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eclecticdyslexic

(21 posts) Tue Jan 28, 2020, 09:19 PM Jan 2020

Pro-Israel Democratic Super PAC to Air Attack Ads Against Bernie Sanders

Per NYT:

DES MOINES — A Democratic super PAC will begin airing attack ads in Iowa against Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont on Wednesday, marking the first time a Democratic organization has run a negative campaign spot targeting Mr. Sanders by name in either of his two primary campaigns.

The ad, backed by Democratic Majority for Israel’s political action arm, comes as concerns among moderate Democrats mount that Mr. Sanders could win Iowa, setting the avowed democratic socialist on a possible path to the nomination. With Mr. Sanders leading in some polls ahead of the Feb. 3 caucuses, the spot is the first sign of a still-disjointed effort to stop his rise by the moderate wing of the party.

It also signals a new line of attack against Mr. Sanders. For much of the Democratic nomination race, his rivals have focused on his policy positions, arguing that his proposals for “Medicare for all” and free public college are too expensive and unfeasible.

While Democratic Majority for Israel is focused on raising support for Israel within the party, its spot targets the dominant concern among many Democrats in Iowa and elsewhere: beating President Trump.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/28/us/politics/bernie-sanders-attack-ads.html

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Pro-Israel Democratic Super PAC to Air Attack Ads Against Bernie Sanders (Original Post) eclecticdyslexic Jan 2020 OP

What continues to be a bit surprising... pfeiffer Jan 2020 #1

LOL Scurrilous Jan 2020 #4

Number 2 reply is doing Iowa and NH. LOL Scurrilous Jan 2020 #6

We knew this was coming ritapria Jan 2020 #2

Up barely in Iowa in averages. .5% Scurrilous Jan 2020 #5

So Ryan Grimm is a biased journalist who showblue22 Jan 2020 #7

Blame the media, question the polls, rinse, lather, repeat as necessary. LanternWaste Jan 2020 #11

Sad. David__77 Jan 2020 #3

Nothing "sad" to be found at that link. The Valley Below Jan 2020 #14

AIPAC doesn't like Sanders. At all. Scurrilous Jan 2020 #8

Telling voters of Sanders far out of the mainstream views on Israel is informative tritsofme Jan 2020 #9

In this country, except for a small minority, MineralMan Jan 2020 #10

Is a great pac that supports our great Democratic Party. I donate to them. Amimnoch Jan 2020 #12

What did Bernie ever do to Israel??? DanTex Jan 2020 #13

He didnt get down on his knees and BrooklynJet2020 Jan 2020 #15

pfeiffer

(280 posts)

1. What continues to be a bit surprising...

Reply to eclecticdyslexic (Original post)

Tue Jan 28, 2020, 09:32 PM

Jan 2020

is how not just the media but everyone seems to think that Bernie is going to grab the nomination after Iowa and New Hampshire...as if there aren't any other states to compete in.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)

4. LOL

Reply to pfeiffer (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 28, 2020, 11:08 PM

Jan 2020

They're clowns. Why I haven't watched TV news in 20 years. 538 had Sanders up .5% in Avg. today. NH is Sanders. He'll get a bigger chunk of 33 than Biden. Next is Arizona where Biden leads. Arizona negates both Iowa and NH. S. Carolina is Biden's. Sanders campaign is doing spin. A win there means nothing. Why? Because it's close to Super Tuesday and no one will pay attention, LOL Pure spin. The states polled on 538 have Sander's up in 8. Biden up in 10 just in South. Smallest margin in South is 7 in Texas. Sanders only big leads are NH and Utah. The six other States are close. One at 3%. Rest 1.3% or under. Yeah. Let's give up after first two. Like Bernie dd in 2016.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)

6. Number 2 reply is doing Iowa and NH. LOL

Reply to pfeiffer (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 28, 2020, 11:13 PM

Jan 2020

Like those two wee white states get to pick president. I don't get why people post in a political forum and do TV news as knowledge.

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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

ritapria

(1,812 posts)

2. We knew this was coming

Reply to eclecticdyslexic (Original post)

Tue Jan 28, 2020, 09:45 PM

Jan 2020

And now it has arrived …. Bernie's "Crime" ...He's leading the polls in Iowa and NH ….I hope and believe the people of Iowa will see through these desperation ploys … Perhaps it will backfire ..Paul Begala serves on the board of the organization that is preparing to attack Bernie ...He should either resign from his role as CNN political pundit or be fired by CNN forthwith ….. (Source :Ryan Grim Twitter )

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Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)

5. Up barely in Iowa in averages. .5%

Reply to ritapria (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 28, 2020, 11:11 PM

Jan 2020

Losing in Arizona and S. Carolina. Arizona has as many delegates roughly as both Iowa and NH. Negates both of them. South Carolina in bag for Biden.

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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

showblue22

(1,026 posts)

7. So Ryan Grimm is a biased journalist who

Reply to ritapria (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 28, 2020, 11:19 PM

Jan 2020

doesn't think there should be biased journalist?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)

11. Blame the media, question the polls, rinse, lather, repeat as necessary.

Reply to ritapria (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 03:12 PM

Jan 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

David__77

(23,763 posts)

3. Sad.

Reply to eclecticdyslexic (Original post)

Tue Jan 28, 2020, 10:52 PM

Jan 2020

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Majority_for_Israel

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primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

The Valley Below

(1,701 posts)

14. Nothing "sad" to be found at that link.

Reply to David__77 (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 03:28 PM

Jan 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)

8. AIPAC doesn't like Sanders. At all.

Reply to eclecticdyslexic (Original post)

Tue Jan 28, 2020, 11:22 PM

Jan 2020

IOW he's fucked.

Actually he's double fucked.

"Haim Saban, Israeli-American billionaire co-creator of Power Rangers and top Democratic donor, criticized Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) for their stances on Israel in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter.

Several of Sanders's presidential campaign advisers have ties to the anti-Israel community, and Ocasio-Cortez has compared supporters of Israel to supporters of the Iraq War.

"We love all 23 candidates," Saban told the Hollywood Reporter. "No, minus one. I profoundly dislike Bernie Sanders, and you can write it. I don't give a hoot. He's a communist under the cover of being a socialist … So, 22 are great. One is a disaster zone."

https://freebeacon.com/politics/dem-donor-blasts-sanders-aoc-for-israel-stances

. "He's a communist under the cover of being a socialist." He wouldn't say that unless....

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

tritsofme

(17,515 posts)

9. Telling voters of Sanders far out of the mainstream views on Israel is informative

Reply to eclecticdyslexic (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 11:16 AM

Jan 2020

not an attack.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

MineralMan

(146,384 posts)

10. In this country, except for a small minority,

Reply to eclecticdyslexic (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 11:44 AM

Jan 2020

Israel is more favored than Palestine. And that's what this is all about. Bernie's position on Israel/Palestine is way less popular that is good for him in the Jewish community, and even in the general population. He is taking a minority position, and this is the result of that.

I"m not arguing which position is the best one; I'm just saying that Bernie's position is less popular.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden