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In reply to the discussion: Indictment: Russians conspired to help Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders [View all]mcar
(42,357 posts)197. I am done with this silliness, she
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Indictment: Russians conspired to help Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders [View all]
RandySF
Feb 2018
OP
Yeah, when my belief of who certain people really are is known to all, it will maybe be too late.
Eliot Rosewater
Feb 2018
#84
Publicly embracing Hillary and supporting Obama on DU - Remember what risky behavior that was?
NBachers
Feb 2018
#134
I knew it! Something smelled about both campaigns. Stick a fork in Bernie...he's done. n/t
Tarheel_Dem
Feb 2018
#8
Bernie Bros a myth? The Sanders campaign made public statements saying it was aware of them
stevenleser
Feb 2018
#150
Doesn't matter whose fault it is. He's damaged by this, and any future national run will be shaded
Tarheel_Dem
Feb 2018
#168
I am still mystified as to why he wouldn't release them in the first place, and I'm even more....
Tarheel_Dem
Feb 2018
#227
I'm not surprised that he suppressed them and I don't think he'll ever release them.
yardwork
Feb 2018
#231
I'll tell you how. In my opinion he didn't do enough to stop the acrimony among his supporters
stevenleser
Feb 2018
#152
And "enough" for you would have been what? Sanders didn't fan those ravers.
FailureToCommunicate
Feb 2018
#153
That is an easy question to answer. Here is what he should have said repeatedly:
stevenleser
Feb 2018
#158
To me the reason is obvious, Sanders intended to ride that wave of poison to the
stevenleser
Feb 2018
#225
Doesn't matter whose fault it is. The Russian state showed a preference for Hillary's foes in the..
Tarheel_Dem
Feb 2018
#170
We won't have to worry about Bernie running as a Democrat in 2020. Bank on it! nt
Tarheel_Dem
Feb 2018
#172
They conspired to promote trump and Sanders and disparage Hillary Clinton. This is a BFD!!
George II
Feb 2018
#17
Who knows? Hard to say for sure. Maybe the tax returns will reveal something...
NurseJackie
Feb 2018
#151
Only two candidates refused to reveal their tax returns. Just happens to be the two the Russians...
Tarheel_Dem
Feb 2018
#178
The point was to elect Trump. Bernie was used as a wedge to divide Democrats.
yardwork
Feb 2018
#232
I don't rmember Sanders trying to reign anyone in.,..even when shit messages were pointed out
BoneyardDem
Feb 2018
#28
bernie lost, and likley would have lost by even more if not for the Russian assistance he accepted
BoneyardDem
Feb 2018
#121
My comment about my friends' children has to do with the fact that focusing on
Sophia4
Feb 2018
#207
You got on the wrong train, or are deliberately trying to change the subject.
BoneyardDem
Feb 2018
#209
Hillary had over 55 % of the delegates, and Bernie had over 43% of the delegates
Sophia4
Feb 2018
#204
Didn't Tad Devine have business dealings in the Ukraine with the now indicted Paul Manafort?
George II
Feb 2018
#116
I do not like Bernie at all - but I find it difficult to believe that he was involved. So my answer
seaglass
Feb 2018
#32
At the very least this is finally one good reason the Sanders' Tax forms were never produced
BoneyardDem
Feb 2018
#34
I have issues with the tax forms as well but don't think it has anything to do with this.
CentralMass
Feb 2018
#37
many Sanders supporters would never have guessed Bernie's name would have shown up at all
BoneyardDem
Feb 2018
#47
There us nothig in this indictment that indicates that Sanders has any involvement in this.
CentralMass
Feb 2018
#56
did I say he was involved? His name is in the indictment though. Protectionism is not necesary
BoneyardDem
Feb 2018
#69
Why would anyone be surprised that the Russians were trying to get Trump elected.
CentralMass
Feb 2018
#73
That Russians were infiltrating Bernie sites is not a new revelation to Bernie supporters
LiberalLovinLug
Feb 2018
#102
agreed....yet so many still deny the interferance with every fiber of their being. see JPR.
BoneyardDem
Feb 2018
#105
I'd say the vast majority of Bernie supporters are smart enough to believe it happened.
LiberalLovinLug
Feb 2018
#113
His tax returns, his vote against Russia Sanctions, his name mentioned in the indictment
BoneyardDem
Feb 2018
#93
Clinton lost Michigan (blacks) by a tiny percentage. It had to have been effective there.
George II
Feb 2018
#80
I'm sure Putin was involved in it and his hatred for the Clintons goes back a long way
elmac
Feb 2018
#103
There is nothing in that indictment indicating Bernie Sanders of having anything to do with this.
CentralMass
Feb 2018
#51
Remember, Rosenstein pointedly said "in this indictment", hinting that there will be others.
George II
Feb 2018
#82
I have to say. It is a little suspicious he voted against russian sanctions.
boston bean
Feb 2018
#165
"Suspicious" indeed. I'm almost certain Tad Devine is in this up to his neck. n/t
Tarheel_Dem
Feb 2018
#184
Devine & Co were much sleazier than even Donald Trump, and that's saying something. n/t
Tarheel_Dem
Feb 2018
#212
Yup! Hillary and Maxine Waters. Post a positive thread about Maxine and they are on it
MelissaB
Feb 2018
#65
You notice that too, unconditional support of the D party is the most dangerous thing you can do
Eliot Rosewater
Feb 2018
#90
Key lines from MUELLER indictment of 13 RUSSIANS accused of meddling in U.S. election
Gothmog
Feb 2018
#92
so the fears that this lets Trump off the hook....shouldn't be a pearl clutching issue at this time?
BoneyardDem
Feb 2018
#96
That's "delusional" and what is really delusional is that you just repeated a Russian meme
stevenleser
Feb 2018
#161
Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, and Jill Stein all appear to have been helped by Russian election
Cha
Feb 2018
#128
Bernie won most of his support based on his own views, didnt need Russias help.
Bluepinky
Feb 2018
#221
some posters had previously garnered many "hides" for speaking out on Bernie
BoneyardDem
Feb 2018
#137
Sanders candidacy was always about keeping Hillary from having an easy path to the White House
Renew Deal
Feb 2018
#202
that's true, and is a favorite of the Corp media to do too...never take the lefty
JCanete
Feb 2018
#230
Exciting as it SOUNDS, I'm having trouble understanding what exactly is the CRIME?
mr_lebowski
Feb 2018
#208