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berniepdx420

(1,784 posts)
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 01:11 PM Feb 2016

"Colorado Free Beacon poll: Bernie overtakes Hillary! 28 point lead - GONE! POOF!"

By geebeebee, Friday Feb 19, 2016 · 6:31 AM PST

Bernie Sanders has overtaken Hillary Clinton in Colorado with less than two weeks before Super Tuesday, according to a new Washington Free Beacon poll.

The poll shows Clinton’s double-digit lead in the state has evaporated, as Sanders now leads 49 to 43 percent. Nine percent are undecided.

Likely Democratic caucus-goers also gave Sanders a big edge on questions of honesty and trustworthiness and which candidate cares more about people like them.


http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/19/1487675/-Colorado-Free-Beacon-poll-Bernie-overtakes-Hillary-28-point-lead-GONE-POOF
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"Colorado Free Beacon poll: Bernie overtakes Hillary! 28 point lead - GONE! POOF!" (Original Post) berniepdx420 Feb 2016 OP
Uh oh Ned_Devine Feb 2016 #1
was music to my ears berniepdx420 Feb 2016 #3
There is one big problem with this - Washington Free Beacon is a Moonie News site. blm Feb 2016 #36
Thank you. klook Feb 2016 #59
I hear you. Some of us old-timers recognize the tactic, it was used here during 2003-4. Remember blm Feb 2016 #62
Hillary Offers NO Hope, Only More of The Same... Which Is Intolerable! CorporatistNation Feb 2016 #140
And some people are paid to repeat RW propaganda to maintain GOP's grip on power…. blm Feb 2016 #141
Please post a list of unacceptable sources. Ino Feb 2016 #71
If it comes from 'newsmedia' developed by a Korean cult leader or an Australian extortionist then blm Feb 2016 #78
That's it? Six sites? Ino Feb 2016 #104
I posted what I know off topofmyhead - Moonie News is more than just 6 sites, especially blm Feb 2016 #105
+420 berniepdx420 Feb 2016 #111
... And it's gone! TheBlackAdder Feb 2016 #50
many thanks SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #112
More "free stuff" Fuddnik Feb 2016 #2
Heh heh R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2016 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author berniepdx420 Feb 2016 #6
Mmm bacon ybbor Feb 2016 #80
Ha ha! Fawke Em Feb 2016 #5
And after he wins Nevada CoffeeCat Feb 2016 #7
True dat... berniepdx420 Feb 2016 #8
She never expected to EARN our votes, and now she's utterly failinig to do so. arcane1 Feb 2016 #31
Hillary's going up in smoke. n/t PonyUp Feb 2016 #9
Love it... I'm gonna Bern one Down !!! berniepdx420 Feb 2016 #12
+420 frylock Feb 2016 #23
So.... FrostyAusty Feb 2016 #32
Here: PonyUp Feb 2016 #34
Thank you! FrostyAusty Feb 2016 #43
I really want one but I've jumped way toom any hoops to be comfortable buying from this site; greiner3 Feb 2016 #55
Here's some other sites PonyUp Feb 2016 #56
Where can I get one? greiner3 Feb 2016 #51
Here: PonyUp Feb 2016 #52
Colorado seems like a Bernie type of state 6chars Feb 2016 #75
And Alaska. and Washington. and Oregon. Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #108
Sweeeeet azmom Feb 2016 #10
Someone is feeling the BERN casperthegm Feb 2016 #11
K&R CharlotteVale Feb 2016 #13
Well, when you think huge numbers of a states population should be in prison, bunnies Feb 2016 #14
Kicketty Kickin' Faux pas Feb 2016 #15
Hillary is liquefying quickly! Helen Borg Feb 2016 #16
What a world, what a world! dorkzilla Feb 2016 #22
oopsie! K&R! Mbrow Feb 2016 #17
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Feb 2016 #18
Careful, UncJoe - this is a Moonie News source. blm Feb 2016 #40
Thanks for the headsup, blm. Uncle Joe Feb 2016 #45
Some of the newer posters are likely unaware of the games being played on them by these 'sources' blm Feb 2016 #46
I'm an oldster too, sometimes it's just time to give it up...let go, you know? libdem4life Feb 2016 #92
Nope - not when it comes to Moonie News propaganda. Especially not HERE. blm Feb 2016 #94
The right-wing pollster again? This is actually a decent result for Clinton considering the source KingFlorez Feb 2016 #19
"and this race is all about delegates" Plucketeer Feb 2016 #21
Looks like the same questions from the other one. n/t Lucinda Feb 2016 #24
It better not be Politicalboi Feb 2016 #37
There is no "Colorado Free Beacon". OilemFirchen Feb 2016 #20
your funny berniepdx420 Feb 2016 #25
That would "you're" KingFlorez Feb 2016 #27
hahaha... hook line and sinker berniepdx420 Feb 2016 #29
Have you checked the source? blm Feb 2016 #42
They don't seem to care. Agschmid Feb 2016 #81
Why won't you explain why you accepted this source? blm Feb 2016 #88
My funny what? OilemFirchen Feb 2016 #72
Washington Free Beacon (and Center for American Freedom) NurseJackie Feb 2016 #66
Spawned by those who earned their 'journalism' creds thru Moonie News Propaganda. blm Feb 2016 #82
If anyone uses a source like this to criticize Bernie, it's promptly hidden. :-/ NurseJackie Feb 2016 #85
Moonie News should NEVER be considered a legitimate source here at DU - No matter who the hit is on. blm Feb 2016 #86
As one wise DUer in another Free Beacon thread said... SidDithers Feb 2016 #26
hilarious you are... berniepdx420 Feb 2016 #28
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Only polls showing Hillary ahead are reliable. merrily Feb 2016 #30
This isn't about any poll, it's about a Moonie News poll. blm Feb 2016 #97
Makes no difference at all to me. I've already discounted any poll in which Hillary is not in lead. merrily Feb 2016 #107
Whether a source is Moonie News or not should make a difference to every citizen, and, especially blm Feb 2016 #116
What would you suggest I do about a Moonie source, after I discount it? merrily Feb 2016 #122
Same thing you'd do if you discovered Ted Cruz was courting your vote wearing a Sanders mask. blm Feb 2016 #125
Ted Cruz is a human being. I can't kick link on the internet in the shins. merrily Feb 2016 #129
Seems as though you didn't like the light-hearted reply. blm Feb 2016 #130
Your post is dishonest. I said nothing that suggests I find a Moonie source credible. merrily Feb 2016 #131
Then why are you dogging me about it and why recommend this Moonie News thread and blm Feb 2016 #133
Wow. Your second dishonest post in a row. Who's been dogging who again? merrily Feb 2016 #135
Gee, must be your tone. I was giving a heads up about the source. You didn't like it. blm Feb 2016 #136
My tone? You hear tone on the internet? Wow. merrily Feb 2016 #137
Get a grip. Can't you find another post using Moonie News you can recommend? blm Feb 2016 #138
Are you going for some kind of record? merrily Feb 2016 #139
As a Coloradan I've been saying CO would go to Bernie pinebox Feb 2016 #33
RIGHT WING WEBSITE...n/t asuhornets Feb 2016 #35
Since I live in Colorado, I would be very sadoldgirl Feb 2016 #38
No we'll take it, people here dislike Hillary's pot stance pinebox Feb 2016 #69
People here don't like her stance on guns either. Autumn Feb 2016 #142
Hillary needs more studies Politicalboi Feb 2016 #39
but she wants more research restorefreedom Feb 2016 #96
Hee hee! warrprayer Feb 2016 #41
Kicked and recommended. nt Duval Feb 2016 #44
I got my doubts on polls nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #47
Yes it is. 840high Feb 2016 #63
I'm seeing the same from the ground. Rocky the Leprechaun Feb 2016 #48
Awwww zappaman Feb 2016 #49
Right wing garbage site workinclasszero Feb 2016 #53
I agree. DU is no place for the Moonie Times and their supporters. n/t FSogol Feb 2016 #54
DU is not meant to be a liberal democratic party board -- just a democratic party board. JonLeibowitz Feb 2016 #58
Also not a site to spread Moonie News propaganda deliberately crafted to play us against each other. blm Feb 2016 #84
Fully agreed, you won't find me defending the Free Beacon. n/t JonLeibowitz Feb 2016 #90
Read the TOS. It clearly states that right wing points of view are not welcome here. JTFrog Feb 2016 #134
Alerting Kalidurga Feb 2016 #57
Why not just explain why Moonie News propaganda sites like WFB should be accepted AS a news source? blm Feb 2016 #67
Why would you assume it's a legitimate source to me? Kalidurga Feb 2016 #68
If WFB is not legitimate to you then why take aim at those saying it's a RW Moonie 'news' source? blm Feb 2016 #73
I don't think getting humor is your strong suit. Kalidurga Feb 2016 #74
actually, it is…. blm Feb 2016 #79
That's nice Kalidurga Feb 2016 #83
Right wing rag and GOP pollster even Rachel Maddow called foul on their Nevada poll book_worm Feb 2016 #60
So the expectation should be for Hillary to win Colorado? Motown_Johnny Feb 2016 #61
Panic in the weathervane compound! Betty Karlson Feb 2016 #64
Ask and ye shall receive! d_legendary1 Feb 2016 #76
Oh come on: that one is six months old and long debunked! eom Betty Karlson Feb 2016 #114
Read my first sig line d_legendary1 Feb 2016 #126
Ruh Roh demwing Feb 2016 #65
HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!! WillyT Feb 2016 #70
Camp weathervane is coming in for a hard landing berningman Feb 2016 #77
118 recs for a right-wing push poll. OilemFirchen Feb 2016 #87
They only see the DailyKos and NOT the fact that it's a Moonie News poll. blm Feb 2016 #103
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2016 #89
Thank you all 120 of you (at this moment) for so graciously playing into RW hands. NuclearDem Feb 2016 #91
Go away thank you... shall I show all the times FOX news polls were quoted... only polls that berniepdx420 Feb 2016 #93
You don't get it - Moonie News was developed specifically to propagandize against Dems and blm Feb 2016 #95
Thank you, blm NastyRiffraff Feb 2016 #119
Exactly, and trying to legitimatize its use even after being informed of it agenda - Would KKK be an blm Feb 2016 #120
You won't dare answer, eh? blm Feb 2016 #98
+420 n/t zappaman Feb 2016 #100
EZ joshcryer Feb 2016 #99
Colorado has a free bacon pole??? Boxerfan Feb 2016 #101
. one_voice Feb 2016 #110
K&R quantumjunkie Feb 2016 #102
wow.. one_voice Feb 2016 #106
Wow is right. Thanks for the insight still_one Feb 2016 #109
Please make this post its own thread. Some of my fellow Sanders supporters are new and unfamiliar blm Feb 2016 #117
...and some are old and familiar. brer cat Feb 2016 #121
Thank you - Hard to believe someone can repeatedly post Moonie News sources without the entire blm Feb 2016 #123
That would have been the case earlier. brer cat Feb 2016 #128
I don't think the worst voices are real Sanders' supporters. They sound more like seventhson blm Feb 2016 #132
K&R nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #113
kicking amborin Feb 2016 #115
GONE! POOF! There goes the reliability of this poll. randome Feb 2016 #118
There goes Nevada--real votes not some untrustworthy poll--GONE! POOF! book_worm Feb 2016 #124
Colorado is caucus state Robbins Feb 2016 #127

blm

(113,084 posts)
36. There is one big problem with this - Washington Free Beacon is a Moonie News site.
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 02:22 PM
Feb 2016

It was started by longtime Moonies developed through Rev Moon's RW propaganda media.

As a Sanders supporter I wish some of you (claiming to support him while posting RW 'news') had a better understanding of the 'sources' you seem to rely on for 'news' about this election. Sanders can win without spreading RW propaganda being crafted to influence those who are unaware of the vast influence of Moonie News.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bad-moon-rising-john-gorenfeld/1102623743

klook

(12,165 posts)
59. Thank you.
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 03:16 PM
Feb 2016

Some of my fellow Sanders supporters don't want to confront this sort of information.

I think there are two important things to remember about some of the irrational exuberance we're seeing around the Sanders campaign:
1. Obviously there are RW forces who will use any method to trash Clinton, because for some of them, Clinton = Satan. They are not promoting Bernie -- they think he will be easy to dispatch. And anyway, we know RWers do not care whether a story or poll is true, if it advances their agenda.
2. Idealistic young people's hope must be ruthlessly crushed, in the worldview of the RW hate machine. So if they can help fan the flames of unrealistic expectations for Sanders, the harder that fall will be when his supporters feel disillusioned.

So I think it's important to remain optimistic and ambitious, but never to take the bait of unrealistic expectations.

blm

(113,084 posts)
62. I hear you. Some of us old-timers recognize the tactic, it was used here during 2003-4. Remember
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 03:27 PM
Feb 2016

seventhson and his pals?

Came out on election night as GOP trolls laughing their @sses off at DU because they pretended to be lefties supporting Kucinich and Dean to foment division here.

CorporatistNation

(2,546 posts)
140. Hillary Offers NO Hope, Only More of The Same... Which Is Intolerable!
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 12:41 AM
Feb 2016

Clinton is paid by Goldman Sachs et al to MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO. Her role in concert with that is to provide hopeful pragmatic soothsaying messages that oh she is trying... and change takes time and on and on... She is the puppet on the string for Wall Street!

blm

(113,084 posts)
141. And some people are paid to repeat RW propaganda to maintain GOP's grip on power….
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 01:48 PM
Feb 2016

let's cover those bases, too, shall we?

Why recommend a Moonie New source? No Sanders supporter should be gullible at this point to put their trust in Moonie News sources, no matter how they mask it.

Ino

(3,366 posts)
71. Please post a list of unacceptable sources.
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 03:38 PM
Feb 2016

I've asked for this before from those who always seem to know what's acceptable and what's not, but I guess they prefer to play "gotcha." Not everyone has time to research the owners/affiliations of every news agency. Sometimes it's obvious, but sometimes it is not. The particular source you object to, Washington Free Beacon, was referenced in an article by dailykos, which is what the OP actually linked to. Is dailykos a bad 'source' for 'news' too?

So I wish some of you who claim to know better would just post a list (not a book unavailable at my library) that the rest of us ignoramuses can refer to, rather than shooting us down post by post, alerting on the basis of "RW site!!!!!!", etc. And then adding a lecture and an insult on top of it.

IMO, the truth is just as true when it's reported by a RW site, the National Enquirer, or a source that you deem acceptable. But if it's that all-fired important to you, please help us out with a list that will make you happy.

Thank you.

blm

(113,084 posts)
78. If it comes from 'newsmedia' developed by a Korean cult leader or an Australian extortionist then
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 03:46 PM
Feb 2016

99% of the time it will be crafted as a propaganda piece.

Washington Free Beacon, Townhall, FrontPage, Insight, Human Events and Washington Times were DEVELOPED over the last 3 decades by Korean cult leader, Rev Moon….a longtime ally/CIA asset of GHWBush. Even the Left Behind series of books were political propaganda aimed at religion-based voters.

It's not about making me happy, Ino. It's about knowing when you're getting played by professional propagandists.

http://www.talk2action.org/story/2007/4/19/15131/3739

Ino

(3,366 posts)
104. That's it? Six sites?
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 09:44 PM
Feb 2016

Well, it's a start.

Noted.

If there are any more RW sources that we should avoid, please post what they are.

Thank you.

blm

(113,084 posts)
105. I posted what I know off topofmyhead - Moonie News is more than just 6 sites, especially
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 10:08 PM
Feb 2016

since the granddaddy is Washington Times.

It's nothing to be shrugged off - there would have been no Bush2 presidency without Moon's propaganda media.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bad-moon-rising-john-gorenfeld/1102623743

Response to Fuddnik (Reply #2)

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
7. And after he wins Nevada
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 01:20 PM
Feb 2016

more states will fall like dominoes.

Her entire campaign was based on her inevitability and electability--which are both bunk.

The great unraveling has begun.

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
31. She never expected to EARN our votes, and now she's utterly failinig to do so.
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 02:13 PM
Feb 2016

It's simply not possible.

FrostyAusty

(57 posts)
32. So....
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 02:15 PM
Feb 2016

Where can I buy this? I plan on Bernin one tomorrow as I watch the Nevada Caucus results.. Legally of course.. Also, up here in Seattle, obviously a very liberal city I have not seen ONE bumper sticker/ yard sign anything like that for anyone other than Bernie!!
We are Bernin and Blazin up here in the 206!!

 

greiner3

(5,214 posts)
55. I really want one but I've jumped way toom any hoops to be comfortable buying from this site;
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 03:07 PM
Feb 2016

Is it safe?

Asked Laurence Olivier

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
108. And Alaska. and Washington. and Oregon.
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 10:45 PM
Feb 2016

Quite probably next a little state called California, with 34 Million people. Perhaps you've heard of it.

Oh, those silly hippie weirdos with their legal weed! Its not like there's all that many of them!


By the way, CO is an important electoral swing state. I know DWS likes to insult vital constituencies, but suspect Hillary isnt going to want to too much.

casperthegm

(643 posts)
11. Someone is feeling the BERN
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 01:21 PM
Feb 2016

Nice! I'm telling you, this is going to be a snowball effect. The more Bernie wins, the more people find out about him and can compare him to Hillary. It's night and day when you compare them issue vs issue and get past the mud HRC slings to take your eye off the facts.

 

bunnies

(15,859 posts)
14. Well, when you think huge numbers of a states population should be in prison,
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 01:30 PM
Feb 2016

its kinda silly to expect their votes. No?

blm

(113,084 posts)
40. Careful, UncJoe - this is a Moonie News source.
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 02:34 PM
Feb 2016

No one here at DU should be posting anything that is sourced only through Moonie News.

I will point it out and condemn when I see HRC supporters doing it and I will condemn it when those who claim to support Sanders do, too.

We've seen too much propaganda from Moonie News over the last 3 decades to trust anything they put out now. We can win the nomination without jumping eagerly to swallow whatever Moonie News shoots in our direction.

blm

(113,084 posts)
46. Some of the newer posters are likely unaware of the games being played on them by these 'sources'
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 02:49 PM
Feb 2016

and by some of those referencing these 'sources'.

Yeah - this is an oldster giving fair warning.

; )

blm

(113,084 posts)
94. Nope - not when it comes to Moonie News propaganda. Especially not HERE.
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 06:41 PM
Feb 2016

Last edited Fri Feb 19, 2016, 08:08 PM - Edit history (1)

Giving up is exactly what the propagandists have been counting on for the past 3 decades. The long timers here at DU know what I'm talking about. We've seen the game play out here since DU's first prez primary and election.

KingFlorez

(12,689 posts)
19. The right-wing pollster again? This is actually a decent result for Clinton considering the source
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 02:00 PM
Feb 2016

This poll is full of very biased questions against Clinton, so who knows what the methodology was like.

With that said, only 6% lead isn't going to net Sanders a whole lot of delegates and this race is all about delegates.

 

Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)
21. "and this race is all about delegates"
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 02:05 PM
Feb 2016

Yeah - the ones "the people" have NO say about. And who could argue with that?

OilemFirchen

(7,143 posts)
20. There is no "Colorado Free Beacon".
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 02:05 PM
Feb 2016

There is, however, the Washington Free Beacon - the website cited.

Is there a tipping-point for referencing right-wing sources? If so, any idea when that will be reached?

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
66. Washington Free Beacon (and Center for American Freedom)
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 03:33 PM
Feb 2016
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Free_Beacon

The Washington Free Beacon is an American web site that publishes news and associated content. It states it is "dedicated to uncovering the stories that the powers that be hope will never see the light of day" and producing "in-depth investigative reporting on a wide range of issues, including public policy, government affairs, international security, and media."[1] It was founded by Matthew Continetti and Michael Goldfarb and launched on February 7, 2012, as a project of the 501(c)4 organization Center for American Freedom.[2] In August 2014, it announced it was becoming a for-profit news site.[3]



http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Center_for_American_Freedom

The Center for American Freedom (CAF) is a Washington based self proclaimed "conservative advocacy group" that publishes through the online news outlet, The Washington Free Beacon. Its stated mission is to "transform conservative ideas into policy because we believe that it is America’s freedom which [sic] creates boundless opportunity for her people."[1]




blm

(113,084 posts)
82. Spawned by those who earned their 'journalism' creds thru Moonie News Propaganda.
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 03:53 PM
Feb 2016

Scratch any of these RW sources and there is almost always a moonie underneath.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
85. If anyone uses a source like this to criticize Bernie, it's promptly hidden. :-/
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 04:04 PM
Feb 2016

Go figure.



We love you, Hillary!

blm

(113,084 posts)
86. Moonie News should NEVER be considered a legitimate source here at DU - No matter who the hit is on.
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 04:12 PM
Feb 2016

Because their only motivation is to hurt the Dem party and its voters and its policies in its ENTIRETY.

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)
26. As one wise DUer in another Free Beacon thread said...
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 02:10 PM
Feb 2016

"Nobody to the left of Ted Cruz reads the Washington Free Beacon".

If they say Hillary is behind, then she's ahead.

Sid

merrily

(45,251 posts)
30. I've said it before and I'll say it again: Only polls showing Hillary ahead are reliable.
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 02:13 PM
Feb 2016

I proudly stand with the State of Colorado in endorsing Bernie.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
107. Makes no difference at all to me. I've already discounted any poll in which Hillary is not in lead.
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 10:41 PM
Feb 2016

blm

(113,084 posts)
116. Whether a source is Moonie News or not should make a difference to every citizen, and, especially
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 12:18 PM
Feb 2016

to Dems.

blm

(113,084 posts)
125. Same thing you'd do if you discovered Ted Cruz was courting your vote wearing a Sanders mask.
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 11:39 PM
Feb 2016

I hear he likes swift kicks. ; )

merrily

(45,251 posts)
129. Ted Cruz is a human being. I can't kick link on the internet in the shins.
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 12:03 AM
Feb 2016

Seems as though you are stretching to avoid saying that discounting info from an unreliable source is the most I can do about an unreliable source Think I'll leave this now. It doesn't seem to be going anywhere sensible

blm

(113,084 posts)
130. Seems as though you didn't like the light-hearted reply.
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 12:13 AM
Feb 2016

OK.

But, basically, anyone here at DU should know Moonie News by now and what you do with it is always your own call. Don't be surprised if it shocks the hell out of the rest of us if you find it credible and suitable for DU.

I guess this is the new DU.

blm

(113,084 posts)
133. Then why are you dogging me about it and why recommend this Moonie News thread and
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 12:17 AM
Feb 2016

why the constant surliness aimed at me?

merrily

(45,251 posts)
135. Wow. Your second dishonest post in a row. Who's been dogging who again?
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 12:24 AM
Feb 2016

This was my post on the subject. http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1274799

It was not a heavy post, nor was it posted to you. You could have left it alone. You are the one who replied to me first and then again and again.

It was all your chastising replies to me that created this subthread. I said I was leaving off the discussion. Did you leave off? No, you replied again, quite dishonestly, IMO and you've done so again.

Also, please quote all my allegedly surly comments before you claimed falsely that I was saying the source was fine.

blm

(113,084 posts)
136. Gee, must be your tone. I was giving a heads up about the source. You didn't like it.
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 12:27 AM
Feb 2016

After all, you recommended the post using the Moonie News source. You oddly asked what you are supposed to do about it after you discount it. OK - Strange question to me, so I answered it lightheartedly. You didn't like that, either. Tough for me, eh?

merrily

(45,251 posts)
137. My tone? You hear tone on the internet? Wow.
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 12:30 AM
Feb 2016

Luckily, people can read the subthread and see you scolding in post after post.

sadoldgirl

(3,431 posts)
38. Since I live in Colorado, I would be very
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 02:30 PM
Feb 2016

cautious about this poll.

It is very difficult to predict a state
with caucuses.

All I can say is that I hope he wins here.

But I am pretty certain that Trump will
make it here on the repugly side.

 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
39. Hillary needs more studies
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 02:30 PM
Feb 2016

Before she would support medical or legalization of weed. Bernie wants to reschedule it.

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)
96. but she wants more research
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 06:53 PM
Feb 2016

i.e., more big money for her big pharma buddies. and really, who knows how long this "research" could take, decades, perhap$$$$$$$$

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
47. I got my doubts on polls
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 02:49 PM
Feb 2016

as I stated yesterday.

But if this is the case...this is just like 2008 all over again

 
48. I'm seeing the same from the ground.
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 02:52 PM
Feb 2016

More Bernie supporters than Clinton supporters.... and local Latinos loved what they heard from Bernie last night.

JonLeibowitz

(6,282 posts)
58. DU is not meant to be a liberal democratic party board -- just a democratic party board.
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 03:15 PM
Feb 2016

The party purity tests for Sanders that I keep seeing prove that too many are concerned with Identification badges than ideas or values.

blm

(113,084 posts)
84. Also not a site to spread Moonie News propaganda deliberately crafted to play us against each other.
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 03:59 PM
Feb 2016

I am surprised some on the left are rejecting the truth about Washington Free Beacon and its intent with these pieces.

I want Sanders as the nominee - but, I will not embrace Moonie News propaganda along the way. Sanders doesn't need propaganda shit like this spread around and being done by those hiding behind his good name.

 

JTFrog

(14,274 posts)
134. Read the TOS. It clearly states that right wing points of view are not welcome here.
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 12:24 AM
Feb 2016
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Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
57. Alerting
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 03:12 PM
Feb 2016
This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

Disruptive, you are giving Hillary fans a sadz.

Hurtful, it really hurts their feelings to see Hillary blow a 28 point lead.

Rude, it's from a RW source and we know they couldn't tell the truth if their very lives depended on it.

Insensitive, "Leave Hillary ALONE."

Over-the-top, how dare you post a poll that doesn't show Hillary taking a commanding lead.

Inappropriate, it's from a RW source and you know that some people can't stand to see that brought here even if that source reported on an issue they wanted to see reported and they agreed with the report.

blm

(113,084 posts)
67. Why not just explain why Moonie News propaganda sites like WFB should be accepted AS a news source?
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 03:35 PM
Feb 2016

As a Sanders supporter it's not the content that annoys me, it's the legitimacy many of my fellow supporters are giving to a Moonie News propaganda piece.

Just because a piece is crafted to appeal to us doesn't mean we should swallow what was crafted for us. When did Moonie News become a legitimate source to you, Kal?

blm

(113,084 posts)
73. If WFB is not legitimate to you then why take aim at those saying it's a RW Moonie 'news' source?
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 03:40 PM
Feb 2016

.

blm

(113,084 posts)
79. actually, it is….
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 03:49 PM
Feb 2016

but, then, my lengthy relationship with Michael O'Donoghue probably means that I am not accustomed to seeking it out with a microscope.

book_worm

(15,951 posts)
60. Right wing rag and GOP pollster even Rachel Maddow called foul on their Nevada poll
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 03:16 PM
Feb 2016

wondering if they are trying to influence the democratic caucuses.

blm

(113,084 posts)
103. They only see the DailyKos and NOT the fact that it's a Moonie News poll.
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 09:12 PM
Feb 2016

The OP knows by now, and seems to be anxious to defend his Moonie News sources by calling them something else….uh…freedom of speech.

Response to berniepdx420 (Original post)

 

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)
91. Thank you all 120 of you (at this moment) for so graciously playing into RW hands.
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 04:31 PM
Feb 2016

The polls of caucuses commissioned by the Washington Free Beacon were carried out by a polling firm with virtually no prior history and only surveyed the Democratic contests, not the Republicans.

In short, these "polls" are worthless trash obviously designed to influence the contests and undermine the candidate RWers seem to have deemed the greater challenge in November.

Congratulations.

berniepdx420

(1,784 posts)
93. Go away thank you... shall I show all the times FOX news polls were quoted... only polls that
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 05:22 PM
Feb 2016

have hillary winning in SC are allowed to be shown

blm

(113,084 posts)
95. You don't get it - Moonie News was developed specifically to propagandize against Dems and
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 06:49 PM
Feb 2016

Last edited Fri Feb 19, 2016, 08:05 PM - Edit history (1)

democracy, itself. Moon was a committed global fascist and his propaganda media was developed to persuade an entire segment of this nation to see democracy as an obstruction and to see unfettered capitalism (global fascism) as the every answer to a nation's every problem.

Where did your activism come from that you think it alright to ignore the truth about the 'news' sources you are using here?

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
119. Thank you, blm
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 01:59 PM
Feb 2016

Sorry you are being put down by your fellow Bernie supporters. I know about Moon, quite well in fact. You're right; this is pure right-wing propaganda. Moon was on record saying his goal was to rule the world (because God, of course) and his Moonie followers are his clones.

There are plenty of valid media sources, some of which actively support Bernie, some are neutral, that can be used here in support of your candidate. No need to go dumpster-diving.

blm

(113,084 posts)
120. Exactly, and trying to legitimatize its use even after being informed of it agenda - Would KKK be an
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 02:14 PM
Feb 2016

accepted source if it published something someone WANTS to believe?

one_voice

(20,043 posts)
106. wow..
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 10:16 PM
Feb 2016

Free Beacon..

What the fuck.

The Washington Free Beacon is an American web site that publishes news and associated content. It states it is "dedicated to uncovering the stories that the powers that be hope will never see the light of day" and producing "in-depth investigative reporting on a wide range of issues, including public policy, government affairs, international security, and media."[1] It was founded by Matthew Continetti and Michael Goldfarb and launched on February 7, 2012, as a project of the 501(c)4 organization Center for American Freedom.[2] In August 2014, it announced it was becoming a for-profit news site.[3]

The site is noted for its aggressive, ideologically driven reporting, modeled after liberal counterparts in the media such as Think Progress and Talking Points Memo.[2][4] Jack Hunter, a staff member of U.S. senator Rand Paul's office, resigned in 2013 after a Free Beacon report detailing his past as a radio shock jock known as the "Southern Avenger" who wore a luchador mask of the Confederate flag.[5] The publication also broke several stories about former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's successful 1975 legal defense of an accused rapist that attracted national media attention.[4][6]

The New York Times described the Free Beacon's reporting as "gleeful evisceration."[7] However, its tactics have also led to attacks from media critics and watchdog groups. The Atlantic's Conor Friedersdorf called the Free Beacon's stated mission "decadent and unethical."[8] Media Matters for America founder David Brock sent a letter to news organizations in 2014 saying, "If credible media outlets regard the unethical practices of The Free Beacon as valid, all of journalism will be debased."


Political alignment‎: ‎Conservative
Editor-in-chief‎: ‎Matthew Continetti
Headquarters‎: ‎Washington, D.C.
Managing editors‎: ‎Sonny Bunch, Aaron ...






And from the same site we have:

http://freebeacon.com/politics/economists-question-bernie-sanders-campaign-proposals/

http://freebeacon.com/politics/sanders-and-wife-steered-campaign-nonprofit-money-to-family-and-friends/

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/meet-bernie-sanders-israel-hating-advisers/

http://freebeacon.com/politics/crazy-bernie-sanders-blames-koch-brothers-for-va-scandal/

There's more where that came from.


How's that source looking now? Still feeling all bouncy?

It's a conservative, liberal hating rag. They're disgusting. Might as well quoted Rush.

blm

(113,084 posts)
117. Please make this post its own thread. Some of my fellow Sanders supporters are new and unfamiliar
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 12:22 PM
Feb 2016

with the widespread nature of Moonie News and its purpose to eradicate the left and the Dem party, altogether.

brer cat

(24,598 posts)
121. ...and some are old and familiar.
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 02:52 PM
Feb 2016

I appreciate your efforts to keep the trash from piling up too high.

blm

(113,084 posts)
123. Thank you - Hard to believe someone can repeatedly post Moonie News sources without the entire
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 11:34 PM
Feb 2016

DU forum calling them out for it.

brer cat

(24,598 posts)
128. That would have been the case earlier.
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 11:52 PM
Feb 2016

The effort by *some* Bernie supporters to shut up voices that express differing opinions has been successful. You have to notice that fewer and fewer people post here. I only stopped by because of a link somewhere else and stayed long enough to thank you for your efforts.

blm

(113,084 posts)
132. I don't think the worst voices are real Sanders' supporters. They sound more like seventhson
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 12:15 AM
Feb 2016

and his ilk who show up here during every primary pretending to be lefty purists and constantly agitating against the party.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
118. GONE! POOF! There goes the reliability of this poll.
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 01:11 PM
Feb 2016

[hr][font color="blue"][center]I'm always right. When I'm wrong I admit it.
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