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ProudToBeLiberal

(3,964 posts)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 03:43 PM Apr 2016

Bernie Sanders' campaign claim Hillary Clinton has "used language reserved for traitors."

Bernie Sanders, in a fundraising email to his supporters has charged that Hillary Clinton and her campaign has "used language reserved for traitors. The email includes a picture of Hillary Clinton with Donald Trump.

https://twitter.com/aseitzwald/status/725039798247952388

Wow, if he wanted to alienate Democrats and some of his supporters, this is the way to do it. Everyone says that Bernie Sanders is a good man, but this latest attack should shake the confidence of everyone's belief in the goodness of Senator Sanders.

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Bernie Sanders' campaign claim Hillary Clinton has "used language reserved for traitors." (Original Post) ProudToBeLiberal Apr 2016 OP
He is losing badly and desperate. nt LexVegas Apr 2016 #1
What? mcar Apr 2016 #2
I guess he has decided that last shred of dignity was too lonely to keep. Squinch Apr 2016 #3
He looked like he was pretty much perched at the edge of the abyss last night Maru Kitteh Apr 2016 #17
SMH Lucinda Apr 2016 #4
really that is how you interpret that? hollysmom Apr 2016 #5
^pretty much this ^ Betty Karlson Apr 2016 #16
she used the same "aid & comfort" language on saddam nt BirdieSanders Apr 2016 #18
Sorry, where is this email that Bernie was suppose to have sent out? beedle Apr 2016 #6
Click on the link. The reporter has a screen shot. nt ProudToBeLiberal Apr 2016 #7
Nope, all I see there is. beedle Apr 2016 #21
Did Hillary ever write an article about women's fantasies of being raped by three men at once? Thinkingabout Apr 2016 #8
You know you are attacking a Hillary supporter now don't you? passiveporcupine Apr 2016 #13
it seems to be getting harder for them to tell? reddread Apr 2016 #14
I did not attack a Hillary supporter, I never said "you", BTW, don't try to rewrite my post, Thinkingabout Apr 2016 #15
OH Geeze and here I thought we had something we could agree on. passiveporcupine Apr 2016 #19
Bye Thinkingabout Apr 2016 #20
Bye yourself. passiveporcupine Apr 2016 #23
OH BOY! It ACTUALLY SAYS...because Bernie will not give up his fight for us.. angstlessk Apr 2016 #9
Accusing someone of giving "aid and comfort" is traditionally language reserved to those who commit Luminous Animal Apr 2016 #10
Next up... bigtree Apr 2016 #11
Yes, they have used 'language reserved for traitors'... passiveporcupine Apr 2016 #12
Reading comprehension TM99 Apr 2016 #22

Maru Kitteh

(28,340 posts)
17. He looked like he was pretty much perched at the edge of the abyss last night
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 04:32 PM
Apr 2016

Red-faced, out of breath, glassy eyes.

Who knows what the hell is going on in there, but apparently, someone in his campaign decided it's time to go find the last dead horse and beat the shit out of it.

hollysmom

(5,946 posts)
5. really that is how you interpret that?
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 03:56 PM
Apr 2016

the post is saying Hillary is calling Bernie a traitor and indeed she is. she has been using coded language for a long time Aid and comfort is what they charge people with, there is no mistake about that.

 

beedle

(1,235 posts)
6. Sorry, where is this email that Bernie was suppose to have sent out?
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 03:59 PM
Apr 2016

All I see are pictures of the original bullshit from the Sanders bunch making the stupid accusations.

Not that it would be wrong for Sanders to point out this bullshit, but even that claim seems to be missing evidence.

 

beedle

(1,235 posts)
21. Nope, all I see there is.
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 06:03 PM
Apr 2016


Emails in my experience have email addresses on them. This is a picture of an article and someone claiming it's an email.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
8. Did Hillary ever write an article about women's fantasies of being raped by three men at once?
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 04:06 PM
Apr 2016

Also, since when is Hillary right to freedom of speech been revoked. This one is silly.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
15. I did not attack a Hillary supporter, I never said "you", BTW, don't try to rewrite my post,
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 04:25 PM
Apr 2016

I will write my own. I made valid comments.

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
19. OH Geeze and here I thought we had something we could agree on.
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 05:09 PM
Apr 2016
Wow, if he wanted to alienate Democrats and some of his supporters, this is the way to do it. Everyone says that Bernie Sanders is a good man, but this latest attack should shake the confidence of everyone's belief in the goodness of Senator Sanders.


Because the only way ^^this^^ is not silly, is if you write it this way:

Wow, if she wanted to alienate Democrats, and some of her supporrters, this is the way to do it. Everyone says that Hillary is a good woman (NOT), but this latest attack should shake the confidence of everyone's belief in the goodness of SOS Clinton.

And I would have to add:
As a matter of fact, this is just more of the same for Hillary and Brock. This is the way she rolls.
And if Bernie stands up to her nasty attacks, it makes him a good man in my eyes.

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
23. Bye yourself.
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 08:34 PM
Apr 2016

I see you are just fine with trash liike this thrown at Bernie, but when the shoe is on the other foot, oh noes...it pinches.

angstlessk

(11,862 posts)
9. OH BOY! It ACTUALLY SAYS...because Bernie will not give up his fight for us..
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 04:06 PM
Apr 2016

..that Bernie supporters are "giving aid and comfort to the enemy" (that enemy being trump)....that is language reserved for traitors!!!

Luminous Animal

(27,310 posts)
10. Accusing someone of giving "aid and comfort" is traditionally language reserved to those who commit
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 04:07 PM
Apr 2016

treason.

Here is the shitty quote from Hillary supporter, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries.

Mr. Jeffries, who has derided Mr. Sanders, a Vermont independent and self-described democratic socialist, as a “gun-loving socialist,” said he ran the risk of “sinking” his legacy.

“He must clearly and unequivocally call upon his supporters, such as Rosario Dawson, to stop providing aid and comfort to Donald Trump and the Republican Party,” Mr. Jeffries added.

http://observer.com/2016/04/congressman-accuses-bernie-sanders-of-providing-aid-and-comfort-to-donald-trump/

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
12. Yes, they have used 'language reserved for traitors'...
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 04:14 PM
Apr 2016
Over the past few days, Hillary Clinton's campaign and some of it's top supporters have launched an odd new line of attack against people like you (Bernie supporters) who stand with Bernie. they are saying that by continuing to campaign and fight for every vote, for every delegate, that "we are helping Donald Trump".

They've used language reserved for traitors to our country, saying we are 'giving aid and comfort' to Trump.
In other words, Hillary is calling us traitors. For doing the very thing she did when running against Obama. Was she a traitor then?

So...they have called us the traitors, Bernie was not calling them traitors.

You see, you tried to use this against Bernie (I'm sure it came from Brock...everyone got the same message, right?), by pretending Hillary and her supporters were being called traitors, when in fact, it was just the opposite.

Hillary is on a new campaign low right now and she will say anything at this point, and Brock is going to try to turn it all against Bernie, but this time he blew it.

Comprehension. It's what makes conversation great!
 

TM99

(8,352 posts)
22. Reading comprehension
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 07:10 PM
Apr 2016

is critical.

Hillary Clinton's campaign used language about Sanders and his supports that is usually reserved for traitors - giving aid and comfort.

It is she who is alienating Democrats and leftists. Having her surrogates use such language and conflating him with Trump.

Play your little games but just remember who fucked up come November and she loses.

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