Discussion: Aide: ‘Small Thing’ Is Stopping Sanders From Formally Nominating Clinton

No Bro Left Behind.

Dateline 27 May 2005:

Japanese officials are investigating claims that two men living in jungle in the Philippines are Japanese soldiers left behind after World War II.

The pair, in their 80s, were reportedly found on southern Mindanao island.

The men were expected to travel to meet Japanese officials on Friday, but have yet to make contact.

The claim drew comparisons with the 1974 case of Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda, who was found in the Philippines jungle unaware the war had ended.

jw1

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I half suspect after Roll Call today, the hecklers will be on the bus home. I don’t see them sticking around. Just a personal call though.

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See?? That’s the same as the Sanders delegate last night!!

Not a damn clue what TPP is, but using it as a cudgel against HRC. SMDH

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Apparently they’ve absorbed too much Miss Universe talk in this election.

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Even when it comes to the candidates themselves, I think that if you resort to making fun of their names, you’re signalling that you got nuthin’. The candidate’s name is Trump. The things he says are so wildly offensive, ill-informed, and revealing of deep mental illness, there’s no need to refer to him by any other name, like Drumpf. “Trump” is sufficiently disparaging.

I try to avoid playing this game, though I do have to confess to a certain fondness for “Carnival Cruz.”

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Why am I not surprised?

Can’t recall where I was reading it a little while ago, but the talk is that Vermont wants to go last, and they are trying to coordinate that Sanders calls for nomination by acclimation then. This would let all the delegations vote, but then have Sanders see formally that we all agree Clinton is the nominee (which is what nomination by acclimation does).

Works for me if they can manage it that way.

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But you have to admit, the cover headline last week “Boos Cruz” was drowning in awesome sauce.

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It works on so many levels. :slight_smile:

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OT: We won’t see Sec of Explainin’ Stuff tonight. I’m looking forward to it.

https://twitter.com/aseitzwald/status/758026920235765760

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That would be a great direction for the Big Dog to go with his speech.

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TPP is the new AUMF.

jw1

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Apt way to put it.

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[quote=“eatbees, post:12, topic:41072, full:true”]
The counting could be therapeutic for Bernie supporters. It may be the only way it will sink in that it’s finally over.
[/quote]That is, after all, how it’s normally done in a democracy. Even if the result seems foregone, you count the votes with appropriate safeguards and announce the result. In addition, after all the “to the convention” promises Bernie made it seems a little off to just give in at the end, even if he has already gotten a lot of concessions.

I think the obvious route is a formal roll call vote, followed by a symbolic unification measure, most likely Sanders moving to nominate by acclamation.

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It is the newest and most approved of version of an emo-prog shibboleth. You have to hate TPP with fires of a molten planetary core or you are not a “real” progressive.

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Personally, I’d just like to turn on any channel today and not see a reporter with a Bernie delegate or a Bernie protester, a reporter asking: “Will you now vote for Hillary…?” OR…seeing an on-air anchor with any one of a dozen Trump mouthpieces discussing their “…reaction to last night’s speakers” or “…attempts to woo Bernie supporters.” (*Oh, they do punctuate these blanket ‘interviews’ with occasional mentions of Mrs. Obama’s speech. ___ And that does help remind the audience that this convention isn’t wholly about Sanders and Trump. There is that.)

"I like your Bernie. I do not like your Berniebots. Your Berniebots are so unlike your Bernie."
___ Tony “Mahatma” Rochon
(Best tweet of the day.)

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Given that Sanders is MUCH better at working a crowd than Clinton is, AND that he’s using that skill on her behalf, AND that he’s the one who has pulled the party back to the left of center, please wait to see exactly what it is he’s asking for before you complain about it, m’kay?

Interesting. Faux News rushed to report that Bernie refused to do it. I think they reported he wouldn’t be doing it at like 2:30ish or so.

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All of my suspicions confirmed.

I looked at those young people waving the No TPP signs last night and said: what the hell do college students know about trade?

Just what I thought. Buzz words.

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Another OT: I think I’ve started seeing more “DNC hack = Watergate” talk out there… this one will stick.

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