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riversedge

(70,285 posts)
Wed May 11, 2016, 11:15 PM May 2016

#BernieOrBust? Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky and Bill Maher Have Some Advice For You



Wednesday, May 11, 2016



#BernieOrBust? Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky and Bill Maher Have Some Advice For You


http://www.hillaryhq.com/2016/05/bernieorbust-michael-moore-noam-chomsky.html?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=socialnetwork

Feeling the #BernieOrBust these days? Let's talk about that for a second.



....................But you don't have to take just my advice, because several very influential, high-profile voices on the left have been saying the same thing.

For instance, Michael Moore loudly endorsed Bernie on the eve of Iowa caucuses and continues to have plenty of differences with Hillary. But when it comes to the general election, it's a no-brainer:

Michael Moore is an avowed Bernie Sanders supporter and has been for years. But while the outspoken filmmaker and liberal activist says he’s with Sanders till the end, he quickly notes he’ll support former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton if she’s the nominee.

“Oh absolutely. She’s better than the alternative and she will do some good," Moore said in an interview on Sunday.

Then there's this philosophical giant who uses the same a-word when it comes to his support in November:

Noam Chomsky would “absolutely” choose Hillary Clinton over the Republican nominee if he lived in a swing state, but her primary challenger, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, “doesn’t have much of a chance," the MIT professor and intellectual said in a recent interview...

“Oh absolutely…my vote would be against the Republican candidate,” Chomsky told Al Jazeera English’s Mehdi Hasan...

Chomsky cited “enormous differences” between the two major political parties. “Every Republican candidate is either a climate change denier or a skeptic who says we can’t do it,” Chomsky said. “What they are saying is, ‘Let’s destroy the world.’ Is that worth voting against? Yeah.”

Bill Maher has also repeatedly made clear that he supports Sanders for the nomination, but he can see the writing on the wall and used a different a-word regarding the choice in November.

Last week on Real Time with Bill Maher, the brazenly liberal host tore into Sanders supporters who claim they’d rather vote for Donald Trump than Hillary Clinton. After outlining key differences between a Trump and Clinton presidency, Maher proclaimed, “That’s your choice. Don’t be assholes about it.”

These are just three examples, but there's plenty more where that came from and much more on the way shortly. All you have to do is listen................
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#BernieOrBust? Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky and Bill Maher Have Some Advice For You (Original Post) riversedge May 2016 OP
"Advice" noted whatchamacallit May 2016 #1
Andrew Sullivan recently referred to a Trump election as an "extinction level event." Bleacher Creature May 2016 #2
Watched the Chomsky documentary oldandhappy May 2016 #3
They'll be thrown under the bus now. They are all corporist shills involved in covert missions for Lil Missy May 2016 #4
Kinda Ridicolous They Use Chomsky kcjohn1 May 2016 #5

Bleacher Creature

(11,257 posts)
2. Andrew Sullivan recently referred to a Trump election as an "extinction level event."
Wed May 11, 2016, 11:19 PM
May 2016

And he's absolutely right.

Anyone who doesn't vote for Clinton - even if for no other reason than to stop Trump - is lower than pond scum.

oldandhappy

(6,719 posts)
3. Watched the Chomsky documentary
Wed May 11, 2016, 11:19 PM
May 2016

Requiem for an American Dream today on Netflix. Very good. I will watch it again. Runs about 1 hour 20 minutes. Requires concentration. Do not watch if you are tired or if you need entertainment. This is serious stuff.

Lil Missy

(17,865 posts)
4. They'll be thrown under the bus now. They are all corporist shills involved in covert missions for
Wed May 11, 2016, 11:27 PM
May 2016

the Clinton's ya know? It's been a conspiracy all along.

kcjohn1

(751 posts)
5. Kinda Ridicolous They Use Chomsky
Wed May 11, 2016, 11:29 PM
May 2016

Quote saying Bernie doesn't have a chance. He said that because he believes the powers bees would never allow Bernie to get in office. Not because Bernie or his views are not popular. He positions are main stream.

He has being proven right because the establishment and their cronies have rallied around Clinton.

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