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In reply to the discussion: progressivestoday.com lies about Sanders [View all]beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)50. Why are you defending a racist right wing site here?
And attacking the people who called it what it is?
After reading Blue's information I can't believe anyone thinks that kind of source is acceptable.
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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