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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]Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)232. I would think our semi-pro alert squads also should know the difference between an SOP alert
And a TOS one.
"Belongs in CS" is an SOP alert, for the hosts.
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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