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Corporate666

(587 posts)
32. Bernie is like a school mom who isn't getting her way
Wed Jun 8, 2016, 07:42 PM
Jun 2016

and who keeps going "up the chain of command" thinking that if she just gets louder, more insistent, more brash and acts like more of a squeaky wheel, that someone will finally give her what she wants.

I am sure Bernie is going to plead his case to Hillary's "boss" because he hasn't gotten much traction with HRC on his own.

The thing is - and I say this without any particular hatred for Bernie - he just does not have nearly the capital that he thinks he does. He has already lost. He has been beaten fair and square. Hillary doesn't *need* him. I don't think BS understands that. I don't think he understands she doesn't need his voters either.

Unless Bernie is going to threaten to actively work against HRC, then I don't see what he has to offer to Obama/HRC or to the DNC. And if he sits there with Obama and tries to be a hardass and say "I need X, Y and Z in order to work to help HRC", then I think he is in for a rude awakening. Because the reality is that the race is OVER, and whether he does it now or next week or after the convention, Bernie *WILL* be going back to Vermont and he WILL be just another member of the senate, and an insignificant one at that, and he WILL be very much relying on the good will of democrats and their party to give him a voice and give him a role to play in government. As an independent from Vermont, he is a non-entity in the Senate. He's a nobody. So he best be *really* careful about how hard he plays the single pair hand he's got, and be best not be thinking he's got a flush.

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I respect President Obama and Senator Reid, but they don't get to pick HRC's VP. BobbyDrake Jun 2016 #1
BS called for the meeting? I didn't know that part.. thanks. Cha Jun 2016 #2
He also missed an epic moment. BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #4
He's bitterly jealous and acting poorly on a national state. He can't help himself. He would Cha Jun 2016 #7
You've got that right! pandr32 Jun 2016 #23
And, one who doesn't see reality for what it is.. Cha Jun 2016 #31
"We'll do it without him". Tarheel_Dem Jun 2016 #27
Thanks for the link. Excellent analysis of last night. Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #17
poppy burned bridges with reagan and reagan reluctantly tapped poppy. unblock Jun 2016 #10
NO. BS has burned his bridges with Hillary.. he offers nothing. He's said he can't make his Cha Jun 2016 #12
i agree it seems a rather unlikely choice for veep. unblock Jun 2016 #16
IMO, he deserves no post BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #21
by that logic, one could argue that hillary didn't deserve to be obama's secretary of state unblock Jun 2016 #22
I seriously doubt there's any place for Sanders in Hillary's administration jmowreader Jun 2016 #25
Poppy also ran the CIA wysi Jun 2016 #29
I heard the same on NPR. teamster633 Jun 2016 #11
Well as usual my money is on President Obama over burnie sanders. The President Cha Jun 2016 #14
I think he fancies himself a wheeler dealer negotiator por la Revolucion Rose Siding Jun 2016 #3
Right.. BS isn't going to wheel and deal anything with President Obama.. he has Cha Jun 2016 #9
multiple reasons, obviously its a form of blackmail where sanders is gonning to say beachbum bob Jun 2016 #5
Ha! see below. We are pretty close and we posted at the same time! It must be true. Walk away Jun 2016 #8
Maintaining his committee positions with Reed in the meeting. Thinkingabout Jun 2016 #15
He risked losing those. LiberalFighter Jun 2016 #19
Responses LiberalFighter Jun 2016 #18
He is probably trying to cut a deal to settle his campaign debt plus the money he stole... Walk away Jun 2016 #6
problem with zealots, they don't believe that people see thru them, to their core beachbum bob Jun 2016 #13
If he thinks he can leverage into VP, that isn't going to happen. The VP needs to be someone still_one Jun 2016 #20
It could be theater, all as a run up to a unity appearance Politicub Jun 2016 #24
Sounds like... MrWendel Jun 2016 #26
He's looking for someone else to whine to. Figures he livetohike Jun 2016 #28
He wants to know how the master (Obama) would message to his fans taught_me_patience Jun 2016 #30
Bernie is like a school mom who isn't getting her way Corporate666 Jun 2016 #32
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