Wow, the Hillary crowd seems to have decided on a last-minute, all-out smear of Bernie! PATHETIC.

[reformist2]

It really is disgraceful. I'm sorry, there is no excuse for this - I don't care how badly she and her crowd think she's the "better" candidate. If Hillary approved any of this, she really doesn't deserve the nomination.

[riversedge]

1. Yes, it was disgraceful of Sanders purpossing omiting that Hillary also was in Phill to meet with

black ministers --and disgraceful that Sanders staff deceptively got into the union dining rooms . I agree.

[KingFlorez]

5. The blacks are the establishment

Blacks are nothing but puppets to the oligarchs and the big banks and Wall Street and the Clintons.

[JimDandy]

38. Well, as Colbert pointed out "That top 1% generally doesn't have a lot of chocolate in it."

While funny, it IS spot on.

You can be used, without necessarily being a puppet. Noone wants to be used, especially for political purposes, whether it's by the oligarchs, Clintons or anyone else. And, as it's been often pointed out on Black twitter and elsewhere, noone wants their vote taken for granted by any politician, especially not by Hillary who ran an incredibly ugly campaign against Obama in 2008. We have long memories...

[workinclasszero]

16. Very disgraceful of the Sanders campaign

The OP needs to look at msnbc and cnn. This isn't something Hillary people made up. Also read the outraged letter the union put out about this serious incedent.
I can't believe the Sanders campaign has gone to ground on this scandal. These people should be fired already and an apology issued.

[Armstead]

21. No campaign staff or supporters of any candidate ever got carried away and went over the line before

How's about when the Clinton campaign circulated pictures of Obama in full African garb to make him seem "other"

[nc4bo]

44. Selective amnesia. nt.

[Fawke Em]

22. They're not her campaign manager.

They are under no obligation to give her schedule. The fact is that she DID meet with a bunch of fat-cats.

[frylock]

25. So Bernie's obligated to recite Hillary's itinerary now?

Are you fucking shitting me with this nonsense?

[restorefreedom]

56. let me help....yes, yes bernie of course is supposed to

recite her itinerary and only say things that reflect positively on her while leaving out pertinent info that, while true, might call attention to poor judgement and bad politics in her past.

IT'S A CORONATION, DAMMIT!!!!

who do we think we are, citizens with rights????

[frylock]

58. It's amazing to me that they believe shit like this has any traction.

[restorefreedom]

62. perhaps we are in the matrix.....

or having a very long very bad dream....

idk, but it is seriously wacked.

[John Poet]

75. How many civilians were killed there?

Thanks to Hillary's vote enabling George W. Bush to make war on Iraq,
several hundred thousand innocent Iraqi civilians perished.

[Smarmie Doofus]

2. She doesn't deserve the nomination even if she DIDN'T approve it.

Or, at minimum, she has failed to demonstrate same.

Again.

[John Poet]

76. No liberal interventionist who supports neoconservative war policies

deserves the nomination of the Democratic party for President.

It is absolutely, totally unacceptable.



If I wanted to double down on neoconservative foreign policy,
I'd just vote for her "brother" JEB! in the Republican primary.

[virtualobserver]

3. How could she not approve....to quote Secretary to the U.N. Samantha Power on Hillary

“She is a monster, too – that is off the record – she is stooping to anything."

It is the stuff that is off the record that you can believe.

[JackRiddler]

65. From one monster to another.

[TheBlackAdder]

6. I'm watching people lose their collective shit. I'll write my thesis paper about this phenomenon. nt

[uponit7771]

7. Yeap, even insinuated Sanders was in bed with Wall Street by making an issue of him...

... going to meet with an investment bank but leaves out he meet with some AA preachers.

Damn HRC crowd and their smearing of candidates!!!!

[DanTex]

8. Yes, she approved Bernie's impersonation of union members and unauthorized use of

the AARP logo. You think Bernie does stuff without asking Hillary first? Pfffft

[ProudToBeLiberal]

9. can you give some examples? nt

[amborin]

10. one of her campaign managers even accused Bernie of Rovian tactics; disgusting smears, etc. nt

[TDale313]

80. Projection much?

Which is pretty Rovian in itself. Accuse the other side of shit you're doing yourself. Also, make your opponent's greatest strength a weakness (in this case Bernie's refusal to go negative, his trustworthiness, and his basic decency)

[NorthCarolina]

11. "If", really?

[treestar]

12. Poor Bernie!

Imagine the Republicans getting a hold of him. All the unfair smears they will descend on him will make this look like a cake walk.

[arcane1]

17. Well, at least you're comparing the Clinton campaign to republicans.

It's the first step to recovery.

[riversedge]

13. Unauthorized use of AARP logo--AARP Statement in Response to Sanders Mailing

And another Sanders camp screw-up--they are not ready for prime-time.

Unauthorized use of AARP logo--AARP Statement in Response to Sanders Mailing -http://states.aarp.org/tag/unauthorized-use-of-aarp-logo/ … #iacaucus #p2

[Fawke Em]

23. Do you know how many people care about this?

The 40 or so Hillary fans on this board and the five or 10 upper echelon of AARP.

Voters don't care if someone uses a logo (or a song).

His campaign will simply stop sending the mailers with the logo and that will be the end of that.

[riversedge]

36. yes. sweep the deceptive Sanders staff under the rug. NOPE

[Metric System]

14. Can you cite some examples please? All I'm seeing on DU are the usual attacks on Hillary.

[toshiba783]

20. I'm confused...

I'm reading a discussion board where the majority of the negativity is directed at Clinton - yet, at the same time the majority of complaints about negativity and attacks are coming from Sanders supporters.

[betsuni]

43. Me too.

It's like when my husband's looking for something and blames me for hiding it, gets all worked up until I go and point at the thing right in front of his face. This happens all the damn time on this board, but some people are unable to see things that are right in front of their faces even after it's pointed out.

[Bobbie Jo]

70. That pretty much sums it up.

IOW...

They can sure dish it out, but struggle with the concept of being on the receiving end of any criticism.

[frazzled]

28. Exactly---400 threads calling Hillary a liar, corrupt, unelectable

and a few threads pointing out Sanders' screwups today (the stage-managed black women, the illicit use of AARP logo--I won't even mention the current NYT article "Bernie Sanders Is Democrats’ Top Beneficiary of Outside Spending, Like it or Not," since I haven't seen anyone post it yet, probably for fear of mass bullying) plus one negative editorial, and they go berserk.

As we used to say as kids, they can dish it out, but they sure can't take it.

[frylock]

60. There is documented video evidence of Hillary lying..

are you disputing that?

[betsuni]

15. Is it too much to ask that people mention what they're talking about in posts like these? nt

[sabrina 1]

18. The talking points are coming like a tsunami today. Wonder how much they cost, Brock of course

is very expensive, but the rapid fire assault on our sensibilities with all these stupid talking points, isn't really doing much to help get THEIR candidate elected.

[sadoldgirl]

19. I have decided for quite a while to

ignore OPs from certain people. It has made
my life much easier than trying to refute
garbage.

[Warren DeMontague]

24. They Keep Rolling Gutter Balls.

[frylock]

26. Mark it zero.

[Art_from_Ark]

32. LOL

[SDJay]

35. Everyone in that photo is white

Problem with the AA community, perhaps?



Obviously that's a joke, but we're close to the first primary. People have been waiting for months if not longer for this election cycle to finally get moving. Everyone is amped up for their candidate.

[winter is coming]

81. I didn't even know you could go out there in street shoes. n/t

[m-lekktor]

27. They are completely MANIC!! I wouldn't take it seriously.

[azmom]

29. Nothing will work against the Bern.

His campaign is genius.

[redstateblues]

68. Running on raising taxes is genius? Mondale

Was the last Democrat to attempt that. He carried one state. His home state MN

[azmom]

69. Stay tuned and prepare to be amazed.

[LonePirate]

30. Do you have any context or details to provide to know what you're talking about here?

[KittyWampus]

33. Sanders supporters have been smearing Clinton for MONTHS. Yes, she's got legit stuff to attack

her one.

But we all know half the crap Sanders supporters post and cling to is Republican bullshit and twisted issues.

[artislife]

34. Yeah!

Like his vote on the War

Like his money from Monsanto

Like his speaking fees to Wall street

Like his private email server


Like his ....


ooops

[Ned_Devine]

78. artislife, you are wonderful. I want you in my corner all the time!

[artislife]

83. Hee!

[Broward]

42. Hillary supporters cling to Republican policies.

It's amazing how far right some of you have gone.

[Beacool]

48. Except that the "smears" are not from her campaign.

They are articles printed on newspapers and from groups like the Culinary Union and AARP.

[frylock]

64. Printed in newspapers as written by former Clinton staffers.

[questionseverything]

66. about the culinary union

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511085341

and then aarp, they have him on their web site

http://takeastand.aarp.org/candidate/bernie-sanders/

i don't understand the concern on either

[Renew Deal]

39. What are you referring to?

Culinary Union?

[Bill USA]

40. Would you care to favor us with one specific? To accuse you needto site an instance of the "crime"

that is: WHAT "SMEAR"??

[Beacool]

46. I think they mean articles from the NYT, the WaPo, AARP, the Culinary Union.

You know, all those people who work for Hillary's campaign.

[beam me up scottie]

41. Are you really surprised?

Hillary supporters have been smearing him since he announced, they just turned it up to 11.

All of the outrage they couldn't summon for the Iraq war is now being spent on mailergate.

[Beacool]

45. What smears? People are posting articles from various sources.

None of them are from the Hillary campaign.

[cherokeeprogressive]

72. I was going to post they couldn't be from the Clinton campaign because they weren't about issues.

But that would have been redundant.

[morningfog]

47. They are bitter and having 2008 flashbacks.

They are backing a poor candidate.

[MeNMyVolt]

49. Sorry, your candidate's campaign is smearing itself.

[Blue_In_AK]

50. You noticed that, too?

[WillyT]

51. Desperation Is As Desperation Does... They Are TRULY Worried !!!

And I am LOVING it !!!

[virtualobserver]

63. Like Samantha Power said in 2008 : " she is stooping to anything "

[redstateblues]

82. Actually, Bernie is slipping back. It's the Bernarians who are putting on a brave face and bracing for a narrow defeat

If Bernie doesn't win both Iowa and NH he's done

[liberal N proud]

52. This thread is comedy gold

From the top down.

[PatrickforO]

53. The RATS are coming out to do you know what!

Yep. Throwing stuff on the wall and seeing what sticks.

[Bill USA]

54. hey, OP author, maybe you'd like to use this 'smear' see link

Culinary Union releases statement blasting Bernie's campaign (staffers were posing as union members ... LOL!!

[font size="+1"] Come on let's see if you can come up with something -- LOL!![/font]

[Kalidurga]

55. It's not going to help them, so I don't care.

In a way I find it amusing. I wish that the behavior was confined to RWers then it would be hilarious. But, it's a bit off putting when people who claim to be in the fight for the public good and for the disenfranchised go out of their way to attack someone who has made it their passion in life. Well it doesn't take a genius to see that they really aren't about helping people.

[hrmjustin]

57. What did I do now?

[Metric System]

79. It's cute how they think we're all coordinated and/or affiliated with the Clinton campaign.

[in_cog_ni_to]

59. She's going to lose Iowa and NH, so just IGNORE their garbage.

It's their futile last gasp. Pity them, then ignore them.

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[redstateblues]

74. The truth is if Bernie doesn't win Iowa he's done

If he does he will be crushed on Super Tuesday. The last Democrat that ran on raising taxes was Walter Mondale. He won his home state MN. That's all.

[in_cog_ni_to]

84. Keep dreaming. The raising taxes lie won't float. We have the internet now WHERE WE FIND THE TRUTH

The lying MSM and Clinton campaign (and supporters) can't CHANGE THE FACTS. People will SAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER YEAR.

The question is, why wouldn't you want ALL of your fellow citizens to have healthcare?
GREED IS UGLY.

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[redstateblues]

85. I believe there is video of Bernie saying

"Yes, I will raise taxes". If Bernie gets the nomination he will share the same fate as Walter Mondale who ran on raising taxes. He won one state. FYI- I've been a huge supporter of the ACA. Your stupid insult is way off base. You Bernie supporters always resort to the personal attack when someone doesn't agree with your saviour. It's hilarious that you follow your nasty attack with PEACE and LOVE. What a joke.

[farleftlib]

61. It's totally off the charts

[riversedge]

67. ha ha. Sanders staff goes deceptive then his supporters blame

Hillary and or her supporters!! got it.

[sadoldgirl]

71. I wonder, what is really happening here today.

Normally, when there is a storm of attacks by the
HRC supporters, there are some bad news for that
campaign.

So, what are they worried about this time?

They can't be silly enough to think that all voters
in IA and NH are all of a sudden reading DU?!

If they just got a stomach flu, which can be infectious,
I wish them well and hope that they get over it soon.

[cherokeeprogressive]

73. If there was a law that said campaigns had to be about issues and not staff or supporters...

The Clinton campaign would have folded like a cheap lawn chair way back in the summer.

[Purveyor]

77. Their internals must really suck... something's up, indeed.