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[nadinbrzezinski]

This is what editors around the country saw when the raw tape of the Sanders kerfunkle came to news rooms big and small....

Here is the raw,

http://m.kirotv.com/videos/news/raw-video-activists-disrupt-rally-featuring-sen/vDYQxq/

What we saw was CONFLICT. We also saw three young African American folks, the prime age that actually gets shot regularly in this country, forcing off the stage an older man. It was kind of stereotypical, and not in a good way... it was made for tv news video... and think of the ratings!!!!!

Forget the names for a moment. Think of stereotypes and how all this is playing

Some of us did go there, and suggested this was possibly a dirty trick. We have been around politics long enough to smell one. And no, not your preferred trickster either. This has far more of a 1972 kind of a feel.

So over the course of the day we have found that one of these two women sported a Palin button while in HS. We also have found some of her views on her own facebook page and they have not been received well either. Here you go, for your reading pleasure, She is getting it with both barrels, as it were. and not all her friends (as much as FB friends can be) are giving it to her. Little support, but it is what it is.

https://www.facebook.com/marissa.jenae.johnson

I am going to ask you to forget skin tones, or the fact that Sanders is running for the presidency. I want you to take a minute from your he said\ she said and consider... who benefits? Which leads me to go my speculation last night that this was a GOP dirty trick... no, I will not post that article here. Suffice it to say, I was right... been around politics long enough to smell a rat almost immediately.

Who does the GOP want to run against in the General? Trust me... that is not Sanders... it is not O'Malley, hell, it is not Chaffee or Webb. They are desperate to run against HRC. There is an epic amount of Op Research and she will get the base to go vote in November. Sanders... Webb, O'Malley. no not really.

So this was about getting Sanders to have these women arrested. After one of them did push him, he could have. Assaulting a federal elected official is a serious offense... and think of the visuals... try for a second to think like the average news editor oh at the control room at CNN\MSNBC, CBS, you mention it...... three African American protesters led away in chains to a nice squad car where the camera will surely show them behind bars. Yup, dirty trick and all, but effective. We would be talking of that and how it looks until the cows come home, or Nov of 2016.

What does this do? Well, a twofer. It weakens Sanders (if it plays as the GOP intends this to do) in the eyes of minority voters, in particular African Americans... it reinforces a false meme, and... it weakens a movement that is becoming quite honestly a pain the rear for the system. They are going to get a reputation and some kids who otherwise would show and support, will now stay home.

Best case, everybody's feelings will be so hurt that next time an AA youth is killed, all that will show will be the usual suspects from the inner city, and we reporters that show up anyway. That is the best case from a power structure that really has no real intention to deal with this on a one on one basis.

I was not going to post this... quite frankly seeing how you all are getting played by pros at this business is kind of fun. But heck, do a nice thing and try to point to you, not that I hope it will make any sense. just how badly all of you are getting played. The Bernie folks, for the my feelings are hurt (intended), and the HRC side, for the see they cannot attract minorities, (again you are getting played). And the bonus is to see the war play out. It is truly popcorn time.

The ones who are losing on this are actually those PoC that cannot see just how much of a game this is for those who are behind the scenes. You are also getting played. Congrats. And some others who are PoC are telling you how much you are getting played. LISTEN TO THEM.

And just to add to your he said, she said... here is a demand for an apology

https://www.change.org/p/blm-activists-want-the-women-who-interrupted-bernie-sanders-to-apologize-to-him?recruiter=6988665&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_term=des-lg-share_petition-no_msg&fb_ref=Default

Apparently this is coming from some ahem BLM activists, The movement is even more flat than OWS, so for all I know I could claim to be a leader in the movement... which is the reason this dirty trick was so easy to pull off. And with that, back to lurker mode. The popcorn is truly ready. If this helps just one of you see what is going on, this will serve it's goal.

Nadin