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brentspeak

(18,290 posts)
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 09:00 PM Jan 2016

WAPO reader has a great indirect response to yet another Wash. Post hit piece directed at Bernie:

In response to the latest Washington Post hit piece aimed at Bernie, this reader simply cuts to the chase:

the-iconoclast
7:38 PM EST

Shut up and pay your damn taxes Bezos. Stop dodging the $1.5 billion plus interest and penalties that you've owed since 2012. IRS case number 31197-12
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WAPO reader has a great indirect response to yet another Wash. Post hit piece directed at Bernie: (Original Post) brentspeak Jan 2016 OP
I love this (eom) Samantha Jan 2016 #1
that piece was awful grasswire Jan 2016 #2
Ouch lol nt Live and Learn Jan 2016 #3
First line in story: catnhatnh Jan 2016 #4
and only a few dozen support him. Cassiopeia Jan 2016 #9
And all of them are unemployed pot-smokers... Beartracks Jan 2016 #18
Hey, I resemble that remark. nm rhett o rick Feb 2016 #26
Hillary's campaign bus is polished and presidential. frylock Jan 2016 #16
A brobus, no doubt (nt) klook Feb 2016 #33
I am proud to stand against the Washington Post and its tacky opposition to Bernie and democracy Jack Rabbit Jan 2016 #5
Sad how the H.Clinton supporters have decided to embrace the corp-media that we were all rhett o rick Feb 2016 #27
Damn. TIME TO PANIC Jan 2016 #6
Were they talking about this bus by the non partisan DNC data contractor LiberalArkie Jan 2016 #7
Yeah, chervilant Feb 2016 #30
We need more of this sort of thing Ferd Berfel Jan 2016 #8
BERNNNNNN! retrowire Jan 2016 #10
Hehe. SammyWinstonJack Jan 2016 #11
Wow, wow, wow! WaPo is betting on Hillary! Duppers Jan 2016 #12
That really is cutting to the chase!! n/t ljm2002 Jan 2016 #13
Oh and great catch, brentspeak! Duppers Jan 2016 #14
Bernie bros are swarming Jeff Bezos.. frylock Jan 2016 #15
Bernie Bros are mean. Now Bezos must vote for Hillary Arazi Jan 2016 #17
LOL redruddyred Jan 2016 #20
I don't read WaPo since it was acquired by amazon redruddyred Jan 2016 #19
K&R. JDPriestly Jan 2016 #21
The Post is blatantly for Clinton, and it was a nasty "hit piece" on Sanders. I applaud Duval Feb 2016 #22
Same poster, earlier post That Guy 888 Feb 2016 #23
Bezos needs the money to raise Amazon's greiner3 Feb 2016 #24
Kicked and recommended to the Max! Enthusiast Feb 2016 #25
k&r. nm rhett o rick Feb 2016 #28
Omg, that's perfect! Lol! 'Shut up and pay your taxes Bezos'! sabrina 1 Feb 2016 #29
#Shut Up and Pay your Taxes! stuffmatters Feb 2016 #31
Hit piece! Jean Genie Feb 2016 #32

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
2. that piece was awful
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 09:14 PM
Jan 2016

....but it seems that most readers see it for what it is. Lots of pushback in the comments.

catnhatnh

(8,976 posts)
4. First line in story:
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 09:44 PM
Jan 2016

" Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders pulled up to a supporter’s garage in his hulking campaign bus, prepared to give a pep talk to a few dozen devotees who had been tirelessly knocking on doors for him in the final days before the Iowa caucuses."

See that hulking beast??? Even his bus is a thug!

Beartracks

(12,816 posts)
18. And all of them are unemployed pot-smokers...
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 11:00 PM
Jan 2016

... who want free stuff!!!11!1one1!!!

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Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)
5. I am proud to stand against the Washington Post and its tacky opposition to Bernie and democracy
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 10:06 PM
Jan 2016

I just wanted ti get that in for the record.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
27. Sad how the H.Clinton supporters have decided to embrace the corp-media that we were all
Mon Feb 1, 2016, 05:25 PM
Feb 2016

disparaging just a few years ago. I think it's called "situational ethics".

chervilant

(8,267 posts)
30. Yeah,
Mon Feb 1, 2016, 06:45 PM
Feb 2016

that bus--with less than a dozen of her campaign staff in front.



All John Wagner needs to do is view the pictures of the crowds at Bernie's venues, then compare them to the pictures of the relatively sparse crowds at Hi11ary's venues. The vast crowds amassing to see Bernie tell me all I need to know about his popularity, and about how much his message resonates for the Hoi Polloi.

BTW, poor WAPO isn't getting their money's worth from Wagner.

#NotMeUs

Duppers

(28,125 posts)
12. Wow, wow, wow! WaPo is betting on Hillary!
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 10:32 PM
Jan 2016

Quid pro quo at work? They support her, she wins the presidency, her justice dept. will make a sweet deal with them.

Is that how it works?

They know the Bern will burn their asses.

 

Duval

(4,280 posts)
22. The Post is blatantly for Clinton, and it was a nasty "hit piece" on Sanders. I applaud
Mon Feb 1, 2016, 12:08 AM
Feb 2016

the-iconoclast. He/she came out with facts while calling them out.

 

That Guy 888

(1,214 posts)
23. Same poster, earlier post
Mon Feb 1, 2016, 12:10 AM
Feb 2016
the-iconoclast
6:23 PM CST [Edited]
Bezos has a lot to protect - starting with his long-running $1.5 billion dollar tax battle with the IRS. And maintaining his below industry average $12 hourly Amazon wages and protecting the half million he spent lobbying for his new Blue Origin aerospace venture. Bezos and the WaPo are a classic example of the oligarchy at work.

Jean Genie

(275 posts)
32. Hit piece!
Mon Feb 1, 2016, 08:24 PM
Feb 2016

WaPo sucks - big time! Just how much "older" and "crankier" is Bernie than, say, Donald Trump (who's 69) and Hillary (who's 68)? Ageism is just as foul as sexism, folks!

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