2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum"Republican operatives are having a strange crush on Bernie Sanders"
During Sunday nights Democratic debate, the Republican National Committee made the unusual move of sending no fewer than four real-time e-mails to reporters defending the self-described democratic socialist from attacks by Hillary Clinton or echoing his message against her. Based on their content, one could be forgiven for thinking the RNC communiques came from the Sanders campaign.One RNC e-mail, which was titled Clintons Misleading Health Care Attack, defended the Vermont senator from what it described as the Clinton campaigns inaccurate remarks on Sanders single-payer plan, and quoted news articles that featured rebuttals of her arguments. A second message countered Clintons attacks on Sanders over gun control by pointing out her gun-friendly statements in the past.
Two other e-mails sought to bolster Sanders case that Clinton is too close to Wall Street and the drug industry.
Sean Spicer, the chief strategist and spokesman for the RNC, spent much of the evening tweeting Sanders-friendly commentary on the debate, often with the pro-Sanders hashtag #FeelTheBern. At one point, Spicer gently chided Sanders for what he deemed a poor response to a question and added, come on we are trying to help u.
After the debate, the Republican political action committee America Rising promoted the narrative that Sanders won the debate. Clinton needed a win last night. Instead, everyone is talking about how well Bernie Sanders, her chief rival, did, spokesman Jeff Bechdel wrote to reporters.
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Lans
(66 posts)I feel bad for Trump the only person more disliked than him is Cruz.
randys1
(16,286 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)But I might be projecting here.
Thenewire
(130 posts)They don't have any ideas as we have clearly seen over the years. They despise absolutely everything Sanders stands for and they only pretend to support his proposals as ridicule. A capitalist would never support Sanders even if his life depended on it.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Make the rich richer at the expense of everyone else.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)operatives. Remember,the GOP strategist's are counting on a huge get out to vote for who ever is their Standard barrier. Famous statement from Karl Rove was and believe he still uses it,If Hillary is their nominee,we will bury her . Wait for a couple of Primary States to do their thing,and then we will see a real picture emerge. The strategy of the Rethugs has been to use well placed bogus e-mails or stories to influence Candidate inner decision makers to move one way or another. We think we have this magical computer system and are far superior in the tech world. My argument is,this guys have been building data bases since 1976 and they spend the money to be current. And our so called wizz person at the DNC does not have a clue.
FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)I'm hearing as much out of Die-hard Republicans
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)who like what Sanders is saying and proposing because these voters know that the economy is not working for them.
FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)randys1
(16,286 posts)of middle class white cons.
Not one of them said they would support Bernie, they made fun of him and so on.
I do think the morons hate Hillary more, though.
So there is that.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)a better chance of beating in the General.
BlueMTexpat
(15,373 posts)KingFlorez
(12,689 posts)Strategy is at work here.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)The Tea Party Audit the Fed vote was a real eye opener. There are reasons for these things. Sanders had voted against the exact same thing in the past.
Skwmom
(12,685 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Great news we have such solid progressives fighting against that Tea Party legislation. We need to stop the Tea Party dream that is Paul and his crazy ass legislation.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Telling of who he is.
Skwmom
(12,685 posts)Will all the stuff they can use against Clinton (and hammer the Democratic Party in the process) they don't want to miss out on their fun.
emulatorloo
(44,186 posts)Not sure what their end-game is. Definitely attempting to interfere w our caucuses and primaries.
JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)emulatorloo
(44,186 posts)The Koch's tried to buy a city council election in the next town over from where I live. That really angered voters: all that outsider/out of state money was coming in.
dlwickham
(3,316 posts)if Sanders is the nominee
phleshdef
(11,936 posts)Thenewire
(130 posts)Obama is a pragmatist who understood the limitations of being president.
artislife
(9,497 posts)And she will lose the GE if given the chance.
phleshdef
(11,936 posts)But he ran on a platform of populist platitudes much like Bernie is.
Thenewire
(130 posts)He still defended private enterprise at a time when saying the opposite would have been much more credible to people than it is now.
phleshdef
(11,936 posts)I believe he thought that Congress and state governments would adhere to common sense and get some good things done. He governed the way that he has based on what he had to work with.
dlwickham
(3,316 posts)in Palin and Romney, Obama probably would have lost
if McCain had been allowed to pick his own VP, he would have won but instead he was stuck with Palin who alienated everyone
phleshdef
(11,936 posts)But Obama was able to bring his 2008 coalition back for 2012.
dlwickham
(3,316 posts)He was still a pretty establishment candidate
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)dream candidate.
BlueMTexpat
(15,373 posts)Can you imagine how much fun KKKarl Rove & Co will have with Bernie's 1988 trip to the USSR, all the while screeching "Socialist" 24/7?
It's truly unfair. But it is what it is.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
Never saw so many unjust hides in a row...
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
firebrand80
(2,760 posts)Running against a socialist is their only hope
Uncle Joe
(58,424 posts)Bernie's message is truthful and real, but the Republicans want to turn the race into a professional wrestling match and sucker the fans into spending their hard earned dollars supporting the "good" wrestler against the "bad" one, it's all for show.
Meanwhile Bernie is trying to convince the people to quit wasting their money on professional wrestling.
Thanks for the thread, Cali_Democrat.
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)to weaken the Clinton.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
closeupready
(29,503 posts)Gotta love it!
leftupnorth
(886 posts)And often to their own peril.
They will only realize it when their well coiffed heads are slipped into the proverbial noose.
JudyM
(29,279 posts)kenfrequed
(7,865 posts)The republicans are trying to paint Bernie as having an affinity with Republicans during primary season because they know it willhurt him in the primary.
The repubs know full well that Bernie is beating their candidates in all the polls in the swing states.