Senior Clinton Aide Tells Reporter: Fuck Bernie

[drokhole]

Senior Clinton Aide Tells Reporter: Fuck Bernie

In Politico’s morning recap of yesterday’s New York primary, in which Hillary Clinton trounced Bernie Sanders, reporter Glenn Thrush recounts a conversation he had with a “senior Clinton aide” last night (bolding ours):

“We kicked his ass tonight,” a senior Clinton aide told me Tuesday night. “I hope this convinces Bernie to tone it down. If not, fuck him.”

(Note: Politico, apparently sensitive to the political class’s sense of propriety, rendered “fuck” as “f‒‒‒” in the original report.)

At least this senior official working with and for Clinton - you know, someone actually employed by and integral to the campaign itself - steered clear of any vulgar phrases (words being more offensive than the actions and behaviors they point towards, after all) that might suggest Sanders belongs to a broader group of corporate lackeys. Though, I'm not sure "fuck him" represents anything more than a direct, hateful attack/invective...but whatevs! Tone!

[geek tragedy]

1. It's a very fair statement. Sanders has to determine if he wants Trump

to be President or if he's going to be a team player.

If he decides he'd rather see Trump elected than swallow his own pride, then yes "fuck him" is appropriate.

[drokhole]

2. Lovely bit of false framing, there!

And good to know you can confidently and dismissively rationalize obscenities (not just words, but fundamental attitude and worldview) when it suits your interests!

[geek tragedy]

5. oh heavens, potty language from political operatives. must find some pearls to clutch nt

[beaglelover]

6. So many delicate flowers on this website, it's disgusting.

How do they survive in the real world???

[drokhole]

9. No problem at all with fightin' words, just rank hypocrisy and cognitive dissonance.

Thanks for helping prove my point!

[Joe the Revelator]

16. 5 days ago you were crying over the use of 'corporate whore'

give it a rest.

[ViseGrip]

11. Exactly, and what he just said is fuck his supporters too! Okay with me!

[Zira]

3. More like we sufficiently suppressed the vote tonight. We took over 100 thousands dems out of the

Dem party and re-registered them as independent and that was in Brooklyn alone. We made sure there were not enough polling booths and that many people couldn't vote when they got to them. We tried to win by people who already voted weeks ago, not trusting the true polls that the voters changed their minds by tonight. And we tried very hard to suppress the youth vote and succeeded.

[Adrahil]

4. Unacceptable IMO.

He should apologize for such a crass remark, if it was actually made.

[Arkana]

7. As Grand Moff Tarkin said, "Charming to the last."

[restorefreedom]

8. fuck him/her right back

and the true colors of the surrogates, which reflect their candidate, shine bright

https://m.

[azurnoir]

10. Good enough

[PeaceNikki]

12. K&R because I agree with the sentiment.

“I hope this convinces Bernie to tone it down. If not, fuck him.”

[PDittie]

13. Yeah, that's going to help with party unity

[geek tragedy]

14. Has Bernie sent out a fundraising email on this yet? nt

[MineralMan]

15. Which Clinton aide?

Did you notice that nobody was named? Politico is not a friend of Democrats. So why was this aide not named? Maybe there was no aide at all who said that?

If an unnamed source is used in a story, the logical question always is, "Why no name?"

Believe it.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. Folks swear in private.

Knock me over with a feather.