Is there a strategy

[.99center]

To Hillary's and Bill's personal attacks on Bernie supporters and liberals?

[djean111]

1. I can't imagine what the strategy is supposed to accomplish.

I think they are just naturally mean.

[Avalux]

2. It's a strategy of confusion and distraction, modeled after the GOP. n/t

[lumberjack_jeff]

3. There's undoubtedly a strategy behind their personal attacks on reality.

...but it escapes me.

[truedelphi]

4. Who knows? Is it really all that different from Rahm Emanuel calling us progressives

"retards" ??

I guess the point of it all is to make us feel like we are in the minority and are the fringe.

When actually most people want a lot more than what we are being given.

[jillan]

5. Yes - they are telling us they do not want our votes. What else could it be?

[onecaliberal]

6. To steal every page from the republican book.

[pdsimdars]

7. It wreaks of desperation.

[berniepdx420]

8. win at all cost.. because they need to keep us from raising the taxes on the super rich.. and to

keep us from ending their corporate socialism and replacing it with democratic socialism..

[Autumn]

9. They think we have no where else to go.

[DookDook]

10. Gaslighting?

The only thing I can think is that it's supposed to be some form of gaslighting. Maybe if we all think that we're the only ones that think that a self described Democratic Socialist would be good for the country then we'll just give up and let HRC have the nomination and not get in the way.

The entire time that Secretary Clinton has been running all I've been hearing about is how it's 'inevitable' that she'll get the nomination. So why donate to Sanders when HRC is going to get the nod? And then it was, "Well, even if he's winning, he will never get the supers to turn. So why support him? It's the math stupid!"

I don't think I need to explain what we've all been living the past few months, but the only strategy I can see here is that they want to gaslight us into thinking that he's already lost so that we'll all just 'get in line' and 'vote for Blue, no matter who!' And that was when I started to question Hillary. Whenever someone is doing your thinking for you, it's not because they're looking out for you best interests.

[Jackilope]

11. We don't cower to them and we call 'em out

They are so used to bullying and using their enemies list, they forget they'd need the votes if she won. Entitled and narcissistic types like that think we will fall in line even after their antics.

Actually, the 1% would win regardess of her or GOP.

[SHRED]

12. They think if they repeat...

"Susan Sarandon" over and over then that'll be a winner for them.

[Lucinda]

13. What personal attacks? n/t

[Cowpunk]

14. Yes, I think there is one.

I've been gathering information for an OP about this specific issue.

I believe that the Clinton whisper campaign has the goal of showing that Bernie Sanders and his supporters are the mirror image of Donald Trump and his supporters.

[Jack Bone]

15. realizing that there's probably no 2024 for them...

I suggest their strategy to be of the "scorched earth" type.