Bernie is making a stump speech for D.C. in front of the White House.

[Walk away]

[Cha]

1. how did he finagle that?

[Walk away]

2. He came out and said his usual issues after thanking the Pres and Biden....

then he said he would be in D.C. and he was for statehood for them and he hates Trump. He spent more time running for the D.C. primary than anything else.

[stopbush]

4. And yet he's projected to get his ass handed to him...again.

What kind of strategy is it that you end the primary season by losing in landslides in numerous contests? How does that help your imagined leverage with the Party and at the convention?

Sanders was hoping for big victories in CA and elsewhere to give him a talking point that he was a strong candidate heading into the convention. Well, the opposite has happened, but he's still acting like he picked up steam by getting his ass kicked.

[still_one]

32. The demographics are against him big time in Washington DC, however, I don't have any issue with him

pushing on until the last primary.

I do have issues with his cold tone toward Hillary in his speech before his supporters in Los Angeles on June 7th. He mentioned her almost as if it were an after thought, and that was unfortunate since Hillary mentioned him and his supporters in extremely complementary terms.

I suspect much of it is because he is not happy with the results, but after March, this is what was written on the wall, so this should not have been a surprise to anyone.

He is coming off as a very sore loser

[Cha]

6. He lost California Big Time so now he's in Desperate Must Win D.C. mode.

I think D.C. voters are smarter than to fall for the loser.

[BlueCaliDem]

12. He also said that when the tally is done in California, the gap won't be as big.

Yep. He got a prime spot for his stump speech for the DC primary, and that's all this was since ALL broadcast and cable "news" oulets were there to record this meeting - that he, not the president set up - for posterity.

[Cha]

15. So now he's lying about California?

[BlueCaliDem]

17. Did we expect anything different, Cha?

I sure didn't. *sigh*

But I believe Sanders cut President Obama's endorsement of Hillary Clinton off at the pass when he said at his campaign speech presser in front of the White House, twice, that he was grateful that President Obama and Vice President Biden "didn't put their finger on the scale" in favor of Hillary. If President Obama and VP Biden were planning on endorsing her right after the meeting, that's been stopped dead with that statement since there is still Washington DC's primary election.

Pretty ingenuous, if not, disingenuous.

[Cha]

19. FWIW.. and it should be something.. Josh Earnest, PBO's Press Sec said that

Pres Obama wouldn't be endorsing her until the primary was over

Well I want to see the finished count of California and he needs to be held accountable. And, what difference does it make if the "gap" is closed anyway? He's Lost.. Hillary WON.. WTF is it going to take to get that through his skull?

Oh yes he's so grateful.. lol.. Newsflash!

[BlueCaliDem]

21. Hahaha! Yes, I remember that part of President Obama's last WH Corr. Dinner speech the

moment Sanders brought up that "finger on the scale" idiom at his presser!

Yes, I know that many people have been saying that President Obama wouldn't endorse until after the primary election was over, but in Iamartist's OP here it mentions that President Obama "is expected to formally endorse Hillary Clinton shortly after the meeting."

On the other hand, it would only be fair to not interfere in the DC primary election by endorsing too early, although I have to admit, I'd rather he did since it's clear who our nominee is by any accounting - unlike how it was in 2008 when it was so close!

Edited to add link (sorry, Cha).

[Cha]

23. I wonder who the source for the aritcle is?.. 'cause Josh is pretty reliable.

Just saw this tweet.. just what I've been posting..

Martha Jackovics ‎@BeachPeanuts
So nothing's changed in his mind. He & Jane just wanted a trip to the WH? It's like the Pope stunt all over again? https://twitter.com/ap/status/740947044249010178 …
7:10 AM - 9 Jun 2016
17 17 Retweets 12 12 likes

https://theobamadiary.com/2016/06/09/potus-fallon-tonight/#comments

Maybe if BS hadn't been disingenuously Dissing President Obama for years.. he wouldn't have to worry and whining about any fingers on any scales.

Just sayin;

[Il_Coniglietto]

34. He has absolutely no chance of winning here.

And he knows that.

[Arkansas Granny]

3. I think this is an effort to unify the party.

They aren't going to pressure him to leave and he probably made some concessions about supporting Hillary and his he will address his supporters.

[Walk away]

5. Just saying...he could have waited to stump for D.C. until he was out of the White House.

It made it look like he invited himself to see the POTUS and then used him for more free publicity. Classic.

[Cha]

7. Which knowing burnie is exactly what he did do.

[KittyWampus]

13. Knowing the POTUS though, I am sure they have an understanding.

President Obama is a reasonable and accommodating man in general.

[Arkansas Granny]

9. You're probably right about that, but it probably involved

more than that. I'd bet that Bernie had to make some concessions.

[Walk away]

14. Of course he did. We can't say it out loud because the Nader Nurses won't deal well with that but...

I guarantee that neither President Obama or Hillary would ever have walked out of a meeting like that and used the situation in that way.
Well, I guess next to Donald Trump, any behavior looks somewhat presidential.

[BootinUp]

8. He also said he expects outstanding vote in CA to close the margin. nt

[savalez]

10. Whatever.

[TwilightZone]

11. I'm starting to think his campaign spends too much time on DU.

His supporters post a bunch of threads about the outstanding votes, and voila!

[OKNancy]

16. Well, I was encouraged by what he said... you need to discuss all of what he said

The last few words he said were the most important. He is going to get together with Hillary.

This division is going to heal and I really think we on the winning side need to act as if we welcome that.
I hope we do!

[Walk away]

18. I think anyone who supports Hillary Clinton for POTUS is on my side.

The day that Bernie Sanders endorses Hillary and stops actually running against her (D.C.) is the day he gets a pass for this kind of behavior from me.

[OKNancy]

22. We are on the same side

I think I've proved my bona fides in that area.

[Walk away]

24. I wasn't questioning you. I was just explaining why I cannot give Bernie a pass until....

he, at least, stops running against Hillary. He used his unity time to literally give a truncated version of his stump speech for another primary contest against Hillary. Yes he mentioned a nebulous meeting with her as a seeming afterthought. It actually seemed rude to stick it carelessly on the end.

[NurseJackie]

20. Wait wait ... let me guess ...

"... when Bernie Sanders started this campaign, Bernie Sanders was polling at 3% ..."
"... Bernie Sanders won the majority of the Black vote and the Hispanic vote [div style="color:gray"](in the 18-20 year old age group)..."

[Walk away]

25. He actually mentioned Billionairs and Oligarchs. It almost seemd like a parody. nt

[NurseJackie]

26. What was the last line? Was it ...

[Walk away]

28. If it wasn't.....it should have been!!!!!!

[liberal N proud]

27. He didn't wag his finger

Now that's something.


I think that is about as close as your going to get from him in regards to a concession speech. He knows its over.

[NurseJackie]

29. I've always been fascinated (or distracted) by the way he ...

... uses his hands to "tap-out" in mid-air the individual syllables of the words he's speaking.

It's also odd to see this other thing he does... it's difficult to describe... it's as if he's visualized a row of shelves in front of him that are filled with an array small items (spice jars?) ... then with his hands, he'll choose and "grab" individual invisible items (that presumably represent the words and phrases he's speaking).

I get so fixated and distracted by wondering what he actually "sees" and wondering where he's going to "grab" next, that it's difficult to pay attention to what he's trying to say.

Heh! And to think that people say that Hillary has poor public speaking skills! GMAFB!

[DawgHouse]

30. This made me LOL - grabbing spice jars?

[NurseJackie]

31. Now that you've got that image in your head ... that's ALL you'll be able to see from now on.

(Sorry!)

[TeamPooka]

33. DC and Puerto Rico should get statehood and full rights for our citizens there.