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Old 08-16-2015, 11:46 AM
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Bernie's going to win.

The nomination and then the general election.

And the funny thing is that when he does all you doubters will be trying to rewrite your personal histories to say you knew it would happen all along.
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Old 08-16-2015, 11:47 AM
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The only way Hillary wins is if Trump becomes the Republican nominee, chances not very good IMO and or he enters the race as an independent. Otherwise HRC is toast even if she ekes out the Dem nomination. Say she wins the nomination but few people bother to vote in the primaries, how do you get them to come out in the general election for a Hillary ticket.
Right...election is gonna look like 2014 election if she gets the nod.
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Old 08-16-2015, 11:49 AM
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Bernie's going to win.

The nomination and then the general election.

And the funny thing is that when he does all you doubters will be trying to rewrite your personal histories to say you knew it would happen all along.
I hope so...if Hillary cared about the country and her "legacy" the best move she could make would be to step down with a 100% endorsement to Sanders (or Warren if she'd take her place).
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Old 08-16-2015, 12:01 PM
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Bernie's going to win.

The nomination and then the general election.

And the funny thing is that when he does all you doubters will be trying to rewrite your personal histories to say you knew it would happen all along.
Lay off the psychedelics, TJ. For better or worse, Bernie has no chance. None. Zero. Nada.

And Hillary's chances are waning. What at one time seemed like a shoe-in for Hillary in the primary and even the general election looks shaky at the moment. The Dem's strategy of a coronation rather than a competition in the primary may well bite them in the ass and if it does, they'll deserve it.
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Old 08-16-2015, 12:03 PM
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Bernie's going to win.

The nomination and then the general election.

And the funny thing is that when he does all you doubters will be trying to rewrite your personal histories to say you knew it would happen all along.
I don't think anyone here is against a Bernie Sanders candidacy. But can he raise the money and garner attention with Hillary and her moneybags in the race? He is now gaining attention with his far left rhetoric, but that will not play in the general election.

BTW, you are speaking from both sides of your mouth. On the one hand you are supporting Bernie's candidacy yet anyone commenting negatively on HRC is fair game to you.

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I hope so...if Hillary cared about the country and her "legacy" the best move she could make would be to step down with a 100% endorsement to Sanders (or Warren if she'd take her place).
Agreed and I had been saying from the very beginning that she should not run. It is becoming much more obvious now. I am hoping that the email controversy forces her hand.
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Old 08-16-2015, 12:03 PM
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Bernie's going to win.

The nomination and then the general election.
Oh H$(( No!
You've hammered away @ everyone on this board for probably over a year that's it's going to be Clinton & Bush with Clinton getting the victory.
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Old 08-16-2015, 12:08 PM
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Did you hear his plan for ISIS? IF he seriously believes in it (and it sounds like he does when he speaks to Chuck Todd) then he is very naive. Trump is advocating imperialism (taking over Iraqi oil with troops) and wants to take care of wounded veterans, completely unaware more ground troops in Iraq will create new limbless soldiers.

Great businessman but very shallow intellectually, and that is not even examining the immorality behind his nativism.
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Old 08-16-2015, 12:28 PM
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She's barely holding on now if the ships not sailed. Pretty scary to think if she gets the nod then there is at least 50% chance if not greater the SCOTUS appointments will go to a Repug president that has a repug congress....
And I'd say that there is at least a 1:3 chance that Trump will be the Republican nominee.
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Old 08-16-2015, 12:30 PM
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Oh H$(( No!
You've hammered away @ everyone on this board for probably over a year that's it's going to be Clinton & Bush with Clinton getting the victory.
I was wrong.
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Old 08-16-2015, 12:37 PM
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I don't think anyone here is against a Bernie Sanders candidacy. But can he raise the money and garner attention with Hillary and her moneybags in the race? He is now gaining attention with his far left rhetoric, but that will not play in the general election.
His rhetoric isn't "far left". It's left, of course, the same way that Sweden or Denmark is left, but I haven't heard Bernie say anything about nationalizing critical industries or collectivizing agricultural production.

This idea that Bernie is an extremist hurts his chances and is, more important, completely wrong. Bernie is where most Americans are on most issues and they'd realize it if they stopped listening to the media and start listening to him.
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