2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThe Revolution Seems to Spend Alot on Advertising
https://gobling.wordpress.com/2016/03/19/buying-the-revolution/I'm not sure whether they run all of his online social media stuff, but wow, the price tag seems high.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Autumn
(45,049 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)He's such a joke, no one takes him seriously.
Autumn
(45,049 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Omg that's priceless!
JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)When I saw that I had a serious case of the
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)SMC22307
(8,090 posts)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)Project fucking Veritas, O'Keefe's corrupt organization that exists soley to smear liberals:
Posted on March 26, 2016 by Grace Laine
Project Veritas, an investigative film project headed up by James OKeefe, 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:
Posted on March 26, 2016 by Grace Laine
NH Rep. William OBrien files complaint with the FEC against the Australian Labor Party and the Bernie 2016 Presidential Campaign
Representative William OBrien 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:
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)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)G'nite!
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)Nite!
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)There's been too much right wing garbage posted here lately, juries need to start hiding this shit.
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)This one will be, too.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Right wing trolls and swift boating rat fuckers shouldn't be allowed to smear any of our candidates.
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)We knew it would get ugly. Hillary. Must. Not. Lose. Twice.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Red baiting:
https://twitter.com/TAW3343/status/714544207638216708?s=09
She's one of the assholes pushing the Bernie/Alzheimer's myth:
https://twitter.com/TAW3343/status/714524265069019143?s=09
She claims Bernie's a misogynist who treats women like sex slaves:
https://twitter.com/TAW3343/status/714512922677014529?s=09
And that they're BDSM but obviously is too stupid to know what that means:
https://twitter.com/TAW3343/status/713933053609967616?s=09
This person has issues, their posts and tweets are disturbing.
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)Who does Hillary retain for digital messaging?
Issues, yes, including those who promote the site.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)But would he really pay someone so incompetent?
I wouldn't.
melman
(7,681 posts)"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)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)What's *not* to love?! And leave it to the "brave" one for bringing it to DU!
melman
(7,681 posts)"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)Just when you think they can't get any lower they surprise you.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)That is a massive jump from Dec to January!
bravenak
(34,648 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)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.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)Not sure it will help much though!
bravenak
(34,648 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)....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.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)Does somebody get a portion of those ad buys?
glowing
(12,233 posts)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?
George II
(67,782 posts)azurnoir
(45,850 posts)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
Punkingal
(9,522 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)Punkingal
(9,522 posts)DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)EvolveOrConvolve
(6,452 posts)That advertising was paid for by real people rather than Goldman Sachs, Big Pharma, the for-profit Prison Industry and billionaire hedge fund managers.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)frylock
(34,825 posts)What gives?
dogman
(6,073 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)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)Our side will need superpacs to compete.
Autumn
(45,049 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)Autumn
(45,049 posts)Autumn
(45,049 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)BeanMusical
(4,389 posts)reformist2
(9,841 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)fun n serious
(4,451 posts)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.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)I had wondered what was up with all the nonsense.
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bravenak
(34,648 posts)think
(11,641 posts)Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)fun n serious
(4,451 posts)think
(11,641 posts)fun n serious
(4,451 posts)think
(11,641 posts)pays his interns.
Hillary might take note of that.
George II
(67,782 posts)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)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)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)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.
Cha
(297,126 posts)thanks brave.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)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)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.
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)There are reasonable people posting here.
ljm2002
(10,751 posts)...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.
whatchamacallit
(15,558 posts)Yay!
bravenak
(34,648 posts)riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)The media black out means he's getting his message out anyway.
mcar
(42,300 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)Can't be improper. Wonder what services they provide for that money.
George II
(67,782 posts)....for not paying fair market rates.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)I'm glad he pays full price, then
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)Your post suggests Bernie spends about the same as what Revolution's other clients spend.
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)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)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)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?
shenmue
(38,506 posts)ljm2002
(10,751 posts)In fact thanks for the reminder. Going to give another few bucks, over at Act Blue, right now...
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...and, done! Another $27 for the Bernster!!
noretreatnosurrender
(1,890 posts)This is some really weak tea we got brewing here.
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)What a terrible idea.
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)Republicans offer unsolicited support to Bernie Sanders
" In other words, Republicans taking steps to help Sanders is hardly unprecedented. Its electoral mischief, but its a time-honored tradition.
Id add just one thing: just because the right sees Sanders as easier to beat in November doesnt mean Republicans are correct. Conservatives appear convinced that Clinton would be a tougher candidate, but its possible theyre miscalculating. Sometimes the practice of picking your opponent backfires.
At least for now, however, when Clinton says shes the candidate the GOP doesnt 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
bravenak
(34,648 posts)You were right about how I would feel.
dchill
(38,468 posts)any better than you know yours.
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)But it makes sense with the talking points I have heard on DU.
noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Response to bravenak (Original post)
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SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)Devine better be good. You know how I feel about him in particular.
SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)And, yeah, I know I said I was going to bed...
bravenak
(34,648 posts)But I'll end up laying in bed posting.
SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)Hey!! I'm about to fry some catfish soon. Too bad you aint here..
SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)Can I bring hubby? He's the one who's crazy for catfish. (No, he didn't catch this one.)
http://abc13.com/society/watch-fisherman-hooks-67-pound-catfish-on-lake-conroe/1268932/
bravenak
(34,648 posts)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.
SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)Gothmog
(145,119 posts)Seeinghope
(786 posts)delrem
(9,688 posts)stevenleser
(32,886 posts)cosmicone
(11,014 posts)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!
bravenak
(34,648 posts)Not all of it, of course.
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)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)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)bravenak
(34,648 posts)SMC22307
(8,090 posts)Enlightening, indeed.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)Don't remember Obama "owning" the internet and Twitter barely existed in 2008.
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)The concept is the same -- messaging -- whether 2008 or 2016.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Yes it is VERY enlightening.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)Have you checked?
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Either they're a right wing troll or a rat fucker.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)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)*That's* why knickers are in a twist? Seriously?
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)SMC22307
(8,090 posts)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)And I'd be surprised if Obama invested heavily in such techniques.
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)ucrdem
(15,512 posts)It's much easier to pull off on line than on air.
blueintelligentsia
(507 posts)....not #tonedownforwhat, tone it down completely for the revolution.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)blueintelligentsia
(507 posts)lunamagica
(9,967 posts)Good job, Brave!
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)Man knows what he's doing.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)SMC22307
(8,090 posts)And check out the company's client list.
https://revolutionmessaging.com/clients/
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)SMC22307
(8,090 posts)of something nefarious? Pul-eeze. It's been done to death, and it won't break any backs.
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SMC22307
(8,090 posts)sammythecat
(3,568 posts)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)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)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.
noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)What is he supposed to spend it on?
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)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.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)one of the most financed, most televised, and most democratic "revolutions" I've ever heard of.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)But let some tell it, he get's NO ATTENTION.
jillan
(39,451 posts)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)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)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)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.
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)bigtree
(85,986 posts)R B Garr
(16,950 posts)Just shows how insincere it is.