[US Election 2016] Democratic Primary Megathread III

[The balkens]

Washington's $15 minimum wage is only Seattle, just as an FYI

Rest of the state can get fucked i guess.

[Geilinor]

Washington's $15 minimum wage is only Seattle, just as an FYI

Rest of the state can get fucked i guess.

Until recently, we had the highest minimum wage in the country.

[The balkens]

Rest of the state can get fucked i guess.

Until recently, we had the highest minimum wage in the country.

im not sure if minimum wage is a good indicator of quality of life, if i were to be honest.

[Corrian]

Washington best state.

[Geilinor]

Until recently, we had the highest minimum wage in the country.

im not sure if minimum wage is a good indicator of quality of life, if i were to be honest.

I know. I'm not sure what you meant by the post where you said "the rest of the state can get fucked" though.

[AiliailiA]

im not sure if minimum wage is a good indicator of quality of life, if i were to be honest.

I know. I'm not sure what you meant by the post where you said "the rest of the state can get fucked" though.

That's unfair. WA is one of 7 states (plus DC) with the state minimum wage over $9. Apparently it's $9.45 and indexed.

[MERIZoC]

Washington's $15 minimum wage is only Seattle, just as an FYI

^thank a socialist for that ya nubs

[Galloism]

Sanders supporters are rallying to Hillary much faster than Hillary supporters did to Obama in 2008

Everyone say "thank you for being a schmuck, Donald".

[Astrolinium]

Sanders supporters are rallying to Hillary much faster than Hillary supporters did to Obama in 2008

Everyone say "thank you for being a schmuck, Donald".

thank you for being a schmuck, Donald

[The Romulan Republic]

Sanders supporters are rallying to Hillary much faster than Hillary supporters did to Obama in 2008

Everyone say "thank you for being a schmuck, Donald".

I'm sorry, but I am unable to say the words "thank you" and "Donald" in the same sentence.

[Maurepas]

Sanders supporters are rallying to Hillary much faster than Hillary supporters did to Obama in 2008

Everyone say "thank you for being a schmuck, Donald".

I'm sorry, but I am unable to say the words "thank you" and "Donald" in the same sentence.

Yeah, I seem to get this layer of bile every time I try, lol

[New Jerzylvania]

Sanders supporters are rallying to Hillary much faster than Hillary supporters did to Obama in 2008

Everyone say "thank you for being a schmuck, Donald".

More like we should thank the _________s that voted for this ass clown to be our next POTUS.

Perhaps ________s isn't appropriate?

Maybe ____ ____s describes them better.

[Dahon]

Sanders supporters are rallying to Hillary much faster than Hillary supporters did to Obama in 2008

Everyone say "thank you for being a schmuck, Donald".

"Catch these haggis with your tiny tiny hands, you orange-headed dunderhead!"

[Corrian]

Sanders supporters are rallying to Hillary much faster than Hillary supporters did to Obama in 2008

Everyone say "thank you for being a schmuck, Donald".

That horrible party dividing Sanders!

Edit: "You hit your limit of free articles"

What the hell?

[The Romulan Republic]

Sanders supporters are rallying to Hillary much faster than Hillary supporters did to Obama in 2008

Everyone say "thank you for being a schmuck, Donald".

That horrible party dividing Sanders!

I think that unless Clinton fucks up royally, most Sanders supporters will likely vote for her, and most of those who don't wouldn't have voted for her regardless (i.e. fringe-independents).

[Corrian]

I think that unless Clinton fucks up royally, most Sanders supporters will likely vote for her, and most of those who don't wouldn't have voted for her regardless (i.e. fringe-independents).

Potentially me

[Yumyumsuppertime]

If she knows that they're unlikely, then it's empty talk.

By that same logic, many of Bernie Sanders' proposals were empty talk if he knew they were unlikely to happen.

Responded to this point on the previous page.

[Maurepas]

Sanders supporters are rallying to Hillary much faster than Hillary supporters did to Obama in 2008

Everyone say "thank you for being a schmuck, Donald".

That horrible party dividing Sanders!

Edit: "You hit your limit of free articles"

What the hell?

Yeah, the Washington Post does it per month for whatever reason. I find clicking the link and hitting the stop button as soon as it loads the article gets around it easy enough.

I figured they'd come around though. I expressed some angst that he might lead them astray, but I didn't figure he'd actually do it, and it looks like he's not going to. I'm feeling pretty confident going into the convention. We're gonna keep Trump out I think.

[Alien Space Bats]

Unlike Brexit, where there's a possibility of still remaining in the EU because of the two year process and buyer's remorse, Trump comes with no such receipt. You break it brexit, you buy it buys it.

Fixed that for you <g,d&r>

[Alien Space Bats]

The only policy of hers' I'm aware of that has major potential for immediate disaster is the Syria policy, as I see no way to enforce a no-fly zone at present that doesn't amount to starting a shooting war with Russia. However, because I don't think Clinton is generally stupid, insane, or suicidal, I suspect that some of her stance is just posturing.

FWIW, in the world of geopolitics, it's beginning to look like the Syrian Civil War was the trigger for the current crisis within the European Union, and the breakup of the European Union (should it happen) will embolden the Russians like nobody's business. If Russia decides that the end of the EU justifies the reestablishment of its empire in Eastern Europe, that could very well be the trigger that pushes us into a shooting war with Moscow.

Which would be the Irony to End All Ironies™: That we resisted a no-fly zone that might have led us into a shooting war with Russia, only to precipitate a refugee crisis that ultimately led us into a shooting war with Russia.

[Corrian]

America, screwing over the world in as many ways as possible on a regular basis.

[Guy]

Until recently, we had the highest minimum wage in the country.

im not sure if minimum wage is a good indicator of quality of life, if i were to be honest.

Tends to correlate fairly strongly with it. Developed countries with high "qualities of life" have either very strong collective bargaining processes, a high minimum wage, or both. We can argue about causality though, I guess.

[Guy]

You're really not satisfied with "Clinton won California and it's over" are you?

I mean no offense. You're nerdy and I like that.

I think it's mostly reading stuff on Bernie social media pages (esp Reddit) that goes "Sanders can still win California with 60% of the vote!"

Uhm, no. Sanders needs over 100% of remaining votes to win. I guess if at least I've made it clear that there isn't a contest still going on, I've done something worthwhile

I think, given Sanders is angling for a possible Convention fight on the Platform, it'll be interesting to see how many delegates are loyalists to him. Pledged delegates is the closest proxy we have to that (other than going into the identity of every single delegate, which I don't wanna do for obvious reasons)

Case in point: The Sanders subreddit almost convinced itself today that Sanders flipped over LA and SF Counties.

It's pretty good entertainment material -- basically the only subreddit that I visit.

[Corrian]

I am actually surprised he didn't win the San Francisco area, or at least didn't do better, but wut. How even...

[Guy]

I am actually surprised he didn't win the San Francisco area, or at least didn't do better, but wut. How even...

What's worst is that a speaker in an official-looking rally said that.

Like, they couldn't have at least bothered checking the latest returns?

San Francisco County is even fully certified and finalised at this point.