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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Faces Feisty Democratic Challenger [View all]R B Garr
(16,950 posts)What I said was that attacking Democrats is wrong. That is what this challenger Svitavsky is saying, and I agree with him. I don't care who Vermont votes for. We've been told at length here that Vermont likes and/or tolerates quirkiness in their candidates, so I'll assume that applies to Svitavsk,, as well. Not to mention, the methods used to discredit him here are debunked within this thread by another poster, so until the mainstream media reports on it, I'll just assume it's another ploy to discredit him.
I also said that this is about a larger message, not win or lose. I also said that Bernie, himself, had a similar method to get his message out when he suggested that a popular President Obama be primaried. All I see Svitavsky doing is starting a dialogue.
But this all points to rather onerous methods, tactics, and trends developing to discredit Democrats in general. I'm over here in California and I see that a very good, progressive Democrat has gotten death threats from the self-described and so-called Bernie progressives because of his position on the single payer bill they submitted. Redon said their bill was more of a values statement and was incomplete, and they completely misrepresented what this Assemblyman's reasons were for withholding that legislation from a vote. Attacking good progressive Democrats is wrong. This progressive said he would put his record up against Bernie's any day.
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article158738529.html
Lastly, the first glances I took of this Svitavsky oppo research link someone posted here had the following curiosities:
--Concern that the candidate Svitavsky moved from New York (yet Bernie moved from New York):
--Concern that the candidate Svitavsky smoked pot (isn't legalizing pot on Bernie's platform?)
Just a quick look at those two items made me think that it was oppo research from a conservative. Why would self-described "progressives" care if Svitavsky smoked pot?
These kinds of dishonest attacks on Democrats are not credible or sustainable.