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BlueMTexpat

(15,493 posts)
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 08:55 AM Jun 2016

Bernie Sanders, Party Crasher: Notes On The [Looming] End Of A Campaign

http://www.npr.org/2016/06/15/481453188/bernie-sanders-party-crasher-notes-on-the-looming-end-of-a-campaign

This is an excellent read.

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Sanders' experience in Southern California offers glimpses into everything that went right — and wrong — for his campaign. In more ways than one, at Lynwood and in Santa Monica and all throughout the primary season, Sanders was a party crasher. Sometimes that worked out for him. And sometimes it did not.

This week marked the final presidential nominating contest for the Democratic Party, in Washington, D.C. Bernie Sanders lost. And he isn't throwing in the towel just yet, he says. But Sanders also says he can do "arithmetic." And that math shows he did not get enough votes or delegates to be the Democratic nominee. (He trails Clinton by millions in the Democratic popular vote, and hundreds in party's delegate count, with or without superdelegates.) Hillary Clinton was declared the "presumptive nominee" last week, and she is now campaigning as one would expect a presumptive party nominee to campaign, complete with the endorsement of a sitting President. It'd be fair to say that the only thing keeping Bernie Sanders' campaign alive is that he hasn't yet said it is dead.
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In many ways, the Sanders campaign was a love revolution, with a message of unity, diversity and prosperity for all. But under the surface, the Sanders' movement was just as much an exercise in anger.
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It was a moment that, in several ways, could symbolize Sanders' entire campaign — a victory and a defeat, all at the same time. And, in spite of it all, a dogged determination to keep pressing ahead — and to seemingly never, ever admit you've lost.


LOTS more at the link.
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Bernie Sanders, Party Crasher: Notes On The [Looming] End Of A Campaign (Original Post) BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 OP
His campaign is like owning a boat - like throwing good money down a hole in the water. tonyt53 Jun 2016 #1
Except with a boat Treant Jun 2016 #3
Kind of like a weekend house guest... teamster633 Jun 2016 #2
Like Cousin Eddie... BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #5
I LOVE that movie ... BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #11
Hahaha! It's tradition in our home to watch Christmas Vacation every Christmas Eve! BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #12
"A Christmas Story" BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #19
I never knew about that movie. I'll look into it, maybe add it to our Christmas Eve get-together. BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #36
You'll LOVE Beverly D'Angelo in BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #41
I've seen the movie and I LOVE it! Madam D'Angelo was pretty sexy in that one. lol Her "striptease" BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #46
"The Sanders campaign has direct links to the Occupy Wall Street movement." Yep. I knew this from BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #4
Ouch! displacedtexan Jun 2016 #9
STING! BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #14
An end that should have happened long before now liberal N proud Jun 2016 #6
That would also sum up the article. I normally love NPR, but this has all been said before Native Jun 2016 #50
I read most of it. Very good coverage of the whole thing. BootinUp Jun 2016 #7
BS crashed our Dem Party too.. and he trashed it.. trying to make Cha Jun 2016 #8
That symbolizes his whole campaign in one vignette...bravo. teamster633 Jun 2016 #13
Yep. A campaign of ego and arrogance. Thanks but no thanks. I'm a Democrat who actually BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #15
That's what I Cha Jun 2016 #16
I sure do wonder why that wasn't covered in the U.$. Media. Hm. Had Hillary done anything like that, BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #17
And 24/7 at that for BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #20
Only a week? Hm. Maybe in the beginning, but they'd bring it up sporadically just in case BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #25
Too true ... BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #26
I know.. I wish the m$m would have covered it .. but we saw the report.. BS & DT got much Cha Jun 2016 #21
Thanks for the reference to the BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #27
I'm going to miss him and them terribly! I wish they would continue in Cha Jun 2016 #29
Love it! BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #30
Had you seen it before? Cha Jun 2016 #32
Not this, of course ... BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #39
LOVED it! Thanks, Cha. I hadn't seen it before! lol LOVE how our president put in a plug for BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #45
He's down with TPP! I trust President Obama on this.. not burnie sanders.. we now know what Cha Jun 2016 #47
I haven't seen this forjusticethunders Jun 2016 #48
I saw that Harvard report, too, Cha! I felt vindicated afterward. Still, the report came out much BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #28
Social Media takes up where m$m slacks off.. which is everywhere. Cha Jun 2016 #31
So true! I've had to rely on social media and blogs in order to get the truth. U.$. Media were too BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #34
Is that why you have President Obama as your avatar now.. Net Neutrality? Cha Jun 2016 #37
I actually like the colors - lol. I had the avatar for a week or so now, and I found it befitting BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #38
Yeah, I thought so.. all those things. Cha Jun 2016 #44
Even if I'm still quite a bit to his left forjusticethunders Jun 2016 #49
Thanks for posting! Looks interesting! Bookmarking... Getting comfy... Her Sister Jun 2016 #10
The Jesus guy gives the campaign a cultish vibe caquillo Jun 2016 #18
I must confess that I had BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #22
I can't make out what the guy on the right is supposed to be caquillo Jun 2016 #23
Me either ... BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #24
That could be a BoB fanatic. "Vote Bernie Or Don't Vote". That broken arrow appeared on my ballot BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #35
There are other photos that BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #40
Oh, so he's supposed to be a California ballot caquillo Jun 2016 #42
HAAAHAHAHAHA! Good one, caquillo. I guess he is. eom BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #43
lol, oh dear. nt BootinUp Jun 2016 #33
I have an issue whenever anybody uses the phrase TexasTowelie Jun 2016 #51

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
12. Hahaha! It's tradition in our home to watch Christmas Vacation every Christmas Eve!
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 09:30 AM
Jun 2016

And we laugh each and every time! I've learned that we're not the only people who do that.

BlueMTexpat

(15,493 posts)
19. "A Christmas Story"
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 09:39 AM
Jun 2016

with Darren McGavin is another of my faves to watch at Xmastime. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Story

I also love Chevy Chase and "the Griswolds" in "National Lampoon's European Vacation." I remember staying in a London hotel in the 1980s that was just like the one the Griswolds stayed in - complete with shared bathroom down the hall!

The rest of the film is a hoot too - and a flashback to more innocent days in foreign travel.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
36. I never knew about that movie. I'll look into it, maybe add it to our Christmas Eve get-together.
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 10:31 AM
Jun 2016

I love ALL Chevy Chase movies (Fletch, Fletch 2, National Lampoon movies) because he plays the same sarcastic guy in all of them. lol

Hubby says I'm like Beverly D'Angelo in Christmas Vacation. I always seem to know how to fix things that he can't get to work. lol

BlueMTexpat

(15,493 posts)
41. You'll LOVE Beverly D'Angelo in
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 10:49 AM
Jun 2016

"European Vacation" - and yes, Chevy plays the same sarcastic guy, i.e., himself, in every film.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
46. I've seen the movie and I LOVE it! Madam D'Angelo was pretty sexy in that one. lol Her "striptease"
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 11:27 AM
Jun 2016

that Sparky videotaped (and what was later stolen - lol) was priceless. She played such an adorable character.

But the kids, too, were incredibly funny; daughter pining for her boyfriend back home and being reminded of him when she looks at a particularly large sausage; Rusty catching that a couple at a nearby table were "about to do it" - and they get into it right after. lol Very funny.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
4. "The Sanders campaign has direct links to the Occupy Wall Street movement." Yep. I knew this from
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 09:07 AM
Jun 2016

the get-go. OWS, a failed attempt to...whatever they were trying to do, fizzled out just like Sanders' campaign after a fiery start. Angry is not an attractive message to have. Common sense and strategy wins the day. Sadly, that's something Sanders, his campaign, and his most fanatical followers couldn't understand.

Edited to add:

Winnie Wong, founder of the online group People for Bernie, is one of the former Occupy Wall Street activists who helped draft Bernie Sanders to run. And she said Sanders actually wasn't the first senator activists approached.

"We started the Draft [Elizabeth] Warren effort first," she told NPR. "Ready for Warren came out of Occupy. And People for Bernie came out of Ready for Warren."

Wong is not shy about identifying Sanders and his candidacy as a tool to get Occupy Wall Street ideals into the mainstream. "It was always a tactic," she said at a Sanders rally in San Francisco. "In every way, at every step of the way."

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
14. STING!
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 09:33 AM
Jun 2016

I doubt he cares since Bernie is in it for Bernie and for no one else. Both sides - Sanders and OWS - are using one another. What a pair!

Native

(6,416 posts)
50. That would also sum up the article. I normally love NPR, but this has all been said before
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 02:35 PM
Jun 2016

and more concisely.

BootinUp

(48,918 posts)
7. I read most of it. Very good coverage of the whole thing.
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 09:24 AM
Jun 2016

I especially noted the quotes from the BoB's.

Cha

(305,137 posts)
8. BS crashed our Dem Party too.. and he trashed it.. trying to make
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 09:25 AM
Jun 2016

everyone else look bad and hiding his actual record. But, the Americans voters said NO.. we don't want you.

And there was a stop at Plaza Mexico, an outdoor market that caters to a primarily Latino audience in Lynwood, a bit south of LA. Once Sanders arrived, with traveling press in tow, he walked through the crowded mall, which happened to be hosting a music festival that day. After shaking hands and hugging fans, Sanders tried to take the main stage of the festival. As he and his entourage approached the side of the stage, he was denied by several of the event staff. There were vigorous head shakes of disagreement and, as a female event staffer pulled a barricade closer to keep Sanders and his crew out, she said, angrily, "This is our event."

Adios, burnie

Mahalo, BlueMT

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
15. Yep. A campaign of ego and arrogance. Thanks but no thanks. I'm a Democrat who actually
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 09:35 AM
Jun 2016

believes in democracy and unity and not about ME! ME! ME! Those selfish people give Liberals a bad rep.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
17. I sure do wonder why that wasn't covered in the U.$. Media. Hm. Had Hillary done anything like that,
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 09:37 AM
Jun 2016

you could bet your house that it would be covered in the most ugliest manner by all U.$. media!

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
25. Only a week? Hm. Maybe in the beginning, but they'd bring it up sporadically just in case
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 09:54 AM
Jun 2016

the American electorate forgets.

BlueMTexpat

(15,493 posts)
26. Too true ...
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 09:55 AM
Jun 2016

I was just thinking that the incident seemed to have happened fairly recently - in the run-up to the CA primary. But yes, no one would have been allowed to forget - ever!

Cha

(305,137 posts)
21. I know.. I wish the m$m would have covered it .. but we saw the report.. BS & DT got much
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 09:45 AM
Jun 2016

better coverage than Hillary. This wouldn't have helped their horse race for California.

But, this sure was out on Social Media.. so it wasn't entirely swept under the rug.. they were laughing about it on the Obama Diary and the Tweets went out.. IOW they thought BS got his just desserts.

Cha

(305,137 posts)
29. I'm going to miss him and them terribly! I wish they would continue in
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 10:02 AM
Jun 2016

some form.. they are all so politically smart and active!

I just saw this for the first time..

".. Orange is Not the new Black"! Perfect!



lovemydog~http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1187&pid=53592

"America's best days are still to come"!

Nice plug for Hillary! My President is so Good!:

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
45. LOVED it! Thanks, Cha. I hadn't seen it before! lol LOVE how our president put in a plug for
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 11:23 AM
Jun 2016

Hillary Clinton, too. And how he finally explained TPP's main goal (aside from stricter environmental laws, stopping corporations from suing countries if they don't make a profit, etc.).

My president is THE BEST.

Cha

(305,137 posts)
47. He's down with TPP! I trust President Obama on this.. not burnie sanders.. we now know what
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 11:35 AM
Jun 2016

he's like for sure.. And, I didn't trust him way back then. I knew I could trust Obama.. he's earned it.. I knew nothing about that burnie sanders guy.. Except he wanted our President Primaried in 2012. That should have been the BIG RED FLAG right there.

Big dumb mistake.



 

forjusticethunders

(1,151 posts)
48. I haven't seen this
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 11:49 AM
Jun 2016

I've always bought into the idea that the TPP was some stealth corporate cash grab that would backdoor privatize the entire world but honestly I don't know anymore. The professional "Left" has lied about just about everything else.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
28. I saw that Harvard report, too, Cha! I felt vindicated afterward. Still, the report came out much
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 10:00 AM
Jun 2016

too late - not that not reporting it earlier gave either Orangeman or Fingerwagger any leverage. And yes, I do recall people posting and tweeting that Sanders-fiasco at Plaza Mexico. i remember that because it made me smile ear-to-ear.

Cha

(305,137 posts)
31. Social Media takes up where m$m slacks off.. which is everywhere.
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 10:10 AM
Jun 2016
Glass Ceiling Shattered!

BlueCali! March 16, 2016~

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
34. So true! I've had to rely on social media and blogs in order to get the truth. U.$. Media were too
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 10:24 AM
Jun 2016

caught up pimping Orangeglow to be bothered with reporting the real news. Then again, U.$. Media have always gone after the Clintons with a vengeance. It's what we get when billionaires and their pals can buy up our cable, broadcast, and radio stations, leaving us with no true 4th Estate outside of social media - something Republicans have been fighting to tear away as well.

But thanks to the appellate court yesterday, their attempts to buy up our internet and decide what we get to hear and read was defeated by the Obama Admin! WoooHOOOO! I'm certain President Obama knows fully well how skewed the traditional M$M have become and stopped them dead in their tracks from taking over the only resource you and I and others turn to to get real news!

And although this is good news, we can't really celebrate yet since AT&T vows to take it to the U.S. Supreme Court - hence another solid reason to ensure we have Hillary Clinton in the White House so we'll either get Merrick Garland on the bench before then or another justice of her choosing, and that she can nominate the replacements for Bader-Ginsberg, Breyer, and possibly also, Kennedy! THEN we can crow ever loudly and ever happily that we've finally shattered that thick but cracked glass ceiling and that there'll be justice for ALL!

Cha

(305,137 posts)
37. Is that why you have President Obama as your avatar now.. Net Neutrality?
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 10:33 AM
Jun 2016

Good point.. Hillary in the White House and a Democratic Congress for Net Neutrality!

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
38. I actually like the colors - lol. I had the avatar for a week or so now, and I found it befitting
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 10:45 AM
Jun 2016

the moment now because of Orlando and because...well, I just love the man. But yes, President Obama deserves the credit for fighting discrimination against our LGBTQ brothers and sisters, and for stopping billionaire propagandists from buying up and controlling our internet use, and for his fiery condemnation of Orangeglow's anti-Muslim rhetoric because of what happened in Orlando.

 

forjusticethunders

(1,151 posts)
49. Even if I'm still quite a bit to his left
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 11:51 AM
Jun 2016

My gratitude and admiration for Obama regarding LGBT issues, particularly trans issues and representation, cannot be overstated.

BlueMTexpat

(15,493 posts)
22. I must confess that I had
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 09:46 AM
Jun 2016

paid more attention to the text than to the photos. But you're right - some of them give off some strange vibes.



And "Jesus" was apparently a "regular."

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
35. That could be a BoB fanatic. "Vote Bernie Or Don't Vote". That broken arrow appeared on my ballot
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 10:27 AM
Jun 2016

where I had to join them with black ink in order to cast my vote for a candidate. I guess that's what he's trying to convey.

TexasTowelie

(116,573 posts)
51. I have an issue whenever anybody uses the phrase
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 02:57 PM
Jun 2016

"throwing in the towel." If they can't lift me, then how are they going to throw me anywhere?

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