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GreatGazoo

(3,937 posts)
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 01:21 PM Mar 2016

Which of the Following is the Lamest Attack on Sanders so Far?

1. Photogate - changing the caption on a 52-yr-old photo while thinking there were no other photos of the event or that the photographer would play along.

2. Claiming Jane Sanders has been a secret supporter of Sheriff Arpaio and therefore had us all fooled with her lifetime of progressive politics.

3. Accusing Sanders' campaign of "artful smears" for pointing out the influence of Wall Street and the amount of money the Clintons have made selling access.

4. Claiming Sanders interrupted Clinton when he was interrupting her interruption of him. She actually had nothing to say when she interrupted him, just said "You know..." and then paused.

5. Asking "where was Senator Sanders" during the 1993 fight for better healthcare policy.

6. the 16 negative articles in 16 hours that the Washington Post ran that ended with Clinton losing Michigan where she had been up by as many as 45 points.

7. "Bernie has not been vetted" meme despite all of the preceding, plus the prior 11 elections and 34 years in office.

8. Other -- please list

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Which of the Following is the Lamest Attack on Sanders so Far? (Original Post) GreatGazoo Mar 2016 OP
They are all desperately lame. nt LWolf Mar 2016 #1
8. "Bernie is not a Democrat" -- it is an open admission that serious policies do not matter JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #2
By her policy, Hillary barely qualifies anyway. VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #6
You speak the truth the New Dems refuse to see...n/t tokenlib Mar 2016 #22
K&R Scuba Mar 2016 #17
You left out so many other good ones. Vattel Mar 2016 #3
I missed that one altogether. Yes. GreatGazoo Mar 2016 #14
8. other - probable the lamest was rock Mar 2016 #4
9. he's a millionaire too! Viva_La_Revolution Mar 2016 #5
He's Hitler. dogman Mar 2016 #7
My #1: Bernie Sanders doesn't care about Black people KeepItReal Mar 2016 #8
Bernie is NOT GOOD ENOUGH !! Hiraeth Mar 2016 #9
Yes, the racial stuff has been particularly vile. Vattel Mar 2016 #15
He's naturally vetted for a general election! ViseGrip Mar 2016 #10
He talks with his hands. JackRiddler Mar 2016 #11
I saw a comment on here that Sanders "doesn't look like a President" GreatGazoo Mar 2016 #16
Draft Dodger nt cherokeeprogressive Mar 2016 #12
COMMIES COMMIES COMMIES! JackRiddler Mar 2016 #13
BernieBros gets my vote as the worst BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #18
There are so many stupid attacks to choose from... Bjorn Against Mar 2016 #19
I dub this one: the Pap Smear GreatGazoo Mar 2016 #23
I think the anti-Semitism is the worst, that kind of bigotry from the left is especially vile. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #20
I think the fact that 80% of the anti-sanders threads in GDP have been about "his awful supporters" Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #21

JonLeibowitz

(6,282 posts)
2. 8. "Bernie is not a Democrat" -- it is an open admission that serious policies do not matter
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 01:25 PM
Mar 2016

It's all about being part of the right club for the right number of years !!

VulgarPoet

(2,872 posts)
6. By her policy, Hillary barely qualifies anyway.
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 01:30 PM
Mar 2016

Bernie's more leftist than the entire DNC put together.

 

Vattel

(9,289 posts)
3. You left out so many other good ones.
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 01:27 PM
Mar 2016

For example, suggesting that Sanders called immigrants silly and tribal and economically illiterate.

 

Vattel

(9,289 posts)
15. Yes, the racial stuff has been particularly vile.
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 03:13 PM
Mar 2016

The lies and distortion concerning Sanders record on immigration, though, represented the biggest coordinated pile of bullshit in the campaign (IMHO).

GreatGazoo

(3,937 posts)
16. I saw a comment on here that Sanders "doesn't look like a President"
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 04:24 PM
Mar 2016

I asked WTH that means and got no answer other than to say they didn't want to risk a "hide" to explain it.

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)
18. BernieBros gets my vote as the worst
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 06:46 PM
Mar 2016

Where was Bernie on healthcare in 1993 was my favorite because (a) Bernie's rapid response guy refuted it so quickly that 99% of the world saw the response along with the attempted smear and (b) it reminded people of how Hillary botched healthcare reform in 1993.

Bjorn Against

(12,041 posts)
19. There are so many stupid attacks to choose from...
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 06:54 PM
Mar 2016

If I had to choose just one however it would have to be the smear that claimed he believed having more orgasms can prevent cervical cancer. What makes this smear especially stupid is that it is based on a citation from a peer-reviewed medical journal that Bernie cited in a paper he wrote way back in the 1960's. While the journal article may now be discredited it would have at the time been considered a reputable source, but for some reason a bunch of morons decided to attack him because a scientific journal he cited 50 years ago turned out to be wrong.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
20. I think the anti-Semitism is the worst, that kind of bigotry from the left is especially vile.
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 06:59 PM
Mar 2016

Bernie has been called an "old crusty jew", "Israel's #1 shill", a "pro-Israel Marxist", who belonged to a "Soviet-sympathizing kibbutz" and accused of being funded by Israel.

Anti-Semitism directed at Bernie is no different than the birther-based racism directed at Obama.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
21. I think the fact that 80% of the anti-sanders threads in GDP have been about "his awful supporters"
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 07:01 PM
Mar 2016

The supporters- real or imaginary- arent on the ballot.

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