2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: "The GOP will savagely attack Sanders" seems to be code-speak for [View all]Amimnoch
(4,558 posts)There's a RW article out there attacking his wife for loan fraud.
There's a RW article out there about his divorce to his first wife in 1966, and his position on abortion and even suggests his first wife may have had one.
There's a RW article from one in Vermont asking New Hampshire voters to support Bernie.
There's one on him being a "pro abortion fanatic".
I'll do links if i can be guaranteed no hide for linking RW links for the purpose of illustrating the point.
Let me also state very clearly, NONE of these are things I agree with, but the Republican attack machine is getting warmed up, and the more Senator Sanders gains in the polls, the more that machine will start to fling.
Compared to the Republican clown car, I think even with the attacks, Sanders could very well pull off a GE win. Let's face it.. after 8 years of a Democratic Party President office, this should have been an easy win for the Republicans. Luckily they handed us a fairly easy win in the GE by fielding such a wonderfully absurd group of pathetic candidates. Bernie or Hillary should give Trump a huge thank you card once they are elected.
One very real advantage Hillary does have over Bernie is that she has undergone the test of shielding herself against the Republican shit flinging machine. The Republicans have thrown EVERYTHING at her and her family, and she's still standing strong. Bernie hasn't, and I agree Skinner, If Bernie does win the nomination, his supporters are in for a rude awakening. They will be brutal, and they will drudge up EVERY skeleton in his closet, and plant additional skeletons in that closet for good measure. They will attack his politics. They will attack his family. They will attack his dog/cat. They will attack his friends. They will dig up every old friendship he's had throughout his life and attack them and anything and everything they did.
Edit: The referenced article above suggesting Deborah shilling Messing (Sanders first wife) had an abortion when her and Bernie were married in the 60's has been pulled. That's one I can't provide a link on. It was linked on one of the open political sites I frequent and argue on.