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Robbins

(5,066 posts)
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 11:29 AM Nov 2015

My adivce to bernie supporters

ignore the clinton supporters who post links saying bernie was terrable in debate or clinton was strong.

That just proves like republicans they are living in their own reality.

I donated 10 dollars after debate.I refuse to let Clinton supporters depress me or bring me down.

If anything the debate made me even more detminded to support bernie and never vote for her.

Some clinton supporters act like primary is ilrelvent the 2016 general campagin has already beguin.

I refuse to concede before any votes are made.

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My adivce to bernie supporters (Original Post) Robbins Nov 2015 OP
Recommend JonLeibowitz Nov 2015 #1
after last night's performance Robbins Nov 2015 #6
She walked on the dead. 840high Nov 2015 #24
Just when you didn't think she would go lower. But she ain't done. Big Money will not let Sen rhett o rick Nov 2015 #42
As expected... retrowire Nov 2015 #2
Hubby Bill was shilling for her on twitter ... CountAllVotes Nov 2015 #4
I saw Bill's tweets last night too. appalachiablue Nov 2015 #11
tweeting for himself CountAllVotes Nov 2015 #13
In fairness, my husband would have been tweeting the same thing all night, even merrily Nov 2015 #22
These are the tricks she employed in 08... CoffeeCat Nov 2015 #25
I remember that very well Robbins Nov 2015 #29
I love reading your posts. Fawke Em Nov 2015 #55
I donated last night. azmom Nov 2015 #3
Kicketty Kickin' Faux pas Nov 2015 #5
me either! eom LittleGirl Nov 2015 #16
I avoid the threads and use ignore a lot. Hepburn Nov 2015 #50
Yeah I Love Faux pas Nov 2015 #54
I Also Donated Last Night cantbeserious Nov 2015 #7
K & R. I've ceased reading most of their threads. Yesterday the board was appalachiablue Nov 2015 #8
I agree Robbins Nov 2015 #10
Too add to op has to say Truprogressive85 Nov 2015 #9
So very true Robbins Nov 2015 #12
Well said! dreamnightwind Nov 2015 #43
I will not cast my GE vote before Cassiopeia Nov 2015 #14
Very good advice Jack Rabbit Nov 2015 #15
I remember someone else who declared "Mission Accomplished" prematurely.... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2015 #17
It is in poor taste to liken fellow Democrats to Republicans Orrex Nov 2015 #18
I just donated too. PotatoChip Nov 2015 #19
Terrible* Chico Man Nov 2015 #20
How could such a post get so many recs? Chico Man Nov 2015 #21
It do? merrily Nov 2015 #23
Spelling and typos is content Chico Man Nov 2015 #30
Heh. Spelling and typos ARE content, not is content. merrily Nov 2015 #31
So you agree? Chico Man Nov 2015 #33
From my prior post, it was clear that I do not agree. merrily Nov 2015 #34
... FlatBaroque Nov 2015 #47
I know, right? How many times I get to do that is surprising. merrily Nov 2015 #48
+1,000 Hepburn Nov 2015 #51
I'm an editor... CoffeeCat Nov 2015 #27
Right Chico Man Nov 2015 #32
I'm relatively certain that originated on FREEP and has long been parodied on merrily Nov 2015 #35
You are absolutely correct Chico Man Nov 2015 #36
You don't seem to belong in this group and you are disrupting discussion over merrily Nov 2015 #38
By all means Chico Man Nov 2015 #39
About time. And, oh, the drama and the bs. merrily Nov 2015 #40
Here it goes! MrMickeysMom Nov 2015 #41
Spoken language is very different from written language. senz Nov 2015 #57
Thanks for posting. fasttense Nov 2015 #26
Just now matched your donation, on bernieDU donation site, Robbins mike dub Nov 2015 #28
Off topic somewhat, but does anyone know how PotatoChip Nov 2015 #37
Good question dreamnightwind Nov 2015 #44
A dystopian corporate nightmare. Sadly, I couldn't agree more. PotatoChip Nov 2015 #49
I personally only know one Hillary supporter Lorien Nov 2015 #45
You are one up on me! n/t Hepburn Nov 2015 #52
It's funny Robbins Nov 2015 #46
In my years at DU, I have never put anyone on "Ignore".... bvar22 Nov 2015 #53
The NYTimes is in H's bag, but they have a semi-critical editorial. senz Nov 2015 #56

JonLeibowitz

(6,282 posts)
1. Recommend
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 11:31 AM
Nov 2015

I donated $50!

It is still important to point out the horrible answers HRC gave and make sure people know Sanders won. You know he won because none of camp weathervane is saying she won--only that the debate doesn't matter.

Robbins

(5,066 posts)
6. after last night's performance
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 11:44 AM
Nov 2015

the bias couldn't be more clear.he did grea last night.she did terrable.

be prepared for polls in next week saying she won which ask people who didn't watchd ebate but listen to pundidts saying she did and which greatly underpoll under 50 voters.the ones mostly supporting bernie.We know the game now.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
42. Just when you didn't think she would go lower. But she ain't done. Big Money will not let Sen
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 09:02 PM
Nov 2015

Sanders win at all costs.

retrowire

(10,345 posts)
2. As expected...
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 11:36 AM
Nov 2015

The hillary supporters lean on PUNDITS AND POLLS, PUNDITS AND POLLS

While we rely on actual opinions from all kinds of sources. Not just the few that favor our candidate as they do.

CountAllVotes

(21,104 posts)
4. Hubby Bill was shilling for her on twitter ...
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 11:40 AM
Nov 2015

About 10 mins. before the end of the thing he tweeted how great she was. Yeppers Bill.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
22. In fairness, my husband would have been tweeting the same thing all night, even
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 02:02 PM
Nov 2015

I had stood there drooling silently throughout the debate--and he would have believed it, too!

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
25. These are the tricks she employed in 08...
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 02:32 PM
Nov 2015

...it's amazing how identical this situation is to the 08 campaigns.

Clinton had the media on her side and touting her inevitability. I live in Iowa, and this was so over-the-top. We were practically told that Hillary was going to win and supporting Obama or Edwards was a laughable waste of time.

She used questionable polls and her media-lapdog friends to create the appearance of more support than she actually had. Then, when it came time to vote in the Iowa caucuses, lo and behold--the people of Iowa were smart enough to vote for the best candidate. And Hillary came in third.

I can't stress enough (and I'm sorry if I'm repeating myself) that Iowans take seriously that they are the first primary. We demand engagement with these politicians and we're very serious about researching these candidates. We don't like to be told who is "inevitable." In fact, that pisses us off. We'll decide for ourselves, thank you very much.

Bernie was polling at 4 percent in Iowa, in the Spring. He's managed to pull within 15 of Hillary. And at this stage of the game--the caucus season has yet to reach its peak. It could go either way.

This time, during the 08 caucuses (2.5 months before the caucus was held) Obama was behind in Iowa by 10.

I am happy that my state is first to vote, because we truly are independent thinkers. Especially the Democrats in our state. There is a large Progressive contingent within the party. And they vote in high numbers.

So...relax a bit. We still have a lot of work to do, but Hillary is about as "inevitable" this time around, as she was in 08. And she knows that.

Robbins

(5,066 posts)
29. I remember that very well
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 02:42 PM
Nov 2015

I can also remember when clinton supporters were actin like Iowa was a bunch of backwoads racists despite fact Obama won
Iowa in 2008.If bernie pulls off wins in both iowa and NH,and i still think he can the memo will again be iowa and NH should
not matter since they are backwords states with no minoritys and only devise states like SC should matter.

although let's remember untill Obama won Iowa most blacks were supporting her

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
55. I love reading your posts.
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 11:31 AM
Nov 2015

Your on-the-ground perspective gives me hope when the polls and pundits try to persuade me that there isn't any.

I'm actually doing some research on polling based on some discussions I had and some information I read yesterday.

Polling may be fairly useless at this point, no matter how much science goes into reading the data. If the data is bad... well, you know the saying, "Garbage in, garbage out."

Hepburn

(21,054 posts)
50. I avoid the threads and use ignore a lot.
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 10:57 AM
Nov 2015

Sad, first time since I joined in 2004 that I found it necessary to block a fellow DUer.

Faux pas

(15,426 posts)
54. Yeah I Love
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 11:27 AM
Nov 2015

ignore! I've been here over 10 years and I have never used the alert button.

appalachiablue

(43,106 posts)
8. K & R. I've ceased reading most of their threads. Yesterday the board was
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 11:52 AM
Nov 2015

filled with negativity & doom for Bernie due to the French tragedy, HRC's expertise on foreign policy, how Bernie is finished, blah, blah. The posters were proved so wrong; that was one of the weakest, not strongest performances by HRC after all.

Robbins

(5,066 posts)
10. I agree
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 12:08 PM
Nov 2015

I felt Bernie didn't get to talk much during foregin Policy questions.

The pundits and MSM polls can claim all they want she won debate.that doesn't make it true.

back in 2012 CNN instant poll claimed after VP debate and second presidential debate ryan and romney won those.so i don't take the clinton won polls anymore seriously than i did those.

Truprogressive85

(900 posts)
9. Too add to op has to say
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 12:06 PM
Nov 2015
To my fellow Bernie Supporters

Don't ever give up
Its up to the voters (us) who will have the final say on who we want as the nominee not the polls
if the polls were right than Obama would never been president. Do you think for a second that Alexrod, Plouffe looked at polls during the 08' and told Obama he had no chance answer: Hell no !!
Sen. Sanders is not only running for president but for the the soul of what is left of this party
Pres.Obama as much he went to the center even towards the right, his campaigned showed us what the people can do when they show up to the polls

Robbins

(5,066 posts)
12. So very true
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 12:14 PM
Nov 2015

forget how obama has been as president.lot of similarties to his campagin against CLinton as there is to bernie now.back then we
were told obama has no chance.In some polling bernie is doing better than obama was at this time in 2007.

Cassiopeia

(2,603 posts)
14. I will not cast my GE vote before
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 12:50 PM
Nov 2015

Last edited Sun Nov 15, 2015, 06:03 PM - Edit history (1)

I cast my primary vote.

We have polls that really matter coming up, they're called elections. I think I'll let the voters speak before I start picking my GE votes.

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)
15. Very good advice
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 01:12 PM
Nov 2015

I'm through posting on the matter for now, but I really had to say something. Mrs. Clinton's weaknesses were on full display last night and any declaration that she won the debate while practically admitting that she's bought and paid for by Wall Street criminals was not something that ought to go unanswered.

Right now, I trust no establishment sources of news. They are Wall Street's propagandists backing the Third Way just as Fox is the GOP's propagandists backing right wing morons. Truth is subordinate to the desired outcome of next year's election.

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
17. I remember someone else who declared "Mission Accomplished" prematurely....
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 01:37 PM
Nov 2015

That didn't go well either.

Orrex

(64,328 posts)
18. It is in poor taste to liken fellow Democrats to Republicans
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 01:43 PM
Nov 2015

Especially as it pertains to matters of delusion:

That just proves like republicans they are living in their own reality.
I know that this is the Sanders group, but "safe haven" or not, you don't have carte blanche to make ugly broad-brush attacks against fellow Democrats simply because they don't support Sanders.

Sanders himself would certainly not approve of such a tactic, especially considering that the Democrats you characterize as "like republicans" will undoubtedly vote for him if he's on the ballot in Nov 2016.


I'll leave it at that since this is the Sanders group, except to add in closing that you do Sanders no favors in choosing him to support him this way.

PotatoChip

(3,186 posts)
19. I just donated too.
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 01:54 PM
Nov 2015

And I have yet to see the debate. I've read about it about it as much as time would allow, though.

Chico Man

(3,001 posts)
21. How could such a post get so many recs?
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 01:58 PM
Nov 2015

Terrable? Detminded? Ilrelvent?

Come on people. Quality matters.

Chico Man

(3,001 posts)
30. Spelling and typos is content
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 04:11 PM
Nov 2015

If you have something important to say, spend the time to say correctly. Otherwise, you end up like this OP: a pile of garbage - some quick thought that desperate Bernie supporters will rec without even reading because it is trending. It's lazy: meta-slacktivism.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
31. Heh. Spelling and typos ARE content, not is content.
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 04:13 PM
Nov 2015

"If you have something important to say, spend the time to say correctly."

Just abut the only time I mention grammar, spelling and/or usage on a board are under this kind of circunstance, because the irony is just too seductive and I have next to no will power.

By the way, aren't you a Bernie supporter? If not, why are you in this group?

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
27. I'm an editor...
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 02:34 PM
Nov 2015

...and believe me, I sometimes post using my phone, and my posts are riddled with errors.

It happens.

Chico Man

(3,001 posts)
32. Right
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 04:13 PM
Nov 2015

And I still think the OP is ridiculous and a very poor reflection on DU.

After all, where did "I'm really series!!!!!!111!!1!11!" originate?

Garbage I tell you, garbage.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
35. I'm relatively certain that originated on FREEP and has long been parodied on
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 04:24 PM
Nov 2015

left boards.

Again, why are you posting about spelling and typos in this group. You don't seem to be one of those desperate Bernie Supporters upon whom you look down. No errors to carp about in the Hillary Group?

Chico Man

(3,001 posts)
36. You are absolutely correct
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 04:26 PM
Nov 2015

Back in the day, DU took pride in the quality of its content.

Terrable? Detminded? Ilrelvent?

Fodder for parody, no doubt.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
38. You don't seem to belong in this group and you are disrupting discussion over
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 04:29 PM
Nov 2015

pissant nonsense that matters only to you. Stop.

Chico Man

(3,001 posts)
39. By all means
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 04:31 PM
Nov 2015

Let this site spiral into the toilet.

I've been involved since 2001, and this very thread is the absolute rock bottom.

Enjoy.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
40. About time. And, oh, the drama and the bs.
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 04:33 PM
Nov 2015

You sure made light of your own error quickly enough.

 

senz

(11,945 posts)
57. Spoken language is very different from written language.
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 01:28 PM
Nov 2015

Different skills. Message boards are closer to spoken language. Try to understand what the commenter means and judge the comment on its meaning alone. The point is: communication.

 

fasttense

(17,301 posts)
26. Thanks for posting.
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 02:33 PM
Nov 2015

I forgot to watch the debates and from reading the board this morning, I would have thought only Hillary was in them.

I think I will go give a donation to Bernie.

PotatoChip

(3,186 posts)
37. Off topic somewhat, but does anyone know how
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 04:28 PM
Nov 2015

I can see the debate in full?

Somebody posted it in the Video Forum, but it was removed. So I tried the CBS website and couldn't seem to get it to work.

Then, off to YouTube I went, and was able to watch the first 3 of 6 debate segments. I checked, and found both segments 5 and 6 there, but no segment 4.

It is the part about Wall Street, approx 25 to 30 minutes. But this is what I get when I search for it:

No results for dem debate part 4 is clinton too close to wall st


Another one of those things that make me go hmmm. Anyone know why that might have been cut?

Better yet, does anyone know where I can watch the entire thing? TIA!

dreamnightwind

(4,775 posts)
44. Good question
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 09:21 PM
Nov 2015

I watched a Youtube last night by the guy who founded Bernie2016TV (which has been shut down by CNN), he was raging about this very thing. He wants the full uncut debate available to all, not segments that have been sliced and diced by a Time-Warner owned corporation. Apparently that's too much to ask these daze. We live in a dystopian corporate nghtmare.

PotatoChip

(3,186 posts)
49. A dystopian corporate nightmare. Sadly, I couldn't agree more.
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 08:49 AM
Nov 2015

On a much happier note, I love your GIF! It made me smile. My dog looks alot like that one.

Lorien

(31,935 posts)
45. I personally only know one Hillary supporter
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 04:42 AM
Nov 2015

everyone else I know is voting for Bernie. The Hillary supporter earns his living developing weapons systems for the military. He also voted for Reagan twice.

Robbins

(5,066 posts)
46. It's funny
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 07:59 AM
Nov 2015

right on cue a clinton supporter bragging about gravies poll with Clinton having 21 point lead In NH.

Gravies is a republican leaning pollster who didn't have best accuracy In 2012 but as long as it's good for clinton and could
discourage Bernie supporters it's good.

Clinton suddenly opening 21 point lead In NH doesn't sound a bit fishy to some.

I am not going to go off on these ridiculous polls anymore.

bvar22

(39,909 posts)
53. In my years at DU, I have never put anyone on "Ignore"....
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 11:25 AM
Nov 2015

...until yesterday.
So far, about 10 occupy the list now.
I'll probably add more today.

My DU experience has greatly improved.
Ignore is a good way to separate the wheat from the waste.

 

senz

(11,945 posts)
56. The NYTimes is in H's bag, but they have a semi-critical editorial.
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 01:08 PM
Nov 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/16/opinion/hillary-clinton-botches-wall-street-questions.html

Comments are now closed, but they heavily favor Bernie. The editorial is as mild as possible but at least the Times acknowledged her gaffe.
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