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Sanders promoted false story on reporting Russian trolls [View all] brooklynite Feb 2018 OP

wow! K&R . stonecutter357 Feb 2018 #1

Kick & R pandr32 Feb 2018 #2

Truth will out. MrsCoffee Feb 2018 #3

Someone needs to get his story straight. comradebillyboy Feb 2018 #4

Lower and lower, sinking into the moral abyss, lark Feb 2018 #5

He betrayed his nation and his followers in what Hortensis Feb 2018 #51

Praying he doesn't run in 2020. lark Feb 2018 #58

:) Okay with me if he does because Hortensis Feb 2018 #71

I am SHOCKED SHOCKED to find gambling going on here. nycbos Feb 2018 #6

Here are your winnings, sir. NurseJackie Feb 2018 #41

So then, a Sanders campaign worker did NOT contact the Clinton campaign with this info? George II Feb 2018 #7

According to the article he contacted the Obama Administration with the info. jalan48 Feb 2018 #8

This is also in the article, near the beginning: George II Feb 2018 #10

Not to Clinton but to Obama then? jalan48 Feb 2018 #11

Let's get back to the subject and premise of the OP. Contacting the Obama administration... George II Feb 2018 #13

He did say this... jalan48 Feb 2018 #15

Correct. And yet now more than a year later, even though everyone knows that... George II Feb 2018 #19

Post removed Post removed Feb 2018 #25

We know why, you dont? Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #26

I think this is all about blame-that's the point of the article. jalan48 Feb 2018 #27

Unless I read your post wrong, YOU are blaming Hillary and Barack. Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #29

Honestly, given how important it was I don't understand why he didn't. jalan48 Feb 2018 #31

Thanks for confirming for me that you ARE blaming Barack and Hillary Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #33

No the article isn't about blame, it's about taking credit for something someone didn't do. George II Feb 2018 #40

The :blaming: refers to Sanders taking credit for something spooky3 Feb 2018 #30

OK jalan48 Feb 2018 #32

The first part has been explained over and over again with respect to Obama..... George II Feb 2018 #34

That's terrible. I bet he's the first Presidential candidate to make such a mistake. jalan48 Feb 2018 #35

Sanders is blaming Hillary for something Cha Feb 2018 #83

Yep.(nt) ehrnst Feb 2018 #85

Here's how Weaver explained it in a Politico story earlier this week lapucelle Feb 2018 #91

So no one actually spoke to the person (Mattes) directly, just read it in an article? Plus..... George II Feb 2018 #93

Alright I'm confused. Farmer-Rick Feb 2018 #20

The staffer contacted a pro-Clinton Super PAC in September, and then "just before the election"... George II Feb 2018 #21

"You don't cheat to lose." That is patently false. Lots of cheaters lose. yardwork Feb 2018 #113

If you suspect cheating, check out the winner first Farmer-Rick Feb 2018 #117

Nonsense word salad. Bernie Sanders brought this all up himself this past Wednesday. yardwork Feb 2018 #125

"... he was confusing it for a super PAC supportive of Clinton. Cha Feb 2018 #54

This is a matter of federal law. Sanders' campaign is required by law to understand this. yardwork Feb 2018 #114

K&R. I'm not surprised by this lunamagica Feb 2018 #9

Nor Am I Me. Feb 2018 #14

Hmmm. I wonder why. What would motivate someone to do that? NurseJackie Feb 2018 #16

I already knew it.. What's surprising Cha Feb 2018 #65

Yes, that's the only surprise...but it just another confirmatoon of what we've known all along lunamagica Feb 2018 #68

Yes, indeedy! Cha Feb 2018 #73

We did. NurseJackie Feb 2018 #97

me neither. nt Maven Feb 2018 #81

I am also not surprised Gothmog Mar 2018 #139

Wow DesertRat Feb 2018 #12

He can't be the only volunteer or staffer to know MaryMagdaline Feb 2018 #17

what a shocker obamanut2012 Feb 2018 #18

Can you, and others, please add in parenthesis which Sanders? The candidate or the mouthpiece? question everything Feb 2018 #22

The mouthpiece is named Jeff Weaver. emulatorloo Feb 2018 #53

.. Cha Feb 2018 #66

Good One Me. Feb 2018 #78

... ehrnst Feb 2018 #84

Ha Ha. The White House mouthpiece. Otherwise known as huckelberry (nt) question everything Feb 2018 #87

---- lapucelle Feb 2018 #92

Post removed Post removed Feb 2018 #23

So The SEnator Didn't Say That? Me. Feb 2018 #28

Russian bot tech has advanced further than we thought Bradical79 Feb 2018 #76

Yessiree Me. Feb 2018 #77

The Politico is not a Russian bot. Quoting Sanders what Bernie said the other day isn't BS emulatorloo Feb 2018 #57

Not a bot, obviously Bradical79 Feb 2018 #75

Every time I hear Bernie's Name DownriverDem Feb 2018 #24

Am I the only one who questions Politico's reporting? I remember sinkingfeeling Feb 2018 #36

Sanders made the claim twice: first on Meet the Press, then in an interview with Demit Feb 2018 #42

I also question it Mountain Mule Feb 2018 #43

This is a developing story in Feb 2018, based on an interview Sanders gave to Vermont NPR a few days emulatorloo Feb 2018 #59

What element of the story are they not being truthful about? brooklynite Feb 2018 #46

An earlier Politico story quotes Weaver at length on the controversy. lapucelle Feb 2018 #94

Bernie Sanders said this during an interview broadcast by Vermont Public Radio. yardwork Feb 2018 #115

Post removed Post removed Feb 2018 #37

+1000000! SammyWinstonJack Feb 2018 #39

The trolls win twice over! Stop fighting! DemocracyMouse Feb 2018 #38

Excellent point. Do not be divided and conquered. McCamy Taylor Feb 2018 #45

Tell that to sanders.. he's the one Cha Feb 2018 #62

Indeed. (nt) ehrnst Feb 2018 #86

+1000 I just finished rereading "The Crucible" - these anti-Bernie threads read like scenes right diva77 Feb 2018 #136

Goodman Sanders didst send his spirit out for to torment me! QC Mar 2018 #143

Moral, Sanders did not realize that some of his "grassroots" was "astroturf" McCamy Taylor Feb 2018 #44

that doesn't fly... JHan Feb 2018 #50

Exactly, JHan.. Cha Feb 2018 #67

Sorry, Bernie already said he knew about Russia in an interview on MSNBC in July 19 2017 emulatorloo Feb 2018 #64

Such Conflicting Stories.. he really Cha Feb 2018 #70

+1, if Sanders knew he should've been publicly speaking up even before the convention. This is uponit7771 Feb 2018 #102

And, he shouldn't try to deflect Cha Feb 2018 #104

I do not believe that is accurate. herding cats Feb 2018 #111

This message was self-deleted by its author murielm99 Feb 2018 #47

sorry....another pointless, pissing thread on 2016. Chakaconcarne Feb 2018 #48

Really? How so? This story is clearly about "inaccurate" boasts that were spoken in 2018. NurseJackie Feb 2018 #49

So much denial over the nonsense anti "establishment" arguments. JHan Feb 2018 #52

Total denial. But truth and transparency was not required R B Garr Feb 2018 #61

Actually no, it is about an interview that happened on Vermont radio a couple days ago. 2018. emulatorloo Feb 2018 #55

Tell that to Sanders... We'd love him to stop.. Cha Feb 2018 #72

I was irked by those charges made by Sanders against the Clinton campaign Gothmog Mar 2018 #140

Reprehensible.. who Cha Mar 2018 #141

As Sarah Sanders said, This Has Already Been Litigated and Answered Many Times Before... TomCADem Feb 2018 #80

Mueller's indictment is "fake news?" ehrnst Feb 2018 #89

There were many threads on news that recently came out about the 2008 election. ehrnst Feb 2018 #88

I am giving Bernie the benefit od the doubt. I can't see him being malicious in any of this wasupaloopa Feb 2018 #56

This message was self-deleted by its author emulatorloo Feb 2018 #60

A politician's "lack of malice" is not a good enough reason to give him/her a free pass... NurseJackie Feb 2018 #69

I stand by my post. My guess is Bernie was trying to inform people of Russian intrusion wasupaloopa Feb 2018 #74

When? I mean before this last week. (nt) ehrnst Feb 2018 #82

Exactly. NurseJackie Feb 2018 #90

No this week wasupaloopa Feb 2018 #98

uh huh Cha Feb 2018 #96

If Bernie knew about it then he should have came out and said it publicly. herding cats Feb 2018 #112

Unnnn, read his account, he said they knew Russia was trying to cause riffs in the dem uponit7771 Feb 2018 #103

k&r n/t Henhouse Feb 2018 #63

K&R Scurrilous Feb 2018 #79

Of course he did. N/T ellie Feb 2018 #95

I'm sure it's all just a big misunderstanding . . . ucrdem Feb 2018 #99

Inflamatory title for what actually happened here. Politico reporting certainly wouldn't have a JCanete Feb 2018 #100

"He didn't say that he had contact with this person." that's the point, why claim they did ... uponit7771 Feb 2018 #105

Point was that could easily have been a legitimate mistake, since it sounds JCanete Feb 2018 #121

Disappointing uponit7771 Feb 2018 #101

K & R SunSeeker Feb 2018 #106

So a I sit here reading this I am on my way to day 2 of dem meeting dembotoz Feb 2018 #107

Where do you live? ismnotwasm Feb 2018 #108

wisconsin dembotoz Feb 2018 #109

They were rejuvenated enough not to turn out for our nominee Maven Feb 2018 #110

around here that is a lie dembotoz Feb 2018 #127

Oh? Maven Feb 2018 #129

Oh dembotoz Feb 2018 #132

Perhaps u might want to check out reports of a rally dembotoz Feb 2018 #134

Bernie brought this all up himself this past Wednesday. He called out Hillary Clinton by name. yardwork Feb 2018 #116

+1000 Henhouse Feb 2018 #122

resentful Dynamic Dem Feb 2018 #118

My worry is the same people who relentlessly attacked Hillary are not going to Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #119

+1 n/t Henhouse Feb 2018 #124

+1 n/t Henhouse Feb 2018 #123

oy. Staffer vs. volunteer? who cares? yurbud Feb 2018 #120

If that was the only mistake it could be forgivable- but the heart of his statement - her campaign bettyellen Feb 2018 #126

And that will be the end of that... Blue_Tires Feb 2018 #128

Totally agree. nt R B Garr Feb 2018 #135

K&R Gothmog Feb 2018 #130

I clicked, thinking this was gonna be about Sarah Huck bunt homer Feb 2018 #131

Bernie Sanders always struck me as a massive fraud. Oneironaut Feb 2018 #133

This message was self-deleted by its author Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #137

K&R Gothmog Mar 2018 #138

Never liked the old man... Maxheader Mar 2018 #142