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Devastating Anti-Trump General election Ad released (Original Post) Johnny2X2X May 2016 OP
Bernie Sanders 2016. (nt) CentralCoaster May 2016 #1
Thank God the Sanders campaign put this out Stryguy May 2016 #7
Boom! CentralCoaster May 2016 #8
this imagery is from the 1940s. MariaThinks May 2016 #11
Yup. Just Like FDR! CentralCoaster May 2016 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author liberalnarb May 2016 #20
it is? pangaia May 2016 #35
Why hasn't Stryguy May 2016 #12
Bernie knows that you stay out of the gutter, talk about reform, paint a picture of success. CentralCoaster May 2016 #14
Bernie uses his supporters' donations wisely greiner3 May 2016 #30
If by badmouth elljay May 2016 #34
Good ad. And as you say just the tip of the iceberg emulatorloo May 2016 #2
Great way to start and as you say it's just the tip of the iceberg. Nt NCTraveler May 2016 #3
Brutal. But refreshing! nt 7wo7rees May 2016 #4
Haha! 😃 herding cats May 2016 #5
What I see and hear from this video moonbabygo May 2016 #6
Great ad MariaThinks May 2016 #9
Republicans will make the same ad Stryguy May 2016 #10
Not even close Johnny2X2X May 2016 #15
Actually that's not true. zalinda May 2016 #21
I saw this and wondered why she didn't personally make an appearance in this ad? polly7 May 2016 #16
Not for awhile WhiteTara May 2016 #26
She has and will but she does not need to get in the gutter leftofcool May 2016 #32
I don't believe she will get into the gutter with him .... at all, herself. polly7 May 2016 #33
Well I hate to be the wet blanket here, nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #17
What worked or didn't work in the GOP loon party primary is not relevant to the general. DCBob May 2016 #28
Yeah yeah sure nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #31
This is a good start. Bring it on! Glimmer of Hope May 2016 #18
And I said Romney would be a fart in the skillet after he lost... callous taoboy May 2016 #19
Think about a bunch of workers talking about how trump screwed them cap May 2016 #22
The Bernie sanders comic is a better response than the video cap May 2016 #24
K & R. HuckleB May 2016 #23
Yeah, devastaing quotes from people that Trump just mopped the floor with. frylock May 2016 #25
This ad does not match this ad by trump supporter cap May 2016 #27
I think people should be aware of the sheer utter twisted BS Trump is going to put out cap May 2016 #29
Devoid of issues. AlbertCat May 2016 #36
We might enjoy seeing that ad - but, honestly, nothing in that ad will really bother a GOP voter. djean111 May 2016 #37
This ad has the opposite effect for me. fbc May 2016 #38
This is not the tack to take DaveT May 2016 #39
Big plans Johnny2X2X May 2016 #40
is it absolutely necessary to dissect every thing done by the HRC or Bernie campaigns NoMoreRepugs May 2016 #41

Response to CentralCoaster (Reply #13)

Stryguy

(209 posts)
12. Why hasn't
Thu May 5, 2016, 11:47 AM
May 2016

Why hasn't the Sanders campaign started putting out GE attack ads against Trump? So far all we know Sanders can do is bad mouth a fellow Democrat just like the Republicans did to their own n this video.

 

CentralCoaster

(1,163 posts)
14. Bernie knows that you stay out of the gutter, talk about reform, paint a picture of success.
Thu May 5, 2016, 12:00 PM
May 2016

Trump, like Clinton, practically take themselves down by their own words and deeds.

 

greiner3

(5,214 posts)
30. Bernie uses his supporters' donations wisely
Thu May 5, 2016, 01:19 PM
May 2016

Hillary uses her unlimited Wall Street and Big Bank's million $$ donations for ads such as these. If you can't tell the difference

elljay

(1,178 posts)
34. If by badmouth
Thu May 5, 2016, 01:39 PM
May 2016

you mean pointing out differences in policies and "issues" the fellow Democrat has with Wall Street, foreign policy, trade, and frequent position changes? Badmouthing is different from citing facts. This is still a campaign and he is well within his rights to attack the "fellow Democrat".

 

moonbabygo

(281 posts)
6. What I see and hear from this video
Thu May 5, 2016, 11:34 AM
May 2016

is a bunch of losers, literally speaking, (they all lost in the primaries and one in the GE) against trump. I wonder if it will attract the independents. This will be an interesting GE

Johnny2X2X

(19,006 posts)
15. Not even close
Thu May 5, 2016, 12:08 PM
May 2016

While Sanders has run a tough campaign, he hasn't even come close to saying these types of things about Hillary Clinton.

Some of Sander's supporters have been posting Republican talking points about Hillary, but Sanders himself has basically said little out of line. His two main points are about her being too close to Wall Street and that she voted wrong to give Bush the authority to invade Iraq. Sanders has run an extremely positive and honorable campaign and if Hillary wins the nomination Sanders is going to do everything in his power to get her elected.

Some of Sanders Supporters have proven that some liberals can be as gullible as FOX News viewers are when it comes to believing totally made up stories about the Clintons.

zalinda

(5,621 posts)
21. Actually that's not true.
Thu May 5, 2016, 12:55 PM
May 2016

First of all, Bernie has said that Hillary has to earn votes.

Secondly, Bernie supporters, for the most part, use Hillary's own words against her, not RW talking points. I don't even care about most of the Hillary crap out there. I'll take what she says and has done to make my decision on her, and it doesn't look good.

Z

polly7

(20,582 posts)
16. I saw this and wondered why she didn't personally make an appearance in this ad?
Thu May 5, 2016, 12:09 PM
May 2016

Will she ever personally attack him?

leftofcool

(19,460 posts)
32. She has and will but she does not need to get in the gutter
Thu May 5, 2016, 01:36 PM
May 2016

The last thing I want in my President is for her to get in the gutter with him. She won't need to.

polly7

(20,582 posts)
33. I don't believe she will get into the gutter with him .... at all, herself.
Thu May 5, 2016, 01:37 PM
May 2016

For the obvious reasons.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
17. Well I hate to be the wet blanket here,
Thu May 5, 2016, 12:11 PM
May 2016

but this is not that different from some of the adds that were already run against Trump by Republicans. We know how well they worked. I suspect this election season the rules have been suspended.

DCBob

(24,689 posts)
28. What worked or didn't work in the GOP loon party primary is not relevant to the general.
Thu May 5, 2016, 01:14 PM
May 2016

Different ball game.. different rules.

cap

(7,170 posts)
22. Think about a bunch of workers talking about how trump screwed them
Thu May 5, 2016, 12:59 PM
May 2016

Or women reacting to his remarks about how you gotta treat women like s---. and how this will embolden the local chauvinist down the road. Trumps STDs as his personal Vietnam? Really?

What Trumps bunch of KKKErs will mean for African Americans.
Piñata GOTV parties for Latinos. Could we take Texas ? If so, game over for Trump.

Importing foreign labor for his hotels and how that impacts local people. A number of those workers are living in dorms.

This ad won't work. No one cares what discredited republican politicians say about him.
Most people don't understand the technical arguments against trump's wall or tariffs.

Trump has redefined politics as a reality TV show. We need to figure out how to be the nice guy winner... All the shows have them.

We had better excite our base to turn out in force. We can not rely on the polls saying Hillary or Bernie is leading. We need to stomp the trump with high impact ads.

cap

(7,170 posts)
27. This ad does not match this ad by trump supporter
Thu May 5, 2016, 01:14 PM
May 2016

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1.4 million viewers... You just won't get the clicks.

cap

(7,170 posts)
29. I think people should be aware of the sheer utter twisted BS Trump is going to put out
Thu May 5, 2016, 01:16 PM
May 2016

I wonder who is "defending the us" authors of this video are

 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
36. Devoid of issues.
Thu May 5, 2016, 01:54 PM
May 2016

giant ad hominem. By people we don't respect.

Like that's gonna work on anyone who hasn't made up their mind.

Lame.

 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
37. We might enjoy seeing that ad - but, honestly, nothing in that ad will really bother a GOP voter.
Thu May 5, 2016, 02:16 PM
May 2016

Every time we say something is "devastating", or someone was "destroyed", or whatever - they are still there the next day.

 

fbc

(1,668 posts)
38. This ad has the opposite effect for me.
Thu May 5, 2016, 02:20 PM
May 2016

A giant group of assholes, literally some of the worst people in the US, hates this guy? And that's supposed to make me dislike him?

I'd never vote for Trump, but this ad makes him appear sympathetic if anything.

DaveT

(687 posts)
39. This is not the tack to take
Thu May 5, 2016, 02:21 PM
May 2016

I have no beef with Hillary going after Trump at this stage. In a normal year this kind of thing works.


But all the ad does is quote what Republicans have said about him. So how did that work out when Mittens, Jebby, Cruzie and the rest of the clown car said it in the first place? The more "respectable" people trashed him, the better he did until they all finally quit. Trump does not even have to say it -- his schtick is now really his brand and his supporters will say it for him:

"Who cares what that bunch of losers says?"

Reminding people that the GOP establishment does not like Trump is not going to help the Democratic nominee.

Johnny2X2X

(19,006 posts)
40. Big plans
Thu May 5, 2016, 03:10 PM
May 2016

This Ad is about swing voters and Republicans who are thinking of voting for Hillary or not voting at all. His base supporters won't care, but there are millions of appalled and reasonably sane Republicans out there who will not vote for Trump. Hillary is going to get all the Dem votes, she's going to carry women and minorities by a landslide, and she'll even win swing voters. Hillary has to present herself as a sane alternative to Trump, run a ho hum campaign, and she wins a landslide and the Dems have their biggest election day in history. The House is in play and this ad is geared towards that.

NoMoreRepugs

(9,401 posts)
41. is it absolutely necessary to dissect every thing done by the HRC or Bernie campaigns
Thu May 5, 2016, 03:38 PM
May 2016

by the 'other sides supporters' to the sub-atomic level? Do you honestly think Repugs operate the same way? I don't, I think in the end they line up behind their candidate and just pull the damn lever.

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