[Info-vax] [Totally OT] Covid-19, was: Re: Creating an open source version of VMS, was: Re: OpenVMS Hobbyist Notification

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 3/14/2020 11:26 AM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 3/14/2020 8:24 AM, seasoned_geek wrote:
>> Please, before you talk out your ass, during Bernie's last run (his 
>> 42nd?) for president I was both a big donor and backer. If Hillary 
>> hadn't rigged the primary he would be president now. If Trump had been 
>> actually interested in enforcing the law instead of just keeping his 
>> own ass out of prison Hillary and the heads of the Democratic party in 
>> charge of the primary rigging would have all been put in prison for 
>> financial fraud.
> 
> Question: What are the 1700 super delegates the democrats allow at their 
> convention?
> 
> Answer: 1700 votes for a candidate favored by the party leaders who 
> don't give a damn what the people want.
> 
> Ya all just show up and pull the leaver, no thinking required.

Before the conspiracy theories go to far maybe we should
recap the actual result.

Available:

pledged delegates  4041
super delegates     712
total delegate     4763
delegates >50%     2382

Hillary:

16.9 million votes (won 34 states) => 2271 pledged delegates
571 super delegates
total 2842 delegates

Bernie:

13.2 million votes (won 23 states) => 1820 pledged delegates
45 super delegates
total 1865 delegates

Arne