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Bernie: Get Ready to be Screwed
Submitted by info on Mon, 02/22/2016 - 18:37
Dear Bernie,
You chose to run in the the Democratic Party primaries. You are an independent progressive and have been fighting the big money interests for decades. Because of that, get ready to be screwed.
At the highest level, the Democratic Party is run by its big contributors. It has devised a primary system designed to nominate one of its own, Hillary. Really, you have virtually no chance of getting that nomination.
Here is one reason: 30% of all delegates to the convention are "Superdelegates" not chosen by the voters. They are politicians who have succeeded in the big money, Citizens United/McCutcheon system of campaign finance. So far, 451 of the 712 Superdelegates have announced their support of Hillary. Only 19 support you. So she is getting 96% of the Superdelegates. If that continues, she will amass a total of 683 Superdelegates; you will have 29.
Hillary will then will need only 509 of the 1670 delegates chosen by voters. You will need to win 1163 of those delegates.
Hillary can secure the nomination by winning only 30% of the voter-chosen delegates. But you have to earn 70% of those delegates. In other words, you can beat Hillary in the primaries and caucuses by better than 2-1 and still lose the nomination.
"Democratic" Party, indeed.
- Ralphie Buffalo
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Bernie Sanders
This article has that snarky tone so prevalent in our world today. Written back in February 2016 the thought in it reduces the run for president down to a sport motif analysis. No broader look at history is noted and no complexity of the many layers of society that increasingly are fed up. As we have seen since February the revolution pushing the river popped Bernie up into its current and carries him along not the other way around.
His run has pushed many issues into the spotlight including the continuing bursting open of more corporate crime bubbles as this year marches on.
I don't like labels and label thinking. I find impressive the young tech savvy creative strategic folks who are involved in the Sanders campaign.
Along with that is how the Green Party has matured and expanded. It is appearing Jill Stein, articulate, knowledgeable, dignified, poised and well spoken would make an excellent president.
Bernie
We don't think the tone is snarky. We think that what we said last February was entirely true then . . . and now. You complain about labels, but we did not use any. Nor did we at all criticize Bernie supporters. We criticized the Democratic Party for rigging the primary system to nominate Hillary. We were right.