Alpha's N.Y. Primary watchers Live Blog

Hi Guys!

Today is the day! I have been avoiding the news coverage all day (Baked cookies for the wife to take to work for her co-workers tonight and got caught up on Lucifer) so I wouldn't go crazy waiting for the results, lol! So if I missed something important fill me in!

I hope you guys join me, it may be a looong night. Smile

I will be watching TYT's Live stream and posting results as they come in.

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Alphalop's picture

I will post the Guardian election results tracker as soon as it goes live as well.

I will pop in and out over the next half hour (gotta finish cleaning up cookie mess) so if someone else see's it go up first please share it for me. Smile

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On the west coast here and waiting all day for those NYers to show us some bern. Worried that the closed primary where you had to switch last October to change affliation will mean more Hillary voters. As I say, worried...

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… to come to their state and campaign. Then it will be their turn to vote.
A chunk of them have never heard of Bernie Sanders. They will all get a chance to see Bernie and hear his message for the American people.

We must continue to fund Bernie until the entire country finds out that we don't have to live with crippling austerity. That Americans can live much better lives, beginning now.

If Bernie campaigns in all the states, America's future will never be quite the same.

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I needed that just now.

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I firmly believe there are deliberate shenanigans. I don't know who is behind them and I don't CARE who is behind them. I can see they exist, however, as can any person with cognitive function that has been paying attention to this race can see, long as they actually LOOK at what is happening.

And that makes me so damned mad that I will NEVER stop fighting for this guy. Bernie Sanders--and like it or not, to a lesser extent, Donald Trump (no matter how or why he actually got into this race on the GOP side)--have blown the doors off the scam that's been perpetuated on the American people for the last several decades, in regard to the deliberate engineering of our elections.

If they continue doing what they're doing, they are tempting a less-than-civilized response from those that they deprive of a voice. And there IS deprivation going on here. Deliberate, slanted, and obvious. No, you're not crazy and you're not delusional. Nobody draws those kinds of crowds and then doesn't get the votes. That's complete bullshit. It is so obvious it's being stolen, but they can't steal it everywhere. There are states remaining. We must do everything we can to keep supporting the Sanders campaign.

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peeps been talking bout you all day man.
anticipating alphalop's election blog.
good ta freaking see ya!

and thanks man.. from all of us, serious.. I ain't lying.
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Hopefully it was good things people were saying I tend to crack open a bottle of wine or whatnot when I do these things and I tend towards the irreverent and silly to begin with. Wink

Thanks so much for the warm welcome, it's great to be back. Spent some time at GOS over the last few here and there to support our fellow Berners that are still there but you can really see the numbers of Bernie supporters participating there has dropped off quite a bit. Too damn toxic..

That being considered it's gonna feel so good being here anyway, but if we can share a good showing by Bernie together all the better. Smile

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about 5:36.. I didn't write the time down
I don't believe it.

another poster brought us
http://nyenr.elections.state.ny.us/home.aspx
for review

may prove of interest to you if you hadn't seen it alpha

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I have been trying to focus at work, but have been looking at various media outlets and did not see this information.

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The anti-democratic registration constraints in NY are a huge hurdle to overcome.

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which is that the media will use the fact that Hillary wins her home state (one of them, at least) as "proof" that Bernie's campaign is over. Since when has winning one's home state decided the whole thing? When Tom Harkin won the Iowa caucuses in 1992 everyone said it didn't matter. Hell, when Bernie won New Hampshire in a landslide, the excuse was that it was "the state next door."

Presuming Clinton wins this, I think her campaign is going to try to use her home state victory to bury Bernie, and the media's going to go along with it.

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but it is the home state of her Wall Street constituents. I think she's from Illinois or maybe Arkansas or maybe DC. She belongs to the richie rich world, the world we want off our backs.

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you're supposed to roll over and play dead like a good little sheep. Bah? How about NO?

Because you know better than that already if you're here, though, don't you? You know enough to not give a flying fuck what Hillary Clinton or our demonstrably corrupted commercial American "information media" want to say about Sanders and his campaign?

I sure as hell don't, and don't know why anybody else would. They have every incentive to lie, cheat and steal and they're doing it right under your nose.

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sorry for that double post Smile

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Alphalop's picture

Who the hell could have possibly known Bernie would make it this far 7 months ago or that NY could play a large part in deciding the result of the election?

We really need open primaries, or at least allow independents to change affiliation at the polls.

I thought we wanted more people to register as Democrats, so why the hell are we placing so many hurdles in front of them to overcome in order to do so?

At this point, I think the party is more concerned with retaining 3rd way control if itself than it is with winning elections...

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Heard both the Dem and Repub townhalls on CNN--two of Trumps' grown children didn't switch their registration from Independent to Republican, in time to vote for him.

So, this doesn't seem to be Dem Party specific. But, I agree with you--it stinks!

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OLinda's picture

Here are a coupe of pages for results:

The Guardian featuring mini Bernie.

New York Times

I always like to check two places. They probably get their information from the same place, but somehow I feel better if I look at 2 pages.

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Borkrom's picture

for hosting. I am on the west coast and hoping for a long night- sorry my East coast/Midwest brothers and sisters. Just not a quick call unless it is for Bernie Smile

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Anyone in NY have any impressions of what's happening?

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I've heard comments about low turnout in Hillary districts and higher turnout in Bernie areas, but these were probably anecdotal and not scientific.

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Borkrom's picture

I have seen numerous sites saying it looks like a big night for Trump. However, nothing on the democrat side? Not sure if that is good or bad news??

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I found this link

http://nyenr.elections.state.ny.us/

The unofficial election night results displayed on this web site are based on the unofficial results reported to us by each County Board of Elections and as such, are posted on the web as a convenience to the public. New York State Election Law requires a complete recanvass of all votes cast on Election Day and the canvass of all valid absentee, special, and affidavit (provisional) ballots before any election results can be certified. Once all ballot counting tasks have been completed (usually within 15 days for a primary and within 25 days for a general election), each County Board certifies their respective election results pursuant to and in accordance with the applicable sections of New York State Election Law (see NYS Election Law, Sections 3-222, 9-200, 9-208). Those certifications are then sent to the State Board for aggregation, certification and publication/posting.

In other words, this looks like the most official thing we'll have available tonight.

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What kind are we having, Alpha?

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I did a batch of Butterscotch Vanilla and a batch of Sweet chocolate. Smile

Had to send most of them off with the wife, gotta preserve my girlish figure. Wink

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Well, This is troubling...

We really do handle our voting in a pathetic manner for a "First World" nation...

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Imagine that. Bernie's home town and this just happens to happen yet again?

Whats that saying? Once is unfortunate, twice is a coincidence and three times is enemy action or something to that effect?

I am flat out disgusted with the state of things in this primary.

Are NY and Arizona are fighting it out to be the new Florida?

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But it's been adopted into the "Moscow Rules" since then. (Goldfinger, originally)

It's been used by John Le Carre, Tom Clancy, and numerous other espionage authors.

It's also a damn good rule of thumb that the Captain I most respected lived by. (Captain Romito. Officer and a Gentleman, and I mean that NON-sarcastically.)

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about their bullshit. Yep, guess what? He needs to once again, "Watch his Tone."

In other words, don't rock the boat, keep your people in line and accept that the game was over before it started.

Fuck the fucking fuckers.

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The fix was in a long time ago.

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The Fix has been going on for decades and in this farce of a primary it seems to have gone into overdrive. We got no change we could believe in 2008 and when the people said enough they took off the gloves and haven't even bothered to soft soap the public. Hope this gets major blowback across the mythical political spectrum. Thanks JeckylInHyde you have always been a rational wry fellow who tells it like it is through humor and visuals. I appreciate your posts more and more in these days of by-partisan darkness.

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shit, let alone drinking it!

That's pretty damned funny in an "urgh" kind of way--like, I'm laughing and gagging at the same time over here...

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I am gonna really start pushing for Sanders to help form a Third party.

With him as a unifying figure, and the disenchantment with the system I think now more than ever is the viability of such an action likely to result in success.

We could pick up most of the Real progressives and a shit ton of the independents. Particularly if we don't make guns a hot button issue to scare off a big chunk. Not that I am against trying to enact common sense reform, but it shouldn't be a main focus, we would be better off focusing on the root problems that lead to gun violence, the environment and getting money out of politics, which we all agree on at least initially IMO.

But wtf do I know, I am just some asshole with a keyboard. Smile

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The Greens want us and have issued a very gracious invitation at
https://www.facebook.com/GreenPartyUS/

I think some other, less well known parties also want us.

Now, if we could just take Bernie with us . . .

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So the greens already partly have me. Smile

If Sanders was to join? I'd be all in....

Honestly though, I think a whole new party with them as allies might even be better.

New party for a new movement and less preconceived notions to overcome.

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made Jill Stein President. I know Bernie would have a big place in her administration and Elizabeth Warren would be very important too as would the other true progressives in Congress, including most of those who voted against the Iraq War and are still there.

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I figure it's the only way left to make a statement, however small.

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And only switch back to vote in a primary if there is a candidate I can vote for that supports progressive ideals.

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Because Bernie pledged his support to her if she's the nominee. How did I miss that? Where/when was that?

I agree with you purely on the basis that the DNC/HRC have done everything in their power to alienate us progressives since, I don't know, late last year??? Arguably before that, but you get my point.

F*ck 'em all.

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i don't know yet, imho

Because Bernie pledged his support to her if she's the nominee. How did I miss that? Where/when was that?

Today's Latin phrase is: "pro forma".

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he did it in Vermont and he can do it here in the United States. As if we were united, but still why not run as an Indie as that's what he is and let the cards fall as they lay. What kind of loyalty or fidelity does he owe the Democratic party? None if you ask me he should not keep banging his head against a lost cause and the Democrat's are a lost cause. As it stands their is no other route to any power or representation by the people. Maybe he should stop caucusing with them and caucus for the 99%.

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he did it in Vermont and he can do it here in the United States. As if we were united, but still why not run as an Indie as that's what he is and let the cards fall as they lay. What kind of loyalty or fidelity does he owe the Democratic party? None if you ask me he should not keep banging his head against a lost cause and the Democrat's are a lost cause. As it stands there is no other route to any power or representation by the people. Maybe he should stop caucusing with them and caucus for the 99%.

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In fact, I'd say it IS impossible to get ballot access in enough states to be able to win the electoral college-not that Bernie would do that. He's been very cleat about "not being a Nader"-as if Nader had jack to do with the Ds losting.

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as an Independent is much earlier than for the two major parties. For some reason.

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can't begin to imagine why....

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If Bernie is not on the ballot. I will keep a clean conscience and vote for Jill Stein and probably mostly Democrats down-ballot, especially for my Congresswoman, Barbara Lee. I just pissed off the censors and got a one-month time out for saying that on Kos. We need to build up the Green Party and the No Party Party.

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it's gotten so unbelievably into "Bash anyone who disagrees" mode over there that I feel like why bother.

If I was at a party that had that many assholes at it I sure as hell wouldn't hang out, so I see little point in doing it at a website. Smile

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Everybody trying to play everybody else. No authenticity and a lot of lying.

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everytime I go there. If it wasn't to support LD and his Bernie updates I would never click there.

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I don't give a damn what butthurt they have about "Tone" and neither should Bernie Sanders.

They're all gloating already--it's so fucking obvious that this was a purge, yet WE WON! (which they really formally have not yet). They're going to gloat one too many times and it's going to get real ugly real quick. And I'm not just talking about that vomitous Front Line of Blog Propaganda so many of us know and love (cough); that's far from the only bullshit at play in this particular election right now.

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Not even gonna give em a look, that place was ugly leading up to tonight so I am sure it hasn't gotten any better, lol!

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In Celebration of the Disenfranchisement of Hundreds of Thousands of Their Lessers.

Ya, it might be halfway approachable by about Saturday...

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How much is too much people?

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they should clean up the mess?
Dash 1

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before you finish taking advantage of the chaos to instill your candidate of choice...

That would be unfortunate.... For TPTB at least...

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i'm sure i could use that!

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Dash 1

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Dash 1

Well lookee there! Ha! Does that work everywhere or just here? And is it in a FAQ somewhere, along with some others? Biggrin

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you will see "Textual smiley will be replaced with graphical ones." That is a link to a page that shows you what you can use...I open it up in a new tab.... either copy and paste them or just remember what they are...

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watching NCIS. It comes on at 9PM ET when polls close.

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Finally about half way through season 10....

Man there are a LOT of episodes!

Generally a good show. Gibbs kinda reminds me of my old Sargent, which may be why I like it. Smile

I really annoy my wife though because usually about 5 mins in I tell her how its gonna end and usually nail it, lol!

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far from it, but the still photo posted while we wait for the show to go live reminds me: just waiting for the night when some male newscaster will appear in an arm-baring, skin-tight top with spaghetti straps, while his female counterpart wears a suit jacket over her blouse.

Support all TV commentators' right to bare arms!

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have a good laugh at myself tomorrow if wrong. All predictions free with a money back guarantee.

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I think if he can keep it within a 3-5 point loss that would be an amazing feat in and of itself given the circumstances of the NY primary.

Anything above that and I might be dancing naked in the back yard around a fire with a bottle of red in my hand around 3AM. Smile

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*falls out of chair laughing...*

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You do not want to cause any heart attacks.

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He may die of laughter, but not a heart attack.

(Because of my lack of dancing skills you pervs! Ok, maybe the other thing too.. lol!)

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Bernie by 3-7%, and yes that's after all the election fraud. Unskewed polls would have shown a tie race a week ago, with Bernie gaining fast.

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I have some short bread Girl Scout cookies. And I have some vanilla ice cream. And if that combo doesn't satisfy my life long passion for vanilla, like 64 years of being a vanilla junkie, I have some Lindt white chocolate candy and I AM NOT AFRAID TO EAT IT on an election night!
Dammit!
Go, Bernie!

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Saves time, get your cookies and milk in one bite. Smile

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Borkrom's picture

I have been thinking about this item for a little bit, we do not have political parties but exclusive clubs.

Think about it. You need to sign up (register) to be considered, you need to pay your dues (blood, sweat and money), there is a leadership hierarchy that you need to acknowledge, there is a peeking order (seniority and titles) and you have to support the membership. That is what these "parties" really are in truth.

Therefore, we need to either join them and be happy non-complaining lower level members, get them disbanded or build ourselves a better entity (not sure if I want to call it a party) to overcome them.

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clearly, "We don't welcome your kind here..." (But please remember to come back and vote for us!)

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in with you Guys after dinner.

There have been a slew of articles today that attempted to compare the consequences of a Trump and a Clinton win, as though they signify exactly the same thing--which they do not, IMO.

Anyhoo, hope the predictions (here) of a 2-3 percent victory are correct. It has narrowed so much in the past couple weeks or so, it really wouldn't surprise me.

Heard Howard Dean on MSNBC about 12:30 pm today, saying,

"His (Bernie's) supporters are not helpful--I'm getting all this stuff on Twitter. It's harming the country; and, it's certainly not helpful to the progressive cause."

To think that at one time we were members of 2 DFA Chapters, and adored the man!

(Even had a photo of him and Mrs/Dr Dean on the frig--feel like an idiot, now!)

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I campaigned for Dean. What happened to him? I thought I was a good judge of character, boy was I wrong.

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Power and money. Turns out Dean likes them for what they are after all, not what they can do.

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WindDancer13's picture

Voter turnout unusually high in New York

Also, as usual, problems:

[UPDATES] NYers Reporting Numerous Problems Voting In Today's Primary

Some people citing Sanders' age as why they are not voting for him. People need to be reminded that Nelson Mandela was older (76) at the time of his first election.

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I saw him coming into same room as the rest of us protesters and silent vigilers outside the Schnitzer theater in PDX where Dean was speaking with Karl fucking Rove.

We went into the Heathman afterwards and the building houses a secret entrance we later learned so we were dining and Rove and Dean come downstairs arm in arm without a lick of security. I stood up and he was just a foot away from me and all that could come out of me was, "Karl Rove, you're a fucking war criminal" then codepink and veterans for peace guys and the other diners chased them out. I was frozen and then finally I ran to the bathroom where I shook and vomitted.. then I called my husband and bawled.

Rove is and was pure evil. I was so close to the purest of evils.

I don't care what Dean made from that little speaking engagement but to be so buddy buddy with such vileness as Rove... when to be in the same rooom with him and so close made me and others violently ill.

But then Dean and Clinton go on vacations with the very politicians we are fighting for our survival.

I have no trust or respect for Dean. Never will.

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"Love One Another" ~ George Harrison

The outward appearance of enmity and partisanship between the parties hides the fact that there is a lot of collusion behind the scenes. Look at how chummy the Clintons and the Bushes are (and have been for years). If the pols really had such deep ideological differences between them, they would hardly be able to be polite to each other.

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Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.

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I don't have high hopes.

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Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.

I'm not getting the livestream on TYT yet. My screen says they're offline. Anyone getting the show?

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"The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function." -- Albert Bartlett
"A species that is hurtling toward extinction has no business promoting slow incremental change." -- Caitlin Johnstone

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