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NWCorona

(8,541 posts)
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 04:04 PM Apr 2016

The Clinton Campaign Will Fight You On Twitter, Now THAT’S how you win an election.

"It has been said about many of Sanders’ initiatives that the money doesn’t add up. The Clinton campaign, though, will spend donor cash to “push back” on your Instagram feed, an airtight model of sensible and sustainable campaign spending that absolutely constitutes the best use of a million dollars.

It is reasonable to attribute this to “the Clinton campaign,” by the way. As Sunlight Foundation campaign-finance sorceress extraordinaire Libby Watson explains to Collins, loopholes in Federal Election Commission regulations allow Correct The Record to “openly coordinate with Clinton’s campaign, despite rules that typically disallow political campaigns from working directly with PACs.” (Although to be honest, we would have attributed any activity of Clinton-affiliated PACs and super PACs to the Clinton campaign, because Eat The Press’ official editorial position is that candidates are always coordinating with these entities.)

This initiative will also attempt to combat online harassment, a genuinely noble goal that more social media platforms should undertake on their users’ behalf. The goal gets a little less noble, however, when your working definition of “harassment” is simply being at variance from a specific politician’s electoral endeavors."

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/hillary-clinton-twitter-fight_us_571a413ee4b0d912d5fe5638

I still think Bernie will win but if it's Hillary, so be it. History will not be kind to the tactics tho. Look at what's already coming out.

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The Clinton Campaign Will Fight You On Twitter, Now THAT’S how you win an election. (Original Post) NWCorona Apr 2016 OP
When I am on my game, I can Ignore them before they get to 50 posts. / FlatBaroque Apr 2016 #1
that's plan B for HRC to win the young vote. grasswire Apr 2016 #2
blah blah blah. Where can we find the delegate counts? Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #3
That's not in your handout? Downwinder Apr 2016 #5
Ummmm... one of these? Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #7
Knew if you looked, you would find it. Downwinder Apr 2016 #11
OMG they are assanine CoffeeCat Apr 2016 #4
No but I'll tell you something azurnoir Apr 2016 #9
You'd be an unpleasant dullard too if you had to type that dreck day in and day out Fumesucker Apr 2016 #10
"Hillary, she really "gets me".... LOL. CentralCoaster Apr 2016 #6
How do you do fellow kids... Fumesucker Apr 2016 #12
Oy - I just dread this crap.We've become a nation of bullies and power brokers. Maybe we always were Nanjeanne Apr 2016 #8

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
4. OMG they are assanine
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 04:36 PM
Apr 2016

This shows how much the Clinton camp is bothered by the organic, authentic, smart and enthusiastic supporters that Bernie has--that the Clinton camp can't quite seem to amass.

They are envious. So their answer is to pay people to shill so they can be on par with the Sanders campaign. But everyone knows they're shills. And the Clinton shills are unpleasant dullards.

All they do is muck up the works and make everyone outside of the Hillary bubble despise her. In effect, Clinton is paying people who are destroying her brand and creating a large demographic of Hillary haters who will never vote for her.

Dumbasses.

azurnoir

(45,850 posts)
9. No but I'll tell you something
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 04:41 PM
Apr 2016

I'm a long time I/P dungeon poster and I'm what is called Pro-Palestinian, most of these campaign tactics shadow the Israeli governments Hasbara propaganda programs and indeed techniques - there's a reason I've referred to it as Hilsbara

Nanjeanne

(4,940 posts)
8. Oy - I just dread this crap.We've become a nation of bullies and power brokers. Maybe we always were
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 04:40 PM
Apr 2016

It's just finally I had hope this time could be different.

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