevant? Source?",
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"content": "Seriously? You're suggesting that it's not relevant how the candidate made millions of dollars from the financial sector? Have you been reading the news? ",
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"content": "Bokono, you keep forgetting he's a Rovian saboteur, meant to poison both Sanders and Clinton.\n\n**Not gonna work, Rove!**",
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"content": "So maybe Slanders can tell us how his wife got on the board deciding where Vermont's nuclear was was to be dumped with no credentials or experience in the field? That was 25 years ago, so shouldn't we start with that unexplained mystery? He can also tell us about his discussion with the NRA and his first election to Congress. Sound good?",
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"content": "Everything is relevant when running for public office. \nIf you'd like to stay a **private** citizen, don't run for **public** office. \nSource:Voters care what their politicians do.",
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"content": "So maybe Slanders can tell us how his wife got on the board deciding where Vermont's nuclear was was to be dumped with no credentials or experience in the field? That was 25 years ago, so shouldn't we start with that unexplained mystery? He can also tell us about his discussion with the NRA and his first election to Congress. Sound good?",
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"content": ">So maybe Slanders... \n \nThis is childish. Are you a child? \n>can tell us how his wife got on the board deciding where Vermont's nuclear was was to be dumped with no credentials or experience in the field \n \nAnd that's a fair question that I would expect him to answer. \n \n>He can also tell us about his discussion with the NRA and his first election to Congress. Sound good? \n \nSounds fine to me.",
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"content": "He will never answer it. So why should Clinton provide anything?",
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"content": "Your argument is silly. \nI could just as easily say, \"She will never answer it, so why should He?\"",
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"content": "I think she would be revealed in how 2-faced she is and how bought she is if she did. Why say you are the most transparent and then do something like that?",
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"content": "As soon as Sanders releases all statements made in praise of Communist regimes. \n\nOr is that not fair? ",
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"content": "No. \n\nShe has no reason to give in to made up standards similar to the Birther demands. ",
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"content": "Her condescending attitude towards millennial voters will surely help her to unify the party if she manages to win. Both parties are splintering currently and Clinton is certainly not a charismatic unifying leader. I won't contest that she has experience and is a leader of sorts, just not a unifying one. ",
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"content": "They will be too busy to vote anyway.",
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"content": "Case in point. Troll on bud. ",
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"content": "Here it is 2pm EST the next day, and CNN still doesn't have a headline announcing Bernie's win by 14% last night, but they published this crap. Way to be an objective news outlet guys! ",
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"content": "Eh, no one cares.",
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"content": "Sure. That's why thousands have been boycotting and protesting CNN. ",
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"content": "Bernie bots.",
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"content": ":D\n\nPeople really appreciate it when you dismiss them and call them names. You're doing well. Keep it up. ",
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"content": "Dismissive condescending establishment \"democrats\" are our greatest tool, asinine comments like this send us new recruits every day over at S4P, Mikey, I like to think you are the greatest tool of all.",
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"content": "> Eh, no one cares.\n\nJust folks who care about democracy, America, and participation in self-government.",
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"content": "Why would those people care about what cable news airs? ",
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"content": "When I visit CNN, it does. The reason you may not be seeing it is because of your frequency or infrequency of visits to CNN. CNN is like some other news websites that tailors certain topics to frequent and infrequent visitors. If you visit CNN a lot and look at political topics there a lot, the site could be programmed to make it a little harder for you so that you'll click through more pages and thus see more ads. Even if you clear your cookies, you can't circumvent this, because it tracks your IP address.\n\nIt could also be dependent on where you're signing in from because CNN.com knows your approximate location based on your IP. If you're outside the US, then little US news is featured. If you're in a state that already voted before Wisconsin, it may be filtering you up or down for that reason.",
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"content": "The first headline is about Cruz winning. There's no mention of Bernie's win. I'm in a Midwestern state. There's no reason why it would filter out headlines involving Bernie and leave the ones involving Ted Cruz. ",
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"content": "> I'm in a Midwestern state. \n\nThat might be the answer there. If you're in a red state, they've factored in a presumption that you're a conservative and therefore interested in Cruz and not Sanders.",
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"content": "That would be stupid. My state is purple and it shouldn't matter where I am. We're running a national election. \n\nI opened it in incognito mode. Same headlines. They're purposely not reporting on Bernie. That's why people are boycotting and protesting them. ",
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"content": "I am sure they are all broken up about that. ",
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"content": "They should be. They need viewers in order to attract advertisers. The last thing they need to do is further alienate young people. ",
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"content": "Young people don't watch cable news. ",
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"content": "http://freebeacon.com/issues/panama-papers-implicate-podesta-client/",
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"content": "Another leading source of quality journalism despite every other source saying no Americans implicated so far. As I said, why do Bernie Bros rarely come up with anything in quality media instead of shite media? Because shite is what their whole campaign is built on.",
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"content": "No, there are literally thousands of American firms implicated. I'm going to enjoy watching you try to cover this up. It's not going to work. \n\nhttp://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/05/panama-papers-leak-americans-exposed-tax-havens\n\nhttp://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/04/05/panama-papers-firm-linked-1000-plus-us-companies/82670334/",
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"content": "Firms are not names of Clinton people. Most likely it would be Tad Devine of the Sanders campaign anyway.",
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"content": "Podesta is a Clinton person. He's implicated. ",
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"content": "Tony Podesta is a lawyer. Lawyers represent clients.\n\nIf you want to play these kinds of games, we can talk about Alan Grayson, a Sanders \"person\" who's facing ethics problems in Congress, or Chuck Rocha, another Sanders \"person\" who is a convicted felon and embezzler.\n",
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"content": "No. No, he's not. \n\nYou people are desperate to tie this to Hillary. \n\n",
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"content": "Who the hell is covering anything up? ",
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"content": "The Free Beacon is published by a PAC that's funded 100 percent by the Koch brothers. They're attacking Hillary Clinton now because she's the front runner. If Bernie Sanders becomes the frontrunner, they'll turn their attack firehose on him. No matter who is the Democratic nominee, you can count on the Free Beacon devoting considerable resources to attacking him or her.",
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"content": "Stop posting rightwing swill here. ",
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"content": "Stop telling me what to do. ",
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"content": "No. Rightwing propaganda will always be responded to. \n\nDon't be a shill for the GOP and post their garbage here. ",
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"content": "Stop telling me what to do and what to think. Everyone who disagrees with Hillary Clinton isn't a rightist or a Republican. ",
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"content": "Free Beacon and The Daily Caller are rightwing swill. \n\nThe same sites that portray us as traitors and Obama being illegitimate. \n\nThe same sites that spread lies about liberal policies and spread war propaganda. \n\nThe same sites that would treat Sanders like a communist fool if he got the nomination. \n\nSo I am going you to stop posting this garbage, or you can at least stop complaining about the \"bias\" of CNN, WaPo, NY Times, etc., for Pete's sake. ",
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"content": "Stop telling me what to do. \n\nCNN, Wapo, and the NYT have all shown their inherent bias in this race. \n\nBtw, would you consider the Daily Kos as being a right wing news source? http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/4/5/1510760/-Panama-Papers-Hillary-connection-to-Deutche-Bank",
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"content": "No. But that \"source\" is also just accusing Clinton and judging. With no evidence. \n\nSo it's an acceptable link but still garbage. \n\n\"It's quite simple.\" LOL \n\nThey didn't even know how to spell deutsche bank. \n\n\n\n",
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"content": "No that's how you spell [Deutsche Bank.] ( https://www.db.com/company/index.htm) I'm sure it was just a simple mistake on your behalf. \n\nAlso, I'm sure that they gave HRC $485,000 for speaking for an hour or two. I mean that's totally reasonable, right? ",
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"content": "Yeah, well they would give Sarah Palin, Trump and Ben Carson those types of fees too. \n\nMcCarthyist tactics won't work.\n\nWhat if someone said \"obviously Sanders supports the brutality of Daniel Ortega\". \n\nYou'd think that's okay right? ",
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"content": "They didn't give that money to those people, and I've never been at risk of voting for any of them. \n\nThis isn't about purity. This is about a clear conflict of interests. ",
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"content": "There is no \"clear\" conflict of interest. \n\nNotice how you made that jump with no proof? ",
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"content": "Lol! What about aiding the GOP by ridiculing non hillary supporters. Is that allowed? ",
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"content": "http://rooseveltinstitute.org/sanders-ending-tbtf/",
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"content": "I saw that and UV you for finding it. It is about time progressives started using this site. However, they are also the site that want details of his health and economic plans. And no matter what others have said on here about this site, this is the premier progressive think tank. This is the think tank from the life blood of the two people that Sanders himself say are his greatest heros -- Franklin and Eleanor. They are two of my greatest too. Can you say the same?",
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"content": "[Just asking questions?] (http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Just_asking_questions) ",
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"content": "They are dv'ing me for agreeing with you, can't win this one. Well enjoy your UV's while you got them.",
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"content": "You're probably being downvoted for your condescending tone and obviously leading questions. ",
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"content": "Not leading, want to truthfully know.",
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"content": "OK, are they?",
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"content": "Oddly, [a highly respected journo who was actually in the room](http://www.democracynow.org/2016/4/6/juan_gonzalez_was_at_bernie_sanders) has a different take.",
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"content": "1 actually 2 out of 50 isn't bad. I think /u/bokono 's find, that I found yesterday but did not post is better. Please note my comment too. You should spend time on their website and like on FB if you use FB. The think tank comes directly from both their libraries combining. Did you watch the Ken Burns document on the Roosevelts? Parts on FDR brought me to tears even though I have read several bios on FDR. I believe he is the greatest Democratic president and the third greatest president. Very close to tied as the second greatest. Do you agree?",
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"content": "One more question. Do you agree with Sanders past stance on guns?",
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"content": "Wow. The only other socialist in the room is carrying water for Sanders. ",
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"content": "Just because she doesn't want to put capitalism on trial doesn't mean she has a problem. ",
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"content": "You should read the article. It's really good and she says some really important stuff. ",
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"content": "I read it. Again, it's more about how they want to bring down the system than an actual election. \n\nThe primary difference between die-hard Bernie supporters and everyone else. \n\nThing is, the majority of the country does not want to indict capitalism or globalization. ",
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"content": "You've missed the point. If we continue along current lines and certainly the agenda that HRC would envision, we're doomed as a country, as a people, and as a species. You can argue that Clinton is pragmatic and more adept at working \"within the system\" but what you're really arguing for is suicide on a global scale. The corporatists have had their chance and now our society is hurtling toward chaos and extinction. It's time to stop what we're doing before it's too late. ",
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"content": "As a species? Get a grip. \n\nStop using slurs like \"corporatist\" which has no meaning besides a slur. Most of us actually work for a corporation and it makes \"sandernistas\" look like anti-capitalists. \n\nYou yourself said you would vote for Clinton if she got the nom, so wtf are you talking about? ",
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"content": "She doesn't have the nomination and I'd really prefer not be faced with that scenario. \n\nYeah, as a species. You should really read up on environmental issues. Things are getting worse and that's only going to accelerate. If you have children you should consider the world you'll be leaving them and their children. ",
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"content": "I am sure we can convince Hillary not to murder the planet. \n\nShe has a grandchild (though it is part-demon like she is). ",
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"content": "No, we're not giving her millions of dollars. She'll govern on behalf of those who pay her and who have the power to give her what she wants. After all, it won't be her destroying the planet, but her buddies and backers. ",
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"content": "So she'll condemn her granddemon to death? All for 500 more pantsuits? \n",
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"content": "Of course she and her ruling class will be able to afford to move wherever when the coasts are flooding and mass migration pushes society into chaos. ",
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"content": "But they can't change species, right?\n\nOr are you saying they'd turn into lizard people? ",
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"content": "Man, you can scoff all you want, but I don't think that a collapsing ecosystem is funny, and I don't think that pushing the human race into chaos is funny. \n\nThat will be the result if we do not change our behavior. We're throwing away our future for immediate and short term profit. ",
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"content": "No we will take care it. Us and Hillary. Together. You to. ",
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"content": "She's not interested in doing anything that could hurt the businesses of her donors. ",
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"content": "And our entire species dying won't hurt business?\n\nWill it be like Snow Piercer? ",
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"content": "Now you're just mocking me. \n\nRight now climatologists and other scientists are saying that the climate situation is dire and quickening. That we must stop now, or we will be doomed no matter what we do. \n\nThis hasn't stopped the fossil fuel industries or changed their behavior. This hasn't changed their financial backers' behavior. This hasn't changed the behavior of politicians. It hasn't changed anything. These people have been warned but their concerns are self serving and shortsighted. Yes, they'll literally work themselves into extinction, and drag the rest of us along with them. ",
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"content": "Actually, we have changed a lot in the past 20 years and we have a ways to go. I don't see why we can't reach it with Clinton and a liberal Congress. No way she vetoes it. \n\nWe really don't need Sanders. ",
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"content": "The concept of a granddemon is pretty hilarious. I'm going to have to find a way to work that into a conversation in real life.",
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"content": "I have a whole comedy routine on how the Clintons made a pact with the devil long ago. \n\nNo one can play it that close to the vest, for years, with hundreds of mofos targeting them, and the only thing they got caught about was the blowjob. \n\nNo one is that lucky. It's statistically impossible. \n\nThey are like the Mark Wahlberg and Tom Brady of politics. ",
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"content": "Uh you do know you are pushing the rightwing narrative?\n\nHas it come to this? Very sad. ",
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"content": "Not really. See, when a candidate attacks another member of their own party, it's not switching sides to fight back. Bernie Sanders is not a right-winger. Bernie supporters aren't right-wingers. ",
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"content": "But this same type of ridicule is used against gun control advocates all the time. \n\nThe NY Compost is eager to push that narrative. \n\nAnd criticism of Sanders for voting against the Brady Bill is legitimate. Especially in NY. \n\n",
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"content": "Senator Sanders was serving as a representative for the people of Vermont. They're Rural liberals who value firearms for a number of legitimate reasons. He was performing his duty by voting in line with their concerns and agenda. \n\nAs a national candidate, Sanders has been very clear where he stands on gun control and has been vocal about supporting reasonable gun control legislation. \n\nI'm no more of a fan of these sites than you are, but when major news outlets refuse to be honest about the candidates and their records, we're forced to look elsewhere. ",
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"content": "So he evolved in six months or so? Was he being disingenuous to Vermont or now? \n\nI haven't heard a detailed plan on gun control either. Just that he basically agrees with Obama. \n\n\n\n\n\n",
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"content": "Because they locked the other thread before I could reply:\n\nShe is into the fossil fuels industries and their backers for tens of millions of dollars. She's not going to do anything that could hurt their bottom lines. She's said she supports fracking and drilling on federal lands. She wants to open up more of our coasts for underwater drilling. If the industries express a desire to do something, she'll find a way to make it happen. She's no friend of the environment. She's a friend of moneyed interests. ",
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"content": "Oh, so that is his excuse? What is good for Vermont is all that is important? Dead children don't matter? I don't do what's right for the country because Vermont? Please. Sometimes great men rise above those petty things. JFK wrote a Pulitzer Prize winning book called \"Profiles in Courage\" about such politicians. Ever heard of it? Slanders would not ever be in part 2. Profiles in cowards for Vermont maybe. But still the mothers cry.",
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"content": "> And criticism of Sanders for voting against the Brady Bill is legitimate. Especially in NY. \n\nBeing familiar with many of the details, I disagree.\n\nAnd if Hillary Clinton wants to push this issue, she does so at the risk of further diminishing her electability in November. \n\nRemember all of those Southern states that she trounced Sanders in a few weeks back? She will win ZERO of them and will lose several others if she pushes too hard on gun issues. \n\nNothing galvanizes wingnuts quite like being portrayed as anti-gun. And neither candidate would be well-served by hinging their campaign on this issue.",
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"content": "So the Brady Bill is now too extreme?\n\nThe majority of Americans support gun control and the wingnuts will screech she is anti-gun anyways. Tuck Fhem. ",
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"content": "> The majority of Americans support gun control and the wingnuts will screech she is anti-gun anyways. Tuck Fhem. \n\nI know that there are polls claiming that Americans support certain very specific gun measures such as expanded background checks, closing gun show loopholes, etc.\n\nBut any poll claiming that *Americans support gun control* should be viewed with suspicion.\n\nThe type of gun control that you and I believe in, the majority of Americans don't support. Not by a long shot. We have a better shot (excuse the puns) at making health care a right in America and free tuition at public universities than instituting something that we'd view as effective and actual gun control.",
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"content": "I am specifically referring to the bill after Sandy Hook. 80% of Americans supported it and we even got 54 Senators to vote in for. ",
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"content": "This is from a right-wing, Murdoch owned rag. Shame on you all. This will be on the internet forever. Just like we know the NRA owns Slanders. The blood of the innocent children drips from his evil hands.",
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"content": "> Murdoch owned rag.\n\nAt least we know *who* owns this source. The same can't be said for some of your posts.",
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"content": "So like the socialism fears the hillary camp is pushing? Or is it the GOP pretending to be hillary supporters? ",
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"content": "> Uh you do know you are pushing the rightwing narrative?\n\nWanna know how I know you didn't read the article?",
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"content": "Because you know I don't give traffic to horse manure publishers like the Compost? ",
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"content": "There isn't a rightwing narrative in this case. Unless you're arguing that ALL criticism of Hillary Clinton is rightwing in nature, which is utter bunk intended to dismiss ANY criticism of Hillary Clinton.",
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"content": "This is using a second-hand quote to mock the trafficking of guns state to state. It doesn't matter what state it is. \n\nYou think this is legitimate criticism? ",
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"content": "> You think this is legitimate criticism? \n\nYes. Unless you truly believe that Vermont is the source of guns in NY? Not the Port of NYC? Not any of the other states bordering NY? Not current interpretation of the 2nd Amendment where Bubba and his AK are considered a \"militia?\"\n\nAnd this illustrates another problem with the Clintons: Tragedies are but pawns to be played to garner political clout. When it comes to most of us, our consciences would prevent us from using the victims of gun violence for political gain. We actually care about the people affected and involved. In some cases, we ARE the people affected by gun violence. But not the Clintons! *Whatever is good for the Clintons is GOOD.*",
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"content": "There is not even a confirmation she said it. \n\nAnd by spreading this garbage you are being a pawn to the wingnuts who refuse and mock everything. ",
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"content": "Well fine. Here's the Politico article with [the same damned quote](http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/albany/2016/04/8595700/clinton-new-york-criminals-get-guns-vermont?news-image).\n\nHappy?",
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"content": "That is still second hand. ",
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"content": "Ok. I'll bookmark your response and will bring it up again ~~if~~ when you try to slam Sanders with a second hand quote.\n\nOr we can simply agree that sometimes second hand quotes are all us peasants are going to get, and thus can be legit.",
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"content": "\"Can be\" is not definitive. \n\nI wouldn't accept second hand info about a Sanders quote. ",
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"content": "He just stepped in a pile of it right there. \n\n",
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"content": "I disagree, unless by \"it\", you mean *your candidate*. HRC has been on the offensive for weeks, even months. It's time that we took off the gloves. She is bought and paid for. She belongs* to people that aren't the American people. \n\nIt's fine that she's rich and powerful, she just shouldn't be president. The US cannot withstand more of this fantasy politics scenario. The American people are assed out and suffering. We're doing real harm in other parts of the world where people have nothing. We've been doing real harm for a long time. Until we stop the corporatism, we're always going to be slaves. \n\n\n\n",
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"content": "She is more qualified than he is though. \n\nThis was a set-up and he walked right into it. \n\nHe wasn't ready. (Kevin Hart voice)\n\nAnd I didn't say a naughty word. ",
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"content": "He was ready and he was right. \n\nHe supposedly walked into an ambush and all you can talk about is policy. I thought that we're supposed to treat Democratic candidates with respect here. Why is it* necessary for an ambush to occur to make the US media look at policy and look like the assholes that they are? \n\nHis policy is sound, as are his abilities to carry out an interview. http://m.democracynow.org/stories/16102\n\nThe truth is that the interview was obviously a trap, and Bernie wasn't snared but maligned by those who would paint him as a fool. \n\n[Let's dispel forever the notion that Bernie doesn't know how to break up banks.] ( http://rooseveltinstitute.org/sanders-ending-tbtf/) \n\nAnd...\n\nhttps://youtu.be/OB6gq-NO0_0\n",
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"content": "How is it a trap by just asking for details from a candidate for the first time?\n\nThat sounds more like the excuse the GOP when they say something horrible, they accuse the \"gotcha media\". \n\n",
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"content": "But he didn't say anything horrible. Everything he said makes sense and he knew what he was talking about. \n\nYou can't blame him if sometimes the interviewer did not. \n\nBtw, is there video of this interview? ",
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"content": "No just transcript. \n\nAnd he had no answers as to what he would do to break up the banks, as in how, and what would be the criteria. \n\nOnly the Palestinian question was a set-up. ",
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"content": "> She is more qualified than he is though. \n\nThat's, just, like your, opinion man. </lebowski>\n\nSanders has been in government longer, won more elections, and held more various offices than Hillary Clinton (unless you consider FLOTUS an \"office,\" in which case that last clause becomes a tie).",
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"content": "I hate that movie.\n\n\nAnd she is more qualified. I didn't say more years in office.\n ",
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"content": "> I hate that movie.\n\nLighten up, Francis. </sgt_hulk>",
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"content": "Throw it out. ",
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"content": "Desperate Bernie Slanders. Knows if he doesn't win NY, game over. Let's see the latest from 538: 61.1 to 36.9. Looking good.",
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"content": "Bernie did slam her for words she did say other than \"not qualified\" and that includes insulting his supporters by saying we are \"duped\" by him. Clinton needs to stick to issues.",
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"content": "Please cite the quote where she said \"duped\". \n\nBet you can't. ",
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"content": "She didn't say \"duped,\" David Axelrod did, characterizing Clinton's assertion that she feels sorry for people who support Sanders because they don't do their research. \n\nSource: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/275328-axelrod-to-clinton-drop-patronizing-line-about-sanders-young\n\nClinton didn't say Sanders was \"unqualified,\" Jeff Zeleny first reported on air, and CNN ran with, that the Clinton campaign told him they would \"Disqualify him, defeat him, and unify the party later,\" as a new strategy, on Tuesday. \n\nSource: http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/06/politics/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-democrats-unity/index.html",
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"content": "And to be clear, Axelrod is not a Clinton surrogate.",
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"content": "True enough. His analysis may bend toward Clinton, but he has been ready to criticize her, which is what he is doing in the description of her activities above.\n\nPolitical reporting tends to mix up facts with analysis and rephrased quotes from anonymous sources attached to this campaign or that. It's frustrating to navigate.",
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"content": "Yes.\n\nReading between the lines of his Twitter account... He thinks Clinton is the choice, but he hasn't been shy about wanting to make her earn every last bit of it.\n\nWhich makes sense if you remember the 2008 campaign.",
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"content": "That was more rough than people remember. Lots of dog whistles. Social media was just getting off the ground when that was going on, so it didn't go in stone like this one is. \n\nConsidering the tenor of that campaign, I was very surprised to see his lean. All in the game, I suppose. ",
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"content": "Professionals don't take it personally. It is, indeed, all in the game.\n\nAnd, hey. You look at the end of a prizefight, the guy standing up and jumping up and down, that's who won.",
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"content": "Taking it personally is, I think, the problem this time around. I'm jealous of those on the right who can go after each other's candidates without being permanently scarred. Maybe I'm reading that wrong because I'm not in that world. \n\nOver here on the left, we might be too quick to take things about the candidates personally. Maybe it's because we're more sensitive, as a part of liberal culture? I don't know. Maybe it's because we put so much volunteer time and our own money into candidates. \n\nAlso, maybe Republicans do take it personally, and I'm reading that wrong. ",
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"content": "I think more broadly, supporters take it personally. Sometimes, candidates take it personally.\n\nBut good political operatives don't. Or if they do in the moment, they certainly don't when the race is over.",
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"content": "Quotes, surrogates, insinuations, smears ... they are all a pattern of how she gets her message across.",
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"content": "Wild conspiracy theories, paranoia, dishonesty...sadly what the ~~Trump~~ Sanders campaign has stooped to for personal political gain at the expense of the party and the American left.",
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"content": "Here are some recent examples of Clinton going negative at Bernie Sanders... \n\nhttp://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hillary-clinton-indication-sanders-elect-democrats/story?id=38123215\n\nhttp://www.mediaite.com/tv/hillary-i-feel-sorry-for-the-young-people-who-believe-sanders-camps-lies/\n\nhttp://www.mediaite.com/tv/hillary-clinton-brushes-bernie-sanders-off-with-most-dismissive-chuckle-ever/\n\nhttp://www.cnn.com/2016/04/02/politics/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-democrat-wisconsin/index.html\n\nhttp://www.newsweek.com/new-york-debate-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-delegates-443450\n\nhttp://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/04/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-apology-221457\n\nhttp://time.com/4278071/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-gun-control-new-york/\n\nhttp://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/mar/10/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-says-bernie-sanders-wants-delay-cl/\n\nhttp://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/clinton-sanders-trump-abortion\n\nhttp://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/274665-report-clinton-ally-files-fec-ethics-complaint-against\n\nhttp://www.cnn.com/2016/03/29/politics/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-wisconsin/index.html\n\nhttp://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/albany/2016/04/8595700/clinton-new-york-criminals-get-guns-vermont\n\nhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/04/06/clinton-just-blasted-sanders-for-not-being-a-democrat-heres-why/\n\nhttp://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/dem-primaries/275325-clinton-slams-sanderss-unimaginable-position-on-guns\n\nhttp://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-04-06/clinton-says-sanders-hadn-t-done-his-homework-on-breaking-up-banks\n\nhttp://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/04/06/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-wisconsin-cnn-interview/82711600/",
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"content": "Just admit he made a mistake. \n\nThe guy is not perfect. ",
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"content": "Hey, are these mainly my posts? I would like a little attribution for the ones that are please.",
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"content": "These are criticisms of Bernie Sanders and his platform. Nowhere did she say that even if he were the nominee, that he would be unqualified to be president. Huge difference. Today Clinton clarified her position, arguing that Sanders would make a tremendously better president than any Republican candidate. ",
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"content": "She and her campaign alluded to that, repeatedly. She refused to acknowledge that he is qualified. This isn't a situation where the fifth amendment can save a person. Her campaign said that they would disqualify and defeat Bernie and deal with unifying the party afterward. Those are some pretty clear words. ",
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"content": "Makes a big difference in the general election when you have a soundbite from a fellow democrat explicitly saying \"___ is not qualified to be president\". ",
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"content": "So you lied? Or were woefully misinformed. \n\nYou should retract your statement. ",
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"content": "She did imply that Sanders' supporters have been duped though. Don't be pedantic. The underlying content and tone of her comments is much more important than the specific words involved.",
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"content": "That misses the point, though. The taboo from saying the words exists for a really good reason.\n\n\"Well, I think Candidate X doesn't understand this issue and didn't do his homework, but it's up to the voters to decide,\" might have a similar message, but it doesn't end up in a Republican attack ad.\n\n\"Secretary Clinton isn't qualified to be president,\" IS a Republican attack ad, all by itself.\n\nLanguage matters.",
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"content": "I'm not saying that the situation is the same for the two separate instances that are being discussed. In the situation in which people are upset that the term \"duped\" was used, however, the term \"duped\" accurately described what Hillary Clinton was conveying regardless of whether or not she used the actual term.\n\nIn this situation, I don't particularly care what Sanders said about Clinton. The Republican attack ads against her have been in the writing for a long time, and anything that he's said is a small drop in a rather large bucket. For fucks sake, there's already been an ad of her barking like a dog, which is something she walked into. So I take exception to your outrage, because in reality this soundbite from Sanders doesn't particularly matter.",
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"content": "No she didn't. Are you going to start this again?\n\n",
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"content": "Clinton did very much imply that Sanders' supporters were being duped, although she didn't explicitly say as much. I don't know why that's so hard for you to understand. Pull up the full quote by Clinton, and compare what she said to the dictionary definition of \"duped\" if you care to.",
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"content": "I saw it live. She did no such thing. \n\nDuped is not the same as naive. \n\nShe definitely implied they were naive. Because they are naive. \n\nBut duped would imply they are fools. And she did no such thing. She actually smiled and said she remembers herself at that age. \n\nIf she is seeing herself in Sanders supporters, it means she is implying they are young, idealistic and naive about how politics work. \n\nNot duped. Trump's supporters are dupes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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"content": "Bernard needs to learn his issues in detail it seems.",
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"content": "Reaching a Donald Trump level of deception from the Sanders campaign. ",
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"content": "Dont feed the media troll about either of this. Both candidates have publicly supported each other repeatedly. The media wants drama like the GOP circus. Dont let them have it.",
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"content": "Sanders picked a fight and now it's on like Donkey Kong. ",
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"content": "Sounds more like he thought she was picking a fight by calling her unqualified, so he said her positions made her unqualified (bad choice of words since \"not a good choice\"!=\"not qualified\"). It has the feel of the media trying to pick a fight really.",
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"content": "Bernie walked into an ambush and didn't realize. \n\nNow he has opened the door for her and surrogates to go on the attack regarding his qualifications and policy ideas. \n\nIt shows his inexperience in a bear knuckles election. This was a trick. He fell for it. \n\nObama pulled the same trick on the Clintons with race relations in 2008. \n\nBernie is in deep trouble. ",
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"content": "If you check my comment history, you'll see I'm a Sanders supporter going way back.\n\nI don't like this. Not at all.\n\nRhetorically, it would be better to say that Clinton's done this, voted for that, and the voters should decide whether she's qualified.",
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"content": "It is true. Just like Bernie is incorrect in every statement he makes. #CantStumpTheTrump",
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"content": "Well, bet his numbers go down in NY in a NY minute. Oh the debate, I can't wait. This, the banks, ISIS/security, trade (rumour has it they do a little bit of that in the port of NY/NJ), guns -- it should be so much fun son. Damn, a man doesn't need even need viagra.",
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"content": "I'm done with /r/Democrats. Unsubscribed.",
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"content": "Given that this is your first post here in at least a year, I don't think we're losing too much. ",
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"content": "True, was hoping it would be worthwhile. It's not.\n\n",
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"content": "Stick around, we need more reasonable people to thin out the Stockholm syndrome.",
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"content": "Well... bye. ",
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"content": "you're quoting her resume. he's talking about her attitude, world view and approach, and most importantly her judgement. You could have 30 years running a large company, if it didn't perform well under your tenure I probably wouldn't want you running my company. Your resume is only one portion of what makes you qualified and it isn't the biggest part. your performance and how you ran things is what counts the most.\n\nIm just curious why clinton supporters are so outraged by this. I bet they weren't when she said Obama wasn't qualified to be VP in 08. maybe someone can explain to me why its such an assault of her character for Bernie to say it but it wasn't for her to say it.\n\nhttp://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/10/473580/-",
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"content": "Two-thirds of Sanders' accomplishments in the Senate were renaming post offices so I can see why you wouldn't want to focus on resumes, but how about attitude? Eight months ago his promise was that he would never go negative on Hillary, now its all he does. His \"world view\" [sic] is basically nonexistent: he leads by empty slogans, \"billionaires\" this and \"free trade\" that, no complexity at all. And his judgment? Voting down Brady five times? Telling the Daily News that his approach to how he would accomplish *literally any* of the centerpieces of his campaign is \"I don't know?\" I'll take Clinton over that any day of the week. ",
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"content": "so were you ok with her saying that Obama was unqualified? or is this somehow different because she's a woman (as salon has implied)",
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"content": "She didn't say that either. What is wrong with you people and your hard-on for Clinton? ",
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"content": "When did that happen? ",
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"content": "are you joking? i posted a link to the story in my first comment!\n\nI found a more detailed accounting though.\n\nhttp://weblogs.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/blog/2008/03/clinton_spokesman_declares_oba.html",
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"content": ">Clinton spokesman is the same person as Hillary Clinton \n\n-u/iwasinmybunk \n\nStill haven't found a serious intellect anywhere in the Sanders campaign. God, this is as easy as being a Daily News reporter trying to embarrass Bernie Sanders. ",
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"content": "Bernie Sanders, Amendment King, http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/bernie-gets-it-done-sanders-record-pushing-through-major-reforms-will-surprise-you",
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"content": "Ooh, does that make Jim Trafficant the [Amendment Super-Duper King](http://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/politics/election/iowa-caucus/fact-checker-just-how-effective-was-bernie-sanders-with-a-republican-congress-20160108)? \n\n>Sanders sponsored 42 adopted amendments, 18 of which became law. Traficant, who served one less term in that time frame than Sanders, had 121 amendments, including 41 in bills that became law. Some bills had multiple amendments. [...] In our review, which was not exhaustive, we found at least one Democratic colleague — Rep. Traficant — who in fewer terms passed far more amendments. \n\nKeep trying, Sandernistas, your boy's career is largely a dud. No wonder exactly zero of his senatorial colleagues have endorsed him so far. ",
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"content": "no it makes Hillary a pale comparison.",
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"content": "So when she has [74 bills that became law](http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2015/jun/23/jeb-bush/did-hillary-clinton-have-her-name-only-three-laws-/) against 18 for Sanders plus the post offices being renamed, that's... a \"pale comparison?\" \n\nI have been hunting high and low for a serious intellect in the Sandernistas for months now and not a one has yet emerged. You guys really need to start taking this more seriously. ",
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"content": "She tagged her name to some bills she did little to promote, it's fairly typical from someone who has been riding coat tails her whole career.\n\n\nSeriously, read through the links on this post and tell me you think it is all justifiable , I really want to know how you could rationalize this stuff to make it seem acceptable. \n\nhttps://np.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/4d12sj/if_you_perceive_verifiable_facts_about_your/",
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"content": "\"I lost this argument, better copy and paste another one.\" I didn't know that goalposts could exceed the speed of light. ",
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"content": "lost? how do ya figure? your candidate went on the attack and the net result was millions of people laughing at her. That's a win? good for you.",
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"content": "Confronted with a factual explanation of why your sad little argument was bad, you actually sent me a link to somebody else's reddit posts on an unrelated matter. Your candidate went on an attack, probably in an attempt to reboot a media cycle that started with how incompetently he handled the Daily News interview, and now its backfiring like crazy. The worst thing is that facts and reality don't seem to matter to you. The Sanders crowd is starting to look as bad as Trump's. ",
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"content": "She never said that either. \n\nMan, you guys have an excuse for everything. \n\nIn one swoop Bernie lied, attacked Clinton using that lie and looked like more of a liar with this weak low shot. \n\nIt just invigorated her campaign, right before NY. \n\nYou guys are blowing it so bad. ",
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"content": "yes. She did. To be fair it was her chief spokesman who said that \"Hillary does not believe he meets the threshold to be commander in chief\". He was quoting her, speaking on her behalf, so yes she said he was not qualified.\n\nhttp://weblogs.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/blog/2008/03/clinton_spokesman_declares_oba.html",
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"content": "Where in there did he say Obama was \"not qualified\"?\n",
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"content": "do you not understand that saying someone doesnt meet the threshold to be commander in chief is just another way of saying they arent qualified to be commander in chief? read the article its pretty explicit.",
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"content": "No, he actually said he hasn't met the standard and alluded that in those coming months Obama could.\n\nIf Obama could meet the standard after a few months, it means that he was qualified all along. \n",
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"content": "> \"First reminder: Secretary Clinton was first lady of a state and then the nation, then was elected to the senate twice, then was picked as Secretary of State by the sitting Democratic president.\"\n\nShe has only ever held one elected office.\n\n> \"Second reminder: Sanders started his campaign by saying that he would never go negative against Hillary Clinton.\"\n\nhttp://usuncut.com/politics/clintons-sandy-hook-attack-backfires/\n\nShe tries to lay Sandy Hook on him and then hide behind the teacher's leg when he hits back? nope, she said last week she intends to run a more aggressive campaign, fine, let's go negative and see who has more skeletons in their closet.\n\nCheck these out( all linked to sources)\n\nhttps://np.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/4d12sj/if_you_perceive_verifiable_facts_about_your/\n\n\n> \"As things are clearly going badly off the rails for the Sanders campaign, we should do a better job of keeping at least some shred of reality in mind here and not let ourselves get eaten up by the desperate propaganda-mill of Bernie Sanders.\"\n\nWe just took 33% of your delegate lead in two weeks, with two months left to go, we like our chances (judging by this post I guess you guys are getting a little nervous.)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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"content": ">She has only ever held one elected office. \n\nSanders has held two. Is this like a tic-tac-toe game for you? \n\n>She tries to lay Sandy Hook on him and then hide behind the teacher's leg when he hits back? nope, she said last week she intends to run a more aggressive campaign, fine, let's go negative and see who has more skeletons in their closet. \n\nTotally unrelated to the fact that Sanders lied when he said that he would never go negative, now that his campaign is in desperation mode, so this is useless on your part. \n\n>We just took 33% of your delegate lead in two weeks, with two months left to go, we like our chances (judging by this post I guess you guys are getting a little nervous.) \n\nIt's been over since mini-Super Tuesday. I think that what makes everybody nervous is that Sanders seems to have become emotionally unhinged, throwing slime wherever he can now that he's realizing that his own platform is nonsesnsical. As soon as the press started ramping up on the mathematical impossibility of his tax and healthcare plans, he went into full-on Republican conspiracy-theory territory. ",
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"content": "Your candidate is weak, your rhetoric is weak, your excuses for her undefendable \"career\" of incompetence and shameless corruption are weak. \n\nHillary wants to push her new \"Disqualify And Defeat\" strategy she was crowing so proudly about a few days ago?, fine, but it cuts both ways, to go on the attack and wimp out because she didn't think he would hit back?\n\nHow utterly pathetic, her staff literally said she would \"Disqualify and Defeat\" Sanders and worry about \"unifying\" the party later? only to cry foul because she didn't think he was allowed to fight back? I've rarely seen such wimpery in politics, from the candidate that suggests she is the hardball to take on the republicans? laughable. \n",
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"content": "Oh wow, his supporters are becoming as emotionally unhinged as the candidate himself. Were your hands shaking at your keyboard as you wrote this? ",
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"content": "lol, yeah. yeah I'm a ball of nerves here, laughing at Hilldogs twitter account getting burned down by her own supporters. Guess she's lucky nobody pays any attention to social media or she would look quite foolish about now.Read the comments on any post she has made in the last 24 hours( or more), she just blew up her own campaign.\n\nhttps://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/718146377151225857\n\ngotta go make some popcorn, byeeee :-)",
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"content": "Now that's some intellectual seriousness for you. \"To hell with your arguments, I'm camped out on twitter!!\" Puh-leaze. ",
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"content": "Guess we'll see if it counts soon enough.",
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"content": "Are you kidding? In the time that I've been browsing this sub, the impression I've gotten is that it might as well be /rProHillaryAntiSanders.",
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"content": "Yeah but it's worth sticking around, the sub rules state that you can't say anything negative about the nominee once chosen, eventually they are all going to have to get behind Sanders or just leave their own sub :-)",
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"content": "Completely taken out of context.\n\nWatch the entire video. Bill actually kicks ass on this one. He shows Donald Trump how is supposed to be done.\n\n* https://youtu.be/xRrVI5gHVyo",
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"content": "It was not out of context. ",
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"content": "It absolutely was. One minute out of 11. Watch the whole thing.\n\nI imagine you won't because you only see what you want to see. But I urge others to. He seriously kicked ass.",
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"content": "I don't think the version that I linked to was unfairly out of context or edited in a manner with an agenda in mind.\n\nThat said, I do honestly appreciate the longer version (and did watch it), and I would've linked to that version had I known it existed.",
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"content": "Thanks for watching it.",
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"content": "Agreed, Bill owned this one...",
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"content": "Click bait garbage. They should quote him or don't quote him. ",
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"content": "http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/04/bill-clinton-black-lives-matter-protesters-video#15",
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"content": "By OmahaDemocrat who dat?",
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"content": "https://www.facebook.com/officialraylewis/videos/10154098587720701/?pnref=story",
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"content": "Ray Lewis? [Really???](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Lewis#Murder_trial)",
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"content": "Yes, he made a mistake pleading. If he had gone to trial he would have been found not guilty we now know but he had a career to get on with. We know a high percentage of people that plea bargain actually are innocent but don't want to take a chance of a trial and a mandatory sentence that the jury is unaware of.",
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"content": "> Yes, he made a mistake pleading.\n\nUmmm ... Blood was found in his limousine and he was at the scene, but told investigators that he wasn't. The suit that Lewis was wearing has never been found, and two murders remain unsolved 16 years later.\n\n\"Mistake pleading?\"",
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"content": "What happened to the other two guys that went on trial for murder?",
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"content": "The link answers that.",
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"content": "So are you saying that what Ray Lewis is saying is wrong or bad? That he hasn't made a worthwhile life for himself since then? That he should be ignored despite all he has done to make things right for his community? I guarantee you if he ran for president, he would get more black votes than Sanders.",
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"content": "You know how you dismiss a source because you think you've found something that necessitates not paying attention to them? Well, in my case, two human beings are dead and, at a *minimum*, Ray Lewis knows who murdered them.\n\nAlso not worth hearing from: Rae Carruth, Aaron Hernandez, Lawrence Phillips (worm dirt now), and OJ Simpson ... in case you were thinking of sharing some \"wisdom\" from them also.",
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"content": "Not as many children are dead because of Bloody Bernie Slanders gun votes. Hear the mothers crying? http://abc7ny.com/1283059/",
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"content": "I sincerely hope no one's buying your bullshit. Particularly this spewing.\n\nWhen folks see this crap from you and others, it discredits those of us who support scaling back America's gun addiction (believe it or not, we're on the same side). It paints us as irrational, hyperbolic, and fucking nuts, and ultimately plays into the hands of the anti-government conspiracy buffs that have long warned about *gubment comin' fer yer gunz! New World Order!!!1*\n\nYou like to paint Bernie supporters as representative of the entire Sanders campaign. Likewise, there will be people who think of you as representing the Clinton campaign. If Clinton ultimately prevails as the Democratic nominee, quotes like yours will be used against her campaign and those quotes will cost Clinton votes, and people will continue to die because there's a GOPer in the White House preventing gun control legislation from becoming law.\n\nCheck your ego and get a grip.",
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"content": "If Clinton prevails?",
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"content": ">[He derided Obama's candidacy at the time as \"the biggest fairy tale I've ever seen\" and reportedly dismissed Obama by saying, \"A few years ago, this guy would have been getting us coffee\" (or \"carrying our bags,\" depending on the source.)] (http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2012/09/05/160599692/the-odd-couple-what-clinton-adds-for-obama) ",
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"content": "Water under the bridge now. ",
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"content": "There is no love lost between Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. There is a deep seated dislike between the two that's been well documented by organizations including Time. Do they respect each other enough to stay in their own lane? Yes. But don't kid yourself by thinking it's \"water under the bridge.\"",
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"content": "Yes please watch and you will see how Bill kicks ass. Don't let the out-of-context versions of this make him sound like he is being sinister. \n\nPlease watch it:\n\n* https://youtu.be/xRrVI5gHVyo\n\n\n---------------\n\nTranscript:\n\n(President Bill Clinton) Wait a minute, wait a minute, I heard it, Can I answer. Here's the thing, can I answer, but the ones that won't let you answer are afraid of the truth (cheers) At every campaign rally I welcome the protesters. I had a guy in South Carolina who interrupted me and the crowd started booing and I said no, let's be quiet and listen to this person. I let him say the same thing twice. And I said may I answer and he just kept screaming. Then a lady next to him said, and I said wait, let's listen to her. I let her say the same thing twice. Okay, may I answer. She just kept on screaming Now look what she is referring to is the increasing sentencing provisions of the 1994 Crime bill. 90 percent of the people in prison too long are in state prisons and local jails. But it's also true that there are too many people in the federal prisons, President Obama is trying to let them out. Here's what happened. When I became president the headlines in the newspaper, were full. Now wait a minute, I listen to you, you listen to me. Vice president Biden his family comes from Scranton, he was the chairman of the committee, I had an assault weapons ban in it, we had money for inner-city kids for out of school activities we had 110 thousand police officers so we could put people on the street not in these military vehicles so they would look like the people they were policing we did all of that (applause) and Biden said you can't pass this bill the republicans will kill it unless you put more sentencing in. I talked to a lot of African American groups, they thought black lives mattered they said take this bill because our kids are being shot in the street by gangs. We had 13 year old kids planning their funerals. She don't want to hear any of that. You know what else she doesn't want to hear because of that bill we had a 25 year low in crime a 33 year low in the murder rate, and listen to this because of that and the background check law we had a 46 year low in deaths of people by gun violence and who do you think those lives were that matter. Whose lives were saved that mattered.(Cheers and applause) Hillary didn't vote for that bill because she wasn't in the senate she was spending her time trying to get health care for poor kids. Who were they? (cheers) And their lives mattered. (Cheers) Ooohhhh (boos) now wait a minute, wait a minute Now you're screaming. So let's do another one. (Crowd starts chanting HRC, HRC) Wait, see these other signs, that's what's the matter. I don't know how you would characterize the gang leaders who got 13 year old kids hopped up on crack, and sent them out in the streets to murder other African-American children maybe you thought they were good citizens, she didn't , she didn't (loud cheers) You are defending the people who killed the lives you say matter. (Crowd cheers wildly) Tell the truth, you are defending the people, who caused young people to take guns, there was a 13 year old girl who was planning her own funeral (still hear protesters) That's not true And the reason they know it's true, because they won't hush. When somebody won't hush and listen to you that ain't democracy they are afraid of the truth. Don't you be afraid of the truth (cheers) Don't be afraid of the truth.",
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"content": "He kind of came off as condescending. It would have been nice if he would have given that woman a mike so they could have had an actual dialog. You know who did that when a BLM protester showed up Sanders.",
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"content": "And that accomplished virtually nothing. ",
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"content": "It showed beyond a shadow of a doubt that he was willing to listen to normal everyday citizens. It showed humility and decency even when he didn't have to.",
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"content": "He was bullied. Crashing a podium is not expressing yourself in a civil way. You are not entitled to be heard when you act like an asshole. ",
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"content": "Yes he certainly could have not given them the podium, however he did something exceptional. He let them speak. Even if they to most people made fools of themselves. Even if they were rude and disrespectful. He let them speak. This is why I respect him. He had the power to not let them speak, and instead he gave up that power.",
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"content": "k. \n\n",
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"content": "I notice you didn't include what she said...",
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"content": "Watch the video. Please.",
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"content": "I actually did watch the video. I still think he came off as condescending. Instead of addressing what was going on today he talked about the 90s. The legislation that was passed resulted in horrible perhaps unintended consequences for many people in this country. He didn't really address any of that.",
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"content": "The woman was holding a sign that said Hillary is a murderer. ",
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"content": "Id personally would like to know what she was saying, and what the sign was about. I doubt it was about benghazi lol",
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"content": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOhvamS1CDs",
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"content": "Good. He was right. ",
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"content": "The crime bill that he and Hillary supported created minimum sentencing guidelines for crack cocaine that were disproportionately higher than those for powdered cocaine. He can pretend that it only affected murderers, but that doesn't make it true. The truth is that the law targeted African Americans and poor people. We have more people in prison than any other time in recorded history and his efforts are at least partly to blame. \n\nLast year he acknowledged these shortcomings and apologized for what you'd like to believe were unintended consequences of the legislation. He could have followed suit and apologized again today. He could have simply ignored the protesters. Instead he made it clear that he feels his actions were justified and that he doesn't give a shit about the communities they affected. \n\nI mean, really? Black lives matter in Africa? Wtf is that supposed to mean? Sure everyone wants to help those suffering in Africa, but it has jack shit to do with this race and what's going on in the US. \n\nInstead of talking down to activists, he could have admitted that things have not improved for a lot of working families in this country. He chose the low road, and now he looks like an asshole. \n\nI guess at least he didn't suggest that the protesters should be [carrying his bags.] (http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2012/09/05/160599692/the-odd-couple-what-clinton-adds-for-obama) ",
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"content": "Yeah I kinda figured it was something like that. Or the time he took time out to watch a mentally handicapped individual get executed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Ray_Rector\nHowever that has little to do with Hillary herself being a murderer. Is there something she did while in office besides the absurd Benghazi fiasco that the woman could have been talking about. I really am genuinely curious as of now if Sanders doesn't get the nomination I am still considering voting for her. I do want to know who I may be voting for however.",
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"content": "She had an unprecedented role as first lady in her husband's administration. She championed that crime bill and the welfare reform legislation that kicked millions of impoverished Americans to the curb. \n\nShe was an outspoken proponent for the Iraq invasion and spent quite a bit of time on the Senate floor praising then president Bush's plans. She also pushed for actions that further destabilized the middle east. \n\n[Bill Clinton ad from 1990. \"Expand the death penalty, that's how we'll protect America.\"](https://youtu.be/Hxb384Y02hk)\n\n[Interview with Christopher Hitchens where he discusses Bill Clinton killing Ricky Ray Rector a lobotomized Black man.](https://youtu.be/S_RqyXT5bt4)\n\n[Clinton vs Bush on Iraq invasion] (https://youtu.be/6lecMstzWzY) \n\n[Clinton vs Sanders on Iraq invasion] (https://youtu.be/2ySJLIc5BJM) ",
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"content": "Is there anything that she did in particular that might draw the ire of BLM. I personally admire BLM on some levels. I know they get allot of hate from many people, however I do think what they are talking about is vital for the future well being of our democracy. As such I am wondering who Clinton had a direct hand in killing in terms of her time as either a senator, governor, or secretary of state. That would directly relate to the BLM movement. I'm sorry I know I am asking allot here. I tried to google this, and I wasn't able to find anything. I really hope that the media is going to interview that protester to find her side of the story.",
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"content": "The crime bill of 94 and the welfare reform of 96 come to mind first. Both of these pieces of legislation are hurting poor, working, and middle class Americans to this day. The Crime Bill has certainly affected black folks disproportionately. \n\nThe war in Iraq is a huge black eye for all people, but certainly for people of color. Destroying a nation of Arabs for financial purposes is unforgivable. Then one has to consider the number of US vets who were harmed in that mistake. It's no secret that poor people and minorities are prime targets for military recruiters. \n\nShe's still backing the war on drugs. She's against universal health care in any meaningful way for poor Americans. I know that the DNC is hailing the ACA as a victory, but there are still 30 million Americans without healthcare. I don't have the data in front of me, but I have reasonable suspicions about what demographics are most affected by that. ",
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"content": "Yeah her continued support of the war on drugs alone despite all the evidence of all the harm it has done. I guess makes her a murderer. I am picturing a world where we abandoned it as soon as the evidence it wasn't working was undeniable. It is almost making me cry to tell you the truth. My best friend has arthritis, and if she could smoke weed to deal with the pain it would make a worlds of difference. That is just one life she has touched with her refusal to change her stances based off of evidence. Let alone the thousands upon thousands of family's that have been recked over essentially a moral crusade. I can totally get it on that level now.",
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"content": "Well to be fair, she isn't supporting the war on drugs on principle alone. Her donors, the pharmaceutical industry, the corrections industry, and law enforcement have a vested interest in maintaining this unending assault against the American public. She's not just hurting people because she believes it's the right thing to do, she's doing it because it's beneficial for her and her class. ",
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"content": "You know what really bugs me is why big pharma isn't pushing for legalization. Create a new class of drug for recreational purposes. Grandfather in drugs we know have limited potential to do harm, and allow big pharma to create new designer drugs that follow three basic principles. First off they can't be physically harmful Second they can't be physically addictive, and third they have to come with there own fast acting antidote. That way if someone is out partying and suddenly plans change they can quick pop the antidote and be good to go in 10 to 20 minutes. This would obviously have to be a highly regulated field. I'm not saying this would be a perfect way to end the war on drugs but it might be a start. Ohhh I also think we should look into giving a portion of the tax proceeds to prisoners convicted for non violent drug offences. This would serve two purposes for one it would give them stable reliable income that they can depend on until they can get themselves established in the world. It would also serve to redistribute wealth to many neighborhoods that need it desperately. Anyway just my thoughts on the matter.",
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"content": "Well speaking about lives that are black or white, they should ask about all the guns that are in the hands of black lives that to Sanders' votes in Congress. The blood of innocents pours off of bloody Bernie's hands. Watch this: https://www.facebook.com/officialraylewis/videos/10154098587720701/?pnref=story",
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"content": "Right? Who else should shit on the downtrodden in this country but the most entitled and comfortable human being on earth. Makes complete sense. ",
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"content": "Downtrodden? \n\nShe was a protestor, not a serf. ",
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"content": ">Downtrodden? \n\n>She was a protestor, not a serf. \n\n\nAnd there you have it folks. Those uppity blacks getting in Bill Clinton's face when they already have it good. They should shut up and get back in their places. ",
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"content": "You are the one calling her \"downtrodden\". \n\nDon't project onto me. ",
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"content": "Your words are yours alone. Now sit in the stink you have made. ",
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"content": "I didn't say downtrodden. You did.\n\nDon't pull a Bernie Sanders now. ",
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"content": "Perhaps you don't understand what the word means. Anyway, change your own diaper. ",
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"content": "She was a protester. ",
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"content": "So you're saying that the black community in the United States isn't downtrodden? ",
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"content": "It depends on what you are referring to. Specifically.\n\nI don't see the black community as a whole as downtrodden, no. ",
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"content": "http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bill-clinton-welfare-reform_us_5707cbf4e4b0c4e26a227a34",
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"content": "Okay. Yet another op-ed. \n",
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"content": "I don't see how there would have been an opportunity for isis to form had we not destabilized the region by invading Iraq. ",
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"content": "We? what part did you play?",
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"content": "Well I certainly didn't give speeches before the Senate pushing the invasion. ",
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"content": "Clinton policies? You mean Bush policies. Bush invaded Iraq.",
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"content": "Clinton was an outspoken supporter of the invasion of Iraq and obviously voted for it. \n\nBtw, I didn't mention the word \"policies\". ",
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"content": "Hillary Clinton wasn't the Secretary of State before, during, and immediately after the Iraq invasion. She was a Senator. She was outspokenly supportive of the military action and she spoke at great lengths in front of Congress about it.\n\nSenators do make policy. They write, sponsor, and vote on bills. The president signs or vetoes them. In this particular case, she was a driving force behind that legislation. \n\n Also, name calling is unbecoming. ",
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"content": "She was not a driving force behind. \n\nThis just another despicable tactic. Trump-like. \n\nSanders must be responsible every time we drone someone innocent in AfPak, right? \n\nAfter all, he voted for the Afghanistan war. \n\n",
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"content": "[Yes she was.] (https://youtu.be/6lecMstzWzY) \n\nThe war in Afghanistan makes sense enough seeing as how our enemies were actually in Afghanistan and had infiltrated the government there. ",
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"content": "So innocents being killed and the Taliban resurgence are due to Bernie's policies then, right? \n\n",
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"content": "What? \n\nAll I said was that that invasion was at least justified. \n\nIf there have been resurgences then that's unfortunate. ",
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"content": "Oh it's just unfortunate? \n\nNot murder? \n\nLol. ",
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"content": "Afghanistan was actually our enemy. We had a valid reason to invade that country and the overwhelming support of the international community. \n\nIraq wasn't involved in 9/11. Sure Saddam Hussain was a terrible dictator, but he wasn't doing anything at that particular time that would have justified the invasion. Our government lied to the international community in order to get support for that war. HRC was part of that lie. \n\nIf you can't tell the difference between those two scenarios then there's no point in continuing this conversation. ",
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"content": "I know the difference. You are the one creating special criteria to call someone a murderer. \n\n",
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"content": "I don't know. Maybe it's just the statist in me that makes me believe that we shouldn't be engaging in unjust, unprovoked foreign wars. I'm not a fan of deploying the US military. I'm not a fan of dropping bombs, though it's obviously necessary for the time being as long as isis holds territory. \n\nNo, I'm no war hawk, but it would be correct to consider me a statist. I mean, the state is always going to be better than a private company for serving the needs of the community, and forcing the will of the people over the will of the corporation or the wealthy. ",
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"content": "Do you even know what a statist is? ",
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"content": "Yeah. But my question for you is why you would bother to use the term? Why is it necessary in our conversations? ",
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"content": "Because someone who would ban all guns would be a statist. ",
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"content": "Why are we talking about statism? ",
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"content": "Outspoken? Source?",
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"content": "https://youtu.be/6lecMstzWzY\n\nhttps://youtu.be/2ySJLIc5BJM",
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"content": "lol, how did he *think* that would end? I guess crossing his fingers and hoping you wouldn't follow up with information regarding a topic of common knowledge isn't as effective as /u/michaelconfoy desperately wishes it was.",
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"content": "This isn't news. He's been saying that all along. \n\nWhat's more important is that she's not going to be the nominee. We're going to fight her for it every step of the way. We're not going away. ",
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"content": "How can he support her after she votes for the Iraq War and is bought by the banks? ",
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"content": "So he will support her but he doesn't believe she is qualified? What kind of Trumpian logic is that. ",
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"content": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/04/07/in-his-own-words-bernie-sanders-on-his-spat-with-hillary-clinton/\n\nhttps://youtu.be/LjzHCw3YMks\n\nThis has nothing to do with Trump. Pay attention. ",
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"content": "You just don't get it, I suppose.",
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"content": "*You* don't get it because you aren't paying attention. ",
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"content": "I won't.",
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"content": "If you aren't a Democrat, go away as no one cares. Go vote for Trump or something.",
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"content": "I'm a democrat, so I don't like seeing the party manipulated. I'm just not going to support a corrupt, nanny statist puppet. No I'm not voting for drumpf. But Hillary doesn't deserve my vote either.",
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"content": "Then what does that say about Bernie? \n\n",
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"content": "What you see is what you get. I think he's what the executive branch needs. His justice department would have the right priorities and we wouldn't be meddling in the affairs of other nations. And I think he'd be effective with veto power.",
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"content": "Hey, no candidate is perfect. I guess if that scenario comes to pass, Sanders and I will be voting for different people in the general.",
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"content": "Guess you aren't a Democrat, so why are you even here?",
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"content": "I've been a democrat for decades. You guess incorrectly. I *guess* you make a lot of that kind of mistake.",
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"content": "After giving the Republicans commercials against. What an ass.",
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"content": "Backpedal has hard as you can, Bernie. ",
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"content": "Same old line. This has been addressed. Sanders knew exactly what he was talking about. This is a sad attempt to rehash something that's already been covered. \n\nI'm more interested in Bill Clinton's condescending and offensive remarks this afternoon. ",
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"content": "Yea, worldwide, major media conspiracy. Even NPR and PBS is in on the action.",
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"content": "NPR and PBS have corporate sponsors now. This is common knowledge. ",
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"content": "They both have had corporate sponsors for years, ",
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"content": "Didn't the New York Times already disprove this? \n\nEdit: meaning that he doesn't know how to break up the banks. ",
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"content": "No they did not. ",
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"content": "Yes, the interview was fact checked by the NYT the very next day. ",
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"content": "No it wasn't. \n\nIt was not a fact check. It was someone who wrote an OP-ED in support of Sanders. \n\nShow me the fact check. Because I know what a Times fact check looks like. ",
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"content": "Still waiting... ",
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"content": "Is this about the interview he did with a NY media newsite? Ive listen to it and Mr. Sanders sounded as clearly as possible and responded according to his policies and how he would like to see the future of big banks and how they're run. ",
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"content": "You really need to cool it with the insulting language. ",
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"content": "Yeah. They attempted to make Senator Sanders look like a fool and failed. Even the NYT was all over that shit the very next day. The interview was a political hit job and it blew up in their faces. ",
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"content": "All three of your statements are untrue. ",
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"content": "It is interesting however, with Trump, the man says idiotic comments all the time, Hilary also mumbles at times, but with Bernie its if Olympus has fallen.",
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"content": "It's a little too late for that. Oh well, hopefully, calmer heads will private. But I know that I've personally voted further and further to the fringe, and anyone that's seen me here knows that as well. ",
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"content": "Were the New Deals half loaves? Was the civil rights act of 1964 a half loaf? ",
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"content": "What exactly are you comparing the Civil Rights act of 1964 to currently? And what are you comparing the New Deal to where Sanders is concerned?\n\nSounds like you're taking very important examples from history and comparing them to oranges or apples because nothing Bernie is proposing is akin to either of those things you mentioned.\n\nIf that's the case, then you would also have to agree that Cruz abolishing the IRS is a 'New Deal' of sorts and that if people don't get behind it, it's similar to people not supporting the New Deal or the Civil Rights Act. \n\nAnd that's also wrong.\n\nShow me something that Sanders supports that Hillary does not that would create a major change in the structure of America.\n\nBreaking up banks? Is that is? Because there's no indication that it can even be done, particularly with a republican led Senate and House. \n\nThese are not New Deal situations, certainly nothing Bernie has proposed would be in any way similar to the Civil Rights act of 1964.",
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"content": "I believe what OP's trying to say is the CR act of 64 was a paradigm shift just as the New Deal was. Sanders is proposing spending billions to improve the countries infrastructure. He is proposing laws that would cause a dramatic shift back to the way things were before the Reagan Revolution. He is proposing laws that will loosen up $ hoarded by the 1% in order to allow the 99% to spend it which in-turn would improve the entire country. So tell me what are the differences about the ND and the CR of 64 compared to what Sanders is supporting.\n\nHillary is proposing modest changes that, based on your logic, stand the same amount if not less of a chance of passing a GOP run congress. Why? Because ALL polls indicate voters that lean GOP will not vote for Clinton but WILL vote for Sanders. Voters that WILL support more of what Sanders is proposing simply because he's not Clinton.\n",
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"content": "Clinton's been sideswiping and outright lying about Sanders for how long and now that Sanders hits back Obama gets involved?",
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"content": "Sanders as been sideswiping and lying about Clinton since November 2015",
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"content": "That's not true. ",
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"content": "Prove it.",
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"content": "No that's not how that works. The claim maker needs to prove it. ",
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"content": "Orly? \n\nRemember that.",
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"content": "I went through PolitiFact to see if Sanders had told any lies about Clinton, and the only thing that Sanders said that was rated below \"half true\" was his recent complaint about Clinton saying he was unqualified. That was Mostly False.\n\nClinton also only had one lie against Sanders, and that was her assertion that Sanders would delay the Clean Power Plan, which was rated False. She also had two \"half true\" statements, one was about Sanders not supporting the auto bailout (he supported it on one vote, and didn't support it in another) and the other was calling Obama a \"weak President\" (he said that essentially, but didn't use that exact word).\n\nIn other words, both Clinton and Sanders have been fairly honest regarding the things they say about each other... especially when you compare them to the Republicans. \n\nSo your assertion that Sanders has been sideswiping and lying about Clinton since November 2015? We rate that Mostly False.",
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"content": "Can you provide the links, I think that's pretty amazing!",
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"content": "Just go to Politifact and then look through [Hillary's list](http://www.politifact.com/personalities/hillary-clinton/) of checked statements, and [Bernie's list](http://www.politifact.com/personalities/bernie-s/) of checked statements. I'll try to get links up in a little while when I have a moment.",
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"content": "Your right. Our candidates are fairly honest with each other. Hillary and Bernie aren't liars. Their sponsored pundits and surrogates on the other hand are a different story. ",
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"content": "Hold up, whatever happened to #ToneDownForWhat?",
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"content": "Finally! An adult in this kindergarten!",
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"content": "As both Clinton and Sanders have escalated the rhetoric, I don't take Obama's warning as anti-Sanders.\n\nGo Dems! Beat the worthless, rotten GOP wretches!",
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"content": "http://realorsatire.com/thepeoplesview-net/\n\n\nhttp://www.thepeoplesview.net/2012/10/nate-silver-just-isnt-that-good-at.html ",
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"content": "http://www.ibtimes.com/clinton-foundation-donors-got-weapons-deals-hillary-clintons-state-department-1934187",
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"content": "So? What does that have to do with this? Are you always off-topic. Is this the first time we have sold weapons to the Saudis?",
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"content": "http://downtrend.com/robertgehl/oops-bill-clinton-says-he-accidentally-took-500000-from-algeria-during-key-arms-negotiation-with-state-department\n\nhttp://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/clinton-email-scandal-heres-one-thing-hillary-was-trying-to-hide/",
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"content": "> Is this the first time we have sold weapons to the Saudis?\n\nEveryone else did it. So it must be okay! amirite?",
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"content": "Are you suggesting that we have a foreign policy change at the drop of a nickel, no discussion, just because?",
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"content": "That is basically the policy of both Sanders and Trump. ",
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"content": "There is no proof that the foundation had anything to do with an already-ally purchasing weapons. Especially since they've been an ally and weapons buyer for years. \n\nThat again is more McCarthy tactics from Sanders supporters. \n\nDid any communist regimes have undue influence on Sanders while he was a US Senator? \n",
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"content": "Or maybe ... just maybe ... Saudi Arabia has been an ally and weapons buyer for years because the Saudi royal family has been able to acquire access and favors from our government.\n\nDespite being a monarchy in the gotdamned 21st century, being one of the most oppressive and brutal regimes on the planet, 15/19 9-11 hijackers being from Saudi Arabia, exporting Wahhabiism, enriching themselves first and foremost from the oil industry, the House of Saud being more cartel than government, etc.\n\nAnd you clearly don't know what McCarthy-ism was. ",
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"content": "And what does that have to do with the Clinton Foundation?\n\nIt's correlation without showing proof of causation. A logical fallacy. \n\nWhich is what McCarthyism is. Concluding guilt without proof, just innuendo and correlation. \n\nI know exactly what it is. The righties have been using it against us for years and now we see ourselves cannibalizing. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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"content": "Keep voting the same way and you'll keep getting what you've always got.",
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"content": "I don't want a war on capitalism, though. ",
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"content": "You're confusing *oligarchy* with *capitalism*. I used to do that also.",
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"content": "Considering 48% of Americans have investments in Wall Street and a tax on speculation would affect us, this is about more than just \"oligarchy\" which we don't have now anyways.\n\n",
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"content": "Taxes aren't always bad, despite what the GOP and their Democratic Party cohorts claim. Many times, taxes are an investment in America itself.\n\nThe fact that people like Mitt Romney pay 13-15% of their income in taxes, while folks who derive their income via wages from a job pay much more, and corporations play shell games to get out of paying taxes altogether, illustrates the extent to which America's tax burden has been shifted unto you and I.\n\nAnd you're very wrong regarding America not having an oligarchy.",
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"content": "I am right that we don't have an oligarchy. \n\nThat is like when the righties say we have a socialist state. \n\nBernie would not even be running, let alone competing, if we had an oligarchy.\n\n",
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"content": "Do yourself a favor and look up what \"oligarchy\" means. Having somewhat recently taken college economics classes (old fart student), it actually has a definition in Economics.",
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"content": "I'm really glad this was posted. At the end of the day, we have two fantastic candidates that are both positioned to do great things for the country. Social media (and Reddit) are always going to get divisive, but we're in much, much better shape than the GOP on a party unity front, that's for damn sure.",
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"content": "I harp on it to anyone who will listen. The Hillary-Bernie war is painful to watch because it's contrived. The Democratic Party is a \"big umbrella\" party, and yet we have pretty broad ideological agreement. The candidates are angling for votes and we all have our preferences, but we all know that we're playing for the same team. You really can't say that about the Republicans.",
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"content": "Exactly. It's one of the reasons we're going to win the WH, Senate, and maybe even the House in November.",
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"content": "Donald Trump is the gift that keeps on giving. And honestly, so is Ted Cruz. It's not a stretch to say that either Bernie or Hillary would pull 55% against Trump or Cruz, and when you consider that Obama's 365 electoral vote victory in 2008 was had with only 52.9% of the vote, 55% puts us in 400 electoral vote range.",
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"content": "I mean, let's not get complacent, and you never know what could happen, but I think you're right that it's been great so far.",
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"content": "Oh I'm not complacent, but I think the media outlets have a vested interest in people paying attention to their coverage of the elections, and the election is not nearly as contested as it's being made out to be - not just the general, but the Republican primary more importantly. Trump has dominated what started as a 17 candidate race and has rarely had more than a plurality in any state. If he wins with 40% of the vote, that means 60% of his own party voted against him. There's just nothing dominant about that. And no matter which of them wins, state-by-state polling has consistently shown that either Democratic candidate would keep all of Obama's states with the opportunity to pick off a few of Romney's states. Assuming these four candidates, not only does a path not exist for the Republicans, it never existed in the first place. ",
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"content": "Fair, I can't really dispute any of that.",
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"content": "I'm happy you posted this. Those that support division in our party should just be ignored. ",
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"content": "Much of the division comes from people who weren't in the party a year ago and some who still aren't today. I can't stress enough that liking one candidate doesn't necessitate hating the other candidate. We're not Republicans, we shouldn't act like Republicans. ",
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"content": "> We're not Republicans, we shouldn't act like Republicans.\n\nI couldn't agree more with this statement or this sentiment. \n\n>Much of the division comes from people who weren't in the party a year ago and some who still aren't today. \n\nThese people are toxic to the party. I am not a fan, but I also appreciate having a difference in opinions. What I can't tolerate is nonsense and misinformation to the point of lying about our candidates. I'm happy this was posted because it helps folks like me refocus on what's important... the party and unity. It takes people from the fridges and rationalises them. We ought to post more stuff like this here to recenter ourselves. For the others, that want to cause division, they need to be ignored. \n\n>I can't stress enough that liking one candidate doesn't necessitate hating the other candidate. \n\nI'm glad you see that, and I hope we all can see that as the election continues. I ,of course, haven't gotten to that point, but if we fill the sub with positivity I think we can all get there and just leave the stragglers behind. I think we were is a worse state in 08, but this primary is getting there, if not already at levels of toxicity. ",
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"content": "> We ought to post more stuff like this here to recenter ourselves. \n\nI plan to! If Democrats are fighting Democrats, that means they're not fighting Republicans. We can disagree without being disagreeable, because the other Democrat is always a better alternative than the Republican. ",
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"content": "I was just talking about this exact thing in another sub. I admit I'm as guilty as anyone with getting heated, and I realize more and more I need to control my rhetoric more. I hope all of our disagreements remain the proverbial family quarrel. \n\nMy concern is it is more than just twitter and facebook and reddit. The BLM protestors and Bill Clinton clashing is driving the wedge betwen black voters and the Clintons even further, and polls indicating something like 1/4 of sanders supporters will not vote for clinton should she be the nominee. I hope we come together and unite, or I fear we may end up in an election or two as disunited as the republicans are now. ",
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"content": "Honestly, if Clinton is eventually the nominee, it will be up to Sanders to pull his voters over to her side, and I think he would deliver. A bit more of a difficult task for him than it would be for Clinton since he's attracted so many independents to his side while Clinton has attracted largely registered Democrats, but when it comes down to it I think the vast majority of each side's supporters would decide that they need to vote for the winning Democrat against the winning Republican. \n\nIn 2008, McCain brazenly (and haphazardly) tried to attract Clinton voters by making Palin his running mate and assuming that some large swath of women would switch their vote from one side of the ideological spectrum to the other based solely on gender. In 2016, not only is there not much of a case to be made for Clinton or Sanders supporters to switch to any of these Republican nominees, I'm not sure these Republicans will even feign trying to attract the eventual loser's supporters.",
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"content": "> One curious feature about political reform is that so many people feel it is \"disloyal\" to attempt to rectify the abuses in one's own party. And yet it is obvious that political morality is dependent upon the awakened conscience and private morality of the voters. Such \"disloyalty\" is simply an evidence of loyalty to principle.\n\n[Eleanor Roosevelt](http://www2.gwu.edu/~erpapers/mep/displaydoc.cfm?docid=jfk40)\n\nChapter Forty-two, \"The Democratic Convention of 1960\" of The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt ",
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"content": "In fairness, as someone who likes Bernie a whole lot, it's not a great comparison since he's a lifelong independent. I think a quote like that might be more pertinent to local politics, which tends to be very insular, than national politics which is a bit more immune to cleavages. \n\nIt's very difficult - not impossible, but difficult - to build a movement like Bernie is building from the top down rather than the ground up. Top down does not refer to grassroots as much as it refers to building from the executive branch and attempting to trickle down to the legislative branch rather than building from the legislative branch and attempting to trickle up to the executive branch. Whether he wins the presidency or not, the longest lasting effect of his insurgent candidacy will hopefully be like-minded progressives running for and winning seats in Congress and building a *relevant* progressive caucus within the Democratic party that can form a base of support for a progressive executive's policies. ",
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"content": "You think a quote about a Democratic National Convention is more relevant to precinct politics?",
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"content": "I think it's hard to compare the early fifth party system, at least pre-1968, to today, and specifically to this election cycle. I think less has changed at the local level, where machine politics and cronyism can still be prevalent and patronage has a much greater role and loyalty seems to matter a whole lot more.\n\nAdditionally, not to sound like I'm giving a history lesson and necessarily assuming I'm saying things you're unaware of (things people say before they do exactly what they just said they don't want to do), that quote directly preceded an anecdote about the 1958 New York **State** Democratic Convention in which Tammany Hall chose a candidate to oppose a candidate chosen by the mayor and governor, and the Tammany candidate won the nomination in a landslide, and then got crushed by Nelson Rockefeller. The primary missing context is that Eleanor Roosevelt was already bitter because she felt Tammany marginalized her son's political career. The other missing context is that nobody was going to beat Rockefeller anyway. ",
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"content": "If civil debate and criticism is constantly batted down as unloyal, and independents are decried as dangerous, the Democratic Party will stagnate. For progress we must admit our own imperfections, and as an umbrella party representing democratic-republican ideals we have a duty to actively encourage participation in the democratic election of our representatives.\n\nThe rules of the Democratic Party are actually rather specific about encouraging people to register and participate in the delegate selection process. If you read the Delegate Selection Plans for most states you would think there is an active \"Get out the Delegate\" campaign, of course there isn't.",
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"content": "I completely agree with all of that. I disagree with people who want to take their ball and go home if their preferred candidate doesn't win the nomination, though. If Hillary wins, Bernie supporters are better served to support her along with progressive candidates for Congress to try to advance their cause rather than sit out the general and hope to get another shot at Bernie or a similar candidate in 4 years. Similarly, if Bernie wins, Hillary supporters need to acknowledge that the Democratic base has moved to the far left and they can't recoil at the notion of supporting a self-avowed socialist. \n\nThere's a whole lot of give and take right now that needs to happen, and we're in unprecedented territory with this election. As such, it's imperative that we set the correct precedent and advance the party and its policies to the extent that the party in electorate chooses - general will rather than our differing perceptions of common good. ",
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"content": "This headline, and the figures in the article, are yet another attempt at arguing for people to vote against their interests. I won't be cajoled into voting for an anti-populist corporatist because the party which has shifted radically to the right is still slightly to the left of Republicans.\n\nI will not support a candidate that supports illegal war and war crimes. I will not support a candidate that doesn't believe health care is a right. I will not support a candidate that's taken large amounts of money from industries with histories of dangerous, systemic unethical behavior. \n\nThis argument is trotted out every election cycle, but this isn't just another election. The poor and middle-class are being squeezed on an unprecedented scale. The financial crisis left millions badly hurt financially. Campaign finance reform not only failed, corporations have more influence in government than ever. Permanent illegal war without a defined enemy continues. War crimes go largely unreported. Imminent environmental disaster at the hands of the bumbling private sector looms. \n\nSanders' popularity, and Clinton's struggles within the liberal world, aren't just party politics. This is global corporate hegemony and an ever-increasing informed populace unwilling to accept those terms, and if that means abandoning the party most of us were raised to support, we will absolutely do so. If \"moderate\" dems want compromise, they should go back in time a few decades and re-thing adopting Republican positions on so many key issues. ",
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"content": "Whatever works for you. I'm hardly a moderate, but I can't in conscience sit out an election where one candidate is less than ideal but clearly better than a dangerous Republican alternative. I would rather vote to elect that Democrat and work to elect a Congress that might pull them in line with my views than decide only one candidate is pure and the rest aren't worth voting for. And I don't see that as abdicating my principles, I see it as working through the system to change the system. If I chose to only vote for candidates whose views match mine in all aspects, I'd never vote. I don't view my vote as my stamp of approval as much as it's my choice between two candidates given and my support for the one I think can be pulled towards me.\n\nAnd please understand I'm in no way judging you or admonishing your views. Voting is intensely personal and we all have to decide for ourselves what our role is, if any, in an election.",
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"content": "All I can do is repeat myself: They use this tactic every election cycle. The last few it was roe v wade and gay marriage, this time it's Trump. There will always be issues and candidates used to pressure you into voting against your interests. As long as you play their game, you'll get the results they want, that had nothing to do with social issues r most campaign issues, i.e. continued corporate control over government. I won't play that game. ",
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"content": "It's hard to reply to that without sounding like I'm brainwashed (maybe I am, who knows), but I really feel like the Bernie candidacy, win or lose, has us a lot closer to real change. I agree with everything you're saying, I just strongly believe that you can't win the game or even compete in the game if you don't play in the game. ",
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"content": ">I just strongly believe that you can't win the game or even compete in the game if you don't play in the game.\n\nRight, which is why, when conventional means fail, we need grassroots support. We need candidates like Sanders. We need protest and civil disobedience. We may even need to allow a Republican to be elected president so that \"moderates\" know we're serious about populism, and reject the Democratic party's shift to the right. \n\nToday's US is orders of magnitude more corrupt and dysfuntional than the iteration that gave birth to the anti-establishment movement of the 60s and 70s that rocked the world in unprecedented fashion, and until Sanders's campaign there's been almost no response, save for the odd Occupy movement or what have you. It's only appropriate that the realization of corporate hegemony in government be met with every kind of non-violent resistance imaginable. This goes way beyond this election, and I share your sentiment in at least being willing to hope that Sanders' candidacy represents a larger trend we can build on. ",
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"content": "\"We may even allow\".\n\nSuch smugness. If you \"allow\" Trump to be POTUS he will get at least two lifetime SCJOUS choices one of them replacing a liberal. \n\nThis same stuff is what we heard in 2000 and ended up with Bush. \n\nThat didn't lead to any revolution. \n\nIf any supporters stay home or vote in protest to purposely allow the GOP to control the whole thing, it means they never care about principles or the issues. \n\nThey cared about themselves. It's about arrogance and entitlement not changing America for the better. \n\n",
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"content": "Entitlement is ignoring that lives have already been lost, and many are at stake. There is no lesser of two evils when both candidates support permanent illegal war. Environmental disasters are coming.\n\nThe US is bombing non-combatants collecting their dead. They're kidnapping foreign nations and holding them with no charges permanently. They've killed US citizens without charges or trial. Then there's fracking, unregulated markets, etc., etc.\n\nThe time for pragmatism was decades ago, it ever. You're vastly underestimating the significance of corporate hegemony.",
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"content": "Wait, let me get you a soapbox while I play a violin. \n\n",
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"content": "How can you change any of that by sitting out an election? Choosing not to vote because you find both candidates to be sub-optimal seems to me like abdicating having any voice in the direction of the country. If \"there is no lesser of two evils\", there is certainly one further to the right than the other, and at the very least, one who must be responsive to liberals in Congress and one who will only be responsive to conservatives. \n\nI'm not trying to be combative, nor am I really trying to change your mind, I just can't grasp the concept of \"everyone except Bernie is all the same\" because it seems so...narrow to me. ",
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"content": "We do! But it's a game of inches, and I believe electing a Republican would set the movement back by marginalizing the party rather than proving anything to the party. After 2010, the number of people willing to self-identify as a Democrat or a liberal was at a historic low - a stark contrast from the recent historic highs seen in 2006 - and both numbers have crept upward in the ensuing years. Losing elections drives voters away, winning elections attracts them. If Hillary is the nominee, I want to elect her and work to exert as much influence as possible to pull her to the left. I want to elect progressives to Congress and make clear that we don't want to govern from the center. Electing a Republican, especially in a year like this, will galvanize their cause and rally their support, no matter what their voters have to say right now. I believe one of these two Democrats needs to be the president, and we need to work election by election, every year, not every four or even every two, at every level of government, to elect populists who represent the people with votes rather than the people with money. ",
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"content": "Then that means you didn't support Obama either. \n\n",
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"content": "Obama was handpicked by \"the establishment\", just like Bill Clinton was. He was always going to be a corporarist, and people paying attention knew this. No, I don't support war criminals that foment corporate hegemony.",
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"content": "Horse doo doo. \n\nHe was the Bernie Sanders of 2008. \n\nYou folks will say anything to rationalize the hysteria. \n\nMeanwhile, the same people stay home in mid-term elections. \n\nThe hysteria is only activated every four years. \n\nMeanwhile, we would already have a more progressive gov't if voters were not so entitled and lazy. ",
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"content": "\\#WhitesplainerInChief",
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"content": "medium.com?",
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"content": "What's the matter? You don't like the truth? ",
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"content": "You keep using that word. ",
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"content": "They can't handle the truth. Why is that they rarely can post anything from sites that you can actually trust the content? When it is from the Daily Kos, the author is always anonymous. When it is from one of these garbage sites, the author is some nobody, in their 20s, who is a film reviewer or some such thing. Nothing from major media because \"there is a worldwide conspiracy to make Sanders look bad\" I keep hearing. ",
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"content": "There shouldn't be any site or source that you trust unquestionably. That's just simple logic. \n\nYour major news outlets have long since picked their side and they've done little or nothing to reveal and disseminate the truth when it could either hurt their candidate or help her opposition. \n\nI don't see any changes here. I've never trusted the media industry in this country. They're owned by corporate interests just like anyone else. They were complicit in the spreading the lies that got us into iraq. \n\nYou can keep acting like there is some special class of news outlets that should be trusted without question. I'll keep questioning everything I hear or read regardless of the source. ",
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"content": "Did you read the article? ",
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"content": "No. ",
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"content": "So you're saying that you're as worthless as tits on a boar? ",
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"content": "No I am saying I read the first sentence and knew it was trash. \n\nYou got some nerve posting this garbage and then whining about NPR, PBS, NYT and WaPo. \n\nIt is friggin' hilarious. ",
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"content": "Yeah, that's what you're saying. You're going to waste everyone's time here in the comments but you refuse to read the article. That makes you worse than worthless. \n\nIf you had posted \"RonPaul2012!\" that would have been worthless. \n\nNo you're talking about this article like you know, and you haven't even taken the most basic steps that would qualify you to speak. You're actually making people dumber with your comments. Great job! ",
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"content": "Yeah I refuse to read it. \n\nI said that from the beginning. ",
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"content": "Then keep steppin'. \n\nYou're a waste of everyone's time. \n\nLeave the adults to our discussions. ",
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"content": "No, I need to toss dirt on it as I walk by. ",
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"content": "You're not a statist right? ",
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"content": "Me? No. ",
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"content": "They just did the same thing to me over an article from the Intercept.\n\n\"It [The Intercept] always lies.\"\n\nIt's ridiculous as shib. If information is disfavorable, then they call it a lie.",
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"content": ">This is not to say that Sanders was wrong about Panama’s status as a tax haven in 2011 - far from it. He was completely right. He pointed out an obvious truth.\n\nNot obvious to everybody it would seem.\n\nhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/CfTmx0QWQAAXwpn.jpg\n\nAnd his words seem pretty prophetic to me....**\"far from it. He was completely right.\"**",
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"content": "False. Free trade has nothing to do with it.",
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"content": "This is false and I don't know why Sanders supporters keep showing their ignorance of the law by parroting it. ",
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"content": ">Clinton’s statement above is meaningless bullshit and doesn’t merit attention).",
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"content": "So then how come no Americans of significance on the list, no change after 2011?\n",
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"content": "The Rich in the US have better places to set up their shadow companies.\n\n>How have Americans so far escaped the biggest leak of financial data of all time? It’s not because wealthy Americans don’t use offshore bank accounts to avoid U.S. taxes: they do—to the tune of $1.2 trillion in 2014,\n\n http://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2016/04/the-panama-papers-where-are-the-americans-000083#ixzz45Mb3ZV1O\n\nBut there are Americans involved in this as well.\n\n\n\nThe names of hundreds of Americans have surfaced in the Panama Papers, including a handful of U.S. businessmen accused or convicted by U.S. authorities for ties to financial crimes or Ponzi schemes.\n\n>The names of hundreds of Americans have surfaced in the Panama Papers, including a handful of U.S. businessmen accused or convicted by U.S. authorities for ties to financial crimes or Ponzi schemes.\n\nPoint is like Sen. Sanders said there was no reason for this agreement other than shadow banking. it is not like there is a robust manufacturing or a lot of people there hungry for American goods",
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"content": "> The Rich in the US have better places to set up their shadow companies.\n\nAnd so Sanders was in fact wrong then. \n\n>But there are Americans involved in this as well.\n\nHow many involved how? \n\n>The names of hundreds of Americans have surfaced in the Panama Papers, including a handful of U.S. businessmen accused or convicted by U.S. authorities for ties to financial crimes or Ponzi schemes.\n\nSo did the trade agreement change how these criminals behaved? That a name surfaced does not mean much.\n\n",
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"content": "> And so Sanders was in fact wrong then\n\nNo this was done to benefit rich tax evaders...no other reason. \n\n>How many involved how? \n\nLots of paper still unknown...clink the link \n\n>So did the trade agreement change how these criminals behaved?\n\nIt made this all possible.",
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"content": "> No this was done to benefit rich tax evaders...no other reason. \n\nHow was the agreement between the U.S. and Panama for rich tax evaders given that we don't have any evidence yet of their using this?\n\n\n>Lots of paper still unknown...clink the link \n\nSo you are getting yoru accusations in now before the data.\n\n>It made this all possible.\n\nHow? Tell me how our agreement enabled the PM of Iceland to cheat.\n",
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"content": ">we don't have any evidence yet \n\nWOW what does it take.\n\n.Do yourself a little favor...realize that you are getting screwed and stop defending the right of the wealthy to take it all.",
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"content": "> WOW what does it take.\n\nEvidence. Like something to show that there was an increase in Americans using Panama to launder money following the agreement.\n\n>.Do yourself a little favor...realize that you are getting screwed and stop defending the right of the wealthy to take it all.\n\nI didn't defend the wealthy, I didn't defend theft. I said the Panama Papers do not show anything suggesting that the U.S. Panama agreement lead to an increase in Americans using money Panama to hide money. ",
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"content": "As a Sanders supporter, I've been saying this for 5 months. Negative bullshit helps the person you're attacking. It's a proven fact. And I've seen it over and over…the tide is turning, people who have been democrats for a decade are mocking the younger generation as not understanding the political process and, indeed, it would seem many don't understand it. \n\nAnd they're killing Sanders. They really are. They're lashing out like crybaby republicans, taking Fox News like swipes at Hillary.\n\nIs the candidate you support better than the one you don't? Then fucking talk about that? You're spending all your breath on Clinton and she has gained a lot of support from that kind of shit. It's a fact.\n\nAnd if the best you can do is attack the opponent, maybe the candidate you're supporting isn't that great after all. Ya think? I mean, wouldn't you otherwise be espousing the positive aspects of the candidate you're supporting instead of spending all your time talking about his opponent?",
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"content": "Listen to this Sanders supporter. The only one that I UV all the time!",
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"content": "That doesn't mean he's wrong in this particular case, and we should focus on the merits of *this* argument, not the irrelevant actions of the past. Bernie is really good at doing that (moving beyond retribution for past mistakes and focusing on actual common ground), and it's a lesson Democrats would do well to learn from him. Otherwise, we risk becoming the intractable obstructionists that the GOP have become. ",
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"content": "No, he's wrong. He's terrible. Just after i made that comment he mocked the victims families of Sandy Hook in another thread. ",
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"content": "what is worse is those idiots who are saying, \"I'm voting for Bernie or Trump.\" \n\nWTF is your political party affiliation? These two can not be anymore farther apart on the political spectrum, and yet you go from Bernie to Trump? GTFO, you are just sitting on a bandwagon.",
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"content": "Same thing happened with PUMAs in 08. If Clinton supporters want to claim the mantel of being more mature them you should understand what is like to be on the losing side and have some empathy. Especially if you were a Clinton supporter in 08.\n",
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"content": "And they disappeared in a matter of weeks. The Bernie or Bust folk have been with us the whole campaign and Sanders does nothing to discourage it.",
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"content": "What? They were a regular fixture throughout the campaign, with lasted months and got louder the more apparent it was that she was going to lose. They made complete asses of themselves when they protested DNC meetings regarding the fate of MI and FL delegates, screaming, \"party unity my ass.\" \n\nMany even stuck around a bit after Obama and Clinton finally meet and struck a deal. It was after this point the media stopped reporting on PUMAs because they considered the Democratic race over and switched to the general. \n\n",
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"content": "Look if Hillary wants to act like she doesn't need my vote then tough titty. If she wants to use the Sandy Hook tragedy as political football to smear Bernie then I'm taking my ball and going home. She doesn't get my vote and if she's such a damn great candidate then she can win without my vote. ",
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"content": "And if Trump is president you can feel proud that you did your bit.\n",
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"content": "I live in Texas, my fucked up state is going for Trump anyway. Might as well vote for someone with some God damn integrity like Dr. Jill Stein.",
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"content": "Then you might as well vote for Trump.",
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"content": "Except that Im voting for Dr. Jill Stein if I cant vote for Bernie, can't you read? Hillary Clinton is disenfranchising me, so why should I vote for her? She's personally insulting my generation saying we don't do our research when in reality I don't want to vote for her because I DID do my research.",
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"content": "When Clinton loses because she polls worse in the general, you can feel proud you wanted to lose the election just to win the nomination.",
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"content": "WTF are you trying to say? ",
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"content": "That you don't care about the tactics you're using to get Clinton the nomination, and that those tactics are going to shoot you in the foot come November. It's hubris.",
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"content": "What tactics don't I care about?",
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"content": "Trashing Sanders and his supporters.",
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"content": "Such as what? You can't seriously be complaining that Clinton has trashed Sanders. This has been the softest kindest campaign I've seen. ",
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"content": "Like saying young people vote Sanders cuz they're gullible and don't do research? I mean really, just because Hillary was *worse* last time doesn't mean it's ok for her to be bad today.",
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"content": "And Sanders fell for a WaPo headline and called Hillary unqualified. ",
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"content": "She failed to answer that question three times, you might be stupid enough to not see what she believed but we're not and we're offended probably more if she wasn't trying to say he wasn't qualified because of how incompetent she is at not insulting.",
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"content": "She did not say he was not qualified, he said she was. Given she is one of the most qualified candidates in at least recent history his remarks was odd.",
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"content": "The fact you continue to be coy is, again, the reason why Bernie supporters are put off.\n\nThis might be politics as usual for most hardlined Democrats—\"she didn't say he wasn't qualified, she just didn't say he was qualified\"—but it's why so many Millennials aren't putting up with your bullshit.\n\nGo ahead and lose the youth vote for a generation by being ultra political, even the GOP is adapting.",
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"content": "So the Sanders campaign bullshit smells sweet? ",
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"content": "No, we don't like it either, we wish Hillary would stop starting shit so we could keep talking about issues.",
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"content": "Bull. She did not start anything here. ",
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"content": "Is Bernie qualified?\n\nDo young people do research on candidates?\n\nDo people support Bernie cuz they're gullible?",
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"content": "Here are some recent examples of Clinton going negative at Bernie Sanders... \n\nhttp://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hillary-clinton-indication-sanders-elect-democrats/story?id=38123215\n\nhttp://www.mediaite.com/tv/hillary-i-feel-sorry-for-the-young-people-who-believe-sanders-camps-lies/\n\nhttp://www.mediaite.com/tv/hillary-clinton-brushes-bernie-sanders-off-with-most-dismissive-chuckle-ever/\n\nhttp://www.cnn.com/2016/04/02/politics/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-democrat-wisconsin/index.html\n\nhttp://www.newsweek.com/new-york-debate-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-delegates-443450\n\nhttp://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/04/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-apology-221457\n\nhttp://time.com/4278071/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-gun-control-new-york/\n\nhttp://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/mar/10/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-says-bernie-sanders-wants-delay-cl/\n\nhttp://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/clinton-sanders-trump-abortion\n\nhttp://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/274665-report-clinton-ally-files-fec-ethics-complaint-against\n\nhttp://www.cnn.com/2016/03/29/politics/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-wisconsin/index.html\n\nhttp://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/albany/2016/04/8595700/clinton-new-york-criminals-get-guns-vermont\n\nhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/04/06/clinton-just-blasted-sanders-for-not-being-a-democrat-heres-why/\n\nhttp://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/dem-primaries/275325-clinton-slams-sanderss-unimaginable-position-on-guns\n\nhttp://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-04-06/clinton-says-sanders-hadn-t-done-his-homework-on-breaking-up-banks\n\nhttp://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/04/06/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-wisconsin-cnn-interview/82711600/\n\nShe's been starting shit, alright. ",
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"content": "Wow, an opposing candidate said negative thigns and think she is better. How dare she.\n\nMeanwhile this \"qualification\" thing she did not start. But Sanders fell for a newspaper headline.\n\n",
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"content": "After weeks of the garbage that I just posted. Her campaign said she would disqualify and defeat Bernie before unifying the party at a later date. What does \"disqualify\" mean? \n\nWhen asked three times about whether or not Bernie was qualified for the presidency, she refused to answer each time. Her silence was deafening. This isn't a court of law. The fifth amendment isn't going to protect her. By refusing to admit three times that her opponent is qualified for the office, she implied that he was not. \n\nShe's can go on the offensive for weeks and then insinuate that Bernie Sanders is unqualified, but when she gets a taste of her own medicine, she acts like an innocent victim of Bernie Sanders's own confusion. \n\nGive me a break. Maybe you and HRC think that American voters are stupid, but most of us have seen through this garbage. You keep doing you, though. It's entertaining if nothing else. I've noticed that she's called off the attacks on Bernie Sanders. I look forward to adding to that list. ",
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"content": "You do understand that Sander backtracked from the unqualified remark don't you? The idea is that you are supposed to campaign for votes from the party. You are not supposed to provide ammunition for the other party in the general.\n",
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"content": "No not really. He pointed out that she can be disqualified for her influences and sponsors. That stuck. \n\nBoth candidates agree that they'd be a better choice than anyone that the GOP could offer. \n\nHe made it clear that if the candidate wanted to continue along such lines that he had no qualms with approaching her with her own tactics. Have you noticed that I haven't added to that list since that incident? ",
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"content": "And you and Sanders apparently still can't actually see that the WaPo headline was not a Clinton quote.",
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"content": "Make no mistake about it. She had been alluding to the idea that Sanders wasn't qualified. She refused to admit that he is qualified. Her campaign made an official statement saying that they would \"disqualify and defeat Sanders and unify the party later\". \n\nShe can play games, use dog whistles, and outright refuse to refute the words, but she's not fooling anyone. ",
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"content": "Of course campaigns say their candidate is the better one. That is not the same as handing ammunition to the Republicans. What is wrong with saying they would \"disqualify and defeat Sanders and unify the party later\"? You do get that they are opponents, right? ",
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"content": "It is the same. She should have just admitted that Sanders is qualified. She doesn't get a free pass for remaining silent. This isn't a court of law. She can't plead the fifth. It wouldn't have hurt her or her campaign one bit to admit that the man is qualified, but by using all of this dogwhistle language and innuendo, she's hurt her campaign and the party altogether. Bernie had every right to stand up for himself. If he had remained silent the rhetoric would have escalated and he would look soft for allowing her to attack him day after day for several weeks. ",
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"content": "She was silent so I attacked her. \n\nYeah, that sounds like a great comment. Apparently anything other than praises for Sanders is a vile attack on him and demands response.\n\n",
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"content": "She wasn't silent. She purposely refused to admit he is qualified. \n\nYou're arguing in bad faith here. Hillary Clinton was attacking Bernie Sanders on a daily basis for about two weeks at that point. You can't pretend that she's innocent and that Bernie lashed out at her from nowhere. That's preposterous. ",
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"content": "\"If mom doesn't do what I want, I'm going to throw the chicken nuggets on the floor!\"",
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"content": "If your mother can't make nuggets without using a national tragedy to heat them up, then fuck those nuggets. Also, your mother might be a horrible person.",
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"content": "When people are telling you they feel disenfranchised by your candidate... And then you continue disenfranchising them, they're no longer the one acting like a spoiled, immature, invalid.",
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"content": "You don't know what \"disenfranchise\" means, huh?",
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"content": "Who's mom exactly? \n\nYou're not making sense. \n\nIt's not childish for voters to take their votes elsewhere when a party refuses to represent them. That's the way that democracy works. ",
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"content": "\"A bunch of people don't want to vote for Clinton who says they're gullible and too stupid to do research—why hasn't Sanders done anything to stop this?\"\n\nAre you kidding me right now?",
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"content": "I became a Clinton supporter because of how Sanders supporters kept insulting me. About the 10th time I was told condescendingly something about old people I gave up.\n",
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"content": "So you're somebody who changed support because of trolls on the Internet but you want to tell me I should change support **despite the actual candidate insulting me?** Good amount of cognitive dissonance right there.",
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"content": "That's not true. And if it is, that's hilarious. ",
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"content": "I don't mind, I suspect you are a liar as well.",
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"content": "It's fine for you to call me a liar because you're a HRC supporter. ",
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"content": "\"I'm voting for Bernie or Trump. And it is unfair to have a close primary.\"",
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"content": "Open primary is bullshit. \n\nI wonder how many democrat voted for Ted Cruz in Wisconsin to block Trump.",
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"content": "We agree.",
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"content": "Don't be asinine. Those people are voting for change above all else. Literally in any direction.",
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"content": "I love Bernie, and one of the reasons is because (until this past week) he ran a positive campaign about ideas. But every time I come to reddit I see a ton of really hyperbolic negative stories about Hillary at the top of my front page, most of which are really bullshit when you look at them, and damaging to the party. In reality, Hillary is a strong voice on the left. She will fight for LGBT rights, the environment, minorities, women, the working poor, all of it. She is sharp as a tack and tough. Even if you want Bernie to win you do not want to hurt Hillary directly, that's just helping the Republicans, who at this point are a party who fight hard for the rich and intolerant. So please, Bernie supporters, look to the man himself for leadership and voice your ideas loud and clear, but hold off on the mudslinging. Let the Republicans do that.",
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"content": "I honestly, would not be surprised in the slightest if people from that Trump subreddit were intentionally trying to upvote negative Hillary stuff be it posts or comments, just to try to get more people on Trump's side if Hillary wins the nomination. Call me crazy, but people who use the word cuck as insult are definitely not above that kind of behavior. ",
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"content": "What about bashing Clinton over non-trivial stuff? Should we just forget about her involvement in numerous assassinations in the interest of party unity?",
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"content": "Pretty sure that she hasn't assassinated anyone. Source?",
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"content": "According to [this](https://theintercept.com/drone-papers/the-kill-chain/), a drone assassination cannot take place without her approval.",
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"content": "That approval comes from the POTUS, not SecState. ",
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"content": "According to the source, approval has to come from all of the chain of command, which includes the Secretary of State. Just because the POTUS's approval is needed does not mean that the Secretary of State's approval is not needed.",
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"content": "In that capacity, she is just an agent of the President. She can't over-rule his order she just carries it out. \n\nSo no, she didn't order any kills. Quit your bullshit. ",
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"content": "According to the source, the assassination cannot take place without her approval.\n\n>\"One Disagrees = STOP\"",
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"content": "Uh, no. \n\nShe is carrying out the order of the President.\n\nIf she refused to approve it he would just over-ride her. She was his representative abroad. She doesn't command troops. \n\nPlease take a civics class and learn that SecState is not Commander in Chef.\n\nThe Intercept is rotting your reasoning. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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"content": "And that source is garbage. \n\nYour comment history shows that you've been spreading that lie everywhere. It's pretty pathetic to see that you read something somewhere and you preach it everywhere as gospel. \n\nIt's quite simple-minded and shows you can't think for yourself. \n\nNo offense. \n\n\n\n\n",
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"content": "What is your basis for disregarding this information? I'm not sure your comment actually makes sense. Learning stuff about an important issue and telling people about it it isn't simple minded, and I don't know why you would try to frame it that way.\n\nYou know what is dishonest though? Disregarding information because you don't like it.",
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"content": "I disregard because it's garbage. \n\nNewsflash: everything on the Internet doesn't deserve credence just because it exists. ",
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"content": "So are you going to give a reasonable basis for saying that the source is garbage?",
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"content": "It is unsourced and always lies. \n\n",
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"content": ">It is unsourced and always lies.\n\n-- /u/VegaThePunisher\n\nJust quoting so you can't delete it. This is a pretty bad reaction to hearing a credible report that is disfavorable to Hillary Clinton.",
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"content": "It's not credible. \n\nYou may think I am dancing to your tune, but you are actually dancing to mIne. ",
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"content": ">It's not credible.\n\n>You may think I am dancing to your tune, but you are actually dancing to mIne.\n\n-- /u/VegaThePunisher",
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"content": "Yup.",
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"content": "The source is a Pentagon study and it's* literally in the first line of the article. ",
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"content": "That Pentagon study proves Clinton orders kills? ",
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"content": "Read the article and then you won't have so many questions. ",
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"content": "I don't particularly have a problem with targeted killing. Better than blowing up a town and much much better than targeting civilians.\n",
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"content": "Well I think you're wrong to be ok with targeted killing in general. But targeting civilians is actually a part of the targeted killing program we have, so you should still oppose it on this basis.",
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"content": ">Well I think you're wrong to be ok with targeted killing in general.\n\nWhy is untargeted killing better than targeted? \n\n\n> But targeting civilians is actually a part of the targeted killing program we have\n\nNo it is not. You are free to provide evidence otherwise.\n\n",
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"content": ">Why is untargeted killing better than targeted?\n\nIt's not. \n\n>No it is not. You are free to provide evidence otherwise.\n\n[Abdulrahman Al-Awlaki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdulrahman_al-Awlaki) and his father were both civilians and both targeted and killed in separate attacks.",
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"content": "Al Awalki was running a violent terrorist organization and engaged in a war with Kuwait. He was a civilian in the same sense that the Sec of Defense is a civilian. ",
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"content": "Anwar, the father, just made pro-Al Qaeda publications. 16-year-old Abdulrahman wasn't even suspected of that.",
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"content": "He just made propaganda? You know that? And the son was not targeted.",
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"content": "I don't think is fair to put this on only Bernie. Hillary created \"Obama Bros\" and \"Bernie Bros\" while some of her top supporters are saying young women are only voting for Bernie because that's where the men are. Is that not trivial?\n\nFans on both sides and for all candidates bring up trivial things. Republicans are at full war over each other's wives, Jane Sanders just had her hair attacked, and Hillary is probably no different (sorry I can't think of any examples and Seth doesn't mention any but I'm sure there are.)\n\nThere's bad apples in all the parties. Maybe Seth is trying to hold Bernie fans to a higher standard since hes a part of them but he really should be addressing supporters of all candidates.",
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"content": "This is true; he could have said something about \"not stooping to their level\", et cetera, but on the other hand, that may have dulled the impact of his message. ",
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"content": "They were stooping already and even attacked Liz Warren. \n\nThen they claim victimhood when they get smacked. ",
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"content": "Who's claiming victim hood? What are you talking about? ",
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"content": "They claim it all the time, you included.\n\nThe media is victimizing them, Clinton is victimizing them. \n\nYet it's fine for them to attack Warren and stalk super delegates. \n\n",
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"content": "No one has said any such thing. ",
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"content": "> Hillary created...\"Bernie Bros\"\n\nThat sobriquet was created by the media, not by any candidate.\n\n",
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"content": "> Hillary created \"Obama Bros\" and \"Bernie Bros\" while some of her top supporters are saying young women are only voting for Bernie because that's where the men are.\n\nShe apologized for the remark the next day. ",
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"content": "I don't take anybody sincere if while running for presidency they can make that bad of a \"slip-up\".\n\nYou don't \"slip-up\" treating younger people as gullible and unable to make an educated decision just because they don't vote for you, and I honestly wish the younger Clinton supporters would at least acknowledge that instead of excuse that.",
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"content": "Oh, she apologized? That's cool then. ",
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"content": "He's not going to win the nomination. Stick to your principles and your message. That's going to do more good than anything, especially doing the GOP's work for them. ",
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"content": "Look how they downvote you for being reasonable. ",
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"content": "Honestly we have the senate races, congress, and state level government we have to change over as well as the presidency. Even should Bernie get elected if he has what essentially is a congress that wont work with him all his idea's are going to amount to little. While Bernie raised a lot of awareness without the support at both national, state, and local levels we're going to still keep hurting. ",
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"content": "This is literally an argument against any Democrat whatsoever—ironic considering we're talking about helping the GOP's case.",
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"content": "Reasonable? Cryo's point was \"we can be nasty because we don't think Bernie's going to win but you should all just take our nastiness anyways because (of all things) values\".",
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"content": "No, I don't think that is what he said. ",
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"content": "Speaking of doing the GOP's work, keep calling your fellow Democrats unable to do research, gullible people who want free stuff, and unqualified.",
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"content": "Where did I say that?",
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"content": "Your candidate said that. ",
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"content": "Taking Wall St money is not trivial at all.",
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"content": "Obama did it and I still back him. \n\n",
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"content": "Okay? Obama is not the gold standard. I was kind of hoping we would move forward ",
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"content": "No man, \"Change\" is only the slogan when you're Hillary and oddly enough fighting for less change.",
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"content": "Obama would have been better having not done that.",
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"content": "He may have lost also. ",
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"content": "If the people didn't care enough to help his campaign why should he win?",
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"content": "It's certainly not helping Bernie beat Hillary. ",
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"content": "Legitimately thousands are protesting this whole week at the Capitol.\n\nYou're wrong.",
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"content": "Oh sure. I wonder why Bernie is still behind Hillary.",
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"content": "Those two things aren't mutually exclusive.",
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"content": "Denial is a horrible drug for Bernie's rabid supporters.",
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"content": "Aaaaand you can't argue with facts so you go straight to emotional insults. Cute.",
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"content": "I'm happy a Sanders supporter has the sensibility to say we should talk about issues.\n\nI only wish there was a Clinton supporter doing the same.",
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"content": "If \"trivial crap\" is helping Trump, then Hillary is probably the wrong candidate to be supporting and Seth should focus on how best to help Bernie win the Democratic nomination.",
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"content": "Thank you Bernard.",
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"content": "So Clinton can insinuate, make allusions about, and outright refuse to acknowledge that Bernie Sanders is qualified for the job of the presidency, but the instant he calls her out on her conflicts of interest and their effects on her qualifications, he's a sexist. \n\nThat is the biggest sack of smelly shit I've read all week. In fact, acting as if there's any difference between their statements and actions is sexist. If she wants to throw mud she's going to end up getting some on her. That has absolutely nothing to do with her gender. This is preposterous. ",
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"content": "Your anger reveals how much Bernie blew his chances this week. \n\nBernie lied and looked desperate with that attack and is now running for mayor of Vatican City. ",
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"content": "Anger? \n\nThe word is offense. I'm taking offense with this outrageous set of lies. ",
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"content": "Bernie is the one who lied. \n\nLook at you twisting into pretzels. \n\nHe lied, he even said \"quote, unquote\". \n\nLied. Deal with it. ",
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"content": "He didn't lie. She and her campaign repeatedly made allusions and insinuations about his qualifications. She herself refused to admit that he was qualified. ",
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"content": "He said \"quote, unquote\". \n\nStop it and grow up. The man is not a saint or messiah. He can make a mistake. ",
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"content": "He can make mistakes. \n\nThe Washington post published an article with the headline \"Hillary Clinton questions Bernie Sanders's qualifications for the presidency\". \n\nHer words and those of her surrogates did question his qualifications. Maybe he had a slip of the tongue. Who cares about that. That's not what we're talking about. She was slinging mud and inevitably some got on her. ",
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"content": "You are still blaming her for him lying. \n\nJust say \"He made a mistake but we're moving on.\" \n\nSay it. ",
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"content": "https://youtu.be/LjzHCw3YMks",
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"content": "No. ",
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"content": "No, what? No objective reasoning? No facts. I watch your candidate. Or do I? Or am I just a statist? ",
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"content": "What are you talking about? ",
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"content": "No. ",
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"content": "No what?",
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"content": "No. ",
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"content": "Should be \"Pants on Fire\" Bloody Bernie Slanders..",
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"content": "Except that their interpretation is shit and even they admit that the regulations on those two industries are basically the same. ",
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"content": "I still hear the mothers of Newtown, CT crying. Can you hear them too? Maybe the Pope will help educate blood Bernie Slanders.",
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"content": "Using victims families as a political device? Smh. ",
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"content": "Bernie didn't mind. ",
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"content": "Actually he does. That's why he responded in kind pointing out the thousands of Americans who were killed in the war against Iraq, the hundreds of thousands who have been traumatized or injured, and the hundreds of thousands of of Iraqi people who have lost their lives. \n\nThat wasn't a decision about the 2nd amendment, you see. That was an affirmative decision to enact violence on innocent foreign nationals and to use our young men and women to do it. ",
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"content": "So it was okay to exploit their deaths then? \n\nGotcha. ",
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"content": "No it wasn't. See, Bernie Sanders isn't responsible for the unforgivable actions of that young man. He didn't stump for legislation that would force him to kill innocent children. If anyone aside from that young man is responsible for what occurred at Sandy Hook, it would be his mother for giving him access to such weapons. \n\nHillary Clinton fought hard for the Iraq invasion and is personally responsible for the outcomes. The young men and women who went over there had no choice in the matter. \n\nLet me ask you a question. Why are arms manufacturers okay when they're selling weapons to foreign governments and making weapons that the US will use to kill innocent foreign nationals? It's wrong when it comes to Americans' Second Amendment rights, but you're fine when we're selling them to despotic regimes and dictatorships. Hillary Clinton is a great friend of arms manufacturers. She may not give a shit about your rights or the wellbeing of her fellow man, but man does she love hooking arms dealers up with foreign regimes. ",
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"content": "What are you even talking about?\n\nI support the 2nd amendment. And selling arms to Saudi Arabia is mo different technically than when we sell them to Israel. \n\n",
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"content": "You support the second, but then you blame Sanders for Sandy Hook? Please. You're not worth my time. ",
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"content": "I never blamed Sanders for Sandy Hook. \n\nI don't know wtf you're talking about.\n\nI am a liberal. Not statist. I believe in the second but also gun background checks. ",
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"content": "What? \n\nStatist? \n\nWho uses that term? ",
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"content": "Is my user name blurred because I move so quickly? ",
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"content": "Buh Buh momentum",
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"content": "Don't you know that Nate Silver is corporate media and a Hillary Schill that takes donations from Wall Street?",
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"content": "Maybe if Nate Silver had written this, his name would be relevant here. ",
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"content": "You think he lets it out without approving it?",
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"content": "Nate Silver is the owner and editor of 538. He approves all statistical articles like this.",
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"content": "April 19th can not come soon enough",
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"content": "Well first we're going win by a huge margin in Wyoming. Hell, we may even render her nonviable. \n\nNY will come soon enough and we'll be taking home more delegates there too. It's gonna be a good time. ",
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"content": "Congrats Wyoming will definitely make a significant dent in the lead. Also saved, expect me back on the 19th",
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"content": "I'll gladly be here gloating both evenings. See you there! ",
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"content": "Did you even read the article?\n\nWhen Sanders loses NY, it's over. It means he lost every big state so far. ",
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"content": "Sanders isn't going to lose in New York. In fact, we're not going to lose anything, anymore. ",
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"content": "Okay, Karnak. \n\nAnd if he doesn't you will be here trying to explain how him losing means he actually did win and how NY is a southern state and Wall Street is there anyways. ",
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"content": "No, he's going to win. Just like he's been winning. We're going to win and you're going to lose. ",
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"content": "And if he doesn't win NY what will you do? ",
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"content": "He'll complain about how closed primaries are undemocratic.",
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"content": "> No, he's going to win.\n\nTake a look at the latest Emerson poll out of New York today. **Clinton's lead has widened since the last Emerson poll.**\n\nhttp://media.wix.com/ugd/3bebb2_b5e76b2074da42c997193908b170981b.pdf\n\n*To the moon, Alice!*",
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"content": "What large state of minorities has he won? 1, Michigan, barely. NY isn't Michigan.",
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"content": "Yeah, your* candidate seems to be doing pretty well at alienating minority voters these days. ",
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"content": "Sure, we'll see blacks voting for blanders any century now.",
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"content": ">Sure, we'll see blacks voting for blanders any century now.\n\n\nDon't you mean *black people*? ",
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"content": "Black guy here. Many blacks do not take offense to people referring to us as \"blacks.\"",
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"content": "I understand, but undeniably some do. So I just try to avoid it altogether. ",
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"content": "Weird. I guess that's why more blacks are voting for Hillary than they are Bernie. It's weird how Bernie still lacks the black vote, huh?",
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"content": "We'll see. ",
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"content": "We saw.",
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"content": "RemindMe! 10 days ",
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"content": "> Sanders isn't going to lose in New York. \n\nNew York is a closed primary. **Sanders has never won a closed primary this year.**\n\nYou should read the article. It pops all of your little balloons.",
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"content": "RemindMe! April 20 \"Did Sanders lose?\"",
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"content": "RemindMe! April 20 \"Did Sanders lose?\"",
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"content": "Oh sure. He's definitely going to win in NY even though many of his supporters waited too long to register. ",
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"content": "Except that they didn't. The campaign was registering voters in the months leading up to the deadline. We'll do just fine. ",
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"content": "Fine at -15.",
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"content": "So close. Only 15 points off.",
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"content": "> Well first we're going win by a huge margin in Wyoming.\n\nSnort. Wyoming, which has all of 14 delegates.\n\nNew York has six **counties** with more delegates than that **each**.",
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"content": "So let's do these numbers. There are 4 upcoming well polled states where Clinton has a double digit lead: NY, PA, MD, and CA. But let us say that Sanders gets a 1 point win in each of those. And he gets 30 point margins (that's 65/35) everywhere else. If that occurs Sanders still loses.\n\n",
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"content": "Yeah, those numbers aren't etched in stone. The Clintons are doing well by insulting an alienating voters in those states. I wouldn't bet anything real on her. ",
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"content": "What does that mean? The numbers are real. You want to ignore them go ahead. But the reality is that Sanders can win the rest of the states and still lose the nomination. He can get sold 10 point leads everywhere and still lose the nomination.\n",
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"content": "They're not necessarily real. They're projections about the future which is anything but certain. Even the best predictions can be off, and anything can happen at this point. I've seen predictions that give Sanders a 60% chance of winning the nomination. ",
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"content": "The delegate numbers are real. The minimum % are real. \n\n>I've seen predictions that give Sanders a 60% chance of winning the nomination. \n\nBased on anything? ",
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"content": "Based on polling numbers, previous votes, and other demographic data. ",
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"content": "Who is making this prediction? ",
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"content": "It doesn't matter. The point is that you have your data and you're clinging to it. When it's all said and done, they're just predictions. They've been wrong before and they'll be wrong again. ",
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"content": "> It doesn't matter. \n\nYeah it does. A garbage model making a garbage prediction is garbage. \n\n\n>The point is that you have your data and you're clinging to it.\n\nThe data is the data, it is not somehow mine. The data is available to you. I amnot predicting, I am scenario testing. I'm showing that given current data and event A Sanders needs event B. That does not say that A will happen, it says that if it does then he needs B.\n\nSo Clinton has a 210+ lead in pledged delegates. RCP polling averages are NY Clinton +13, PA +18, CA +9. (She has a 31 point lead in New Jersey, but those polls are old, so lets ignore them entirely.) Those are not predictions, those are what the polls are now. \n\nThe simplest and yet accurate model is to use those average as they are. If so then Sanders needs 53 point leads everywhere else. So lets test the other side. Instead of all those wins let us say Sanders does great and gets a 1 point lead in those four states. If Sanders does overcome all of those deficits he only needs to get a more than 30 point lead everywhere else. To put that another way he did worse in WI than he needed to do.\n\n",
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"content": "> It doesn't matter.\n\nOf course it matters. A blithering idiot making a prediction is worthless. Give us an url with someone saying Sanders has a 60 percent chance of winning the election.\n\nShow your cards or go home. We're waiting.",
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"content": "> Based on anything?\n\nThey're Bernie's own projections. They're not real.",
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"content": "> They're projections about the future\n\nPolls are not *projections*. They are real voters saying how they'll vote.",
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"content": "Don't forget NJ. Also votes same day as CA and HRC has huge lead in polls.",
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"content": "I was limiting this to just the 4 states where we have lots of recent polls. The situation for Sanders is a whole lot worse than I made it out to be. Clinton is going to win NY, NJ, CT, PA, and CA. She is going to come into the convention with a resounding lead in delegates as Weaver tries anti-democratic argument after anti-democratic argument on why the delegates should ignore the voters. but simply put when Sanders fails to get a big victory in NY the nails are in the coffin, when he fails again in PA and MD the coffin is in the ground.\n",
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"content": "NJ has no chance in hell of voting for Sanders. If you have lived in NJ you know that. This revolution, Che Guevara t-shirt wearing crap doesn't fly there.",
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"content": "I know. I was just adding to /u/matts2 point. NJ is the cherry on top of Hillary's victory cake.",
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"content": "Yes. The idea that she is going to lose New Jersey is almost as silly as her losing New York.",
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"content": "> a huge margin in Wyoming\n\nHello, it's Saturday calling, and the \"huge margin\" is not happening. Sanders and Clinton may end up splitting the delegates. Nate Silver said Sanders had to take 11 delegates to keep from slipping behind; at best he'll take 8 and maybe only 7 today.",
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"content": "Wyoming? Smallest state, red all white. Oh boy.",
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"content": "Good job making Hillary nonviable and cutting the lead. Oh wait, you did neither",
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"content": "You're fine. Take your shots. I'm a grown man. I can handle it. ",
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"content": "Superdelegates can and probably will take that attitude. But they don't have to. Popular vote doesn't and never has mattered in the American electoral system. Just ask Al Gore.",
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"content": "Ayyy pass the aloe cream ",
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"content": "Apples, oranges. You're comparing a general election, which has electoral votes, with a primary, which does not.",
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"content": "En contraire, primaries absolutely are based on an electoral college. ",
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"content": "The electoral college was created by the constitution. There is utterly no mention of primaries in the constitution. The electoral college doesn't even convene until after the general election in November. Primaries play utterly no part in the electoral college, given they end six months before the general election convenes.\n\nState delegate shares are based on a state's population and the blue/red general election vote. That's why California has significantly more delegates per capita than Texas. State delegate shares have utterly nothing to do with the electoral college.",
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"content": "The DNC and RNC still use an electoral college. Not the electoral college but an. As, for that matter, does the President of Burundi, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Madagascar, Myanmar, Pakistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Vanuatu, the French Senate, the Seanad Éireann, the Chief Executive of Macau and Hong Kong, Bishops of the Eastern Rite, the UK Labour party until last year, and the Pope.",
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"content": "In this thread are contained most of the terrible attitudes of this primary election. \n",
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"content": "If this guy is right, looks like we'll be getting a Republican in the White House. Hoorah.....\n\nHope you're happy!",
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"content": "Sure, it means no red-baiting in the general.",
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"content": "I'm glad you posted this. It clears up some of the untruths that have been published about Bernie Sanders and this invitation to the Vatican. \n\n[This is also a good one.] (http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0X5257) ",
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"content": "Of course they say that now after the leaked truth came out. Don't want to embarrass the guy. Sounds like the Kim Davis/why did the previous Pope retire thing.",
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"content": "What the hell is wrong with you? http://images.dailykos.com/images/235900/large/Screen_Shot_2016-04-08_at_8.27.19_PM.png?1460140225",
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"content": "Another bad strategic move by Sanders.",
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"content": "What's that? ",
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"content": "Traveling to campaign at the Vatican. ",
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"content": "He's not campaigning at the Vatican. He's at a social sciences summit. He's doing something important for humanity. For once in the last twenty or thirty years, the Vatican is capable of doing good for humanity. I'm a staunch atheist and I disagree with organized religion, but I'm glad he's going there. He's doing the right thing. ",
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"content": "What's he doing for humanity? \n\n",
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"content": "I've got your number. I'll call you when I'm ready. ",
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"content": "Will Bernie run for Pope? ",
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"content": "Like I said, I'll call. ",
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"content": "More condescending comments from Bill Clinton I see. ",
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"content": "Some people say it is telling the truth.",
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"content": "No it's condescending. \n\n\"The people of BLM couldn't possibly have any legitimate grievances. They're not trying to get their actual concerns addressed* by the political establishment. They just want TV coverage.\"",
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"content": "They do. That's the point exactly. \n\nThe protester had a sign that called Hillary a murderer. That's not a legitimate grievance. ",
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"content": "I get downvotes for saying calling her a murderer is not legitimate? ",
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"content": "Well what you said was false, unsupported, and does not contribute to the discussion.",
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"content": "Your article doesn't have any citation, junior. \n\nSo it's your horse____ that is unsupported. \n\nTroll. ",
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"content": "Except that it is. The Crime Bill, welfare reform of 1996, and the Iraq war resulted in unnecessary and completely avoidable deaths. \n\nSince you want to play this game, they're right. She is a murderer. She sent thousands of American soldiers off to die. She sent hundreds of thousands of American soldiers off to be injured and otherwise traumatized. She sent those young men and women into Iraq to kill hundreds of thousands of Iraqis. Women and children, dead for no good goddamn reason. Since then she's encouraged further destabilization in the region that has lead to an incalculable loss of life and the formation of isis. \n\nAs a presidential candidate she's used very aggressive rhetoric when talking about the Middle East. As a vet, I do not want her anywhere near the command of the US military. You're goddamn right she's a murderer. ",
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"content": "So then Bernie is a murderer as well. \n\nWe have more troops in AfPak right now than we do in Iraq. \n\nRemember the hospital we attacked? The many drone killings? \n\nAll Bernie's policies. You can't have it both ways. This is not Planet Sanders. \n\n\n\n",
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"content": "I've already explained this twice. Afghanistan was an actual target because our enemies were actually there. \n\nHow dare you blame the bombing of that hospital on Bernie Sanders. You're obviously completely ignorant about the entire situation. Please stop talking to me. ",
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"content": "It was his policy that he supported. \n\nYou called Clinton a murderer for Iraq, logic dictates the same applies to AfPak. \n\nSorry, logic doesn't feel the bern. ",
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"content": "No, bombing hospitals has never been, is not, and will never be a policy supported by Bernie Sanders. \n\nDo you have anything useful to add or are you just going to continue to waste everyone's time with your nonsense? ",
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"content": "He supported the policy. His vote. \n\nAll that comes from it is on him. \n\nYour logic, not mine. \n\n",
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"content": "The \"bombing hospitals policy\"? \n\nYou're ridiculous. ",
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"content": "No, invading Afghanistan. \n\nTo fight the Taliban. \n\nWe thought the Taliban was in the hospital. ",
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"content": "I don't know, are you a \"statist\"? ",
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"content": "Stick to your failing argument. ",
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"content": "There are efforts to make the NY primary an open primary. I'll see if I can't find you a link. ",
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"content": "Good luck with that.",
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"content": "Its good to see that you too are being nice to each other.",
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"content": "That would be awesome, thanks!",
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"content": "You should have registered when you turned 18.\n\nVoting and registration is a responsibility. ",
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"content": "The user mentioned that they've been registered since 2012. The issue was with changing their party affiliation. The last date to register for the primary was like a month ago. There's no reason why people shouldn't have been able to change their affiliation up until that date as well. ",
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"content": "Because then you would have the GOP butting in. \n\nThat is the problem with only voting for President. You don't remember how you are registered. ",
"role": "user"
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"content": "I don't have to register with a party in my state. We have open primaries and it works fine. ",
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"content": "Well that is not how things work in New York. ",
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"content": "Good for you. ",
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"content": "I did register when I was 18, but I wasn't affiliated with a party then. I also don't just vote for president, but voted last year for senators as well.",
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"content": "You mean those things Sanders supporters say are so undemocratic?",
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"content": "The Democratic party establishment is striving to continue its losing streak. Bernie's supporters will not vote for Clinton in the general election. The establishment must be aware of this, yet they keep pushing their loser candidate.",
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"content": "The Establishment is aware that Democrats will vote for Democrats. And the establishment is well aware that two-thirds of Bernie Sanders supporters will vote for Hillary Clinton in the general. It is only the Bernie Sanders supporters who are non Affiliates or Independence that will stay home, which will not affect the election dramatically.",
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"content": "You are setting yourself up for disappointment. Clinton will lose. \n\nClinton can't win without strong Democratic and independent support. She will get neither.",
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"content": "Clinton has strong Democratic support. She polls higher than Bernie Sanders in registered Democrats. She has over 2 million more votes than Bernie Sanders comments he leads the pack and pledged delegates. Unfortunately I believe you're setting yourself up for disappointment thinking that Bernie Sanders can win this nomination. Clinton can easily win without the independents. Already Bernie Sanders supporters have pledged to vote for Hillary Clinton. How many Bernie Sanders supporters? Two-thirds of all Bernie Sanders supporters will vote for Hillary Clinton if she is the nominee. So I don't know where you're getting this mythology or narrative that Hillary is going to lose and she's not going to get Democratic support. Now if you don't want to vote for Hillary Clinton that's one whole other thing than blasting the whole Democratic Party.",
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"content": "You're relying on one sketchy poll. The DNC hasn't delved further into the numbers because they are afraid of what they will reveal. The establishment, like you, prefers to promote the myth that Clinton will win a general election.",
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"content": "I'm not relying on one poll. Hillary Clinton will also win the general election in a landslide according to all the polls.",
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"content": "Wake up, wake up.....you're dreaming.",
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"content": "No sketchy poll. Every UK betting site and futures markets.",
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"content": "Odds are set by the bets that are being made. The bets are not can be made on a whim and not necessarily on good judgment.",
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"content": "Really?, tell me when they were wrong in the past then.",
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"content": "Some predictions. \n\nYou guys have been saying Bernie would win the nom. \n\nHe can't even keep it close. \n\nIt's pretty much over. Time you faced it. ",
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"content": "Sanders keeps winning by huge numbers. He has won the last 6 out of 7 primaries.\n\nEstablishment Dems are losers.",
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"content": "Then why is he more than 2 million votes behind and a couple of hundred delegates?\n\nIf he wasn't raising so much money, he would already be out since he won't win. \n\n",
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"content": "You sound scared.",
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"content": "Scared?\n\nWhy would I be scared when my candidate is far in the lead? A 90% lock? ",
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"content": "Hill sure is campaigning a lot for someone who has it locked up.",
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"content": "She doing what she is supposed to do. This will keep her sharp for the election. ",
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"content": "She has never been sharp.",
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"content": "Sharp enough to be 2.5 million votes ahead and a statistical 90% chance of getting the nom. ",
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"content": "Funded by billionaires and crooked enough is not the same as sharp enough.\n\nCongrats to the fucking loser Democratic party for saddling the country with a Republican president. ",
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"content": "Cry all day. ",
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"content": "Why not? It's a tragedy for the country.",
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"content": "> A 90% lock?\n\nMore like 98% lock.",
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"content": "Wrong again, caucuses.",
"role": "user"
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"content": "You wouldn't want to bet on that would you?",
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"content": "I will bet on Clinton losing. ",
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"content": "OK, how about we set up a ban with one of the mods until the general election in this subedit?",
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"content": "Don't get me mixed up in this. I have enough problems around here. :D",
"role": "user"
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"content": "Don't get me mixed up in this. I have enough problems around here. :D",
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"content": "Come on.",
"role": "user"
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"content": "I get enough hate mail already.",
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"content": ":-) If you don't get it, you aren't doing something right.",
"role": "user"
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"content": "Then I must be doing a spectacular job.",
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"content": "Don't get me mixed up in this. I have enough problems around here. :D",
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"content": "I have the confidence of winning. What is wrong with making it a little interesting?",
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"content": "I have no problem with it. I just don't want to be a bookie. I left that life behind me years ago.",
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"content": "One of my old roommate's boyfriend's was a bookie it turned out. We discovered that when a county cop started sitting their car out in front of the house after he would come buy and use our phone. We told her he doesn't come to the house anymore. Ended that problem. Nothing against bookies, just cops watching the house.",
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"content": "Nothing to worry about..., anymore.",
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"content": "Maybe we don't need you. \n\nBecause if Bernie is losing this badly in the primaries, he is not viable enough. ",
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"content": "The Democratic establishment has the history of losing. Look at state governments and the U.S. Congress.\n\nBernie has won the last 6 out of 7 primaries. He is on fire. He is drawing larger and larger crowds to his rallies, crowds that have zero interest in Clinton.",
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"content": "Yes. because crowds equal winning. \n\nThe Dems lost the states because of lazy voters. \n\nSanderd winning more tiny states doesn't show anything. He will lose NY. ",
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"content": "Typical loser Democratic establishment comments.\n\n1. Bitter and jealous\n2. Blame\n3. Only Hillary's wins count",
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"content": "Bernie's wins count. \n\nHow else do we know he is way behind and statistically 90% out of it. \n\nThat's called reality.",
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"content": "> because crowds equal winning.\n\nThat's what President Howard Dean always says.",
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"content": "> He is drawing larger and larger crowds\n\nExcept he's not. Look at his recent rallies in Wisconsin. They had booked arenas expecting tens of thousands. They barely got 5,000.",
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"content": "Right they barely like Sanders at all in Wisconsin. He only won 71 of 72 counties, otherwise known as a landslide.\n\n",
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"content": "The county he lost, what was different about that county?",
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"content": "Was anyone there of color? Not in any photo I saw.",
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"content": "Primaries? No. You mean caucuses. He hasn't won 6 primaries even. The only large primary he has won is Michigan, barely. The only primary with people of color he has won is Michigan, barely.",
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"content": "> is striving to continue its losing streak\n\nCheck the party of the man in the White House today.\n\n> Bernie's supporters will not vote for Clinton in the general election.\n\nPolls prove you wrong.\n\n>The establishment must\n\nA candidate who has been in Congress for a quarter century is \"establishment.\"\n\n",
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"content": "So very lame.",
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"content": "Then Bernie supporters are not Democrats and should not be here.",
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"content": "Hillary supporters should leave. She and her supporters are destroying the party.",
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"content": "The party would look like the Republican party but be all under 30. White and under 30. ",
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"content": "That is a racist comment and is untrue. Obviously you have chosen to ignore the #BernieMadeMeWhite reality. Bernie supporters are all ages, genders and ethnic backgrounds.\n",
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"content": "You're right about the first part. The remnants of the Democratic Party with Hillary Clinton as president would look like the Republican Party. Corrupt. Beholden to the wealthy and corporate interests. More than they are already.\n\nThis is the most important reason why Bernie Sanders must be our nominee.\n\nYou wanna be a Republican? Go join the Republican Party and let the Progressives build the Democratic Party into a power that **truly** fights for the 99%.\n\nThe 2nd part ignores the fact that African-Americans have been the primary victims of the tech divide and haven't seen as much information about Sanders. Sanders' volunteers on the ground are helping to change that, which is being reflected in the substantial narrowing of Clinton's lead in the polls.\n\nI believe Bernie Sanders will win New York. And thus end the Hillary surrogate bullshit race-baiting talking point regarding Sanders and African-Americans.",
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"content": "Bernie Sanders is obviously going to win Wyoming. It's not a bother state, and as the election has been progressing we see that Bernie Sanders wins Rural states where there is a less African-American presents, and a more conservative voting base. Plus it's a caucus. Bernie Sanders wins caucuses it's because they're public arenas. But honestly the whole caucus system needs to be done away with and I'm not just saying that as a Hillary Clinton supporter, tons of Bernie Sanders supporters have been saying that as well including tyt and secular talk. Nevertheless, this one and Wyoming won't matter much the whole map of the delegates. Wyoming only has about 14 delegates, and assuming Bernie Sanders wins by 70% again then Hillary still walks away with ~4 delegates.",
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"content": "Yes but we have to hear about it for the next ten days. But now the caucus states are over!",
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"content": "Guam and the Virgin Islands have yet to vote, and they're both caucuses, but they're not states. Guam votes May 7 and the Virgin Islands votes June 4.",
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"content": "> Yes but we have to hear about it for the next ten days.\n\nIf Bernie supporters can deal with months of *It's OVARRR!*, *Teh delegate math says Bernie needs to win the next 104 states by the inverse of Planck's constant* ... blahblahblah ..., you can survive a couple of people happy about Sanders' Wyoming win.",
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"content": "That's true. You are right. ",
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"content": "It's also helpful to live in one of the states where marijuana is legal, but I digress ... ;)",
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"content": "Another reason for Californians to vote in November.",
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"content": "I wish there were a presidential candidate that supports decriminalization at the federal level and legalization locally ... ;)",
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"content": "I'm sure that the voters of Wyoming love the fact that you dismiss their votes. Way to be a team player. ",
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"content": "I'm not dismissing their votes. I'm just saying that according to delegates math, they aren't that important in making Sanders get the nomination.",
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"content": "Actually population wise, their votes are weighted like ~~two~~ twelve to one to the voters/delegate count in New York. \n\nBut I see what you're saying. There aren't a lot of delegates in that state. Regardless, we're going to take the vast majority of them and we're going to win in New York too. ",
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"content": "> we're going to win in New York too.\n\nNot count your chickens before they hatch.",
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"content": "We'll win. Don't worry though. A Sanders presidency will be good for all Americans. You won't be left out. ",
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"content": "Nope. ",
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"content": "Hahaha, nope. Tie in delegates in WY",
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"content": "Well that's some undemocratic bullshit. Sanders won 56 to 44.\n\nOh well, those surrogate votes won't count for shit during the next tier of voting so stand by to lose those delegates. ",
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"content": "I don't know how the delegate math works. But we will be fine, cupcake. By the time any of that matters, Sanders will stick his tail between his legs and scurry back to Vermont.",
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"content": "Yes, we'll be fine. We'll get the majority of the delegates from Wyoming because Clinton supporters can't be bothered to show up to caucus and her surrogate votes won't matter in subsequent tiers. \n\nThanks for the disparaging, insulting words. It's always nice to know that you're hated and ridiculed by your own party. You guys have been swell. ",
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"content": "> It's always nice to know that you're hated and ridiculed by your own party.\n\nYou earned it. Maybe not you in particular. But broadly speaking, Sanders's supporters are some hateful, hateful people.\n\nI'm not even being hateful, just dismissive.",
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"content": "No, you're mischaracterizing us and you are being hateful. That's okay.",
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"content": "> some undemocratic bullshit\n\nThat often happens in caucus states, because of the way that system works. It has the same inherent flaws as the Electoral College.",
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"content": "Yep. But ultimately it will favor Bernie Sanders as HRC's delegates can't be bothered to show up and in multiple cases they were never really involved to begin with. ",
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"content": "He wins rural areas?\n\nDo you know what the South is?",
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"content": "The south has more Black people, that's why Sanders lost. Look at every other state.",
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"content": "> the South is?\n\nTIL Atlanta is \"rural.\"",
"role": "user"
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"content": "TIL Atlanta is the only state in the South",
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"content": "Nashville, Memphis, Dallas, Houston, Miami, New Orleans should I keep going?",
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"content": "TIL Nashville, Memphis, Dallas, Houston, and New Orleans are states.\n\nCan you stop being obtuse? Rural means on average and you know that, you're either playing stupid or you are stupid.",
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"content": "we're sort of on quicksand here because you want to say he doesn't win rural areas which he does. \n\nAnd then you want to use the fact that there are rural areas in the South as evidence that he doesn't win rural areas. Even though there are cities in The South. Many cities.\n\nAnd it just sort of raises the question of what your point actually is.\n\nHe has won in MANY rural areas. In most states, Clinton's strength lies with the cities. There are many reasons for this, but mostly because A) more minorities live in the city, and B) Business Democrats are a prominent force in cities. They're non-existent in rural areas, so rural areas produce some VERY liberal liberals.",
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"content": "> Rural means on average and you know that\n\nNo. Rural refers to a low population density. Most of the South, in fact, does not have a low population density.\n\nThe green areas of this map are all the parts that are not defined as rural: http://i.imgur.com/7ItLWC1.gif.\n\n",
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"content": "[I prefer this.] (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_population_density#/media/File%3AMap_of_states_showing_population_density_in_2013.svg) \n\nBecause you can at least read it and discern what the graph actually says about the states and regions. ",
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"content": "He always wins rural areas. This isn't even debatable",
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"content": "#Actual Live Results\n\nSanders 58%, Clinton 42%\n\nSanders 8 delegates; Clinton 6 delegates.\n\nhttp://www.crowdsourcingdemocracy.org/results.html",
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"content": "CNN is reporting they may end up splitting the delegates 7/7 because of the way certain counties divided",
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"content": "Per 538, Sanders needed 11 delegates today to stay competitive, so pulling 7 or 8 slides him further back and yanks the hurdles even higher for him as he head down the road.",
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"content": "Well aren't you mister crepe hanger today.\n\nEdited to add, Harry Enten just tweeted the same:\n\nhttps://twitter.com/ForecasterEnten/status/718891907976458240",
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"content": "Well see the actual results after the convention. Maybe this will be another Nevada. \nMan, Caucuses.",
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"content": "Caucus rules vary from state to state, so what happens in one state's caucus may not happen in another.\n\nThat aside, given the enormous delegate advantage Hillary Clinton has, poaching two or three delegates will not matter at the end of the day.",
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"content": "It's a 7/7 tie",
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"content": "We won't be saying that next week. :D\n\n#Woo Hoo! ",
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"content": "57 to 43 is not a tie. Clinton is going to lose those delegates at the county and state levels. Surrogates cannot vote in those caucuses. ",
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"content": "Is anyone going to talk about how Sanders voted for the 1994 crime bill? Seems to me that actually voting for the bill is quite a bit worse than her saying something 2 years later. And if we just care about words why is this comment somehow acceptable?\n\n>It is my firm belief that clearly, there are people in our society who are horribly violent, who are deeply sick and sociopathic, and clearly these people must be put behind bars in order to protect society from them.\n\nBut somehow Clinton saying that there are some super predators is terrible?\n\n\n",
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"content": "http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/08/opinions/bill-clinton-black-lives-matter-protesters-opinion-garza/\n\nBernie Sanders voted for the crime bill because it included the VAWA and an assault weapons ban. \n\nhttps://youtu.be/LTn3jUoMdVI",
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"content": "So it was right for Sanders to vote for the bill, wrong for Clinton to support it. Got it.\n",
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"content": "It was right for Sanders to vote for it acknowledging the bad parts because the good parts were worth it, it's wrong for Clinton to support all of it with no acknowledgement of the bad part, yes.",
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"content": "The Clintons were pushing the sentencing, prison funding, and police funding aspects of the bill. Hillary Clinton said that members of the black community were \"super predators\" who needed to be \"brought to heel\". Bill followed that line of thought this week by saying they were murderers who were killing the black lives that BLM said matter. \n\nBut the truth is that the crime bill and the welfare reform legislation that they championed resulted in the largest increase in incarceration in US history and the abjection of millions. Black communities were and are disproportionately affected by these laws. And the murderers that BLM are protesting are police officers. Agents of the state and executors of those laws. \n\nBernie Sanders spoke out about that legislation and he fought it. If he had voted against the crime bill, you'd be arguing that he doesn't care about violence against women and that he doesn't think that assault weapons should be banned. He chose the lesser of two evils, but it was still evil and in the end he's at least been open and honest about what happened. ",
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"content": "The president pushed the compromise bill. \n\n>Hillary Clinton said that members of the black community were \"super predators\" who needed to be \"brought to heel\".\n\n2 years after the bill passed she once says that there were some people who fit that. By your logic Sanders said that members of the Black community are sociopaths. \n\n>Bill followed that line of thought this week by saying they were murderers who were killing the black lives that BLM said matter. \n\nAnd? Are you going to try to tell me that gangs are not killing blacks?\n\n>Black communities were and are disproportionately affected by these laws.\n\nThe black community supported the 1992 crime bill. \n\n\n\n",
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"content": "The compromise was to put the VAWA and an assault weapons ban with that shit bill. The Clintons wanted to be tough on crime and cozy up with law enforcement and corrections. They succeeded. \n\nThe black community did not support the crime bill of **1994**. It was never about murderers. Murder was already illegal and has always been illegal. The bill set minimum sentencing guidelines for crack cocaine that were 100 times longer than those for powdered cocaine. That obviously disproportionately affected poor and black communities. There are more people in prison right now than any other time in recorded history. Although the black community represents some 22% of the American population, they represent more than 40% of the prison population. Black leaders have been speaking out about these things since it passed. ",
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"content": "Kweisi Mfume and the majority of the Congressional Black Caucus voted for the crime bill. ",
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"content": "There were plenty of black leaders who opposed the bill and there were even more who opposed the welfare reform legislation in 1996. In fact, some of those leaders are currently Clinton supporters. ",
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"content": "What is your point? Because it sounds like your point is that it was complex political issue at the time, one you are trying to make into the simplistic message that Clinton is evil. So there were plenty in the black community that supported the bill at the time and of that that opposed it many are currently Clinton supporters. Yet you want to use this against her.",
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"content": "The end result was devastating for black people in the US. Clinton apologized for that misstep last year. He should have ignored the protesters or apologized again for not doing enough, but instead he doubled down on the offensive language and condescended to them. \n\nNo Clinton isn't evil. He's just a* rich, entitled white man who doesn't give a shit about the people his actions have adversely affected. I guess that would make him an asshole. ",
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"content": "Has Sanders apologized for his vote? And will Sanders supporters like you stop attacking Hillary for supporting a bill that Sanders and the Congressional Black Caucus supported.\n",
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"content": "https://youtu.be/LTn3jUoMdVI\n\nSanders has been clear about his vote from the very beginning and he fought the sentencing aspects of that bill. Has he apologized? Probably, but I don't care. He did what he had to do when faced with two evils. Neither of the two Clintons have ever spoken about that legislation like that and both of them desperately wanted it passed. \n\nNo, I'm not going to let up on HRC. The poor and black folks in this country who've been ruined by the \"war on drugs\" and \"tough on crime\" didn't get their lives back. The millions forced into abjection by their welfare reform legislation aren't going to get a do over. The thousands of American soldiers and hundreds of thousands of of Iraqi people who have died aren't going to get their lives back now that Clinton has decided her vote and pressure for the illegal war were a mistake. Our young men and women aren't going to get their health and peace of mind back. \n\nMaybe if she could figure out how to right those wrongs then we should forget about what she's done. But she should never be president. She's done too much harm and is likely to do more to the people of this country. She should feel lucky that with all she's done, she's still one of the most privileged people in the world. \n\nIt's fine if you disagree with me. But don't act like I don't have justification for my views. I was around for all of it. I'm not going to forget. I cannot forgive. I'm not voting for another Clinton if I can do anything about it. ",
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"content": "> No, I'm not going to let up on HRC. The poor and black folks in this country who've been ruined by the \"war on drugs\" and \"tough on crime\" didn't get their lives back. \n\nHe was a hero for voting for the bill, the Black Congressional Caucus was right to support, Clinton deserves all of the blame.\n\n",
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"content": "Yeah it must suck for those elected and otherwise public officials to have to hear from the public. ",
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"content": "Especially the single women whose phone numbers and addresses that were published.",
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"content": "Source? ",
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"content": "The list is online, search for it, I am not going to further this Bernie Bro nonsense by posting the URL here.",
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"content": "So you're saying that you don't have a source for your ridiculous claim? No way! ",
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"content": "There was someone here a week ago who posted a link to a spreadsheet that had their personal FB profile URLs and addresses. \n\nYou were defending that too. \n\n",
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"content": "You could actually read the linked NPR story for corroboration.",
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"content": "I read the article. It didn't say anything like that. ",
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"content": "So you condone violent verbal harassment? Why am I not surprised. ",
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"content": "\"violent\" \n\nRight. ",
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"content": "They are contacting people through personal information.\n\nThis will backfire horribly. It should only be through official and public channels. \n\n",
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"content": "Behavior that pretty much fits with the demographic of his supporters.",
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"content": "Yup. It's all hopeless for Bernie.\n\nHere's something to note: Using the Emerson poll - the one cited in the article - Bernie has gained [**30 points in 21 days**.](http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/ny/new_york_democratic_presidential_primary-4221.html#polls)\n\nStill, don't worry. Sanders has no chance - you've been saying so since before Iowa.\n\n",
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"content": "He had no chance before Iowa, he has no chance now. What has changed?",
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"content": "So explain to us, please, how Sanders losing New York by 18 points would be a winning strategy for him. He'd make up the difference where -- the Guam caucus?",
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"content": "There's another 10 days before the election. Bernie has tended to go up in the polls leading up to the election.\n\nI know it pains you, but the fact is that the more people look at Bernie's plans and history, the better he does.\n\nMaybe there'll be enough time, maybe not.\n\nI will say this for sure - the charmers who support HRC in the r/democrats don't do her any favors by being snide.",
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"content": "Your first comment was snide, mr pot. \n\nAnd since Iowa, how much has Bernie gained in delegate and popular vote difference with Clinton?\n\nNo fractions or speculation, how much has he closed the gap since Iowa? \n\n",
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"content": "How about since 3/15?",
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"content": "Okay how much has closed the gap since 3/15?\n\nNot any numbers game, how much has he closed the pledged delegate gap? ",
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"content": "Not counting the shift from Nevada, Sanders has gained 70 more delegates than Clinton (188 to 118) since 3/15.\n\nIf he keeps that up - which everyone doubts, but is possible, he'll win, going away.\n\nHe won >61% in this last stretch (including Arizona). If he wins 57.6% the rest of the way (again, not counting goofball delegtate-shifting shenanigans), he'll come out ahead in pledged delegates.",
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"content": "I haven't signed in for a few weeks, so I'm just seeing this now.\n\nSanders losing New York has proven me right. :)\n\nClinton also winning Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, and Delaware added a few exclamation points to that.",
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"content": "> I will say this for sure - the charmers who support HRC in the r/democrats don't do her any favors by being snide.\n\nIf you want Clinton to be successful, your first step should be to avoid \"I told you so's.\"\n\nI would add that citing the scandalously botched and turnout-discouraging New York primary as supporting evidence of Clinton's popularity is not helpful to your case.",
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"content": "more propaganda from wapo, because he won another state, 8 of the last 9. i wonder if they will beat their former record of 16 negative articles in 16 hours? will jeff bezos greed ever be satiated?",
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"content": "And... he only gained a few delegates after all that... ",
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"content": "The truth shall set you free and even pop your bubble if you let it.",
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"content": "The truth is that the Clintons were conservatives in liberals clothing. And they continue to be which has been illustrated by Bill Clinton's words earlier this week. \n",
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"content": "Anybody that disagrees with bloody, guns are cool, Bernie is a conservative.",
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"content": "On the crime bill, which way did Bernardo vote by the way?",
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"content": "http://bloggingheads.tv/videos/39597?in=21:08&out=30:00",
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"content": "Okay. What now? ",
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"content": "What was Bernie Slanders' vote on the bill? So far I just hear crickets chirping.",
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"content": "https://youtu.be/LTn3jUoMdVI",
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"content": "How did Bernie vote on that bill for the 100th time?",
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"content": "My goodness. ",
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"content": "Well he is the one that begged the Vatican to go. And when are you going to stop posting stuff from this circumcision site and post from something that can be trusted? ",
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"content": "Except that's not true and that's been refuted by senior Vatican personnel. ",
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"content": "Sure, of course they did. Had to.",
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"content": "What do you mean by that? ",
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"content": "Of course they are going to cover for him. They don't want to make anyone look bad. They would cover for Clinton in the same situation too. They are nice people.",
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"content": "*You spin me right round, baby*\n\n*Right round like a record, baby*\n\n*Right round round round*\n",
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"content": "So the Monsignor sold out his own staffer to benefit an American politician? Either way someone looks bad.\n\nConfoy - you are amazing.",
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"content": "> Monsignor Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, a close aide to Pope Francis, and **the head of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences**, which is hosting the event, said Archer’s account is not true – that it was Sorondo’s own idea to invite Sanders. “This is not true and she knows it. I invited [Sanders] with [Archer’s] consensus,” said Sorondo, who is senior to Archer.\n\n[Mons. Marcelo Sorondo’s idea to Invite Sanders to Vatican](http://www.patheos.com/blogs/propernomenclature/mons-marcelo-sorondos-idea-to-invite-sanders-to-vatican/)",
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"content": "[The invitation.](https://berniesanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Bernie-Sanders-Vatican.pdf)",
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"content": "Sure, after he asked for it.",
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"content": "Yes, and somehow the pope will meet him while simultaneously existing in Greece. And during the conversation, a little bird will flutter in to land on the Blessed Chairman's holy finger.",
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"content": "And what does any of this have to do with the Pope? ",
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"content": "The pope was more of a side note. I'll leave it up to you to grasp the implications.",
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"content": "Sanders will be at the Vatican but not the Pope, who will be in Greece.",
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"content": "Find it kind of amusing that Sanders refused to debate Hillary last week because the date was right before the Wisconsin primary, but he's more than willing to fly to Rome on the campaign's dime right before the NY one. ",
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"content": "True, but then again when is he going to get an invitation like this again. If Hillary wins then at least he went to the Vatican and all.",
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"content": "Bernie Sanders to sit and listen to people talk about inequality. He's not listed as a speaker he's just invited. Hillary Clinton has to fundraise because her race doesn't end in June she has to go until November. ",
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"content": "Brilliant shade at the end there.\n\nIt's a waste of time for Bernie, he should honestly just not go. But I suppose that will be bad optics after how much he and his campaign have talked this visit up.",
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"content": "The fact that he mentioned it on television killed his chances of backing out. Had it just been some campaign staffer he could have backtracked. I'd talk about an emergency meeting in Washington and introduce some BS campaign finance reform bill cancel the tickets now. ",
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"content": "I guess winning 8 in a row means he should drop out? Lol... Hillary should drop out, she's bought, she's corrupt, and she is a liar. ",
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"content": "Sanders refuses to fund races down the ticket while Clinton wins the White House.\n\nFTFY",
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"content": "Once again he says I will do something but says nothing about how. These laws are in the hands of courts. Not the presidency.",
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"content": "The POTUS is the executive of the Department of Justice. He can simply appoint a curmudgeon and support them in suing states with such ridiculous legislation. ",
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"content": "> He can simply appoint a curmudgeon\n\nNot necessarily. By law, the Justice Department operates largely outside of White House control. That's to prevent the White House from using it as a bully club. This was one of the grounds to impeach Richard Nixon, who broke the law when he meddled in the Justice Department, most famously with \"The Saturday Night Massacre.\" One of his henchmen in that was none other than Robert Bork.\n\nInterestingly, George W. Bush also ran afoul of the same laws when his White House interfered with and ordered removal of certain US attorneys because they had taken legal action against donors and friends of the Bush White House.\n\nA President can nominate an Attorney General who says he/she is committed to fighting against discriminatory laws, but once installed in the Justice Department, the AG can then simply ignore this commitment.",
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"content": "You're not wrong, but it's important to recognize how much power is actually in the DOJ for the POTUS. Sure there are restrictions, but this is still an incredibly powerful tool for any every president. ",
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"content": "Based on what? There is nothing that provides this type of protection either based on legislation of any SCOTUS decision.",
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"content": "Read what I just said. The US Attorney General is a POTUS appointment. Like other presidents before him, he will simply choose someone who has a preferable outlook and agenda. ",
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"content": "This is literally just the party platform.",
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"content": "What? ",
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"content": "It is in the official platform of the Democratic Party to overturn these laws, and enact civil rights protections for LGBT people. Not exactly groundbreaking stuff from either candidate at this point.",
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"content": "So Democrats aren't doing enough by being Democrats? What are you trying to say? ",
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"content": "I'm saying that towing what's been the party line for over a decade isn't newsworthy.",
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"content": "Why does the Democratic Party have to be the party gutless wonders?\n\nThere's a hell of a lot that the leader of the free world can do by simply using their office as a bully pulpit and taking the case to the people.\n\nThe American people **overwhelmingly** support equality, and bringing that force to bear, along with Air Force One, the thousands of media people, and tens of thousands of supporters to public rallies in Jackson, Starkville, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, etc. can be hugely powerful. Go into that lion's den with courage and the conviction of being RIGHT, just like the civil rights activists of history.\n\nThe president can take to the primetime airwaves immediately and assertively, and tell the Republican bigots that discrimination will not stand in America in the 21st century.\n\nThe president could include punitive measures in the budget proposals that withhold federal money for various in-state projects. Maybe Ft. Bragg is due for a downsizing (the 82nd Airborne prides themselves on their mobility!).\n\nThey could put together a coalition of American business leaders who pledge to cease business with states enacting anti-LGBT laws.\n\nFrankly, it's time to go on the offensive. The politicians enacting these laws need to be scared for their political careers and the Neanderthal bigots that support them need pushed back into their gotdamned caves.\n\nI believe Bernie Sanders is *far* more likely to be proactive and assertive on civil rights issues than Hillary Clinton.",
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"content": "Of course you do. \n\n",
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"content": "I don't know how the government works, but this is how I want it to work so you should vote for Bernie! When Bernie is elected he'll order the justice department to sue any company that follows their state laws if I disagree with those laws! And...and...those companies will have to hire everyone without a job, or we'll sue them. And...and..",
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"content": "But Hillary told us we need to be pragmatic and compromise with the GOP. Fighting these laws isn't going to bring the GOP to the negotiating table. We'll fight for the LGBT community in another 8 years or so once it's a safe thing to do.",
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"content": "Yeah they're subverting democracy alright. \n\nBy the way, I couldn't help but notice that you recently tried to post a New York Post article about Bernie's essay some forty years ago. Why? ",
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"content": "If the shoe were on the other foot, the Bernie Bros would be right as rain with this allocation. \n\nI posted it in several places. I think it's relevant to know a presidential hopeful has written about glorified rape, gang rape, and physically abusing women for sexual pleasure. Far from the \"Fifty Shades\" dungeon swings, lol. Rape in any form....written or otherwise is abhorrent and deplorable.",
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"content": "You're taking his essay out of context in an extreme way. It was neither rape or a form of rape. You're going to have to do better than that. ",
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"content": "I'm afraid I'm not over selling it. Read the essay. I am not anti-Bernie either. He's my home state senator, and he's an amazing man. However, the essay is a disturbing piece in his public life that I could do without. People should know every bit of his life......as they are endlessly dissecting Hillary's. Glorifying rape for sexual pleasure is deeply disturbing on every level possible.",
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"content": "Yeah you're mischaracterizing the essay. In no way does it glorify rape. ",
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"content": "It does. Three men raping one abused woman. Rape (check)....gang rape (check). The rest of you \"feeling the burn\"....feel free to say he doesn't write about rape in the essay...but the essay is out there, and it's readable.",
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"content": "You mean like certain attempts in Nevada?",
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"content": "By showing up and voting? \n\nIt's no matter. Clinton won't be keeping those delegates in subsequent tiers. Surrogates don't vote at the county level. ",
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"content": "Who is circumventing democracy?",
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"content": "Superdelegates' very existence is an affront to all the values the democratic party claims to uphold.",
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"content": "She still would be ahead, though. In pop vote, too. \n\n",
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"content": "Yup. But at least after June 14th, we'd be able to say that the person who earned more delegates was going to win.\n\nVega - you're remind me of the GOP. They don't care about whether the process is fair, so long as their candidate wins.\n\nThe existence of superdelegates has allowed trolls and the media to claim that actual elections serve no purpose - \"it's over\". \n\nSuppressing voter involvement is the GOP way. And apparently the Clinton-supporters way.\n\nWhat has Sanders said throughout? \"When turnout is high, the democrats win.\"",
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"content": "The super delegates have had no bearing. \n\nWe heard the same sour grapes in 2008 when people said the super delegates would not flip to Obama and would give it to Clinton. \n\nI care about a fair process. And this has been a fair process. If you want to change the rules then do so for the next election. \n\nIf Clinton were losing as badly as Sanders is, I would deal with it and support Bernie. \n\nNot complain about how unfair the rules are when they're the same rules as last time. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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"content": "If Clinton wins the pledged delegates, I'll vote for Clinton.\n\nIf she doesn't, I won't.\n\nEither way, superdelegates are manifestly undemocratic, and a stain on the concept of the Democratic Party as representing the people.",
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"content": "Not really, as the Super Delegates are Democrats, mostly elected. \n\nIf this race ended up tied, then maybe you could make an argument. But in that case I think the candidate with the pop vote should get it. And that would still be Clinton. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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"content": "Only Pop Vote if all the states held their elections the same way, which they don't.\n\nCaucuses are inherently lower turnout. That doesn't mean their people should get less representation. Thus, delegates.\n\nI don't like that system, and have already mentioned that caucuses (like superdelegates) are an awful way to pick a nominee... but that's what we've got.",
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"content": "Oh, and if Clinton were losing as badly as Sanders, you could still, without getting any flack from me, support Clinton until the voting is done. That'll be June 14th.",
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"content": "I wouldn't, though. \n\nI don't believe in futile causes. ",
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"content": "America was a futile case.\n\nI gather you would have been a royalist, loyalist, Union Jack waving English patriot, telling Washington to knock it off.\n\nYeah. I'll stick with Sanders.",
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"content": "America wasn't a futile cause though. ",
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"content": "Woosh.",
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"content": "No, I got it. You were making it a false comparison. \n\nAs if the Sanders campaign is akin to the American Revolution. \n",
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"content": "Sorry, but I still feel like Democrats acting like Republicans is a far greater threat than Republicans acting like Republicans.",
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"content": "Your feelings are misplaced. ",
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"content": "You're wrong. Moving on.",
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"content": "We are. ",
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"content": "pretty sure hillz is the enemy within",
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"content": "Hillary has been one of the foremost liberals in American politics for the last 20 years. I agree she's not the most charismatic person, but she would be a good, liberal president.",
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"content": "I wonder how many people they'll throw into prison and abjection this time? ",
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"content": "How many has she thrown into prison before? ",
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"content": "exactly which of her policy positions, besides trying to take away our second amendment rights, is she a liberal?",
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"content": ">our second amendment rights\n\n>already in the EU\n\nChoose one.",
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"content": "i am in the EU, but i am still an american citizen.",
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"content": "Then act like it instead of acting coreless and petulant. ",
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"content": "Lifting the embargo on Cuba, accepting Syrian refugees, closing Guantanamo Bay military prison, banning use of \"enhanced interogation\", comprehensive immigration reform/pathway to citizenship, giving in-state tuition/financial aid to undocumented residents in their home states, increasing the number of visas granted, decriminalizing drug use/possession, allowing medically assisted suicide, being pro-choice, supporting same-sex marriage (I know, she wasn't too good on this issue, and that's bad, I agree, but she's come around), mandating health insurance providers to provide contraceptives, protecting transgender people from harrasment/employment discrimination, supporting Obamacare (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_health_care_plan_of_1993), standing against voter ID laws, legalizing medical cannabis, expanding Medicaid, increasing taxes on capital gains, providing paid family leave, equal pay for women, reducing interest on student loans, making our tax system more progressive, acknowledging mankind's impact on climate, and supporting move to sustainable energy, just to name a few.",
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"content": "guantanamo is open, supported patriot act, supports fracking, was for nafta tpp cafta and any other trade deal that delivers individual rights to corporations, libya, syria, iraq, questionable ties to saudis and other moderately oppressive regimes, roe v. wade is the law of the land (who cares what her opinion is), supports military and prison industrial complexes, in bed with pharma and hmo's to the detriment of our healthcare system (obamacare isn't the answer btw), and by all appearances anything that is moderately progressive has been co-opted with bernie's foot being pressed upon her windpipe.",
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"content": "She apparently didn't recognize who Bernie Sanders was back in the 90s, when she was the leader who was tasked with formulating and campaigning for universal health care legislation (http://esq.h-cdn.co/assets/16/10/980x490/landscape-1457814387-hillary-bernie-healthcare.jpg), and it's not like she's been well received by conservatives as one of their own. Obama was a strong supporter of TPP, was Commander and Chief of the operations against the Libyan government, and the ongoing coalition bombings of ISIL, and you wouldn't deny that he's a liberal. I'm a liberal, and I respect Bernie Sanders, just I don't agree with many of his policy stances (I think republicans would under-fund any single-payer healthcare system if there's a private option, which is probably the only way it could be passed, so I do see insurance mandates, prohibiting insurance companies from denying people with pre-existing conditions, subsidies, and medicaid expansion as being the answer), and I see Hillary Clinton as having the best overall campaign platform. I see conservatives as having waged a propaganda war against Hillary, and I think many of those attacks about her being untrustworthy are now catching on among too many democrats.",
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"content": "first off, i find the republican attacks against hillary generally deplorable. that being said, i believe obama is beholden to the wall street/goldman sachs crowd as badly a anyone. there is a disconnect in the american psyche between thelevel of inequality which is pervasive and our general well being as a nation. i also can readily recognize that there is no greater tonic for the obstructionist congress, than a true progressive in the bully pulpit. i believe that sanders would overwhelmingly mobilize the disaffected during the midterms and beyond. hillary is as divisive a figure to run for the presidency as i have witnessed, her candidacy will mobilize the republican base alone. true progressives are lukewarm at best to her schtick and see her as an extension of wall street onto main street. i appreciate civil discourse on the subject.",
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"content": "She has nothing to do with closing Gitmo, and Sanders could not close it either unless he wants to break federal law by bringing detainees here. \n\nSecondly, at no point in this race has Sanders ever had his foot on Clinton's windpipe. Quite the contrary, she is far ahead and about to perform a Scorpion fatality. \n\nStay in Poland. ",
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"content": "Who is trying to take away your 2nd rights?\n\nYou sound like you've gone wingnut. \n\n",
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"content": "And she is still stuck in her 20 year ago politics. ",
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"content": "You mean when the economy was booming?",
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"content": "Then move to Poland. ",
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"content": "already in the EU",
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"content": "> already in the EU\n\nThen why are you bothering with this subreddit?",
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"content": "Because your damn politics affects us all. ",
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"content": "It's like being in the passenger seat with a reckless driver (the American electorate) at the wheel.",
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"content": "i also live in the u.s. and have been a lifelong democrat who recently recognizes that hillary is not a progressive",
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"content": "You are not helping the cause, though. Only hurting it. ",
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"content": "the cause of those beholden to wall street? you are correct. wall street will not rest until the wealth disparity is so great that we are willing to kill each other wholesale in the third world war. wall street isn't interested in your welfare or well being, why are you so interested in theirs?",
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"content": "Maybe because us working folks have savings invested in Wall Street? \n\nLike nearly half of all Americans? ",
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"content": "which works perfectly until they decide to short everything again. only 15% of americans who earn 30k a year are invested in the stock market in any way, approximately 80% of those who are earning over 70k are invested. i thought you were unemployed.",
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"content": "Numbers games. \n\n48% of Americans have investments in the markets. Period. \n\nThose folks making 30K? They're working for corporations that depend on investments. Retirees? Their pensions are invested. \n\nPerhaps when you become an adult you will realize that American don't want to destroy Wall Street and put capitalism on trial. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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"content": "Come on now. Trump can't actually be all that bad. He says crazy stuff to hijack the GOP base, but he's been friends with Hillary for years.\n\nShe wouldn't hang out with someone like Cruz, but she's cool with Trump. If he wasn't running for president, they'd still be perfectly amicable.",
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"content": "The real enemy may be the cult of personality that has formed around each candidate. Supporters of a candidate completely dismiss information that is disfavorable to that candidate, and pretend to be outraged at stupid bullshit about other candidates. This and the two-party system that requires rigid party unity totally delegitimize our democracy.",
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"content": "This. So much. ",
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"content": "Not really. Clinton's supporters are not nearly as fanatical and angry. \n\nIt's because there is a portion of Sanders' supporters who fundamentally want to change an entire economic system. \n\nThat is why the gap that exists there can never be closed. ",
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"content": "Clinton fans have a hard time accepting disfavorable information too, as we have seen in this subreddit and in your posting.",
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"content": "That's a big difference when you compare it to smears about Clinton and Sanders supporters harassing super delegates. ",
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"content": "Thanks for providing another example I guess",
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"content": "Wait a sec, were not you the user who just the other day was posting some unsourced trash about Hillary ordering kills? \n\nDon't you also have a comment history filled with that same lie along with massively talking shit about \"leftists\" on \"/r/StopSandersSpam\"???\n\nAnd you are on this thread trying to be high and mighty??\n\nBusted. Quit your bullshit. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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"content": "That was another perfect example of what I am talking about.\n\nYou have such a need to support Clinton that you dismiss information that is disfavorable to her. Earlier I posted a piece of information about her role in drone assassinations. My source was an article by The Intercept, which was based on a leaked government presentation. You dismissed it on the basis that The Intercept is \"garbage\", with no justification even when prompted. And now you are going even further by saying that my post was unsourced. \n\nIt looks like your sole criterion for credibility of a source or of information is whether that source or information is favorable to Clinton.\n\nI don't know where you get the idea that I generally talk shit on leftists, either. I am a leftist. It really looks like you have misunderstood something, idk.\n\nYou're letting a cult of personality around a candidate shape your thoughts. Why would you want to do that? Wouldn't you rather learn from new information that you get? Wouldn't you rather quit your bullshit?",
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"content": "Yeah it was garbage. \n\nUnsourced and inaccurate. \n\nThe SecState does not have the authority to order kills. \n\nAnd here you are trying to fake that you are about accurate information. \n\nYou are a hack. \n\n",
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"content": "You keep saying unsourced. It is sourced. The source is a primary source. You are aware of this. Why do you keep saying otherwise?\n\nYou keep saying it's inaccurate. Maybe it goes against what you thought. That doesn't make it inaccurate. Do you understand that?\n\nWouldn't you rather quit your bullshit and learn a new piece of information? Why do you prefer denialism?\n\nYou've pretty clearly fallen into the cult of personality trap I talked about. Information is credible if it is favorable to your candidate, and not credibile if it is disfavorable to your candidate. Good luck getting out of the trap!",
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"content": "\"The source is the primary source\".\n\nWhat an utter steaming load. \n\nJournalism has to be sourced so it can be corroborated. \n\nLook at you getting all mad just because someone is not buying your garbage. \n\n\n\n\n",
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"content": "This is a primary source. It is a leaked government presentation. That is a primary source. \n\nThe leaker's identity has not been released, because they would face prison time for the release. We have seen this before with the Ed Snowden leaks, which were reported by the same people. His identity was not disclosed by the journalists either. There's pretty much no other way for journalism about classified information to work. Even the New York Times uses anonymous sources.\n\nThe Intercept has a stellar reputation as an organization. Its journalists have won top awards, such as the Pulitzer and the Academy Award for Best Documentary.\n\nYou have no rational basis for disregarding this information.\n\nI know you understand this. It must suck forcing yourself not to believe things that are put right in front of your eyes. I don't know why you do it to yourself.",
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"content": "Anyone could the present a \"leak\" and we are supposed to believe it automatically (which is exactly what you did)? ",
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"content": "Except for all of the other stuff I said. It wasn't automatic acceptance. Wouldn't you feel better if you made an honest post?\n\ne: Does this mean you are giving up your totally indefensible point, \"The Intercept is garbage, the information is false/lies,\" and switching to a point that, \"Anonymous sources should be totally disregarded\"?",
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"content": "You did automatically believe it because your first comment on that thread asserted that Clinton had ordered kills. \n\nNot that she allegedly order them. \n\nThat means you took it as gospel. \n\nThen you hypocritically came to another thread trying to seem like you were above the fray.\n\nYou got exposed. \n\n \n\n\n\n",
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"content": "What? I believe the source because of the Intercept's history of publishing classified documents which are later validated. This is a rational basis for believing the source.\n\nYou then did not say that we should say \"allegedly\" or exercise caution in accepting anonymous sources.\n\nWhat you did say was that The Intercept is \"garbage,\" and that the information is \"lies\" and \"false.\" You then declined to give a rational basis for saying this.\n\nWhat you are doing is not exercising caution regarding anonymous sources. What you are doing is unjustifiably shouting, \"lies,\" when confronted with disfavorable information.\n\nGood luck on getting past this bug in your thought process.",
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"content": "The information is false on its face because the SecState does not order kills. \n\nThat is a separate issue from you auto-believing it.\n\n\n",
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"content": "That is what I would have thought prior to getting this information. I had a rebuttable belief that the Secretary of State's approval is not needed for drone assassinations. Why is your belief unrebuttable? Why is it not subject to change when you receive new information?\n\nAccording to this leaked document published by a Pulitzer winning organization with a history of publishing later verified information coming from government leaks, the approval of the Secretary of State is required.\n\nHere is new information. If your beliefs are not gospel, then you need to take new information into account. Good luck with learning new things, if you can!",
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"content": "I don't need to take anything into account that has not been proven. \n\nThe POTUS is CiC. ",
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"content": "Only if you don't want to seek truth or learn things or get knowledge or stay up to date with new information or w/e.",
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"content": "I do seek truth. That's why I don't auto-believe without corroboration. ",
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"content": "Disregarding nearly all evidence is not a good way to go about learning new things or seeking truth.\n\nAnyway, you're not even serious about only accepting complete proof before taking information into account. You're just making shit up to justify your little cult of personality. For example, you said that the report is \"lies\". You have no proof of this. You have no integrity when it comes to information about your candidate.",
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"content": "You say \"evidence\"as if there was any. \n\nThat is the piece missing from that trash you posted. ",
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"content": "That is a bizarre thing to say. This is a piece of information that makes it more likely that the Secretary of State's approval is required than it was before we saw the information. That is what evidence is. \n\nAnd you keep calling it a piece of trash. All you are saying is that you consider information true if it is favorable to your candidate and untrue if it is disfavorable.",
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"content": "It doesn't make it more likely unless there is proof of it. \n\nAgain, you are missing that crucial piece. ",
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"content": "That doesn't make any sense and is totally inconsistent with calling it a lie or garbage anyway. Good luck getting past whatever it is that's messing up your thought process.",
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"content": "Sanders is the enemy. He's trying to turn the Democratic Party into a party that ignores economics (free trade, immigration) and actively fights science (nuclear power, GMOs, alternative medicine, and NASA funding). There's no daylight between Sanders and Trump as far as this second generation American is considered.",
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"content": "I'm a Hillary supporter, but you still have to respect Bernie Sanders. Facebook has been inundated by posts supporting Bernie, and specifically the videos of him being arrested during the civil rights movement is something that I really respect him for. I do agree with you about his strong stances against open trade agreements with other countries, and his lack of stronger support for more open immigration policy, but I disagree with you that Sanders is the enemy.",
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"content": "But Democrats aren't running against Trump at the moment. This is what goes on every election, and every election a bunch of morons say they won't vote for the other candidate in their own primary no matter what, and then they do. Kind of like Clinton's PUMAS against Obama, which initially meant, \"Party Unity My Ass,\" and then they voted for Obama, of course. Everybody calm down. \n\nAlthough I know we all agree that based on the expert analysis we've seen Trump's rise is really the Democrats' fault. /s",
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"content": "Bought & paid for by her Wall Street masters!",
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"content": "Source?",
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"content": "Proof? \n\nI never got my check and I am about to vote for her next week. ",
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"content": "Oh, so you're a superdelegate?",
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"content": "No, just a regular liberal voter over 22. \n\nSo of course I am voting for Clinton. ",
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"content": "Funny - most of the people I know who are supporting Sanders are quite a bit older than 22. We're just not willing to accept a sell-out because we mistakenly believe she'd be more electable.",
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"content": "That is your warped view. \n\nBut it's okay because it will over next Tuesday. ",
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"content": "And of course, the comments about anyone over 22 being a Clinton supporter and all the \"berniebros\" bullshit have nothing at all to do with a warped view, right?",
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"content": "You started it with your \"bought and paid for\" nonsense. \n\nTruth is, most Hillary supporters liked Sanders before most Sanders supporters even knew who he was. \n\nHis supporters, however, have talked much shit about Clinton.\n\nAnd then just like you they cry offense when they get no quarter. \n\n\n\n\n",
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"content": "> You started it with your \"bought and paid for\" nonsense.\n\nAnd if this post existed in a vacuum, you might have a point.\n\n> His supporters, however, have talked much shit about Clinton.\n\nI remember watching her making a big show about her support for authorization of force in Iraq - a war that I had to go fight. So yeah, I have problems with Clinton.",
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"content": "She didn't command the troops though. ",
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"content": "She voted for it when anybody who was halfway paying attention knew where it would lead. The neocons were hardly being subtle about it.",
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"content": "More than 80% of the country supported it. \n\n",
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"content": "Even if that statistic were true, so what? That just makes it sound more like she was doing what was needed to be electable, not to do what was right.\n",
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"content": "No it means she was trying to do what her constituents wanted. \n\nAnd it is a true stat. If Obama were in office he would have voted for it too. ",
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"content": ">No it means she was trying to do what her constituents wanted.\n\nTrying to do what her constituents wanted whether or not it was a good thing? Wow, she just looks worse all the time. I guess it's a good thing that her constituents weren't asking for a return to Jim Crow laws.\n\n> If Obama were in office he would have voted for it too.\n\n[And yet, he was against the war](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_to_the_Iraq_War#Opposition_from_presidential_candidates).",
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"content": "You know very well Obama would have voted for the war, considering where he has been on foreign policy since elected. \n\nAnd representing your constituents is what you are supposed to do. ",
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"content": ">You know very well Obama would have voted for the war, considering where he has been on foreign policy since elected. \n\n\nNo, I don't - and neither do you.\n\n>And representing your constituents is what you are supposed to do. \n\nIf that were true, we'd have no need of a Senate.\n\n",
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"content": "They are our representatives, so yeah they are responsible to us first. \n\nAnd yes, Obama would have voted for the war. He is not an idealist, he is a pragmatist. \n\n",
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"content": "A pragmatist would have recognized Iraq for the mistake it would be - which he did. \n\nCompletely different from someone who wanted to advance her political career at any cost.",
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"content": "Yeah, he recognized it so much he followed the Bush SOFA. And toppled Kadafi in Libya. ",
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"content": "Really? There were boots on the ground in Libya? Last I knew, it was the same playbook that was used in Kosovo.",
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"content": "First of all, there are boots on the ground. Just not 100k troops. \n\nSecondly, the point of toppling a dictator, military intervention or boots are the ground is similar. You still have a responsibility afterwards. \n\nThis is why I did not support the Libya action nor Iraq. Because we must be consistent.\n\nBut I did not give up on Obama just because of it. ",
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"content": ">First of all, there are boots on the ground. Just not 100k troops. \n\nNope.\n\n>Secondly, the point of toppling a dictator, military intervention or boots are the ground is similar. You still have a responsibility afterwards. \n\nWe didn't go into Libya to topple the regime. We went in to protect the people, this the denial missions that were flown.\n\n>This is why I did not support the Libya action nor Iraq. Because we must be consistent.\n\nAnd yet now, you're supporting a candidate that put her political goals over prudent decision making and voted to give a hawkish president authorization to deploy troops to Iraq.\n\n",
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"content": "Newsweek is not reporting this correctly; it is not what President Obama said.\n\n>She would never intentionally put America in any kind of jeopardy.\n\n*... intentionally...*\n\n>I continue to believe that she has not jeopardized America’s national security. \n\n*I continue to believe ...*\n\n>I do not talk to the Attorney General about pending investigations. I do not talk to FBI directors about pending investigations. We have a strict line, and always have maintained it, previous president.\n\nhttp://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/11/us/politics/obama-hillary-clinton-email-fox-news.html?_r=0\n\nhttp://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2016/04/10/exclusive-president-barack-obama-on-fox-news-sunday/",
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"content": "Which, legally, means not guilty of a crime.",
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"content": "Since I'm not an attorney, I'm not going to attempt to debate legalese. However, I think it is fair to say that what President Obama actually said is far different than the headline.\n\n**Clinton Didn't Risk National Security With Email Server**",
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"content": "except the whole immunity and convening of a grand jury thing, got it.",
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"content": "Because that means you are guilty?\n\nAre you a righty now? ",
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"content": "nope. just means that it is a criminal proceeding. why did they import guccifer? do you not see that even obama is saying that she was careless with top secret information? what kind of commander in chief would she make when she makes such horrible decisions with even the most mundane of items of national security?",
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"content": "Obama said she was careless with top secret info?\n\nWhere did he say that? ",
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"content": "It requires intent to have broken the law. That is the key point. ",
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"content": "snowden's take\n\nhttp://www.bustle.com/articles/153798-edward-snowdens-tweet-about-obamas-hillary-clinton-email-comments-was-a-deliciously-snarky-dig",
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"content": "Ooooh ... a tweet. ",
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"content": "Yeah, except that she did. \nTaking any sensitive material outside of the protected government networks *is a risk*. \nYou can say that it didn't *cause any damage*, or that she didn't take an *intentional* risk, but to say it *wasn't a risk* is just a **flat out lie**.",
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"content": "You'd have to prove that there was risk. \n\n",
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"content": "No, you don't understand. \nThere *was* risk. \nIn IT, if you are exposing *anything* there is risk. \nYou can prove there was no *damage*, but there *is risk*. \nDid she know every email that was going to be sent to her server wouldn't have sensitive information? \nNo, because nobody can tell the future. \nTherefore, there was risk.",
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"content": "Fair enough. No one can really argue that the Clintons don't roll dice constantly. ",
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"content": "> No one can really argue that the Clintons don't roll dice constantly. \n\nTo some degree we all do. \nJust getting out of bed and going to work is a roll of the dice. \nYou could get hit by a car on the commute, never thinking there was risk in your day. \nThat's why I don't like the \"no risk\" statement. \nIt's a risk to cross the street, things may not go your way. \nIs it a risk to setup an unsactioned email server? Of course it is. \nThere is *risk* in damn near *everything you do everyday*. ",
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"content": "Why? Have you seen it to make that determination?",
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"content": "I don't understand what you are trying to say in that sentence, but if you are asking why I feel I can speak on the subject, it would be my career in IT. ",
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"content": "Have you seen the material to know that it is a risk?",
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"content": "I don't need to. \nAs I said to /u/VegaThePunisher : \n>No, you don't understand.\nThere was risk.\nIn IT, if you are exposing anything there is risk.\nYou can prove there was no damage, but there is risk.\nDid she know every email that was going to be sent to her server wouldn't have sensitive information?\nNo, because nobody can tell the future.\nTherefore, there was risk.",
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"content": "If the president has reviewed the content, pretty sure he is capable of judging the risk.",
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"content": "Yeah, you're not looking at this correctly. \nRisk is not looking back, risk is looking at all possible outcomes. \nIf you throw the dice and win, that doesn't mean you didn't have the possibility of loosing. \nDid you think there was risk when you went to Home Depot and used your bank card? \nYou've done it a million times with no negative repercussions. \nBut then that one time they got hacked and you got your debit card info stolen. \nWas there really no risk the other million times? \nNo, it's a risk every time. \nSo saying there was no risk because nothing was exposed is putting it backwards. \nThere was risk. \nEvery time that server accepted a new email there was *risk* that the new email would have something touchy in it. \nIt just happened that she was *lucky enough* that nothing super sensitive got sent to her. \nThat doesn't mean there was no *risk*, it means there was no *damage*.",
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"content": "Bush and Clinton both poked that beehive. Yup, that's why we have ISIL. ",
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"content": "Well she DID vote for the war in Iraq and that kinda got this whole daesh problem started in the first place. ISIS filled the political vacuum created by toppling Saddam",
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"content": "Psh, only if you believe actions have consequences!",
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"content": "Barbara Bush had George Bush as a child so it is her fault too. Slanders is beyond absurd.",
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"content": "absurd? I think youre projecting *just* a bit. She VOTED IN FAVOR OF an illegal war of aggression, Bernie did not.",
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"content": "Illegal? As determined by whom? If true, then that makes Bernie to blame for all the dead children of Newtown, CT for just a start, does it not? But that is just a start. He voted against 10 gun control bills. Aurora, CO, etc. Bloody Bernie Slanders, can you hear the mothers crying in Newtown? I can. Their innocent children slaughtered because of you.",
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"content": "Suing a gun manufacturer for selling a legal product used illegally makes sense to you? If that is really your stance then just say what you really think, that all guns should be confiscated. Lets sue Ford when a maniac intentionally runs people over with his truck.\n\nEdit: yeah, just downvote because you have no logical comeback because Hillary's argument makes no sense.",
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"content": "It was not an illegal war. Please cite the law you feel was broken.\n",
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"content": "http://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/16/iraq.iraq",
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"content": "The UN is not a law creating body. What part of the charter was violated?",
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"content": "So Bernie is responsible for the Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan? \n",
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"content": "translation: we shouldn't be held responsible for our actions. no worries though, she blames obama.\n\nhttp://www.salon.com/2014/08/10/illary_clinton_blames_rise_of_isis_on_obama_%E2%80%9Cfailure%E2%80%9D_to_intervene_in_syria_civil_war/",
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"content": "Garbage. \n\nI guess Bernie is responsible for the accidental attack on the hospital in Afghanistan. \n\nAfter all, he voted for the war. \n\n",
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"content": "Man, this crap again? \n\nBernie voted for the war in Afghanistan because we had actual enemies there who had waged the worst attack on American soil in our nation's history. The Taliban and Bin Laden are and were actual enemies of the United States that had actually attacked us. \n\nThe Iraq war was pushed on false pretenses. There were no weapons of mass destruction. Iraq was not involved in 9/11, and wasn't involved with AL Quaeda. Sure Hussein was terrible, but the Iraqi people at least enjoyed much more stability and peace under his regime than they ever have since 2003. What they've endured since the initial invasion is unforgivable. We used our great military and economic power to defeat and destroy a nation and it's communities. The end goal was profit as Clinton has even stated. She described the Iraq war as a \"business opportunity\". \n\nClinton was a spokesperson for that war and a big proponent for aggression in Libya that resulted in a vacuum that allowed isis to form and take power. This is an undeniable fact. Those two scenarios aren't comparable. And one could even argue that starting a second war reduced our capacity to fight and win in Afghanistan which has historically been terrible for foreign forces. So if you're going to bring up mistakes and missteps in Afghanistan, it would be wise to bring up the Iraq war that further complicated our diplomatic and military missions. \n\nSo stop with this comparison. It doesn't even make sense. ",
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"content": "It does make sense because saying she is responsible for the aftermath is the same as saying Bernie is responsible for the aftermath. \n\nThat's logic. One war may have been justifiable but that distinction does not matter to the effects each caused.\n\nSo I will not stop pointing out your unfair bullshit. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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"content": ">It does make sense because saying she is responsible for the aftermath is the same as saying Bernie is responsible for the aftermath. \n\nShe didn't just vote for the war. She pushed for it. She spoke before Congress to try and garner support for it. She was very much involved in the decision to bomb Libya. \n\n>That's logic. One war may have been justifiable but that distinction does not matter to the effects each caused.\n\nActually it matters a lot. If someone acts in an dishonest and unethical manner, they should be held accountable for their actions. \n\nThe war in Afghanistan was against actual enemy combatants who had attacked the United States. The Iraq war was built on a lie. It did not involve actual enemies of the United States, and it very likely harmed our legitimate efforts in Afghanistan. \n\n\nBernie Sanders voted for the war in Afghanistan and I would have too. Those were our enemies who caused actual harm to America and Americans. I was serving in the US Navy in 2003 and I was very much against the invasion of Iraq. One candidate voted in line with my views. The other hard charged and fought in the legislature in order to get approval for the unnecessary war and then voted in favor of it. End of story. ",
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"content": "Okay. \n\nBut still, using your logic, everyone who voted for the AfPak war is responsible for resurgence. \n\nDo you agree? Because you can't have it both ways. ",
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"content": "No, I don't agree. \n\nThe Afghanistan war was just. So the results, while sometimes regrettable, are justified. We had no choice but to strike back at our enemies who had brutally murdered more than 3,000 people and traumatized the nation. \n\nWe had no business attacking Iraq. It was wrong as it was a war of unprovoked aggression. The results there are terrible. They're not excusable in the slightest. Much of the Middle East would have been better off had we not attacked a country that posed no real threat to us. And again, this war most likely harmed our legitimate efforts in Afghanistan. ",
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"content": "Good thing they're running to be President of the blue states with a high proportion of white people then. ",
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"content": "so the red states only should get to determine the democratic nominee then? makes sense",
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"content": "How do you go from \"Democrats in the red states also have a right to choose the Democratic nominee\" to \"only Democrats in the red states have a right to choose the nominee\"? Would a compromise make you feel better--if they got 3/5 of a vote instead? Because what you fail to understand is that these \"red state Democrats\" were the ones marching for civil rights 50 years ago. \n\nOn the other hand, I agree that Democrats should be the ones to choose the Democratic nominee, so I agree that we should do away with open primaries. ",
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"content": ">these \"red state Democrats\" were the ones marching for civil rights 50 years ago.\n\nAnd your point is? Bernie was marching with them and getting arrested for protesting segregation, Hillary was busy campaigning for segregationist Barry Goldwater. \n\nedit: yeah, downvote me because reality doesnt fit your worldview",
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"content": "I find it quite humorous that there is some deep need to refer back to Hillary's \"Goldwater Girl\" days when she was.... 16. Bernie was, at that point, 5 years older than she was, so was naturally showing a little bit more understanding of politics. But really if that's the best you've got. Well... I can't help you.",
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"content": "Get your facts right while you are at it. Slandering like a Bernie Slanders. http://www.snopes.com/goldwater-girl/",
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"content": "It'd be nice once we have the technology for a bot that calls out the more obvious fallacies.",
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"content": "No, the nominee should be the person with the most amount of votes/delegates from the entire country, red blue and purple.\n\nA lot of red states voted Clinton, a lot of purple states voted Clinton, a few blue states voted Clinton (with many more poised to vote Clinton) which is why Clinton is winning and will win.\n\nShe wins, red blue and purple, black, Hispanic, women, 30-40, 40-50, 50+, the very poor, the very wealthy. Those without highschool degrees, those that are highest educated, and most importantly she wins Democrats.",
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"content": "> most importantly she wins Democrats\n\nReally? Because independents totally arent the largest voting block in the US? K. ",
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"content": "I think it's fairly important that the democratic nominee should be the one supported by democrats. Also independents are a very mixed bag and mostly right wing, (Romney won independents)",
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"content": "Well do you want to win the general election? Bernie consistently wins the independent vote by ~80%. Independents don't like Hillary, that is a fact. Democrats need a high turnout to win and I'm sorry, but independents are not going to be turning out in droves to vote for a candidate that is the poster child for what is wrong with politics in America.",
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"content": "The democrats need to not have a stroke to win the general And we are much better suited with the Candidate that crushes in swing states and crushes in voters in states that are becoming swing states and is still very well liked by the base of the Democratic Party and the states that vey blue.\n\nBut I don't want just the candidate that can win. I want the best candidate. I want the candidate that has been the most intelligent and experienced democrat since Harry Truman. I want someone who has been unwavering in their fight for the past 40 years despite 25 years of shit thrown directly at her by the worlds largest political machine. That sees her legacy run through the mud, who is the most honest yet is seen as the most dishonest, yet is still here. I want someone who is unconquerable.\n\nI want someone who goes infront of the world and declares that 'Women's Rights are Human Rights'. Who does it again with gay rights. \n\nI want someone who doesn't let their idealism for what this country could be blind them to the work required to make that ideal a reality. someone who knows that the countriy's simplest problems have complex solutions.\n\nI want someone who features he campaign not on her own speeches or rallies, or how many people she can get in a camera shot, but on listening to people. Every small business, every worker, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, transgender, women, men, gay, lesbian. Someone who is not the voice of the people but the ear they speak into.\n\nI want Hillary Rodham Clinton.",
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"content": "The nomination for the party nominee is a party process. You are voting for delegates not a person. I know it is tough for BBs to figure that out, but it is true.",
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"content": "Why the personal attacks?",
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"content": "facts are not attacks",
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"content": "Oh Jesus. Not that stupid, over-played and very false line. Whatevs. Clearly not worth the time investment for me.",
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"content": "K. Supporting candidates that are bought by special interests is ruining this party whether you like it or not. You cant say that the republicans are any worse if you think its ok for democrats to take money too.",
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"content": "I have full confidence that HRC will appoint SC justices to overturn CU. It's not \"ruining this party.\" ",
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"content": "Its not just the citizens united money, its all of it. If you have a Super PAC you are part of the problem. I will support her if she can draft some legislation moving us toward publicly funding all elections but until then I dont trust her as far as I can throw her. ",
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"content": "Clinton has won 6 out of the 9 swing states. Nuff said.",
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"content": "I think Bernie needs to get out of Vermont more often and realize that America is a bit bigger than just New England.",
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"content": "Hawaii: very white and close to Vermont, right?",
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"content": "Idk, I haven't heard if that region of the country counts yet.",
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"content": "How many people of color were at the caucus?",
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"content": "How many were at the rally in Pennsylvania where Clinton spoke? ",
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"content": "A lot.",
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"content": "Another state Clinton will easily win.",
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"content": "considering the state is only 24% white... Id say a good portion were non-white http://www.infoplease.com/us/census/data/hawaii/demographic.html\n\nand how many black people at this pricey fundraiser? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqLfvQfuvsA",
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"content": "Source for non-white at caucus?",
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"content": "idk you find it, I find it highly improbable 51% of caucus participants were white, thats extremely hard to do if whites only account for 24% of the population. He also won it 70-30 so Id says its nearly impossible for him to win by such a margin if nearly half the population is Asian. The point is the media narrative that Bernie only wins white states is categorically false.",
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"content": "Since only hardcore left show up at caucuses, it is extremely probable.",
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"content": "Those same statements were used for Alaska. If you think the Aleuts hauled in to vote in large numbers you are dreaming. We don't know, but I guarantee, the monied whites that have the time to caucus had a much higher turnout than the native Hawaiians who tend to be poorer and not as liberal. That much I can prove. ",
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"content": "Well, Hawaii is less than 2% black, so he still can't win a very important voting block for the Dems.",
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"content": "Does he think their votes should count less? Maybe 3/5 of a vote?",
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"content": "In 1992 Bill Clinton won Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky and Georgia. In 1996 he won Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas and Louisiana. In 2008 Obama won Virginia and North Carolina. It was only not friendly to Gore and Kerry. North Carolina, Virginia and Georgia are very much in play when you have a candidate that can galvanize the minority vote. REGARDLESS, primary results are not indicative of general election results. The Southern primaries are more indicative of each candidate's support with African-Americans and Latinos, vital Democratic constituencies. Hillary has done far better with them. \n\n ",
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"content": "If only the Democratic party was controlled by white men who liked guns, we'd all have universal healthcare",
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"content": "Yah, I mean he's basically calling them super predators, right?\n\nedit: don't get mad at me, get mad at Hillary for using racial dog whistle politics",
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"content": "Tell me, did Bernie vote for or against that crime bill?",
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"content": "https://youtu.be/LTn3jUoMdVI",
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"content": "For it: https://web.archive.org/web/20061018180921/http:/www.bernie.org/truth/crime.html",
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"content": "Stop lying. Saying she was calling black people super predators is revisionist. She was talking about gang members with connections to drug cartels. It was poor wording, true, but not implying blacks are all remorseless criminals. And as for the crime bill, most black people at the time supported it. Not the least of the reasons why is because black people were more likely to be victims of crimes themselves. Polls showed roughly 2/3 of the congressional black caucus supported it, and the same percent of African americans supported the 3 strike law. Now, with the benefit of over 20 years of hindsight (and much lower crime rates) we see that there were unintended side-effects of those policies. But it does not mean the bill was a failure or that it was racist by design. People have such short memories, or such agendas they deliberately mislead the american public.",
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"content": "Every time he opens his mouth recently I become less and less likely to vote for him should he manage to win the GE. \n\nI mean, I'm sure I will because the alternative is too scary. But seriously? Discounting a quarter of the United States makes you unqualified for the job IMO. ",
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"content": "Sanders isn't dismissing voters in the south. He's dismissing concern about the lead, because Clinton's best states are behind her. The primary election was front-loaded with states Clinton did best in. Suppose the election had started with the states Sanders did best in - then it would be reasonable for Clinton to dismiss *concern about the lead* by noting that Sanders' best states already happened.\n",
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"content": "It's kind of a hollow argument, however, since she's also won several states in the Midwest, Southwest, and New England. He's just trying to instill confidence in his base so they still turn out to vote. ",
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"content": "Any why not try to turn out voters who support his policies?\n\nClinton hasn't done nearly as well outside the south as in the south.\n\nThe argument is required because of the aggressive efforts on the part of Clinton fans to end the primary without everyone getting a chance to vote. Screw the people who have told Bernie to get out. There's voting until June 14th. ",
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"content": "She's done plenty well outside of the South, particularly in the Midwest and Southwest. On the flip side, I could say that Bernie hasn't done well outside of caucus states, which dampen voter participation, and New England. They both have merits to their victories and coalitions, so stop the bs from both camps about how their opponent's wins don't really matter. \n\nThere's nothing wrong with him trying to get the vote out. He can keep running, just stop saying shit that can be edited into a GOP attack ad. ",
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"content": "For the record, I've never said anyone's victories don't matter. That's a phony statement to refute.\n\nI said that Clinton's best states are behind her. They are.\n\nSanders and Clinton could keep their mouths zipped for the next two months - it won't make a lick of difference regarding the GOP attack machine.",
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"content": "what states has she won in the southwest besides Arizona? I'll wait.",
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"content": "Well there have only been two in the southwest, so Arizona and Nevada. If you want to count Texas hen that's three.",
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"content": "Texas is just the South, trust me I live there",
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"content": "Ok then. She then won all of the southwest states states that have voted, is looking good to win New Mexico and is looking good to win good to win California.\n\nIt's like saying Sanders wins blue states and Clinton wins red.\n\nImagine if the race up to a certain point had been the Midwest (Idaho, kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming and the Dakotas) and mass, New York Maryland, Illinois and Ohio.\n\nThe narrative would be that Clinton can only win blue states and Sanders can only win red, just by the selection of first states when we know for a fact that sanders is more than capable to win blue states and Clinton is more than capable to win red. It's that the blue states that have voted so far have been more favorable to sanders out of the total blue states and the red states have been more favorable to Clinton out of the total red states.\n\nAlso as an addendum. Since I now trust your expertise of Texas, why is it closer in relationships to southern states like Virginia and Tennessee than southwest states like New Mexico?",
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"content": "She didnt win Nevada, [that flipped for Bernie](http://usuncut.com/politics/bernie-wins-nevada-democratic-caucus/), you would know this if you weren't watching corporate news media drivel. Bernie won Utah and that is most definitely a southwestern state, so in reality shes 1 for 3 with the help of [election fraud](http://www.salon.com/2016/03/31/the_arizona_secretary_of_state_confirmed_election_fraud_occurred_in_the_states_primary/) but ok. Also, Clinton used to have a massive lead in California that is [shrinking by the day](http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/2016-california-democratic-presidential-primary). Texas is a southern state because of it's culture, just because it's next to New Mexico doesn't mean it's a southwestern state. A large majority of the population in Texas lives to the East of Austin which is of course close to Louisiana and Arkansas. If you actually lived here, as I have, you would see that Texas shares a lot of traditions with other states.",
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"content": "She won Nevada's popular vote (which is the important part, the will of the people). Since you make it clear you live in Texas I don't have to say that you don't know Utah well, seeing as it is\nVery very different from Arizona and Nevada.\n\nThe election 'fraud' happened in areas that were more Clinton supporting, and you know what, God Damn you people. Clinton, the Democratic Party and the rest of us have been fighting voter fraud in minority community for years and you simultaneously discredit the work being done, blame the problems on those fighting against it, and use it as a political cover so that you don't have to admit that your candidate lost by 20pts.\n\nYou're not worth it. You're not worth the fight. Come general election time you might as well vote republican because you're going to 15 years from now anyway.",
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"content": "Texas here. Definitely more Southwest than South, more independent than either. The deal is, it's so big, depending on where you are geographically, you take on some of that regional flavor. Southeast lot in common with Louisiana, west - Arizona, New Mexico, north - Oklahoma. Etc.\n\nHillary won big, whichever way you think Texas leans.",
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"content": "False. It hasn't \"flipped.\" We won't know what will eventually happen until the state convention. Sorry Charlie.",
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"content": "the state convention already happened, its already flipped because hillarys delegates were no-shows",
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"content": "Wrong again, naturally. http://www.politifact.com/nevada/statements/2016/apr/07/blog-posting/no-bernie-sanders-didnt-retroactively-win-nevada/",
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"content": "Really? We will see about NY, DC, PR, VI, MD, DE, CT, NJ, NM. Want to take a bet on those states?",
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"content": "I'll bet that Sanders will do better than the current state of polls.\n\nThat's what concerns me about Clinton. She isn't convincing new people... she's just trying to cling to the supporters who don't look around.\n\nAnd I'd bet anything you'd like that she won't do as well in those states as she did in the South.",
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"content": "> She isn't convincing new people\n\nShe has ~2.4 million more votes than anyone else running this year. She's certainly doing a better job convincing more people than anyone else.\n\nA vote is a vote is a vote. It doesn't matter if the voter is 18 or 98.",
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"content": "DC? MD? NM? VI? PR? CT? really?",
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"content": "Better isn't good enough. He needs over 60% of delegates in every remaining state. He failed in Wyoming.",
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"content": "zombie absentee ballots anyone?",
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"content": "60% is over the actual number. But he did score below the needed amount, that is true, and he won't win likely.",
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"content": "I liked your first point, it was well thought and logical. Bernie is dismissing concerns. However I really don't think he'll do that much better. I think he can outperform the polls, but not enough to win.",
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"content": "> because Clinton's best states are behind her\n\nYou have no idea what the next two months will bring, so therefore your whole argument collapses in on itself.\n\n",
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"content": "Yeah I agree with u/San_Fran_Dan. He isn't discounting them or saying that they don't matter, he's just saying that they were more favorable towards Clinton from the start.",
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"content": "I know a dog whistle when I hear one.",
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"content": "So you're the reason shop rite was sold out of tin foil?",
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"content": "If you think Hillary Clinton's campaign is paying someone to post pro-Clinton comments on reddit, the most anti-Clinton website short of FreeRepublic, then the obvious followup question is why? I've been called a paid Clinton operative here too, and honestly I just want to know, is it just because we're pro-Hillary at all? Because I don't know what the point of paying people to post on reddit is if they're just going to get downvoted. ",
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"content": "The reasoning (and i use that term generously) is that anyone who disagrees with them is either \"low information\" (dog whistle enthusiasts, take note) or bought and paid for. ",
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"content": "In comparison to the history of disparaging comments about young people coming from Hillary and her camp this entire election cycle?",
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"content": "At least he's willing to admit he has no idea how to appeal to black people.",
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"content": "Why though? He was part of the civil rights movement and such ",
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"content": "I'd expect that language from a Bernie supporter. But Bernie Sanders is running for president of the United States. All of it. Including the southern ones.",
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"content": "Gaffes are flying out of this little man every day like spittle.",
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"content": "A seven day ban has been issued This type of activity will get you shadow banned from all of reddit. Make sure it never happens again.",
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"content": "All of it came from American voters, Bernie. The message is clear. Your services at the White House will not be required.\n\nFuture Post: Who was that guy who lost to Clinton in the primary? You know the one who promised everyone free stuff and got popular with the frat boys?",
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"content": "When the headline of an article starts with a question, you know it they have nothing to offer. It's just another \"what if\" smear piece. ",
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"content": "You know, I spend more time reading about the opposition than I do about our party and I spend a lot of time doing that too. Where do you think I go for that? It's shameful that you would refuse to read an article. I'm not telling you to accept it's conclusion or even accept it as a source. \n\nMy argument is that you're missing the point if you choose to judge an article by its headline. Especially nowadays. \n\nSo did you read it? ",
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"content": "yes",
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"content": "And...?",
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"content": "A lot of hearsay and speculation. Not enough for even the author to make a conclusion. Very poor journalism.",
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"content": "I won't disagree entirely. Also, the claims made by Clinton weren't exactly explanatory. I'm curious as to how she had her loans paid down. Maybe this one needs an actual counter argument. I mean this is the third time she's claimed that. ",
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"content": "I went to law school a few years after Hillary Clinton. Student loans were widely used and loan forgiveness programs were available. I took advantage of one, also.\n\nThis article is garbage. An underinformed writer leaps to conclusions based on shoddy research. It all boils down to: **It must be a fabrication because I don't have the necessary journalism skills to find out what the hell I'm talking about.**",
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"content": "What student loan forgiveness programs? ",
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"content": "There were a variety of programs available. We're talking about more than 35 years ago so I don't remember much. My loans were forgiven if I completed a certain number of years in federal service, which I did.",
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"content": "Federal service and loan forgiveness are two different things, though both have been devastated by our government in the last twenty years. \n\nLook, I understand that it was a long time ago and they're probably somewhat obscure programs, but you'd have to admit that it's worth a Google, right? I mean these were programs that gave you the life you enjoy today, right? \n\n",
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"content": ">you'd have to admit that it's worth a Google\n\nI had federally guaranteed student loans. After I graduated and the school notified the lender that I was no longer in school, the lender sent a packet about repayment and loan forgiveness. I was in federal service, I applied, and was granted a loan forgiveness after a certain period. All communication was with HEAF but what the program was called I have no recollection.\n\n> I mean these were programs that gave you the life you enjoy today, right?\n\nI stopped practicing law once I completed federal service and thereafter became a journalist so, no, I didn't live the life of a highly paid lawyer.\n\n",
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"content": "I'm sorry if in this discussion I forgot that you are a person. I'm not trying to rile you as much as I'm trying to debate you. \n\nFederal service is very different than federal forgiveness or payback. \n\nI thank you for your service. \n\nI know that this has nothing to do with Bernie's platform, but I advocate more federal and state service. I envision a world where our young men and women have the choice to serve in one of many branches of public service, and have their college paid for *before* they go to school. Something like what Isreal or Greece does, but with less guns. \n\nBut let's not pretend that federal service is the same as loan forgiveness. \n\nSee the thing is, there are tens of millions of young Americans paralyzed by debt. *Paralyzed.*\n\nHow does that bode for the future of this country and our economy? \n\nWhen a few can horde tens of trillions offshores, and our current tax revenue is under $4 they're going to expect our young people to pay for their own educations? People are acting as if nothing in society is profitable. We have to skin our children like potatoes in order to draw a profit. What do you think about this, Brownears? \n\n",
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"content": "> Federal service is very different than federal forgiveness or payback.\n\nI know they are two different things. In my case, and apparently in Hillary Clinton's case, you (1) obtained a loan and (2) later worked X number of years in a particular job that entitled you to loan forgiveness. The linked story speculates that her story doesn't wash, and I'm saying that her story certainly sounds like something that could have happened to her because it happened to me. I graduated from law school a few years after she did.",
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"content": "Well, I'll admit that it's certainly possible, but I would still like clarification from her about what program she benefited from. ",
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"content": "didn't read, but i'd have to say yes considering her track record with the truth.",
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"content": "I think that's a lot of speculation about nothing at this point. Though I do think she should release those transcripts. When she spoke before Deutsche Bank she received $485,000. That's more than the median family income will make in the next nine years. Why was she receiving so much money? Surely that can't just be for talking about some banal topic. ",
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"content": "pretty much exactly my thought, but since she's keeping it secret, the only possible reason for it could be that, it being public, could hurt her campaign.\n\nand the only reason i can think of that it'd hurt her campaign, is it'd fuck with her ability to hold future fundraisers.",
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"content": "I'm more concerned with the fact that she's receiving so much cash in the first place. $485,000 is no small sum of money. I watch major headlining bands do much less than that and they have tens of thousands of people in there audiences. Why is she getting so much? ",
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"content": "Because she is globally famous. \n\nEven Sarah Palin has gotten hundreds of thousands for a speech. ",
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"content": "What do they pay famous people to speak at these events? What is the going rate?",
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"content": ">What if, all the things she's saying at these rallies\n\nThey were not rallies. They were speeches at conferences and the like. She often appeared on behalf of the Clinton Foundation and that's why the speaking fees were paid to the Clinton Foundation, not to her personally. She spoke about how various industries and businesses could improve opportunities for education, public health, nutrition, etc.\n\nPrevious reporting of her speeches was reported in the trade media. If people were so determined to find out what was in them, all they need do is look at trade media archives.\n\nI would not be surprised at the reason no transcripts have been released was because no transcripts were made. When I was a journalist, I frequently covered events of this sort. No one ever made any transcripts. They were rather staid non-events.\n\n",
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"content": "Apologies, fixed the typo. I'm a bit tired. ",
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"content": "I want to know what's in Bernie's taxes.\n\nAfter all, in 2006, when he was running for the Senate, he criticized his opponent for not releasing his taxes, and now the shoe is on the other foot and Bernie isn't releasing *his own* taxes.\n\nhttp://www.c-span.org/video/?c4550754/sanders-opposed-federal-marriage-equality-2006\n\nCoincidentally, that was also the same time he said he was *against* gay marriage and that the federal government had no business overturning state marriage laws.\n\n",
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"content": "The world was a very different place ten years ago.",
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"content": "I'd also like Bernie to release his taxes. It makes me wonder about weirdness from his wife running those colleges... and I'm a big Bernie booster, so if it's raising doubts in my mind....",
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"content": "Shh. Don't let them know that you're a human being. Now they know where your throat is. ",
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"content": "Eh. I expect Bernie to release his taxes and be done with it. If he doesn't, he deserves some shade.\n\nIf there's some horrible secret in there, I'd rather it get out during the primary.\n\nSimilarly, I really want the goddamn FBI to get off the pot and either charge or exonerate Clinton and close that investigation. If charges come out AFTER the primaries, and Clinton is the nominee, I will be angrier than HRC at Greenpeace.",
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"content": "It's not a criminal investigation, so don't expect any charges.",
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"content": "It will show he is a multimillionaire and doesn't give money to charity. Nothing more, nothing less.",
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"content": "#AWESOME!!!",
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"content": "Not really. The CIA needs to go. He's just one director and even then it's difficult to hold him to his word. The CIA is an evil organization that needs to be removed from the face of the planet and placed where it belongs in our barbaric history. ",
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"content": "> The CIA needs to go.\n\nYou cannot be serious.\n\nYou don't cut off your leg because your knee has been giving you problems. You remedy the problems with your knee.\n\nAll nations must have foreign intelligence services. They are essential in our modern world. If we eliminated the CIA, our adversaries would double down on their foreign intelligence services.\n\nYes, the CIA has had problems, but the remedy is to correct those problems and ensure they don't happen again.\n\nIt's important to remember that while the CIA does not have a perfect history, it *has* repeatedly played an essential role in the defense of our nation since the agency's founding.",
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"content": "The CIA is nothing but problems. They've done nothing but harm people, destroy lives, and harm our reputation. \n\n\nBefore you give this organization a pass, you should look at their history. They really are evil people and there's no way to verify what they've done or haven't done. The stuff that's been declassified is unforgivable. ",
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"content": "It's the stuff you haven't heard of that is probably successful. It's easier to feel people what failed than what succeeded. Not to mention the CIA probably does more than you think. It's not ask assassinations and coups",
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"content": "Successful? The means requires that nothing can ever be considered successful. Consider that a little bit of assassination goes a lot longer than any amount of protection than they could ever give. \n\nEdit: You and I don't have to be enemies. It's not cool down vote everything I say, as I say it. It's obvious and it makes you look like a jerk. ",
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"content": "I didn't even downvote you, but OK. Where do you think intelligence for things such as bin Laden and other leaders that we killed came from?",
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"content": "The CIA trains people like Bin Laden. ",
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"content": "> Before you give this organization a pass, you should look at their history.\n\nWhat makes you think I've never looked at their history before I made my comment above?",
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"content": "Your acceptance of them as a necessary evil. ",
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"content": "Sounds like an acceptance of reality. ",
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"content": "Oh god, get a grip. \n\nThe CIA is a vital organization. \n\n",
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"content": "Look at basically every actual CIA agent who talks in press, writes a book, etc., or read anything about what they were saying after 9/11, the lead up to, and then the Iraq War, they are almost all far right-wingers. They will push for, and then happily torture when asked to torture. ",
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"content": "Ohh thank god. That was such a low point in American history. Now if only we could get the people in the Bush administration responsible for it tried as war criminals. We might have a hope of starting the process of healing.",
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"content": "He says this because its against the law. \n\nAll that is needed is for the law to be changed. ",
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"content": "I feel for the American soldier who'll be waterboarded because of Trump's statement...and whose torturers cannot be prosecuted because of what the President Trump said.\n\nIt doesn't work. Even the Nazis knew torture didn't work and used it only as a deterrent. They used to threaten hostages to get information. \n\nIt won't save any lives. It's not worth it.\n\n",
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"content": "Another caucus in a very small white state that they both got 7 delegates in.",
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"content": "Arrogant until the end.",
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"content": "Well, New York, Pennsylvania, and California are going to be giant wins for Hillary Clinton. And just those three primaries are more than going to give her required delegates for the nomination. \n\nWe know who is going to win which of the remaining states by looking at past history:\n\n* [2008 Democratic Primary Map](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Democratic_presidential_primary,_2008.svg)\n* [2016 Democratic Primary Map](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries_results,_2016.svg)\n\nHillary Clinton changed one major thing about her approach to the primaries. She noted how Obama defeated her in 2008 and went after the Southern states that then supported Obama. She flipped them to her. The rest of the map is mostly the same, with the only semi-major difference being at Michigan. With only New Hampshire and Oklahoma being only other differences. And NH was expected, it being right next door to Vermont. \n\nAnd like I said, NY, PA and CA are all Clinton needs to win. So we don't even have to worry about New Jersey, Indiana, New Mexico, Kentucky or West Virginia. Which are states Clinton will most like win as well. And Maryland is looking like it might change over from 2008, and vote for Clinton as well. \n\nReally, at this point Clinton will end up with ~2700 delegates if all she wins is NY, PA and CA. Add in the other major states she won last time, and ~3200 delegates looks like a reasonable final number. \n\nFor those keeping score at home, that's ~1000 more delegates than Obama garnered in 2008. And we now properly address Obama as Mr. President. ",
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"content": "You're as arrogant as she is, assuming wins in those states. That's especially egregious now, with Clinton losing traction in the polls for NY and CA. In fact, Clinton's polling lead over Sanders is all but entirely gone at this point. It seems the two of you have learned nothing since 2008.\n\nAnd if you want to talk numbers, you should acknowledge the fact if it weren't for superdelegates putting their thumb on the scale, Clinton would already be projected to lose.",
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"content": "If you really believed anything you just said to me you wouldn't have even bothered to respond to me. You would have just chalked me up as a crazy person. You are the living embodiment of confirmation bias. It's going to be fun to watch your mental melt down next week. ",
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"content": "You mean the candidate that has gotten the majority of the popular primary votes? That's called winning. That's not the wrong horse. That's the winner of the race. And we haven't even gotten to the states Hillary Clinton is going to win big. She's going to end up for more than 2/3'rd of the raw popular vote. \n\nIn short, Sanders is a loser. And you have attached your personal outlook to claiming he won. When he clearly lost. Really..... people like you are the reason I won't vote for Sanders. It's his supporters that turn off the actual rank and file Democrats. In short, he's losing cause of you. ",
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"content": "Rank and file, eh?\n\nYou sure as hell don't sound like a Democrat.",
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"content": "\"Rank and File Democrats\". It's an old phrase used by all actual Democrats. Including Obama, Clinton, and every other elected Democrat going back to at least the 1920s. FDR and Truman used it a lot. Even Bernie Sanders himself regularly uses the phrase. \n\nYour not liking this base reality in no way negates it's inherent base reality. Really, you not be familiar with it calls into question everything about you. It's on par with a nuclear physicist claiming to have not heard of quantum dynamics. ",
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"content": "That sort of language is inappropriate and violates the rules here, which state specifically:\n\n--All posts and comments must be conducted in a civil manner or they will be removed.\n\n--Personal attacks on users will not be tolerated.\n\nPlease familiarize yourself with the rules so that this sort of behavior is not repeated.\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/democrats/comments/42p2d2/important_all_subscribers_please_read/\n",
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"content": "Wrong. She is project to have more of the pledged delegates and popular vote.\n\nHer polling lead is not gone and leads Sanders in NY, PA and CA, the last if the big states. \n\nGet a grip on reality. ",
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"content": "Are you fucking stalking me?",
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"content": "No. \n\nI am not a Sanders supporter and you are not a super delegate. ",
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"content": "You keep showing up on Reddit to harass me. I'm wondering what your obsession is. Frankly, it's pretty creepy.",
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"content": "No, its your imagination. \n\n",
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"content": "Is that what you tell the children you keep locked in your basement?",
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"content": "Don't project. ",
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"content": "An ironic suggestion coming from you.",
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"content": "> You're as arrogant as she is, assuming wins in those states. \n\nThe word you want is predicting. Was it arrogant of Weaver to claim the convention would be contested?\n\nRemindMe! April 27 \"Who won NY and PA?\"\n",
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"content": "She is now 300 delegates ahead. 1,016 delegates yet to selected. Do you still project that she is going to lose?\n",
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"content": "Two people running and an odd number of delegates. It is not going to be a tie and so it is not going to be a contested convention. Anyway she is going to have at least a 270 pledged delegate lead over Sanders.",
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"content": "A lot of polling shows that having an established history with Black voters is a priority for them, so she isn't wrong.",
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"content": "She was singing a largely different tune when the Clintons were campaigning for her in 2014. And in 2015 she spoke very positively about both.\n\nFunny she fails to mention Sanders' yes vote on the 94 crime bill http://clerk.house.gov/evs/1994/roll416.xml",
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"content": "In this particular clip, she isn't particularly disparaging of the Clintons. Only critical of the \"Super Predator\" language that Bill Clinton recently tried to reinforce. And, largely, Bill Clinton himself has actually backed up Sanders' explanation of why the bill was positively received. The real difference between the two is that Sanders hasn't excused Hillary Clinton's super predator comments the way Bill Clinton tried to.\n\nFinally, I wouldn't characterize anyone in the video as going \"ballistic\" or even particularly aggressive. Certainly there is disagreement and arguments are made for and against both candidates, but it was a civil exchange. I'm getting increasingly disappointed when we try to create a level of drama that isn't truly present and that we don't need.",
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"content": "When she was arguing with Barney Frank on MSNBC she compared people not warming up to Sanders' agenda to slavery being acceptable to some people at some point in history. ",
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"content": "I'm not sure what that tidbit of information has to do with anything, but thanks.",
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"content": "It means she compared people not supporting Sanders' agenda to people not supporting abolition. \n\nThat is both outrageous, and stupid. She sounded like Ben Carson. \n\nAnd you never want to go Full Carson. ",
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"content": "In comparison to the blatantly racist Super Predator comments made by Hillary Clinton in the 90's and supported by Bill Clinton this year?\n\nOr in comparison to the mild racism being driven by the \"Bernie Bro\" narrative used extensively by Clinton supporters?\n\nOr in comparison to the subtle racism of the whole \"Southern Firewall\" discussion that grouped a diverse group of voters into a monolithic voting block based on race alone?\n\nI mean, open your eyes. There's a lot of racism happening, even in this sub. I'm constantly surprised by the ignorance and racism on both sides of the election this year and unfortunately it's really turned me off of Hillary Clinton as a candidate. I don't believe for a second that she actually understands racial tensions and \"Black issues\" any more than Sanders does, and I fully believe that she cares even less.",
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"content": "So, rather than trying to talk about the issues or argue against my comments you dismiss. Sounds like I'm not the one living in my own world ...",
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"content": "Yeah ... Word salad or you lack critical reading skills. Tomato tomato, right?\n\nSo tell me, you don't find the super predator narrative used to push the crime bill offensive and racist?",
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"content": "So you honestly believe that violent inner city gang members were born to be violent inner city gang members? That there is actually something that is inherently biological about the situation they are in? That there are not any complex systems in place that reinforce a structural segregation that prevents them from participating in society in a more positive way?",
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"content": "Does he have the marbles?",
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"content": "I don't know that it's about marbles as much as it's about strategy. Right now he has the leverage of \"I did my job and they're not doing theirs\" which I think he loses if he tries to force their hand. He risks getting into FDR \"court packing\" territory with the media and the electorate, and I don't know that's a winning strategy for Democratic ambitions to win the presidency and the Senate (and the House!). \n\nI think his best play is to do what he's done - nominate a moderate, tell them the ball's in their court, and let their vulnerable purple state senators (presumably with Trump atop their ballots) try to defend to an electorate in which Democrats, Republicans, and independents all want Garland to get a hearing why they won't allow him to get a hearing, much less support the confirmation of an eminently qualified judge. Once you force their hand, you look like you're engaging in the same politics they are. Let McConnell play his cynical game right back into the minority. \n\nAnd ideally, after a Democrat wins the presidency in November, Obama retracts his nomination and says \"you wanted the next president to fill the vacancy, now the next president will\" and Clinton or Sanders then nominate a true liberal. ",
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"content": "Well, if he doesn't make some noise then the media might ignore it. Which is lose-lose.",
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"content": "I know, particularly in an environment where Trump is sucking all the air out of the room as far as media coverage goes. I'm not sure playing hardball is the best way to get positive coverage though, particularly with the backlash against his executive orders, and I don't even know that it's imperative to do it before the conventions. I think the time to hammer them is when the Democrats have a nominee and the Senate has returned from Summer recess and it's something being talked about at Presidential debates. Anything done in April will be forgotten in specifics by June, but could poison the well irretrievably and make this a losing issue for them. \n\nThis is a lesson he can learn from his \"Summer of Obamacare\" PR disaster - how the media covered the issue, how Republicans opposed the issue, and how he never really gained back voters on the issue. ",
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"content": "This is not going to be important as a national story, it is going to work against the Republican senators in blue and purpose states. Mark Kirk is already trying very hard to run away from this.",
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"content": "TBH I still think garland would make an excellent member of the SCOTUS, even if the democrats win and can go with a more liberal candidate... I think it would also be a slap in the face to him to retract his nomination",
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"content": "I agree on Garland and on the slap in the face, but you know McConnell is counting on being able to hold up the Supreme Court all year and just vote on Garland between November and January if they lose the Senate to avoid a more liberal candidate. It irks me how the GOP always does the wrong thing based on their knowledge that Obama will do the right thing. ",
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"content": "And when we take the Senate and keep the presidency president-elect Clinton will ask Garland to step aside so she can pick. And Garland will oblige. ",
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"content": "He should not do this, but he should threaten to do it. ",
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"content": "He should do it, what does he have to loose? If Congress won't work with you, fuck them. Boycott using them like they boycott using him. ",
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"content": "He should be better than them, and use it as an opportunity to cause them to lose the Senate. \n\nThat is more important, ",
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"content": "Yeah its worked great so far. Oh wait. ..",
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"content": "Yeah well when only 38% of the electorate gets out that's what happens. \n\nHence, you need more motivation. ",
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"content": "Motivation comes from inspiration. We won't win back congress until the DNC puts their resources behind candidates that people actually want to vote for. The people want someone who will fight back.",
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"content": "The DNC doesn't vote for candidates. \n\nIt's time voters stop looking for excuses to vote. \n\nWe would already have a student loan reform bill out of the Senate if the same people voted in 2014.\n\nCut the bullshit and stop blaming the DNC for laziness. \n\n\n\n\n\n",
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"content": "> The DNC doesn't vote for candidates. \n\nThey decide which ones we get to vote for and which ones get the most exposure.\n\nCut the bullshit and stop blaming the voters for not liking what the DNC is forcing on them.",
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"content": "Horseshit. Anyone can run as a Dem. They need the votes and petition signatures. \n\nEven a lifelong socialist who never did diddly for Democrats for decades can suddenly decide he wants to run as a Dem. \n\nCandidates don't get on primary and election ballots because the voting public is self-entitled and lazy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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"content": "Sorry, but you're wrong. This is such a naive view of how things really work.\n\nThe documentary \"Spin\" gives a good intro into how things actually are controlled by the DNC and how Larry Agran got cheated out of exposure to the voting base.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Agran\n\nhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/spin/",
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"content": "Oh god, gimme break. \n\nIf that nonsense were true, Obama would not have gotten the nomination. And Bernie would not even be on a ballot anywhere (especially since he is not even a Dem).\n\nStop watching movies and get out there and organize. \n\n\n\n\n",
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"content": "Purity test? ",
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"content": "It is an utterly horrible thing to even try. It is a gross violation of the Constitution. He won't do it. If he did Garland would remove his name from consideration. If he did not SCOTUS would rule against Obama 8-0. ",
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"content": "Im not even sure he should do that. Would this mean the precedent would be that a president could nominate anyone and as long as there were 40 votes in the Senate to filibuster a vote on the candidate, he could just appoint him. Well unless we made senators *really* filibuster again. That was a damn useful check on that power. Gave minorities a stop button, but it was hard to use.",
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"content": "A filibuster during a hearing is different. As the article states they are essentially waving there right to have a hearing. They are refusing to be a part of the process. So the process will go on without them.",
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"content": "No, it would be different because the Senate currently is not even letting the nominee out of committee. \n\nThis isn't even a filibuster. That would be at least the Senate doing something. ",
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"content": "I know. But my point is the precedent it would set. You could have a party filibuster their own president's nominee to allow him to appoint and avoid a down vote in the senate. ",
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"content": "Maybe. This is untested.",
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"content": "Yeah I could actually see that working. He has to do everything in his power to have the government running as smoothly as possible.",
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"content": "He should threaten to appoint a Commie Trans Atheist this way unless they vote on Garland.",
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"content": "I meet those qualifications, I volunteer as tribute ",
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"content": "As Rachel Maddow pointed out, it is iimperative that this position be filled before the Presidential election, in case there is a 2000 situation. For example, were Cruz nominated, SCOTUS would have to resolve the issue of his eligibility.",
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"content": "Yet it won't happen.",
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"content": "I will bet gold that it will.",
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"content": "To be clear, you are betting that Garland will be appointed before the election? ",
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"content": "Yes, or at any rate someone will.",
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"content": "OK, so the bet is that the Supreme Court will have 9 justices by Nov 7.",
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"content": "Yes, it's on.",
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"content": "OK.\n\nRemindMe! Nov 8 \"Bet on SCOTUS\"",
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"content": "But then, when his term is over, it can be overturned, correct? ",
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"content": "no. the article just stated that congress cannot remove a supreme court member just because they want to",
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"content": "Thanks. There are people saying they can. I live in the area, and there are lots of arm chair lawyers. ",
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"content": ">Both parties are at fault, seemingly locked in a death spiral to outdo the other in outrageous behavior.\n\nNope. One party, the Republicans, are at fault here. ",
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"content": "http://thefederalist.com/2016/02/16/10-times-democrats-vowed-to-block-republican-nominees/\n\nDemocrats of house and Senate are hypocritical if they complain. ",
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"content": ">Both parties are at fault\n\nAre you kidding me? I am so sick of media being \"neutral\" I want them to tell me the facts, and the fact of the matter is that Republicans are being obstructionist on this. Do I like Merrick Garland? No. Do I think the senate should do its damn job? Of Course.",
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"content": "[This article](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/04/11/can-president-obama-appoint-merrick-garland-to-the-supreme-court-without-the-consent-of-the-senate/) says he can't. I don't know which one to belive. ",
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"content": "I think the president should try this.",
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"content": "You guys have to work on your sources. I mean marijuanapolitics.com? You can do better. Seriously, there are better sources to make your point. You will have a much better chance of convincing people that way.",
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"content": "I actually really follow MarijuanaPolitics.com and find them to be a relatively good source of information. Is there something in specific that you find off about this article to back your dismissive claims, or is it just your discomfort with marijuana coming into play?",
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"content": "No, it just didn't seem like a good source. That's just the impression I think people would have. Just so you know I am all for legalization.",
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"content": "To be honest, most people don't come here to be persuaded either way in terms of the election. They come here to talk past each other and ignore points they disagree with.\n\nI'm sure there are people who will look past this article because it's from Marijuana Politics. There are a lot of people who will look past this article simply because it's critical of Bill Clinton. It is what it is.",
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"content": "That's true. Without a doubt.",
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"content": "[Uh, what were you saying man?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCXqbjo6cb0)",
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"content": "Your arguments might be more coherent if you smoked marijuana more regularly. Cannaboids actually seem to have a positive effect in maintaining brain structures that deteriorate due to Alzheimer's and dementia.",
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"content": "How would you know what I do or don't do?",
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"content": "You're the one scoffing at an article by Marijauna Politics by posting a link to a Cheech and Chong scene, so presumably you are either abstinent from marijuana use or ok with undermining your own credibility.",
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"content": "Or you have no sense of humor.",
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"content": "First, Sanders voted for the same bill though you would never know it. \n\nSecond, this: http://bloggingheads.tv/videos/39597?in=21:08&out=30:00\n\nhttp://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/opinion/campaign-stops/unlocking-the-truth-about-the-clinton-crime-bill.html\n\nhttp://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/11/us/prison-rate-was-rising-years-before-1994-law.html\n\nhttp://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/04/09/473648819/some-blacks-did-support-bill-clintons-crime-bill-heres-why\n\nhttp://www.thepeoplesview.net/main/2016/4/8/crime-or-punishment-how-a-1990s-hysteria-forced-a-difficult-choice-on-the-clinton-white-house\n\nAnd if some activist had attacked my wife like that, I would be pretty pissed too. We complain when Bill O'Reilly sends that clown of his to do the same thing as we should. This ambush politics is garbage. It is one thing if it is not an event to be ruined, like Governor Scott going to get coffee and off the cuff, but when someone goes to purposely sabotage and embarrass a candidate's event, I think it is wrong. I think it is wrong when it happens to Trump. He is perfectly capable of doing it himself. He has the right to run for office and say things most people find offensive. This is settled law by Oliver Wendell Holmes, William J. Brennan, Jr and even Antony Scalia.",
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"content": "The issue in question isn't about the crime bill, it's the language used in support of the crime bill.",
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"content": "Racist language? \n\n",
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"content": "According to [this, seven Americans have been named so far.] (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_named_in_the_Panama_Papers) Kind of surprised to see David Geffen and Stanley Kubrick there. \n\n[This article offers a bit more information.] (http://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2016/04/10/the-panama-papers-where-are-the-americans/#51dc4ef36ad0) ",
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"content": "I wonder why they are holding off on the US names though. That seems really weird to me.",
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"content": "I dunno. The Forbes article that I added provides some reasonable speculations, but I don't think anyone is sure about what's happening there. I've read that there are actually more than 200 Americans named, but I haven't actually seen those names yet. ",
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"content": "There should be no speculative names listed. That is just wrong. it will do damage to people that may not even be on that list. It just bothers me they don't just release them.",
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"content": "The Rich in the US have better places to set up their shadow companies.\n\n>How have Americans so far escaped the biggest leak of financial data of all time? It’s not because wealthy Americans don’t use offshore bank accounts to avoid U.S. taxes: they do—to the tune of $1.2 trillion in 2014,\n\nhttp://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2016/04/the-panama-papers-where-are-the-americans-000083#ixzz45Mb3ZV1O\n\nBut there are Americans involved in this as well.\n\n>The names of hundreds of Americans have surfaced in the Panama Papers, including a handful of U.S. businessmen accused or convicted by U.S. authorities for ties to financial crimes or Ponzi schemes.",
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"content": "Grrrr! ",
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"content": "\"The largest U.S. companies would owe $620 billion in U.S. taxes on the cash they store in tax havens,\"\n\nhttp://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/apr/11/bernie-s/sanders-us-multinationals-would-owe-620-billion-ov/",
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"content": ">‘As a policy we prefer not to have American clients’: Law firm at the center of ‘Panama Papers’ scandal reveals why so few U.S. names have cropped up\n\nhttp://extragoodshit.phlap.net/index.php/as-a-policy-we-prefer-not-to-have-american-clients-law-firm-at-the-center-of-panama-papers-scandal-reveals-why-so-few-u-s-names-have-cropped-up/",
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"content": "Because Americans had no need to go there as there were much more convenient means.",
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"content": "You might want to read more coverage. The Süddeutsche Zeitung staff have basically hinted that there's more to come wrt US residents. But even so, the US' wealthiest *already* can have tax shelters in states like Nevada or Delaware. The LA Times' Matt Pearce, Fusion's reporters, and others have been explaining this in detail for a few days.",
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"content": "Geffen is a billionaire. A good bit of his money was earned overseas, so he may have taken advantage of foreign financial structuring to shelter his foreign earnings. While he has supported liberal causes financially, he acts more like a billionaire in his private dealings, as evidenced by his constant and never-ending [battles with the California Coastal Commission](http://www.latimes.com/local/westside/la-me-lopez-malibu-access-20150906-column.html). \n\nKubrick has been dead for a while so he must be on some of the older papers. He was wealthy and politically something like a libertarian, so he may have used foreign financial structuring to shelter his foreign earnings from UK taxes. Kubrick was also obsessed with privacy, so he may have liked the idea of keeping below the radar.\n\nPanama has been known as a dodgy tax and legal haven since the 1970s. That's where Pablo Escobar laundered a lot of his billions. The country's dodgy history may have been attractive to some but also a deterrent for others.\n\nI seem to recall Mitt Romney had some Panamanian holdings in addition to his Cayman holdings that became an issue when his foreign investments were revealed in 2012.",
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"content": "But they are dead. Kubrick was a UK citizen?",
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"content": "He was born in the US but later also became a UK citizen. He moved permanently to the UK in the mid-1960s.",
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"content": "Oh, I know he was born in the US. Was a young, hot-shot photographer for Look. I have posted quite a few of his photos on reddit if you are interested I can did them up for you.",
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"content": "Yes, I am familiar with his work at Look. You probably know the Library of Congress has a lot of them.",
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"content": "[**Here's the first thing I read**](https://np.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/4ef6cr/cia_middlemen_and_other_spies_used_panama_papers/) ",
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"content": "It's difficult to understand how a candidate who claims to support workers and trade unions can accept so much money from Walmart, the nation's biggest union buster and corporate welfare recipient. ",
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"content": "> can accept so much money from Walmart\n\nShe didn't accept it. The contribution went to a PAC.\n\n",
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"content": "She could always issue cease and desist letters to her PACs like Sanders did. ",
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"content": "Which have no actual value or meaning but they make for a good sound bite.\n",
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"content": "She didn't accept it from Walmart. It has nothing to do with Walmart. In this country, the sins of the father do not pass on to the children. It is even in the constitution. This is shameful. To post this shows you have no shame.",
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"content": "Alice Walton, banker, artist, and manslaughterer, has been benefiting directly from Walmart all of her life. This isn't about her father. This is about her and her company. And don't pretend that the Walton family doesn't own the controlling interests of the company. She and her two brothers own more than half of the company's stock. That's their company and they're directly responsible for what it does. When it generates profit from exploiting workers and United States welfare systems, the Waltons are taking home more than half of that profit. ",
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"content": "Her company? Walmart is a publically owned company. The Waltons own 970,000,000 shares exactly. Institutional Holdings\t30.41% which is 956,054,295 shares, so they own about 31% of the shares in total. How she votes her shares, I have no idea. From the equal amounts, it appears she is not allowed to sell her shares so they must be in a trust. I don't know if she is even allowed to vote her shares given that, so once again you are jumping to conclusions for which you have zero evidence. Bring some evidence that she has any influence on Walmart or SU and GO.",
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"content": ">Her company? Walmart is a publically owned company. The Waltons own 970,000,000 shares exactly. Institutional Holdings\t30.41% which is 956,054,295 shares, so they own about 31% of the shares in total. \n\nSource? \n\n",
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"content": "http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/wmt/ownership-summary",
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"content": "I think you're confused about the figures on that page. You're citing the institutional holdings figure when that is emphatically not \"Walton family holdings\". This is illustrated by the list of *institutions* that hold Walmart stock. ",
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"content": "They list the total amount owned by institutional holders. I am not confused. Multiply by 5 the Walmart family holders. It is a bit more.",
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"content": "An* institutional holder would be a institution or organization like mutual funds, hedge funds, pension funds, or private equity groups. \n\nThat's why the list of the top five institutional holders is 1) Vanguard Group inc 2) State Street Group 3) Brookshire Hathaway.. Etc\n\nYour link provides the names and amounts of the Walton children trusts, but that doesn't reveal the whole picture. They've bought more stock over the years and they sell or donate a bit from time to time. \n\n\nEdit: According to this [press release from last year] ( http://corporate.walmart.com/_news_/news-archive/2015/04/10/walton-enterprises-llc-statement) they were over fifty percent last year, and they might be as low as 44% now but that's only if they sold that six percent. \n",
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"content": "Stock buyback are not to the individuals, that is done by the corporation. You really need to learn these things. Buy back shares are no longer available once bought and liquidated to pay off the debt used to buy them.",
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"content": ">BENTONVILLE, Ark., April 10, 2015 - As a result of Walmart’s stock buyback programs over the last several years, the percentage of common stock owned by Walton Enterprises, LLC has risen to approximately 50 percent. \n\n>Given the prospect that Walmart may continue to buy back shares, the Walton family has informed Walmart that it currently expects to sell Walmart shares from time to time in order to help offset possible further increases in its ownership percentage and to help fund charitable contributions. The family believes that this is consistent with an appropriate balance of family and non-family ownership that supports the goals of all Walmart shareholders and long term business success. \n\n>In order to facilitate these sales, the Walton family has informed Walmart that approximately 6 percent of Walmart’s outstanding shares are being distributed to a newly formed entity, the Walton Family Holdings Trust. The Walton family has informed Walmart that the Trust has no set timetable for the sale of shares and anticipates this may take place over a period of years.\n\nWalton Enterprises LLC is the privately owned company of the Walton family. It is not WMT. \n",
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"content": "OK, stfw.",
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"content": "So are you admitting that you're wrong? ",
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"content": "No, you are wrong. She has nothing to do with Walmart. You have presented zero evidence. Receiving bought back stock that the board decided to buy back, stupidly in my opinion, has nothing to do with running of the company. Zero, zippo. This still is a hit piece of garbage. The authors only publish garbage which is why no one else covers their garbage. The one doesn't know the first thing about anything, yet pretends to be a journalist.",
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"content": "They have a controlling stake. They take home nearly half of the company's profits. Your denial is amazing. ",
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"content": "One minor detail from this alternet garbage. Once more can't post anything from real media. Alice Walton may be heiress to the fortune of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., but she has nothing to do with Wal-Mart. She doesn't work for them and given her lifestyle would never be allowed to work for them. This is just a garbage political hit piece. Nothing to do with Walmart. Now where is Alice Walton from? Arkansas? Where did the Clintons start their political career? Hmm. \n\nNow more lies from this hit piece of garbage. And you wonder why this site is banned from so many subedits and should be banned here to. Clinton’s Victory Fund: Donors can give $5,400 to the Clinton campaign, $33,400 to the Democratic National Committee and $10,000 to each of the state parties, about $360,000 in all. BFD. \n\nReady for Hillary set a limit of $25,000 for individual donations “even though superPACs may raise unlimited funds. Ready PAC, formerly Ready for Hillary, was a super PAC created to draft Hillary Clinton for the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election. Ready for Hillary focused on grassroots organizing and did not engage in television advertising. The PAC was founded by Adam Parkhomenko and Allida Black. On April 12, 2015, Hillary Clinton announced her candidacy for president. In turn, Ready for Hillary began winding down operations and, in compliance with federal election law, altered its name from 'Ready for Hillary' to simply 'Ready PAC'. The PAC closed entirely shortly thereafter and some staff members were later hired by the Hillary Clinton campaign. And Clinton had nothing to do with starting this SuperPac, minor details: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/02/ready-for-hillary-clinton-super-pac And didn't necessarilly get you even a job with the campaign: http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/07/17/job-at-hillary-clintons-super-pac-didnt-assure-a-campaign-post/\n\nMods should just ban this kind of garbage. Because this belongs in the sewer.",
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"content": "[She's a corporate banker, an artist, and a manslaughterer.] (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Walton) \n\nSaying she has no connection to Walmart is like saying that Michael wasn't a part of the Jackson Five. \n\nHillary Clinton spent six years on Walmart's board of directors. That was when Walmart was first cutting it's union busting teeth. \n\nIt's fine for you, Mike to pretend that these sorts of associations are innocent and meaningless, but for the rest of us who lack your naiveté, this is an obvious conflict of interests that should worry all of America's working people. The Waltons and Walmart have been destroying local economies and exploiting American workers for decades. Their number one mission has been to avoid unionization at all costs. They've shut down entire stores simply because they thought there was talk of unionization. [They fired all of their butchers and moved to buying prepackaged meat in all of their stores nationwide because butchers in one store voted to organize.] (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/al-norman/walmarts-meat-wars-with-u_b_91757.html) No candidate who actually supports union workers can take money from these people. \n\nEdit: I should point out that their stance on unions is overt. New employees are warned that talk of unionization could result in the entire store shutting down [(which is actually against the law)] (https://www.nlrb.gov/resources/national-labor-relations-act) and then forced to watch nonsense such as [this.] (http://gawker.com/walmarts-leaked-anti-union-training-video-this-isnt-ab-1705509442) ",
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"content": "She has nothing do with Walmart except inherited her father's money. You cannot show any other relationship because none exists. She lives in Texas. Whatever Walmart does or doesn't do, has nothing to do with her. This is a political hit piece of the worse kind. \n\nYou analogy with the Jackson 5 is garbage. Michael Jackson was a member who sang with them and toured with them. This woman was born to Sam Walton. That is her only sin as far as Walmart is concerned. What a cheap, low down, dirty shot.",
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"content": "She and her two brothers own more than fifty percent of the company's stock. Yeah that's right, three people own more than half of Walmart. That also gives them control over the company. You're pretending that there's no connection and it's embarrassing. \n\nBesides, why do you want to defend a drunk driving, manslaughtering, robber baron? ",
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"content": "I own IBM stock. So what? She should sold high. Big mistake.",
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"content": "Do you own more than half of the company? ",
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"content": "Honest politics, everyone.",
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"content": "Holy fuck, Sanders. \n\nWhy don't you wipe a server with a cloth while you're at it.",
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"content": "I'm genuinely curious, what sentiment was your comment trying to make? Anti/Pro-Bernie, and why?",
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"content": "Sanders should release the damned taxes and be done with it.\n\nAnd Clinton is a serial-lying flip-flopping war-hawk corporate stooge.\n\nIt's possible to be annoyed with them both. Unless Sanders' tax return included deductions for donations to NAMBLA, the KKK, AND ISIS, I'm still voting for him over Clinton....",
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"content": "> Sanders should release the damned taxes and be done with it.\n\nIn no way did she imply that they weren't going to release them. I'm confused at your faux outrage.",
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"content": "This has been going on for weeks, and there's no definite date for release. All responses have been vague. ",
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"content": "It's an angry response to cognitive dissonance.\n\nSanders is the honest, upstanding good guy, fighting against the secret-transcript, staticed-out fundraiser, private-email-server concealer-in-chief.\n\nAnd yet he's feeding us a bunch of unconvincing excuses about his taxes.\n\nI want to believe... but he's taking too long.",
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"content": "They aren't going to release jack. Why would they? If they wanted to release they would have by now. They only way they get released is he gets the nomination and since that isn't happening, why bother? Why hurt the money spigot?",
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"content": "> Why hurt the money spigot?\n\nOhh, so THAT's why Hilary hasn't released her Wall Street transcripts yet.",
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"content": "Interesting how so many candidates have more and more shirked from releasing taxes. It was like pulling teeth to get Romney's it'll be the same to get Trump's. And I imagine that Bernie has nothing to hide…the Clintons know they're scrutinized every single year so they have an advantage. It's the people who are new to the presidential race that will likely have some seriously secrets in the prior years as far as where they are contributing, what tax rate they pay, what loopholes they've exploited, etc.",
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"content": "So many meaning Sanders, Trump, and Romney. The latter two because they don't want people to see how much they earned.\n\n>It's the people who are new to the presidential race that will likely have some seriously secrets in the prior years as far as where they are contributing, what tax rate they pay, what loopholes they've exploited, etc.\n\nI'm really not at all concerned with the privacy of a presidential candidate. Anything outside of the bedroom is fair game. And if they can't live a clean enough life don't run.\n",
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"content": "and look what happened to Romney. Fun fact, Romney released his prior year returns by January 2012. He's more transparent than Bernie. ",
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"content": "Well he couldn't have made the 100 million that the Clintons have..... I am 100% more interested in those transcripts and WHITE NOISE speeches. Yeah... those happened. www.iwilllookintoit.com\n",
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"content": "The 'white noise' speech cost $500 to attend. If it only costs $500 to join the illuminati and hear Hillary Clinton talk about enslaving poor people and hating America, or whatever people think she talks about, then sign me up for that. ",
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"content": "They could have been talking about saving the planet from Aliens. They could have been talking about raping baby seals for money. They could be talking about literally ANYTHING... that is not comforting to me.",
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"content": "She was talking about something she felt comfortable talking about in front of any member of the public who paid $500. \n\nI doubt she talked about reptoid alien invaders, or anything at all sensitive.",
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"content": "The white noise was probably just an attempt to prevent a repeat of the Black Lives Matter protester who came to her previous fundraiser. ",
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"content": "Bernie \"My wife probably lost them.\n\n[Mrs. Bernie....](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEij2iolyWw)\n",
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"content": "Here in r/Democrats you can post articles about real issues that Democrats are largely united behind, only to be pushed out of the \"Hot\" page by trivial nitpicking and a raid from r/HillaryClinton.",
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"content": "I'm sorry. I'm extremely liberal, but he has a point. Especially in today's climate of political correctness, you are not allowed to question someone's claimed identity. ",
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"content": "I have no problem with him claiming his Republican identity, I just don't feel comfortable sharing a public restroom with him. ",
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"content": "I see what you did there ; )",
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"content": "Why would you want to? If you are looking at me and questioning my gender, that means you are thinking about what's underneath my clothes! Stop that! You're the one that's being creepy, not me!",
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"content": "There is no you and me in this situation. I wouldn't do that more am I implying you (whoever you are) would either, just that someone could and there is absolutely no recourse so long as the person claims they are transgender.",
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"content": "No, you misunderstood me. If you are thinking about this person being transgender, then you are thinking about that person's genitals and you should not. It's none of your business if they are transgender or if they are just claim to be transgender because their genitals are none of your business. So there is no recourse because it's none of your business.",
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"content": "You can question; there's no law against it. You may choose not to in order not to experience the consequences of satisfying your curiosity about what isn't your business. It only becomes your business if you or the other person behaves in ways that actually do break laws. ",
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"content": "As an American living in Europe for the last nine years, I still chuckle at how prim Yanks can be about their potties. In Europe, most public loos are unisex. Many European cities have public urinals right on the street.\n\nWe all pee and poo. We know that. It's no big deal. What is with conservatives and their public toilet panics?",
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"content": "They cheered when Trump said Hillary leaving to use the restroom during a debate commercial break was \"disgusting\" and defended him when he said Megyn Kelly asked him difficult questions because of her menstrual cycle. They also want abstinence taught in school rather than sex ed, in my opinion because they're uncomfortable with having to talk about sex with their kids. American society has some pretty strange phobias, and clearly has some maturing to do. ",
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"content": "He just made a very effective argument for comprehensive sex education.\n\nInstead of turning an entire class of people in perverts-by-law, we could just educate our children about the reality of sex and sexual differentiation, and avoid the whole problem.",
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"content": "I always laugh at the assumption made when people make comments like Gohmert's. Either he's so irresistible that upon entering the women's room, someone is flinging their panties at him, or what he's insinuating is he's a sexual predator. It's similar to the assumptions made by straight men being uncomfortable with gay men, as if they're such hot stuff that all gay men are naturally attracted to THEM by virtue of being attracted to men in general.\n\nJesus Christ republicans piss me off. ",
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"content": "How about having a non-gender designated public restroom - perfect for parents with kids of a different gender, perfect for elderly or disabled with aides of a different gender, and perfect for people who are transgendered or questioning their gender as well. Personally, I am as comfortable with mixed gender toilets as I am with gender-designated ones - just have stalls for everything and no open urinals. All good. We have bigger things to worry about. ",
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"content": "The existence of gendered public restrooms does seem highly vestigial at this point. ",
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"content": "Paul Ryan is that country club prick in every 1980s movie where a ragtag band of ne'er-do-wells has to band together and win a fucking regatta or skiing competition or what not to save an orphanage or dance studio or some other such community center. He has the face of a man who has never been punched with sufficient force to remind him of his impending mortality.",
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"content": "Paul Ryan is Jeremy Piven?",
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"content": "Maybe not \"PCU\" Jeremy Piven or Entourage Jeremy Piven.",
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"content": "No. More like One Crazy Summer Jeremy Piven. Or even Old School Jeremy Piven.\n\nI would also have accepted \"that sweep-the-leg guy from Karate Kid.\"",
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"content": "I forgot Jeremy Piven was in One Crazy Summer, probably because he got upstaged a lot by that skinny Dolph Lundgren wannabe fellow. Old School Jeremy Piven is definitely a contender, but I hate to compare Paul Ryan with Jeremy Piven because the latter has actually had charismatic roles.",
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"content": "I love Piven in support roles. I don't think he is great in the lead roles. Still, I understand your point.",
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"content": "Remember the Ryan Budget? Panned by every single economist the world over, the Romney campaign went with the no-budget-proposal-at-all strategy rather than align itself with the published budget of its own VP pick.",
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"content": "Who ever said he was a moderate?\n\nHe isn't stupid and insane. \n\n",
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"content": "Yeah, he's both stupid and insane. ",
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"content": "Dear Wisconsin politicians please stop bringing shame to my state. ",
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"content": "That's Trump's real danger he makes the far right establishment look moderate in comparison. ",
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"content": "The Koch Bros sure would love to have him win the contested convention to be their little errand boy",
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"content": "HYPOCRISY WATCH: the Daily Beast tries once again to produce actual journalism, fails miserably",
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"content": "Source?",
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"content": "How dare you ask a Sanders supporter to provide facts and information instead of slogans and innuendo? Don't you know they're trying to start a revolution? ",
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"content": "[Chelsea Clinton is on the board of directors of the company that owns the daily beast.] (http://iac.com/about/leadership/board-directors/chelsea-clinton) ",
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"content": "And therefore writes every article for it and even makes up the facts in those articles. ",
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"content": "And therefore the source is compromised and shouldn't be trusted in matters dealing with the Clintons and the Democratic primaries. ",
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"content": "Why? Which facts in the article are inaccurate? Or is this all just ad hominem to dismiss information that scares you?",
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"content": "So let's walk down that conspiracy lane. How does Chelsea Clinton's board membership have anything to do with the fact that Bernie Sanders voted *for* the very bill he's condemning? Because his vote is clearly documented at house.gov. So, how does the conspiracy work -- Chelsea traveled back in time to confuse Bernie into voting \"yes\" when he really meant to vote \"no\"? Back in 1994, when she was 14, she hacked the House computer to change Bernie's \"no\" vote to a \"yes\"?",
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"content": "Chelsea Clinton has some amount of control over that site. They shouldn't be trusted in matters dealing with the Clintons and the Democratic primaries. ",
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"content": "A board member has no control over day-to-day operations of any corporation.\n\nNevertheless, that's irrelevant. The issue here *isn't* the Clintons. It's Bernie Sanders. *He is the one* who voted yes on the legislation he now condemns.\n\nYou're creating an irrelevant smokescreen in an attempt to divert attention away from Bernie Sanders' hypocrisy.",
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"content": "If you can't see the conflict of interests here, then there's no point in discussing anything with you. ",
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"content": "You're very confused about what is and isn't a conflict of interest.",
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"content": "No, you are. The candidate's daughter has some direct control over that site, its focus, and its content. That's an obvious conflict of interests. ",
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"content": "In my experience, some Hillary supporters on Reddit don't believe in:\n\n- conflicts of interest\n\n- appearances of impropriety\n\nAnd if they do believe in these concepts, they seem to have vastly different definitions of them than the rest of the professional world. See, e.g., the conflict of interest rules in the [Model Rules of Professional Conduct](http://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_8_current_clients_specific_rules.html) (for attorneys).",
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"content": "> has some direct control over that site, its focus, and its content.\n\nWhere is your proof for this claim?",
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"content": "So any site with socialist or anti-Clinton leanings should be excluded as well? \n\n",
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"content": "If the Senator or his children are members of the company? Yes. ",
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"content": "Oh so it can only be family according to your standard.\n\nSo if it's a socialist leaning pub, or an anti-Clinton site like Free Beacon, we should give them the benefit of the doubt when it comes to bias. ",
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"content": "This sub specifically prohibits candidate sources. A Chelsea Clinton run company should be banned. ",
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"content": "Chelsea Clinton isn't running for office. ",
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"content": "Her mom is. Haven't you heard? She's even been campaigning for her. ",
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"content": "Then that would mean it's not a candidate site. ",
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"content": "Besides, the issue in question is cited by the Daily Beast, not from the DB. \n\nThe link is ABC News.com. Is that also on the banned list? ",
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"content": "No, just the site that has an immediate family member of the candidate on their board of directors. ",
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"content": "Is that a rule for this subreddit? \n\n",
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"content": "How would you feel if it was Jane Sanders who had control over a media outlet? Would that be okay? ",
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"content": "If she was on the board for Altnet I would not give a shizznit. ",
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"content": "You mean caucuses, not primaries.",
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"content": "So far, 34 states have voted. Hillary Clinton has won 18; therefore, she has won a majority of states. She has also won a majority of pledged delegates. She also has 2.4 million more popular votes.\n\n\"Keeps winning states\" is therefore a meaningless distortion. In every way that counts, Bernie Sanders is in second place in a two-person race.",
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"content": "The popular vote is irrelevant too. The only thing that's important is the delegate count, and we're going to win that. ",
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"content": "> The only thing that's important is the delegate count\n\nCorrect. *Fact:* Hillary Clinton has over 200 more pledged delegates than Bernie Sanders. *Fact:* Hillary has 700 overall delegates more than Bernie.\n\n>we're going to win that\n\nThat's a fantasy. It's not a fact.",
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"content": "There are still around 2,000 pledged delegates to be split. Super delegates will flip for Bernie when the time comes. I wouldn't count your chickens before they hatch. ",
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"content": "Sounds like you are the one counting chickens. ",
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"content": "We'll see. ",
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"content": "You said you are sure. That he will win NY. The home of Wall Street. ",
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"content": "We'll see. ",
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"content": "Immediately after you say this...\n\n> Super delegates will flip for Bernie when the time comes.\n\nYou say this...\n\n> I wouldn't count your chickens before they hatch.\n\nYou are the one counting eggs and thinking you have chickens, my friend.\n\nSuper delegates are being harassed by Sanders supporters. That's making them openly hostile to Sanders. They're speaking to the media about how they're being bothered.\n\nThey have clearly demonstrated they have no intend to flip from the front-runner to the last-place candidate.",
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"content": "And yet the race goes on. \n\nWhen there are still some 1,800 delegates to split there can be no \"last place candidate\". \n\nWe shall see what happens. ",
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"content": "My parents are Chinese-Americans who fled Communist China. They live in a community with a great majority of the same. In their minds and their friends' minds, socialist equals communist and so they deeply distrust Bernie Sanders and will not vote for him.\n\nYes, that's anecdotal, but I would imagine the same is true for other naturalized citizens who escaped from China, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe. They equate collectivism with oppression and want nothing to do with it.",
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"content": "Maybe you should explain to them that social democracy isn't socialism at all. ",
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"content": "[\"I am a socialist\" -- Bernie Sanders uncountable number of times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism)",
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"content": "Alright McCarthy, settle down. \n\nBernie's platform is not one of socialism. We are talking about well established political policies that work in most of the developed world. There's nothing radical or even socialist about it. ",
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"content": "http://www.cpusa.org/bernie-sanders-political-revolution/ Haven't heard him reject their endorsement. Have you?",
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"content": "I rest my case. ",
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"content": "This is a great little microcosm of why politics are so impossibly difficult to discuss in the U.S.:\n\n1. Bokono is not McCarthy. He's simply not completely informed.\n\n2. Democratic socialism (which is a more accurate term than 'social democracy) *isn't* socialism the way that most people tend to think of with socialism.\n\n3. I'm willing to bet my left nut that most critics of 'socialism' (even democratic socialism) have never, ever studied what it entails so they certainly cannot discern the difference between the two. \n\nIn America, there are literally people who don't know the difference between pneumonia and ammonia so to assume that they can tell the difference between different types of socialism (or communism or fascism or any other -ism, for that matter) really is laughable. \n\nParticularly on the right, who tend to be reactionary when it comes to terms that Fox News has tried so hard to demonize because they realize their audience is, shall we say, not particularly well informed or educated. ",
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"content": "On what grounds do you have the nerve to suggest that I'm uninformed? \n\nEdit: I'm assuming from the context of your comment that you meant to say Michaelconfoy instead of Bokono. ",
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"content": "Rhetoric doesn't assuage anyone's fears if they've lived in a dictatorship. They remember when Maoists explained how wonderful everything would be in the new utopia, and then six months later those same explainers were back, rounding up anyone who had questioned authority and marching them off to re-education \"camps.\" \n\n",
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"content": "Most of the Venezuelan-Americans cringe at the thought of socialism and will probably not vote for sanders for that alone.\n\nOn the other hand, Socialism and Democratic socialism are wildly different and anyone informed enough can see the difference. ",
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"content": "LOL…\"Soviet refugees\"\n\nI'm not so *sure* that's a demographic that any candidate is particularly fighting for, nor do I feel like if every single Soviet refugee in the United States got together and decided to vote for one specific candidate that it would make any difference at all. \n\n\nThis is an election. We look at demographic statistics and how they are voting…large demographics like white males, women, blacks, hispanics, gays. \n\nIf homosexual radio controlled airplane enthusiasts decided they didn't support Clinton's views on gun control, would it even matter? \n\nIt wouldn't. I'm not saying your vote individually doesn't count but what matters is how the demographic that you're a part of votes *on the whole*. ",
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"content": "Uh... most people still remember the USSR if you are older than 30.\n\n",
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"content": "Brooklyn",
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"content": "> homosexual radio controlled airplane enthusiasts \n\nThat's a much bigger demographic than anyone realizes.",
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"content": "Maybe because such demonstrations are pointless. ",
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"content": "Are they? It's pointless for Americans to exercise their first amendment rights? You sound more and more from the right everyday. ",
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"content": "It's pointless because it does not achieve anything.\n\nGetting arrested for such nonsense is stupid. \n\n",
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"content": "Getting arrested isn't the goal. The goal is to be heard. ",
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"content": "And no one heard them. \n\nYou know how you are heard? Voting. ",
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"content": "Yeah yeah, tell it to someone who cares. I've voted early and often for every contest in the last twelve years. \n\nYeah, people heard the protesters. We're talking about it right now aren't we? \n\nYou should know that progressives and liberals have a long tradition of protesting as a form of organizing in this country. One of the ways we can effect change in our country and is our communities is to get out and get our voices heard collectively. And yes it does have an effect. The message is heard. It's one of the many ways we have to work together to achieve real change. It's also a constitutionally protected right. It's imperative that it is exercised. ",
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"content": "It should be exercised in the right effective way. \n\nCrashing a Trump rally or getting arrested at the Capitol does zero. Absolutely nothing. \n\nWe are only talking about it because I criticized it. I have been to many many rallies and protests. In the city and the state capitol. \n\nWhat matters is scaring pols with numbers because numbers equal votes. That affects their survival instincts. \n\nProtesting at the national capitol? Unless you've got tens of thousands of people it does not have any effect at all. Nothing. \n\nAnd people are protesting across from the White House every single day. Every day. Do you hear about it? ",
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"content": "I disagree. Those protesters are accomplishing a lot. The protests at political rallies have shed light on the candidates, their histories, their records, and their positions. The protests at Trump rallies polarized Americans against Donald Trump. They're raising awareness and mobilizing people. \n\nBeyond that, those protesters are networking, they're forming relationships and groups that can continue their efforts in the long term. They're carrying on a time honored American tradition and exercising and preserving our rights as citizens. \n\nThey may be obnoxious sometimes, but that's unavoidable. People who believe in stuff are invariably going to ruffle some feathers. Regardless, they're absolutely necessary. ",
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"content": "Not this one. They got arrested for nothing. \n\n",
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"content": "Bullshit. A lot of voters have seen what they've done and heard their message. They're going to return with many more people. They're going to continue to do this for the indefinite future. \n\nYou can sit at your desk and trash people who are actually out doing something to effect change. I wouldn't recommend it, but you can do that if you want. ",
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"content": "They aren't doing anything to affect change. Zero. Nothing changed from this protest. \n\nThey feel good about it, but that's not change. ",
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"content": "I disagree. ",
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"content": "Why are you hear instead of in jail then?",
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"content": ">Why are you hear instead of in jail then?\n\nBecause I have responsibilities that I cannot tear away from. Don't get me wrong. I'm not out there with them, but I support them, and I'm at least not tearing them down in anonymity. ",
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"content": "I would have given you free lodging just for the pleasure :-) but I do understand.",
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"content": "Yeah. Thanks for the offer, but DC is [pretty far away for most of us. ] ( http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2012/05/24/153596809/researchers-find-link-between-isolated-state-capitals-corruption) ",
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"content": "Oh god.",
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"content": "She should pick a respected progressive that can attract more white, working votes like Sherrod Brown. Her VP pick is probably her last chance at getting more enthusiastic support from real progressives and social democrats. Up against Trump, she can then move slightly to the center to lock in the moderate vote. No losses anywhere. \n\nCastro could still work, but he doesn't bring much and kind of hits the same points that Hillary hits except that he's young and still relatively inexperienced. The only reason I see him being chosen is to condition him for a future run.",
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"content": "More white? WTF. As in Bernie Bros?",
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"content": "Yes, more white, working class. \n\n2012: 72% of electorate, Romney 59, Obama 39\n\nI think it would be more healthy for the Democratic Party if we did increasingly well with ALL demographics. We already do well with a majority of minorities, imagine if we could lock in the white, working vote as well? \n\nNot sure why you have to bring up \"Bernie Bros\" and not sure why you're acting as if I'm being racist or something. White people are a demographic too, and we don't want to lose white, blue collar votes to Republicans.\n\nFirst it was \"Obama Boys\", now \"Bernie Bros\". You people need to give it a rest. Being white isn't a disease. Speaking as a hispanic if it makes you more comfortable to know.\n",
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"content": "> 2012: 72% of electorate, Romney 59, Obama 39\n\nFat lot of good that did for Romney.",
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"content": "Obviously. It's not enough for Republicans to just get the white vote. But imagine if we could be 50/50. The Democratic Party would be unstoppable, and I think we could do that if we can gain the working white class. People seem to find that offensive though, as if it means we forget everyone else.",
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"content": "True. Democrats need to do a better job countering conservatives' false narrative which results in white working class voters supporting the GOP, even though the GOP has no real interest in helping them.",
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"content": "> he's young and still relatively inexperienced. \n\nI think that Hillary ought to pick a young inexperienced person, someone she can train... She makes up for all the experience in the world. We need a progressive version on Dan Quayle. ",
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"content": "Yeah, I mean if someone could pick a young, inexperienced VP it's someone like Hillary no doubt. But like I said, he doesn't bring much to the ticket other then it setting him up for the future. That's just my opinion though.",
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"content": "> She should pick a respected progressive that can attract more white\n\nI hate the idea of \"attracting more whites\". As a Black American, that plea from you just proves the racial undertones that the Sanders campaign spreads. I dislike how the Sanders Campaign treats race. \n\nNevertheless, If Bernie wins he ought to choose a left of center VP",
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"content": "I don't understand this. I'm a minority too. Racial undertones? Because I mention white people? I'm not a part of the Sander campaign, but of course again just because I mention white people everyone has to bring up Sanders and \"Bernie Bros\". It's not just \"attracting more white\", it's about the white, blue collar workers. I don't understand why people get so offended. Democrats do good already with minorities and they should continue to do so, but trying to gain the white working class moreso does not mean minority groups have to suffer. It's about being inclusive to all to our maximum potential, because I believe the Democratic Party should be the party of the common man and that includes ALL of the working class.\n\nDisgusting how you have to make it a negative thing.",
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"content": "> Disgusting how you have to make it a negative thing.\n\nIt just a statement that feeds into the several problems I see with Race and the Sanders campaign. ",
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"content": "I always assumed he would be the vp pick. Pulls in the Latin vote which might turn Texas and a few other boarder states.",
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"content": "Won't turn Texas unless they register and vote in unheard of numbers.",
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"content": "Can even turnout for midterms like the tea-baggers. Huge nope. ",
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"content": "What are you talking about? This movement in its current form hasn't been around during a midterm election. It was the DNC that failed to turn out the vote in 2014. In fact, they failed to even try. It was a disgrace. It was like they wanted to lose. ",
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"content": "Considering the Democratic turnout has been down, if they had been turning out for the primaries, Bernardo may have actually won more than 5. His under 30 turnout has been less than Obama's.",
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"content": "Source? ",
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"content": "Sanders has only won 5 primaries. What more of a source do you need? Is turnout down? Where is his revolution? At home watching TV.",
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"content": "So you don't have a source? Bernie has won the last eight of the last nine races and each of them had record turnouts. ",
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"content": "Pardon? Caucuses had record turnout? What about primaries where lots of voters turnout?",
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"content": "Source? ",
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"content": "So the movement is not at fault for staying home. \n\nSo all Sanders needs to do is run for office every two years otherwise the voters are not motivated. Hogwash. \n\n",
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"content": "This movement wasn't around two years ago. \n\nAnd the DNC should be motivating voters every cycle. They shouldn't be saving all of their money and enthusiasm for presidential elections. \n\nThey should be backing state and local candidates. If a candidate is running as a Democrat, they should have the support of the party. \n\nWhat Bernie Sanders has done to motivate and mobilize this movement is amazing. But it's not all on his. The party has to compromise with their voters. People are not going to bother voting for a party that doesn't care about them or their families. ",
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"content": "Stop blaming the DNC because you will always end of disappointed if you expect a party to cowtow to you. \n\nWhat will happen is Sanders will lose and then in 2018 the same people will look for an excuse not to vote. \n\nIf it was a real movement there is little anyone could do to discourage it. The Tea Party was able to do it and win both at the state level and the national level. So stop making excuses and blaming a party for the public's laziness and self-entitlement. \n\n\"If I don't get what I want I am staying home. So there.\"\n\nMeanwhile, you do even more damage to the causes you supposedly are so supportive of. \n\n",
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"content": "Man, you are dead set on alienating voters. My suspicions about you are firming up. \n\nThe party serves the people. Yeah, we can go on and on about how \"lazy\" and \"self-entitled\" voters are, but that's counter productive and untrue. The truth is that for many Americans, life is unnecessarily difficult and voting is a luxury. Why would someone who works multiple jobs take time away from caring for or earning for their family in order to vote for a party that doesn't give a shit about their problems? Who thinks that they're lazy and self entitled? Who thinks that their time is meaningless and their concerns are ridiculous? \n\nDo you want to continue along these lines, or would you like to reconsider what you're saying here? You're not helping the party in the slightest. ",
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"content": "Alienating voters because I speak the truth?\n\nIf people are alienated because someone tells them to stay involved and vote even though everything is not pretty and perfect to their liking then they should move to Poland and stop wasting time here. \n\nEspecially when the laziest among us are the younger voters and they are the first ones who want to scream and protest against everything. \n\nIt means they want to be cool, not responsible. \n\nIt means it's trendy to bash the banks but then cop out when it's the off season. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n",
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"content": "You should go back to the other party. This party is about including people and motivating them. The other party is about exclusion and alienation. ",
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"content": "I think the answer is obvious to most of us. ",
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