Bernie Sanders Abandons Clinton in Final Week

[Yamcha]

http://observer.com/2016/11/bernie-sanders-abandons-clinton-in-final-week/

Sen. Bernie Sanders has begun to revert to his anti-establishment self as the end of the presidential election draws nearer.

Supporters have balked at a Sanders who supports Hillary Clinton, as she embodies the corruption and corporate influences that have transformed democracy in this country into an oligarchy. Sanders campaign events on behalf of Clinton have received poor attendance from supporters, especially in comparison to the rallies he held during his own campaign.

Sanders’ recent Op-Eds have also shifted from explaining why someone should vote for Clinton, to what he and his supporters need to do the day after Election Day. He has stopped critiquing Donald Trump as much and has started to scold Hillary Clinton again.

“The leverage that I think I take into the Senate is taking on the entire Democratic Party establishment, and, you know, taking on a very powerful political organization with the Clinton people,” Sanders said in a recent interview with The Washington Post. “We won 22 states and 46 percent of the pledged delegates, 13.4 million votes…and a majority of the younger people, the future of the country…That gives me a lot of leverage, leverage that I intend to use.”

[Yamcha]

Today's wikileaks on Bernie:

"Obama betrayer (Wh will affirm). Hapless legislator (Senators/members will affirm). False promiser (policy elites will affirm). Can't win (black people will affirm)."

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/44131

[Primemuscle]

http://observer.com/2016/11/bernie-sanders-abandons-clinton-in-final-week/

Sen. Bernie Sanders has begun to revert to his anti-establishment self as the end of the presidential election draws nearer.

Supporters have balked at a Sanders who supports Hillary Clinton, as she embodies the corruption and corporate influences that have transformed democracy in this country into an oligarchy. Sanders campaign events on behalf of Clinton have received poor attendance from supporters, especially in comparison to the rallies he held during his own campaign.

Sanders’ recent Op-Eds have also shifted from explaining why someone should vote for Clinton, to what he and his supporters need to do the day after Election Day. He has stopped critiquing Donald Trump as much and has started to scold Hillary Clinton again.

“The leverage that I think I take into the Senate is taking on the entire Democratic Party establishment, and, you know, taking on a very powerful political organization with the Clinton people,” Sanders said in a recent interview with The Washington Post. “We won 22 states and 46 percent of the pledged delegates, 13.4 million votes…and a majority of the younger people, the future of the country…That gives me a lot of leverage, leverage that I intend to use.”

If Sanders' campaign appearances on behalf of Clinton are poorly attended, it is most likely due to the fact that he is old news right now.

[Yamcha]

If Sanders' campaign appearances on behalf of Clinton are poorly attended, it is most likely due to the fact that he is old news right now.

Then that is terrible news for Clinton. Because her rallies are poorly attended as well...

[loco]

The Goal: Ensure Sanders is in third place

Organizers say Sanders could get enough write-in votes, in states where they are allowed, to deny Clinton the 270 electoral votes necessary to win. Under the 12th Amendment, the House of Representatives would then decide among the three candidates who’d received the most votes.

“We want to make sure Bernie is in third place so he is an option for the House of Representatives,” said Terje Oseberg, 47, a co-founder of BernieVote.com who lives in San Jose.

They are also counting on gridlock and the public’s dislike of both major-party candidates.

“This whole thing would throw a wrench in the system,” Oseberg said. “They might have no choice but to go with Bernie. They may not want to, but what are they going to do?”

Reading between Sanders’ lines

“He had to publicly say he supported Clinton but he’s been dropping little hints, like in the past he’s said, ‘If I ever tell you who to vote for, don’t listen to me,’ ” said Krista Pearson, an organizer of the Op Deny 270 campaign in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

An unlikely ally in Trump supporters

The write-in campaigns are also reaching out to a group that would seem to have nothing in common with Sanders, the democratic socialist: Trump supporters.

“All the news about the FBI and (Clinton’s) emails has been big . . . and it has turned out that some in the Trump camp are willing to work with us, because to them it’s critical that she not become our president,” said Small, who is a registered elector for Sanders in California.

Last month he took a road trip to visit Republican and Trump campaign offices in six counties to talk about their common fear: a rigged election.

“Sure, sometimes they’ll call me a socialist piece of trash, but many are willing to listen,” he said. “This talk of a rigged election speaks directly to us after what happened during the primary. There are things we have in common. . . . Trump supporters hate the government. We’re on the same side on this.”

Small said he told Republicans that they would hurt Clinton more if they wrote in Sanders.

“I’ve been fielding a lot of phone calls from Trump supporters since then,” he said. “I’m not a Donald Trump fan, but I can see eye to eye with some of his supporters.”

http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article112114202.html

[Primemuscle]

Then that is terrible news for Clinton. Because her rallies are poorly attended as well...

Which might be because her events never turn violent, like Donald Trump’s rallies, where police officers have been called in to break up confrontations between protesters and supporters, both sides heated up by the candidate’s negative and angry words.

Certain people are attracted more to a "train wreck" than a walk in the park.

[Yamcha]

Which might be because her events never turn violent, like Donald Trump’s rallies, where police officers have been called in to break up confrontations between protesters and supporters, both sides heated up by the candidate’s negative and angry words.

Certain people are attracted more to a "train wreck" than a walk in the park.

You mean the paid actors who go to Trump rallies with the sole purpose of inciting violence?!

[mazrim]

You mean the paid actors who go to Trump rallies with the sole purpose of inciting violence?!

Haha, I can't believe he posted that. Totally and completely out of the loop.

[Primemuscle]

You mean the paid actors who go to Trump rallies with the sole purpose of inciting violence?!

This from a person driven by conspiracy theories.

Trump has a history of calling for violent acts against those who protest at his events that goes back until at least August of last year.

A video is worth a 1,000 words.

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

Uhh....Bernie is campaigning for Clinton today

[Yamcha]

This from a person driven by conspiracy theories.

Trump has a history of calling for violent acts against those who protest at his events that goes back until at least August of last year.

A video is worth a 1,000 words.

yeah, okay

I can do that too

[Thin Lizzy]

This from a person driven by conspiracy theories.

Trump has a history of calling for violent acts against those who protest at his events that goes back until at least August of last year.

A video is worth a 1,000 words.

Yeah, meanwhile one guy got fired and another quit because of the O'Keefe tape.

Sell that Shit on Huffpo. Not gonna fly, here.

[Slik]

Which might be because her events never turn violent, like Donald Trump’s rallies, where police officers have been called in to break up confrontations between protesters and supporters, both sides heated up by the candidate’s negative and angry words.

Certain people are attracted more to a "train wreck" than a walk in the park.

how can u still be spinning this one?

[polychronopolous]

Which might be because her events never turn violent, like Donald Trump’s rallies, where police officers have been called in to break up confrontations between protesters and supporters, both sides heated up by the candidate’s negative and angry words.

Certain people are attracted more to a "train wreck" than a walk in the park.

Any funny business seen first hand at the voting booth thus far, Vincent?