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I predict... (Original Post) Bubzer Mar 2016 OP
What do you mean.... daleanime Mar 2016 #1
I mean we havent seen ANYTHING yet. Just take a look at 2008. She started off fairly mild... Bubzer Mar 2016 #11
I actually saw this earlier from another poster elsewhere. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2016 #12
OMG! StandingInLeftField Mar 2016 #2
Read post 3 Depaysement Mar 2016 #5
You mean she's been positive? nt Depaysement Mar 2016 #3
I thought she already did? New Earth Mar 2016 #4
"....will go..."? sarge43 Mar 2016 #6
I think she already has.. disillusioned73 Mar 2016 #7
We should be painting her as Bob_Roony Mar 2016 #8
Nope. Sit back and watch them shoot off their kneecaps. sarge43 Mar 2016 #17
It's all the Clinton team knows BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #9
We've seen the kitchen sink, whats next? bahrbearian Mar 2016 #10
Well yah. Historically negative works, HereSince1628 Mar 2016 #13
Over in the Hillary group SheilaT Mar 2016 #14
they are so steeped in negativity that they don't recognize it for what it is... islandmkl Mar 2016 #16
shhhhh marions ghost Mar 2016 #18
they will be busy cut & pasting 'socialist' over 'muslim', 'inexperienced', etc. islandmkl Mar 2016 #15
Let the triangulating begin! Fawke Em Mar 2016 #19
MSNBC : Breaking News Gwhittey Mar 2016 #20
I thought she already had. Ivan Kaputski Mar 2016 #21

Bubzer

(4,211 posts)
11. I mean we havent seen ANYTHING yet. Just take a look at 2008. She started off fairly mild...
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 10:14 AM
Mar 2016

then went HEAVILY negative. It was bad!

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
12. I actually saw this earlier from another poster elsewhere.
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 10:15 AM
Mar 2016

Some of the Clinton crowd actually believe she HASN'T gone negative yet. The suggestion was that they go into full on red-scare mode, talking hammers and sickles, communist this, socialist that, etc.

Personally I think that's going to be a big flop, and I think if she did go there, it would only drop her own numbers.

sarge43

(28,940 posts)
6. "....will go..."?
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 09:46 AM
Mar 2016

That plane left the hanger some time ago.

Same song, different verse, just louder and much, much worse.

Should be entertaining.


 

disillusioned73

(2,872 posts)
7. I think she already has..
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 09:54 AM
Mar 2016

Bernies campaign just has to figure out where the shots are coming from next..

SC = "he wasn't part of the civil rights movement"
MI = "he voted AGAINST the auto industry"

The next BIG LIE is coming - it's just a matter of time... but what the Clintonistas don't get is that the internet is beautiful thing..

I won't vote for Trump or the rest of the 3 ring circus in November - but as some others have said, I will vote with a clear conscience..

Bob_Roony

(73 posts)
8. We should be painting her as
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 09:59 AM
Mar 2016

Dishonest
Say anything to get elected.

This will resonate with a lot of people, because there are ample evidence for it. Bernie doesn't want to do it, but this is the truth. She is dishonest and will say anything to get elected.

sarge43

(28,940 posts)
17. Nope. Sit back and watch them shoot off their kneecaps.
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 10:28 AM
Mar 2016

Clinton's wowser about the bailout is a good example. They're hurting themselves with their clumsy bs more than anything we could do. Keep answering the lies with facts; that's all we need to do.

That and money bombs and hands on campaigning - door to door, phone banks, etc.

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)
9. It's all the Clinton team knows
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 10:02 AM
Mar 2016

But unfortunately for them it just reminds voters of how much they dislike and don't trust the Clintons.

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
13. Well yah. Historically negative works,
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 10:23 AM
Mar 2016

I think it's a safe bet that there will be much more energy devoted to disfiguring Sanders and his message.

The risk that's always there with negativity is producing a backlash among voters.

We've seen that Clinton negativity fuels money-bomb fund-raising for Sanders.

We may have seen some of that backlash last night...

Sanders beats her on the sentiment 'candidate cares about people like me'. There is a pretty good chance that people who feel that way would project Clinton attacks on Sanders into attacks on people like them...which is to say they'd take it personally.



 

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
14. Over in the Hillary group
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 10:24 AM
Mar 2016

I saw a post, maybe a whole thread, musing that maybe it was time for her to go negative. Excuse me? What in the world does anyone think she's been doing all along?

I sincerely hope that her entire campaign simply implodes in the next month or two and she just sinks into quicksand.

I will predict that there's a strong likelihood of a huge shake-up in her entire campaign staff and structure very soon, much like in '08, and that it will go from bad to worse.

islandmkl

(5,275 posts)
16. they are so steeped in negativity that they don't recognize it for what it is...
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 10:28 AM
Mar 2016

they are at the bottom and they say, "It's time to go lower!"

Works sometimes...but unfortunately, it is the negative message that needs to be absorbed, not the messenger...and Hillary didn't do a good job of delivering the blow the other night...

she needs someone else's voice selling the bullshit...her perceived trustworthiness and honesty values are so low that people will tend to instinctively not buy into the message...

islandmkl

(5,275 posts)
15. they will be busy cut & pasting 'socialist' over 'muslim', 'inexperienced', etc.
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 10:24 AM
Mar 2016
over all their 2008 props...

the picture of Bernie in a Castro-type fatigue outfit or a Stalinesque uniform might take a little longer...probably looking for a good photoshop expert right now...

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
19. Let the triangulating begin!
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 12:00 PM
Mar 2016
David Sirota ?@davidsirota 59m59 minutes ago

With Bernie's win in MI on the trade issue, Clinton surrogates now claiming Bernie has been "MIA" in protecting jobs


http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/election-2016-voters-concerns-about-us-trade-policy-fueled-michigan-primary
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