Bernie Sanders Repudiates ‘Whores’ Comment At His Rally But The Damage Is Done

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Bernie Sanders Repudiates ‘Whores’ Comment At His Rally But The Damage Is Done
By Jason Easley on Thu, Apr 14th, 2016 at 10:55 am

Dr. Song sounded like an insensitive extremist, and that, in a nutshell, is the overarching problem that the Sanders campaign is facing. In open primaries, Independents can be courted with outsider rhetoric. In a series of closed Democratic primaries, in a party where women are the majority, comments like Dr. Song’s lose votes for the candidates that they support.

Song was criticizing Democrats in a closed Democratic primary. Needless to say, this is not a winning strategy. His comments only fanned the doubts of Democrats who believe that Sen. Sanders is not a real Democrat.

In practical terms, Bernie Sanders isn’t going to win closed Democratic primaries without Democratic votes. It is also not good to enrage the very superdelegates that Sen. Sanders needs if he is going to win the Democratic nomination by calling them corporate whores.

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/04/14/bernie-sanders-repudiates-whores-comment-speaker-rally.html

[SunSeeker]

1. K & R

[Her Sister]

2. Yeah way to court the Democrats in NY!!!!

Only us Democrats voting this time! High percentage of female Democrats! FAIL!

[BlueCaliDem]

3. Wow. That's a strong repudiation in itself as well. Jason Easely is a Sanders supporter, too!

I'm surprised!

[katmille]

4. My response is to donate to HRC

The Democratic Whore thing made me go straight to my bank account to see how much I can donate to Hillary this week. Anybody with me?
I'm so done with BS and his ilk.

[IamMab]

5. "Democrats are not a male progressive party." Damn right we're not.

The Sanders movement is about the white male progressives who are losing just as much clout and privilege as their white male conservative counterparts.

The Sanders campaign has really, for me, blown apart the myth that progressives are better educated than conservatives. Not all of them, clearly. Some are no better than Tea Party thugs, if we're going to be completely honest.

[mercuryblues]

7. It's

Not that they are losing clout and privilege. It's others are gaining on them and *some* realize they aren't so special any more. *Some* are finding they have to actually compete with those they have considered inferior their whole lives. *Some* are outraged they aren't getting pitied for their "oppression."

[DawgHouse]

9. I don't know why everyone can't clearly see this.

How does one explain the number of dem men who are choosing Bernie over Hillary?

[DanTex]

6. Yeah, I don't see this playing out very well for Camp Bernie.

[Haveadream]

8. An interesting campaign strategy

Insult the voters and the Party you need to win over.

[Cha]

14. Which BS has been doing all along with his dismissing the Southern States.

And, Tim Robbins calling us "Sheep" and dissing South Carolina and Guam.. and he had another insult recently I can't recall.. they're all running together.

[DemonGoddess]

10. Yeah

he repudiated it the following morning. Not immediately after it was said, when he SHOULD have. He's only repudiating it because of the backlash. Otherwise, wouldn't happen.

[DesertRat]

12. +1

[Lucinda]

11. KNR

[robbedvoter]

13. Makes for an easy script for the GOTV, especially talking to women

Also, Claire McCaskill said - he was there, crowd cheered, he said nothing THEN

[Cha]

15. So how many people were really out the rally? Thank you for this, workin'

Song's "apology" was asinine.

So BS finally repudiated what one of his surrogates insulted his non voters with.. BFD.

[SharonClark]

16. If Bernie was on top of things he would have repudiated it at the rally

But we know he doesn't listen - just talks at people.

[liberal N proud]

17. Another attack that he tries to pretend isn't

Bernie the hit man!

[stopbush]

18. Don't worry. Sanders can ask for absolution from that remark

when he meets with the Pope...

[Her Sister]

19. A Democratic Presidential candidate

has a rally where a surrogate calls other Democrats "whores".. Aren't these the people a Democrat Prez needs to have strong relationship with to get things like laws passed in congress?