Did Camp Clinton put out that Bad Bernie video because of the bird?

[Armstead]

David Brock put out a video of Bernie supposedly being mean to his wife on the podium by signaling to her that he was about to start his speech.

Brock tried to misleadingly portray what looked to me like momentary stage confusion as proof that Bernie is a mean husband.

Strange coincidence that they chose to do this little smear job after Bernie got some good publicity with the incident of the bird on the stage.

Seems mighty sleazy and petty.

[marions ghost]

1. Scraping the barrel

first it was "he's rude to reporters in AZ' and now he's rude to his wife.

they got nuthin

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. it's all they've got

I saw that live.. He was focused and pumped up. Move over dear, i'm about to start throwing my arms around!

[IdaBriggs]

3. She's lucky Bernie is too classy to respond in kind.

Video: "My husband would Never..."

Followed by: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman..."

Followed by: impeachment video



As I said, Bernie is too classy. Trump, on the other hand...

[onehandle]

4. Like the 'Not Hillary' Party wouldn't jump on a video of Hillary being grumpy. nt

[GreatGazoo]

5. they ARE hating the bird

Rachel Maddow kicked off Friday telling us how birds get into arena all the time and it is nothing unusual and that we should all just ignore it.

[quickesst]

8. Rachel is right...

And for so-called liberal Progressive to suddenly latch on to this and declare it a miracle come to Jesus moment is just .

[ThePhilosopher04]

10. Yes, but how many birds fly onto the podium of someone speaking to a packed house ...

and sit there? I'd dare say the answer is one. That in of itself is symbolic and telling. There was a momentary trust and connection between the bird and Bernie, which was obviously unscripted and unfiltered. There's a reason why the Clinton camp is working overtime to poo poo the symbolism, because whether you're religious/spiritual or not, a lot of people are and will be drawn to the symbolic connection, particularly on Easter weekend. Clinton is not capable of such moments without staging or pre-planning, and they know it.

[Snotcicles]

15. Leave it to Rachel to take a dump on a very feelgood and human moment at a Sanders rally. nt

[GreatGazoo]

16. It was like she HAD to cover it so she mimizes it and condescends,

Says it is not unusual to have a bird in there, true, but leaves out the bird landing 2 feet from Sanders and looking at him ? And why would the crowd NOT react to such a thing? These are tough days for Rachel Maddow and all other Clinton supporters.

from the 2:00 mark here

[bettyellen]

19. she said it was adorable, a treat, a "dream come true" and gushed at how amusing it was.

And reran the footage 3-4 times. OMG Rachel is horrible to Bernie.

[ThePhilosopher04]

6. What do you expect from pond scum? They have no ethics or morals.

[dogman]

7. They would have enjoyed it more if he had gestured while speaking and poked her in the face.

I saw this and knew it would be used by the "artful smear" campaign.

[Snotcicles]

9. "Sleazy and petty" That sums up Brock pretty well. nt

[Capt. Obvious]

11. At least Brock didn't refer to Jane Sanders as, "a little bit nutty and a little bit slutty."

He's changed.

[arcane1]

14. Net yet, anyway.

They'll get more and more desperate over time.

[arcane1]

12. Brock is still being Brock. Anything to distract from actual issues and defame the opponent.

People actually support this shit?

[beam me up scottie]

13. Brock is a lying misogynistic scumbag, I don't expect anything better from him.

He's Hillary's Karl Rove and her supporters are happily swift boating Bernie along with him.

[Octafish]

17. This David Brock bird?

Someone said that it came from Polly's Trained Birds of Walla Walla, Washington.

[richmark950]

18. As I said,

As I said, Bernie is too classy

[KingFlorez]

20. I'm pretty sure if Hillary was so nasty to Bill on stage that it would end up in a video

That sort of thing is bad optics, period.

[Armstead]

23. Bad optics is one is very nearsighted

[bvar22]

21. Clinton Campaign.....sleazy and petty.

Good description.

[MisterP]

22. here it is in its skull-crackingly stupid glory

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511593090

[jillan]

24. Either that or they are trying to be like Trump.