NYT: Bernie Sanders Refuses to Concede Nomination to Hillary Clinton (HRC GP)

[Her Sister]

Some excerpts:

On Sunday, he gathered with about 20 key supporters and advisers at his home in Burlington, Vt., to discuss how to proceed.

“We are going to take our campaign to the convention with the full understanding that we are very good at arithmetic and that we know, you know, who has the received the most votes up to now,” Mr. Sanders said after the meeting, standing on his front lawn with his wife, Jane. Among the dozen or so people who attended the gathering were Benjamin T. Jealous, a former president of the N.A.A.C.P.; Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva of Arizona; Nina Turner, a former Ohio state senator; and Bill McKibben, the environmentalist and author.

Notably, Mr. Sanders also said he would continue his efforts aimed at “transforming the Democratic Party,” a sign that his main goal may no longer be to become the nominee.

SNIP:

When asked by Chuck Todd on Sunday’s “Meet the Press” on NBC whether he was an “active candidate,” he responded that he wanted to see Mr. Trump defeated.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/13/us/politics/bernie-sanders-campaign.html?smid=tw-nytpolitics&smtyp=cur&_r=0

[Her Sister]

1. Send donations to BS...

The drag continues....

[Mr Maru]

24. It's about the money. He must be in some serious debt.

[patsimp]

27. Yes, send ALL your money to BS.

[beachbum bob]

2. sander's debt must be huge...he needs as many $27 donations as the FEC is looming

over his campaign finance issues....sanders is an ego-maniac.....been saying that for months here. He is holding out for as much as hillary, the DNC will give him and is in direct violation of the terms he agreed to with the DNC when they allowed him to run as a democrat in our primaries...sander's words mean little any more

[Her Sister]

3. Very strange! He is!

Article says he's still meeting HRC tomorrow Tuesday. So there's that.

[BeyondGeography]

4. Up to now?

Last edited Mon Jun 13, 2016, 06:40 AM - Edit history (1)

This is getting exceedingly stupid.

[liberal N proud]

5. He is becoming a sad joke of a man

He may have had some good ideas but now, it is just a joke.

[drray23]

6. i wonder if he has lost it.

After a year of relentless campaigning and coming up short maybe he needs to rest a few days. He does not sem to be thinking clearly. Why, for example wait until after DC to get out ? Surely he must see he is going to suffer another crushing defear there. What does he have to gain ?
He is like a dazed boxer who refuses to give up after being knocked out and insist they are fine.

[Her Sister]

11. I think he wants to continue the rallies!

and the donations coming in! He is a very very important person! All he's got to do is stump speech all over the place.

[pandr32]

23. That's exactly right

And his stump speech that has remained more or less unchanged for three decades is important, too.

[geek tragedy]

7. he'll concede this week. Last voting is tomorrow. nt

[spooky3]

22. I agree. I'm not concerned that he hasn't done so. It's

neat and clean for him to let the DC voters vote. Then he can say he kept his pledge to include everyone. I don't think he's thinking that they will vote for him in droves.

If he doesn't concede this week, however, then I'm concerned about what this says about him and whether he is being disruptive.

[livetohike]

8. Transforming the Democratic Party? Maybe he will appoint himself as Chair of

the DNC. Doubt he is capable of the job.jane can be Treasurer further enriching their personal accounts.

[Rose Siding]

15. Pretty nervy, huh?

From his past statements, we already know he's never had any affection for our party. I hope they don't let him near it. Hasn't he already filed to run for Senate again as and Independent? I would make NO sense for him to wield power in an organization to which he doesn't even belong!

[livetohike]

16. Exactly! I think I can say this before TOS changes.

I don't think he is sincere about anything he says. I felt that way when exposed to him by Ed Schultz nearly every single show.

He and Jane seem like con artists to me. There will be no "movement ". There will be no "revolution".

The only thing Sanders is sincere about is feeding his immense ego.

[Cha]

9. I just saw a Tweet on this very thing.. The black guy (Obama) told the white guy (Bernie)..

We've seen the pic.. this is the caption that goes with it...



Mr. Weeks ‎@MrDane1982
The black guy (Obama) told the white guy (Bernie) his campaign was over b/c the woman (Hillary) won the nomination
1:19 PM - 11 Jun 2016 · Bronx, NY, United States
286 286 Retweets 474 474 likes

https://theobamadiary.com/2016/06/12/lovewins/

Mahalo, HS~

[BobbyDrake]

10. He's getting bad advice from his hateful cabal. All his advisors have chips

on their shoulders against the DNC for perceived slights, and it's driven their campaign off the rails. (Driven it straight into Crazytown, IMO.)

All of the people listed in that article are nothing but distorted caricatures of what a real progressive looks like. Where's Al Gore to say to Sanders what he said to Howard Dean, "This isn't about YOU."

[Her Sister]

12. And they all met yesterday so absolutely no good was coming out of that meeting.

They seem to think they're being so clever!

[Rose Siding]

13. Notably absent, his lone Senate supporter who's already been talking sense

[Thinkingabout]

14. Right now it really doesnt matter if he concedes, life will go on, the convention

Will happen, Hillary will be the nominee, she will be on the ballot as the nominee in the GE.

[Walk away]

17. He is diminishing more every day.

He lost, everyone but his most ardent supporters are going to hold out and, pathetically, insist that the Democratic party is the same as the GOP and that electing Trump will hasten the winds of "Democratic Socialism".

As the world turns, it is turning without Bernie.

[Koinos]

18. Maybe I missed it, but did Bernie say anything worthwhile about Orlando?

[Her Sister]

19. Here, my new OP on BS' statement on the Orlando Shooting

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1107165424

[Koinos]

20. Many thanks for posting the thread!

[Blue Idaho]

21. As a lifelong Democrat

I am not the least bit interested in an outsider "transforming" my party. So far he has functioned almost exclusively as a one man wrecking crew. If he really has a passion for his ideas - let him start his own damn party.

[Mr Maru]

26. The only thing he's trying to transform is his checkbook

[still_one]

28. We will see what happens after Tuesday's meeting, but if this nonsense continues, then with or

without him, Hillary will do what she needs to do to defeat Trump