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TYT -Cenk goes on a rant about "Bernie Bros" myth (Original Post) Nyan Mar 2016 OP
Karl Rove and David Brock did this to American politics, in this era, Peace Patriot Mar 2016 #1
If you're calling Corbyn far left it just shows how right wing American politics are. Bad Dog Mar 2016 #5
Huh??? Peace Patriot Mar 2016 #21
Take Universal Health Care. Bad Dog Mar 2016 #22
He might deny it, but the NHS is being stealthily privatised by the Tories. Turborama Mar 2016 #24
I know it is. Bad Dog Mar 2016 #25
Great post! Enthusiast Mar 2016 #8
Cenk nails it! longship Mar 2016 #2
I'm flattered!!!! waltben Mar 2016 #3
there are many reasons why I won't vote for Hillary Clinton ever greymouse Mar 2016 #4
Cenk is full of shit ....... stonecutter357 Mar 2016 #6
Proof please. Even if, it was a political trick that the Clinton campaign created. liberalnarb Mar 2016 #10
Proof of what? stonecutter357 Mar 2016 #12
That he said this. liberalnarb Mar 2016 #13
ok. stonecutter357 Mar 2016 #15
Two financial papers? Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2016 #18
Did i make the quote up? stonecutter357 Mar 2016 #19
Restroom is down the hall.... daleanime Mar 2016 #26
Of course it's bullshit. It's not suprising that people who would condone that shit would GoneFishin Mar 2016 #7
I hate these lies and smears. It's all they have. Because in a contest of truth they lose badly. Enthusiast Mar 2016 #9
Hope Cenk can recalibrate his vitriol after primary ends Plainsman1 Mar 2016 #11
Vitriol? Righteous indignation seems a more fitting term. 1monster Mar 2016 #16
Good job TYT & Cenk. How the sexist, racist & liberal white smears smell. Like when appalachiablue Mar 2016 #14
My jaw dropped when she said that... haikugal Mar 2016 #28
Righteous Rant yuiyoshida Mar 2016 #17
it's a dogwhistle for the Dems, like "family" for the other side MisterP Mar 2016 #20
Kick and Recommend libodem Mar 2016 #23
Thanks...sent to my son. I love Cenk and his crew! haikugal Mar 2016 #27

Peace Patriot

(24,010 posts)
1. Karl Rove and David Brock did this to American politics, in this era,
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 06:05 AM
Mar 2016

and one of them works for Hillary Clinton.

It's not as if there haven't been rotten smears in the past. I remember one my grandparents and parents talked about--a wonderful leftist named Hellen Gahagan Douglas, who was smeared by Richard Nixon as a "communist" in the early 1950s in Los Angeles, in a congressional race. This was a long time ago, and I remember my grandpa darkly predicting that Nixon would be president some day. (It was a successful smear--he won.)

But I've never seen quite the growth of this malignant politics as we have today, and, frankly, I can't think of any DEMOCRAT who has done it, except Hillary Clinton. It is shocking. To portray THE greatest leftist of our era--greatest because he has taken on this amazing campaign--as a sexist and a racist IS mindboggling. It is the definition of mindboggling. It twists reality--and minds--into knots, and baffles reason itself. And it's being done, in typical Brockian style, SNEAKILY, with paid operatives and planted lies and dirty tricks.

That's the hell of it. It's so sneaky.

But here's a nice bit from wiki:

In September 2015, Brock and Correct the Record produced a piece on Bernie Sanders, linking him to Hugo Chavez and far-left British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. The Huffington Post ran an article about the attack. The result was a huge increase in contributions to the Sanders campaign.[4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Brock

Bad Dog

(2,025 posts)
5. If you're calling Corbyn far left it just shows how right wing American politics are.
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 07:56 AM
Mar 2016

He's to the left of the Labour party, the official opposition, but I suppose when you come from a country where the Republican forerunner talks of building walls and banning all Moslems anything centrist or even centre right seems left wing.

Bad Dog

(2,025 posts)
22. Take Universal Health Care.
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 05:43 PM
Mar 2016

In Europe it's centrist, even moderately right wing to support UHC. David Cameron wouldn't dare talk about dismantling the NHS. It would be electoral suicide. In far right America Republicans call it Socialised Medicine and talk of repealing Obamacare.

America is far to the right of and out of sync with every other liberal democracy on the planet.

Bad Dog

(2,025 posts)
25. I know it is.
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 01:55 PM
Mar 2016

The NHS has never been safe in Tory hands. That's why the Junior Doctors are taking industrial action.

The point remains, if Cameron said he intended to dismantle the NHS it would be electoral suicide.

longship

(40,416 posts)
2. Cenk nails it!
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 07:18 AM
Mar 2016

I see some things here and it goes beyond face palming to


That is yet another reason why I am voting for Bernie Sanders.

 

waltben

(31 posts)
3. I'm flattered!!!!
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 07:26 AM
Mar 2016

That Cenk & the Turks came to the same conclusion as I have a month ago when this garbage started! They did dig up facts supporting it that I didn't, but the whole Bernie Bros anti-Hillary and anti-Elizabeth thing simply smacks too much of dirty tricks to be real. That the most offensive post was by a teabagger is interesting, but I still suspect even that may turn out to be by a paid hack. There's too much of this crap going on in GOPer-land and we don't need it in ours.

greymouse

(872 posts)
4. there are many reasons why I won't vote for Hillary Clinton ever
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 07:38 AM
Mar 2016

And her wallowing in this crooked stuff is just one of them. She's a disgrace to the Democratic party.

stonecutter357

(12,697 posts)
6. Cenk is full of shit .......
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 08:07 AM
Mar 2016

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) said he doesn't want support from the sexist "Bernie bros" backing his campaign.

GoneFishin

(5,217 posts)
7. Of course it's bullshit. It's not suprising that people who would condone that shit would
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 08:23 AM
Mar 2016

support Hillary.

Some people think Dirty Tricks are a political asset. I am sick of that shit.

Plainsman1

(25 posts)
11. Hope Cenk can recalibrate his vitriol after primary ends
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 12:55 PM
Mar 2016

Either Senator Sanders or Secretary Clinton will get my vote in November. We might be able to rely on the Republicans self-destructing, but I doubt it. I'm not sure how Cenk becomes a supporter of the Democratic nominee if Senator Sanders is unsuccessful.

1monster

(11,012 posts)
16. Vitriol? Righteous indignation seems a more fitting term.
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 02:14 PM
Mar 2016

The dirty tricks have been coming out since before Bernie officially announced. First it was that Bernie was an out of touch white guy who didn't have a clue and was a one track candidate. He isn't and his campaign is multi-faceted. But the nonsense just keeps on keeping on.

appalachiablue

(41,144 posts)
14. Good job TYT & Cenk. How the sexist, racist & liberal white smears smell. Like when
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 01:40 PM
Mar 2016

Gloria Steinem on Bill Maher said young women want to be 'where the Boys are'-with Bernie.

haikugal

(6,476 posts)
28. My jaw dropped when she said that...
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 02:22 PM
Mar 2016

I've lost so much respect for so many people this go round....unfuckingbelievable!

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