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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Is a De Facto Millionaire [View all]GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)33. Ah, we're on #3 now ? "Separate the other candidate(s) from their natural base"
The Playbook of Standard Establishment Politics Dirty Tricks for the Primary Season
Trick #1 -- Define your opponent before they have a chance to define themselves.
Trick #2 -- Use their quotes or votes, out of context if necessary, to charge them as being a phony or hypocrite
Trick #3 -- Separate the other candidate(s) from their natural base
Trick #4 -- Claim that voting for your opponent is in some nefarious way a "wasted vote"
Trick #1 -- Define your opponent before they have a chance to define themselves.
Trick #2 -- Use their quotes or votes, out of context if necessary, to charge them as being a phony or hypocrite
Trick #3 -- Separate the other candidate(s) from their natural base
Trick #4 -- Claim that voting for your opponent is in some nefarious way a "wasted vote"
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Then let's talk some more: Sanders Among The Least Wealthy Presidential Candidates
beam me up scottie
Mar 2016
#21
Breaking news: workers with pensions which they themselves vote on have a secure retirement
JonLeibowitz
Mar 2016
#2
"There's desperation in the air. It stains all your clothes and no detergent gets it out."
hobbit709
Mar 2016
#5
Doesn't say anything about having a nest egg waiting for him in Israel.
beam me up scottie
Mar 2016
#7
Now that more of them have been outed as raging anti-Semites it's become obvious.
beam me up scottie
Mar 2016
#36
Count my house in over-heated Austin, a modest IRA & savings, I'm a millionaire!
Eleanors38
Mar 2016
#32
Ah, we're on #3 now ? "Separate the other candidate(s) from their natural base"
GreatGazoo
Mar 2016
#33
It's been somewhat out of order....They've been hammering away at #4 for a while
Armstead
Mar 2016
#38
An annual pension of $71,340?? That makes him a millionaire?? Granted he and his wife
madinmaryland
Mar 2016
#42