# Bernie's chances: Speak to me in sports analogies **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 12, 2016, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernies-chances-speak-to-me-in-sports-analogies/748727 "2016-03-12T07:31:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernies-chances-speak-to-me-in-sports-analogies/748727/41 "2016-03-18T20:02:58Z")
> [@DrCube](#): > > But then again, Bernie’s an independent. If Hillary dies (or steps out of the race for other reasons) there are a lot of party-faithful who might rise up to claim her delegates at the convention. But besides a repeat of the first half of the primary season, only with Bernie and Hillary’s delegate wins swapped, her death/elimination is his best chance. And they’d hand it to Biden in a second if he wanted it. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernies-chances-speak-to-me-in-sports-analogies/748727/42 "2016-03-18T21:22:34Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > I’m confused. On the one hand, I hear that Hillary is the inevitable nominee, on the other hand, I hear that Bernie has great odds of overtaking her. > If this were football, would Team Bernie be trailing Team Hillary by one touchdown at halftime? Or is this more like trailing by four touchdowns at halftime and Team Hillary gets the ball to start the 2nd half? What he really needs is for the opposing team to suddenly crash and burn in a tragic air plane accident, or perhaps to have their key stars all get arrested or banned from play for the rest of the series. Then he needs to win from a 3-1 deficit, basically winning all the remaining games and hope he doesn’t have an off night anyway. He’s screwed, basically…his only hope is that something bad happens to Clinton, either physically or some right wing fantasy that she is arrested and dragged off to prison by the FBI because of all the evil stuff she has in her closet. That’s basically where all of the Republican contenders with the possible exception of Cruz are as well wrt Trump. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernies-chances-speak-to-me-in-sports-analogies/748727/43 "2016-03-18T22:07:10Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > If this were football . . . Boring. If we’re going to use sports analogies here, let’s make the sport Hunger Games or Rollerball or Thunderdome. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernies-chances-speak-to-me-in-sports-analogies/748727/44 "2016-03-18T22:08:47Z")
Bernie is Tom Brady, waiting for Hilary, as Drew Bledsoe, to get injured. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernies-chances-speak-to-me-in-sports-analogies/748727/45 "2016-03-18T22:24:46Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > And they’d hand it to Biden in a second if he wanted it. Yeah, Biden could probably beat every other candidate head-to-head, Republican, Democrat, or otherwise. Of course the Republican shit-flinging machine would work overtime as usual, but I doubt that much would stick. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernies-chances-speak-to-me-in-sports-analogies/748727/46 "2016-03-18T23:32:25Z")
He’s at bat in the top of the ninth, one out, no one’s on base, and he’s down by 4. He’s got to do a lot to tie, even more to lead, and Hillary’s still got another three outs. It’s not over, strange things happen sometimes, but the non die-hard fans with small children have left the stadium before traffic gets bad. ---
**Author:** ![Hank\_Beecher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hank_beecher/32/7275_2.png) [@Hank\_Beecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hank_Beecher)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernies-chances-speak-to-me-in-sports-analogies/748727/47 "2016-03-19T00:28:38Z")
These analogies are so contigucentric. Can someone put it in Iditarod language? Has Bernie eaten his wheel dogs yet? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernies-chances-speak-to-me-in-sports-analogies/748727/48 "2016-03-19T00:30:54Z")
Sarah Palin’s drunk husband just rammed his snow machine into Bernie’s dogs, about halfway through the course. Clinton was in the lead, with a clear route all the way into Nome. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernies-chances-speak-to-me-in-sports-analogies/748727/49 "2016-03-24T00:14:35Z")
'Cuz Alaska: Where men are men & women win the Iditarod!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernies-chances-speak-to-me-in-sports-analogies/748727.md?page=2)