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Jonathan Capehart Swiftboats Bernie Sanders (Original Post) leftcoastmountains Feb 2016 OP
No mas...! curiouso Feb 2016 #1
Iused to consider him very right wing come about five years ago. Akamai Feb 2016 #19
Wow.. disillusioned73 Feb 2016 #2
Shameful. AzDar Feb 2016 #3
any summary for those who can't play videos? (n/t) thesquanderer Feb 2016 #4
Another dirty trick for the history books. Right out of the Richard Nixon/GHW Bush playbook leveymg Feb 2016 #5
MSNBC and th Wash Post Funtatlaguy Feb 2016 #6
I can't imagine being so spectacularly ungracious toward one who pacalo Feb 2016 #7
Joy Reid - omg! I had never heard those comments before. jillan Feb 2016 #8
No one is going to successfully "swiftboat" SheilaT Feb 2016 #9
*tries* Fearless Feb 2016 #10
One betrayal after another Plucketeer Feb 2016 #11
Disgraceful democrank Feb 2016 #12
Not surprised davidthegnome Feb 2016 #13
But then there's this. Bangbangdem Feb 2016 #17
"I then somehow see this ..." (2:25) Deny and Shred Feb 2016 #14
Again? blackspade Feb 2016 #15
Disgusting. I hope Capehart knows HE lied. Duval Feb 2016 #16
K & R mountain grammy Feb 2016 #18
 

Akamai

(1,779 posts)
19. Iused to consider him very right wing come about five years ago.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 04:52 PM
Feb 2016

used to consider him very right wing come about five years ago.

But whatever his politics are, he's a jerk. (Apologies to jerks everywhere.)

 

disillusioned73

(2,872 posts)
2. Wow..
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 01:51 PM
Feb 2016

This & the Lewis comments were the moment I knew that the "establishment" wasn't going to stand for a legitimate primary process..

leveymg

(36,418 posts)
5. Another dirty trick for the history books. Right out of the Richard Nixon/GHW Bush playbook
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 02:01 PM
Feb 2016

I no longer watch much MSNBC because it makes me want to throw things at the flat screen.

pacalo

(24,721 posts)
7. I can't imagine being so spectacularly ungracious toward one who
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 02:05 PM
Feb 2016

has been in the trenches to help improve my quality of life throughout his adult life.

jillan

(39,451 posts)
8. Joy Reid - omg! I had never heard those comments before.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 02:19 PM
Feb 2016

I just sent her a tweet (not that she will care) telling her I am still waiting for an apology for her swiftboating of Sanders.

Fuck msnbc!! Turn on CNN instead. At least there they do give Bernie equal time & deal in facts the majority of the time.
*with the exception of Lawrence & With All Due Respect

 

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
9. No one is going to successfully "swiftboat"
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 03:29 PM
Feb 2016

Bernie. He IMMEDIATELY gets back with the facts whenever anyone tries to do so, unlike Kerry, who let crap build and build until it was too late.

Time to retire the meme of swiftboating, at least in reference to Bernie.

davidthegnome

(2,983 posts)
13. Not surprised
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 03:38 PM
Feb 2016

The picture has been proven to have actually been... of Bernie Sanders. In other words... Capehart was wrong, Capehart LIED, regardless of whether or not he knew the truth at the time, he should have been damned diligent in his investigation if he was going to make assertions that the person in the photo was NOT Sanders. They all should have been. Now they are refusing to back away from their claims even though they have been PROVEN to be wrong?

Yep... swiftboating, once again, yet this time from the supposedly "liberal media"... MSNBC. You know, whichever candidate we support, the truth is the damned truth.

 

Bangbangdem

(140 posts)
17. But then there's this.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 04:04 PM
Feb 2016

If the info in the video is true, then he is in a relationship with a HRC staffer. This changes his motive from political to personal. He was, logically, running this hit job on the intended gain of his partner. The chance for his partner to get a position within her administration and the chance for advancement beyond that. In that case, he was doing it for money. Personally. That is pretty vacant. He was not putting his belief in Hillary, he was hoping that he could personally gain from this. What a maroon!

Deny and Shred

(1,061 posts)
14. "I then somehow see this ..." (2:25)
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 03:50 PM
Feb 2016

Yeah, somehow. Way to gloss over how you found out about a change in a 40-year-old caption.

A useful idiot, not a journalist.

 

Duval

(4,280 posts)
16. Disgusting. I hope Capehart knows HE lied.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 04:03 PM
Feb 2016

MSNBC has only become worse since being bought by Comcast. But, our media is Corporate, so what else can we expect until we do something about it. Let the Revolution begin. I'm serious, guys. It's been going on for too long. Makes me mental!

And thank you leftcoastmountains.


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