Sanders Blames Democrats For Looming Government Shutdown

[George II]

She/they have no shame!

Link to tweet

[angrychair]

1. Helpful hint

Please clarify you mean Huckapuke and not Bernie.

[melman]

2. That was done deliberately

Quite obviously.

[jalan48]

3. Yep

[EffieBlack]

5. The great big "Sarah Sanders" tweet graphic wasn't a clear enough hint for you?

[melman]

7. The one you don't see unless you open the thread?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

11. with you - thought the same thing...Bernie?

[treestar]

13. Why assume Bernie?

We know there are two people in the news with that name.

And Sarah is now the more likely Sanders to be in the news.

[Me.]

15. Why Assume Bernie?

Exactly...think about it

[aikoaiko]

23. Among some here there is more hate for Bernie than Sarah.

And I've seen the OP post before.

[Me.]

25. I Don't Honestly Think That's So

But there is a feeling/reflection of not wanting to put up with carping from anyone

[NurseJackie]

29. "Carping" ... excellent word. Couldn't be any more perfect.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/carping

carping
[kahr-ping]

adjective

1. characterized by fussy or petulant faultfinding; querulous:
carping criticism.

noun

2. petty faultfinding.

[Me.]

35. HiYa

[ehrnst]

44. ....

[ehrnst]

42. Care to back up that trashing of those here on DU with some data?

I mean, we are the party of facts, right?

[aikoaiko]

45. And DU is an online forum chuck full of opinions.

It's just my opinion. If its not true it won't resonate with anyone.

[ehrnst]

49. So it's a bias, then.

You didn't state it like it was an opinion. You might want to be clearer when you trash DU next time.

[melman]

19. Why play this game?

You know perfectly well what I said is right.

[Iggo]

22. Because this is DU.

[shanny]

6. Yep.

[questionseverything]

26. yep the poster of the op just wanted to make sure

unity didn't breakout

so obvious and so tiring

[NurseJackie]

67. How is the OP a threat to "unity"?

OMG! So much hand-wringing! It's difficult for me to believe that the feelings and sensitivities of mature adults are so fragile that an ambiguous OP subject-line would cause such consternation.

[still_one]

76. was this one done deliberately also? It was LBN

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141962769

[melman]

78. How ridiculous

The difference between that one and this one doesn't need to be explained. You know what it it, I know what it is, everyone knows what it is. So why play this game? Seriously, what is the point?

[still_one]

81. you are ridiculous. Both headlines are ambiguous until you look at the content. Telling me that

I knew what it was is wrong until I read the content, and that isn't the only OP which just refers to a common last name without identifying the first name.

Whenever there could be confusion, the title of an OP should try and avoid that so there is no ambiguity

[Wwcd]

53. I thought it was...

Then I actually read the rest of the post.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

68. +1

I feel like I always need to do a double-take on a lot of these things because, unfortunately, Bernie is not always Democrats' best friend and goes "off the reservation" even though he caucuses with us.

[Iliyah]

4. Sanders is full of shit.

[NurseJackie]

73. I think the same.

[BoneyardDem]

8. Sanders bashing Dems? What a fucking surprise.

So not surprised at the tweet

[Gothmog]

9. Sanders is a liar

Sarah is an idiot

[NurseJackie]

71. I totally agree!

You and I think alike on so many things.

[Gothmog]

72. Yep

[mcar]

10. I just read her full comments, totally Trumpian

She is deplorable.

[treestar]

12. Sanders thinks the economy is booming

and that it is because of the Orange Maniac? Wait, I don't think she thinks.

[irisblue]

14. Well, she is getting a paycheck

so for her, the economy is booming

[L. Coyote]

16. You can edit the OP to say "Not Bernie" Sanders .....

Or you can continue to leave if as click bait.

[Wwcd]

17. K & R

She lies

[DemocratSinceBirth]

18. Why is this fellow blaming the Democrats ?

[Bleacher Creature]

37. I still miss watching him play.

So elusive. I still have yet to see a player make defensive players miss like he did.

[Yavin4]

20. When referring to "Sanders" maybe we should use "S. H. Sanders"

At first, I thought it was Bernie.

[Iggo]

24. Okay, that's enough.

[George II]

27. How about a little music:

[juxtaposed]

28. could you edit post to say sarah sanders, thanks

[BumRushDaShow]

30. Yes because someone alerted thinking it was about Bernie

(I hate that the idjit press secretary has the same last name)

[Wwcd]

58. Geez, they alerted before opening the post!?

Umm, anyone following news lately knows that bernie wouldn't make this statement in the first place, but Sarah Sanders did.
So why would they think its about him at all?

[BumRushDaShow]

61. I was on a jury for it

And like a few others have posted recently, I have vowed from now on to call Sarah Sanders - "Sarah SLANDERS".

I think it's because before we ended up with her as the official SPOX, her name just wasn't bandied about around here except mostly as her being Sarah Huckabee (or Huckleberry... ) without her married name.

[Wwcd]

63. Understood. However I have seen (not here as much) more

..headers referring to her as 'Sanders', perhaps as she became more well known, thus shortening her name to one word.

Nonetheless, her statement is typical deflection by Trump admin that pretty much drives the ire & division in the country.
Because without keeping that divided line holding firm, trump would have nothing & no base other than imaginary media bots & meme pushers.

Which is why he had such a scant showing for his inauguration.
Imaginary bots & trolls from Russia & the Ukraine can't physically attend a public gathering.
Cuz most are not real people.

Thus the need for people like Sarah Sanders to feed the divide.

[StevieM]

31. Somebody alerted on this thread. I voted "it clearly does not break the rule." When asked my reason

I said "they seem to have an honest misunderstanding of the post."

I don't believe that the OP was being deliberately deceptive. But I think that he or she should edit their post to be more clear who they are talking about.

[Rhiannon12866]

32. Same here, and that's not the only one.

[ms liberty]

36. I was on that jury, and voted and thought the same

Then afterwards I saw the thread and saw who was the author of the OP...

[marybourg]

40. Well, I guess we mostly all voted the same way,

since the post is still here. And I agree that the post would best be edited for clarity, since I'm sure the OP did not do this purposely as click-bait.

[questionseverything]

82. i have a bridge for sale

[procon]

33. These tiresome bait and switch posts are intended to be provocative for the sake of attention. nt

[Bleacher Creature]

34. I'm not a Bernie fan, but I concur that this is really misleading. NT

[maryallen]

38. Sarah Sanders Not Bernie Sanders

It looks as if George 2 did not read the Twitter. It clearly stated it was Sarah Sanders that sent this message.

There is no appropriate alert selection for this type error.

[NurseJackie]

39. OMG! Who cares?

You want to alert on that? Really? What an odd thing to get so tense about.

[lapucelle]

74. Referring to the press secretary by using her actual name

may be a type of "alertable error" because the senator from Vermont is the "default" name-holder.

If you don't believe it, check your list of "soft rules".

[NurseJackie]

75. Ha! I saw that!

[treestar]

41. What error? Sanders is her name.

[ehrnst]

43. Is clicking on the link and reading it prior to firing off a rant or alert on it

too difficult?

[TheBlackAdder]

47. It's a form of clickbait. By default Sanders is Bernie, and SHS is to be identified as such.

People just browsing the OP titles in the forum might get the impression that BS is coming down against the Democrats. After all, it plays into certain people's narratives. It's a given SHS would blame the Democrats, so there is no surprise in that.

[ehrnst]

48. I think that people should click on a link before firing off a rant about it.

I don't think that's a lot to ask.

[Wwcd]

55. Sarah Sanders is in the news more than the other guy anyway.

Why would anyone think it wasn't her

[TheBlackAdder]

46. I thought DU had a soft rule that SHS is supposed to be identified. Sanders implies Bernie Sanders.

.

Of course Sarah Sanders blames the Democrats. She's not going to blame Republicans.

That's what makes the OP's title even more duplicitous, giving the GD thread topic reader the impression it's Bernie.

.

[Wwcd]

57. I stand with George. But then, I also read the post before reacting.

How many people have the name Sanders in the USA?
Could be anybody.
Why do people just assume its about bernie? He would never say something like this.
Would he?

Sara gets much more press than bernie lately anyway, seems normal to think the headline is about her.

[TheBlackAdder]

80. I sat on it for a couple of days and clicked on it, knowing it was clickbait, which it was.

There's been an OP history that tries to cast Bernie Sanders in whatever bad light possible, even if that is just the subliminal OP title that people see on the GD page and don't click on it. Sort of like running Google ads, knowing that one will be read, but a thousand people will see the ad title and not click on it. So, if you word the ad properly, you get the message across without incurring a click charge.

It's a given SHS would back up Trump, so the OP was really a waste anyway.

And, no. The defacto is Bernie Sanders here. This was discussed in multiple other OPs over the past year.

[mcar]

69. A soft rule?

What?

[Wwcd]

77. Its like a whisper. The whisper rule.

I know for a fact that I have NEVER been given the benefit of a "soft rule" with any of my posts.

[BoneyardDem]

70. Hard enough for newbies to figure out the lay of the land with written rules.....

....now there's "soft" rules?

FWIW, I had to make sure the full scope and context, so I opened and read the thread. BS has scolded Dems often enough....I wouldn't have been able to determine which Sanders just from the headline. But if one is assuming this OP is about BS, they could have had some precedence for thinking so.....seems like many Bernie supporters assumed this was about BS.

[oberliner]

50. Seems like there's enough room in the subject line to write "Sarah" before "Sanders"

Or even Huckabee.

[Bluepinky]

52. There is, but some DUers think its fun to provoke. Their methods are from Karl Roves playbook.

[democrank]

51. Thank you for this,George II. So glad you brought this to DU's attention.

Trump's Press Secretary, Bernie Sanders, is really an awful person. How could he blame Democrats
instead of....say....Mitch McConnell for the shutdown?

Oh, wait....

[treestar]

54. They only reason for being annoyed by this

is the knowledge that Bernie might have blamed Democrats. If you didn't think he ever would do that, you'd know it was Sarah Fuckabee.

[NurseJackie]

56. Is the "confusion" being expressed actually "disappointment"? Anything's possible, I suppose.

[Wwcd]

62. Why is this thread about bernie at all? ITS NOT ABOUT HIM!

Its about the typical shitty statement made against the Dems from the trump spokesmodel Sarah Sanders.

Bernie's barely in the news anymore.

Everythings not always about bernie sanders.
Geez.

[NurseJackie]

65. With a phrase like "blames Democrats" in the title, it should be self-evident...

With a phrase like "blames Democrats" in the title, it should be self-evident which Sanders is making news.

And you know... even if it's not evident to some people, or even if some people automatically assume the opposite... I have to be honest here, it's really NOT all that hard for those individuals to READ beyond the subject line (assuming they're curious enough) to find out for sure.

[Wwcd]

66. Exactly.

[bdamomma]

59. this thread should read

Huckabee-Sanders.

[ismnotwasm]

60. Shes so strange

I suppose, given what she has to work with, and the apparent expectation of ignoring any inconvenient truth she actually does a good job, but, damn this is surreal. She simply does not care what she says.

On edit, reading the thread, it’s not hard to figure out which Sanders is doing what.

[Wwcd]

64. Her last name Sanders has become more commonly used as she has become familiar

In the Twitter world, which is used by every media & business, musician & politician etc., the # of characters is limited pr tweet, Sanders is far less characters than Huckabee-Sanders.

I could come up with a few other descript words to shorten her legal name, but she wouldn't like them much.

[Anny61]

79. Oh, I thought you were talking Bernie. He goes after Democrats so often. That was funny.