Sanders Talking About "When I Am President" At Tonight's DC Rally

[stopbush]

Wow.

Delusional. He can't possibly believe that, can he?

[UMTerp01]

1. I don't expect that kind of talk to end until he gets walloped in DC primary nt

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. If .... If wishes were horses then beggars would ride

[SunSeeker]

16. If frogs had wings they wouldn't bump their ass a-hoppin.

A saying heard growing up in New Orleans.

[DemonGoddess]

33. bwahahahaha

what a saying to see first thing, drinking coffee!

I gotta clean my monitor now...

[chillfactor]

3. sad to see that happen......

he will lose big time in DC...too many minority voters that support Hillary. I believe he should never have used that expression. It makes him less believable.

[Maru Kitteh]

10. Rachel Maddow reported 6+ Million in contributions have come to Hillary's

campaign from DC. Sanders has received less than 600K from DC. And she said DC has the second-highest concentration of minorities in the country.

It's going to be quite the statement piece for the end of the primaries, I dare say.

[Koinos]

45. What about the $10 million in mystery money that supposedly came to Bernie from DC?

Has this mystery been solved?

Bernie Gets $10 Million in Mystery Donations from Washington D.C.
Posted on February 17, 2016 by Grace Laine

Paperwork submitted on behalf of Bernie Sanders’ political action committee shows over $10 million in unnamed contributions pouring in from the nation’s capital.

The mystery money appears on a Schedule A-P filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) by the Bernie 2016 presidential campaign committee with a receipt date of 30 June 2015. The report shows $10,465,912.39 in “Unitemized” receipts for the Primary election. (Transaction ID VPF7BEDRRH8E, page 9845.)....

The federal form states that the $10 million is an aggregate of individual $35 donations, all with the same date and all originating from Washington, D.C. This would require 299,026 separate donors, which equals roughly half the population of the capital.

https://gobling.wordpress.com/2016/02/17/bernie-gets-10-million-in-mystery-donations-from-d-c/

https://gobling.wordpress.com/2016/04/01/new-fec-tells-bernie-2016-to-account-for-10m/

[72DejaVu]

22. I doubt he'll be viable in DC

[msongs]

4. requiem for the bernie sanders campaign, The Guitar Man by David Gates...

[Cha]

5. "When I'm president it will be a cold day in hell". Thank Goodness President Obama, VP Biden,

Elizabeth Warren, and Martin O'Malley have all endorsed Hillary!

[brush]

6. Sad. He's been in Washington for 25 years and seems to not know the demographic . . .

make-up of the city.

Newsflash: It's mostly POCs, Bernie. The segment of the electorate you do poorly with.

Why would you even extend this for another embarrassing loss?

Who is telling him he has a chance there?

And no, he won't be president.

[NanceGreggs]

7. Okay.

This is beyond delusional.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. I'm not sure he's being delusional

I'm rather certain however he's exploiting his followers.

[Fla Dem]

42. I hate to say it, but that is what it sure looks like, that and the idolatry has become addictive.

This is a man who for most of his adult life has waged a one person fight against the "establishment" with little to show for it, except to be a part of the evil establishment for 35 years.

I don't think he ever thought he would get beyond a few debates. But he had a message that resonated, whether he would ever be able to deliver on his promises of free education, blowing up the banks, no more wars etc. All the while the money was pouring in, more than he had ever seen in his lifetime(we think, never did see those tax returns). He hires Jane and other family members to be on his staff, flies his family to Rome. It was a gravy train, and they couldn't let the flow of money stop. So they campaign right up to the last primary, still begging for the $27 donations. I'm sure it will go on right up to the convention.

[BlueNoMatterWho]

9. It's quite obvious to anyone who's been paying attention that he's stringing this along in hopes

that the FBI makes a criminal referral to the Justice Department.

[Haveadream]

11. You may be right

According to some of the post mortems released, Sanders himself wants to fight until the end on the off chance that Hillary will be indicted. That isn't going to happen.

[Maru Kitteh]

12. I think he's doing it for the money (campaign debt) and the adoration

Hard to give up stadiums of this looking at you with rapt attention.

[BootinUp]

19. wow, hadn't seen that one. lol.

[lunamagica]

25. Yeah, on MSNBC they said the adoration from wimen resembled that of Paul McCartney circa 1964

Hard to give that up (though I think that way a YUUUGE exageration!)

[caquillo]

29. I can vouch that a couple of coeds from my gym find him 'a cute old man'

They've likened him to Carl Fredrickson, the grumpy yet endearing old protagonist in Up.

[lunamagica]

43. One thing is "cute old man". I can see that. But Paul McCartney circa 1964? That was pure hysteria

uncontainable, desperate lust... the kind of lust that makes you scream, and even faint...Bernie?...mmm...no, just no

[sarae]

30. When I look at what's at stake, I find that a little gross.

Which is more important - this guy getting his ego stroked by young adoring women or, you know...OUR COUNTRY?

[lunamagica]

44. It's gross anyway you look at it

[sarae]

31. This is one reason I could never jump on that bandwagon.

Until men and women are treated equally in this respect, I refuse to "reward" older men with a superficial adoration that people don't extend to older women.

If this makes me a feminazi, so be it.

[DemonGoddess]

34. +1000!

[DemonGoddess]

13. Well

whether he believes it or not is irrelevant. We all know he WON'T be.

[MFM008]

14. maybe he feels he hast to keep it going

until Tuesday. When the last votes are counted.

[Basic LA]

15. In a day filled with big moments, that was just bizarre.

It was more than a discordant note. It made me worry about his state of mind. I keep going from Elizabeth Warren's take down of Trump, to Bernie's promise of all he'll do when president. Oy vey, this could be a situation.

[complain jane]

18. LOL "this could be a situation".

I think it's already becoming one.

[complain jane]

17. Oh FFS.

Bernie, come on.

[realmirage]

20. He's trying to maximize his influence on the Party before the last votes are counted.

It's not about winning. It's a negotiation strategy over the Party platform. That's all.

[Koinos]

21. His saying things like this is not a good sign.

It appears he can not or will not face reality at this point. He is not helping his followers to adjust to things as they are.

It is the last act of a Shakespearean tragic drama, where the protagonist's own character flaw causes his downfall. It is sad. I wonder if he really grasped what President Obama and Senator Reid were graciously trying to tell him.

[livetohike]

23. The needle got stuck in the groove of his stump speech. There are

places for people who are delusional. Perhaps someone will book him a room.

In my memory, I have never seen such a sore loser. (First Presidential vote was for McGovern). Thankfully Sanders will NEVER be President. He doesn't have the temperament or the emotional maturity for the job.

[Her Sister]

24. He doesn't know how to change his stump speech at all!

He's not flexible that way! Plus he knows that his crowd expects and eats all that #$$#!
He probably does not want the media to report how he accepted defeat, his ego, won't allow that.
He is that kind of person. That kind of man!

[spooky3]

32. Well, to be fair, he did include advocacy of DC statehood.

That's an issue very important to many voters here--to give them voting rights and to throw off the meddling by Congress.

But as with other big plans, it will require a shift in Congressional representation to more Ds, before it can pass.

[DemonGoddess]

35. HRC has been saying that for a long time

about both D.C. and P.R.

[spooky3]

37. Yes!

[Her Sister]

36. Good point!

BTW wondering, are you in D.C.? You said: "here". That's why I'm asking. If so, you are the last ones voting! Kind of cool. D.C. wrapping it up! I agree that D.C. ought to get Statehood. Last night my sister, who is a student, told me that D.C. was considered a territory!!?? That's absurd! Our Capital!? Is this the case in other countries?

[spooky3]

39. Work there but live in No VA. So we (VA) were among the early "surprises"

DC's status is really out of date. Their not having a Senator or Rep with voting rights is wrong.

The ACT (Canberra) in Aus is somewhat like DC.

[riversedge]

26. Did he really say that outloud?? whow-!!

[Walk away]

27. How many $27 are left out there????

[liberal N proud]

28. Bernie Sanders - the Grumpy Old Man that just will not go away

[Politicub]

38. Life in the echo chamber

And a good example of cognitive bias. Believe what you want and discard the things that don't fit your reality.

[LannyDeVaney]

40. When you can no longer lie to get loans ...

you lie to get donations.

It's called grifting.

[NurseJackie]

41. This tells me he speaks from memorization ... and he's not really THINKING about what he's saying.

Inside his brain is a library of memorized phrases, talking points and applause lines. When not using a teleprompter, he just pulls them out randomly and strings them together to form sentences ... with little regard to its relevance and propriety.

Every speech, every interview, ever press conference ... always the same points with very little deviation (but sometimes in a different order).

I guess that's to be expected, but I was hoping he'd try harder.

[caquillo]

46. Yeah

It appears that the speech had already been written and he didn't want to stray from it, despite not making sense after his meetings with Obama and Reid and the subsequent endorsements of Obama, O'Malley, Biden, and Warren.

[wysi]

47. I'm pretty sure...

... he must have been referring to the alternate universe portrayed in DC Comics' new series "Sandersman - Economic Justice Warrior".

[Jamaal510]

48. President when?

In January 2025?