Is the Bernie hate intensifying?

[left-of-center2012]

Is it just me, or .....
It seems the closer we get to the end of the primaries and the "new rules" here on DU that the posts attacking Bernie are increasing and getting more intense.

Clintonistas seem to want to dump a big pile of hate on Bernie (and us) in these final days.

IMHO

[Jennylynn]

1. It's the weekend.

It's always worse on the weekends.

[emulatorloo]

6. Yep, weekends on DU are always insane.

[beltanefauve]

58. I think

a lot of people drink and post on the weekends. The anonymity of the Internet plus liquid courage equals bad behavior made worse. .

[Cooley Hurd]

2. Maybe, but why should it?

Secretary Clinton supporters say that "the math" shows she will get the nom. WHY are they so insecure about the outcome, and WHY are they insistent in pushing away potential votes in the GE by alienating Sanders' supporters with their nonsense?

I find them politically, and potentially FATALLY short-sighted.

[hopemountain]

34. maybe they are trumpeters

they want hillary to win the nomination so she can loose the ge to trump.
everyone knows bernie can win the ge.

[Cooley Hurd]

39. ..in that hypothetical, they are short-sighted...

However, I dig their angle. Secretary Clinton was once a First Lady who was dragged into a disturbing, personal narrative involving her husband. She (and her husband) persevered and she sought a valued Senate seat to be vacated by a beloved Senator (Pat Moynihan, who I met and knew personally). I campaigned and voted for her in 2000 and 2006.

I respect her. I may not be happy with some of the... untruths that fall from her lips from time to time, but, goddamn it, I will NOT let that fuckwad, piece of human excrement (sorry shit, I owe ya one) Drumpf get ANYWHERE near the White House.

If Secretary Clinton is the "trench" I have to climb into, then I'm into that trench. Just hope it doesn't play out like this...

[hopemountain]

41. that's too bad.

not only is our government at stake - but all of our natural resources and those of the world - not to mention our sons and daughter's who will be sacrificed at the altar of the greedy war machine.

nope. to "compromise" all of the above and choose one horrifying choice over another is not an option.

but, i'm sure you will be able to sleep at night.

[Cooley Hurd]

42. What will you do on 11/8/16?

[hopemountain]

44. bernie will be the nominee and i will vote for him.

i will cross any other bridges (or not) when i come to them.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

50. Can't blame em for being scared to face Bernie.

Bernie & Elizabeth 2016!!!

[Voice for Peace]

59. or maybe they're just mean

arrogant and snarky people.

I lived among conservative liberal upper middle class people for many years. All Democrats, and they loved the Clintons. But they hated people who didn't keep their lawns mowed; they disparaged those who protested wars; and cruel judgmental gossip was a daily part of afternoon cocktails. It's not fair to generalize but not easy to shake impressions of a voting bloc either.

[winter is coming]

12. You know who I never hear blamed for Gore's loss?

Bill Clinton. A lot of people, including Dems, just wanted the Clinton Administration to be over, which put Gore at a disadvantage from the get-go. I've seen Gore blamed for trying to distance himself from Bill Clinton, but that's as close as people ever get to it. That Gore had a reason for wanting to distance himself is not mentioned.

Instead, they're still using Nader as a boogeyman, as if that loudmouth had Svengali-like control of voter's minds. You know what? If it's not fucking obvious that Dems are better than Republicans, that's on us, not some sideshow act trying to get another 15 minutes in the limelight.

[winter is coming]

17. I actually think he would have been a good President.

It's a shame we never found out.

[winter is coming]

20. Exactly. He would have been someone willing to sit at the desk and actually

do the less glamorous parts of the job.

[grasswire]

28. that's why the press wants Clinton -- scandal, drama, and revenue for them. nt

[hopemountain]

35. i don't think we would be in iraq & afghanistan

and fracking for oil and gas would be banned.
and, social security and medicare for retirees would not be the f'd up corporate grab it is today.

[TexasBushwhacker]

47. Yup yup yup n/t

[merrily]

30. When in doubt, blame liberals and then make things less democratic.

[appalachiablue]

37. +5. Believe it or not the DU's much hated Chris Matthews once said with a stern

look that Clinton sure didn't do much for his VP's race. Not blame but clear distain.

[Depaysement]

45. +1

Well said.

[left-of-center2012]

8. Why do you trash Bernie in the Bernie forum?

Maybe you should post your pro-Clinton comments in the Clinton forum?

[Jester Messiah]

11. Leave. n/t

[LiberalElite]

13. oh a Bernie Butter thanks

for your"support."

[MissDeeds]

18. And another one bites the dust

Bye!

[onecaliberal]

31. Yah a woman who jeopardized national security, who is under FBI

Investigation, who 67% of the country thinks is a liar is a better candidate than the guy who has spent 40 years working for the people with a proven track record who doesn't lie or spin. I'm so glad I can think critically about the issues and not have to actually tell someone that drivel you just posted. You'll have to do better than that steaming pile. She is NOT the better candidate to those with functioning grey matter inside their skulls

[onecaliberal]

36. Yah a woman who jeopardized national security, who is under FBI

Investigation, who 67% of the country thinks is a liar is a better candidate than the guy who has spent 40 years working for the people with a proven track record who doesn't lie or spin. I'm so glad I can think critically about the issues and not have to actually tell someone that drivel you just posted. You'll have to do better than that steaming pile. She is NOT the better candidate to those with functioning grey matter inside their skulls

[abelenkpe]

5. Surely such shenanigans

Will help encourage Sanders supporters to come to their senses and vote for Hillary.

[Smarmie Doofus]

7. The psychology of it is as follows:

1. The presumptors (Is that a word? If not it should be.) are persuaded that their leader will prevail. (i.e. At the convention.)

2. The only way to make a serious challenge to Trump is to mollify, prior to incorporating, the Sanders wing of the party.

3. This will involve humiliating groveling and reluctant concessions: by the Clintonites, to the despised and resented Berners.

4. This prospect creates a harmful psychological conflict, which they ineptly attempt to resolved by upping the level of invective prior to the inevitable groveling phase.

It's an ego defense.

[Depaysement]

46. I disagree

I don't see a future of grovelling. I see five months of "Trump fear mongering" and movement to the "sensible center."

[Smarmie Doofus]

49. If such is the case it will be a windfall for candidate Stein.....

...bad news for candidate Clinton and .... to put it mildly.... a very long, very bizarre, fall campaign with an astonished world watching nervously.

Trump is scary; but so is Clinton.

[Jester Messiah]

9. Vindictive little shits aren't they? n/t

[MissDeeds]

21. Yes they are

But just watch them come begging for our votes in a few months IF, gawd forbid, HRH finagles the nomination.

[HooptieWagon]

29. Well give them the Barbara Boxer finger when they come begging.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

52. I just don't get the Hillary supporters... they've gone stark raving mad!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2016!!!

[MissDeeds]

55. I agree

I just don't get it. Can you imagine the outrage if the Republicans ran a candidate with the same baggage as HRC, plus one who faces possible indictment? They would be screaming their heads off, and rightly so.

The double standard is sickening.

[nc4bo]

23. Well said. In fact, perfect and I wouldn't change a thing. nt

[pa28]

53. They can't seem to help themselves.

One of the reasons I'm glad Bernie is staying in the race is to unmask the contempt third way Democrats hold for the left and their determination to cut us out of the process entirely.

It's been a real eye opener and they can no longer claim to be practical people who disagree with our objectives but just want a more incremental approach.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

10. they are worried about California

and although they won't admit it they are worried about her future scrutinization by the FBI and others

[merrily]

26. Even before the new rules were announced. The more they mention math, the more

they act as though Bernie is a serious threat to Hillary. In the dictionary, next to the definition of "cognitive dissonance" are links to GD: P and the Hillary Group.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

54. Hillary supporters have completely lost it!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2016!!!

[nwnatural]

27. Have had to take a Hiatis from DU

Just occasionally check in. So vitriolic it brings me down.

[raging moderate]

33. No, they have always been this bad.

Remember when they insisted they had proof that all of us Bernie Sanders supporters are definitely rich white supremacist elitists? Yeah, that one really cheers me up when I am working through a flashback to the time the rat was peering out of a hole in my tenement when I woke up. Or the times we had only one slice of dry toast for supper.

[Autumn]

38. Yes they are calling Bernie and his supporters every derogatory name in the book,

fuck em.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

40. they are losing california, and the fbi is still investigating

A few more drips and the bucket will overflow

[littlewolf]

43. hurry hurry hurry … get this all in before the ban hammer starts swinging …. nt

[nc4bo]

48. Wow, in Feb. you were complaining about GD Primary stuff but somehow wind up here.

Are you FeelinTheBern like the rest of us?

[bkkyosemite]

51. Yes

[felix_numinous]

56. We attack the corruption

and they attack us.

[pa28]

57. + 1. In short that's it.

Boss Tweed would stand in awe at the level of formalized bribery we see now.