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The Revolution Seems to Spend Alot on Advertising (Original Post) bravenak Mar 2016 OP
What an awful blog, who writes it, SpamDan? beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #1
Is that the peoples spew? Autumn Mar 2016 #4
Yep, the banned troll they keep citing here. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #10
They do love those trolls don't they Autumn Mar 2016 #21
LOL! Are you kidding? beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #32
I saw the /r/hillaryclinton redditors taking that stuff seriously yesterday. JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #27
So cringe-worthy, like teenagers. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #33
No, a "Far Left Liberal" does! SMC22307 Mar 2016 #90
No this blogger is a lying right wing troll, look at these hit pieces: beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #91
Delightful. SMC22307 Mar 2016 #96
Needs an op to expose their "source" for these lies, I may do one tomorrow. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #97
Good idea... during prime hours so it gets lots of traction. SMC22307 Mar 2016 #100
Any time this blog is used as a source without posting the info we should investigate. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #103
Spamdan was chewed up and spit out. SMC22307 Mar 2016 #106
I hope so, I'll be watching for more links to this troll's blog. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #111
James O'Keefe and Project Veritas. They really *are* smarting from Saturday! SMC22307 Mar 2016 #127
This blogger is a vicious asshole, read some of her tweets: beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #136
Wonder whose payroll she's on (if ol' Grace is indeed a she). SMC22307 Mar 2016 #141
I wonder too, she's such a moron and so hateful, she could be a Brock clone. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #142
Couple more gems melman Mar 2016 #146
A racist homophobe too? Figures. And a fan of Kissinger. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #147
Racist, homophobic, AND a Kissinger fan? SMC22307 Mar 2016 #151
Another really awful one melman Mar 2016 #156
Trifecta: red baiting/draft dodging and the kibbutz. How long before the anti-Semitic slurs? beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #157
Feb and March numbers should be really interesting when they become available Lucinda Mar 2016 #2
I bet there will be another leap bravenak Mar 2016 #3
I think so too! Lucinda Mar 2016 #12
I bet NY and PA get a big chunk bravenak Mar 2016 #15
Oh yeah! Lucinda Mar 2016 #18
True!!! bravenak Mar 2016 #20
I have no idea why, but for some silly reason Sanders was running one of his ads.... George II Mar 2016 #67
No wonder he is spending so much bravenak Mar 2016 #68
Because people in MA receive channel news from CT? Or the cable company goes into parts of CT from glowing Mar 2016 #75
I have Cox Cable originating out of Rhode Island. George II Mar 2016 #81
well apparently you remembered it that's gotta count for something right? azurnoir Mar 2016 #117
Don't you worry, honey, there's plenty more where that came from. Punkingal Mar 2016 #5
Send it in bravenak Mar 2016 #7
Oh, I do, very regularly. Punkingal Mar 2016 #9
. bravenak Mar 2016 #13
No. He spends $27 at a time. He'll have all the money he needs. That's our job, and we do it well. DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2016 #6
The people have been generous EvolveOrConvolve Mar 2016 #8
Ha shenmue Mar 2016 #134
Yeah, I thought Hillary Supporter said that Bernie wasn't going to do that. frylock Mar 2016 #11
It's so touching that you care. dogman Mar 2016 #14
True bravenak Mar 2016 #17
I have posted in the past Elizabeth Warren spent $42m on her campaign for Thinkingabout Mar 2016 #16
Exactly. Those large donors will be a blessing for our side in the general bravenak Mar 2016 #19
Hillay's gonna hit Maddie up for a quarter Autumn Mar 2016 #22
Was that a joke? I have no idea what you mean bravenak Mar 2016 #25
SHE'S NOT KIDDING MADDIE!!! JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #30
Who? bravenak Mar 2016 #43
psst JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #46
Good grief bravenak Mar 2016 #49
She really needs that dollar Maddie!!!!! Right now!!!! Autumn Mar 2016 #45
Serious? You have no idea??? Autumn Mar 2016 #47
I delete them instantly bravenak Mar 2016 #50
Of course you don't. BeanMusical Mar 2016 #52
Not if we have Bernie. reformist2 Mar 2016 #26
That makes no sense bravenak Mar 2016 #28
If you look at FEC and investigate what he pays.. fun n serious Mar 2016 #23
I'm starting to get a clearer picture bravenak Mar 2016 #24
This message was self-deleted by its author fun n serious Mar 2016 #29
I hope this does not mean what I think bravenak Mar 2016 #35
Your link shows nothing. If your intentions are honorable you'll provide proof of your claims. think Mar 2016 #31
don't hold your breath. Warren Stupidity Mar 2016 #38
FEC who Sander camp pays and you look them up you will know.. fun n serious Mar 2016 #39
I'm not doing your research. You are making the claims. Back them up. /nt think Mar 2016 #51
The names are there. It's clear what is going on NT. fun n serious Mar 2016 #54
It's clear that Bernie PAYS HIS INTERNS. That's what is clear. Bernie is the only candidate that think Mar 2016 #56
The link goes to the FEC, which is the respository for all candidates' financial disclosures.... George II Mar 2016 #60
The link proves none of the claims made by the OP. It's a list of expenditures and that's it. /nt think Mar 2016 #72
Ha ha! Figures.They think they found gold but it's just their own bellybutton lint. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #161
Well, well. This puts a whole new light on Sanders R B Garr Mar 2016 #159
Cannot wait until this crap is Over. Glad someone is reporting the facts here. Cha Mar 2016 #34
Hey! Strange times. Very strange. bravenak Mar 2016 #36
well duh. Warren Stupidity Mar 2016 #37
Not everything is a big time attack bravenak Mar 2016 #40
Well indeed not all posts are from over the top campers. Warren Stupidity Mar 2016 #44
But lots of things are pure snark... ljm2002 Mar 2016 #64
Cool, more stupid shit whatchamacallit Mar 2016 #41
Look where we are bravenak Mar 2016 #42
Good. Hope he keeps spending even more to get the message out nt riderinthestorm Mar 2016 #48
It does seem high mcar Mar 2016 #53
I'm trying to fugure out exactly what it is they do for that much money bravenak Mar 2016 #59
That's almost 18% of all his expenditures. Amazing. George II Mar 2016 #55
Deserves a bulk discount on ads bravenak Mar 2016 #57
I hope he didn't get a bulk discount, that's illegal when it comes to campaign media. George II Mar 2016 #62
Oh shit, I forgot about that bravenak Mar 2016 #63
We had a candidate that got a "bulk discount" on advertising, he was cited and fined.... George II Mar 2016 #66
Oh shit! bravenak Mar 2016 #69
Ask OFA, Planned Parenthood, National Council of La Raza, and the NAACP. SMC22307 Mar 2016 #89
Do any of them spend $6.9 MILLION A MONTH like Bernie? SunSeeker Mar 2016 #132
$16M is the cumulative total since May 2015, NOT PER MONTH. SMC22307 Mar 2016 #140
Well, his January spending was $6.9M/mo., and it's been growing exponentially. SunSeeker Mar 2016 #143
Why is spending on this a bad thing? Because some asshole blogger suggested it was? SMC22307 Mar 2016 #145
Yeah, like a drunken sailor shenmue Mar 2016 #135
Good! ljm2002 Mar 2016 #58
LOL noretreatnosurrender Mar 2016 #61
Here is some of it fun n serious Mar 2016 #65
No way!! I hope that is fake!! bravenak Mar 2016 #70
Nope and look at this fun n serious Mar 2016 #71
I do not think I like this at all bravenak Mar 2016 #73
Seems you don't know my candidate... dchill Mar 2016 #113
That's an interesting read. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, right? AgadorSparticus Mar 2016 #158
I can post a craigslist ad...anyone can noiretextatique Mar 2016 #138
How touching nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #74
Post removed Post removed Mar 2016 #76
Well, I hope they are spending wisely, since a fair chunk comes from me...! nt SusanCalvin Mar 2016 #77
I hope so too!!! bravenak Mar 2016 #78
I know. Perfection is not possible.... SusanCalvin Mar 2016 #79
Me too. I'm sleepy. bravenak Mar 2016 #80
Brave. Put. The. Computer. Down. SusanCalvin Mar 2016 #82
Hey, I was kidding! Where are you?! SusanCalvin Mar 2016 #163
I have been here all along..... bravenak Mar 2016 #164
I'm here! (Now - on tablet at bedtime, as I shouldn't be....) SusanCalvin Mar 2016 #165
DAMN!! bravenak Mar 2016 #166
Yeah, but, what *kind* of cornbread??! SusanCalvin Mar 2016 #167
The Sanders campaign is spending a great deal on ads Gothmog Mar 2016 #83
He has to. The MSM doesn't cover him like they do Hillary Clinton. Think much? Seeinghope Mar 2016 #101
It's crowd sourced. /nt delrem Mar 2016 #84
! stevenleser Mar 2016 #85
KICK! Cha Mar 2016 #86
So it is a bought and paid for "revolution" cosmicone Mar 2016 #87
Seems to be.. bravenak Mar 2016 #88
And since Hillary was crushed on Saturday, Revolution Messaging seems to be working. SMC22307 Mar 2016 #93
Some people are really twisted. The msm doesn't cover him. He doesn't have Super Pacs.... Seeinghope Mar 2016 #112
Very enlightening LINK in your op. ucrdem Mar 2016 #92
Brings all of this into perspective bravenak Mar 2016 #94
Yeah, Obama used the same company to help win in 2008. SMC22307 Mar 2016 #95
Obvious astroturf is obvious, I guess. ucrdem Mar 2016 #104
(R)evolution. SMC22307 Mar 2016 #108
A lying right wing troll writes that blog, they post videos from Project Veritas. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #105
Are the figures in the table incorrect? ucrdem Mar 2016 #107
I checked into the blog, anyone who uses right wing propaganda has no credibility. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #109
It's a pro-Hillary blog. nt ucrdem Mar 2016 #114
A pro-Hillary blog that's full of lies based on right wing sources. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #115
$16M over 9 months? SMC22307 Mar 2016 #110
20% of expenditures isn't chump change. $7 mil in January alone. nt ucrdem Mar 2016 #116
Yeah, I'm still not plussed about this -- at all. Advertising/messaging is crucial. SMC22307 Mar 2016 #119
Okay but it's neither--it's astroturf, which is inherently deceptive. That's what's objectionable. ucrdem Mar 2016 #120
FFS, check out the company's client list. SMC22307 Mar 2016 #123
Astroturfing is pretending that Twitter hits are spontaneous for example. ucrdem Mar 2016 #125
The revolution is being televised....how ironic, he should stop immediately and... blueintelligentsia Mar 2016 #98
I have no idea why you are directing these particular thoughts at me bravenak Mar 2016 #99
Me either, you're not the OP, my mistake....n/t blueintelligentsia Mar 2016 #102
K&R for visibility lunamagica Mar 2016 #118
Indeed! Bernie uses the same digital media company Obama used in 2008. SMC22307 Mar 2016 #121
That doesn't mean he used them for the same purpose. nt ucrdem Mar 2016 #122
It also doesn't mean he didn't. Don't be naive. SMC22307 Mar 2016 #124
Call it another straw on the camel's back. nt ucrdem Mar 2016 #126
What? Yet another questionable blogger accusing the Sanders' campaign... SMC22307 Mar 2016 #130
This message was self-deleted by its author imari362 Mar 2016 #128
Yes. (n/t) SMC22307 Mar 2016 #131
Boy! That is a lot. sammythecat Mar 2016 #129
Well, at least Bernie gets the money honestly and pays it back. longship Mar 2016 #133
It appears that he was paying people to disrupt trump. bravenak Mar 2016 #139
SO What? noiretextatique Mar 2016 #137
Look at the posts upthread about this blogger, a racist, homophobic liar. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #150
Better they spend alittle? n/t lumberjack_jeff Mar 2016 #144
This has been Jamaal510 Mar 2016 #148
It sure has. bravenak Mar 2016 #149
The writer of this BLOG cannot even spell the title correctly. C'mon people... 150+ posts jillan Mar 2016 #152
Did you see the other stuff she posted? She's a racist homophobe who lies and uses Project Veritas. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #153
Is the blogger the same one that posted that anti-semitic rant? jillan Mar 2016 #154
No, at least I don't think so. I doubt the blogger is using her real name. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #155
I hope this stops. We need to save up for the GE. We have bigger fish to fry AgadorSparticus Mar 2016 #160
k&r bigtree Mar 2016 #162
"Revolution Messaging' is quite the crackup. R B Garr Apr 2016 #168

Autumn

(45,049 posts)
21. They do love those trolls don't they
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 08:22 PM
Mar 2016
Someone the other day called it the best site on the web. I just rolled my eyes and figured it was his sock, trolls gotta troll.

JonLeibowitz

(6,282 posts)
27. I saw the /r/hillaryclinton redditors taking that stuff seriously yesterday.
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 08:31 PM
Mar 2016

When I saw that I had a serious case of the

SMC22307

(8,090 posts)
90. No, a "Far Left Liberal" does!
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 01:32 AM
Mar 2016

Someone under the online pseudonym of Grace Laine. It's rather impressive the never-ending supply of CrapBlogs...

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
91. No this blogger is a lying right wing troll, look at these hit pieces:
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 01:44 AM
Mar 2016

Project fucking Veritas, O'Keefe's corrupt organization that exists soley to smear liberals:

Project Veritas Video Documents Aussies Illegally Working in Sanders’ Campaign
Posted on March 26, 2016 by Grace Laine

Project Veritas, an investigative film project headed up by James O’Keefe, is credited for documenting the illegal use of Australian Labor Party (ALP) workers in the Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign.

The group first broke the story and its accompanying video about a month ago but it gained traction when a New Hampshire lawmaker filed a complaint against the ALP and Bernie 2016, the principal campaign committee of Sanders.

The Project Veritas video is making the rounds at conservative talk shows such as GrokTALK, with emphasis on the socialist aspect of the ALP (see below).


Using a Republican's bullshit lawsuit to smear Bernie:

NH Legislator Sues Bernie 2016 for Use of Foreign Workers
Posted on March 26, 2016 by Grace Laine

NH Rep. William O’Brien files complaint with the FEC against the Australian Labor Party and the Bernie 2016 Presidential Campaign

Representative William O’Brien of New Hampshire has filed a complaint against the principal campaign committee of Bernie Sanders (Bernie 2016) and the Australian Labor Party (ALP).

The legal complaint was filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).


Using a sex offender to try to smear Bernie:

Idaho Sex Offender Appears Linked to Sanders’ Fundraising
Posted on March 23, 2016 by Grace Laine

A review of the Federal Elections Commission has found a new fundraising committee for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. The individual associated with this fundraising effort, Jesse Bolin, matches the name and address of a registered sex offender in the state of Idaho


Nothing but right wing garbage and Hillary supporters are bringing it here.


SMC22307

(8,090 posts)
96. Delightful.
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 01:54 AM
Mar 2016

It's too late for me to wade into that garbage now (bed!), but I'm bookmarking for later. Thanks.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
103. Any time this blog is used as a source without posting the info we should investigate.
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 02:05 AM
Mar 2016

There's been too much right wing garbage posted here lately, juries need to start hiding this shit.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
111. I hope so, I'll be watching for more links to this troll's blog.
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 02:15 AM
Mar 2016

Right wing trolls and swift boating rat fuckers shouldn't be allowed to smear any of our candidates.

SMC22307

(8,090 posts)
127. James O'Keefe and Project Veritas. They really *are* smarting from Saturday!
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 02:50 AM
Mar 2016

We knew it would get ugly. Hillary. Must. Not. Lose. Twice.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
136. This blogger is a vicious asshole, read some of her tweets:
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 05:30 AM
Mar 2016

Red baiting:

@jawillie @BernieSanders is the Manchurian candidate.. Putin's mole, Snowden's sugar daddy.

https://twitter.com/TAW3343/status/714544207638216708?s=09


She's one of the assholes pushing the Bernie/Alzheimer's myth:

@ciardha his age makes a full medical report mandatory. He could be somebody's puppet.

https://twitter.com/TAW3343/status/714524265069019143?s=09


She claims Bernie's a misogynist who treats women like sex slaves:

Would you rather a President who has worked her life for equal rights, or a President who treats women like sex slaves? Reply at ballot box.

https://twitter.com/TAW3343/status/714512922677014529?s=09


And that they're BDSM but obviously is too stupid to know what that means:

@SDzzz @Kayluvsredwings Jane is his slave. They have a BDSM r'ship. Look at the dynamics differently. It explains a lot.

https://twitter.com/TAW3343/status/713933053609967616?s=09


This person has issues, their posts and tweets are disturbing.

SMC22307

(8,090 posts)
141. Wonder whose payroll she's on (if ol' Grace is indeed a she).
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 10:49 PM
Mar 2016

Who does Hillary retain for digital messaging?

Issues, yes, including those who promote the site.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
142. I wonder too, she's such a moron and so hateful, she could be a Brock clone.
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 10:51 PM
Mar 2016

But would he really pay someone so incompetent?

I wouldn't.

 

melman

(7,681 posts)
146. Couple more gems
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 01:11 AM
Mar 2016

"Does anyone think it *odd that all these white boys are soo in love with Bernie? Time to come out of the closet boys!"
https://twitter.com/TAW3343/status/707792527261245440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw



"Henry Kissinger, for the barking Bernie asshats, helped end the Viet Nam war."
https://twitter.com/TAW3343/status/707765860270669824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
147. A racist homophobe too? Figures. And a fan of Kissinger.
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 01:15 AM
Mar 2016

I can see why they don't post Laine's garbage in GDP.

Anyone who promotes that bigot and drags her putrid spewage back here should be ashamed.

SMC22307

(8,090 posts)
151. Racist, homophobic, AND a Kissinger fan?
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 01:35 AM
Mar 2016

What's *not* to love?! And leave it to the "brave" one for bringing it to DU!

 

melman

(7,681 posts)
156. Another really awful one
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 02:19 AM
Mar 2016

"Bernie ran as fast as his legs could take him away from the draft, to a kibbutz, where he whiled away talkin Marx w draft dodgers. #Coward"

https://twitter.com/TAW3343/status/707766585436442624

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
157. Trifecta: red baiting/draft dodging and the kibbutz. How long before the anti-Semitic slurs?
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 02:33 AM
Mar 2016

Just when you think they can't get any lower they surprise you.

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)
2. Feb and March numbers should be really interesting when they become available
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 08:14 PM
Mar 2016

That is a massive jump from Dec to January!

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)
12. I think so too!
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 08:17 PM
Mar 2016

They have been outspending Hillary by quite a lot the past two months. She invested next to nothing in the March 26th states media buys.

George II

(67,782 posts)
67. I have no idea why, but for some silly reason Sanders was running one of his ads....
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 09:25 PM
Mar 2016

....here in CT back in February about ten times a day for a couple of weeks on several channels. Then it stopped.

Our primary is in late April. I figured either he owed a media friend a "favor" or he wanted to spend as much as possible before the end of the first quarter.

It's been about a month since I've seen one, and I'm sure 95% of those who saw it have already forgotten about it. A total waste.

 

glowing

(12,233 posts)
75. Because people in MA receive channel news from CT? Or the cable company goes into parts of CT from
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 10:21 PM
Mar 2016

MA? I lived in VT and had antenna tv for years. Our reception picked up only tv affiliates out of MA. We got our weather from Springfield, MA.. LOL. I knew more about MA politics than I did Vt politics half the time... The worse was seeing the kids get a snow day in MA, and us hearty little VT kids had to bundle up and trudge on out in the same crap to school. LOL.

I would only think you saw them due to the cross over being near MA and the election there?

azurnoir

(45,850 posts)
117. well apparently you remembered it that's gotta count for something right?
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 02:27 AM
Mar 2016

BTW is you r avatar an iron cross? it doesn't look quite Celtic to me, but I'm not that familiar with cross types

EvolveOrConvolve

(6,452 posts)
8. The people have been generous
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 08:17 PM
Mar 2016

That advertising was paid for by real people rather than Goldman Sachs, Big Pharma, the for-profit Prison Industry and billionaire hedge fund managers.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
16. I have posted in the past Elizabeth Warren spent $42m on her campaign for
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 08:19 PM
Mar 2016

Senator, this was a single state campaign. Multiple that figure by fifty and it turns out to be a big chunk of money. One can rant about expensive campaigns and then face reality of the cost. As you point out advertising is costly.

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
19. Exactly. Those large donors will be a blessing for our side in the general
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 08:20 PM
Mar 2016

Our side will need superpacs to compete.

 

fun n serious

(4,451 posts)
23. If you look at FEC and investigate what he pays..
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 08:24 PM
Mar 2016

It's Campaign ACTIVIST, Robots who post online and interact with people...PAID protesters.. The Bernie supporters will fluff this off and say oh.. Brock or whatever. FEC doesn't lie though

http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/candcmte_info.shtml

Graphics, slogans signs.... like the Rham/Hillary sign distributed in Chicago..

It's sad.

Response to bravenak (Reply #24)

 

think

(11,641 posts)
56. It's clear that Bernie PAYS HIS INTERNS. That's what is clear. Bernie is the only candidate that
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 08:55 PM
Mar 2016

pays his interns.

Hillary might take note of that.

George II

(67,782 posts)
60. The link goes to the FEC, which is the respository for all candidates' financial disclosures....
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 09:03 PM
Mar 2016

Those disclosures have (almost) all the required details of the candidates' income and expenditures.

If the financial disclosures are accurate and within the law (we've seen that Sanders' disclosures recently have been neither), you can get all the details you want from them.

 

think

(11,641 posts)
72. The link proves none of the claims made by the OP. It's a list of expenditures and that's it. /nt
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 09:40 PM
Mar 2016

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
161. Ha ha! Figures.They think they found gold but it's just their own bellybutton lint.
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 03:42 AM
Mar 2016

They really believe they'll find something juicy that will SINK Bernie's campaign. Sure, because Hillary and Brock haven't spent millions already looking for a smoking gun.

How adorable.


R B Garr

(16,950 posts)
159. Well, well. This puts a whole new light on Sanders
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 02:44 AM
Mar 2016

harassing the Super delegates to switch.

There was a thread a couple days ago about a Superdelegate in Colorado getting a note in his takeout to support the "will" of the people. I think they said there were 10,000 signatures supporting it. I would trace every single signature for verification. Name, address, everything.

Thats an amazing find, fun n serious. Very interesting.

 

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)
37. well duh.
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 08:35 PM
Mar 2016

This is how a campaign works. It raises money and spends it on promoting its candidate.

What a seriously stupid attack. I'd be pissed if they weren't spending the money promoting the candidate.

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
40. Not everything is a big time attack
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 08:37 PM
Mar 2016

Folks gotta stop letting every little thing get to them. The media has been talking about him outspending her for weeks. Obviously we are going to see how much.

ljm2002

(10,751 posts)
64. But lots of things are pure snark...
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 09:06 PM
Mar 2016

...like a post entitled "The Revolution Seems to Spend Alot (sic) on Advertising", as if any serious Presidential campaign in this day and age could do anything else and expect to have a chance in hell of succeeding.

The difference of course, is where the funds are coming from. People power, it's a thing.

 

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)
48. Good. Hope he keeps spending even more to get the message out nt
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 08:41 PM
Mar 2016

The media black out means he's getting his message out anyway.

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
63. Oh shit, I forgot about that
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 09:05 PM
Mar 2016

Can't be improper. Wonder what services they provide for that money.

George II

(67,782 posts)
66. We had a candidate that got a "bulk discount" on advertising, he was cited and fined....
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 09:18 PM
Mar 2016

....for not paying fair market rates.

SMC22307

(8,090 posts)
89. Ask OFA, Planned Parenthood, National Council of La Raza, and the NAACP.
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 01:27 AM
Mar 2016

They all use Revolution Messaging's services. And if you spend a little time at their website, you might be able to answer your own question. But that wouldn't be FUDy, now, would it?

SunSeeker

(51,550 posts)
132. Do any of them spend $6.9 MILLION A MONTH like Bernie?
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 03:16 AM
Mar 2016

Your post suggests Bernie spends about the same as what Revolution's other clients spend.

SMC22307

(8,090 posts)
140. $16M is the cumulative total since May 2015, NOT PER MONTH.
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 10:36 PM
Mar 2016

Look at the chart again.

Who does Hillary retain for digital messaging? How much went to "Grace Laine" and all the other Crap Bloggers out there spreading FUD? If I cared enough I'd dig through FEC records like ol' Grace, but... meh.

My post doesn't suggest that all. My post points out that Obama, Cory Booker, Planned Parenthood, the NAACP, colorofchange.org, and many others are current or former clients of Revolution Messaging, just like Bernie.

SunSeeker

(51,550 posts)
143. Well, his January spending was $6.9M/mo., and it's been growing exponentially.
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 12:54 AM
Mar 2016

At the rate his online spending is going, it very well could be $16M per month for April. But correction noted.

SMC22307

(8,090 posts)
145. Why is spending on this a bad thing? Because some asshole blogger suggested it was?
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 01:09 AM
Mar 2016

If you look at the chart again, some months are up (Nov 2015/$3.1M) and some months are down (Dec 2015/$1.1M). I do expect spending to increase though, since we're in prime season and the race is fairly tight (especially considering Camp Weathervane incorrectly insisted he'd win only Vermont).

Who does Hillary retain for digital messaging? Care to venture a guess as to what her campaign spends? We can pore through FEC data, but what about that slimeball Brock's?

ljm2002

(10,751 posts)
58. Good!
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 08:58 PM
Mar 2016

In fact thanks for the reminder. Going to give another few bucks, over at Act Blue, right now...

.
.
.

...and, done! Another $27 for the Bernster!!

 

fun n serious

(4,451 posts)
71. Nope and look at this
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 09:38 PM
Mar 2016

Republicans offer unsolicited support to Bernie Sanders



" In other words, Republicans taking steps to help Sanders is hardly unprecedented. It’s electoral mischief, but it’s a time-honored tradition.

I’d add just one thing: just because the right sees Sanders as easier to beat in November doesn’t mean Republicans are correct. Conservatives appear convinced that Clinton would be a tougher candidate, but it’s possible they’re miscalculating. Sometimes the practice of “picking your opponent” backfires.

At least for now, however, when Clinton says she’s the candidate the GOP doesn’t want to face in the fall, her claim is bolstered by the evidence."

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/republicans-offer-unsolicited-support-bernie-sanders

We have to look close at who is funding his campaign

AgadorSparticus

(7,963 posts)
158. That's an interesting read. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, right?
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 02:43 AM
Mar 2016

But it makes sense with the talking points I have heard on DU.

Response to bravenak (Original post)

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
164. I have been here all along.....
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 08:30 PM
Mar 2016

Hey!! I'm about to fry some catfish soon. Too bad you aint here..

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
166. DAMN!!
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 10:39 PM
Mar 2016

Big ass fish!
Yeah, bring him too. I make a bunch of it. Greens and candied yams too, and corn. Cornbread. He will have a great time.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
87. So it is a bought and paid for "revolution"
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 01:04 AM
Mar 2016

To harass people on facebook

To send a gazillian Twitter outrages

All the promises of free stuff and pandering

It is all PAID FOR ... nice to know!

SMC22307

(8,090 posts)
93. And since Hillary was crushed on Saturday, Revolution Messaging seems to be working.
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 01:48 AM
Mar 2016

If the company was good enough for Obama in 2008, it's good enough for Sanders.

And of course it's "PAID FOR," just like the right-wing trope of "free stuff" will be paid for. Why are you spreading right-wing bullshit on a Democratic site?

C'mon, Wisconsin!

 

Seeinghope

(786 posts)
112. Some people are really twisted. The msm doesn't cover him. He doesn't have Super Pacs....
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 02:21 AM
Mar 2016

His supporters are sending him money to run for President of the United States and to CAMPAIGN using the msm which has to buy time to combat the blackout by the msm! His supporters send in small donation actions to help him unlike Hillary Clinton where her super Pacs and fancy dinner parties raise money for her campaign for commercial spots and running her campaign. How ridiculous can you be?

The revolution that Bernie Sanders talks about consists of people that want to see change. The political campaign that Hillary Clinton is running is all big business as usual, lobbiest , super pac, fancy $335.00 a plate dinners. Same ole same ole, for the Clintons.

Don't like pain in the ass people who believe change needs to happen well we don't believe that the same ole same ole works for us.

ucrdem

(15,512 posts)
104. Obvious astroturf is obvious, I guess.
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 02:06 AM
Mar 2016

Don't remember Obama "owning" the internet and Twitter barely existed in 2008.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
105. A lying right wing troll writes that blog, they post videos from Project Veritas.
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 02:07 AM
Mar 2016

Yes it is VERY enlightening.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
109. I checked into the blog, anyone who uses right wing propaganda has no credibility.
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 02:13 AM
Mar 2016

Either they're a right wing troll or a rat fucker.



beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
115. A pro-Hillary blog that's full of lies based on right wing sources.
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 02:27 AM
Mar 2016

Project fucking Veritas.

Only a right wing troll or a rat fucker would use O'Keefe's videos against a Democratic candidate.

SMC22307

(8,090 posts)
119. Yeah, I'm still not plussed about this -- at all. Advertising/messaging is crucial.
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 02:34 AM
Mar 2016

And whatever his campaign spent in WA, AK, and HI paid off EXCEPTIONALLY well. We'll see about WI later today.

Perhaps we need to dig up Hillary's campaign expenditures in an attempt to keep the outrage machine going...

ucrdem

(15,512 posts)
120. Okay but it's neither--it's astroturf, which is inherently deceptive. That's what's objectionable.
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 02:39 AM
Mar 2016

And I'd be surprised if Obama invested heavily in such techniques.

ucrdem

(15,512 posts)
125. Astroturfing is pretending that Twitter hits are spontaneous for example.
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 02:47 AM
Mar 2016

It's much easier to pull off on line than on air.

 

blueintelligentsia

(507 posts)
98. The revolution is being televised....how ironic, he should stop immediately and...
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 01:57 AM
Mar 2016

....not #tonedownforwhat, tone it down completely for the revolution.

SMC22307

(8,090 posts)
130. What? Yet another questionable blogger accusing the Sanders' campaign...
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 03:07 AM
Mar 2016

of something nefarious? Pul-eeze. It's been done to death, and it won't break any backs.

Response to SMC22307 (Reply #124)

sammythecat

(3,568 posts)
129. Boy! That is a lot.
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 03:02 AM
Mar 2016

Millions and millions! For advertising. Wow.

I thought it was all gas money for those big buses hey like to drive

and pizzas and stuff

gee

longship

(40,416 posts)
133. Well, at least Bernie gets the money honestly and pays it back.
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 03:51 AM
Mar 2016

He actually talks to the voters, and not just the big players like Hillary.

An exemplar. Both Bernie and Hillary went to UW-Madison this week to speak. Bernie held a rally with students and anybody who wanted to attend. Hillary had a private rally, invite only, no students allowed. It really pissed off the students, too. The security messed up the campus with security everywhere to keep students away from Queen Hillary.

My question: Was this just another example of PAY TO PLAY by the annointed Queen? No wonder she doesn't want any debates. There are no bucks in it.

Here's what a real candidate does. Opens the doors to everybody who can squeeze in:

Bernie in Seattle, and nobody had to pay to play:

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
139. It appears that he was paying people to disrupt trump.
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 01:05 PM
Mar 2016

Among other type of payments to the grassroots level. Message board commenters or companies that do those services. It's all in the linked piece.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
150. Look at the posts upthread about this blogger, a racist, homophobic liar.
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 01:26 AM
Mar 2016

Laine uses right wing sources like Project Veritas to smear Bernie and her tweets are so vile they could be from a tea partier.

ANYTHING from this nasty scumbag should be immediately dismissed as lies.

Laine is a rat fucking bigot, the only thing she hasn't posted about Bernie yet are anti-Semitic slurs but I'm sure she'll get around to those eventually.

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
148. This has been
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 01:17 AM
Mar 2016

one of the most financed, most televised, and most democratic "revolutions" I've ever heard of.

jillan

(39,451 posts)
152. The writer of this BLOG cannot even spell the title correctly. C'mon people... 150+ posts
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 01:50 AM
Mar 2016

commenting on a blog where the blogger cannot even spell the name of his/her blog?


GO BLINDLY Beyound the Norm



beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
153. Did you see the other stuff she posted? She's a racist homophobe who lies and uses Project Veritas.
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 01:53 AM
Mar 2016

I'm glad the op dragged this ugly troll's blog out into the open where we could expose it to sunlight.

Now everyone knows where these lies and smears are coming from and we can counter them.

jillan

(39,451 posts)
154. Is the blogger the same one that posted that anti-semitic rant?
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 01:55 AM
Mar 2016

Something about how blacks hate Jews? I don't remember the exact words or where I read it but it was pretty sad.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
155. No, at least I don't think so. I doubt the blogger is using her real name.
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 02:01 AM
Mar 2016

So it could be anybody, really, including a DUer.

She hasn't posted anything anti-Semitic yet but she's definitely a bigot so maybe she just hasn't worked her way up to posting slurs about Jews.

I'll have to keep checking the tweets, maybe we can figure it out.

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