The Right Baits the Left to Turn Against Hillary Clinton

[sarae]

This article is a year old, but I think it's important to remember. How many of these online anti-Hillary "Bernie supporters" are really Right-Wing trolls? I know it's been discussed before, but I didn't know they launched such a large-scale operation a full year ago.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/us/politics/the-right-aims-at-democrats-on-social-media-to-hit-clinton.html

[Thinkingabout]

1. Probably the posters who claims they will never vote for Hillary, they are not Democrats and will

never be. Trollers, trying to influence and pressure others into joining in their scheme. Promoting the "lesser of the two evils", Democrats do not threaten to vote for other party candidates or not vote at all.

[sarae]

2. That's what I think, too.

I had to calm my mom on the phone yesterday. Today, I sent her this article. She's a Clinton supporter, too, and she was so worried after watching TV yesterday. She kept saying, "It sounds like Hillary is going to lose against Trump!" She said she didn't realize how many people "see her as an evil person." It makes me angry that this Right-Wing bullshit has infiltrated media opinion to any degree.

[liberal N proud]

3. I figured out a long time ago that many BSERS were never going to vote Democratic

The propped up BS to attack Clinton.

But of course saying such her months ago would have been dealt with harshly.

[sarae]

4. It's sad that so many have fallen for it.

But it just goes to show how strong she is that she's overcoming the BS anyway.

[skylucy]

5. I agree that there are plenty of right wing trolls commenting on OPs I find on the

internet. When I succumb to click bait on yahoo to read positive OPs about Hillary and then look at the comments, there are usually nasty ugly posts. Sometimes the commenter logs in via their Facebook account. When I click on it, I often find their Facebook page shows nothing but Bernie logos etc. Nothing to show there is a real person with friends (always zero friends), no photos of any people at all---Nothing except Sanders logos. The other thing I often find is a Facebook page of a actual person but one that shows who they REALLY are. Not Democrats at all. Sometimes I scroll down to their favorite books, movies or TV shows. Yup. They love Glenn Beck and Fox. Their favorite books are by Ann Coulter and Bill O'Reilly. Confederate flags, etc. And they are posting comments about OP pieces as Sanders supporters. They are right wingers trying to promote Sanders and tear down Hillary in order to help Trump.

[sarae]

6. uh huh

You'd think they'd put more more effort into being convincing Democrats...then again, they seem to have fooled many. Good on you for investigating their profiles more deeply – everyone needs to start doing that.

[msongs]

7. bernie says hillary is evil. guess he is joing the right along with selling out to racist FOx news n

[sarae]

8. It's so disappointing to see.

It really looks like BS will take any help, even if it comes from Right-Wing assholes. Pretty funny, considering he always talks about the importance of not accepting money from the "wrong" sources.

[TwilightZone]

9. And it's working. The reason her numbers are down couldn't be any more obvious.

Right now, it's not just Hillary vs Trump. It's Hillary vs. Trump and Sanders. One main reason why her numbers are down is that bitter Sanders fans are picking Trump in these polls if Bernie isn't available.

Once he drops out and endorses Clinton, and it's truly Clinton vs Trump, then we can worry about whether the numbers are representative of anything or not. At the moment, they're meaningless.