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PDittie

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70. Wow

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Fri Jan 13, 2017, 11:25 AM

Jan 2017

That author is still blaming Jill Stein. Not to mention The Nation and Wikileaks.

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How Putin Played the Far Left [View all] Cattledog Jan 2017 OP

i think many of them have always been conspiracy theorists and not really leftists at all JI7 Jan 2017 #1

Extremists come in both left and right-wing flavors, JI7. Hortensis Jan 2017 #16

Very true! mountain grammy Jan 2017 #33

Saturday night live... Blanks Jan 2017 #82

I run into people like them from time to time. They show up to one event or meeting, spew some FSogol Jan 2017 #44

Good article! OKNancy Jan 2017 #2

What you said. Kahuna7 Jan 2017 #8

Exactly. BlueCaliDem Jan 2017 #61

Oh yeah, so easy Cha Jan 2017 #3

HOGWASH! SLANDER! nt. tomp Jan 2017 #4

You think Sanders didn't benefit in any way from Russia's attacks on Clinton? baldguy Jan 2017 #23

If yopu are labeling Sanders as "Far Left" you would be mistaken. Dustlawyer Jan 2017 #37

#1. The Democratic Party is using Sanders because they have to. KittyWampus Jan 2017 #42

To my knowledge, Sanders never used the phrase "crooked Hillary" -- he called for her to karynnj Jan 2017 #91

Thats why they let him caucus with them for 25 years and had him heading committees. Dustlawyer Jan 2017 #121

Hold *UP*. SANDERS describes Sanders as far left. He is anti0-establishment, not LaydeeBug Jan 2017 #49

Exactly nikto Jan 2017 #118

I believe you are the one who has to explain... MythosMaster Jan 2017 #46

see post #35 LaydeeBug Jan 2017 #51

the unnammed far left MythosMaster Jan 2017 #99

It wasn't exactly unnamed...but whatever floats your boat. LaydeeBug Jan 2017 #100

So is Jill Stein and RT the new MythosMaster Jan 2017 #101

Jill Stein WAS involved in meetings with Michael Flynn and Putin in Moscow... sweetloukillbot Jan 2017 #102

i don't even know what the question means. tomp Jan 2017 #106

Because Sanders still thinks he's running for President against Clinton & the Democratic Party baldguy Jan 2017 #108

clinton more progressive than sanders? tomp Jan 2017 #110

Sanders wasn't a major party candidate. *** H E . L O S T . T H E . P R I M A R I E S ! ! *** baldguy Jan 2017 #111

Post removed Post removed Jan 2017 #114

More probable than the Russians did ... NOT ... hack state and local electoral boards uponit7771 Jan 2017 #58

I lulz'd. again. KG Jan 2017 #5

Yep. tecelote Jan 2017 #6

yep II nikto Jan 2017 #11

Agreed nikto Jan 2017 #10

Perhaps you ought to think about how you consume information BainsBane Jan 2017 #17

nice try, but your little snide remarks aside, those that objected to HRC didn't need KG Jan 2017 #18

Objections to Clinton were based entirely on propaganda. baldguy Jan 2017 #24

Thank you! Sheesh...some people just refuse truth when it makes them feel BlueCaliDem Jan 2017 #63

It is true that a lot of the anti-Hillary left was already pro-Putin before the propaganda. DanTex Jan 2017 #35

this. nt LaydeeBug Jan 2017 #50

This! + 1000 - k&r eom BlueCaliDem Jan 2017 #64

Well done, B. Excellent! Cha Jan 2017 #52

Sanders supporters weren't hippies. And posting facts about the past Democratic party KittyWampus Jan 2017 #41

Not Easily Going Forget The Lefty Campaign of Hate otohara Jan 2017 #87

I'm glad you could start your day amused nini Jan 2017 #78

My first thought OnionPatch Jan 2017 #85

Apparently, it is a very difficult concept for some to grasp ... nikto Jan 2017 #119

After what I've seen here on DU, this sounds entirely credible. DetlefK Jan 2017 #7

Well, many of Bernie's issues resonated greatly with voters, Akamai Jan 2017 #55

A lot of this comes from a history of extreme US Imperialism and the Left had to deal with that flamingdem Jan 2017 #79

And throwing around words like Oligarchs!!!111 yardwork Jan 2017 #98

Neoliberalism's passive-aggressive side nikto Jan 2017 #9

The OP states an established fact BainsBane Jan 2017 #19

+1 betsuni Jan 2017 #22

See post 37. Dustlawyer Jan 2017 #39

I just destroyed your post #37. KittyWampus Jan 2017 #43

'If people are unwilling to examine their own role in what led to our current nightmare' melman Jan 2017 #47

Apparently anything the doesn't meet the manifesto of Bernie is now dissed as "neoliberal" or ehrnst Jan 2017 #31

They have nothing but insults.. can't handle the fact that Cha Jan 2017 #53

I saw so many RT articles posted by Bernie or Busters ehrnst Jan 2017 #57

They do have their little buzzwords to deflect. Cha Jan 2017 #60

This article reminds us that we need less partisan, less corporate media flamingdem Jan 2017 #81

Russian propaganda has no place in our information stream. ehrnst Jan 2017 #83

The unintended irony in you post is pretty funny. DanTex Jan 2017 #36

What's next---"The far left stabbed us in the back"? nikto Jan 2017 #12

is that the 'far left' they claim they don't need to win elections? KG Jan 2017 #13

Uh huh. No problem---They attract Romney GOPers by the legions! nikto Jan 2017 #14

+1,000. HughBeaumont Jan 2017 #29

I believe it is dflprincess Jan 2017 #112

Probably Sherman A1 Jan 2017 #34

I doubt it... as the former is accurate and the latter is simplistic melodrama LanternWaste Jan 2017 #90

Question - HopeAgain Jan 2017 #15

Seems the title is a little off jimlup Jan 2017 #20

Anti-Hillary trolls targeted "young white educated left wing voters" ehrnst Jan 2017 #32

The far left may not have gotten "played", per se, because a large portion of it DanTex Jan 2017 #40

it wasn't a far-leftist that shot-up a pizza parlor. KG Jan 2017 #62

No one said it was. And yes even here on DU, RT was touted as "truth telling" ehrnst Jan 2017 #67

K&R betsuni Jan 2017 #21

I consider myself far left and the Hillary stories meant nothing to me. Vinca Jan 2017 #25

Some in the far left, not all. Some right here on DU ehrnst Jan 2017 #68

Yeah, ya' think? nikto Jan 2017 #120

Anyone who fell for Russias attacks on Clinton should be ashamed of themselves. baldguy Jan 2017 #26

DU rec... SidDithers Jan 2017 #27

They particularly targeted "white, educated young voters" for anti-Hillary messages ehrnst Jan 2017 #28

A very compelling theory. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2017 #48

The dossier didn't give numbers. But there were plenty here on DU that were RT fans: ehrnst Jan 2017 #69

They Sure Did otohara Jan 2017 #94

I voted for Hillary get the red out Jan 2017 #30

Putin is not your friend. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #38

K & R. n/t FSogol Jan 2017 #45

Unfortunately I remember it here at DU well during the Russian incursion into Ukraine. Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2017 #54

Well there's at least one still here melman Jan 2017 #89

Interesting read. In my experience.. JHan Jan 2017 #56

I had a similar experience in coming to Hillary's team bravenak Jan 2017 #74

You'll eventually learn that this kind of thoughtful discourse and bullwinkle428 Jan 2017 #109

lol JHan Jan 2017 #116

Yeah well ismnotwasm Jan 2017 #59

Sputnik too. grossproffit Jan 2017 #66

Nobody likes to be played ... Putin played a large swath of the American public etherealtruth Jan 2017 #65

Wow PDittie Jan 2017 #70

Would your opinion change if it was traditional mail and not electronic mail that was stolen? DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #80

In otherwords, you don't give a shit about free and fair elections emulatorloo Jan 2017 #104

In other words PDittie Jan 2017 #117

Not an ad hominem. Your 'meme' indicates you are totally cool with foreign interference emulatorloo Jan 2017 #122

The Nation????? LeftInTX Jan 2017 #71

They are, but their history includes a period of time when socialism flamingdem Jan 2017 #75

He certainly isn't progressive! LeftInTX Jan 2017 #76

The Stein voters ignored the picture of her WhiteTara Jan 2017 #72

If there was this much forethought in trolling progressives, then it's very possible that the Baitball Blogger Jan 2017 #73

Putin / RT certainly has a lot of lefties on its payroll - Earth to Ed Schultz! flamingdem Jan 2017 #77

I'm further left than most people here on Democratic Underground. hunter Jan 2017 #84

They said civil rights protestors were all Soviets too. DemocraticWing Jan 2017 #86

Comparing civil rights to this? JHan Jan 2017 #92

Hate to say I told you so, but... Blue_Tires Jan 2017 #88

yup Skittles Jan 2017 #103

Neo-liberal fodder. Rex Jan 2017 #93

Yep. The only reason to oppose US military adventurism is if you are a Putin lapdog. killbotfactory Jan 2017 #95

I remember Gary Webb, CurveBall, Judith Miller, babies thrown out of incubators Dems to Win Jan 2017 #96

Saw this all over DU. yardwork Jan 2017 #97

You're either with us or you're with the terrorists! azmom Jan 2017 #105

You either support Democrats or you don't. And so, we got Trump getting sworn in next Fri. baldguy Jan 2017 #115

This message was self-deleted by its author azmom Jan 2017 #124

I don't know about that? kentuck Jan 2017 #107

Putin's/RT's coverage of Comrade Stein read like a set of love letters Maru Kitteh Jan 2017 #113

K&R! TomCADem Jan 2017 #123