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CentralCoaster

(1,163 posts)
Sun May 1, 2016, 08:18 PM May 2016

"Let it be known that now Sander's supporters have found issue with Obama daughter going to Harvard"



First, Brock and company invent the whole "Bernie Bros" myth.

NOW, they claim that the BBs THAT THEY INVENTED are insulting Obama and family.

Epic fail. Trolling that's not even good trolling.

This seems to be one of the latest fake charges to be made as part of the latest million dollar trolling campaign.

It is, of course, bullshit. Bernie supporters are not saying anything of the sort.

More about that campaign here:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/4/21/1518537/-Clinton-SuperPac-Admits-to-Paying-Internet-Trolls

Idiocy.
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"Let it be known that now Sander's supporters have found issue with Obama daughter going to Harvard" (Original Post) CentralCoaster May 2016 OP
It does not deathrind May 2016 #1
If she doesn't they won't n/t tularetom May 2016 #2
legacy enrollment Baobab May 2016 #49
I hope you know Sanders paid 16 million for online trolls. nt fun n serious May 2016 #5
Two things sixersixersixer May 2016 #38
She is going to college? Great nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #3
Obviously Bernie cares because he is talking about it... scscholar May 2016 #58
She is going to college, great nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #60
Why are people Lazy Daisy May 2016 #4
No one is having an issue with that. djean111 May 2016 #9
I don't imagine Sanders supporters mooseprime May 2016 #28
Go to the comments section site of the network that the Obama's released the story to. brush May 2016 #57
At this point, I really have to assume it is Brock's little paid minions. djean111 May 2016 #61
You're not getting what I'm saying. The Obama family seems to bring out the vilest of racists . . . brush May 2016 #63
Ah, okay, sorry, knee-jerk reaction. djean111 May 2016 #64
They aren't. Skwmom May 2016 #16
Who is? Duckhunter935 May 2016 #26
This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel May 2016 #6
No, it's a lie made up by David Brock's campaign. nt CentralCoaster May 2016 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel May 2016 #13
They have none. nt BootinUp May 2016 #22
the other option is that Hillary DU is making it up on their own virtualobserver May 2016 #24
This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel May 2016 #29
It's on the http://hillaryclintonsupporters.com pages. CentralCoaster May 2016 #30
How "amazing" Uponthegears May 2016 #25
Is it paula jones? SwampG8r May 2016 #39
"Useless stunts" is Brock's bread and butter CoffeeCat May 2016 #65
Of course Uponthegears May 2016 #7
Hell, that's where I saw it first. It's a fabrication. CentralCoaster May 2016 #10
They're also acting like she's well-qualified for the office of POTUS. Chan790 May 2016 #12
When Brock reveals that Sanders parents were not really holocaust survivors, they'll lap it up Doctor_J May 2016 #41
What complete horseshit onecaliberal May 2016 #11
I'm glad Malia gets to go to a good college! redwitch May 2016 #14
Me too! And yes, it strains credulity to think Bernie supporters would poop on Obama. CentralCoaster May 2016 #17
Daughters of Harvard graduates often go to Harvard. What's the big deal Doctor_J May 2016 #42
I'm not totally clear if she was considered the daughter of an alum for application purposes. StevieM May 2016 #56
She didn't she gotinto Harvard..... whistler162 May 2016 #54
It is as stupid and phony as the fake article about Michelle Obama as first lady. Skwmom May 2016 #15
I took a look at that thread Armstead May 2016 #18
Great for he girl, it is her parents Alma Mater after all. sadoldgirl May 2016 #19
Why aren't we concentrating on the craziest part of this? DebDoo May 2016 #20
8 years! Time flies! CentralCoaster May 2016 #23
So far I saw one that pointed out that it would be pretty unlikely Harvard brewens May 2016 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel May 2016 #27
I suggest you go to the Hillary Group and ask them to prove their assertions first. CentralCoaster May 2016 #31
This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel May 2016 #32
Ah, sorry bout the blocks. One has to be careful... OBTW "Barrier Breakers" is the program name. CentralCoaster May 2016 #34
This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel May 2016 #36
oh wow Lazy Daisy May 2016 #48
Notice they have no links to that crap? Because Sanders supporters don't have an issue with it Autumn May 2016 #33
Brockshit is right. I was listening to NPR radio on way back from delegate selection meeting today. CentralCoaster May 2016 #35
Brock-o-lettes make shit up for $$$$. nc4bo May 2016 #37
If they're so "winning" then what's with tearing down a good progressive? CentralCoaster May 2016 #40
What? Malia, Harvard, some kind of issue, what? whatchamacallit May 2016 #43
Where's the link to these supposed accusations about Sanders' supporters? Beacool May 2016 #44
The attempt to stir up the nontroversy was in another DU group, now hidden. CentralCoaster May 2016 #46
Bernie lectured at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard Donkees May 2016 #45
I am so happy.. Silver_Witch May 2016 #47
K&R 'Let it be known', riiiiight felix_numinous May 2016 #50
That does a lot to explain this pdsimdars May 2016 #51
What a joke. peace13 May 2016 #52
What rot! I think it's great she's going to Harvard. Punkingal May 2016 #53
Sanders supporters better not have an issue. I will take your word. They are asses if they do. seabeyond May 2016 #55
This is bullsh*t Else You Are Mad May 2016 #59
This is totally unimportant Baobab May 2016 #62
 

sixersixersixer

(17 posts)
38. Two things
Sun May 1, 2016, 09:35 PM
May 2016

1) Dean isn't interested in the Senate job. He's interested in lining his pocket with the lobbyist money

2) Please provide proof that Bernie paid 16 million for online trolls. Thanks.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
3. She is going to college? Great
Sun May 1, 2016, 08:24 PM
May 2016

Who gives a fuck what school? Good luck to her, but this is an issue? I guess I have the same reaction to the correspondents dinner...meh

 

scscholar

(2,902 posts)
58. Obviously Bernie cares because he is talking about it...
Mon May 2, 2016, 07:51 PM
May 2016

and if he's talking about it just maybe it's a real issue. A real issue.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
60. She is going to college, great
Mon May 2, 2016, 07:56 PM
May 2016

so what? I will not touch this with a ten foot pole becuase like the correspondents dinner, I really give two shits about an older teen going to college. I really don't

 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
9. No one is having an issue with that.
Sun May 1, 2016, 08:33 PM
May 2016

This is just another bullshit thing that Hillary's attack dog Brock is paying people to spread on the internet. How very presidential of her!!!!!

Funnily enough, a couple of actual DU members who support Hillary had an issue with Bernie not wearing a tux last night. Bernie doesn't have to pay anyone to make up stupid shit, the HRC supporters do that very well on their own, it seems.

mooseprime

(474 posts)
28. I don't imagine Sanders supporters
Sun May 1, 2016, 09:07 PM
May 2016

commenting on Clinton's appearance or wardrobe choices would cause much of a stir, do you?

brush

(54,055 posts)
57. Go to the comments section site of the network that the Obama's released the story to.
Mon May 2, 2016, 07:36 PM
May 2016

There are vile, racist comments there about Malia so why do you think it's coming from Hillary's camp?

 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
61. At this point, I really have to assume it is Brock's little paid minions.
Mon May 2, 2016, 08:16 PM
May 2016

And if not, I don't consider that some Bernie supporters represent Bernie and all of his supporters.
Bernie has been called a lot shit, here, just today. So IMO this is just part of the internet jungle.
And, really, if anyone says they were gonna vote for Bernie until this happened, projectile vomiting will be involved.

In any event, nothing said on the internet could possible persuade me to vote for a warmongering Third Wayer, so i don't get too excited about this shit.

Racist stuff from the Hillary camp? Couldn't happen? Bwahahahahaha!
and 'bye!

brush

(54,055 posts)
63. You're not getting what I'm saying. The Obama family seems to bring out the vilest of racists . . .
Mon May 2, 2016, 08:24 PM
May 2016

especially on anonymous comment sections. This phenomenon has nothing to do with Clinton or Sanders' camp. You have to know this. Go to the site. These cretins don't need any urging from anyone to spew their hatred.

And I certainly am not trying to get you or anyone else to vote for Clinton.

She's done that quite well herself.

Response to CentralCoaster (Original post)

Response to CentralCoaster (Reply #8)

 

virtualobserver

(8,760 posts)
24. the other option is that Hillary DU is making it up on their own
Sun May 1, 2016, 08:56 PM
May 2016

Since Brock is paying trolls, trolls can make up whatever they want.

Response to BootinUp (Reply #22)

 

Uponthegears

(1,499 posts)
25. How "amazing"
Sun May 1, 2016, 09:00 PM
May 2016

do you have to be to just make up total bullpuckey and demand the victim disprove it?

Hey, I know someone who can answer that . . . I mean I REALLY know some who can answer it.

Do you want me to call her?

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
65. "Useless stunts" is Brock's bread and butter
Mon May 2, 2016, 08:33 PM
May 2016

David Brock is a stunted little shit who acts like a middle-school brat. He's Rovian. Rove, like Brock isn't smart, just willing to act like a lying wanker.

Think the Swiftboat shit was Rhode-Scholar-like material? No, it was piece-of-shit, debased bullying.

So embarrassing that H Clinton would lie down with this dog.

 

Uponthegears

(1,499 posts)
7. Of course
Sun May 1, 2016, 08:32 PM
May 2016

Over in the room limited to the supporters of the most privileged woman in the world, they are acting as if this is true.

 

CentralCoaster

(1,163 posts)
10. Hell, that's where I saw it first. It's a fabrication.
Sun May 1, 2016, 08:34 PM
May 2016

Posted there, without a link or any indication of where they heard it.

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
12. They're also acting like she's well-qualified for the office of POTUS.
Sun May 1, 2016, 08:36 PM
May 2016

Clearly something is suspect about their opinions.

 

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
41. When Brock reveals that Sanders parents were not really holocaust survivors, they'll lap it up
Sun May 1, 2016, 09:51 PM
May 2016

Their bullshit recycling is just like the republicans' arrangement with Fox and hate radio. The Clinton campaign tells Brock some lies to spread, he publishes them, and then the campaign and their minions act mortified. Remember "Obama is not a Muslim as far as I know"?

redwitch

(14,957 posts)
14. I'm glad Malia gets to go to a good college!
Sun May 1, 2016, 08:41 PM
May 2016

Lovely young woman, why would that bother me?

This stuff is pure stupid and I resent it.

 

CentralCoaster

(1,163 posts)
17. Me too! And yes, it strains credulity to think Bernie supporters would poop on Obama.
Sun May 1, 2016, 08:45 PM
May 2016

I mean it fails before it even begins.

Note: the OP was inspired by a claim in the Hillary Clinton group that this is a thing Sanders supporters are saying.

Not for a minute do I believe anyone supporting Sanders would even think such a thing.

That's a RWNJ thing to say.

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
56. I'm not totally clear if she was considered the daughter of an alum for application purposes.
Mon May 2, 2016, 07:19 PM
May 2016

I think you have to be a graduate of a school's college for your children to be considered a legacy. I don't believe grad school counts.

My guess is that Harvard College does not consider Malia Obama to be a daughter of one of their alumni.

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
18. I took a look at that thread
Sun May 1, 2016, 08:48 PM
May 2016

A blanket statement and they all go rushing to bash Bernie Bros.

Well, let it be said that I never gave a thought wheere she is going to college.

DebDoo

(319 posts)
20. Why aren't we concentrating on the craziest part of this?
Sun May 1, 2016, 08:50 PM
May 2016

Malia's old enough to go to college? Already? It seems like just yesterday that she was a little girl!

brewens

(13,716 posts)
21. So far I saw one that pointed out that it would be pretty unlikely Harvard
Sun May 1, 2016, 08:52 PM
May 2016

would reject any presidents son or daughter. So what? I imagine there would be some limit on it though.

I don't think any of us were impressed that George H.W. Bush's boy got into Yale somehow were we? I would imagine Obama's kid has a lot better grades.

Response to CentralCoaster (Original post)

 

CentralCoaster

(1,163 posts)
31. I suggest you go to the Hillary Group and ask them to prove their assertions first.
Sun May 1, 2016, 09:11 PM
May 2016

And I agree, it's scandalous that they bring the president's family into this Bernie Smear campaign.

Proof of that happening can be found at http://hillaryclintonsupporters.com if you have access.

Response to CentralCoaster (Reply #31)

 

CentralCoaster

(1,163 posts)
34. Ah, sorry bout the blocks. One has to be careful... OBTW "Barrier Breakers" is the program name.
Sun May 1, 2016, 09:24 PM
May 2016

.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/21/hillary-pac-spends-1-million-to-correct-commenters-on-reddit-and-facebook.html

I read but never post in the HRC group.

And, you're right, I see that the post was hidden. Not my alert, not my call.

But it was a bullshit post and, I believe, created by the million dollar program described

Response to CentralCoaster (Reply #34)

Autumn

(45,120 posts)
33. Notice they have no links to that crap? Because Sanders supporters don't have an issue with it
Sun May 1, 2016, 09:17 PM
May 2016

Probably brockshit.

 

CentralCoaster

(1,163 posts)
35. Brockshit is right. I was listening to NPR radio on way back from delegate selection meeting today.
Sun May 1, 2016, 09:27 PM
May 2016

And heard the story about Correct the Record funding a new "breaking barriers" effort to flood social media with memes.

Then I get home and see this fresh shit in the latest threads line up, HRC group of course.

Hillary PAC Spends $1 Million to ‘Correct’ Commenters on Reddit and Facebook



FEC loopholes mean Correct the Record can openly coordinate with Clinton’s campaign.


Citing “lessons learned from online engagement with ‘Bernie Bros,’” a pro-Hillary Clinton Super PAC is pledging to spend $1 million to “push back against” users on Twitter, Facebook, Reddit and Instagram.

Correct the Record’s “Barrier Breakers” project boasts in a press release that it has already “addressed more than 5,000 people that have personally attacked Hillary Clinton on Twitter.” The PAC released this on Thursday.

The PAC was created in May of last year when it was spun off from the American Bridge SuperPAC, which is run by longtime Hillary and Bill Clinton supporter David Brock. Brock also founded the left-wing media watchdog website Media Matters for America.

Some Bernie Sanders-supporting users on Reddit already started to notice the changes on Thursday afternoon.

more at link

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/21/hillary-pac-spends-1-million-to-correct-commenters-on-reddit-and-facebook.html


 

CentralCoaster

(1,163 posts)
40. If they're so "winning" then what's with tearing down a good progressive?
Sun May 1, 2016, 09:37 PM
May 2016

This is just the win at any price bullshit that both Clintons have been known for forever.

 

CentralCoaster

(1,163 posts)
46. The attempt to stir up the nontroversy was in another DU group, now hidden.
Sun May 1, 2016, 10:05 PM
May 2016

The accusation against Sanders supporters provided no link.

I searched and could find no evidence.

As such, it can be deemed a de facto attempt to start the very lie that it purportedly found.

Look for a hidden post in the Clinton Group...

 

Silver_Witch

(1,820 posts)
47. I am so happy..
Sun May 1, 2016, 10:10 PM
May 2016

for President Obama, First Lady Michelle and their most excellent daughter. Harvard is a wonderful school and taking a year of to play with her family after the grueling 8 years in the White House sounds like heaven.

Anyone who does not see it that way is a sad a pathetic person! P.S. I support Bernie.

felix_numinous

(5,198 posts)
50. K&R 'Let it be known', riiiiight
Mon May 2, 2016, 07:06 PM
May 2016

Oh, and 'Bernie Bro' IS sexist, we all noticed, thanks. Picking Brock lost Hillary all credibility whatsoever.

 

peace13

(11,076 posts)
52. What a joke.
Mon May 2, 2016, 07:09 PM
May 2016

It is awesome that she has decided. Sanders people would not think anything less! Way to go Malia!!

Else You Are Mad

(3,040 posts)
59. This is bullsh*t
Mon May 2, 2016, 07:54 PM
May 2016

This sounds more like RWNJ trolling than anything any Sanders supporters would say.

What will Hillary do when actual crazy right wing online nuts start doing what Hillary Camp is saying so-called 'Bernie Bros' in the GE? Trump supporters have already started doxxing and sending death threats to people, what do they think they will do when they find people start lies being spread about what they say?

That is very worrisome, and no supporters should have to resort to lying about a candidate's supporters to win an election.


Please note, I support Hillary over Trump any day, I just am saying this BS will not go over as well with his supporters as it has against the 'Obama Boys' & 'Bernie Bros'.

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