2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary receiving millions from former Ted Cruz billionaire donor [View all]Sancho
(9,067 posts)It's a game that the RW played a decade ago, and this time they've stepped up the effort. Looks like they have also found ways to "contribute" to the campaigns of anyone who is anti-Hillary too. Again, it's an old GOP bag of tricks with a few new wrinkles. I figure when someone has 2000+ bash & trash posts in 90 days with amazing serial OPs, they don't look or talk like my progressive buddies, and I've been in the game for quite a while. It's simply not a liberal value to me.
Liberals, including some who are attracted to Bernie, Biden, or Hillary don't naturally act like attack dogs. They may protest to express their concerns. They may be interested in ideas, or be part of some organization like a union, or have concerns over a demographic (women, minorities, immigrants). Most are uplifting and are not super critics. The super critics remind me of Archie Bunker - always looking for some picky edges to cast aspersions and play to biases.
Hillary has won this primary, and I hope that the undermining tricks of the RW are no more successful this time than against Obama. Looks like that's the case. In this primary, much more money appears to have been spent by under-the-table dirty trolling than was contributed to some pro-Hillary PAC! Of course, there are no public disclosures of under-handed tactics, so we'll never know exactly.
http://readersupportednews.org/pm-section/78-78/5872-right-wing-sock-puppets-pretending-to-be-liberals-assault-progressive-websites
Right-Wing Sock Puppets Pretending to Be Liberals Assault Progressive Websites
http://www.crewsmostcorrupt.org/mostcorrupt/entry/vern-buchanan