Bernie Sanders Repudiates ‘Whores’ Comment At His Rally But The Damage Is Done

[workinclasszero]

Bernie Sanders Repudiates ‘Whores’ Comment At His Rally But The Damage Is Done
By Jason Easley on Thu, Apr 14th, 2016 at 10:55 am

Dr. Song sounded like an insensitive extremist, and that, in a nutshell, is the overarching problem that the Sanders campaign is facing. In open primaries, Independents can be courted with outsider rhetoric. In a series of closed Democratic primaries, in a party where women are the majority, comments like Dr. Song’s lose votes for the candidates that they support.

Song was criticizing Democrats in a closed Democratic primary. Needless to say, this is not a winning strategy. His comments only fanned the doubts of Democrats who believe that Sen. Sanders is not a real Democrat.

In practical terms, Bernie Sanders isn’t going to win closed Democratic primaries without Democratic votes. It is also not good to enrage the very superdelegates that Sen. Sanders needs if he is going to win the Democratic nomination by calling them corporate whores.

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[DanTex]

1. Yup. I don't think a little tweeted apology is going to get him out of this one.

Particularly when it comes after the "unqualified" remarks and the multi-Pinocchio lies about "fossil fuel industry" money and the rest of the smears that Bernie has been hurling lately.

[SocialLibFiscalCon]

6. You forgot PopeGate

and all your other bullshit. How much does the HRC campaign pay you? Whatever it is, it's way too much....

[Baobab]

15. Its unfair to sex workers to associate them with amoral corporations or politicians they donate to.

Although i cant think of one right now, i doubt if the English language is lacking a better word. One must be out there.

[workinclasszero]

14. Interesting campaign strategy of Bernie's shills

Call all democrats that don't support you whores right before a closed, democrat only primary that comprises more female voters than males.

Pure genius...if you want to lose badly anyway!

[Baobab]

18. I don't see any of the characteristic echo chamber stuff coming from bernie supporters.

While in this campaign, the same firms that likely were helping another candidate in 2008 seem to have switched to their former opponents team.

maybe they got a referral?

[Baobab]

23. Nobody called all Democrats anything. I think there is just a lot of outrage as to the coercive

way The Annointed candidate is being crammed down the country's collective throat, not unlike a force feeding session at Abu Ghraib.

Also, Hillary is trying to wrap herself in her femaleness but females are rejecting her as a phony.

Sure lots of people feel as if there must be a better word- But the core idea is unfortunately too true to just dismiss.

This is what happens when a candidate sells out SO THOROUGHLY.

All the spin in the universe cannot cover up the mess cause by selling out as she has.

They are outraged that things have not proceeded according to plan. But, its what happens when your candidate is not a moral person - and is driven by money and power and not a desire to serve the country. (Unless one means serving up the country on a silver platter to be carved up into feudal fiefs.)

[hobbit709]

2. That deceased equine is not only beat but totally pulverized now.

[Autumn]

3. Damage to who? Bernie for not saying those words or corporate whores for being

corporate whores? I'm not offended by the term corporate whores, I am offended that we elect politicians to look out for the interests of the people and then they become corporate whores.

[CrowCityDem]

4. One thing is for sure:

he can't claim anymore that he's running a positive campaign. The attacks are piling up, and we notice that he's gone back on his promise.

[Baobab]

19. bernie is running the most positive campaign of any candidate. Hillary's problem is that she has SO

much her supporters are trying to hide.

Issues are important to discuss in democracies.

[CrowCityDem]

20. Hardly. His campaign is based on the assumption that America sucks right now.

[Baobab]

22. America doesnt have to "suck" - We are a potentially great country

Money in politics is what has caused this mess.

[CrowCityDem]

24. That's too simplistic.

You can't write off everyone who disagrees with Bernie's particular way of solving issues as being beholden to big money. There is more than one progressive way of addressing the issues we face, and reducing it all to money not only ignores reality, it alienates a large number of people who don't like being preached to about purity by someone who is also ethically dubious, by his own standard.

[onehandle]

5. There's nothing left to say about this on our side.

They keep bringing it up. They are continuing to associate the word with their candidate.

Let them eat static...

[TheCowsCameHome]

7. Any yet you keep posting and replying.

It must be tough to not have life.

[ibegurpard]

8. sounds like

You would have been right at home at that Romney fundraiser.

[SocialLibFiscalCon]

9. You mean the static noise machine

that Hillary uses so nobody can hear what she's telling her big money donors?

[ibegurpard]

10. yup

Interesting comment wasn't it?

[Baobab]

27. Read this re-lack of transparency- How it began in recent years (link)

The Noise machine is Pretty telling of how little she cares about the country

You should know that the current level of secrecy started during the Clinton years

Read this article- you'll see how this began

Today’s federal agencies are ‘highly message-controlled.’ Here’s what that means for health reporting

[jmg257]

11. It is sad, but we can hope the prostitutes who were slandered via association

Will get over it eventually.

[Segami]

12. LOL!..."damage"?.....thats what you get for trying to

jump off a spinning weathervane in a rush to post on GDP......

[TheCowsCameHome]

13. What damage?

To your vivid imaginations?

[m-lekktor]

16. Oh spare me the drama! The only people who care about this ridiculousness are Hillary partisans. nt

[Viva_La_Revolution]

17. no damage i see. Twitter memes are flying. Corporate Whore is exact and striking a cord.

[NorthCarolina]

21. That's just it. Why sit on DU

arguing back and forth with a handfull of of Clinton surrogates and their silly memes du jour when your on-line time would be better spent communicating with the world on Twitter where there is actual discussion of issues going on, and crap like this is debunked in seconds.

[ThePhilosopher04]

25. It'll have zero impact

No Bernie supporters will change their minds and few Clinton supporters will change theirs. If anything, it'll sway a few Independents who are undecided Bernie's way. If Hillary wants to be President, she needs to toughen up and quit playing victim all the time. We don't need a President who's constantly whining when someone calls them out.

[zazen]

26. trash thread n/t

[Armstead]

28. Awwwwww thoise extremists who don't want people to DIE because of Corporate Health Industry

Why aren't they apologists for a system that is CORRUPT AND IMMORAL?

How dare they have passion and ideals.

[Kalidurga]

29. Yes, I think people are going to notice that not everyone is a bought and paid for Corporate...

shill.

[Politicalboi]

30. Oh please

You guys don't OWN this word. It is NOT sexist. Enough already. Bernie didn't need to say ANYTHING.

[rogerashton]

31. Has Hillary repudiated "armbands?" nt