Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumNew Sanders hire, who was critical of Democratic opponents, scrubs internet history
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https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/19/politics/bernie-sanders-hires-former-journalist/index.html
(CNN) David Sirota, a journalist and social media provocateur, was formally announced Tuesday as a new senior adviser and speechwriter for the Bernie Sanders campaign.
Sirota, who is known for both his reporting and combative Twitter presence, had been informally advising the campaign on a trial basis since the day after Sanders formally launched his 2020 bid for the presidency last month. But shortly before his hiring was announced, Sirota began erasing old tweets, many of which ran contrary to Sanders' call last month for supporters and surrogates to adopt a more friendly tone in their public exchanges with political rivals.
According to campaign manager Faiz Shakir, Sirota began the trial arrangement, in which he would assist Sanders with speechwriting, on Feb. 20, a day after Sanders made his candidacy official. Sirota left his post with the Capital and Main website on Feb. 14, Shakir said. He then signed a formal letter to become the campaign speechwriter on March 11. The trial period was to see how Sanders, who traditionally prefers to handwrite his own speeches on yellow-lined paper, would work with a speechwriter.
Sirota did not respond to CNN's request for comment on his new role with the Sanders campaign.
Sirota's last byline for Capital and Main was on Feb. 6, an interview with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, who has since announced his own candidacy. In a statement posted on Twitter, Guardian editor John Mulholland, said Sirota was last published in the newspaper in December, and that Sirota's first contact with the Sanders campaign did not come until mid-January.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Socal31
(2,484 posts)They are archived, no deleting possible. The posts I saw were anti-Harris for sure.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
George II
(67,782 posts)...bashed a number of other Democratic candidates, i.e., Sanders opponents.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Socal31
(2,484 posts)https://web.archive.org/web/
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
BannonsLiver
(16,508 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
lapucelle
(18,361 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
George II
(67,782 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(297,812 posts)Russia.
So now BS fans are saying this isn't true? What am I missing?
Mahalo, George
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
George II
(67,782 posts)...the mass deletes began.
What was he trying to hide? What was he ashamed of? My take is that once common sense sinks in, he'll be dismissed. He may have a shorter shelf life than Scaramucci.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
dalton99a
(81,637 posts)Sirota was Sanders' press secretary 20 years ago. They have been friends for decades. It's not like Sanders has never seen Sirota's writings, or vice versa.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BlueFlorida
(1,532 posts)People can still see his tweets on the wayback machine -- the internet archive.
Also, many people must have taken screenshots.
Unless one deletes a tweet in a few minutes, it is forever.
It is better to leave the tweets and defend them rather than deleting them, unless of course, they are indefensible.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
SFnomad
(3,473 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
R B Garr
(16,995 posts)Looks like they got caught and are trying to spin a different story.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... well, that's simply NOT the candidate for me. Sounds too much like Trump.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)He wants to be President something terrible.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Openly hiring people who voted for Stein (or Trump? 12% of his voters did), and telling them they have to try to talk nicer about Democrats this time, would suggest he realizes this primary run will be much shorter, but maybe he doesn't.
I've never figured out how this man thinks.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(145,667 posts)This is a concept that is applicable https://civilprocedure.uslegal.com/discovery/spoliation-of-evidence/
When a crucial document is lost by spoliation, the courts may try to infer the original information by applying spoliation inference rule. Spoliation inference rule is a negative evidentiary inference. When applying the rule, courts will review the altered document with inference against the spoliator and in favor of the opposing party. The theory behind spoliation inference is that when a party has destroyed evidence, it shows that the party had consciousness of guilt or other reasons to avoid evidence. Hence, the court will conclude that the evidence was not in spoliators favor.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden