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jmowreader

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12. There are only nine left
Thu Jun 16, 2016, 12:04 PM
Jun 2016

Earlier this week Tulsi Gabbard was talking about unelected party apparatchiks deciding our candidate...I went through the Wikipedia page on Democratic supers, and it looks like unelected party apparatchiks (not the term she used) are the majority of Bernie's superdelegates.

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Boojah! Her Sister Jun 2016 #1
This is HUGE, Rose! From what I've read that Grijalva had said Cha Jun 2016 #2
Yeah, Grijalva was adamant about supers voting according to their state... sweetloukillbot Jun 2016 #18
And, he switched.. ya think it had anything to do with BS not being there with the Dems to Cha Jun 2016 #30
BOOM! workinclasszero Jun 2016 #3
Hey, he's finally voting along with how his state voted... BobbyDrake Jun 2016 #4
That's got to hurt. WhiteTara Jun 2016 #5
If he hasn't by now NastyRiffraff Jun 2016 #28
They keep flipping to Hillary WhiteTara Jun 2016 #29
I think Bernie sank his own ship by not being present for the Senate filibuster. Koinos Jun 2016 #6
Really.. people notice these things. Not just us. Cha Jun 2016 #8
I'm not sure why Bernie keeps making politically foolish choices. Koinos Jun 2016 #10
There are only nine left jmowreader Jun 2016 #12
Glad you caught that. Koinos Jun 2016 #19
No surprise there! pandr32 Jun 2016 #24
Yeah, but there's hundreds of Clinton super delegates stopbush Jun 2016 #7
Right workinclasszero Jun 2016 #9
Remember, you can't switch to Sanders from Hill unless you're stopbush Jun 2016 #21
Jeff Weaver's store will be selling a whole new series of "Superdelegates" Marvel comics. Koinos Jun 2016 #11
They'll be a new foe for the X-men jmowreader Jun 2016 #13
I think you mean the XX-men, with the resemblances to Democrats' strongest women being undeniable! BobbyDrake Jun 2016 #15
Or the XXX-men jmowreader Jun 2016 #17
Wow, that's great news, Rose! BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #14
BIG. That's yet another superdelegate that Sanders was able to flip. George II Jun 2016 #16
+1000 nt ProudProgressiveNow Jun 2016 #20
Obviously, Hillary either threatened his life, his career, his family pets or she paid him! Walk away Jun 2016 #22
K&R! Tarheel_Dem Jun 2016 #23
Wonderful!! nt eastwestdem Jun 2016 #25
K&R livetohike Jun 2016 #26
Do you think Bern will take the hint? I'm saying No not tonight FloridaBlues Jun 2016 #27
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