2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What Bernie said in June of this year about Black Lives Matter. Did the hecklers know? [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)campaign against an honest opponent, when you allow your supporters to lie about a candidate's record, Bernie has the best record on Civil Rights in this campaign, when the expensive talking point persists no matter how often it is corrected, there WILL be consequences for that.
And the consequences are that since you have not admonished your supporters for lying about your opponent in such a Rovian fashion, the impression is created that you are on board with it, and the suspicion will be that you are involved in anything that relates to the origianal Rovian talking point.
That's just the reality.
Bernie doesn't pay for negative campaign talking points.
So he will rise about all this as we USE the negativity to point out the difference between a candidate who has the best record on every important issue in this campaign and the lack of substance, being replaced by Rovian talking points, wrt to his opponents.
And that too is a reality.
If you object to people making a connection between a persistent and false talking point and this event, I can't help you. You need to talk to Hillary's campaign because that is who is responsible for it. People will do what seems reasonable to them. That nasty talking point is now connected to her campaign and anything that resembles it will be laid at the feet of her campaign, unless she condemns it all.