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yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 08:56 AM Feb 2016

Bernie Decides to Go Hard Negative (Hillary Group)

Desperation? Bernie Goes Hard Negative on Hillary’s Integrity (and thus Obama’s) by Peter Daou

You learn a lot about a candidate when they lose an election. Bernie’s campaign hit a wall in Nevada and after huddling with his campaign advisers (we assume) to determine his strategy going forward, he has come out swinging even harder at Hillary’s integrity.

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Every time Bernie uses the Wall Street dog whistle, he’s indirectly smearing President Obama. Or, worse yet, he’s accusing a woman of doing something that he gives a man a pass for.

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Make no mistake, Bernie’s campaign message and the behavior of his supporters have become less about something and more against someone. His path to victory runs right through Hillary’s integrity. It’s a deeply regrettable turn of events in an election where Bernie had initially vowed to stay positive and issue-driven.

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Bernie is now presiding over a campaign and a contingent of supporters who are willing to treat Hillary more disdainfully than Karl Rove, the Koch brothers, and the GOP. Crossing that line is crossing to the dark side of politics. Surfing a wave of hate for one of the most admired and respected women on the planet is beneath him and beneath any true Democrat.
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Bernie Decides to Go Hard Negative (Hillary Group) (Original Post) yallerdawg Feb 2016 OP
Going negative is not promoting his agenda though his agenda is flawed. Thinkingabout Feb 2016 #1
Brawaaaaaa.... BS needs to look at himself. And, that vid of Sarandon berating Dolores Cha Feb 2016 #2
Sarandon is already dead meat in Bernieland jmowreader Feb 2016 #22
Really?! they turned on her? And, I have no idea what you mean by the L'Oreal reference? Cha Feb 2016 #24
I shall explain jmowreader Feb 2016 #27
Ah ha! thank you. That's luna talking about the hypocrisy of SS.. she's a Hill supporter Cha Feb 2016 #28
Sounds like Sarandon is accepting blood money. PM Martin Feb 2016 #31
Mica is not a huge component of their product line jmowreader Feb 2016 #32
A very little dab. Treant Feb 2016 #34
k&r Little Star Feb 2016 #3
a "running as" Democrat... artyteacher Feb 2016 #4
UGH Iliyah Feb 2016 #5
The same old speculation and innuendo. yallerdawg Feb 2016 #6
"Release your transcripts" brer cat Feb 2016 #12
Didn't Bernie promised never to go negative? workinclasszero Feb 2016 #7
Wall Street! (Anyone with a 401k is invested in Wall Street) livetohike Feb 2016 #8
"Bernie’s campaign message and the behavior of his supporters... BlueCaliDem Feb 2016 #9
A truly shameful episode mcar Feb 2016 #10
What does Bernie actually say? yallerdawg Feb 2016 #11
K&R! stonecutter357 Feb 2016 #13
It will drive up his negatives, too. book_worm Feb 2016 #14
Disgusting. nt SunSeeker Feb 2016 #15
LOL, suddenly the President is his friend. Desperate measures, indeed. nt UtahLib Feb 2016 #16
The author Peter Daou says he cut his teeth blogging at DU. yallerdawg Feb 2016 #17
His Wall Street dog whistle makes me sick pandr32 Feb 2016 #18
It is absolutely ridiculous! yallerdawg Feb 2016 #19
Point that out 100 times ismnotwasm Feb 2016 #26
Every time it is mentioned it needs calling out pandr32 Feb 2016 #30
No kidding--this whole narrative needs to be called out! pandr32 Feb 2016 #29
It seems the Bernie fan club wants the destruction of all big business, PM Martin Feb 2016 #33
To quote (paraphrase, actually) - "That's neva gonna happen." Well, it happened, starting weeks ago George II Feb 2016 #20
Beware the politician who says 'always positive campaign'... yallerdawg Feb 2016 #21
He doesn't care. He's not a Democrat Stuckinthebush Feb 2016 #23
He must have known he couldn't beat Hillary without going negative ismnotwasm Feb 2016 #25
A bit off topic but.. fun n serious Feb 2016 #35

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
1. Going negative is not promoting his agenda though his agenda is flawed.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 09:03 AM
Feb 2016

If the best he has to offer is negative attacks on Hillary then it does not fly with me. Just proving he does not have the necessary qualifications to be president.

Cha

(297,154 posts)
2. Brawaaaaaa.... BS needs to look at himself. And, that vid of Sarandon berating Dolores
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 09:04 AM
Feb 2016

Huerta like she was her housekeeper has gone viral and not going to help the bern. Thanks SS.

And, oh please.. sanders has already gone all pull out the stops negative. That lie he's telling about winning the Latino vote is out, too.. It's pronounced a Big Mistake.

berni's been desperate for awhile and now he's only getting worse.

"There is no Bernie revolution. Democratic turnout is down. There is nothing but the harsh truth that America could veer sharply right in November and we need our candidates intact, not mangled and battered."

shit's gonna backfire on sanders.

Gracias yellerdawg.

jmowreader

(50,555 posts)
22. Sarandon is already dead meat in Bernieland
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 02:03 PM
Feb 2016

After it became apparent Sarandon's attacks on Dolores Huerta didn't work, all the shit about L'Oreal's mica supplier started to come out.

Cha

(297,154 posts)
24. Really?! they turned on her? And, I have no idea what you mean by the L'Oreal reference?
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 02:19 PM
Feb 2016

Thanks though.. this sounds like good news. I don't think it's over yet.

jmowreader

(50,555 posts)
27. I shall explain
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 02:39 PM
Feb 2016
The Hypocrisy of Susan Sarandon
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511307966

She's one of the 1% the Sander's supporters say they despise. She's 2016 "Face of Loreal/Paris", taking millions from them.

I wish Dolores Huerta had said to Sarandon "Do you know about Loreal, and it's Global Conglomerate, Child labor Violations & Racism in Marketing?


Guess who owns the lobbying firm for L'Oreal's slave labor mining company? You'll never guess
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511310239

L'Oreal's mica supplier in India is Merck.

Merck - ah Merck.

Merck pays the PODESTA GROUP to lobby for it in the US.

You may remember the Podesta Group as it's co-owned by Hillary's CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN.

The Podesta Group has also donated and bundled hundreds of grand for... you guessed it... Hillary Clinton.

Meaning that some of Hillary's campaign is paid for with profits from... Child slave labour...

Cha

(297,154 posts)
28. Ah ha! thank you. That's luna talking about the hypocrisy of SS.. she's a Hill supporter
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 02:54 PM
Feb 2016

but the BS fans are sticking up for SS.. bringing in Demi Lavato for the rebuttal. lol

But all that deflection doesn't mean anything.. SS had no business getting all up in Delores Huerta's grill.. she needed to back up and take a seat.

Treant

(1,968 posts)
34. A very little dab.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 03:59 PM
Feb 2016

Per pound of soap colored with mica, about 1/32nd of a tablespoon is quite sufficient. 1/16th for very dense color.

Greater amounts are required in cosmetics due to the opacity of most bases, but they still don't add a great deal. You don't want your nose to be shiny due to the makeup and diffusely reflective lips look unnatural.

artyteacher

(598 posts)
4. a "running as" Democrat...
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 09:11 AM
Feb 2016

damaging his temporary party. He should be ashamed and he should know he's only hurting his own agenda. Like Nader hurts hid own agenda every 4 years.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
6. The same old speculation and innuendo.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 09:18 AM
Feb 2016
"He promised to run a positive campaign, but there’s absolutely nothing positive about accusing someone of being on the take – with zero evidence."

"Release your transcripts! We'll find something!"

Just like the Republican Benghazi Committee. It will hurt her, and, "We'll find something." That's where you draw your playbook from?

More of that 'higher standard' no one else is held to.

brer cat

(24,560 posts)
12. "Release your transcripts"
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 10:09 AM
Feb 2016

If you don't, that is in and of itself evidence...proof I tells ya!!!!...that you are evil, corrupt, a Wall St. w**** primed and ready to undo the New Deal, a kitten kicker, and an unfit grandmother.

Some days I am simply overcome with sadness that this once great party, one that welcomed diversity, fought for equality and human rights, has been reduced to standing in the gutter slinging mud at the most respected woman in the world and hatred at the very icons of civil rights movements. Zealotry is not a democratic value.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
7. Didn't Bernie promised never to go negative?
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 09:18 AM
Feb 2016

Bernie's halo has developed cracks and instead of walking on water hes slowly sinking beneath the waves.

I guess Bernie was just BSing then eh?

livetohike

(22,140 posts)
8. Wall Street! (Anyone with a 401k is invested in Wall Street)
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 09:21 AM
Feb 2016

Establishment ! ( anyone other than Bernie is the Establishment), Corporations! ( anyone in a union works for a corporation).

He is alienating a good portion of the population with his mantra and rallying cry to his supporters. He offers nothing but divisiveness with his Us vs Them campaign.

I watched his news conference yesterday which was nothing news worthy. He looked tired and defeated and only gave his stump speech. The poor people he dragged to stand behind him looked bored.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
9. "Bernie’s campaign message and the behavior of his supporters...
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 09:26 AM
Feb 2016

...have become less about something and more against someone."

It's been like this pretty much from the get-go with the loudest Sanders supporters. There are a few silent ones who don't believe this at all and who truly choose Sanders over Hillary for differing issues, but the loudest, most obnoxious simply hate Hillary. That's my take on it, anyway.

That said, now the Sanders campaign is turning very negative, knowing that the end is nigh. Bernie won't have his revolution - that became pretty much clear since NH - with lower turnout than 2008 - and he'll soon be relegated to the bin of history as just another "I ran, too!".

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
11. What does Bernie actually say?
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 09:46 AM
Feb 2016
“You know, Hillary Clinton now is trying to embrace the President as closely as she possibly can. Everything the President does is wonderful. She loves the President, he loves her and all that stuff. And we know what that’s about. That’s trying to win support from the African American community where the President is enormously popular. But you know what? I have enormous respect for the President. He’s a friend. We have worked together. I think he has done a great job in many respects. But you know what? Like any other human being, he is wrong on certain issues.”

He definitely never read this book: "How to Win Friends & Influence People"

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
17. The author Peter Daou says he cut his teeth blogging at DU.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 12:05 PM
Feb 2016

He may still - one of the mysteries of internet anonymity.

Or is Mr. Daou representative of the future for Hillary supporters?

We'll know soon.

pandr32

(11,579 posts)
18. His Wall Street dog whistle makes me sick
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 01:18 PM
Feb 2016

Hillary supporters realize that "wall street" has become an idiom for all big business. The wall street versus main street narrative has been getting big play in this nomination battle, but the truth is that Hillary Clinton has been the victim of a major big business campaign against her for some time. Big Business (aka Wall Street) knows that Hillary Clinton is a threat--not an enabler like the Republican candidates. She WILL raise taxes on them, she WILL close lucrative tax loopholes, she WILL fight to end the revolving door as well as outrageous board-member compensation packages, and she WILL impose tougher regulations that so that shadow banks/investing will no longer be able to ravage our economy unchecked. She will also fulfill her promise to make sure any trade deals protect the interests of American workers, and much more.
Sanders knows this.
Sanders also knows that the bulk of the support Hillary Clinton receives from the actual "Wall Street" in New York is due to the people who work there and remember how Hillary Clinton stepped up for them after 9/11. She got things done--they know it--they support her.
Sanders ought to be ashamed.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
19. It is absolutely ridiculous!
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 01:33 PM
Feb 2016

Here is what "Wall Street" thinks of Hillary!

From wiki:

In the case the conservative lobbying group Citizens United wanted to air a film critical of Hillary Clinton and to advertise the film during television broadcasts in apparent violation of the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (commonly known as the McCain–Feingold Act or "BCRA&quot .[4] Section 203 of BCRA defined an "electioneering communication" as a broadcast, cable, or satellite communication that mentioned a candidate within 60 days of a general election or 30 days of a primary, and prohibited such expenditures by corporations and unions.

"Citizens freakin' United" was all about Hillary!

The cognitive dissonance of this whole fantastical Hillary bashing narrative is as outlandish as every other unfounded accusation.

ismnotwasm

(41,976 posts)
26. Point that out 100 times
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 02:23 PM
Feb 2016

And you still have to point it out 100 more--Just like the demand for discussing "issues" ie "give me an excuse to use things like out of context sound bites from interviews instead of discussing actual issues"

Pitiful.

pandr32

(11,579 posts)
30. Every time it is mentioned it needs calling out
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 03:37 PM
Feb 2016

...and our so-called "Liberal media" cough-cough "journalists" need to help us with the calling out...they are disgraceful!

PM Martin

(2,660 posts)
33. It seems the Bernie fan club wants the destruction of all big business,
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 03:54 PM
Feb 2016

forgetting who makes their IPhones and Playstations as well as their Teslas.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
21. Beware the politician who says 'always positive campaign'...
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 01:38 PM
Feb 2016

and 'money is corrupting'.

Duck the mud, and get your hand out of my pocket!

Stuckinthebush

(10,844 posts)
23. He doesn't care. He's not a Democrat
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 02:08 PM
Feb 2016

He's a fake D. Hell, he's even still registered to run as a senate candidate as an I!

Why would he care about helping the democratic party? He's using it to get a nomination. Unfortunately for him, most Dems aren't buying his multi purpose magic tonic.

ismnotwasm

(41,976 posts)
25. He must have known he couldn't beat Hillary without going negative
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 02:20 PM
Feb 2016

Nobody does. Perhaps he thought his army of millions would be it for him, but they didn't show up and Hillary supporters are pushing back--hard. We've had enough.

 

fun n serious

(4,451 posts)
35. A bit off topic but..
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 04:07 PM
Feb 2016

Does anyone know what kind of work Bernie did while in college? What was his first job? How old was he?

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