DU pro-Sanders?? (also posted on GDP)

"After nearly a year on the campaign trail, the list of sites with a pro-Sanders slant has grown quite long with Salon, The Nation, Huffington Post, Raw Story, AlterNet, US Uncut, Democratic Underground, and Daily Kos remaining the most viable progressive sites to have gone full-in on Sanders' campaign"

This is a quote from http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511823129

I'm surprised that DU is labeled pro-Sanders. I recognize that the Sanders folks have been much more vocal, but I don't see that as a DU decision. It's a style thing that differentiates Sanders supporters from Hillary supporters. This is just a vote from me to recommend DU as a place where Democrats can either find support among fellow believers or duke it out with the opposition. I think it's great place.

I've recently joined Discussionist and Reddit to try to make Hillary's presence more noticeable and they don't hold a candle to DU. They're chaotic!! (And the font is too tiny!)

DU pro-Sanders?

"After nearly a year on the campaign trail, the list of sites with a pro-Sanders slant has grown quite long with Salon, The Nation, Huffington Post, Raw Story, AlterNet, US Uncut, Democratic Underground, and Daily Kos remaining the most viable progressive sites to have gone full-in on Sanders' campaign"

This is a quote from http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511823129.

I'm surprised that DU is labeled pro-Sanders. I recognize that the Sanders folks have been much more vocal, but I don't see that as a DU decision. It's a style thing that differentiates Sanders supporters from Hillary supporters. This is just a vote from me to recommend DU as a place where Democrats can either find support among fellow believers or duke it out with the opposition. I think it's great place.

I've recently joined Discussionist and Reddit to try to make Hillary's presence more noticeable and they don't hold a candle to DU. They're chaotic!! (And the font is too tiny!)

Is this complaint valid?

I get why Correct the Record wants to mount a digital offensive against the Bernie Bros who have driven Hillary supporters away from the public parts of social media. And I heartily endorse it. I, myself, have been posting in GDP and have now joined Reddit and Discussionist to post Hillary positive messages.

But in the article below the author claims that CRT is using legal but questionable methods to coordinate with the Clinton campaign. My questions is, is this true? Because I don't see why they would need to coordinate in order to accomplish the goal.

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Why would CTR have to coordinate with the Clinton campaign? (also in GDP)

Can anyone explain why Correct the Record would have to coordinate with the Clinton campaign in order to do what they propose to do? I don't get it. This is apparently in connection with their plan to push back against Bernie Bros on line.

Due to FEC loopholes, the Sunlight Foundation’s Libby Watson found this year that Correct the Record can openly coordinate with Clinton’s campaign, despite rules that typically disallow political campaigns from working directly with PACs.


“SuperPACs aren’t supposed to coordinate with candidates. The whole reasoning behind (Supreme Court decision) Citizens United rests on (PACs) being independent, but Correct the Record claims it can coordinate,” Watson told The Daily Beast. “It’s not totally clear what their reasoning is, but it seems to be that material posted on the Internet for free—like, blogs—doesn’t count as an ‘independent expenditure.’”


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

Whe would CTR have to coordinate with the Clinton campaign?

Can anyone explain why Correct the Record would have to coordinate with the Clinton campaign in order to do what they propose to do? I don't get it. This is apparently in connection with their plan to push back against Bernie Bros on line.

Remember when?

Something is changing. Remember when Sanders first hit the stage and we had a good feeling about a civil, substantive debate that would move the party forward? I hope he figures out a way to go out with style... leave us on a similar up note.

The mystery of Clinton/Sanders online

...although this article points out that it goes beyond online. I joined Reddit with the purpose of increasing the Hillary presence. It's chaos (a half dozen mostly defunct Hillary sub-reddits, but her presence in "Politics" is less than in GDP. Interestingly, none of her sub-redits showed up in the introductory list. One Bernie did. I had to search. I'm going to post once every few days in "Politics," but not bother to get involved with the Hillary groups.

It may not be for everyone....

... but I read earlier today that part of Correct the Record's project to push back at negative Hillary posts on line is to make environments safer for Hillary supporters to feel that they can post their opinions. I have no idea how they can actually REDUCE the negativity, as contrasted to pushing back, but if they can, then maybe some of our Hillary Group members could venture out and try again in the public space.

I looked and looked, but I can't find the article that had that particular bit of info.

You'll like this story from the Hartford Courant (posted in GDP)

Just don't read the replies.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511809436

Hoping to read more stories like this!