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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
Sun Oct 25, 2015, 12:14 PM Oct 2015

Very Different Campaigns on Display for Iowa Democrats

I'm proud to be "unpolished". If all our shirts were identical we'd be called out for that too. Geez, different "mismatched" shirts is actually worth mentioning?

And what's with that choice of photo? Gotta go with the grumpy old man meme?

http://abc7ny.com/news/very-different-campaigns-on-display-for-iowa-democrats-/1050257/

DES MOINES, Iowa --
If there was ever a question about what differentiated the campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, both candidates and their supporters made it loud and clear Saturday night in Iowa.

The sporting event atmosphere at Hy-Vee Hall included supporters of all the three Democrats left in the presidential race: Clinton, Sanders, and former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley. Supporters of Clinton and Sanders dominated the gymnasium-style bleachers, waving glow sticks, pounding on the floor, and chanting.

On one half of the space, the Clinton fans looked organized and polished. They wore matching, glow-in-the-dark, blue t-shirts that read, "I'm fighting for her." They held battery-operated foam lights that shone brightly when the lights dimmed and doubled as noise-makers.

Sanders' fans had glow sticks, too, the kind that glow after being snapped. While many of his fans wore Bernie 2016 t-shirts, they were mismatched and different colors. His section also included several homemade signs.

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Very Different Campaigns on Display for Iowa Democrats (Original Post) LiberalElite Oct 2015 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author elleng Oct 2015 #1
Yeah O'Malley is getting the silent treatment. emulatorloo Oct 2015 #3
Yup. SoapBox Oct 2015 #7
He has been doing great things this week artislife Oct 2015 #4
You should probably post this complaint in the O'Malley group. smokey nj Oct 2015 #8
In a thread called Very Different Campaigns on Display for Iowa Democrats? elleng Oct 2015 #9
Promote your candidate in your own group. smokey nj Oct 2015 #10
I DO, constantly. elleng Oct 2015 #11
Then why do you insist on doing it in this group? smokey nj Oct 2015 #12
Because this thread invited this discussion, elleng Oct 2015 #13
I am a host. smokey nj Oct 2015 #14
Yet more MSM stupidity. Totally irrelevant. emulatorloo Oct 2015 #2
+1 mmonk Oct 2015 #5
Robocandidate's robosupporters emulate the Borg. mhatrw Oct 2015 #6

Response to LiberalElite (Original post)

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
7. Yup.
Sun Oct 25, 2015, 11:14 PM
Oct 2015

Early this morning, on CBS radio...the end of their Iowa story wa like, oh and Sanders and O'Malley too.

But tonight on their national TV news, actually showed Bernie, supporters and stuff.

MO'M? Zip. He's definitely getting the blackout treatment.

 

artislife

(9,497 posts)
4. He has been doing great things this week
Sun Oct 25, 2015, 12:23 PM
Oct 2015

And I only know because of his supporters.

He is a good man.

smokey nj

(43,853 posts)
8. You should probably post this complaint in the O'Malley group.
Sun Oct 25, 2015, 11:40 PM
Oct 2015

This is the Bernie Sanders group, O'Malley discussions are inappropriate and irrelevant here.

elleng

(131,073 posts)
11. I DO, constantly.
Sun Oct 25, 2015, 11:52 PM
Oct 2015
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1281

THIS thread discusses Very Different Campaigns on Display for Iowa Democrats, and the OP includes

'If there was ever a question about what differentiated the campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, both candidates and their supporters made it loud and clear Saturday night in Iowa.

The sporting event atmosphere at Hy-Vee Hall included supporters of all the three Democrats left in the presidential race: Clinton, Sanders, and former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley. Supporters of Clinton and Sanders dominated the gymnasium-style bleachers, waving glow sticks, pounding on the floor, and chanting.'

smokey nj

(43,853 posts)
12. Then why do you insist on doing it in this group?
Sun Oct 25, 2015, 11:55 PM
Oct 2015

This isn't the first time you've done this. Please stop.

elleng

(131,073 posts)
13. Because this thread invited this discussion,
Mon Oct 26, 2015, 12:04 AM
Oct 2015

and no one other than you has complained, ALL DAY, but rather responded with useful comments.

I don't think I have violated terms of this group in the past or now. If I have, the Hosts can so inform me.

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