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KitSileya

(4,035 posts)
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 03:44 PM Mar 2016

Doing Rove's work: By attacking Hillary, Bernie supporters are dancing to Rove's pipe

In an interview i the NYTimes in May last year, Karl Rove revealed how he intended to get the Left to do his work for him in undermining Hillary Clinton. Unfortunately, BS and his supporters fell for it hook, line, and sinker.

The Right Baits the Left to Turn Against Hillary Clinton

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/us/politics/the-right-aims-at-democrats-on-social-media-to-hit-clinton.html

For months now, America Rising has sent out a steady stream of posts on social media attacking Mrs. Clinton, some of them specifically designed to be spotted, and shared, by liberals. The posts highlight critiques of her connections to Wall Street and the Clinton Foundation and feature images of Democrats like Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York, interspersed with cartoon characters and pictures of Kevin Spacey, who plays the villain in “House of Cards.” And as they are read and shared, an anti-Clinton narrative is reinforced.
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“The idea is to make her life difficult in the primary and challenge her from the left,” said Colin Reed, America Rising’s executive director. “We don’t want her to enter the general election not having been pushed from the left, so if we have opportunities — creative ways, especially online — to push her from the left, we’ll do it just to show those folks who she needs to turn out that she’s not in line with them.”
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“You might start looking at union households. You might start looking at Bernie Sanders’s core of support,” Mr. Moffatt said, referring to Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Mr. Law said members of his staff at American Crossroads had easily been able to inhabit the liberal role, despite being fervent Republicans. “We wear these little bracelets — W.W.E.W.D.,” Mr. Law joked, referring to “What would Elizabeth Warren do?”


Not only should BS supporters ask themselves if they are unwittingly doing the work of Karl Rove, they should also look around them and question whether many of their compatriots are actually Republicans in disguise, trying to deceive them.
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Doing Rove's work: By attacking Hillary, Bernie supporters are dancing to Rove's pipe (Original Post) KitSileya Mar 2016 OP
That's just bull**** doublespeak. nwnatural Mar 2016 #1
Kindly remove your post. This is for Hillary supporters. question everything Mar 2016 #4
Although rock Mar 2016 #9
Remember that edited Bill Clinton video that was spread and used to say he was attacking Obama? SaschaHM Mar 2016 #2
Absolutely FarPoint Mar 2016 #3
The Revolution is highly invested in its serendipitous proxy war. LuvLoogie Mar 2016 #5
There's no doubt this has been happening nt radical noodle Mar 2016 #6
Karl has never been on the Democrats side unless he is trying to make a mess. Thinkingabout Mar 2016 #7
It's sad NastyRiffraff Mar 2016 #8
I have been thinking this for awhile ladym55 Mar 2016 #10

nwnatural

(16 posts)
1. That's just bull**** doublespeak.
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 03:49 PM
Mar 2016

Karl Rove doesn't even enter into it for us Sanders supporters. He is irrelevant.

question everything

(47,271 posts)
4. Kindly remove your post. This is for Hillary supporters.
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 04:14 PM
Mar 2016

When we post something like that on your B.S. forum we are locked.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
7. Karl has never been on the Democrats side unless he is trying to make a mess.
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 04:32 PM
Mar 2016

He has one object in mind, to prevent Hillary Clinton from getting to the GE.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
8. It's sad
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 05:02 PM
Mar 2016

that so many purported Democrats are so easily duped. Anyone should be able to see Rove behind the anti-Clinton (Hillary and Bill) narratives we're seeing here on DU.

I only wonder how many are duped, and how many are Rovian operatives.

ladym55

(2,577 posts)
10. I have been thinking this for awhile
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 11:00 PM
Mar 2016

Too many times DU's homepage over the past several months has looked like I was visiting a right-wing site. Then add to that the blaring headlines on RSN--Hillary is a PLUTOCRAT!!!! Hillary isn't really a friend to African-Americans!!!! Seriously?

I truly have no problems with Bernie, but his supporters have done an epic job of turning me off. Note to people in ANY kind of primary--do NOT trash your opponent, especially when your opponent will likely be the person in the general. Don't you think the OTHER party will use your words against you? Duh. I have noticed that most Bernie supporters I have heard from have one sentence of positive about Bernie and then immediately start trashing Hillary. That turns me off. You need to be FOR your candidate.

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