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Viser and Sirota do not look buddy-buddy here where Viser is using Sirota to call out Sanders over his failure to release his tax returns

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ALRIGHTY THEN

Great post. I salute you.

This in particular:

And as for Biden conflating and embellishing -- as I explained in another post, this is something many people do, because of the way we remember

Exactly right. No one is carrying a video/audio machine in their head. Our memories are shaped most frequently by the emotions generated by the particular event. There's no doubt that Joe Biden was deeply moved by his interactions with these soldiers. That's his empathy quotient. And as Axelrod points out, Biden did pin a medal on a reluctant hero.

We all have experienced this during family interactions, stories we tell that differ from other relatives. We may have all witnessed the same event, yet our descriptions will differ, sometimes radically so depending on where our focus was at the moment and how it affected us personally. It's why eye-witness accounts are so frequently inaccurate.

This is simply another attempt to stop Biden and bring down his poll numbers. That's what it's all about because Joe Biden is a threat with numbers that--so far--have proved amazingly resilient.

And yes, the real question is where is this coming from? Our own Democratic camp or right-wing smear agents? In this case, I really hope it's the latter.

And deservedly so.

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...to make of this,

" Not in any way taking anything away from the reporters, who undoubtedly reported it out, but this reads like the product of a pretty sophisticated opposition research dump,..."

...David, if you're not taking anything away from the reporters, yet it reads like a sophisticated opposition dump, then why did Joe hand them the material in the first place?

...too many gaffs...

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I’ll take great pleasure in watching Sanders flame out.

If you are going to attack actual Democrats at least learn to spell.

BTW, the opinion of the person who was the subject of the last so-called gaffe carries a great deal of weight with me

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yesterday, and he looked very sheepish. It was obvious that this did not turn out the way he had anticipated - being hailed as a journalistic hero for uncovering some "great find" - perhaps even winning the next Pulitzer Prize...

Most of his counterparts, in the industry, are not in solidarity with this man and are, instead, vocally defending Joe. Even Dana Bash, who was hosting CNN's Inside Politics yesterday, adamantly said: "I have been covering Joe Biden for years and this is exactly how he has always been -it has nothing to do with his age - this is just who he is. Anyone who has been following Dana Bash knows that she is a straight shooter and has never shown any affinity toward Joe.

This one backfired...

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