Sun Jul 24, 2016, 10:06 PM

Sanders Team Wanted DNC To Pay For Private Plane For Fall ~ (GD 16)

Oops. Sanders staffer leaves an internal memo in a restaurant, which makes its way to the press. Plans for fall campaign include asking DNC to pay for private plane for Bernie to fly around and conduct rallies.

An internal “End Game” memo left in a Los Angeles hotel restaurant details extraordinary demands considered by the Sanders campaign ahead of the Democrats’ unity event.

PHILADELPHIA — The Bernie Sanders campaign considered demanding a private plane staffed and funded by the Democratic National Committee as part of negotiations with Hillary Clinton heading into this week’s convention, according to a Sanders memo obtained by BuzzFeed News.

The plane was to be used “for a series of fall rallies in battleground states,” according to the “Bernie 2016” memo, which was drafted in the days before Sanders’ sound defeat in the June 7 California primary, the contest that effectively ended his insurgent bid.

“This plane would be paid for by the DNC,” it reads.

The document reveals a campaign in its final days, considering whether to fight on with a “divisive critique” of Clinton, yet attuned to diminished influence inside the party.

Aides believed a tour of the battleground states would help keep Sanders center stage. The memo, titled “End Game,” also suggests that the Vermont senator’s campaign for Senate Democrats to “help deliver a majority and take credit for it” — one of several references throughout the four-page document showing the extent to which aides remained aware of opportunities to take “credit” amid decreasing “leverage.”

Much more in link: https://www.buzzfeed.com/evanmcsan/bernie-sanders-private-plane?utm_term=.tyxDkoRW6#.guZ2VG8Zw

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Sanders Team Wanted DNC To Pay For Private Plane For Fall ~ (GD 16) (Original post)	Her Sister	Jul 2016	OP
Thank you for this, HS!	Cha	Jul 2016	#1
Post removed	Post removed	Jul 2016	#2
jeebus	DemonGoddess	Jul 2016	#3
Demon Goddess! I just posted the beginning.... Recommend reading the rest	Her Sister	Jul 2016	#4
oh I did	DemonGoddess	Jul 2016	#77
Oh, my, my, my.	glennward	Jul 2016	#5
I see nothing particularly damning about this.	99th_Monkey	Jul 2016	#6
The difference is Hillary's campaign was paying for the jet.	RonniePudding	Jul 2016	#8
LOL!	Her Sister	Jul 2016	#9
Each campaign paid for its own transportation. The difference is Sanders will be campaigning for	merrily	Jul 2016	#29
Right	RonniePudding	Jul 2016	#31
I think that poster was only making the point that flying private while campaigning is SOP.	merrily	Jul 2016	#42
Didn't Obama's campaign pay for Clinton's transportation to stump for him in 2008?	democrattotheend	Jul 2016	#53
Bingo! Haven't they tried to discredit Bernie enough already!	B Calm	Jul 2016	#71
A private plane is pretty much	okasha	Jul 2016	#20
Bernie no longer has	leftynyc	Jul 2016	#82
I was responding to post #6.	okasha	Jul 2016	#83
I agree with you 100%	secondwind	Jul 2016	#65
Bernie was such a man of the people who flew commercial	treestar	Jul 2016	#74
Not really.	democrattotheend	Jul 2016	#75
OK	treestar	Jul 2016	#80
I am pretty sure she did ask for it in 2008	democrattotheend	Jul 2016	#81
Dear fellow HRC supporters...	JaneyVee	Jul 2016	#7
Thank you!	NWCorona	Jul 2016	#10
YES! Now can we get an AMEN from Bernie supporters? nt	glennward	Jul 2016	#12
Bernie supporter here, and to put things in perspective,	strategery blunder	Jul 2016	#26
No Bernie supporter started this thread.	merrily	Jul 2016	#30
So this is just coming out now? These journalists held this back until now for what reason?	glennward	Jul 2016	#11
Divide and conquer. eom	BlueCaliDem	Jul 2016	#34
I didn't see anything wrong with what DWS said in emails and I honestly don't see anything wrong	stevenleser	Jul 2016	#13
I would like bygones to be bygones	zenabby	Jul 2016	#14
It's wishful thinking on their part. No movement and little elevated profile for Sanders is	stevenleser	Jul 2016	#17
No, there is nothing wrong with it in context	OhioBlue	Jul 2016	#19
Which victory did Sanders claim credit for? Which emails did Sanders provide wikileaks?	merrily	Jul 2016	#32
Exactly.	LisaM	Jul 2016	#78
What I thought was important and that's pretty much been overlooked is	calimary	Jul 2016	#73
Pay for it, we need the Bernie supporters	flamingdem	Jul 2016	#15
I understand the need to vent but I don't see what the problem is here	NWCorona	Jul 2016	#16
"End Game" didn't mean just giving up to them...	SaschaHM	Jul 2016	#27
Sanders did not write the memo, nor is he urging a floor fight. This is grasping at straws.	merrily	Jul 2016	#36
How is this grasping?	SaschaHM	Jul 2016	#56
That was all discussed on DU as it happened and he's not doing anything like that.	merrily	Jul 2016	#58
I believe multiple scenarios and strategies were laid out.	NWCorona	Jul 2016	#45
Agree, but do we even know for certain that his team prepared this memo?	merrily	Jul 2016	#33
Yeah I'm not necessarily buying that this is authentic but I'm not gonna	NWCorona	Jul 2016	#47
I do.	merrily	Jul 2016	#50
These are not "extraordinary demands". This is how party unity	OhioBlue	Jul 2016	#18
seems like paying for these flights would be standard procedure. could be wrong tho. nt	msongs	Jul 2016	#21
K & R	SunSeeker	Jul 2016	#22
Well? Did he get it? Go, Bernie, go!	aikoaiko	Jul 2016	#23
I mean...	SaschaHM	Jul 2016	#24
It isn't a waste of resources	OhioBlue	Jul 2016	#38
well not the Bernie supporyers who are now protesting down the street or	DLCWIdem	Jul 2016	#84
Warren will get one anyway. And, even if Sanders does not bring in every single one	merrily	Jul 2016	#40
I think he is worth a plane	fun n serious	Jul 2016	#25
Yep. nt	SunSeeker	Jul 2016	#66
A memo supposedly left in a diner, just made public today? Hmmm.	merrily	Jul 2016	#28
Strategy: disqualify Clinton pledged delegates	bluedye33139	Jul 2016	#35
Do you think that is Sanders' plan?	merrily	Jul 2016	#37
I'm simply pulling a quote from a memo	bluedye33139	Jul 2016	#39
Yes. And?	merrily	Jul 2016	#41
On the Eve	bluedye33139	Jul 2016	#43
I disagree with your comment about the campaign beating the drum loudly and why. That said,	merrily	Jul 2016	#46
Disagreement is wonderful	bluedye33139	Jul 2016	#48
I pointed that out only because anyone could leave a memo in a diner and I did	merrily	Jul 2016	#51
Yes, the allegations of fraud stopped	bluedye33139	Jul 2016	#69
Allegations of primary election fraud stopped?	merrily	Jul 2016	#70
Fine. Water under the bridge.	bluestateguy	Jul 2016	#44
But but but I thought he was a different kind of politician who would take trains and busses...	Hekate	Jul 2016	#49
Post removed	Post removed	Jul 2016	#59
Sounds like a good plan	Craig234	Jul 2016	#60
Productive thread. Don the Con loves all this. nt	63splitwindow	Jul 2016	#52
You can't hide the truth in the name of the election	Craig234	Jul 2016	#61
Survivor asks "What Happened" Response- "Donald Trump was elected President of the United States."	63splitwindow	Jul 2016	#63
Post removed	Post removed	Jul 2016	#54
Smear smear smear	Craig234	Jul 2016	#62
Post removed	Post removed	Jul 2016	#67
Post removed	Post removed	Jul 2016	#55
Whats good for the goose!	Firebrand Gary	Jul 2016	#57
Nothing wrong with this.... he doesn't have the wherewithal or a private plane to get around...	secondwind	Jul 2016	#64
OFFS. This is a non-issue.	progressoid	Jul 2016	#68
Damning emails going both ways	liberal N proud	Jul 2016	#72
Oh, and DWS is the problem.	LisaM	Jul 2016	#76
Now, internal emails can be pretty horrid to the	DemonGoddess	Jul 2016	#79
Interesting	DesertRat	Jul 2016	#85

Response to Her Sister (Original post)

Sun Jul 24, 2016, 10:11 PM

Cha (268,014 posts)

Sanders Team Wanted DNC To Pay For Private Plane For Fall ~ (GD 16)

1. Thank you for this, HS!

3. jeebus

4. Demon Goddess! I just posted the beginning.... Recommend reading the rest

77. oh I did

5. Oh, my, my, my.

6. I see nothing particularly damning about this.

8. The difference is Hillary's campaign was paying for the jet.

9. LOL!

29. Each campaign paid for its own transportation. The difference is Sanders will be campaigning for

31. Right

42. I think that poster was only making the point that flying private while campaigning is SOP.

53. Didn't Obama's campaign pay for Clinton's transportation to stump for him in 2008?

71. Bingo! Haven't they tried to discredit Bernie enough already!

20. A private plane is pretty much

82. Bernie no longer has

83. I was responding to post #6.

65. I agree with you 100%

74. Bernie was such a man of the people who flew commercial

75. Not really.

80. OK

81. I am pretty sure she did ask for it in 2008

7. Dear fellow HRC supporters...

10. Thank you!

12. YES! Now can we get an AMEN from Bernie supporters? nt

26. Bernie supporter here, and to put things in perspective,

30. No Bernie supporter started this thread.

11. So this is just coming out now? These journalists held this back until now for what reason?

34. Divide and conquer. eom

13. I didn't see anything wrong with what DWS said in emails and I honestly don't see anything wrong

14. I would like bygones to be bygones

17. It's wishful thinking on their part. No movement and little elevated profile for Sanders is

19. No, there is nothing wrong with it in context

32. Which victory did Sanders claim credit for? Which emails did Sanders provide wikileaks?

78. Exactly.

73. What I thought was important and that's pretty much been overlooked is

15. Pay for it, we need the Bernie supporters

16. I understand the need to vent but I don't see what the problem is here

27. "End Game" didn't mean just giving up to them...

36. Sanders did not write the memo, nor is he urging a floor fight. This is grasping at straws.

56. How is this grasping?

58. That was all discussed on DU as it happened and he's not doing anything like that.

45. I believe multiple scenarios and strategies were laid out.

33. Agree, but do we even know for certain that his team prepared this memo?

47. Yeah I'm not necessarily buying that this is authentic but I'm not gonna

50. I do.

18. These are not "extraordinary demands". This is how party unity

21. seems like paying for these flights would be standard procedure. could be wrong tho. nt

22. K & R

23. Well? Did he get it? Go, Bernie, go!

24. I mean...

38. It isn't a waste of resources

84. well not the Bernie supporyers who are now protesting down the street or

40. Warren will get one anyway. And, even if Sanders does not bring in every single one

25. I think he is worth a plane

66. Yep. nt

28. A memo supposedly left in a diner, just made public today? Hmmm.

35. Strategy: disqualify Clinton pledged delegates

37. Do you think that is Sanders' plan?

39. I'm simply pulling a quote from a memo

41. Yes. And?

43. On the Eve

46. I disagree with your comment about the campaign beating the drum loudly and why. That said,

48. Disagreement is wonderful

51. I pointed that out only because anyone could leave a memo in a diner and I did

69. Yes, the allegations of fraud stopped

70. Allegations of primary election fraud stopped?

44. Fine. Water under the bridge.

49. But but but I thought he was a different kind of politician who would take trains and busses...

60. Sounds like a good plan

52. Productive thread. Don the Con loves all this. nt

61. You can't hide the truth in the name of the election

63. Survivor asks "What Happened" Response- "Donald Trump was elected President of the United States."

62. Smear smear smear

57. Whats good for the goose!

64. Nothing wrong with this.... he doesn't have the wherewithal or a private plane to get around...

68. OFFS. This is a non-issue.

72. Damning emails going both ways

76. Oh, and DWS is the problem.

79. Now, internal emails can be pretty horrid to the