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riversedge

(70,187 posts)
Sun May 8, 2016, 08:55 PM May 2016

Jeff Weaver making threats again...


I missed this latest disgusting threat!


Sanders Campaign Manager Cautions Clinton Against Shift Back to Middle
Sanders supporters are likely to stay home in November if that happens, Jeff Weaver warned on the Masters in Politics podcast.



May 6, 2016 — 7:01 PM CDT


Betsy Fischer Martin

Jeff Weaver, the campaign manager for Bernie Sanders, issued a warning to Hillary Clinton on Bloomberg’s Masters in Politics podcast: If she makes a shift back to the middle on important issues in a general election campaign, she shouldn’t count on Sanders supporters to be there for her in November. "The Secretary has obviously moved to the left of this campaign substantially in an attempt to block out Senator Sanders," Weaver noted. "But as too often happens, one worries that when the primary is over that candidate becomes much more centrist in a general election. If that happens, I think you will see a lot of Sanders supporters just sit home frankly."

Weaver also reiterated that even though Sanders is behind in the pledged delegate count, the senator will continue to fight for every vote in the Democratic presidential primary. "Secretary Clinton may want to move on, but there's certainly a contest going on and he's gonna fight for every vote and every delegate from now till the end,” he said.

Weaver reported that Sanders will be all over California in the coming weeks. “He's going to make a full court press. He’s going to be holding rallies all over the state and meeting people. I think he will move people there like he did in Indiana or Michigan and a number of other places."......................
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Jeff Weaver making threats again... (Original Post) riversedge May 2016 OP
Keep the $27 donations coming! StayFrosty May 2016 #1
Jeff Weaver can go to hell. JanetLovesObama May 2016 #2
It's Devine who's making mega bucks, but both are sickening. spooky3 May 2016 #9
comics enid602 May 2016 #10
JW you and yours have no leverage! Her Sister May 2016 #3
Grifter asshole Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2016 #4
Last stand and he will still lose Iliyah May 2016 #5
what a nasty, deluded man sarae May 2016 #6
jeff weaver's biggest problem is.. he has no credibility left after all he's bullshitted on during Cha May 2016 #7
He's talking through his ass, and I'm sure on each and every issue he doesn't speak for Sanders. George II May 2016 #8
What unutterable bullshit. I am disgusted. Hekate May 2016 #11
Yeah, Indiana and Michigan totally look like CA demographically jsmirman May 2016 #12
It is time for Sanders to step up his leadership, we understand Weaver and Devine wants to keep up Thinkingabout May 2016 #13
"Sanders is smarter than this" NYC Liberal May 2016 #27
My favorite part about BS quitting the race will be watching these two face defeat. anotherproletariat May 2016 #14
Amateurs. NurseJackie May 2016 #15
lol Cha May 2016 #37
I wouldn't even support a candidate whose campaign said BootinUp May 2016 #16
Oh Wait! I hear a pivot there! Her Sister May 2016 #17
oh puhleeeze DemonGoddess May 2016 #18
A large number of BSERS are not going to vote anyway liberal N proud May 2016 #19
Money must be drying up. Iliyah May 2016 #20
That's disturbingly childish for a political campaign. sufrommich May 2016 #21
Who? Il_Coniglietto May 2016 #22
FU Weaver! workinclasszero May 2016 #23
Kick and rec!!! still_one May 2016 #24
Bernie must be running out of money! leftofcool May 2016 #25
Get off the gawd damn stage loser! leftofcool May 2016 #26
Whatever, Jeff. Jamaal510 May 2016 #28
Weaver and his gang has already been warned by the Party Chair leftofcool May 2016 #30
Sit it out. Who the hell cares. Hillary's got this hands down. oasis May 2016 #29
Bernie will endorse Hillary at the convention. Get used to it. redstateblues May 2016 #31
Weaver and Devine keep propping Bernie up to keep the money rolling in. SunSeeker May 2016 #32
Let's hope she doesn't pivot to the right in the general or she'll lose more than Sanders voters SharonClark May 2016 #33
So, which is it? NastyRiffraff May 2016 #34
I think most will also--if they are true Democrats. riversedge May 2016 #35
Jeff Weaver can go piss up a rope. Lil Missy May 2016 #36

StayFrosty

(237 posts)
1. Keep the $27 donations coming!
Sun May 8, 2016, 08:56 PM
May 2016

I'm guessing anytime money starts drying up they release these types of statements in order to keep those 27 dollar donations coming.

 

JanetLovesObama

(548 posts)
2. Jeff Weaver can go to hell.
Sun May 8, 2016, 08:58 PM
May 2016

He is using Sanders and encouraging him to 'keep going' only to keep his $800,000 a month coming in. Sorry jackass.

 

Her Sister

(6,444 posts)
3. JW you and yours have no leverage!
Sun May 8, 2016, 08:58 PM
May 2016

Probably HRC will have to bail BS out with that Vatican trip and all the FEC violations!

Cha

(297,154 posts)
7. jeff weaver's biggest problem is.. he has no credibility left after all he's bullshitted on during
Sun May 8, 2016, 09:01 PM
May 2016

his time attempting to get a BS win in the primary. He and that other "manager" tad devine.. for that matter neither has BS himself or his wife jane.

Need I mention how much non credibility his surrogates have.. like tim "South Carolina means as much as Guam"Robbins and Susan "blah blah blah vagina"Sarandon?

rivers

Happy Mom's Day~

George II

(67,782 posts)
8. He's talking through his ass, and I'm sure on each and every issue he doesn't speak for Sanders.
Sun May 8, 2016, 09:07 PM
May 2016

Sanders NOT supporting Clinton in the general election would essentially be political suicide, although at 75 years old he may not really care any more.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
13. It is time for Sanders to step up his leadership, we understand Weaver and Devine wants to keep up
Sun May 8, 2016, 09:30 PM
May 2016

The donations so their salaries going but Sanders is smarter than this. They are just running game on the campaign team.

NYC Liberal

(20,135 posts)
27. "Sanders is smarter than this"
Sun May 8, 2016, 11:43 PM
May 2016

I used to think so, but after everything his campaign and his surrgates have done, consistently, for the last year...he's just as bad.

BootinUp

(47,141 posts)
16. I wouldn't even support a candidate whose campaign said
Sun May 8, 2016, 09:42 PM
May 2016

some shit like that. We are talking about for the President of the US, this isn't for the fucking glee club.

DemonGoddess

(4,640 posts)
18. oh puhleeeze
Sun May 8, 2016, 09:53 PM
May 2016

full court press my ass.

This stupid jerkface needs to shut his mouth, and quit insulting everyone's intelligence.

liberal N proud

(60,334 posts)
19. A large number of BSERS are not going to vote anyway
Sun May 8, 2016, 10:21 PM
May 2016

If they can't do 7th on-line, then they will not look up long enough to vote.

That was part of BS's problem, people support him, but didn't vote.

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
21. That's disturbingly childish for a political campaign.
Sun May 8, 2016, 10:44 PM
May 2016

We're going to be facing a narcissistic lunatic in the General and Sanders is threatening to burn it all down in a temper tantrum. His ego is in overdrive.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
23. FU Weaver!
Sun May 8, 2016, 10:54 PM
May 2016

You are responsible for an EPIC loss, genius!

Noboby gives a damn what you think about anything!

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
28. Whatever, Jeff.
Sun May 8, 2016, 11:46 PM
May 2016

I'm not worried. The small handful who won't vote for her due to a perceived shift to the center will likely be offset by any remaining level-headed BS supporters as well as any moderate Republicans who are repulsed by Trump. I have the suspicion that many (if not all) of the Sanders supporters who are doing the blackmailing and say they won't vote for HC probably weren't going to regardless, and they may not even be Democrats at all. All this shows is how self-centered and immature Weaver and those types of people are. If they don't completely get their way, they're willing to risk screwing themselves and the rest of the country over.

leftofcool

(19,460 posts)
30. Weaver and his gang has already been warned by the Party Chair
Sun May 8, 2016, 11:49 PM
May 2016

They disrupt the convention they are out on their asses!

oasis

(49,376 posts)
29. Sit it out. Who the hell cares. Hillary's got this hands down.
Sun May 8, 2016, 11:46 PM
May 2016

Women and minorities will compile more than enough votes to makeup for any loss of the malcontents.

SharonClark

(10,014 posts)
33. Let's hope she doesn't pivot to the right in the general or she'll lose more than Sanders voters
Mon May 9, 2016, 11:36 AM
May 2016

She'll lose credibility with some of her own supporters. Not a good thing.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
34. So, which is it?
Mon May 9, 2016, 11:56 AM
May 2016

First he talks about the general election with Hillary Clinton as candidate, then he talks about "a full court press" by Sanders.

Besides, who the hell cares what Weaver thinks, or threatens. She's winning without the Bernie or Bust morons, and most Sanders supporters will vote for Hillary in the general.

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