10-13-2016, 10:54 AM
(10-12-2016, 10:09 PM)kandrathe Wrote: The Democrats torpedoed the socialist their party probably would have nominated over Hillary. I think Sanders should have been the Democrats candidate. They've stacked their deck with super delegates so that the establishment party core gets a big hand in selecting their person. Sanders made them reveal their flawed system.
I am confused by this. The Democrats held a primary. Hillary won, by any count at all - the primary by the rules, the popular vote, the most states, the biggest states, without counting superdelegates, only counting superdelegates, etc. There is no way to slice the result of that election such that Bernie Sanders would have won it. That IS the Democrats nominating their candidate. They didn't pick Bernie, they did pick Hillary.
If Hillary (or the DNC) stacked the deck, they didn't need to. It was closer than I thought possible for someone as far left as Bernie, but it wasn't a photo finish.
-Jester