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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Making an issue of Bernie Supporters is the Dumbest Fucking Campaign Tactic in History [View all]felix_numinous
(5,198 posts)149. Because killing the messenger hopefully kills the message
instead of responding to legitimate questions and issues, being more transparent as a presidential candidate, it is easier to character assassinate, shame and blame the person who might break the illusion. It is a very old yet low trick by people who have no desire or ability to answer directly.
What used to work well before the internet age now appears to be out of touch with the reality that anyone can cross check instantly. These tricks used to work well but now people are exposed and they seem to not even know it or care.
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Making an issue of Bernie Supporters is the Dumbest Fucking Campaign Tactic in History [View all]
berni_mccoy
Feb 2016
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I have started making less of an issue with Sanders supporters and started encouraging them.
NCTraveler
Feb 2016
#2
On DU in 2008 I had Obama supporters tell me LGBT were no longer needed by the Party, we had
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2016
#23
I appreciate the history lesson as I missed quite a bit. That is an eye opener. It is a shame those
bettyellen
Feb 2016
#138
Thanks for exposing the truth of this sickening effort that continues to be pushed.
appalachiablue
Feb 2016
#166
Anyone who gets so butthurt by a candidaates supporters that they change their vote
Gore1FL
Feb 2016
#36
what you're missing is deliberate meme-crafting and messaging designed to change the subject
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2016
#204
Clinton lost most of the Left when she flipped us off and bowed before Bush.
rhett o rick
Feb 2016
#228
I have voted Democratic my whole life. Up until recently, the Democratic Party
AllyCat
Mar 2016
#252
Your choice is an old priviledged white woman, who is also a neocon corporatist warhawk.
peacebird
Feb 2016
#227
+1 I've been disgusted by many tactics & targets. The antisemitism is ultra shocking.
appalachiablue
Feb 2016
#167
How did you like Hillary's 'Obama Boys' attacks on Obama supporters? Nothing slightly racist there
sabrina 1
Feb 2016
#180
Neither Bernie nor his supporters ever claimed that he was just as oppressed as AA people.
Ken Burch
Mar 2016
#242
Also the "I have finally settled on my candidate .." ones also smell funny.
GoneFishin
Feb 2016
#156
Uh...I think a lot of pro-Bernie people did that to SC...the whole state, actually. nt
kjones
Feb 2016
#159
Sadly, it has been like this for a few decades now. I really am still hoping that Bernie will
GreenPartyVoter
Feb 2016
#79
She has not been pushed one tiny little millimeter to the left. The idea must really amuse her,
djean111
Feb 2016
#91
Generalizing Bernie supporters as sexist racist bullies goes well beyond thin skin...
berni_mccoy
Feb 2016
#19
I tell you what, Hillary's campaign is about skin all right, just not it's thickness.
JimDandy
Feb 2016
#157
Gee, Jim Dandy, is that a racist comment or am I reading miore into than intended?
Nitram
Feb 2016
#174
There is no democratic party anymore....it's the Clinton party, and I'm done with it.
Punkingal
Feb 2016
#17
'Obama Boys' and 'Bernie Bros'. I remember the 'Obama Boys' attack on Obama Supporters too.
sabrina 1
Feb 2016
#26
Oh yes, the same old attacks on Obama Supporters, intended to imply that HIS supporters were
sabrina 1
Feb 2016
#48
Never knew this, thanks for posting on this vile, clumsy & rehashed tactic.
appalachiablue
Feb 2016
#170
You mean like 'Obama Boys' were?? Didn't work for her then and isn't working for her now.
sabrina 1
Feb 2016
#51
Yet when everything we predict turns out to be true, if she wins the nomination
A Simple Game
Feb 2016
#104
"Creative speculation" is the go-to for those who don't like what's being said.
pacalo
Feb 2016
#213
I would think our semi-pro alert squads also should know the difference between an SOP alert
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2016
#232
I agree. The Democratic Party is blowing it by dismissing so many potential base voters
Armstead
Feb 2016
#39
The actual GOP playbook is to try to bait the left into turning against Clinton.
iandhr
Feb 2016
#69
"And the idea that you can have a revolution when your base of support is white men under 30 is
MuseRider
Feb 2016
#199
You're correct to an extent -- but some of that is reactive. It's a two way stret
Armstead
Feb 2016
#178
It's not just here at DU, and I'm pretty sure you know that, as you are someone who has *gasped* at
berni_mccoy
Feb 2016
#47
I'll make a deal: When BS stops insulting AA voters in the South and his fanatics stop
Liberal_Stalwart71
Feb 2016
#63
That was another false story manufactured by camp Hillary. You know this of course.
berni_mccoy
Feb 2016
#64
I don't follow HRC's camp. I did, however, see this sentiment on DU. We've been discussing at the AA
Liberal_Stalwart71
Feb 2016
#72
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PeaceNikki
Feb 2016
#120
NOT GOOD ENOUGH BERNIE, May Kickoff OP of racist lies just after he announced.
appalachiablue
Feb 2016
#172
Have you seen the comparison of the candidates on the issues? What else do they have?
Doctor_J
Feb 2016
#67
Yes, it's disturbing. The very fact that it came out that SHE negotiated the
berni_mccoy
Feb 2016
#71
There are definitely plenty of areas of agreement between Hillary and Bernie
oberliner
Feb 2016
#103
Bernie, being the gentleman that he is and knowing he does not want to tear down Hillary
cui bono
Feb 2016
#193
No. Hillary said she would compromise on abortion. There was an OP on here about it.
cui bono
Feb 2016
#216
These deceitful tactics are utterly juvenile; disturbing and embarrassing to witness,
Zorra
Feb 2016
#75
I'm right behind you. Dem since birth and I'm 63. Congratulations on your hard work & perseverance.
jhart3333
Feb 2016
#93
Yeh, it's painful to see how far the Democratic party, which used to be the champion and protector
Zorra
Feb 2016
#133
I can see Clinton cackling like the wicked witch of the west with her instructions
Blue_Adept
Feb 2016
#84
I'm voting for Sanders in the Primary because I want Mrs. Clinton to heed and hear Sanders.
Sunlei
Feb 2016
#113
Another misstep in a string of errors that characterizes Clinton's campaign
Android3.14
Feb 2016
#116
Sorry if the truth hurts, but, even Bernie himself called out these undesirables in his camp
Tarc
Feb 2016
#143
Yes Bernie heard about it & dealt with it. Yet I have NEVER once heard Hillary call out her
jillan
Feb 2016
#155
yeah, it's started to push back already--they've been allowed to tear on for so long
MisterP
Feb 2016
#163
Speaking for myself....There's hoinest campaigning and then there's the otehr kind
Armstead
Feb 2016
#181
She's going to be the nominee, but she's losing to Trump in the GE. And despite
closeupready
Feb 2016
#171
Is it the Clinton campaign or Clinton supporters who use terms like "BerniBros"?
Nitram
Feb 2016
#173
Seriously, it is one I have had real life conversations about too. A few people I know made the
bettyellen
Feb 2016
#191
it gives dull witted geezers with sad little lives & low capacity for self-amusement something to do
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2016
#194
Clinton & her supporters ALWAYS scream loudest about the exact things they are most guilty of.
mhatrw
Mar 2016
#235
She's marginalizing her opponents supporters because in the GE she'd be the best viable option.
PoliticalMalcontent
Mar 2016
#237
So then Sanders supporters need to stop making themselves an issue, yesterday (nt)
Recursion
Mar 2016
#238
No, running an admitted socialist for President is the Dumbest Fucking Campaign Tactic in History
Freddie Stubbs
Mar 2016
#251