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LovingA2andMI

(7,006 posts)
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 10:42 PM Feb 2016

Jeff Weaver Confirms (Drumroll)... The Photo Is Bernie Sanders! Shocking, NOT!

So This Video Was Taken On My Cell Phone And It's Way Quicker To Upload It To Facebook (So I Did -- Sorry For Folks That Don't Use FB) But....

Bernie Sanders Campaign Manager Jeff Weaver Confirms 100% That The Photo at the University of Chicago Is Bernie Sanders AND FURTHERMORE The Photographer Who Took The Photo Danny Lyon's CONFIRMS It's Bernie.

Here's The Link To The Video

Waiting On Johnathan Capehart's Retraction -- Which Is Coming Never - So Will The Washington Post Fire Him - Will MSNBC Issue Day Long Retractions - Will Andrea Mitchell Greenspan That Allowed Capehart To Go On To The Point Of Cheap TMZ Level Gossip Ad Hominem Without Offering ONE BIT OF PROOF -- Lose Her Job?

Tomorrow only knows....Tomorrow!

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Jeff Weaver Confirms (Drumroll)... The Photo Is Bernie Sanders! Shocking, NOT! (Original Post) LovingA2andMI Feb 2016 OP
OK, K&R this to the front page, everyone Autumn Colors Feb 2016 #1
Thanks!!! LovingA2andMI Feb 2016 #4
:) (nt) Autumn Colors Feb 2016 #5
swift boating has a special place in hell. roguevalley Feb 2016 #10
Yes it does MissDeeds Feb 2016 #18
^ This. AzDar Feb 2016 #38
Indeed!! LovingA2andMI Feb 2016 #42
Unlike Kerry when he let the smear of the Swift Boaters go unchallenged until it was too late, sabrina 1 Feb 2016 #57
Do you have a link? awoke_in_2003 Feb 2016 #85
And Chris Matthews who belittled Tad Devine jillan Feb 2016 #2
Tweety will just blame the person next to him for misleading him. n/t Kittycat Feb 2016 #26
Tweety should apologize Rosa Luxemburg Feb 2016 #69
I think those responsible for rubbishing Bernie should apologize Rosa Luxemburg Feb 2016 #70
Tweety Will Blame.... LovingA2andMI Feb 2016 #44
...! KoKo Feb 2016 #75
KnR retrowire Feb 2016 #3
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Feb 2016 #6
You're Welcome!! LovingA2andMI Feb 2016 #53
Are you going to see Bernie Monday? ybbor Feb 2016 #73
Yes, indeed. LovingA2andMI Feb 2016 #80
Thank you! ybbor Feb 2016 #81
You're Welcome!! LovingA2andMI Feb 2016 #83
Yes I'm aware of the Flint date, too ybbor Feb 2016 #84
K&R Paka Feb 2016 #7
Kick and Rec Jackilope Feb 2016 #8
Thank you. I remember when the Post suspended Chris Cillizza and Dana Milbank for CharlotteVale Feb 2016 #9
you can post a message on Capehart's FB page. grasswire Feb 2016 #15
I emailed him through the Post this morning and also submitted a comments form CharlotteVale Feb 2016 #20
Oh We Posted It LovingA2andMI Feb 2016 #45
Kick, Kickity Kick tomm2thumbs Feb 2016 #11
K&R and thank you, LovingA2andMI... nenagh Feb 2016 #12
You're Quite Welcome! LovingA2andMI Feb 2016 #46
KnR SammyWinstonJack Feb 2016 #13
Where did the pic Lazy Daisy Feb 2016 #14
No firings, no retractions just moving forward. zeemike Feb 2016 #16
Yes and so the accusation stands and has performed as hoped! Akamai Feb 2016 #55
"Moving forward." How I have frown to loathe that antiseptic expression. Eleanors38 Feb 2016 #86
Me too. zeemike Feb 2016 #87
It is in the script. Local, state, national. Same hazy crap. Eleanors38 Feb 2016 #88
Finally. Wondered when the info would come out. Now it will suddenly be libdem4life Feb 2016 #17
1 more kick before sleep Autumn Colors Feb 2016 #19
Thanks Autumn Colors... LovingA2andMI Feb 2016 #47
Thanks! (nt) Autumn Colors Feb 2016 #60
Kick for exposing Lying Liars and the Lies they tell concreteblue Feb 2016 #21
As low as a snake. 840high Feb 2016 #22
"Bernie's Been to 50 Different Countries" gordyfl Feb 2016 #23
I participated in one of the first threads on this matter and thought it was obviously Sanders Samantha Feb 2016 #24
+1,000,000 ... nt Trajan Feb 2016 #35
K & R historylovr Feb 2016 #25
love that facebook group PatrynXX Feb 2016 #27
Yes.... LovingA2andMI Feb 2016 #48
Fire Capehart. We showed him his error on Twitter and he made multiple posts taunting and mocking us Cheese Sandwich Feb 2016 #28
He built this entire wall of bullshit with this Twitter machine. Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #33
A shitstorm brilliantly timed for right before the South Carolina primary Cheese Sandwich Feb 2016 #36
Because.... LovingA2andMI Feb 2016 #49
I contacted WaPo several times today asking them if they were the new National Enquirer. jillan Feb 2016 #51
K&R dae Feb 2016 #29
KnR Lordquinton Feb 2016 #30
K&R SamKnause Feb 2016 #31
Chris Matthews' new segment- Tell Me Something That's Not True Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #32
Ugly - and it will get muck worse SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #34
It does not matter, and never mattered. HassleCat Feb 2016 #37
Correcting a smear is not just playing gotcha. Vattel Feb 2016 #59
Correcting is one thing. HassleCat Feb 2016 #72
I agree. I don't even know what role Clinton played in this. Vattel Feb 2016 #78
K&R glinda Feb 2016 #39
Much to the chigrin of the Clinton supporters that are hoping against hope that Sanders rhett o rick Feb 2016 #40
Keep it on Top! SCVDem Feb 2016 #41
kick n rec ReasonableToo Feb 2016 #43
The Selma March Photo LovingA2andMI Feb 2016 #50
Correct and ReasonableToo Feb 2016 #61
We need to stay on WaPo and Capehart and NOT let this get swept under the rug. jillan Feb 2016 #52
Plan On It.... LovingA2andMI Feb 2016 #54
Looks Like He's Doubling Down elljay Feb 2016 #56
This could be interesting. N/T HubertHeaver Feb 2016 #58
I can not believe this is going on! Why do they want to deny Bernie's legacy? ntx kgnu_fan Feb 2016 #62
K&R nt TBF Feb 2016 #63
Rec & Kick. MerryBlooms Feb 2016 #64
Kick (nt) Autumn Colors Feb 2016 #65
Please keep this kicked and Autumn Colors Feb 2016 #66
K&R gelatinous cube Feb 2016 #67
I'm glad to see this. nt. polly7 Feb 2016 #68
KICKED secondwind Feb 2016 #71
K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! We knew it. Lies are not gaining traction. Enthusiast Feb 2016 #74
k&r n/t Tien1985 Feb 2016 #76
What I don't get is how the University of Chicago changed the photo information just because Peregrine Took Feb 2016 #77
K&R Let's fight the Clinton darkness every step of the way. avaistheone1 Feb 2016 #79
Thanks for Kicking This RIGHTFUL TRUTH.... LovingA2andMI Feb 2016 #82
 

Autumn Colors

(2,379 posts)
1. OK, K&R this to the front page, everyone
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 10:45 PM
Feb 2016

Let's keep this on the front page for a while .... at least so Skinner can see it, after the thread he posted.

Can posts in protected groups go on the front page?

LovingA2andMI

(7,006 posts)
4. Thanks!!!
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 11:01 PM
Feb 2016

Quite Pleased To Shoot This Cell Phone Video From My Phone! So Glad The Campaign Has Put This Bad Baby -- Completely To Bed.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
57. Unlike Kerry when he let the smear of the Swift Boaters go unchallenged until it was too late,
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 04:21 AM
Feb 2016

Bernie has an ARMY of volunteer anti-smearmongers who jump into action instantly and destroy the David Brocks of this world.

And the more Hillary uses Brock to do the dirty work, the more even many of her supporters find themselves thoroughly disgusted by these old tactics.

I hope she doesn't fire Brock, he's raising more money for Bernie than we could have imagined. THIS is what this election is all about. THE MONEY that is corrupting our Government. And Brock is the POSTER CHILD for the most important issue for voters in this election. The Money flowing into Super Pacs like Hillary's Brock Super Pac, used for one purpose only, to DECEIVE the public.

Keep up the good work, Brock. You never were anything but a sleaze who jumped over to the Dems when the price was right.

 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
85. Do you have a link?
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 07:01 PM
Feb 2016

And yes- protected groups can go to the front page. That is how in stumbled in here. I have several groups hidden, but they are not hidden on the front page.

ybbor

(1,552 posts)
73. Are you going to see Bernie Monday?
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:21 PM
Feb 2016

Unfortunately, I won't be able to go, because of school. Very bummed.

LovingA2andMI

(7,006 posts)
80. Yes, indeed.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:08 PM
Feb 2016

We will take plenty of pictures and upload them on the Blog/Facebook Page. It will feel like you were there .

LovingA2andMI

(7,006 posts)
83. You're Welcome!!
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:11 PM
Feb 2016

And Bernie Will Be Back to Michigan....in Fact He's in Flint March 6 -- so it will likely be another Michigan Rally that week.

ybbor

(1,552 posts)
84. Yes I'm aware of the Flint date, too
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:22 PM
Feb 2016

I grew up in Flint and my extremely,right-wing in-laws are trying to get me in there. They are well connected to the Dems, via their temple, in Flint, but I'm sure they are Trump or Cruz people, l know gross, huh?

Well thanks again! Have fun and wear sun protection to protect you from getting too berned.

CharlotteVale

(2,717 posts)
9. Thank you. I remember when the Post suspended Chris Cillizza and Dana Milbank for
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 11:16 PM
Feb 2016

referring to Hillary as the B word in a video 8 years ago.

I'll be very surprised if the Post does shit about this! Capehart has had plenty of time to investigate and write a retraction and nothing so far.

zeemike

(18,998 posts)
16. No firings, no retractions just moving forward.
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 11:32 PM
Feb 2016

And those responsible will be rewarded not punished. I am sure they will find gratitude on their paycheck or a better job.

 

Akamai

(1,779 posts)
55. Yes and so the accusation stands and has performed as hoped!
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:46 AM
Feb 2016

BS accusation hung out there, sure seems like Swiftboating of Bernie.

Go Bernie!!!

 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
17. Finally. Wondered when the info would come out. Now it will suddenly be
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 11:35 PM
Feb 2016

no big deal. LOL. What else can one say? Now, back to the Bus ... it's getting crowded.

ETA: Very smart of them to let the hair on fire lemmings run off the cliff first...then address it.

 

Autumn Colors

(2,379 posts)
19. 1 more kick before sleep
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 11:36 PM
Feb 2016

Please keep this kicked so all the people from Skinner's thread can find this on the front page.

concreteblue

(626 posts)
21. Kick for exposing Lying Liars and the Lies they tell
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 11:40 PM
Feb 2016

How low will Camp Weathervane go? Is this a rhetorical question?

Samantha

(9,314 posts)
24. I participated in one of the first threads on this matter and thought it was obviously Sanders
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 11:55 PM
Feb 2016

Just looking at his hands and that very specific gesture we still see often to this day, it was obvious. And I said that. I could not believe when the controversy continued. I also just read Skinner's post earlier today, and saw what a controversy it had become. I looked again at the photos and noticed that the hair was straight and had a very distinctive recession already in progress on the forehead. The other young man had wavy hair on the top, with just a few small curls, which was very thick and had no noticeable recession at the front of the forehead.

But the real disappointment set in when I started thinking why are we talking about this while people are starving in this Country, people are homeless, people have no healthcare or cannot afford their medicines. I hope we learn not to allow ourselves to be distracted from the real prize -- Bernie's success in this race.

But looking at what has been reported today and suggesting that this was a coordinated effort to impugn Bernie Sanders' integrity is beyond disgusting. And I will just stop right here for now.

Sam

PatrynXX

(5,668 posts)
27. love that facebook group
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 12:08 AM
Feb 2016

yeah it's in Michigan but they've been rather nice over the months including offering me some moderating time which I don't have so I turned it down (blush) maybe someday. I didn't expect this race to get so ugly negative from just one side. surprised no, but disappointed on how they used John Lewis

LovingA2andMI

(7,006 posts)
48. Yes....
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:07 AM
Feb 2016

And Thanks for the Shout Out to Our FB Group . The John Lewis Thingy was QUITE disappointing but at least maybe now folks can see where all that came from. A David Brock creation -- which is disgusting - always.

 

Cheese Sandwich

(9,086 posts)
28. Fire Capehart. We showed him his error on Twitter and he made multiple posts taunting and mocking us
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 12:10 AM
Feb 2016

Very unprofessional. Total shill.

And he had all day to issue a retraction.

And his bosses at the Post allowed it to stand like that all day. Real reputation damage has been done as Capehart's lie has been spread all over the place.

Washington Post are a bunch of non-credible untrustworthy shills for the corporate establishment.
 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
33. He built this entire wall of bullshit with this Twitter machine.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 12:22 AM
Feb 2016

He never even called Danny Lyon about the photograph.

LovingA2andMI

(7,006 posts)
49. Because....
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:09 AM
Feb 2016

It Always Gets Nasty with Clinton Central In South Carolina. Remember 2008? It's shameful what they do and this type of politics have no place between Democrats IMHO.

jillan

(39,451 posts)
51. I contacted WaPo several times today asking them if they were the new National Enquirer.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:21 AM
Feb 2016

Silly me, I expect a retraction from Capehart today.

 

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)
37. It does not matter, and never mattered.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 12:34 AM
Feb 2016

And nobody should have made anything of it in the first place. This "gotcha" business in politics is getting really stupid. We all knew Sanders was there when the photo was taken. So was Rappaport. It could have been either of them, since they looked alike in those days. It's a sad business that our candidates play gotcha -- gotcha back with each other. Well, not them so much as their campaign people and supporters.

 

Vattel

(9,289 posts)
59. Correcting a smear is not just playing gotcha.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 07:54 AM
Feb 2016

Capehart smeared Sanders by accusing him of dishonesty for using this photo.

 

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)
72. Correcting is one thing.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:05 PM
Feb 2016

Claiming it proves Hillary Clinton is unfit to be president is another thing.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
40. Much to the chigrin of the Clinton supporters that are hoping against hope that Sanders
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 12:55 AM
Feb 2016

isn't as honest as he appears.

 

SCVDem

(5,103 posts)
41. Keep it on Top!
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 12:57 AM
Feb 2016

Rachel Maddow has NO PROBLEM fixing an error. She has a Dept Of Corrections.

We all make mistakes.

FIX THIS!!!

ReasonableToo

(505 posts)
43. kick n rec
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:02 AM
Feb 2016

Last edited Sat Feb 13, 2016, 11:29 PM - Edit history (1)

I sent a message to snopes asking them to cover this photo controversy since they have TWO False ratings there now for Bernie photos.
1.) first is the non-bernie photo at Selma March (I have not seen any claims [edit to add "from Bernie"]that he was at the Selma March)
2.) a cropped photo from Rocky Horror Picture show in which snipes writes that it is "apparently intended as a joke"

so there are two "false" bernie photos and no "true" photos

LovingA2andMI

(7,006 posts)
54. Plan On It....
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:44 AM
Feb 2016

The Least Two Actions Are A Retraction And Capehart's Firing.

Better -- All of the above and the firing of any MSNBC Host That Allowed Him (or the lie itself) To Come On Air Thursday Evening & Friday Morning/Afternoon and Stir Up This Outright Lie Without Asking For a FACT-CHECK.

That would include BOTH OF YOU -- Andrea Mitchell Greenspan and Chris Matthews!!!

elljay

(1,178 posts)
56. Looks Like He's Doubling Down
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 02:41 AM
Feb 2016

Per his Twitter, there is a new "photo piece" coming and it is not so "cut and dry" (sic)

okaaaay.....

 

Autumn Colors

(2,379 posts)
66. Please keep this kicked and
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 12:13 PM
Feb 2016

... if you haven't already rec'd, please do, so this stays on the front page so anyone who has the Sanders group trashed will still see it.

Peregrine Took

(7,408 posts)
77. What I don't get is how the University of Chicago changed the photo information just because
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 02:20 PM
Feb 2016

some alumnus asked them to do so? Doesn't say much for the accuracy of their records. Also, how did Capehart find out the record was changed?
Was the "correction" indicated in the next edition of the Alumni rag and it caught another alum's eye who happened to be associated with the Clinton campaign?

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