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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: progressivestoday.com lies about Sanders [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)30. I've gone from saying your source is right wing racist filth to saying your source is right wing
racist filth. My argument, as always, has been consistent. Much to your endless annoyance as an engineer of divisive acts of political recklessness.
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The one who posted an OP based on a lying source that links to a Christmas song should check the FEC
merrily
Dec 2015
#7
You keep calling that a "lying source" but fail to demostrate where they lied. Why?
George II
Dec 2015
#10
My OP demonstrates they flat out lied about Sanders before. That makes it a lying source.
merrily
Dec 2015
#11
No it doesn't. All the OP does is say that YOU think they lied. You haven't posted a single...
George II
Dec 2015
#14
"Based" on a story, but you never say anything specific about the story or provide...
George II
Dec 2015
#61
Why are you attacking the op instead of your associate who posted a link to a racist rw site?
beam me up scottie
Dec 2015
#63
Again, read the damn thread. The posts on that thread make clear what the deleted OP said.
merrily
Dec 2015
#64
We don't care what the deleted OP said, that is YOUR words and interpretation of the so-called....
George II
Dec 2015
#76
Do you care that Maggie still hasn't deleted her link to that racist tea party website?
beam me up scottie
Dec 2015
#79
But nowhere do you provide where "it claimed Sawant would not endorse Sanders".
George II
Dec 2015
#9
Read the thread. Posters pointed out the OP story was untrue, so I deleted it and posted a true
merrily
Dec 2015
#17
Also, the 30K the wife got over 3 years appear to have been commissions on ad buys, at least
merrily
Dec 2015
#18
It's not his Presidential campaign either. That doesn't make a legal or moral difference, but
merrily
Dec 2015
#23
Not exactly. Modest commissions on ad buys and modest payment for services rendered is not
merrily
Dec 2015
#21
Okay, so we go from saying it's not true, to saying it's okay because it's Bernie
MaggieD
Dec 2015
#22
Baloney. That's not what I said in the OP or any post. That's just typical MaggieD spin.
merrily
Dec 2015
#24
I've gone from saying your source is right wing racist filth to saying your source is right wing
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2015
#30
And now I'm getting smeared, for posting "proceed with caution" about a RW source that lied
merrily
Dec 2015
#25
Quite the hypocrisy. They post right wing smears and have a problem with you calling it what it is.
beam me up scottie
Dec 2015
#44
They also bash Clinton, call Democrats deranged and have a long history of racist rhetoric and lies.
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2015
#26
And linked to a Christmas song as its source for this story. And all I said was "proceed with
merrily
Dec 2015
#27
Presenting it as you did is not the same as demanding the source be respected as Mags does
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2015
#28
I agree. It's amusing that a Democratic source critical of Hillary is dismissed because he
merrily
Dec 2015
#29
That site you used to bash Bernie is chock full of Hillary Smears of the worst kind. You brought
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2015
#33
I don't have time to refute all the crap posted about me or those I support. I had nothing to do
merrily
Dec 2015
#41
Let me know when you reach out to defend me or Bernie against the crap that gets posted about us.
merrily
Dec 2015
#46
My crowd is Democrats. Your source is a Hillary hating racist bigotry festival that
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2015
#62
Not a big surprise to see who posted a link to a tea party rag either.
beam me up scottie
Dec 2015
#35
Well they did link to Stormfront so I'm not surprised by anything they do.
beam me up scottie
Dec 2015
#67
They do it on purpose, it's not even a dog whistle, it's a bloody foghorn.
beam me up scottie
Dec 2015
#69
well, HRC does have a deficit of "white guy approval" -- wouldn't be too hard to imagine how
nashville_brook
Dec 2015
#74
You have a huge heart for expecting better from the OP who cited the right-wing fabrication
Attorney in Texas
Dec 2015
#36
I noticed how offending post was promptly self-removed when the lie was exposed. Oh, wait ...
Attorney in Texas
Dec 2015
#40
Some poster claimed for two days that I had posted something I never posted before finally
merrily
Dec 2015
#43
knowing how stories (including on social media) are pitched from a PR/Comms perspective
nashville_brook
Dec 2015
#71
Progressive Policy Institute, so named so calling it "conservative" would seem silly. Yet, it's
merrily
Dec 2015
#51
It's a variety. Lies, smears, half truths, misleading omissions--a stinky potpourri.
merrily
Dec 2015
#73