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George II

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11. It's not an article, it's an opinion piece from "Paste Magazine"....

Thu Mar 21, 2019, 09:36 PM

Mar 2019

.... written by someone who has idolized Sanders for years.

Did you read this? https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/19/politics/bernie-sanders-hires-former-journalist/index.html

I guess the big question is, what does Sirota have to hide? Hours after he was "officially" hired (he was hires a couple of months ago) he deleted virtually ALL of his tweets accumulated over several years. At last glance, he left only about 100 tweets of more than 20,000.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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The Atlantic Accused David Sirota of Secretly Working For Bernie Sanders. But Where's the Evidence? [View all] CentralMass Mar 2019 OP

Where's the evidence? How about Sanders' own campaign manager, Faiz Shakir, admitting it? George II Mar 2019 #1

Apparently you didn't read the article. n/t Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #3

Apparently you didn't see his own campaign manager's admission, and this from CNN: George II Mar 2019 #4

Again you didn't read the article of the OP. n/t Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #6

It's not an article, it's an opinion piece from "Paste Magazine".... George II Mar 2019 #11

See repy 17 CentralMass Mar 2019 #21

See reply #25. George II Mar 2019 #34

I've read the damn opinion piece and it tells me Cha Mar 2019 #32

Did you read who wrote this piece? ehrnst Mar 2019 #60

Bragman of "A Liberal Case for Trump" infamy? KitSileya Mar 2019 #69

You are using facts against a silly opinion piece Gothmog Mar 2019 #72

It's an opinion piece from a Bernie fan club newsletter. BannonsLiver Mar 2019 #7

The arguments in the article are most logical; perhaps you can point something out in it that isn't? Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #8

Subjectively "logical", not necessarily factual. George II Mar 2019 #20

Good luck arguing logic... some just don't want to hear it, though it does make perfect sense. InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #51

Where are the facts supporting the claims in this opinion piece Gothmog Mar 2019 #73

Sirota worked to defeat Democrats and elect Trump. Hortensis Mar 2019 #85

Yeah, what do we expect? Objectivity? Cha Mar 2019 #35

Since when does deleting tweets, emails, and/or texts cause for suspicion? Or does that standard InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #53

Not sure. Maybe we could speculate. WeekiWater Mar 2019 #57

Better to let the facts come out... why jump to conclusions? InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #58

And when it's the Clintons, it's ripe for speculation. NT WeekiWater Mar 2019 #59

Clinton had a third party law firm review the documents Gothmog Mar 2019 #78

+1 WeekiWater Mar 2019 #79

Oh the hypocrisy. Cha Mar 2019 #61

Spoliation Of Evidence Gothmog Mar 2019 #77

LOL I trust the Washington Post and other real sources Gothmog Mar 2019 #71

What's good enough is that Faiz Shakir disputes that version of Dovere's tale. Autumn Mar 2019 #9

But Faiz Shakir doesn't dispute the fact that Sirota and the Sanders campaign has been denying.... George II Mar 2019 #15

You are skating around the fact that Dovere was told by Shakir " at most, it was a month". Autumn Mar 2019 #64

Nope, Shakir said on March 11 that Sirota's informal work "goes back months".... George II Mar 2019 #68

Oh no! Deleted tweets!!! Autumn Mar 2019 #70

Exactly, it's right there before they tried to backpedal. R B Garr Mar 2019 #66

The section on the left in black reference a period of time 19 years ago. CentralMass Mar 2019 #17

The section on the left in black references what Sirota did in 2016, not 19 years ago.... George II Mar 2019 #25

The paragraph referencing 2016 is truncated in the black section. CentralMass Mar 2019 #26

It mentions 2016, so it couldn't be a reference to 19 years, ago, and as I pointed out.... George II Mar 2019 #27

No. It mentions that Sirota worked for Sanders 19 years ago the mention him doing "something" in CentralMass Mar 2019 #36

That "something" was working for Sanders in 2016, and he also..... George II Mar 2019 #41

No that something references 2016. You are referencing 2019. CentralMass Mar 2019 #45

The bottom line is that he was working for the Sanders campaign (as you admit).... George II Mar 2019 #46

He, according the facts as stated in the CNN article, was working fo the Sanders campaign on a trial CentralMass Mar 2019 #49

You keep saying that, but whatev'. The fact is he was working as a "journalist" criticizing.... George II Mar 2019 #52

Funny that yesterday we were assured that CNN was "corporate media conglomerate spin." betsuni Mar 2019 #54

Yes, Sanders hired Sirota in '98 after Sirota was fired in '97 for ehrnst Mar 2019 #62

LOL Gothmog Mar 2019 #75

See repy 17 CentralMass Mar 2019 #22

See reply #25. George II Mar 2019 #33

lol Cha Mar 2019 #38

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #2

I get the feeling that the Sanders campaign is a giant disinformation operation Renew Deal Mar 2019 #5

Similarities to the current White House are eerie dalton99a Mar 2019 #10

I have thought the same thing many times nini Mar 2019 #18

Oh. sheshe2 Mar 2019 #28

The similarities are unmistakeable. nt R B Garr Mar 2019 #43

David Simon on the chronology.. Cha Mar 2019 #56

Lie, deceive and divide. we can do it Mar 2019 #12

It certainly looks that way. Looks familiar, too. nt R B Garr Mar 2019 #40

Yup Renew Deal Mar 2019 #55

Oh look...the article is by HA Goodman and Dr. Jill's friend Walter Bragman lapucelle Mar 2019 #13

Makes it so hard to guess dalton99a Mar 2019 #14

The article is more garbage by a Jill Stein voter. N/T lapucelle Mar 2019 #16

Should he win the nomination (not a snowball's chance in hell, but whatev')... George II Mar 2019 #48

I go to the link and I Cha Mar 2019 #23

The Bragman quote is from The Guardian lapucelle Mar 2019 #81

Thanks! I know Walker Bragman is Cha Mar 2019 #84

Again, see reply 17 based on the CNN article. CentralMass Mar 2019 #24

Your link is to a Paste Magazine article by Walter Bragman. lapucelle Mar 2019 #39

It is from HAHA Goodman? sheshe2 Mar 2019 #37

LOL, good catch again, lapucelle. R B Garr Mar 2019 #44

I am still expecting HA Goodman to show up soon Gothmog Mar 2019 #74

Makes me wonder which good Democrats Salon and Huffpo comradebillyboy Mar 2019 #76

Did he update his Twitter bio ? Talking Tom Mar 2019 #19

It's hard to tell, because when he was making wholesale deletes.... George II Mar 2019 #31

I doubt that BS will be able to undo the massive damage he's doing to his own campaign n/t SFnomad Mar 2019 #29

Walker Bragman? Guess he's an expert. kcr Mar 2019 #30

Well from the CNN article Sirota started on a trial basis on February 20th 2019 and was formally CentralMass Mar 2019 #42

Why did he delete 20K tweets? sheshe2 Mar 2019 #47

He was in talks with Bernie before then. And he deleted his tweets. kcr Mar 2019 #50

So why the silence from Sanders' campaign? We know he has hired a press secretary. ehrnst Mar 2019 #63

What concerns me more is the Sirota currently works for the Sanders campaign bhikkhu Mar 2019 #65

This is who David Sirota is.. Cha Mar 2019 #67

An observers view. dogman Mar 2019 #80

Didn't the "observer" also claim to have worked in a newsroom with Maggie Haberman? lapucelle Mar 2019 #82

Some history Gothmog Mar 2019 #83

The Editor of the Guardian itself calls bullshit on the first Atlantic piece Celerity Mar 2019 #86

So what? That's one newspaper. Sirota continued to do his dirty work on twitter, lapucelle Mar 2019 #87