Will Bernie Sanders be gracious in defeat?

[Lyin' Steve]

Bernie Sanders' campaign is over.  The only big states left are New York, New Jersey, Maryland, California, and Pennsylvania.  In order to close his 300+ delegate deficit, he needs to win all five by gigantic margins, yet all five are highly favorable to Hillary.  It's simply not going to happen.  He's a smart man and realizes this.

He could drop out tomorrow and spend the next few months campaigning with her and trying to help heal the wounds of the campaign.  He could even spend the next two weeks gracefully gliding his campaign to earth to ensure the transition of his supporters to her is smooth, while tacitly acknowledging that it's over by not attacking her or asking for more debates and playing down his inevitable wins in Alaska, Wyoming, Hawaii, Washington, etc.

He could also carry on giving his same stump speech every day until the convention and not even mentioning how far behind he is, and have his surrogates give spin answers or sweep impossible math under the rug on TV shows.  Just stubbornly keep trucking on, denying reality and demanding attention.  Eventually, the media will stop covering him entirely and talk about him with the same disdain with which they talked about Carson, i.e. "is this guy still running?  Bernie still doesn't realize it's over."

Or, he could go nuclear on Hillary, attack her with everything he's got and try to use complicated Ron Paul rules to strip her of her delegates or take her off the ballot in future states.  Demand two dozen debates and ask "what is she hiding?  why is she afraid?" when she refuses.  Bring Monica Lewinsky out on the campaign trail and hold a rally on Vince Foster's grave.

Death with dignity or Monty Python's black knight approach?

[Lyin' Steve]

We get it, Lyin' Steve. You have some sort of hatred for Bernie Sanders. Now sit down and shut up. You have contributed absolutely nothing of value to this forum since the day you first joined.

cool it bud

[Lyin' Steve]

We get it, Lyin' Steve. You have some sort of hatred for Bernie Sanders. Now sit down and shut up. You have contributed absolutely nothing of value to this forum since the day you first joined.

cool it bud

Wow. That burn was so hot that the temperature in my room dropped a good 50 degrees.

It wasn't a burn.  I don't know why you're trying to pick a fight.

[Lyin' Steve]

We get it, Lyin' Steve. You have some sort of hatred for Bernie Sanders. Now sit down and shut up. You have contributed absolutely nothing of value to this forum since the day you first joined.

cool it bud

Wow. That burn was so hot that the temperature in my room dropped a good 50 degrees.

It wasn't a burn.  I don't know why you're trying to pick a fight.

I'm 'trying to pick a fight' because you are a mindless hack and troll who has done nothing that will leave any meaningful impact on this website.

No, the goal was to win, not to have Hillary feint left.

The goal wasn't to win, you blithering idiot.

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mods can you move these insults somewhere where they don't clutter the thread?  Thanks

[Lyin' Steve]

Bernie Sanders' campaign is over.  

It's not.

Please leave this forum site. You have nothing of value to contribute.

This is the second-longest non-aggregate thread.
Please learn how to handle your disappointment without taking it out on others.

[Lyin' Steve]

He spent a good part of his Arizona defeat speech tonight attacking Clinton.  With that and his choice to spend the whole week going after Clinton's superdelegates and trying to convince everyone that she'll lose to Trump, it looks like all those who voted No are on track for an easy victory, just like Hillary.

[Lyin' Steve]

Ayyyy anyone remember this thread?

70-28 Atlas.  Boy were you wrong.

[Lyin' Steve]

Ayyyy, remember when everyone hated on me for making this thread? 

I'm 'trying to pick a fight' because you are a mindless hack and troll who has done nothing that will leave any meaningful impact on this website.

[Lyin' Steve]

He's being just as gracious as the Clinton campaign was at this point in 2008.

Even if the two were in any way comparable (they're not), the key difference is that Hillary was solely fighting her opponent, Obama, while Bernie is fighting basically everyone who doesn't kiss his ass, actively working to block unity and trying to destroy the party's chances in November.

[Lyin' Steve]

He's being just as gracious as the Clinton campaign was at this point in 2008.

Even if the two were in any way comparable (they're not), the key difference is that Hillary was solely fighting her opponent, Obama, while Bernie is fighting basically everyone who doesn't kiss his ass, actively working to block unity and trying to destroy the party's chances in November.

He really isn't. All he wants to do is make the process more open. Clinton did more damage to Obama and party unity with her pseudo-racist campaign in 2008 than Sanders has even come close to this year.

I don't know how you got a master's degree when you're incapable of understanding that Sanders' claim that the party is out to get him, doesn't care about his supporters, and helped Hillary win by cheating, is far more damaging to party unity than Hillary's claim that she was more prepared for office than Obama.