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stopbush

(24,630 posts)
5. Oh, they'll blame that on Hillary as well.
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 09:34 AM
Jun 2016

See, she lives in NY, which is right next to NJ. And to get from NY to NJ, you need to cross the GW Bridge, and vice versa, and because of Chris Cristie's Bridgegate, people won't vote because they need extra time to get to work in Manhattan from NJ, just in case traffic is backed up.

And don't forget that Christie hugged Obama, and Obama and Hillary are tight, so there's that. See, it's a conspiracy.

Plus, the Clinton's are tight with the Bushes, and Poppy Bush was in on the JFK assassination. So, you see, Hillary winning NJ and CA is just the final shoe to drop in the Conspiracy to kill JFK.

TwilightZone

(28,833 posts)
8. lol
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 09:42 AM
Jun 2016

And Sanders hired a noted JFK conspiracy theorist to file a frivolous lawsuit in CA.

Oh, wait, that one's actually true.

upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
2. Who cares what they say anymore. They can't change the outcome
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 09:30 AM
Jun 2016

of the primary in anyway yet they continue to make up more lies and more conspiricy theories. They live in a world of delusion so let's not drop reality on their heads let Bernie do it.

TwilightZone

(28,833 posts)
3. They're already preparing the excuses. A few keep insisting that polls "clearly" show Hillary
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 09:33 AM
Jun 2016

wins if turnout is low, feeding into the conspiracy theory du jour. They can't provide said polls, of course.

I have no idea how it's going to go. With all of the new registrations and the whole NPP nonsense, I could see Sanders possibly winning CA. Obviously, I hope not because that just means, in part, that the nonsense will drag on a little longer.

LiberalFighter

(53,469 posts)
7. Yet overall turnout has been 6 million fewer than in 2008.
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 09:39 AM
Jun 2016

And he has nearly 4 million fewer votes than Clinton in 2008.

Zambero

(9,764 posts)
4. It probably cuts both ways
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 09:33 AM
Jun 2016

And if the B.S. folks proceed to whine and make excuses, the end result was a foregone conclusion anyway. Still, there are downballot races as well. Why let others make decisions for us when we have that right?

George II

(67,782 posts)
10. If that's the case (and most likely isn't) it shows their dedication to their candidate.
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 09:47 AM
Jun 2016

BTW, what you say at the end is most likely true - many Sanders supporters/voters are depressed this morning.

Maven

(10,533 posts)
11. This is what happens when a candidate convinces his supporters that every defeat is the result
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 09:51 AM
Jun 2016

of a "rigged system". They begin to believe that the only explanation for the other side winning is a conspiracy by the "powers that be", which makes it impossible to reconcile with the loss and move forward. It's a self-serving, and very dangerous, mindset to foster among one's flock. This is the damage Sanders has done: he has sown not only discontent with the outcome, but a sense of illegitimacy about the Democratic Party nominating process itself, coupled with calls for "revolution". In brief: The party is corrupt, therefore we must blow the whole thing up to save it.

Cries of "cheating" and "theft" will abound no matter what the reason for Hillary's victory, as they have after every other contest Sanders has lost, so we may as well enjoy the victory and tune out all of the other noise.

 

puffy socks

(1,473 posts)
12. Thus far I've seen this...
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 09:53 AM
Jun 2016



"Stealing California From Bernie Using an Old GOP Vote-Snatching Trick"

California poll workers have been told to give all independent voters “provisional” ballots if they want to vote in Democratic Party. That’s illegal – and will insure that Sanders voters’ ballots end up in the garbage, uncounted.

I am currently reporting from Southern California, and there’s an Ashley Beck, who is a poll worker in conservative Orange County. She was being trained with other poll workers, and they were given some very strange information. In the California primary, the independent voters registered as NPP, or no party preference, can vote in the Democratic primary. They can ask for a ballot and they are allowed to vote. The Orange County poll workers were told if NPP voters ask for a Democratic Party ballot to vote for Bernie or Hillary, they are not to be given regular ballots, but provisional ballots. "



so the bs "rigged" drama continues.

 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
14. really doesn't matter...be nice...but really doesn't matter
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 10:14 AM
Jun 2016

sanders/followers always whine about their lost. Its noise....been over for over a month

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