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« Reply #100 on: May 26, 2016, 05:55:18 PM »

So r/sandersforpresident is calling this a "death knell" for Hillary Clinton.

Would a resident Bernie Bro care to enlighten me?
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« Reply #101 on: May 26, 2016, 06:00:50 PM »

So r/sandersforpresident is calling this a "death knell" for Hillary Clinton.

Would a resident Bernie Bro care to enlighten me?

Not sure, but

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« Reply #102 on: May 26, 2016, 06:02:14 PM »

So r/sandersforpresident is calling this a "death knell" for Hillary Clinton.

Would a resident Bernie Bro care to enlighten me?

I want Bernie to become president in the worst way, but the only way Hillary gets a death knoll is indictment.

My main wish is stopping Trump. I would worship the ground Hillary walked on if it meant defeating Trump.
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« Reply #103 on: May 26, 2016, 06:04:29 PM »

Trump is only doing this to suck up media coverage and move away from the planted Vince Foster smear.  Hes not going to debate Bernie Sanders the socialist.  
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« Reply #104 on: May 26, 2016, 06:06:22 PM »

Trump is only doing this to suck up media coverage and move away from the planted Vince Foster smear.  Hes not going to debate Bernie Sanders the socialist. 

Yes, he is a fraud and a coward who knows that it's easier to lie about raising money than to actually have a debate.
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« Reply #105 on: May 26, 2016, 06:07:56 PM »

Trump is only doing this to suck up media coverage and move away from the planted Vince Foster smear.  Hes not going to debate Bernie Sanders the socialist. 

Yes, he is a fraud and a coward who knows that it's easier to lie about raising money than to actually have a debate.

He has no obligation to debate a loser.
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« Reply #106 on: May 26, 2016, 06:10:29 PM »

He has no obligation to debate a loser.

That's really his mistake for initially agreeing to it and then backing down, then, isn't it?
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« Reply #107 on: May 26, 2016, 06:11:25 PM »

He has no obligation to debate a loser.

That's really his mistake for initially agreeing to it and then backing down, then, isn't it?
I'm not confident making any sort of judgement on which strategy was superior before we see the outcome.
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« Reply #108 on: May 26, 2016, 06:11:56 PM »

Trump is only doing this to suck up media coverage and move away from the planted Vince Foster smear.  Hes not going to debate Bernie Sanders the socialist. 

Yes, he is a fraud and a coward who knows that it's easier to lie about raising money than to actually have a debate.

He's won his party nomination why debate someone whos stuck in 2nd place and soon to be out of the race?

Its smart of him to soak up media attention ( hes once again drowning out the other candidates)floating this ideal.  Besides Bernie is low on cash right now so of course he wants the debate.
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« Reply #109 on: May 26, 2016, 06:13:44 PM »

Trump is only doing this to suck up media coverage and move away from the planted Vince Foster smear.  Hes not going to debate Bernie Sanders the socialist.  

You have very little chance of me being offended by using socialist as a pejorative to describe Bernie following the stories that have come out about the housing market and the clothing line.
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« Reply #110 on: May 26, 2016, 06:13:50 PM »

He has no obligation to debate a loser.

That's really his mistake for initially agreeing to it and then backing down, then, isn't it?
I'm not confident making any sort of judgement on which strategy was superior before we see the outcome.

Here is what's happening:
One candidate wants to have a debate.
Another candidate is about to establish a pattern of debate evasion using fraudulent tactics.

Even if this doesn't bear fruit for Sanders, Trump's strategy has been exposed.  He is going to do this again in the general election, because he's also afraid to debate Hillary Clinton.
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« Reply #111 on: May 26, 2016, 06:15:33 PM »

Trump is only doing this to suck up media coverage and move away from the planted Vince Foster smear.  Hes not going to debate Bernie Sanders the socialist. 

Yes, he is a fraud and a coward who knows that it's easier to lie about raising money than to actually have a debate.

He has no obligation to debate a loser.

The only loser is Trump. He remains a loser even if he clinched the nomination.
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« Reply #112 on: May 26, 2016, 06:16:23 PM »

Imagine if Hillary debated Mccain in 08
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« Reply #113 on: May 26, 2016, 06:17:45 PM »

Trump is only doing this to suck up media coverage and move away from the planted Vince Foster smear.  Hes not going to debate Bernie Sanders the socialist. 

Yes, he is a fraud and a coward who knows that it's easier to lie about raising money than to actually have a debate.

He's won his party nomination why debate someone whos stuck in 2nd place and soon to be out of the race?

Its smart of him to soak up media attention ( hes once again drowning out the other candidates)floating this ideal.  Besides Bernie is low on cash right now so of course he wants the debate.

Maybe people want to see it?
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« Reply #114 on: May 26, 2016, 06:18:07 PM »

Imagine if Hillary debated Mccain in 08
She was never that desperate to win.
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« Reply #115 on: May 26, 2016, 06:20:55 PM »

He has no obligation to debate a loser.

That's really his mistake for initially agreeing to it and then backing down, then, isn't it?
I'm not confident making any sort of judgement on which strategy was superior before we see the outcome.

Here is what's happening:
One candidate wants to have a debate.
Another candidate is about to establish a pattern of debate evasion using fraudulent tactics.

Even if this doesn't bear fruit for Sanders, Trump's strategy has been exposed.  He is going to do this again in the general election, because he's also afraid to debate Hillary Clinton.

I think its call schooling the other candidates.   Trump is playing a masterful game here .   Its a media campaign.
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« Reply #116 on: May 26, 2016, 06:28:20 PM »

Trump is playing a masterful game here .   Its a media campaign.

My friend, Trump is not playing a masterful game, he is playing YOU - and the American people.

His record speaks for itself:

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« Reply #117 on: May 26, 2016, 06:33:45 PM »

Trump is playing a masterful game here .   Its a media campaign.

My friend, Trump is not playing a masterful game, he is playing YOU - and the American people.

His record speaks for itself:

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It's not so much that Trump is smart. It's that the citizens of this country are naive to the point that I can't find the words to do justice to describe how naive they are.
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« Reply #118 on: May 26, 2016, 06:40:06 PM »

It's not so much that Trump is smart. It's that the citizens of this country are naive to the point that I can't find the words to do justice to describe how naive they are.

I think we all understand that the best way to raise "$10 or $15 million for women's health" and then some is to elect a Democratic president and a Democratic congress.

Donald Trump's biggest downfall will be underestimating the intelligence of the American people!
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« Reply #119 on: May 26, 2016, 06:59:06 PM »

Imagine if Hillary debated Mccain in 08
She was never that desperate to win.

Your memory fails you on that one. She was a lot like Bernie is now. Except her and Obama had debated about three times as much as her and Sanders have this time.
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« Reply #120 on: May 26, 2016, 07:19:41 PM »

LOL at the pathetic Hillary hacks whining. Hillary would have prevented this if she hadn't reneged on her promise to have a California debate.
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« Reply #121 on: May 26, 2016, 07:25:17 PM »

LOL at the pathetic Hillary hacks whining. Hillary would have prevented this if she hadn't reneged on her promise to have a California debate.
She's basically the presumptive nominee. There's literally no reason at all to humor Sanders with a debate, especially considering how every one they've had has been exactly the same over and over again.
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« Reply #122 on: May 26, 2016, 07:42:14 PM »

LOL at the pathetic Hillary hacks whining. Hillary would have prevented this if she hadn't reneged on her promise to have a California debate.
She's basically the presumptive nominee. There's literally no reason at all to humor Sanders with a debate, especially considering how every one they've had has been exactly the same over and over again.

Exactly. Not only would it be somewhat of a replay, but why help Bernie? She already has the nomination wrapped up and a debate would only serve to hurt her considering Bernie is 99.9% likely to go after her like a rabid cornered dog.
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« Reply #123 on: May 26, 2016, 08:19:43 PM »

So r/sandersforpresident is calling this a "death knell" for Hillary Clinton.

Would a resident Bernie Bro care to enlighten me?

It's /r/sandersforpresident. They still think Sanders can pull off an upset and win 90% of the vote in CA, and get the superdelegates to change their minds. 
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« Reply #124 on: May 26, 2016, 08:30:04 PM »


I just heard on CBS that the debate was a joke. It's not gonna happen.
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