On the grand banquet table of delicious ironies, here's a morsel to keep you chuckling through several courses. Bernard Sanders--candidate to be nominated by the Democratic Party in the United States as its very own presidential candidate--is doing pretty well in the early primaries. He is a serious socialist. We mean by this that he believes fervently in egalitarianism. Enforced equality should characterise human society. In everything. Thus says Bernie.
But, hold on. Bernie is running in a political race against Hillary Clinton. It's expected that there will be a winner and a loser. Not co-winners. That very notion should be a severe provocation to Bernie. But, thankfully sanity has broken out. Bernie had a big "win" in the New Hampshire primary. He trounced Hillary. Theoretically, in an unjust world, he would have left New Hampshire with significantly more delegates than Hillary.
But justice has prevailed--and just as well.
Bernie has professed being deeply satisfied that his cherished egalitarian beliefs have won the day. Despite "winning" lots more votes than Hillary, both leave the state with the same amount of delegates--as they should. It's enough to make an egalitarian's heart burst with pride.
Hillary Clinton is expected to leave New Hampshire with just as many delegates as Bernie Sanders, even after he crushed her in Tuesday’s presidential primary. Sanders won 15 delegates with his 20-point victory Tuesday while Clinton won nine."Super delegates"--keeping everything just and fair and equal.
But Clinton came into the contest with the support of six superdelegates, who are state party insiders given the freedom to support any candidate they choose. . . . (A)s it stands, the superdelegate support gives Clinton a total of 15 New Hampshire delegates. [The Hill]
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