2016 Postmortem

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It'll be a cold day in hell if David Brock will retract the story too GeorgiaPeanuts Mar 2016 #1

HRC group will cling to it like a life raft. Sad sad day. roguevalley Mar 2016 #25

Oh, so it wasn't the Hillary camp that originated this story? Hmmmm...David Badash Jitter65 Mar 2016 #51

Wrong. Blue Nation Review i.e. David Brock filth rag created the nonstory GeorgiaPeanuts Mar 2016 #58

Nice try, but it's Clinton that believes that The Ends Justify The Means. She want's the presidency rhett o rick Mar 2016 #120

Exactly. dchill Mar 2016 #55

as of 9:56 PM, he still hadn't renate Mar 2016 #97

Publicity stunt for a tiny blog just begging for any attention. Cheese Sandwich Mar 2016 #2

Tiny? With 2,000,000? Yeah, right. Bohunk68 Mar 2016 #103

!!!! grasswire Mar 2016 #3

i love the internet and them genius kids who know how to wield it! Viva_La_Revolution Mar 2016 #4

Of course once the Hillary fanatics got hold of the story it was ramped up to Benghazi levels. BillZBubb Mar 2016 #5

Like when they jumped on Jane and sided with Joe Arpaio NWCorona Mar 2016 #10

It has become 4nic8em Mar 2016 #36

Agreed! NWCorona Mar 2016 #39

You must mean their !!!TONE!!! dchill Mar 2016 #56

I almost couldn't believe what I was reading with that. How sad for Jane and what she polly7 Mar 2016 #101

Yes it was. NWCorona Mar 2016 #112

We knew that if it got close they would get down in the mud. And they didn't let us down. nm rhett o rick Mar 2016 #11

Good! Now if all media who ran this story also recant, as do all posters who promoted it.... peacebird Mar 2016 #6

they'll scream they're being alert-stalked and get a full amnesty MisterP Mar 2016 #14

I never even heard of the story until the Sanders supporters here posted so much about it in an Jitter65 Mar 2016 #57

Surely you jest... TeeYiYi Mar 2016 #95

This is what they do. Sensationalize, create controversy, and then say we're sorry. EndElectoral Mar 2016 #7

Yea I live in SC Gwhittey Mar 2016 #15

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Journalistic integrity isn't dead! beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #8

But they're not journalists, and they have no integrity. arcane1 Mar 2016 #61

Smearing Bernie always backfires, just ask Richard Tarrant. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #82

You are wrong it works Gwhittey Mar 2016 #92

But they got the propaganda out and that's all that matters nichomachus Mar 2016 #9

Actually it's worse than fox NWCorona Mar 2016 #12

Yep we've been treated to multiple OP's last night and today dragonfly301 Mar 2016 #22

They all get their talking points at the same time Hydra Mar 2016 #28

Yes, it certainly has. It's ver noticeable. cui bono Mar 2016 #32

Just wonder what got into their heads? kgnu_fan Mar 2016 #13

Hillary crushed by Bernie voters in WA, AK, and HI. SMC22307 Mar 2016 #93

The Wisconsin primary is April 5, 2016. Eric J in MN Mar 2016 #99

I realized that after the fact... SMC22307 Mar 2016 #121

Very nice & very appreciated. pacalo Mar 2016 #16

Closing the barn door after the horses already got out. Chasstev365 Mar 2016 #17

Typical right? Spread a lie like fire and then "oopsie sorry". So Republican. glinda Mar 2016 #21

and here's Bing's cached result MisterP Mar 2016 #18

The way Bernie waves his arms around, it was obvious to me he was afraid he would LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #41

Will the DUers (of admited bias) have the common decency to apologize for their own actions? Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #19

Whew Dem2 Mar 2016 #20

Too little too late. The meme's been spread. Mission accomplished riderinthestorm Mar 2016 #23

It's gonna take a lot of soap and scrubbing FlatBaroque Mar 2016 #26

even a silkwood shower doesn't seem to get the stink off. restorefreedom Mar 2016 #53

Just think of how many gravy trains are going to be derailed because of the FlatBaroque Mar 2016 #63

on hell yeah. i do hope it resembles this restorefreedom Mar 2016 #66

LOL FlatBaroque Mar 2016 #70

we can hope it looks like that :) nt restorefreedom Mar 2016 #71

If it is the Clintons they won't dr60omg Mar 2016 #27

Now will DUers who posted that as a hit piece do the same? cui bono Mar 2016 #29

You know the answer to this SheenaR Mar 2016 #31

Nope. They did their job. Catapult the propaganda. cui bono Mar 2016 #34

they're gonna need another round of it pretty soon enough MisterP Mar 2016 #40

That sounds like it could be from the poster sporting an anti-semitic avatar. n/t cui bono Mar 2016 #42

Post removed Post removed Mar 2016 #90

Nope, they are insisting they saw and heard Sanders being rude. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2016 #35

People also often say they saw and heard things they never did. cui bono Mar 2016 #38

No one of them is still kicking theirs. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #78

Yeah, he told me after some conseration he decided to leave it up, after I gave the link cui bono Mar 2016 #81

I was thinking of the other one who posted it first. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #85

Hm... need I guess who that was??? cui bono Mar 2016 #86

Someone who wants to deflect from their own behaviour. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #87

Classic case of "a lie runs halfway around the world before the truth even bullwinkle428 Mar 2016 #115

David Brock is Lee Atwater's long lost brother SheenaR Mar 2016 #30

Never saw this story, but the video speaks for itself. DanTex Mar 2016 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author cyberpj Mar 2016 #43

Doesn't seem to be the same article as the retracted one. DanTex Mar 2016 #45

This message was self-deleted by its author cyberpj Mar 2016 #46

Are you saying it's the same article? I guess maybe, but it's a different website. DanTex Mar 2016 #48

Dan, your underwear is showing. You may want to self-delete to avoid further embarrassment. Scuba Mar 2016 #104

Personal attack. Meh. That's what people do when they don't want to answer questions. DanTex Mar 2016 #105

What do you stand to gain through brazen lying? hellofromreddit Mar 2016 #67

Not sure why you're accusing me of lying. DanTex Mar 2016 #69

Its been on GDPs front page for 8 hours and has 250+ comments and you haven't seen it? riderinthestorm Mar 2016 #44

That article is from a different source. DanTex Mar 2016 #47

It's the same story Dan, but then you already knew that. Scuba Mar 2016 #106

Aha. So one of the two websites republished it. I wasn't aware. DanTex Mar 2016 #107

Who published it originally? David Brock, Hillary's shit-slinger. But you knew that too. Scuba Mar 2016 #108

Looks like it was originally published here, not on BNR: DanTex Mar 2016 #109

Video does not lie KingFlorez Mar 2016 #49

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I'm guessing you're not married then riderinthestorm Mar 2016 #59

This message was self-deleted by its author cyberpj Mar 2016 #77

I was responding to KingFlorenz. riderinthestorm Mar 2016 #80

This message was self-deleted by its author cyberpj Mar 2016 #83

Yes it does, exactly. And this is not the first glimpse R B Garr Mar 2016 #72

Haha!!! cui bono Mar 2016 #84

Yeah, I'm enjoying the meltdowns over R B Garr Mar 2016 #88

They didn't originate the story hootinholler Mar 2016 #37

Par for the course for someone who spends tax money to buy "likes" on Facebook RufusTFirefly Mar 2016 #52

And I have NEVER seen even the feelbest attempt at justifying or excusing that. It's simply ignored. arcane1 Mar 2016 #73

Good grief! Hillary spent $630k to buy "Likes" on facebook when she was Sec of State?!? Pathetic. peacebird Mar 2016 #89

wow! I never heard that! renate Mar 2016 #98

Yeah. Kind of sad, really. Like the rich kid who needs to buy friends RufusTFirefly Mar 2016 #118

Your tax money at work. 630K=11 or 12 U.S. per capita incomes. JackRiddler Mar 2016 #114

Hillary HAS to buy credibility, bvar22 Mar 2016 #119

How quickly the discussion is deflected to smear Hillary camp for repeating a story published by Jitter65 Mar 2016 #54

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The story came from David Brock's site. TDale313 Mar 2016 #62

David Brock --- remember his name.... kgnu_fan Mar 2016 #65

The nasty quote was originated by Badash's publication Jitter65 Mar 2016 #68

The story originated with Blue Nation Review TDale313 Mar 2016 #75

Republicans/Benghazi = Hillarians/This Story Doctor_J Mar 2016 #64

Ok, I'll say it... Apology NOT accepted. nc4bo Mar 2016 #74

I would like to see apologies from certain DUers as well. You call us BernieBros & other things, yet jillan Mar 2016 #76

The disgusting way they used this to accuse Bernie of spousal abuse warrants one. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #79

kick kgnu_fan Mar 2016 #94

Kick... cyberswede Mar 2016 #91

Hillarians here won't apologize. And they expect us to fall in line for HiLIARy. LMAO! PonyUp Mar 2016 #96

Smart people already knew that pdsimdars Mar 2016 #100

So he insulted his wife..... was this before or after he socked Dolores Huerta in the jaw? Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #102

Too fuckin' late. VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #110

That was a really stupid, bullshit story. Vinca Mar 2016 #111

K&R'ing this above all the threads promoting this BS story. beac Mar 2016 #113

Excellent! LAS14 Mar 2016 #116

Please don't forget who flogged this story on DU for 24 hours. DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2016 #117