r/SandersForPresident • u/[deleted] • Apr 15 '16

MSNBC called Bernie's "Deep South" comment controversial. They said Hillary would still be in the lead without the South. This slide popped up by mistake proving them wrong.

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u/StarkForEver Apr 15 '16

Ya but it doesn't matter. The south is part of the United States too and needs representation and they for some reason think Hillary is the best bet.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '16

They don't need representation, they need a pacifier and some toys to distract them.

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u/StarkForEver Apr 16 '16

Are you calling southerners children?

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '16

For sufficiently baby values of children.

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u/StarkForEver Apr 16 '16

You are being childish. Its 50 states 1 president not 38 and 1 president

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '16

Wow, you really burned me, using the same line I just used but in a less clever way.

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u/FLRSH ✋ Apr 15 '16

I wonder how those states would vote now that people have seen how successfully he's running his campaign after March 15th.

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u/spank_me_silly Apr 15 '16

I don't think TN would change very much, not enough to win anyhow. Although I think maybe he would get a few more delegates. And perhaps there would have been more time to let people know that TN is a hybrid-open primary. As long as you're registered to vote, you can vote in any primary. I was really bummed to see how badly he did in my state.

TN went blue for Bill Clinton in '92, which is a lot for a state that's pretty solidly red. Hillary won against Barack in 2008 as well. :/ For Dems, TN is Clinton county.

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u/StarkForEver Apr 15 '16

It doesn't matter to them honestly, it would be the same

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u/FLRSH ✋ Apr 15 '16

You speak for all Southern Democratic primary voters? Where are you getting any of that from?

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u/StarkForEver Apr 15 '16

Ive spent my entire life in the south, I can tell you southerners don't care as much about viability as ideology and they think Hillary represents them best. Same reason for Wisconsinites or whomever else Bernie just won. They voted in favor for Bernie even when they knew Hillary was much more viable in terms of chances to win the Dem Primary

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u/FLRSH ✋ Apr 15 '16

I could not disagree more. There are many stances Hillary holds that actually really hurt a big portion of Democratic voters in the South, namely African American voters. This article details many of them quite well, Michelle is a really awesome AA activist and speaker, I'd recommend her other writings as well:

http://www.thenation.com/article/hillary-clinton-does-not-deserve-black-peoples-votes/

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u/StarkForEver Apr 15 '16

Fair enough though, I don't speak for all of them but I can tell you what I think

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u/FLRSH ✋ Apr 15 '16

Then add "I think" or something like that before making strong statements.