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xDaunt
Profile Joined March 2010
United States17988 Posts
July 24 2016 20:36 GMT
#88541
On July 25 2016 05:26 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
Of course Clinton doesn't want her to speak alternate media will explode over this. Hell TYT is already covering this an they get more traffic than CNN.

Did they cover Twitter trying to suppress the story?
Dan HH
Profile Joined July 2012
Romania9118 Posts
July 24 2016 20:37 GMT
#88542
On July 25 2016 04:51 zeo wrote:
Whats wrong with that tweet? A lot of people voted for Hillary in the primaries because they thought she was going to win anyway because of the super-delegates. It was on liberal news channels 24/7 how Bernie had no chance to win hillary was the safe pick because of the super-delegates. Anyway...

When an election is seen as a forgone conclusion, it's the favorite that loses more due to voter complacency. That's the main mechanism through which polling upsets happen and if anything, this helped Bernie (see Indiana & Michigan primary polls vs results).

It's also how we got our current president, he was ~9 points behind in the polls between the 1st & 2nd round and he won by ~9 points.
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Anyway you weren't even arguing that Bernie supporters would be discouraged to vote by his chances (which at least sounds intuitive), but that they'd instead vote for HIllary thinking she was going to win anyway. I've never heard of such reasoning to vote for someone, it makes no sense to me, that's shooting yourself in the foot with absolutely nothing to gain.
LegalLord
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
United Kingdom13775 Posts
July 24 2016 20:38 GMT
#88543
Took a while for this to actually happen. DWS has had some surprisingly strong allies that basically flat out refused any scenario in which she would not keep her seat. This despite the fact that the past 6 years under her leadership have been really shitty for the party itself.

On unity: the Republican party has always been more unified and had a stronger sense of solidarity and involvement in political affairs. But the Democratic party is significantly larger.
History will sooner or later sweep the European Union away without mercy.
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
July 24 2016 20:51 GMT
#88544
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
CorsairHero
Profile Joined December 2008
Canada9491 Posts
July 24 2016 20:54 GMT
#88545

© Current year.
xDaunt
Profile Joined March 2010
United States17988 Posts
July 24 2016 20:54 GMT
#88546
On July 25 2016 05:51 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
https://twitter.com/bakedalaska/status/757274448294588417

Wait, is that a leftist/Bernie supporter with a Milo website email address?
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-07-24 21:08:06
July 24 2016 21:04 GMT
#88547
On July 25 2016 05:54 xDaunt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 25 2016 05:51 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
https://twitter.com/bakedalaska/status/757274448294588417

Wait, is that a leftist/Bernie supporter with a Milo website email address?

Geee, there is no possible way that this guy's sole goal is to stir up shit?

Edit: Yeah, he is pushing to have Milo back on twitter and garbage. He would be shitting on Bernie or whoever was going to be running against Trump.
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Godwrath
Profile Joined August 2012
Spain10126 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-07-24 21:21:52
July 24 2016 21:21 GMT
#88548
On July 25 2016 05:54 xDaunt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 25 2016 05:51 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
https://twitter.com/bakedalaska/status/757274448294588417

Wait, is that a leftist/Bernie supporter with a Milo website email address?

The guy has a trump licking the building as his background image. Pretty sure he is a trump supporter, even tho when it comes to the DNC primaries criticism from bernie and trump supporters is pretty much the same.
Nebuchad
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
Switzerland12172 Posts
July 24 2016 21:38 GMT
#88549
On July 25 2016 05:37 Dan HH wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 25 2016 04:51 zeo wrote:
Whats wrong with that tweet? A lot of people voted for Hillary in the primaries because they thought she was going to win anyway because of the super-delegates. It was on liberal news channels 24/7 how Bernie had no chance to win hillary was the safe pick because of the super-delegates. Anyway...

When an election is seen as a forgone conclusion, it's the favorite that loses more due to voter complacency. That's the main mechanism through which polling upsets happen and if anything, this helped Bernie (see Indiana & Michigan primary polls vs results).


Both are likely to happen; some people will be discouraged to vote for Bernie, some people will feel it's not necessary to vote for Clinton. It's hard to argue whether it cancels out or not. In the context of a primary, there is an additional factor. If it's a close race between the two candidates of the party you know you're going to vote for, it might raise your interest in the second candidate. You might wonder why he's doing so well and invest some time in looking at what he said and how it differentiates him from the other candidate. Perhaps you'll look at both platforms and perhaps you'll change your mind, or perhaps you won't. If it's not a close race, if it's a foregone conclusion that the other candidate will win, then it doesn't really matter what the second candidate thinks, because he's not going to win anyway. You might not invest that time into looking him up and stick with the candidate that is going to win, cause of surface arguments like "electability" and cause you know you'll support the party anyway.
No will to live, no wish to die
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44312 Posts
July 24 2016 21:45 GMT
#88550
On July 25 2016 05:17 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:


I think that's a really smart and dare-I-say moral move from the Democratic Party. Good.
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
RolleMcKnolle
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany1054 Posts
July 24 2016 21:49 GMT
#88551
I wouldn't call it moral, rather damage control. Since she is becoming more and more of a liability and HRC is in the position to decide on the next chair anyway. So it doesn't even matter.
farvacola
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States18826 Posts
July 24 2016 21:52 GMT
#88552
DWS is a provably "bad" Democrat with her support of pay-day and other borderline predatory lenders. She never belonged in the first place.
"when the Dead Kennedys found out they had skinhead fans, they literally wrote a song titled 'Nazi Punks Fuck Off'"
scott31337
Profile Joined January 2013
United States2979 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-07-24 21:55:58
July 24 2016 21:54 GMT
#88553
[image loading]

Hillary just added DWS to her campaign - Awesome!
THIS WAGON IS HITTING MAFIA FOR SURE BOYS!
LegalLord
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
United Kingdom13775 Posts
July 24 2016 21:59 GMT
#88554
Adding someone who resigned in disgrace to your campaign staff sounds like a brilliant idea.
History will sooner or later sweep the European Union away without mercy.
Nevuk
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States16280 Posts
July 24 2016 22:00 GMT
#88555
The optics are also horrible, like did people need any MORE proof that DWS' only role as DNC chair was to make Hillary their nominee?
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-07-24 22:03:02
July 24 2016 22:00 GMT
#88556
On July 25 2016 06:54 scott31337 wrote:
[image loading]

Hillary just added DWS to her campaign - Awesome!

"Honorary chair" sounds like a position they made up to give her the job of "Please deal wit the Democrats who still want to deal with you."

On July 25 2016 07:00 Nevuk wrote:
The optics are also horrible, like did people need any MORE proof that DWS' only role as DNC chair was to make Hillary their nominee?


She is well connected and there are members of the DNC who like her still. They can't just boot her, someone who matters will get grumpy. She isn't part of the official Clinton Election campaign. She is part of some nation wide group that is coordinating efforts to get other democrats elected.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
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RolleMcKnolle
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany1054 Posts
July 24 2016 22:02 GMT
#88557
also, the new interim chair isnt even slightly better: https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/4uf3qx/new_dnc_interim_chair_in_leaked_emails_i_will/
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-07-24 22:08:01
July 24 2016 22:05 GMT
#88558
On July 25 2016 07:02 RolleMcKnolle wrote:
also, the new interim chair isnt even slightly better: https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/4uf3qx/new_dnc_interim_chair_in_leaked_emails_i_will/

Sanders is a grumpy old man that doesn't work well with others .Do you want her to shower Sanders with kisses and hugs? Sing his praises from the roof in private email? Do you think Sander said nice things about all this co-workers and other democrats?
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
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xDaunt
Profile Joined March 2010
United States17988 Posts
July 24 2016 22:05 GMT
#88559
Hahahah, they picked Donna Brazile as the interim chair? What a bunch of imbeciles.
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44312 Posts
July 24 2016 22:08 GMT
#88560
On July 25 2016 06:49 RolleMcKnolle wrote:
I wouldn't call it moral, rather damage control. Since she is becoming more and more of a liability and HRC is in the position to decide on the next chair anyway. So it doesn't even matter.


I think that's a good way of putting it!
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
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