Hillary Clinton snubbed Bernie to having a debate in the days leading up to California Primary (the largest by far in the country). Her main reason being that she has locked up the Democratic nomination and that a debate with Bernie is pointless.
Here's the two main reasons I feel its still worth supporting Bernie Sanders:
Bernie has won 11 of the past 14 primaries and has won a majority of the delegates over the past couple of months.
Bernie continues to poll better in a general election against Trump by a long-shot. He is still beating Trump by double digits in almost every major national poll. On the other hand Hillary is tied with, or losing to Trump in almost every major national poll.
I feel that if Hillary is the candidate she will lose the Democratic nomination.
Hillary generates all the excitement of free overdue book return day at the library. Her speeches are c-a-n-n-e-d.
Following are all the sentences, phrases and words that anyone would need to script Hillary's debate statements and responses:
Look, when my husband and I were in the White House...
I have a comprehensive plan that...
I will not let you attack President Obama (she deflects to/defends Obama when in the debate she is unable to defend herself)...
When I was a Senator from New York I supported...
grandmothers and babies...
I've spend my entire career working on/for...
Bill and I worked hard...
I worked night and day...
I'm sorry but President Obama is wrong in (attacks Obama to avoid guilt by association)...
No one is more _____ than I have been...
My record is very clear...
I take a backseat to no one...
I have a good friend (usually this "good friend" is never named) and we were chatting the other day about...
I have (another) comprehensive plan that will...
I...
I...
I (I, me, mine)
*Also, if Hillary is talking
to (contrary to what she'd like for you to believe she never talks
with) anyone from the South or any blue collar person outside the South Hillary goes into her insulting corn pone accent, it's gawdawful. It should be noted that when Hillary is in Brooklyn or Boston or Maine, for example, she never attempts to use local accents; only when she is addressing Southerners, blue collar people - and African Americans. :roll:
To this day I cannot understand how any black person can listen to Hillary when Hillary is pandering to black people. When Hillary talks to black people she channels Stepin Fechit only worse. Hillary can't even do wrong right. She sounds as if she is trying to talk with a mouthful of hot marbles.
California is a huge and very important state. California is diverse. California is a tough state for Hillary address publicly. If Hill were to take a question from a blue collar worker from San Mateo she'd go straight into her corn pone dialect and likely alienate everyone including the blue collar worker. Maybe Hillary wants to avoid the debate in California because she doesn't feel that her faux Asian accent is up to par.
Bottomline: Hillary does not relate to people and for the most part people don't relate to Hillary. She doesn't fare particularly well against Bernie in debates. Bernie has the momentum. Hillary's camp has decided it best to keep her in the closet...ahem.
A debate would be to the people's benefit. Well, **** them, right Hill? The only people Hillary really wanted to engage were people worthy of her time, celebrities with money. She's done that. Why spend the time and effort to canned speech Bernie? It would only help him and hurt her.