Bernie Sanders Endorses Hillary Clinton For President

Bernie Sanders Endorses Hillary Clinton For President

Clinton has already secured the majority of pledged delegates, making her nomination all but official.

07/12/2016 11:28 am ET
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has endorsed presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton for president.
“Secretary Clinton has won the Democratic nominating process, and I congratulate her for that,” Sanders said. “She will be the Democratic nominee for president and I intend to do everything I can to make certain she will be the next president of the United States.”
Sanders thanked those who voted for him during the Democratic primary, especially the people of New Hampshire ― where he got his first primary win ― and his home state of Vermont. He also warned against presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, arguing the business mogul would be bad for working families.
Clinton has already secured the majority of pledged delegates, making her nomination all but official.  
A self-described democratic socialist, Sanders was initially seen as a non-threat to Clinton’s path to the White House. But the senator’s progressive message, focused on righting the wrongs of economic inequality, struck a chord with many voters.
Sanders picked up an early win in New Hampshire, a victory few pundits would have predicted months earlier. One month later, he stunned with a victory in Michigan, despite polls showing a huge lead for Clinton. That win, apparently bolstered by Sanders’ criticism of U.S. trade policy, emboldened his campaign to gun for the rest of the Midwest.
“These states in the Midwest are going to respond to us and our message in the same way Michigan workers did, and that is, ‘We need an economy that works for all of us and not just the 1 percent,’” Sanders said.
Clinton swept the March 15 primaries, however, winning Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio. And as she continued to dominate in big states, Sanders struggled to keep up in the delegate count.
Nevertheless, Sanders held on. While Clinton took home most of the delegates in big states like Pennsylvania and New York, Sanders had a series of wins in smaller states from the end of March through mid-May. But while it remained nearly impossible for Sanders to overtake Clinton in the pledged delegate count, he vowed to stay in the race until the convention, hoping to flip unpledged superdelegates to his side.
After Donald Trump became the GOP’s presumptive nominee, Sanders hoped to convince voters he’d have a better chance at defeating the hotel magnate in November’s general election. But as primary season came to a close, Clinton still came out on top in the delegate race. 
Bernie Sanders’ candidacy was far more successful than many pundits expected.

Sanders announced his presidential bid in April 2015, touting himself as a progressive alternative to the perceived inevitability of a Clinton nomination.
“People should not underestimate me,” Sanders told The Associated Press. “I’ve run outside of the two-party system, defeating Democrats and Republicans, taking on big-money candidates and, you know, I think the message that has resonated in Vermont is a message that can resonate all over this country.”
The senator gained momentum throughout the summer and fall, picking up a host of big-name endorsements including former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, economist Thomas Piketty and celebrities like Killer Mike, Spike Lee and Sarah Silverman.
Throughout the campaign, Sanders sought to convince voters that Clinton was too beholden to corporate interests to adequately represent working-class Americans, pointing to donations from Wall Street executives. He also pressed Clinton to release the transcripts of lucrative speeches she made to Goldman Sachs. Clinton, in turn, accused the senator of smear tactics, denying donations had influenced her policy positions.
Clinton and Sanders also frequently tussled over issues like health policy and gun violence. However, the key difference between the two candidates was one of vision. HuffPost’s Jonathan Cohn explained:

Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) were really arguing over something very basic.
Can the next president eliminate, or at least weaken substantially, the political obstacles that block a liberal agenda?
Sanders thinks the answer is yes. Clinton thinks the answer is no.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-endorses-hillary-clinton_us_56e98f60e4b0b25c91841bdd

Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) were really arguing over something very basic.
Can the next president eliminate, or at least weaken substantially, the political obstacles that block a liberal agenda?
Sanders thinks the answer is yes. Clinton thinks the answer is no.

4EVER2 wrote:

Bernie Sanders Endorses Hillary Clinton For President

Clinton has already secured the majority of pledged delegates, making her nomination all but official.

07/12/2016 11:28 am ET
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has endorsed presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton for president.
“Secretary Clinton has won the Democratic nominating process, and I congratulate her for that,” Sanders said. “She will be the Democratic nominee for president and I intend to do everything I can to make certain she will be the next president of the United States.”
Sanders thanked those who voted for him during the Democratic primary, especially the people of New Hampshire ― where he got his first primary win ― and his home state of Vermont. He also warned against presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, arguing the business mogul would be bad for working families.
Clinton has already secured the majority of pledged delegates, making her nomination all but official.  
A self-described democratic socialist, Sanders was initially seen as a non-threat to Clinton’s path to the White House. But the senator’s progressive message, focused on righting the wrongs of economic inequality, struck a chord with many voters.
Sanders picked up an early win in New Hampshire, a victory few pundits would have predicted months earlier. One month later, he stunned with a victory in Michigan, despite polls showing a huge lead for Clinton. That win, apparently bolstered by Sanders’ criticism of U.S. trade policy, emboldened his campaign to gun for the rest of the Midwest.
“These states in the Midwest are going to respond to us and our message in the same way Michigan workers did, and that is, ‘We need an economy that works for all of us and not just the 1 percent,’” Sanders said.
Clinton swept the March 15 primaries, however, winning Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio. And as she continued to dominate in big states, Sanders struggled to keep up in the delegate count.
Nevertheless, Sanders held on. While Clinton took home most of the delegates in big states like Pennsylvania and New York, Sanders had a series of wins in smaller states from the end of March through mid-May. But while it remained nearly impossible for Sanders to overtake Clinton in the pledged delegate count, he vowed to stay in the race until the convention, hoping to flip unpledged superdelegates to his side.
After Donald Trump became the GOP’s presumptive nominee, Sanders hoped to convince voters he’d have a better chance at defeating the hotel magnate in November’s general election. But as primary season came to a close, Clinton still came out on top in the delegate race. 
Bernie Sanders’ candidacy was far more successful than many pundits expected.

Sanders announced his presidential bid in April 2015, touting himself as a progressive alternative to the perceived inevitability of a Clinton nomination.
“People should not underestimate me,” Sanders told The Associated Press. “I’ve run outside of the two-party system, defeating Democrats and Republicans, taking on big-money candidates and, you know, I think the message that has resonated in Vermont is a message that can resonate all over this country.”
The senator gained momentum throughout the summer and fall, picking up a host of big-name endorsements including former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, economist Thomas Piketty and celebrities like Killer Mike, Spike Lee and Sarah Silverman.
Throughout the campaign, Sanders sought to convince voters that Clinton was too beholden to corporate interests to adequately represent working-class Americans, pointing to donations from Wall Street executives. He also pressed Clinton to release the transcripts of lucrative speeches she made to Goldman Sachs. Clinton, in turn, accused the senator of smear tactics, denying donations had influenced her policy positions.
Clinton and Sanders also frequently tussled over issues like health policy and gun violence. However, the key difference between the two candidates was one of vision. HuffPost’s Jonathan Cohn explained:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-endorses-hillary-clinton_us_56e98f60e4b0b25c91841bdd

Yes, INDEED ...rolling right back into the WH in 2017.  TY - TY, dear Bernie.

4EVER2 wrote:Interesting question 333; but what would my single one opinion about that 'trust' issue have to do with my need to judge my future POTUS for their value and desire to do the right thing for my country as an ENTIRE NATION

a.) Require that any and all current and future nominee's for any election position {from local sheriff to my presidential choice} be put through a polygraph test
b.) Take them on their face value {track record} that they really have zero EVIL intent do do me & my country any ill will and that on the surface of all things created equal = politicians tell some horrible falsehoods and misquotes and try to be all things to all people and fail to please every one 
She's getting MY vote!

eddie wrote:Sorry but Clinton is a liar and a fraud.
The only reason she will be voted for is because the other candidate isn't liked.

She isn't a good woman. I've said it from the beginning. Her husband was a slimey shit and she is slimey by association and the fact she lay down with him after he spattered Lewinksy's dress....tells me she lied to him too. And herself.

Don't trust liars. And don't trust a highly independent businesswomen who can't work emails!

eddie wrote:Sorry but Clinton is a liar and a fraud.
The only reason she will be voted for is because the other candidate isn't liked.

She isn't a good woman. I've said it from the beginning. Her husband was a slimey shit and she is slimey by association and the fact she lay down with him after he spattered Lewinksy's dress....tells me she lied to him too. And herself.

Don't trust liars. And don't trust a highly independent businesswomen who can't work emails!

veya_victaous wrote:she is a sell out backed but the worst businesses.
she is incompetent.
she has broken the law
she has nothing to offer.

Democrats should be ashamed of their party for even having her as a potential nominee, the fact she is the 'best' your party can put up means your party is in just as bad shape as the Republicans.

And no one knows for sure if anything got out, She put it on an unsecured server it doesn't have the sopicsticated enough tracking to tell who really accessed it. Peopel get fired for that sort of shit all the time SHE SHOULD BE UNEMPLOYED she should definitly be blacklisted from and classified info for life and probably in Jail.

And Stop the Bullshit that it is conservatives attacking her.
Both Me and Les are more liberal than you, and Both of think she is shit as the majority of Liberals that are not rusted on party apologists do.

I may not agree with him at all, but Trump deserves it more than Hilliary he raised his profile himself, she is nothing but a party puppet, getting railroaded to the top job because of backroom deals.

Eilzel wrote:Hilary is a terrible person. Trump is a terrible person. But at least Hilary is a terrible person who will support equality and human rights. That's really the only thing separating the two.

eddie wrote:She isn't a good woman. I've said it from the beginning. Her husband was a slimey shit and she is slimey by association and the fact she lay down with him after he spattered Lewinksy's dress....tells me she lied to him too. And herself.

Eilzel wrote:Veya, do you not think Trump could be a disaster where equality and human rights are concerned?

4EVER2 wrote:

veya_victaous wrote:she is a sell out backed but the worst businesses.
she is incompetent.
she has broken the law
she has nothing to offer.

Democrats should be ashamed of their party for even having her as a potential nominee, the fact she is the 'best' your party can put up means your party is in just as bad shape as the Republicans.

And no one knows for sure if anything got out, She put it on an unsecured server it doesn't have the sopicsticated enough tracking to tell who really accessed it. Peopel get fired for that sort of shit all the time SHE SHOULD BE UNEMPLOYED she should definitly be blacklisted from and classified info for life and probably in Jail.

And Stop the Bullshit that it is conservatives attacking her.
Both Me and Les are more liberal than you, and Both of think she is shit as the majority of Liberals that are not rusted on party apologists do.

I may not agree with him at all, but Trump deserves it more than Hilliary he raised his profile himself, she is nothing but a party puppet, getting railroaded to the top job because of backroom deals.

OK ...well here's the #1 thing that takes all of this off of your shoulders dear Veya ...DO NOT CAST A VOTE  FOR HRC;  OOPS, wait a minute ...you don't get to vote in our elections anyway 

So all of your 'NON-FBI' innuendo - what if - hypothetical - conjecture     is just wasted  energy and you'll survive this election process unscathed either way.
   Go have a couple cold ones and enjoy your winter 

veya_victaous wrote:

Eilzel wrote:Veya, do you not think Trump could be a disaster where equality and human rights are concerned?

Yes and No.
I don't think he would actually achieve much and could put that polictical group into the spot light for their incompetance.

I disagree with his policies more, but he is still more deserving that Hilliary.

Eilzel wrote:Quill- she talked down to Bernie supporters on a number of occasions, she took money from major financial companies to give speeches but refuses to release the transcripts, the emails fiasco, the full blown assault on Sanders himself by her allies of which she has to take ultimate responsibility for, the fact she has no 'balls' to take up liberal causes before she is absolutely sure it is politically safe to do so (her opposition then sudden support for gay marriage at the last moment was comical), and the fact she is a compulsive liar, remember her trip to Bosnia? She remembers it three differnt ways!

Veya- whoever is more deserving, I think he has the greater liklihood of causing more damage from a liberal standpoint, or any standpoint, than she does.

4EVER2 wrote:

veya_victaous wrote:

Eilzel wrote:Veya, do you not think Trump could be a disaster where equality and human rights are concerned?

Yes and No.
I don't think he would actually achieve much and could put that polictical group into the spot light for their incompetance.

I disagree with his policies more, but he is still more deserving that Hilliary.

And no one knows for sure if anything got out, She put it on an unsecured server it doesn't have the sopicsticated enough tracking to tell who really accessed it. Peopel get fired for that sort of shit all the time SHE SHOULD BE UNEMPLOYED she should definitly be blacklisted from and classified info for life and probably in Jail.

---

Given your 'WHAT IF SCENARIOS' (which is just pure conjecture - make believe witch hunt)
you obviously give our republican director of the FBI SLIM TO NO-JOB SKILLS for doing his job and forget that had HRC been proven GUILTY of mishandling all if those emails (coming in & and going out) then all if those top STATE officials that had sent her a reply - request - follow up response from yet another NON-PROTECTED SERVER with the topic/subject line missing the :CLASSIFIED  notation ....then every one of those State officials would be subject to the same legal due process as HRC 
How wide a net - how many millions - how many years do you want to burn up with the wild goose chase?   
You've got Nada but just a deep seated resentment against this woman ...how ODD!   Did she run over you favorite dog?

Original Quill wrote:

Eilzel wrote:Quill- she talked down to Bernie supporters on a number of occasions, she took money from major financial companies to give speeches but refuses to release the transcripts, the emails fiasco, the full blown assault on Sanders himself by her allies of which she has to take ultimate responsibility for, the fact she has no 'balls' to take up liberal causes before she is absolutely sure it is politically safe to do so (her opposition then sudden support for gay marriage at the last moment was comical), and the fact she is a compulsive liar, remember her trip to Bosnia? She remembers it three differnt ways!

Veya- whoever is more deserving, I think he has the greater liklihood of causing more damage from a liberal standpoint, or any standpoint, than she does.

She is cautious.  She evolves and changes on policy.  She can be a fierce campaigner.  She is builds up war chests.  But I've not seen any significant lies from her.

veya_victaous wrote:

4EVER2 wrote:
And no one knows for sure if anything got out, She put it on an unsecured server it doesn't have the sopicsticated enough tracking to tell who really accessed it. Peopel get fired for that sort of shit all the time SHE SHOULD BE UNEMPLOYED she should definitly be blacklisted from and classified info for life and probably in Jail.

---

Given your 'WHAT IF SCENARIOS' (which is just pure conjecture - make believe witch hunt)
you obviously give our republican director of the FBI SLIM TO NO-JOB SKILLS for doing his job and forget that had HRC been proven GUILTY of mishandling all if those emails (coming in & and going out) then all if those top STATE officials that had sent her a reply - request - follow up response from yet another NON-PROTECTED SERVER with the topic/subject line missing the :CLASSIFIED  notation ....then every one of those State officials would be subject to the same legal due process as HRC 
How wide a net - how many millions - how many years do you want to burn up with the wild goose chase?   
You've got Nada but just a deep seated resentment against this woman ...how ODD!   Did she run over you favorite dog?

If she were a pleb she'd have been fired on teh spot no investigation at all
Spend nop more time coverign her ass and juist fire her now

And using the woman card is another cop out!
see IF she had anything going for her you could point it out, ONE good thing about her
But You cant, all you can is play cop out cards.
It is all the LW is doing, it is disgusting, I am Ashamed of other LW for stooping so low.

If the LW cant be honest about the dismal quality of their Canadate they may as well just be RW unthinking Hillshepherds.        

You're losing the grasp on your wet rope ...I've never said any thing about 'the woman card' ....you sound desperate and as weak as your reasoning! Just say     and let it go ...your barking up the wrong gum tree and you've no case to change my vote

Eilzel wrote:Quill, according to Clinton she has akways supported gay equality yet she clearly hasn't. She claims to have opposed other things forever yet we have scrpits of her saying otherwise. It may have been less politically savvy to support gay marriage 8 years ago but not by much and seriously, a country needs a leader, not someone chasing popular support.

“…the fundamental bedrock principle that [marriage] exists between a man and a woman, going back into the midst of history as one of the founding, foundational institutions of history and humanity and civilization, and that its primary, principal role during those millennia has been the raising and socializing of children for the society into which they are to become adults.”

Eilzel wrote:Quill, according to Clinton she has akways supported gay equality yet she clearly hasn't. She claims to have opposed other things forever yet we have scrpits of her saying otherwise. It may have been less politically savvy to support gay marriage 8 years ago but not by much and seriously, a country needs a leader, not someone chasing popular support.

Original Quill wrote:

eddie wrote:She isn't a good woman. I've said it from the beginning. Her husband was a slimey shit and she is slimey by association and the fact she lay down with him after he spattered Lewinksy's dress....tells me she lied to him too. And herself.

Weak eds.  I wouldn't buy that if I were on the jury.

Verdict: Hilary wins.  I don't see any culpability on her part on the Lewinsky matter.  Hilary may change her mind, but she never lies.

Eilzel wrote:Obama was honest in his changing view. Clinton continued (continues?) to insist she was always for it. She wants to be flawless when in reality is as flawed and discredited as many politicians. She cannot admit she was once on the wrong side of public opinion, so she lies.

veya_victaous wrote:
100's of million in donations staight out of her husbands Presidency

“…the fundamental bedrock principle that [marriage] exists between a man and a woman, going back into the midst of history as one of the founding, foundational institutions of history and humanity and civilization, and that its primary, principal role during those millennia has been the raising and socializing of children for the society into which they are to become adults.”   Yipper, HRC and a whole lot of out spoken political leaders were still SOS {stuck on stupid} about the equality for ALL AMERICANS to marry; that's how deeply ingrained their faith was ...you seem to think those people with deeply seated faith could just 'LIE/FAKE Their Response' to make you happy? Often the method takes some evolution and this like accepting GLBT has been an evolution - but you don't live here, you just pull some MeMe's off of your twitter/FB page without doing any FACT CHECKING and amuse yourself with ..."see this image tells me what I NEED TO KNOW", when you've done ZERO LEG WORK FOR PROVING ANY OF IT. 
You behave like a sock puppet and want to get pissed at me because I don't fall all over your foolishness - and that's all you have - stupid images that repeat more stupid false info and you fall for it. 
CONGRATS

And 4 eva still nothing good posted about her  you've obviously missed a couple of my posts, but that's OK, your bizarre rants are quite amusing - full of BS, but quite amusing!

Nothing that even remotely qualifes her as leader of the free world.

Trump is shit, Hilliary is just as shit.
the LW in the USA disgust me with their hillshepherd behaviour and compelete lack of will to get a decent leader.

Both sides just believe the the Bullshit of their own highly partisian media, Vote for her by all means But Dont feel any smarter than the Moron that votes for Trump. You are being MORE obviously played by the corrupt.

she already says as much nonsense as Trump.

rank and File? BULLSHIT! she was not even a politican at all until she forgave Bill for monica then got posted unopposed to the SAFE senate seat of new york, she is the literal OPPOSTIE of working through the ranks.

She is not standing up to Scrutiny at all!!! except to completely rusted on party hacks, no one esle is looking at her struggle with the truth and saying she is handling it well. they are saying liar, so obviously a liar.

Like this LIE

She's done jack shit, Zero Progress and as Les points out Clearly a bandwagon jumper when she thinks it is politically savy to do, a more fake and phony person you could hardly make up.

This should aleviate all of your stress and issues about 'MY' choice that 'I' have to make about 'MY FUTURE POTUS'

Veya will not have a vote in our Nov. 2nd election
Les   will not have a vote in our Nov. 2nd election
Eddie will not have a vote in our Nov.2nd election

And since 'I' do my research and 'I' keep abreast of the rightful person to chose for my POTUS and there isn't such a thing as a PERFECT CANDIDATE, my vote has always gone for the best qualified - best of the people put forth and the best options for my country ...will I vote for HRC =  
BTW - getting nasty/ugly about 'MY OPTIONS & OPINION & VOTE' only makes your position that much weaker and your opinion that much more redundant so leave off doing so Veya ...it doesn't gain you any points in a discussion. OK?

Eilzel wrote:4eva- I know she isn't anti-LGBT, but if she had been President we might have waited longer for equal marriage- because she wouldn't take the risk. A country doesn't need a President who won't do the right thing in case it upsets a few voters. A country needs a President who will just do the right thing and be remembered for it. As it is she is just the better or two evils.

eddie wrote:Hang on a minute! No I don't have a vote but why am I not allowed an opinion? Why is Les not allowed an opinion, or Veya?
I'm not ridiculing your vote, that's your personal choice.

But a couple of weeks ago did you see the abuse the UK took and the Brits on here, for the BREXIT result?

If Hilary or Trumo get in, how would you feel if Veya and myself and lots of Brits, started saying how shit you Americans are, how bad your country's going to have it.....blah blah etc

I wouldn't say those things because they're not helpful and not nice.

You need to remember that we are allowed an opnion even if we can't vote. Don't take it personally, we are not ridiculing you, we are speaking of the two terrible candidates you have running for presidency.
Not our fault.

Veya will not have a vote in our Nov. 2nd election
Les   will not have a vote in our Nov. 2nd election
Eddie will not have a vote in our Nov.2nd election


BTW - I got splattered quite sufficiently by LF/Tommykins/Raggy {even told me to get a job} and several others about MY OPINION on the Brexit vote; and it did have an impact on my financial bank account/retirement fund. 
So, yes ...Eddie preach to me about how this is a Opinion Community - Ben knew it - we know it -

we both got attacked for our POV and how that Brexit vote was impacting the US
And the vile rhetoric aimed at how Quill/Ben and I chose to vote really isn't any of your concern, yet you all seem to think you need to keep preaching your opinion at us - REDUNDANTLY SO! 
It's all just more blather that you seem to have forgotten, quite quickly!

eddie wrote:

Original Quill wrote:

Weak eds.  I wouldn't buy that if I were on the jury.

Verdict: Hilary wins.  I don't see any culpability on her part on the Lewinsky matter.  Hilary may change her mind, but she never lies.

Well until you said "but she never lies" I was about to say 'yes Quill, you're right but that's my opinion'
But.
She does lie.
She lied about the emails.
She lied about her husbands affair.
She's lying to herself about her husbands affair. (The one that we know about as there are obviously and supposedly many others)
No one should ever trust a liar and when she's president she will be caught lying again.

You may think my argument is weak but you cannot lay claim that's she's not a liar Quill. Come on.

eddie wrote:Relax. I wasn't attacking you personally for your opnion, it's your vote and you must vote from the heart.

I am giving my opinion on your candidates, and, I notice, you don't seem to mind if people are having a dig at Trump....you don't mention anything about it not being our "vote" etc etc
And that's because you don't like him.

And btw, if you saw rags and Tommy et al, getting wound up about BREXIT, then you getting wound up now will help you understand their annoyance better I would presume?

Oh, I'm ...as I always am; no modification there! 
But when we {we Americans} were being told that 'it's none of our affair - mind our own business' ...and the words that our fellow members were using ...well they were anything but warm/fuzzy/polite and nice --- you just stepped back and stayed out of the fray! 

So, while I live and breath politics - have a firm grasp upon our history and methods of voting and why it's important to do so regardless of how it may or may not be the 'popular' position to be taking - our collective attempts to discuss the Brexit position met with serious vile and angry rejoinders and I'm trying to KEEP TO THE FACTS and avoid that utter BS. 

Some times I'm successful and often times I'm not.

BTW - if you and only you few Brits think that 'Cheeto - Jesus' is a viable candidate then you've fallen for the hype & hysteria that has promoted him into the GOP lock step and that ---
WHEW, that is scary but people fall for meme's/gotcha cutey images instead of doing the research/reading and fact checking to stand upon for their POV.  

eddie wrote:Hang on a minute! No I don't have a vote but why am I not allowed an opinion? Why is Les not allowed an opinion, or Veya?
I'm not ridiculing your vote, that's your personal choice.

But a couple of weeks ago did you see the abuse the UK took and the Brits on here, for the BREXIT result?

If Hilary or Trumo get in, how would you feel if Veya and myself and lots of Brits, started saying how shit you Americans are, how bad your country's going to have it.....blah blah etc

Eilzel wrote:Obama was honest in his changing view. Clinton continued (continues?) to insist she was always for it. She wants to be flawless when in reality is as flawed and discredited as many politicians. She cannot admit she was once on the wrong side of public opinion, so she lies.