Bernie rally in Santa Maria, CA just ended.

Santa Maria is in the "central Coast" of California and it's my home. Amongst other things it is a red blob flowing in a sea of blue. However, Bernie enthusiasts filled the high school football stadium (capacity 5,000). It was a great crowd. Met many interesting, and always friendly, people from teenage to my age (and I'm not telling') Enthusiasm--man, I wish I could bottle it for later use. All kinds of Bernie gear being hawked outside the stadium, just like at a football game.

The weather was warm and the sky sunny, with a nice onshore breeze from the nearby Pacific to cool us off a bit. Like going to alive show played by your favorite rock band, you knew the songs before he even (sang) said them--but being there is an experience I will treasure for years.

Bernie started his day in Santa Barbara, 70 miles south of us, and will conclude his appearances today in Bakersfield, 150 miles east of us. Sorry, xRiotGrrrrlx, you'll have to wait a few extra hours because Bernie didn't leave S.M. until after 3 p.m.

As a side-note, news stations were reporting riots at a Trump speech in Fresno today--what a difference. Also today HRC was holding "rallies" at homes of selected rich people--not from us hoi polloi.

When we win big in California--a torpedo will be sent into the Sinking Shit Ship of HILLARY--maybe those pre-pledged super-delegates will overcome their lemming-like urge to follow Hillary off the edge of the cliff to certain electoral defeat...unless they switch their votes to Bernie.

Bernie or Bust. Never Hillary.

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of what sounds like a great rally! Thanks for sharing with us.

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murphthesurf's picture

Alligator Ed-

Thanks for the Good News !

It felt like that last Sunday down in Vista, CA as well -

Peace-

Murph

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Clinton will clinch the nom with New Jersey before California polls close. That would include super delegates. I don't see how that can be right. Nate Silver says it is right to do that now because Bernie can't win. It sounds like we might as well just forget California. Are they really going to do that???

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And it's a total lie. She only has 1770 pledged delegates (green papers), and you need 2023?2026? To have a majority of the pledged delegates.

How many delegates does NJ have? 126.

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are planning to announce she wins the nom by adding in the SD. I hope someone convinces them that's wrong.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/seth-abramson/clinton-clinches-democratic-...

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If HRC currently has 1,770 pledged delegates, and the total needed to obtain the nomination outright in advance of the convention is 2,383 then she needs 613. There are only 781 total pledged available before all the primaries will be over. That means she would need 78% of all remaining pledged delegates if she were to obtain the nomination outright prior to the convention. Does anyone know the truth about this count, because the main stream media doesn't seem to report it. I read or heard somewhere that the DNC has told the media not to be counting the unpledged delegates but they do it anyway.

For a majority, she still needs 256 or 33% of the total pledged available. Does anyone know, with only a majority is the convention still contested? Bernie needs 527, or 67% of what is still coming up, to have a majority.

My understanding is that the unpledged (or super delegates) aren't counted until after the convention starts, and that they can change their votes between now and then as well. I wonder how many will realize that HRC may be unelectable due to the lying and investigations, and decide to vote at the convention for Bernie?

Here are two sites that I have been following:

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/election-2016/delegate-targets/democ...

http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P16/D-PU.phtml

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FBI
Third Party

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oops...wrong thread

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On another note, we spent the night in our camper at a truck stop just off 101, there three years ago. Smile

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"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11

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When Cicero had finished speaking, the people said “How well he spoke”.
When Demosthenes had finished speaking, the people said “Let us march”.

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Just read over on the BNR that today (28th) is the 28th anniversary of Jane and Bernie. Just went over to berniesanders.com to donate $28 twice, once for each of them.

I got to shake Jane's hand when she was here campaigning for her husband, and I was proud to be able to thank them for running!

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...before he headed out to Santa Maria. Damn he's an amazing speaker. I mean, I know that already but live is something else completely.

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