2016 Postmortem

arcane1

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28. When Hillary says single-payer isn't feasible, we know who wrote her words for her n/t

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Fri May 6, 2016, 01:40 PM

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Atlanta Mayor’s Column Ripping Bernie Sanders Drafted by Lobbyist, Emails Show [View all] NWCorona May 2016 OP

kill the messenger Buzz Clik May 2016 #1

How so? NWCorona May 2016 #2

The only comments on this (and this is not the first thread on the subject)... Buzz Clik May 2016 #3

Where's the other thread? I didn't see that and don't like dups. NWCorona May 2016 #7

I was not criticizing you for putting up another thread on this. That kind of thing happens. Buzz Clik May 2016 #10

I'm not a kill the messenger type of person but I do think the actual messenger should be known NWCorona May 2016 #14

Excellent response. Buzz Clik May 2016 #15

Thanks and I feel the same about you! NWCorona May 2016 #19

Lol. You will defend anything from Hillary or camp Hillary cali May 2016 #4

And into la-la land we go! Kindly tell me where I defended this. Please use quotation marks. Buzz Clik May 2016 #8

I've criticized Bernie too. No one is perfect except Hillary I guess. nt NWCorona May 2016 #9

Think this qualifies for plagerism...different than kill the messenger. libdem4life May 2016 #11

No it does not. Plagiarism has a very specific definition that does NOT include... Buzz Clik May 2016 #12

That "someone" is a lobbyist for sectors where there beedle May 2016 #16

I guess you're not responding to whether or not this was plagiarism. Buzz Clik May 2016 #18

No I'm not responding to "plagiarism". beedle May 2016 #22

No, I don't agree that the act of writing that piece is worst than the acts it speaks against. Buzz Clik May 2016 #24

Yeah, well he doesn't claim what his "someone" wrote. So there's that. libdem4life May 2016 #20

Dude, every person in a position of authority with a public face has writers. Buzz Clik May 2016 #21

Well, duh. Usually they correspond to the message of the person of authority. libdem4life May 2016 #23

yes, but are they paid to write in the interested of the people beedle May 2016 #26

Standard MO... ljm2002 May 2016 #36

HRC Puppet. aikoaiko May 2016 #5

But of course. HooptieWagon May 2016 #6

I wonder how many DU posters are paid astroturfers...it would only be logical. JonLeibowitz May 2016 #13

There is not even one worth more than a penny a post. FlatBaroque May 2016 #25

lobbyist for UnitedHealth!!!!!!! amborin May 2016 #17

When Hillary says single-payer isn't feasible, we know who wrote her words for her n/t arcane1 May 2016 #28

Yep. She is as sold-out as they come. nt vintx May 2016 #33

They're even hiring actual politicians to be trolls. arcane1 May 2016 #27

Down here in Florida, ALEC writes the bills. A GOP legislator accidentally submitted a bill with djean111 May 2016 #29

Written with input and feedback by Reed. That "lobbyist" has worked for Obama, John Lewis, Reed and Hoyt May 2016 #30

It doesn't matter who you used to work for, it matters who you currently represent JonLeibowitz May 2016 #34

He represents Democrats, and most -- if not all -- of them have have endorsed Clinton. Hoyt May 2016 #35

Yes, that's fine. It's also perfectly fine, even expected, to encourage disclosure of possible JonLeibowitz May 2016 #37

He was Reed adviser at the time AND it was Reed's article, not Johnson's. You just don't like Reed, Hoyt May 2016 #38

You haven't shown that he was a Reed advisor at the time. In fact I don't think he was JonLeibowitz May 2016 #39

OP's article says so. Guess that's not good enough for you. Hoyt May 2016 #40

OP's article says: JonLeibowitz May 2016 #41

Reed's article was written several months ago with help of an Democratic advisor.It's really hat sim Hoyt May 2016 #42

But you havent shown he was an advisor at the time. JonLeibowitz May 2016 #43

Not surprising, unfortunately... Which side are you on? AzDar May 2016 #31

Just going to bite my tongue on this one, let's just say I'm excited whether Bernie wins or loses. Joob May 2016 #32