2016 Postmortem

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9. And, we are sadly in exact agreement there

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Fri Feb 12, 2016, 08:05 AM

Feb 2016

Yeah, I think you're completely right on that.

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Celebrated Photographer: Yes, that is Bernie Sanders. Time Magazine is lying [View all] cali Feb 2016 OP

FFS can this please finally settle this? Recursion Feb 2016 #1

I agree that it's basically insignificant cali Feb 2016 #4

I totally get that. Recursion Feb 2016 #6

You are right, but cali Feb 2016 #8

And, we are sadly in exact agreement there Recursion Feb 2016 #9

Now I'll add why I think, poor as the odds are, cali Feb 2016 #13

I'm probably going to vote for Sanders in the Democrats Abroad Global Primary for basically Recursion Feb 2016 #14

The only thing that would keep Hillary sammythecat Feb 2016 #121

Sanders/Kucinich would make me almost as happy as a Sanders/Warren ticket. AtheistCrusader Feb 2016 #128

I made a big mistake here sammythecat Feb 2016 #132

Geeze, get me all excited... AtheistCrusader Feb 2016 #133

I don't know much about him either, except sammythecat Feb 2016 #135

Nobody forceably removed from the stage of a Grateful Dead concert-- geologic Feb 2016 #150

My theory: merrily Feb 2016 #11

And yet that total is what we're starting with in both states Recursion Feb 2016 #12

Nominate someone who turns people out. Also, by that time, the Republicans will have only merrily Feb 2016 #15

That is the exact thing that haunts me. They feel like we did in 2008. Recursion Feb 2016 #17

Read my prior post again, please. I added an edit I think you will like. merrily Feb 2016 #18

Good catch, thanks. I think even Vermin Supreme got 3 Rep. votes. Recursion Feb 2016 #24

Are you serious? merrily Feb 2016 #26

Right: the DNC has refused to kneecap our frontrunner, despite the fact that any consultant Recursion Feb 2016 #28

That is not what I said. merrily Feb 2016 #30

I think it might end up being Rubio cali Feb 2016 #29

It's rare I agree with you four times in one day, but here we are Recursion Feb 2016 #32

That is journalist fantasy. cali Feb 2016 #36

And yet, Bush is making a comeback. I wouldn't rule him out yet either. Live and Learn Feb 2016 #37

I admit, I've ruled him out. cali Feb 2016 #39

Same here Recursion Feb 2016 #42

He's so... cali Feb 2016 #44

Right? (nt) Recursion Feb 2016 #45

I saw a SC Republican focus group yesterday that said no more Bushes basically. Punkingal Feb 2016 #51

I thought so too but now I am not so sure. Stay tuned. nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #43

It's like the tortus and the hare. Bush being the tortous. Remember he has "Dirty Tricks" Rove rhett o rick Feb 2016 #151

Where Bernie could win over independents and some Republicans from Kasich or Rubio is H-1B visas cascadiance Feb 2016 #56

That's true, but is that a significant number? cali Feb 2016 #67

I think that it should be put to the test by asking about this issue in the debates... cascadiance Feb 2016 #85

They may have thought Vermin Supreme was a ratfscker. merrily Feb 2016 #174

Please, by all means, give Rep. Lewis a call. Hissyspit Feb 2016 #60

Seriously? Recursion Feb 2016 #64

No. Democrats using tactics like he did yesterday is why we lose. Hissyspit Feb 2016 #66

+1 BeanMusical Feb 2016 #170

"This is why we lose" Say WH-HAT? truedelphi Feb 2016 #163

Perhaps because the sus453 Feb 2016 #143

i can tell you why we had lower turn out questionseverything Feb 2016 #144

It isn't just a minimizing of Bernie's civil rights activism, but also of his honesty. femmedem Feb 2016 #89

Good on ya cali ! Ferd Berfel Feb 2016 #140

Thanks, ferd cali Feb 2016 #141

And again...this is a Rovian tactic. Attack the strengths of AikidoSoul Feb 2016 #176

It was a ridiculous meme to begin with but memes when ignored have ways of killing campaigns, eg., Live and Learn Feb 2016 #27

No. It will be brought up from now until the convention. jeff47 Feb 2016 #98

This photo flap only has significance because it adds to the "throw everything and see if it sticks" mikehiggins Feb 2016 #99

This puts paid to the doubters, spinners and liars. Divernan Feb 2016 #2

The depths of this little episode of ratfuckery are truly unfathomable. mhatrw Feb 2016 #149

Holy shit! Did all this info come out today? cui bono Feb 2016 #157

This brings to mind the atrocious swift boating of John Kerry. truedelphi Feb 2016 #161

K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SamKnause Feb 2016 #3

I bet the MSM will not report this. SamKnause Feb 2016 #5

We'll just have to keep correcting MSM bullshit cali Feb 2016 #7

I just watched the clip again. SamKnause Feb 2016 #10

It's also lazy ass journalism. cali Feb 2016 #23

They are not journalists. SamKnause Feb 2016 #25

But watch.... Bangbangdem Feb 2016 #104

Thank You For Setting The Record Straight cantbeserious Feb 2016 #16

Very happy to do it. Thanks for the kick cali Feb 2016 #20

K n r ReasonableToo Feb 2016 #19

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Feb 2016 #21

I must have missed this photo kerfuffle. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2016 #22

'A concerted effort to try to scrub Bernie's history' Exactly and well said. nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #33

And when they can't do that, they claim none of it matters anyway, it was decades ago! cui bono Feb 2016 #158

Yep, they are pathetic and nauseating. BeanMusical Feb 2016 #171

Chris Matthews (after last night's debate) brought it up and said it wasn't Bernie KoKo Feb 2016 #61

Great Find. Thank you. K&R nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #31

Missing all the du Hillary fans who insisted we were lying when cali Feb 2016 #34

Of course, it's Bernie! flpoljunkie Feb 2016 #35

But some in the MSM and hill fans have been saying that it absolutely isn't cali Feb 2016 #46

I'm surprised they haven't tried to photoshop Generic Other Feb 2016 #68

But if you can't prove it is a duck even though it looks, walks and talks like one and has Live and Learn Feb 2016 #53

Also, Cali, did you see this Mother Jones' article? Duppers Feb 2016 #38

Yes, thank you. It does indeed cali Feb 2016 #41

When you compare the two photos and look first at the hands and wrists appalachiablue Feb 2016 #102

Good observations, my friend. Duppers Feb 2016 #120

Isn't that Bruce in the upper right corner? Kensan Feb 2016 #146

Oh man I was going on ears alone. Kalidurga Feb 2016 #156

K&R denbot Feb 2016 #40

It's just an attempt to swift boat of Sanders' civil rights record and it's disgusting. myrna minx Feb 2016 #47

Exactly so. cali Feb 2016 #52

Go ahead Hillary fans, call Lyon a liar. I double dog dare you cali Feb 2016 #48

Thanks for posting. Giving a K & R. Bohunk68 Feb 2016 #50

I'm sorry that John Lewis got involved in this debacle. he's an American hero who is above Doctor_J Feb 2016 #49

Evidence would seem to indicate that he is not, in fact, "above this sort of thing." Funny how, when Gene Debs Feb 2016 #103

I think this should be the focus until May bravenak Feb 2016 #54

I think you don't give a damn how much hilly lies. cali Feb 2016 #57

They all lie. I'm just observant enough to realize it. bravenak Feb 2016 #58

May the Best Liar Win! Iggy Knorr Feb 2016 #65

Some are far more dishonest than others. Your powers of observation cali Feb 2016 #69

And some speak to everybody but us with respect and thats my thing bravenak Feb 2016 #74

Okay cali Feb 2016 #78

+1 Kittycat Feb 2016 #145

History says otherwise. AtheistCrusader Feb 2016 #105

Scrub? bravenak Feb 2016 #106

Yes, scrub. AtheistCrusader Feb 2016 #108

But do we have to make admiration over him? bravenak Feb 2016 #109

No one said anyone had to be excited tkmorris Feb 2016 #114

Whats a lie? That picture? bravenak Feb 2016 #116

The lie is the attempt to deny Bernie Sanders part of his own history and legacy. AtheistCrusader Feb 2016 #126

Well. I guess he understand now why bravenak Feb 2016 #127

We all have to own the consequences of our actions. AtheistCrusader Feb 2016 #129

I felt it when he discussed the sanitation strikers. bravenak Feb 2016 #131

I do know it's getting added to a whole lot of confirmation biases for people on all sides AtheistCrusader Feb 2016 #134

Thank you, this is so true. bravenak Feb 2016 #136

All true, and I agree. AtheistCrusader Feb 2016 #115

In 1964 Hillary was in high school radical noodle Feb 2016 #172

You should read her autobiography. "Living History" AtheistCrusader Feb 2016 #177

I did read her biography radical noodle Feb 2016 #178

I did as well. AtheistCrusader Feb 2016 #179

Ah yes, rationalization is the key to happiness. Correct? nm rhett o rick Feb 2016 #153

I'm interested to know when Bernie lied. n/t Admiral Loinpresser Feb 2016 #168

Inartful Ratfuckers Iggy Knorr Feb 2016 #55

THIS. Is what Bernie is up against. A once-venerable news-magazine attempting to LIE about him. AzDar Feb 2016 #59

Not just Time. Yesterday Jonathan Capehart cali Feb 2016 #63

Does Capehart have Twitter? TTUBatfan2008 Feb 2016 #80

Yes cali Feb 2016 #110

Yes, Capehart has been all over TV saying it isn't Bernie dreamnightwind Feb 2016 #113

What a find! To have the actual photographer verify the authenticity, then ADD that it was the first FailureToCommunicate Feb 2016 #62

Please contact the Post, Time and Chris Matthews cali Feb 2016 #70

Are these the pictures Tweety was whining about on his show? in_cog_ni_to Feb 2016 #71

Yes. And Capehart and the WaPo and and and cali Feb 2016 #73

Okay. Thanks! I'm going to go enlighten Matthews again. in_cog_ni_to Feb 2016 #77

Looks like Bernie to me (nt) nyabingi Feb 2016 #72

It doesn't matter who it looks like. cali Feb 2016 #75

But now Time will have to call the photographer a liar. valerief Feb 2016 #79

Just so you know Andrea Mitchell just had Capehart on her Noon show KoKo Feb 2016 #123

Proof schmoof. You're ruining the narrative! valerief Feb 2016 #76

And I intend to keep removing those turds. cali Feb 2016 #81

retractions need to be demanded on all fronts nt retrowire Feb 2016 #82

Yep. Pretty vile swiftboating cali Feb 2016 #87

HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!! WillyT Feb 2016 #83

Worse than the Kerry Swift Boat TTUBatfan2008 Feb 2016 #84

There's a reason capehart keeps lying about Bernie cali Feb 2016 #86

Oh...... SoapBox Feb 2016 #112

Wow, that is interesting dreamnightwind Feb 2016 #117

Actually, he is now a paid staffer in her campaign cali Feb 2016 #118

Damn, that does indeed put some context into Capehart's sliming - eom dreamnightwind Feb 2016 #119

"Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?" nt mhatrw Feb 2016 #138

Time's B.S. repeated on NPR this morning. Eleanors38 Feb 2016 #155

Capehart, eh? MisterP Feb 2016 #160

NT JRLeft Feb 2016 #88

Can you believe that Chris Matthews and Jonathan Capeheart went there on the air???? jillan Feb 2016 #90

Oh.yes, I can believe that hillshills have no problem brazenly lying cali Feb 2016 #92

The constant flow of cheesy, transparent lies, smears, and dirty tricks coming from the Zorra Feb 2016 #91

Lewis supported Hillary against Obama too Geronimoe Feb 2016 #93

He finally switched to Obama after his district voted for him 3-1 cali Feb 2016 #94

And note it took his district's vote to make him switch. jeff47 Feb 2016 #100

Dragged kicking and screaming. frylock Feb 2016 #125

Come on Hillary supporters, where are you? Arazi Feb 2016 #95

Thanks for the kick cali Feb 2016 #111

Actually it's clear zentrum Feb 2016 #96

I have seldom seen two photos of the same individual, taken so many years apart, and yet ... eppur_se_muova Feb 2016 #97

I agree. But I figured that is because I've been familiar cali Feb 2016 #101

He's the real McCoy, and that scares the shit out of some people. AtheistCrusader Feb 2016 #107

Actually, I'M the real Berni McCoy. berni_mccoy Feb 2016 #139

That's too awesome to go unapplauded renate Feb 2016 #169

Good, it is settled and e-mailed to spread around..thanks. Jefferson23 Feb 2016 #122

Thank you. cali Feb 2016 #130

KnR nt 99th_Monkey Feb 2016 #124

K & R! TIME TO PANIC Feb 2016 #137

That is OBVIOUSLY Bernie Sanders in that photo! raging moderate Feb 2016 #142

Another K & R Duppers Feb 2016 #147

How did Time and WaPo both decide this photo was so important DirkGently Feb 2016 #148

Same reason for the anti-Gary Webb editorials in NYT, WaPo, LA Times ON SAME DAY... Eleanors38 Feb 2016 #154

Time mag's claim repeated this A.M. on NPR. Eleanors38 Feb 2016 #152

Rovian politics...why would the photographer lie? EndElectoral Feb 2016 #159

Has Time and WaPo apologized yet? EndElectoral Feb 2016 #162

I think they should apologize Rosa Luxemburg Feb 2016 #175

Electing a President whose genetilia "make history"... MadDAsHell Feb 2016 #164

I thought this was debanked months ago Jack Rabbit Feb 2016 #165

Important story Land Shark Feb 2016 #166

I was overjoyed when Tweetie admitted the whole thing was a lie. Oh, wait. That didn't happen? mikehiggins Feb 2016 #167

Kick and R BeanMusical Feb 2016 #173