2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum"Colorado Free Beacon poll: Bernie overtakes Hillary! 28 point lead - GONE! POOF!"
By geebeebee, Friday Feb 19, 2016 · 6:31 AM PSTBernie 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 Clintons 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
Ned_Devine
(3,146 posts)berniepdx420
(1,784 posts)blm
(113,084 posts)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
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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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
TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts).
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SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)never saw this one - poof
Fuddnik
(8,846 posts)Free Bacon? I'm in!
R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)Thought the same thing.
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Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)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.
berniepdx420
(1,784 posts)arcane1
(38,613 posts)It's simply not possible.
PonyUp
(1,680 posts)berniepdx420
(1,784 posts)frylock
(34,825 posts)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!!
FrostyAusty
(57 posts)greiner3
(5,214 posts)Is it safe?
Asked Laurence Olivier
greiner3
(5,214 posts)6chars
(3,967 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)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.
azmom
(5,208 posts)casperthegm
(643 posts)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.
CharlotteVale
(2,717 posts)bunnies
(15,859 posts)its kinda silly to expect their votes. No?
Faux pas
(14,690 posts)Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)dorkzilla
(5,141 posts)Mbrow
(1,090 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,414 posts)Thanks for the thread, berniepdx.
blm
(113,084 posts)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.
Uncle Joe
(58,414 posts)Peace to you.
blm
(113,084 posts)and by some of those referencing these 'sources'.
Yeah - this is an oldster giving fair warning.
; )
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)blm
(113,084 posts)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)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)Yeah - the ones "the people" have NO say about. And who could argue with that?
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)If they steal this, we won't be there for the GE.
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)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?
berniepdx420
(1,784 posts)KingFlorez
(12,689 posts)berniepdx420
(1,784 posts)blm
(113,084 posts).
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)It is what it is.
blm
(113,084 posts).
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Center_for_American_Freedom
blm
(113,084 posts)Scratch any of these RW sources and there is almost always a moonie underneath.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Go figure.
We love you, Hillary!
blm
(113,084 posts)Because their only motivation is to hurt the Dem party and its voters and its policies in its ENTIRETY.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)"Nobody to the left of Ted Cruz reads the Washington Free Beacon".
If they say Hillary is behind, then she's ahead.
Sid
berniepdx420
(1,784 posts)merrily
(45,251 posts)I proudly stand with the State of Colorado in endorsing Bernie.
blm
(113,084 posts)Big difference.
merrily
(45,251 posts)blm
(113,084 posts)to Dems.
merrily
(45,251 posts)blm
(113,084 posts)I hear he likes swift kicks. ; )
merrily
(45,251 posts)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)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.
merrily
(45,251 posts)blm
(113,084 posts)why the constant surliness aimed at me?
merrily
(45,251 posts)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)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)Luckily, people can read the subthread and see you scolding in post after post.
blm
(113,084 posts).
merrily
(45,251 posts)pinebox
(5,761 posts)This is of no shock at all
asuhornets
(2,405 posts)sadoldgirl
(3,431 posts)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.
pinebox
(5,761 posts)Autumn
(45,120 posts)Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Before she would support medical or legalization of weed. Bernie wants to reschedule it.
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)i.e., more big money for her big pharma buddies. and really, who knows how long this "research" could take, decades, perhap$$$$$$$$
warrprayer
(4,734 posts)The 1% must be getting nervous!
Duval
(4,280 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)as I stated yesterday.
But if this is the case...this is just like 2008 all over again
840high
(17,196 posts)Rocky the Leprechaun
(222 posts)More Bernie supporters than Clinton supporters.... and local Latinos loved what they heard from Bernie last night.
zappaman
(20,606 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Should be banned on a liberal democratic party board IMO.
FSogol
(45,525 posts)JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)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)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.
JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)JTFrog
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Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)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)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?
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)I don't believe any MSM source.
blm
(113,084 posts).
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)blm
(113,084 posts)but, then, my lengthy relationship with Michael O'Donoghue probably means that I am not accustomed to seeking it out with a microscope.
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)book_worm
(15,951 posts)wondering if they are trying to influence the democratic caucuses.
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)Is that what you are trying to say????
Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)Quick: let's invent a smear!
d_legendary1
(2,586 posts)Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)d_legendary1
(2,586 posts)This shit ain't going away.
demwing
(16,916 posts)Hillary might have won, if it weren't for you meddling millennials...
WillyT
(72,631 posts)berningman
(144 posts)OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends.
blm
(113,084 posts)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.
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NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)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)have hillary winning in SC are allowed to be shown
blm
(113,084 posts)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)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)accepted source if it published something someone WANTS to believe?
blm
(113,084 posts).
zappaman
(20,606 posts)joshcryer
(62,276 posts)Boxerfan
(2,533 posts)Potheads-They think of everything a stoner may need.
quantumjunkie
(244 posts)one_voice
(20,043 posts)Free Beacon..
What the fuck.
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."
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.
still_one
(92,381 posts)blm
(113,084 posts)with the widespread nature of Moonie News and its purpose to eradicate the left and the Dem party, altogether.
brer cat
(24,598 posts)I appreciate your efforts to keep the trash from piling up too high.
blm
(113,084 posts)DU forum calling them out for it.
brer cat
(24,598 posts)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)and his ilk who show up here during every primary pretending to be lefty purists and constantly agitating against the party.
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)amborin
(16,631 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]I'm always right. When I'm wrong I admit it.
So then I'm right about being wrong.[/center][/font][hr]
book_worm
(15,951 posts)Robbins
(5,066 posts)establishment will make sure CLinton wins it.