Monday Reads: Peel the Bern
Posted: April 18, 2016 Filed under: 2016 elections, A My Pet Goat Moment, Afternoon Reads, American Gun Fetish | Tags: Bernie Sanders, Gabby Giffords, Hillary Clinton, Sensible Gun Laws 92 Comments
Good Afternoon!
As you know, I live in a world of data, hypotheses and generally accepted theory. I don’t go on a tear about anything without collecting my thoughts and enough information to know of what I speak. Even then, I rarely venture far from the topics I’ve studied and researched for decades.
I marvel at policy wonks. It’s what actually got me supporting Hillary Clinton in 2008. It was obvious by the second primary debate which person had the policy chops other than possibly Joe Biden who I still won’t forget or forgive over his treatment of Anita Hill. I dropped my dalliance with John Edwards right about then and never looked back.
So, it really drives me crazy when I see someone running for higher office–and has held fairly high office–who consistently collects lots of Pinocchios from the Fact Check gurus. Some people really fake policy chops but when you attach their comments to data and accepted theory, they go straight into some ideological playground where reality never climbs the slide. My best example of that is our not-so-esteemed former Governor Bobby Jindal who could put on a straight face to tell incredible whoppers. It made you wonder how he ever got through several Ivy League universities without being a legacy with a father donating entire buildings .
It’s why I have developed an appreciation for Rachel Maddow albeit, even Rachel can get caught up in one of those leg thrill moments. Rachel’s leg must no longer be tingling for the Bernmeister of disproved memes because here’s yet another example on MaddowBlog of the now oft repeated thought “WTF is this man doing and saying and why?” I mean, how many Pinocchios can one man get and still be taken seriously as a candidate?
The NYDN interview wasn’t the low point of his campaign’s dizzying spin. But from that particular interview going backwards and forwards, it’s evident that foreign policy isn’t Sanders’ bailiwick. Stalking Popes like a Fanboy is nothing compared to continually showing up on TV talk shows and messing up on Middle East policy. Middle East Policy is probably the biggest of all the big fucking deals an American President must manage.
How can some one running for President be so total unaware of basics? How many more My Pet Goat moments do we get from this guy before his cult buys a clue?
When Bernie Sanders struggled during a recent interview with the New York Daily News, the criticisms largely focused on his apparent lack of preparation. It’s not that the senator’s answers were substantively controversial, but rather, Sanders responded to several questions with answers such as, “I don’t know the answer to that,” “Actually I haven’t thought about it a whole lot,” and “You’re asking me a very fair question, and if I had some paper in front of me, I would give you a better answer.”He ran into similar trouble during a recent interview with the Miami Herald, which asked Sanders about the Cuban Adjustment Act, which establishes the “wet-foot, dry-foot” policy that may be due for a re-evaluation. The senator responded, “I have to tell you that I am not up to date on that issue as I can” be.The interviews raised questions about his depth of understanding, particularly outside of the issues that make up his core message. Yesterday, making his 42nd Sunday show appearance of 2016, Sanders ran into similar trouble during an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash.BASH: Let’s talk about something in the news that will be on your plate as a sitting U.S. senator. Saudi Arabia has told the Obama administration that it will sell off hundreds of billions of dollars of American assets if Congress allows the Saudi government to held – to be held responsible in American courts for any role in the 9/11 attacks. How do you intend to vote as a senator?SANDERS: Well, I need more information before I can give you a decision.Though the senator spoke generally about his concerns regarding Saudi Arabia, the host pressed further, asking if he supports allowing Americans to hold Saudi Arabia liable in U.S. courts. Sanders replied, “Well, you’re going to hear – you’re asking me to give you a decision about a situation and a piece of legislation that I am not familiar with at this point. And I have got to have more information on that. So, you have got to get some information before you can render, I think, a sensible decision.
How exactly does one become a US Senator and not take his job seriously enough to be remotely familiar with legislation 
pending discussion and your vote? Benen has written some additions to his MaddowBlog post that are worth considering.
Let’s not brush past the significance of the bill itself. The Times’report from the weekend noted that Saudi officials have threatened to “sell off hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of American assets held by the kingdom if Congress passes a bill that would allow the Saudi government to be held responsible in American courts for any role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.”The State Department and the Pentagon have urged Congress not to pass the bill, warning of “diplomatic and economic fallout.” The legislation is nevertheless moving forward – it passed the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously – and it enjoys support from some of the chamber’s most liberal and most conservative members.
This seems to be a typical Bernie thing. Anything that’s not within his old school class war frame isn’t worth investigating. He’ll just toss out a vote eventually and then we’ll hear how his judgement is far superior because Iraq War vote. At what point do folks hold him responsible for everything else? Where is the evaluation of his judgement on topics like say, credible gun control laws or Amber Alerts? Why do his followers ignore the details and go straight to the idea of a yuuuggggeee movement, yada yada yada.
The one thing I hear continually on all forms of social media is that there is somehow some huge movement out there led
by the Bernmeister that will spontaneously change everything including the need for sliced bread. Where the hell is it if all you can do is win outback, highly white caucus states and a couple wide open primaries? Is there evidence of any progressive insurgency? Where is there evidence that this gadfly Senator from Vermont is leading it? Jamelle Bouie peels the Bern at Slate.
Sanders identifies as a “democratic socialist” and has been at an official remove from the Democratic Party for the whole of his congressional career.
But as just a glance at his record shows, this is more cosmetic than anything else. There’s no doubt that in his pre-political career, Sanders was devoted to socialist politics, such as they existed in the United States. But as a legislator, he has caucused with Democrats, voted with Democrats, fundraised for Democrats, and he’s now in line to run a Senate committee under Democrats.
Remove his “socialist” branding, which even he defines as little more than an updated form of New Deal liberalism, and you’re left with a candidate who strongly resembles other insurgent candidates going back to the beginning of the modern primary process, from George McGovern to Jerry Brown to Bill Bradley to Howard Dean. He relies on “authenticity” as contrasted with the “calculated” positioning of mainstream candidates. He stands on the ideological left, a factional figure who seeks to pull the party in his direction, or pry concessions from a reluctant establishment. And his support comes from the usual places: Young people (especially college students), white liberals, and the most ideological actors within the Democratic Party.
Just look at the rhetoric. Sanders has a consistent message: Using their wealth, powerful interests have rigged the game against you. “What the American people are saying—and, by the way, I hear this not just from progressives, but from conservatives and from moderates—is that we can no longer continue to have a campaign finance system in which Wall Street and the billionaire class are able to buy elections,” Sanders said in his New Hampshire victory speech this February. “Americans, no matter what their political view may be, understand that that is not what democracy is about.”
…Sanders is a factional candidate of ideological liberal Democrats, who are largely white Democrats. The difference between now and then, however, is that, with the collapse of conservative white Democrats in the South and elsewhere, those liberal whites make up a larger share of the party. They provide more fuel for an insurgency. But they’re still not enough to overcome the influence of moderates and stalwart black voters, who form a majority of the party. That, in fact, was the fate of previous insurgencies, which crashed on the rocks of math. Ideological liberals are among the loudest Democrats, but they are a minority within the entire party. And while that minority is larger and stronger than it’s been in a generation, it’s still not strong enough to steer the party alone. It still has to play coalition politics.
Ah, yes I’m looking for evidence once again. He may have a consistent message. His actions, however, display something totally different–a guy that grabs on to one thing and never lets go. Let’s take the $27 donation meme. It’s legendary and quite Pinocchio-worthy. This is Phillip Bump writing for WAPO.
At its heart, the idea is just a talking point. Consider the campaign’s press statement after the February reporting period.
“The Sanders campaign in total has tallied more than 4.7 million contributions, compared to [Hillary] Clinton’s 1.5 million,” it concludes. “February’s fundraising brings the campaign’s total raised this cycle to more than $137 million.”
$137 million divided by 4.7 million is … $29.14.
More than 4.7 million contributors means, at most, 4,749,999 — or else the campaign would round up to 4.8 million. Even with that higher number of donors, the average is $28.95. Which is more than $27.
In March, the campaign was apparently under that mark. Its real-time donations tool indicates that $44 million was raised from 1.7 million contributions — about $25 on average. Combining the total through February with those figures, the average drops to $27.88 — or $28 on average.
All of the factors above are still true. As more donations come in, the average will still be in the same ballpark.
The campaign encourages those $27 donations, and his fans are eager to oblige.
But is the average $27 every day? Not according to data from the campaign.
That’s the deal with Sanders. He gloms onto something and that’s it for whatever eternity is for his brain. That’s really not good unless your goal in life is to be a gadfly Senator from Vermont. It’s certainly not good when you’re going around the country screaming at impressionable young minds that seem to feel the Bern a lot more than research the evidence.
To that end, we have a number of Bernie revisions, but they’re less on current policy issues and more on rewriting his actual take on things historically. This drives me nuts. It’s one thing to evolve in your policy but another thing to rewrite your historical positions on policy and act like that’s not happening.
Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders on Sunday said Sandy Hook victims should be able to sue gun manufacturers for the 2012 elementary school shooting that killed 20 students and six adults, backtracking on previous comments.
“Of course they have a right to sue, anyone has a right to sue,” the Vermont senator said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Sanders in an interview with the New York Daily News last week initially said the Sandy Hook family members should not have the right to sue gun manufacturers for damages.
“No, I don’t,” he said, in response to a question from the editorial board.
Rival Hillary Clinton attacked Sanders for those comments, calling his stance “unimaginable” and one of her “biggest contrasts” with the Vermont senator.
Sanders on Sunday said that a gun store owner who legally sells a weapon shouldn’t be held liable for crimes committed with it.
He said he opposes the sales of assault-style weapons in the U.S., such as the one used at Sandy Hook.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) had some tough words Monday for Bernie Sanders on his gun control stance.
“It’s so crippling. I mean, I sat down with a mother last week in Brooklyn, and she lost her 4-year-old baby… she took her kid to a park. Every mom takes their kid to a park. And she took her kid to a park and the kid was killed, a baby, a 4-year-old, a little toddler,” the Hillary Clinton supporter told Politico, tearing up. “[Sanders] doesn’t have the sensitivity he needs to the horror that is happening in these families. I just don’t think he’s fully getting how horrible it is for these families.”
Sanders has opposed holding weapons manufacturers responsible for gun violence.
Bernie is feeling the heat on this issue from everywhere prior to the NY primary tomorrow. Is that the reason for the apparent flip flop yesterday?
Gabrielle Giffords’ husband joined with Hillary Clinton to pummel Bernie Sanders for his stance on guns Sunday as the Vermont senator showed signs he had rethought his position at the last minute.
Astronaut Mark Kelly — who helped former Rep. Giffords recover from a 2011 assassination attempt in which six people were killed — slammed Sanders during a rally at Five Towns College in Dix Hills, L.I., for voting against the 1993 Brady Bill that mandated background checks for gun buyers.
“That’s a pretty serious vote and one that Hillary Clinton’s opponent did not take too seriously — and that vote is very telling,” Kelly said.
He lamented that Congress failed to pass any legislation to combat gun violence in the wake of the Sandy Hook school massacre, calling politicians’ response “pretty pathetic.”
“I mean, it was basically nothing. After such a horrific tragedy, the United States Senate, in particular, did something remarkable and that was to do nothing,” Kelly said.
I can’t believe any New Yorker isn’t going to see that cynical ploy for what it is. It’s joined by its twin cynical ploy ambush the Pope and call it a meeting. Clinton, on the other hand, came out strong this 
weekend on the need for sensible gun laws to reduce gun violence.It’s something she’s been consistent on since speaking with the families of gun violence.
Gun violence and killings by police are “part of the same threat” that faces young African-Americans, Hillary Clinton told a congregation in Westchester Sunday.
“Guns are not the answer to anything,” Clinton said while stumping at Grace Baptist Church in Mt. Vernon. “They are the answer to nothing except pain and heartbreak and ruined lives.”
Clinton has made a group of mothers whose children were killed by gun violence or in police custody a core part of her campaign, and was joined by three of them Sunday.
“We must stand up to the gun lobby, just as we must end police violence and killings. They are part of the same threat that too often injures and even kills too many young people,” she said.
Ahead of New York’s primary on Tuesday, Clinton has hammered away at her differences with rival Bernie Sanders on gun control issues.
“The gun lobby is the most powerful lobby in Washington — in our country,” she said. “Nobody else running on either side is willing to take the stands that I think must be taken.”
I’m pretty sure stalking the Pope and flip flopping so obviously must be a sign of some Bern-out. I just want to get this over.
Come on New York! Peel the Bern tomorrow! Let’s put it so far out of his reach that his vanity campaign ends here. Then let’s primary the Gadfly into retirement!
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Isabel V. Sawhill | April 12, 2016 12:00am
The gender pay gap: To equality and beyond
http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/social-mobility-memos/posts/2016/04/12-gender-pay-gap-equality-and-beyond-sawhill?cid=00900015020089101US0001-041201
Love this phrase: “they go straight into some ideological playground where reality never climbs the slide.” Brilliant.
ah, shucks, thx!!!
I liked that too.
Great post, Dak. I want Bernie off the stage, now.
As my grandfather would say, “Give him the hook.”
Yup. Getting sick of all the crap.
check this out:
Why Bernie Sanders will rue his ‘deep South’ dismissal of black voters http://wpo.st/pLMV1 [Solid, @capehartj]
Dak, I sympathize with wanting the unrelenting sarcastic condescendiing finger wagging scold primaried, but I fear that his campaign war chest and new found fame will easily see him through to another term.
I know. It’s a vanity campaign and his ego has been outfitted for a marathon.
View at Medium.com
I urge everyone to read this remarkable and well researched post!
That is an excellent article. Thanks for sharing
Finally had time to read this article. Best analysis of Bern Sanders, measured, documented and get detailed. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. A must read!
http://www.salon.com/2016/04/18/hillarys_hot_sauce_long_con_if_clinton_is_pandering_with_this_latest_food_revelation_its_the_most_impressive_suck_up_ever/
Here’s the latest pick on Hillary thing. She told Revolt TV that she brought hot sauce along in her purse and now the berniebros are screaming that she’s pandering. Sheesh, it’s a freaking Southern Thing. I carry Crystal or Louisiana Sauce when I leave the state. I bring along CC’s coffee and extra bold Tony Chacherie’s when I visit Seattle. I get razzed all the time for bringing coffee to Seattle but I have a taste for New Orleans food after living here over 20 years!
Drive me nuts!!!
This is nothing new. I’ve heard her talk of her love of hot sauce and chiles before!
Hell, yeah. I bet if I walked in your kitchen I would see a bottle of hot sauce, and a jar or two of peppers in vinegar, maybe hot chow chow, or hot jelly. I make lots of it, and just a week ago I made red beans, and realized I didn’t have any more left in the pantry, and had to run to the store. I started eating it on eggs, on sandwiches, on greens, on meats, especially pork. You can use it to season anything.
My youngest grand son asked why I had two coffee pots, one over there, the other in the corner. That’s because I like my coffee roasted, dark. I’d prefer to have some of your Community Coffee! My husband likes his coffee watered down. Not me.
I am with you, and Hillary in Hot Sauce Heaven.
Hillary has been telling of her love for Tabasco sauce for years. She has carried it with her for years. This is not news, but for those millennials who know nothing about Hillary but what Sanders tells them, well…they’ll fall for anything.
I don’t know how she takes these slurs, I really don’t. I would be balled up in a corner, crying like a baby. She is human after all with feelings like the rest of us yet she soldiers on. Remarkable.
Bernie is a bastard. What’s left for him is character assassination and I despise him for it. He is giving the GOP all the “ammunition” they need to ruin her come November.
My hope is she “knocks him out of the race” by next Tuesday. I loathe Bernie, his staff and those hateful “bros” who are as slimy as he is.
She outshines him in every arena and he knows it.
And he can’t stand that she does!
I despise Bernie Sammich and his Sandernistas…. Too bad my children have drank that kool aid. Ithas caused me so many headaches and raging arguments because I refuse to turn my back on someone I believe is the most qualified “person” to ever run for higher office. That she is a woman is a added plus!
Excellent post and DITTO to the “I just want to get this over.”
This is going to infuriate every SkyDancer
New Yorkers File Emergency Lawsuit To Give Voting Rights Back To 3.2 Million People
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/04/18/3770355/new-york-voting-open-primary-lawsuit/
I’d like to see one, just one, voter registration card that shows someone as a Democrat who is now listed as an Independent. This is just the Bros ginning up an excuse to cry foul when Hillary wins NY. I would be surprised if it leads to anything but you never know.
It made me so angry when I read it I actually blurted out “Goddam it!” This bernie shit is getting so old!!!
I know, I’m getting tired of it too but it’s not going to end and that doesn’t mean that we give up. Hillary inspires me. If she can rise again after ’08, this piddly shit isn’t going to stop her. Rise, Hillary, Rise!
If they didn’t follow the deadlines, it’s not our fault.
The law is the law. It will be dismissed.
I hope you’re right. I know that the “Family Party” members in NY want to vote for Bernie, but they can’t because they’re not registered Democrats. And the Democratic Party has the right to close their Primary to people who aren’t registered Democrats. I wish every Primary was closed and force those who want to stand on the sidelines until the 11th hour, or vote only when it’s really convenient, or sit out until they find a candidate that offers them free stuff, to act like adults and participate in every election.
“Ocasio-Cortez was later told by her local Board of Elections that her party affiliation was changed during Hurricane Sandy. The devastating storm hit right before Election Day 2012, and in an emergency measure, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) allowed New York residents to vote at any precinct via affidavit ballot. Ocasio-Cortez was stuck in New York City for the storm, so she voted there instead of in Westchester.”
This makes no sense. Being allowed to vote in a different location voting location should not affect party registration. If this is the case for HER, her party registration should be reinstated (even if she IS voting for Bernie). But that does not mean that NY should then make the leap to an open primary.
Also, did she not vote in the NY primary in 2014? Just curious…
If I remember correctly she also said she signed a waiver that caused the change. If that’s the case didn’t they send her a revised Voter ID indicating that change? I got a new Voter ID a couple of years ago and the first thing I did was check to see why I had received a new ID. The reason was my polling location had changed. This sounds to me like people who sit on the sidelines of the voting process most of the time deciding at the 11th hour that they want to vote.
But that was in 2012. Was there no primary in 2014? That’s my question.
If this is an open primary, Sanders could well win, because an immense amount of Republicans would walk over and vote for him, since Trump will win easily anyway. You can bet that they went in front of a right-wing or left-wing judge who might be sympathetic to them, as that is what you always try to do. It seems like an absolutely desperate attempt, but you never know what some judge might do. Fascinating that this is done the day before the primary.
Yeah. That’s very true. Did you agree with Bouie then?
Dakinikat, were you referring to the Supreme Court case? It’s been a while since I read it, but I’m sure I did. Do you see it as possibly applying here?
No. The article I cited up top about lefty insurgency.
Ah, the article you cited, which I did actually read, at least the part you quoted. I’m actually not qutie sure what Bouie wants to say there. Myf personal view is that Sanders is at least avowedly further to the left than any Democratic candidate has been; more than Dean, who talked about economic inequalities, but was really pretty moderate altogether. I am not anti-Socialisn in theory, but it is not going to win elections in this country, or be accepted by the vast majority of people who incorrectly conflate socialism with communism, and who believe in free enterprise, even if we never had free markets. I think Sanders is a rather typical New York radical who found himself a haven in Vermont, particularly by kowtowing to the NRA.
I think that Sanders is, or at least has turned into, a demagogue, exploiting people’s general unhappiness, I don’t disagree with some of his issues, but he couldn’t get one of them through. And he is temperamentally unfit to govern. Actually, I have always thought that Hillary was a true New Deal Democrat, one of the last, and more so than Bill. It infuriates me that so many people, including Democrats, do not see it. She is more liberal than Gore, probably Kerry, certainly Edwards, also Dean. And partly because of Sanders, and because of the biased media, and because of the right-wing machine, she is seen as some kind of corporate Democrat. My mother long ago told me that she thought that the Democratic Party had a death wish. This would be another example of it; completely missing the fact that they have a candidate who is not only immensely competent and knowledgeable, but also very much in the FDR mold. And no, Sanders did not move her there, she always was. It is just that she is pragmatic as well, not hopelessly quixotic.
SOP for them, honestly.
Oh, boo hoo! Sheesh.
If you can’t win the game, you knock over the board.
Latest anti-Hillary effort from the Bern. The DNC needs to do something about the Bern’s attacks! Painting Hillary as a criminal goes way beyond any civil Democratic primary campaign!
http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/04/sanders-clinton-dnc-campaign-finance-laws-222102
Grrrrrr.
Someone needs to send a letter to DNC about the Bern campaign financed Roman Holiday. Talk about “skirting Fed campaign finance law”!!!!!!!
The more desperate he gets the uglier he gets! The majority of people I know are turned off by negative campaigning. But the Bern’s extreme supporters will love it. Is there much difference between Bern & Drumf???
“Is there much difference between Bern & Drumf???”
Drumpf has enough hair for a combover.
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Borrowing this comment Mouse! Awesome post Dak!!
The open question is whether Sanders and his campaign will still be contesting this next January. There are enough lawsuits he can file against Hillary, each state, the DNC, and everyone else, to keep us without a president for years. Farfetched, of course, but this is looking more and more like an insurrectionist group which would prefer to destroy the Democratic Party and the government, rather than concede anything.
I’m thinking it’s just a get rich scheme for the campaign staff still.
Feel the delusion: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/18/bernie-sanders-supporters-in-brooklyn-polls-that-show-hillary-leading-are-rigged.html
These are the people supporting Bernie Sanders.
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I haven’t read the post yet, but from the comments it looks like you got a dinger here Dak.
Just in case anyone was wondering, Mona …and the Houston area flooding.
Talked to Mona this am. She is fine, family fine. Just stuck in their homes for now. But all okay. She chimes off social media sometimes and it just was coincidence it happen this time, during the floods.
Thanks for the update. I’m glad Mona is OK.
Thx. Delphyne was asking and I said that you might know.
This post kicks ass.
Thx !!!
Unbelievable. WaPo reporter Philip Bump getting death threats for writing article about Bernie Sanders and his $27 claims.
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Heartbreaking how nasty little minds can threaten whomever they disagree with!
Bernie’s campaign is TOXIC!!!! This is basically the same threat tactic they’ve used against Super Delegates. Now they’re accusing Hillary of being corrupt, they’re accusing the DNC of being corrupt. Even if Hillary doesn’t outright win the number of delegates needed, the Democratic Party will never let this KOOK be the nominee, he’ll destroy the Party. He’s finished!!!!
The Sanders campaign, starting with him, and going all the way down to his supporters, has now turned into an anarchic movement which, if successful, would destroy the Democratic Party for decades, and create an atmosphere of violence comparable to that being engendered by Trump on the other side. The media would then get what they crave, a race full of threats, intimidation, and brutality of all sorts. Someone with a sense of responsibllity other than for his own self-aggrandizement and sense of self-righteous anger, would have seen what is happening and tried to stop it. This is beginning to feel a lot like 1968, with all its attendant horrors.
I agree completely William!!!
I’ve been saying it for a couple of weeks, Bernie Sanders has jumped the Shark
“Facing the slow motion implosion of their central anti-Hillary message, Bernie’s campaign is trying desperately to maintain a state of cognitive dissonance, a classic Schrödinger’s cat situation where Hillary is both corrupt and not corrupt at the same time.”
http://bluenationreview.com/bernies-top-aide-complains-president-obama-is-a-human-shield-for-hillary/
Email from Hillary’s campaign:
As you’ve said,
It’s time for this to be over!
I received the same Email. I find it astounding that Bernie has allowed his campaign to take such an ugly turn. Since the beginning I’ve said that I would vote for Bernie should he become the nominee. This sort of gutter campaigning has basically made me rethink that. I don’t think the Democratic Party could rebound from a Bernie nomination and I feel certain he would destroy the Party and lose the GE. This is a sad day!!! Bernie Sanders not only jumped the Shark, he ate it.
When I received this email, I promptly donated another $27 to Hillary. Every time the Bern causes me to swear, I donate $27. The way things are going, I might reach my legal limit soon LOL!
In the unlikely case that Bernie would be the Democratic Party nominee, I would vote for and campaign for down ticket Dems. We would need every real Democrat to maintain stability and good will in our country.
Andrea Mitchell was just on Maddow and said she spoke 2 multiple sources that said his campaign was wrong.
Tonite Sanders is accusing DNC & Hillary for fundraising & downticket campaign funding rules moments ago FEC responded NO VIOLATIONS
Robby’s we need to organize for the big fight. We got the hot sauce to douse them with.
Hillary is on Colbert right now…
Hillary Clinton slam dunks Bernie Sanders after he falsely accuses her of fundraising violations
http://www.dailynewsbin.com/news/hillary-clinton-slam-dunks-bernie-sanders-after-he-falsely-accuses-her-of-fundraising-violations/24525/
Cause it’s what us Whores Do!!!! Whores for Hillary
Mouse, you almost got me feeling’ the (Crash and) Bern!
Click it. Trust me.
http://www.democraticwhores.com
Luv it, needs a bottle of hot sauce in her hand too.
Just for you Fannie
Not So Boring: Behind Bernie’s Massive Mortgage Deduction
http://www.thepeoplesview.net/main/2016/4/18/bernies-massive-mortgage-deduction#.VxUmhq_i0_5.twitter
Thanks. The comments are so rational and “friendly”. Must be a moderated site!
Clinton hits back in media call. http://www.politicususa.com/2016/04/18/clinton-campaign-hammers-sanders-hypocrisy-campaign-finance-allegations.html
Goodnite Mouse. Enjoyed the artwork. Thanks.
Ur Welcome!!! 🙂
Paul Song, the guy who called Hillary a corporate Whore forced to resign.
http://www.dailynewsbin.com/news/bernie-sanders-surrogate-who-called-hillary-clinton-a-whore-has-been-forced-to-resign/24527/
Excellent. In that same article is a link to the meltdown of the Clarke County convention chairperson when she was being investigated for cheating Clinton out of delegates. How did I miss that one? 😀
I saw that. The organization totally disowned him.
Kapow! Good for the Courage Campaign!
Will the Bern do a Ralph Nader on the Democratic Party? http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/04/bernie-sanders-ralph-nader-222127
Here’s a bit on Calamity Jane’s tenure wrecking a BC.
Oh my!
I had lunch today with a colleague and mentor, whom I’ve known for almost 40 years. Ralph turned 90 in November, he’s still pretty sharp and I love being with him. One of the things we discussed over our salads was the state of the elections.
He shook his head and admitted that he’d seen some pretty ‘bare knuckle’ campaigns but both parties went way too far this year. “I’m voting for Hillary, he said, she’s the only one with any real credentials to be president; I was a bit surprised at the way she took the bait again and again; Sanders turned out to be very unprincipled. What a mess”