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When Bernie defects...

What happens when Bernie supports Hillary?

  • It means Hillary wasn't as bad as you thought.

    Votes: 3 23.1%

  • It means Bernie isn't as amazing as you thought.

    Votes: 2 15.4%

  • It means your head is going to explode.

    Votes: 8 61.5%
  • Total voters
    13
MrWonka

MrWonka

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In a few short weeks the reality of Hillary Clinton winning the Democratic Nomination will set in and Bernie Sanders will have no choice, but to drop out. When he does he's going to give a full throated endorsement of Hillary Clinton and I wouldn't be shocked at all if she ended up putting him on the ticket as her running mate. Either him or Elizabeth Warren.

I'm curious for all the Bernie supporters that hate Hillary Clinton what will that mean to you?
 
MrWonka said:
In a few short weeks the reality of Hillary Clinton winning the Democratic Nomination will set in and Bernie Sanders will have no choice, but to drop out. When he does he's going to give a full throated endorsement of Hillary Clinton and I wouldn't be shocked at all if she ended up putting him on the ticket as her running mate. Either him or Elizabeth Warren.

I'm curious for all the Bernie supporters that hate Hillary Clinton what will that mean to you?
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Love the troll bait poll choices, title and premise; not taking it though.

That said, it will obviously mean that he very grudgingly supports Hillary as the lesser evil to Trump: a stance that is perfectly understandable.
 
MrWonka said:
In a few short weeks the reality of Hillary Clinton winning the Democratic Nomination will set in and Bernie Sanders will have no choice, but to drop out. When he does he's going to give a full throated endorsement of Hillary Clinton and I wouldn't be shocked at all if she ended up putting him on the ticket as her running mate. Either him or Elizabeth Warren.

I'm curious for all the Bernie supporters that hate Hillary Clinton what will that mean to you?
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It means that he wants to throw his support behind who he thinks is the best candidate still in the race even though he thinks he could do a better job. It's very common. You are allowed to criticize someone yet still endorse them. It's not a silly thing to do. At all.

BTW, You're question is posed in probably the silliest way possible.
 
I'm okay with either winning, with that said, it's just Bernie picking the obviously better candidate compared to whatever hack is fielded by the GOP. He's not some ultra-idealist idiot.

I don't like the poll choices, so no vote for me.
 
Yup...Bernie Sanders will endorse Hillary Clinton...and well he should. I have little doubt he will think he would have been a better choice, but he is an intelligent man and undoubtedly can see that Hillary Clinton is a MUCH better choice than anyone the Republicans will come up with.

On the other item, I doubt Hillary will choose either Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren...and I doubt either Sanders or Warren would want that spot.

Lastly...Hillary Clinton will be our next president.
 
It will probably mean the same thing when the GOP begins to accept Trump as the alternative to Hillary Clinton.
 
MrWonka said:
In a few short weeks the reality of Hillary Clinton winning the Democratic Nomination will set in and Bernie Sanders will have no choice, but to drop out. When he does he's going to give a full throated endorsement of Hillary Clinton and I wouldn't be shocked at all if she ended up putting him on the ticket as her running mate. Either him or Elizabeth Warren.

I'm curious for all the Bernie supporters that hate Hillary Clinton what will that mean to you?
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i doubt that she'll do anything for him, honestly. he's little more than an annoying speed bump to her. and what are Sanders supporters going to do, vote for Trump or Cruz? right. stay home and risk Trump or Cruz? right.

folks, this election shows you what a phenomenal piece of **** the gerrymandered two party system really is. if it produces anything approaching a good choice, it's usually by accident. i hope that the American electorate eventually stands up and demands something better.
 
MrWonka said:
In a few short weeks the reality of Hillary Clinton winning the Democratic Nomination will set in and Bernie Sanders will have no choice, but to drop out. When he does he's going to give a full throated endorsement of Hillary Clinton and I wouldn't be shocked at all if she ended up putting him on the ticket as her running mate. Either him or Elizabeth Warren.

I'm curious for all the Bernie supporters that hate Hillary Clinton what will that mean to you?
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If Clinton wins the nomination, I will vote for her begrudgingly because the Supreme Court is too important to let it be decided by Trump or Cruz or any other Republican. Unless she chooses a psychopath as her VP, who she chooses to the VP position won't matter so if she chooses Sanders or Warren or someone more conservative, whatever.

That said, she's not going to choose Sanders or Warren because their philosophies are FAR too different from her own. There would be way too much conflict.
 
Helix said:
i doubt that she'll do anything for him, honestly. he's little more than an annoying speed bump to her. and what are Sanders supporters going to do, vote for Trump or Cruz? right. stay home and risk Trump or Cruz?
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Apparently, there's a movement among some Sanders supporters to vote for Trump if Clinton wins the nomination. I don't understand it, but politics is strange.
 
ThePlayDrive said:
If Clinton wins the nomination, I will vote for her begrudgingly because the Supreme Court is too important to let it be decided by Trump or Cruz or any other Republican. Unless she chooses a psychopath as her VP, who she chooses to the VP position won't matter so if she chooses Sanders or Warren or someone more conservative, whatever.

That said, she's not going to choose Sanders or Warren because their philosophies are FAR too different from her own. There would be way too much conflict.
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Although it would be interesting if Bernie sanders becomes the secratary of commerce.
 
ThePlayDrive said:
Apparently, there's a movement among some Sanders supporters to vote for Trump if Clinton wins the nomination. I don't understand it, but politics is strange.
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i doubt that this movement will draw in many Sanders supporters, because that would be very dumb. kind of like shooting off your big toe to cure athlete's foot.
 
ThePlayDrive said:
Apparently, there's a movement among some Sanders supporters to vote for Trump if Clinton wins the nomination. I don't understand it, but politics is strange.
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Just like there are plenty of Republicans who will vote for Hillary if Trump wins. Many believe Trump is not qualified and so do I.
 
ThePlayDrive said:
Apparently, there's a movement among some Sanders supporters to vote for Trump if Clinton wins the nomination. I don't understand it, but politics is strange.
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The rationale is simple:

Trump as president would implode the GOP, punish and not reward the obvious and undemocratic establishment skew of the DNC, thus discouraging future attempts at the same, while clearing the path for Elizabeth Warren come 2020.
 
MrWonka said:
In a few short weeks the reality of Hillary Clinton winning the Democratic Nomination will set in and Bernie Sanders will have no choice, but to drop out. When he does he's going to give a full throated endorsement of Hillary Clinton and I wouldn't be shocked at all if she ended up putting him on the ticket as her running mate. Either him or Elizabeth Warren.

I'm curious for all the Bernie supporters that hate Hillary Clinton what will that mean to you?
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Dont count your Chikens before they've hatched

Hillary Clinton is currently under a Criminal
FBI investigation and people just don't trust her let alone like her.

If she does make it to the General she'll be limited to empty identity politics,.stale left wing talking points and pandering for votes

She won't be able to run on Obama's accomplishments or her own
 
Helix said:
i doubt that she'll do anything for him, honestly. he's little more than an annoying speed bump to her. and what are Sanders supporters going to do, vote for Trump or Cruz? right. stay home and risk Trump or Cruz? right.
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What does she need her to do for him? He's on track to be the Senate Budget Committee chairman if the Dems pry back the Senate from the GOP--and he'll have a vastly enhanced public profile to go with it. He can be the left's Paul Ryan (on the Senate side, of course) if he wants.

The last thing he needs is to be plucked out of the Senate when he's on the verge of becoming one of the most important people in the country in determining the nation's federal spending priorities. He just needs to help Hillary win back the Senate majority for the Dems.

Everybody wins.
 
Greenbeard said:
Everybody wins.
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Establishment and the aggregate of monied interests it represents wins, the people lose. Granted the latter may lose less in the short term vis a vis Trump, but they lose nonetheless, without question.
 
He'll endorse Clinton because he's a responsible politician who isn't nearly as rabidly opposed to Clinton as many of his supporters are.
 
Fenton said:
Dont count your Chikens before they've hatched

Hillary Clinton is currently under a Criminal
FBI investigation and people just don't trust her let alone like her.

If she does make it to the General she'll be limited to empty identity politics,.stale left wing talking points and pandering for votes

She won't be able to run on Obama's accomplishments or her own
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Surrealistik said:
The rationale is simple:
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Trump as president would implode the GOP, punish and not reward the obvious and undemocratic establishment skew of the DNC, thus discouraging future attempts at the same, while clearing the path for Elizabeth Warren come 2020.
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Warren, the First Native American President !!

I wonder if she'll use that to gain a edge ? She's done it before.
 
Greenbeard said:
What does she need her to do for him? He's on track to be the Senate Budget Committee chairman if the Dems pry back the Senate from the GOP--and he'll have a vastly enhanced public profile to go with it. He can be the left's Paul Ryan (on the Senate side, of course) if he wants.

The last thing he needs is to be plucked out of the Senate when he's on the verge of becoming one of the most important people in the country in determining the nation's federal spending priorities. He just needs to help Hillary win back the Senate majority for the Dems.

Everybody wins.
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unless Trump seriously ****s up the downticket candidates with his idiocy, i doubt that the senate flips in 2016. maybe in the next cycle.
 
MrWonka said:
In a few short weeks the reality of Hillary Clinton winning the Democratic Nomination will set in and Bernie Sanders will have no choice, but to drop out. When he does he's going to give a full throated endorsement of Hillary Clinton and I wouldn't be shocked at all if she ended up putting him on the ticket as her running mate. Either him or Elizabeth Warren.

I'm curious for all the Bernie supporters that hate Hillary Clinton what will that mean to you?
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Can't vote, not enough choices.
 
There's no chance in Hell Hillary's going to pick Sanders for veep and no chance in Hell he'd take it. That's crazy pants-on-head thinking.
 
Helix said:
unless Trump seriously ****s up the downticket candidates with his idiocy, i doubt that the senate flips in 2016. maybe in the next cycle.
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Surely if the revolution isn't enough to get him the Dem nomination it can at least help flip 5-6 competitive Senate contests to make Bernie Budget chairman.
 
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