Who exactly does Bernie Sanders consider a “Democratic w***e”?

[DanTex]

At a Bernie Sanders rally in New York City tonight, a speaker on stage just referred to Democrats as “w****s.”

MSNBC political reporter Alex Seitz-Wald, who was there, just reported the following on Twitter:

Speaker at Bernie Sanders rally: “Please do not believe the bullshit… the status quo sucks.”

Adds that we need to kick out the “corporate Democratic w****s” and replace them with “Bernie-crats.”

...

This is the kind of language that you’d expect at a Trump rally. And while Donald Trump gives a wink and a nod to violence, Bernie Sanders does the same with hate.

http://americablog.com/2016/04/exactly-bernie-sanders-consider-democratic-whore.html

[think]

1. Do you have trouble saying the word "corporate" Dan?

[Luminous Animal]

2. And this is the kind of language that you would expect on DU. Members here have been calling

politicians, reporters, and, peace activists, whores for years.

[hobbit709]

3. Look who had to toss in their 2 cents worth.

Try the exact wording of what was said.
What do you call a so-called Democrat who has sold out to the corporations?
Makes one wonder what's in it for you.

[Else You Are Mad]

4. If you read the quote you would know:

Here is the quote:

"Medicare for All will never happen if we continue to elect corporate Democratic whores who are beholden to Big Pharma and the private insurance industry instead of us."

It seems the answer is pretty obvious. But don't let the facts get in the way of your fauxrage.

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. "A speaker"

One person out of how many in attendance?

Your poutrage is duly noted, however.

[tralala]

6. I can't believe people talk about our esteemed elected officials that way

I'm crying right now

[Kittycat]

7. That's not what was said, and Bernie didn't say it - so... Outrage Machine in full riot gear

It was "Corporate" Democratic Whore, and totally different. So there's your outrage. And the person who said it has already apologized.
The Pauly person may apologize to save face, but I don't need to. Selling out the american people is just that!

https://twitter.com/Shakestweetz/status/720408387897298944

[DanTex]

9. In other words, yes, it was said. By a speaker who Bernie thanked.

His campaign is devolving into an total hate-fest.

[Kittycat]

11. No, that's not what was said.

If you're going to say it, you need to state the entire thing. And I actually agree with him. So-called dems that sell out to corporations for the sake of the people are corporate whores.

[Old Crow]

41. Uh-huh. LOL.

[beam me up scottie]

8. Must. Remain. Outraged.

[sadoldgirl]

10. While I totally dislike this kind of language,

and find it unacceptable, I would like to know:

a) who used those words, and

b) who claimed they were directed at HRC.

(Mind you, I would not use the, but directed at
DWS, I can really understand them. After all she
prefers repugs to represent districts rather than
Dems.)

[Lucinda]

29. Dr Paul Song

[onehandle]

12. The 'Not Hillary' Party loves the ladies. nt

[Luminous Animal]

13. No. He specifically referenced Democratic CORPORATE whores.

But maybe someone should ask John at Americblog which members of the MSM he was calling whores in 2005

"AmericaBlog’s John Aravosis to declare “National Press Club is the MSM’s latest whore.”"

http://www.adweek.com/fishbowldc/controversy-sch-montroversy/1333

[Dem2]

14. This thread may be toast

I bailed on a jury since I have been participating in this topic and felt like I wasn't neutral enough.

[m-lekktor]

15. You Hillary people have lost your fucking minds!!

[beam me up scottie]

16. That happened last April when a challenger appeared.

[TheFarseer]

17. Bernie Sanders didn't call anyone a whore

Have you totally lost it?

[DanTex]

18. Right, he got a surrogate to do it.

[TheCowsCameHome]

20. He (Sanders) personally ordered it?

C'mon now, that's a real stretch.............

[DanTex]

22. Somehow a surrogate of his ended up saying it at one of his rallies.

Is Trump responsible for the violence that he incites at his rallies? I guess opinions differ.

[TheFarseer]

24. That's the last thing he would want someone to say

Because the story for the next 3 days is that his campaign is sexist/not pc/take your pick, instead of focused on his anti-corruption message. Totally unsurprising you are more concerned with a poor choice of words than the fact that our government is for sale.

[DanTex]

26. Of course. It's just a coincidence that he invites people like that to speak at his events...

[beam me up scottie]

35. ALCOA!!!

[TheFarseer]

36. I already explained why it absolutely does not help

And he absolutely would not want anyone to say that.

[uponit7771]

34. He didn't call Obama niggerized either just had Cornell West who did stump for him

[TheFarseer]

42. I'm pretty sure bernie had no idea what he even meant by that

Let alone told him to say it. It was pretty clear what was meant when Hillary surrogate Stephanie Tubbs Jones said Somalia is Obama's country.

[NorthCarolina]

19. Spare me the faux outrage. This is really a

desperation move. Fifty THOUSAND or more at his rally this evening...imagine if they could all vote in a fair Democracy, the establishment cronies would be gone overnight. Remind me, how close has Hillary gotten to 50K enthusiastic supporters at a campaign rally on a week night? Or ANY night, or day, for that matter. Fact is, she CAN'T. I know it, YOU know it, we all know it...if we're being totally honest that is.

Hillary may be the best president the current system will allow, but Bernie Sanders is the President the people want.

[DanTex]

21. Calling Hillary that was most definitely a desperation move. I agree.

[frylock]

43. Of course, that never happened, Dan.

Are you getting enough sleep, Dan? Have some soup.

[riderinthestorm]

23. corporate whore, a common phrase

But I'm loving the desperation lol.

[NanceGreggs]

25. Poor Bernie.

Still trying to suck and blow at the same time.

Throughout his campaign, he's been trying to distance himself from the party he's allegedly running for, while simultaneously asking voters who are staunch supporters of that party to vote for him.

Bernie has demeaned the Democrats for decades. He was never "one of us" - and he's been proving that from day one of his campaign. Many of his supporters (real and alleged) have spent the last year demonizing every Democrat who refuses to kiss Bernie's ass - something that's been well-documented, written about by journalists/bloggers, etc.

The vile comments left by BSers on the FaceBook pages and websites of anyone who endorses/supports HRC speak for themselves, in terms of what kind of people Bernie has been attracting from the get-go.

He could have spoken out against it - but he didn't. So I guess we have to assume that this is the way he wanted things to go all along.

[DesertFlower]

28. i can't even count the number of

times i've been insulted, called a liar, etc. by bernie's supporters.

[NanceGreggs]

39. So have we all.

All HRC supporters have been insulted on this site. It's obvious that the Admins here don't care about civility any more than Bernie does.

[jfern]

30. That wasn't Bernie, that was a speaker who immediately apologized

You can stop beating the dead horse.

[DanTex]

32. We all know the excuses and the dog whistles.

[jfern]

33. Yes, we know who says "hard working white people"

[beam me up scottie]

45. You should, your candidate is the one famous for using them:

Too bad corporate whore isn't a dog whistle.

[Bonobo]

37. Asterisks on the word "whore"

You're becoming like a cartoon.

[dchill]

38. Careful, DanTex, you're gonna cut yourself!

[frylock]

40. We're self-censoring the word whore now?

[workinclasszero]

44. All democratic Hillary Clinton supporters?