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Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 03:47 PM Apr 2016

The insanity from the Sanders crowd is at fever pitch.

The smell of desperation is in the air:

  • Dredging up the Rovain smears on Bill Clinton and assigning them to HRC (e.g., Mark Rich)
  • The Evolution of Hillary's accent
  • The continued distortion that HRC is blaming Sandy Hook on BS
  • HRC is a neocon
  • Kagan has endorsed HRC for president

and on and on and on.

Get a net! Get a lot of nets!
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The insanity from the Sanders crowd is at fever pitch. (Original Post) Buzz Clik Apr 2016 OP
I expect them to escalate until BS is out of the race liberal N proud Apr 2016 #1
Once Clinton Derangement Syndrome sets in, there is no cure Hekate Apr 2016 #12
I literally laughed out loud over the unicorn farting comment. AgadorSparticus Apr 2016 #52
They aren't accomplishing much with these tactics Her Sister Apr 2016 #2
The only thing some BS supporters are loyal to is themselves. giftedgirl77 Apr 2016 #5
It's the last and final hurrah Treant Apr 2016 #3
I listened to Sanders struggling in the interview, it was a failure, the guy Thinkingabout Apr 2016 #4
He can only do his stump speech SharonClark Apr 2016 #15
Like the Eveready Bunny, turn him on and here he goes again. Thinkingabout Apr 2016 #21
When you add Trump's and Sander's rabid supporters together, I fear for our future. Hoyt Apr 2016 #6
+1 Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #8
+2 Hekate Apr 2016 #13
They're the same block of voters who were never going to vote stopbush Apr 2016 #19
LOL. Good description, although I'd probably say "truck with an NRA of KKK sticker" since lots Hoyt Apr 2016 #27
Good Ds have parents as well. stopbush Apr 2016 #29
But mom doesn't take them to rallies. Hoyt Apr 2016 #31
I wonder how many Dems have truck nuts dangling from the back of their trucks. KittyWampus Apr 2016 #33
And when we try to defend her they say that we are 'on the attack' or 'panicking' anotherproletariat Apr 2016 #7
I am a big fan of ridicule. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #9
I don't know. If they post something really inflammatory LisaM Apr 2016 #10
Mockery 72DejaVu Apr 2016 #11
Just store up a lot of laughter and get ready to unleash it after NY. NuclearDem Apr 2016 #16
Just laugh TMontoya Apr 2016 #49
God.. again? Some folks need to relax. ismnotwasm Apr 2016 #14
"Even the RW is having a hard time keeping that flame fueled." The Sander's crowd is tireless... Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #26
tell them to go back to their bridges dlwickham Apr 2016 #17
I think yesterday was another day of disappointment for them stopbush Apr 2016 #18
They've had a bad week, poor things. okasha Apr 2016 #20
And it will be a contested convention. DavidDvorkin Apr 2016 #22
Also, they apparently didn't enough humiliation about the Vatican fiasco, so that's back today. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #25
One of the silliest ones is the accent thing. They don't like Clinton's "southern accent"..... George II Apr 2016 #23
You know what's funny? DemonGoddess Apr 2016 #24
Occasionally it sneaks out, but for the most part yes, it's more of a mid-western (Chicago)... George II Apr 2016 #28
where you from in Brooklyn? Some great areas in that boro.. KittyWampus Apr 2016 #36
I lived in Bushwick until I was 8 years old, then moved to Flushing (near Bayside) until I was... George II Apr 2016 #37
Exactly DemonGoddess Apr 2016 #38
You mean a Chicaugo accent, right? George II Apr 2016 #48
hahahahahah DemonGoddess Apr 2016 #51
Her Southern accent was pronounced when Bill was first elected POTUS. stopbush Apr 2016 #30
Even if you move around a lot, old accents come and go. Koinos Apr 2016 #34
My accent also changes. It's a sign of a good ear, IMO. KittyWampus Apr 2016 #35
Long Island here too HillareeeHillaraah Apr 2016 #41
Somebody left a Bernie flyer at my door today. Koinos Apr 2016 #32
Noticed one guy constantly cites Breitbart Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2016 #39
omg sarae Apr 2016 #50
I found myself in a rabbit hole HillareeeHillaraah Apr 2016 #40
Wow. What sort of trail leads from Rich to OJ? Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #42
Elena Kagen endorsed Hillary for Prez? Cha Apr 2016 #43
Robert Kagan, neocon strategist Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #44
Well Tom freaking Cotton endorsed BS.. so what to make of that? Cha Apr 2016 #45
Kagan didn't endorse HRC. It's part of the craziness. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #46
Oh you mean just because Robert Parry says something it doesn't mean it's true? LOL Cha Apr 2016 #47

Hekate

(90,540 posts)
12. Once Clinton Derangement Syndrome sets in, there is no cure
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 04:18 PM
Apr 2016

We'll get some peace here after the Convention, but as soon as the General Election is over, DU will become unbearable again.

That is, if a Democrat is elected. No Democrat will ever be good enough once they are actually elected, and that goes double for St Bernard. There is no human being who can actually bear the weight of that much unicorn-farting-rainbows psychological projection. If it's Hillary, the Clinton Derangement Syndrome will continue unabated.

Now, if a Republican is elected the outlook will change: Highly ideological rigid Lefty DUers will be able to join hands with the pragmatic Liberal DUers, get drunk together, sing Kumbaya, swear to take back our country, and in general display the unity we experienced when Dubya was appointed to the presidency.

Except that was 16 years ago and an awful lot of water has gone over the dam since then.

And as I said, once CDS has set in....

>sigh<

AgadorSparticus

(7,963 posts)
52. I literally laughed out loud over the unicorn farting comment.
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 12:58 AM
Apr 2016
There is no human being who can actually bear the weight of that much unicorn-farting-rainbows psychological projection.


THAT is hilarious!! I love it.
 

Her Sister

(6,444 posts)
2. They aren't accomplishing much with these tactics
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 03:54 PM
Apr 2016

HRC supporters and voters are proving to be mighty stubborn.
From a recent poll in NY the HRC supporters are more loyal than the BS supporters.

 

giftedgirl77

(4,713 posts)
5. The only thing some BS supporters are loyal to is themselves.
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 03:57 PM
Apr 2016

This is why they say they will just sit home & Trump's not that bad.

Treant

(1,968 posts)
3. It's the last and final hurrah
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 03:56 PM
Apr 2016

and they know it. At worst, this will go into June--but I actually expect it to die back considerably by May 1 as Clinton grows her lead into "insurmountable" territory.

Keep in mind, the louder and more obnoxious they get, the more they alienate the undecideds and weak Bernie leaners.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
4. I listened to Sanders struggling in the interview, it was a failure, the guy
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 03:56 PM
Apr 2016

Last edited Sun Apr 10, 2016, 04:40 PM - Edit history (1)

He's been running for a year and still he does not have the answers.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
6. When you add Trump's and Sander's rabid supporters together, I fear for our future.
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 04:01 PM
Apr 2016

Damnedest thing I have ever seen.

stopbush

(24,392 posts)
19. They're the same block of voters who were never going to vote
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 04:37 PM
Apr 2016

for Hillary to begin with.

Those in the group that own a truck go to Trump rallies. Those who need mom to drop them off attend the Sanders rallies.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
27. LOL. Good description, although I'd probably say "truck with an NRA of KKK sticker" since lots
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 05:32 PM
Apr 2016

good Democrats have trucks.

 

anotherproletariat

(1,446 posts)
7. And when we try to defend her they say that we are 'on the attack' or 'panicking'
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 04:02 PM
Apr 2016

So...what's the best tactic?

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
9. I am a big fan of ridicule.
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 04:03 PM
Apr 2016

When you don't take their craziness with the same sincerity as they do, their hair ignites.

 

TMontoya

(369 posts)
49. Just laugh
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 08:49 PM
Apr 2016

At the threads that will pop up about them leaving the party and crying about "fraud". I have my Powers Booth pic on standy!

ismnotwasm

(41,965 posts)
14. God.. again? Some folks need to relax.
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 04:22 PM
Apr 2016

Is there a Vince Foster OP yet?

I saw some email ones. Even the RW is having a hard time keeping that flame fueled, and until some of the left took up the mantle, they were the Hillary-hater champeens.

stopbush

(24,392 posts)
18. I think yesterday was another day of disappointment for them
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 04:34 PM
Apr 2016

as Sanders came away with fewer delegates than Hillary in a state they thought they'd come close to sweeping.

You spend all week writing a pro-Sanders, Hillary-is-a-criminal screed to cut-n-paste at DU post-Sanders "landslide," then reality bites you in the ass and all that hard work is for naught.

okasha

(11,573 posts)
20. They've had a bad week, poor things.
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 04:38 PM
Apr 2016

NYDN interview.

Wyoming.

Popegate.

I can understand why they're more agitated than usual.

George II

(67,782 posts)
23. One of the silliest ones is the accent thing. They don't like Clinton's "southern accent".....
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 04:48 PM
Apr 2016

....claiming that its fake. They forget (or won't admit) that she lived in Arkansas for something like 20 years and has been married to a native Arkansan for more than 40 years.

But of course, not a peep about Sanders perhaps having a fake Brooklyn accent. After all, he hasn't lived in New York for 50 years and has been married to a woman who doesn't have even a slight tinge of a Brooklyn accent.

So, how about that "fake" Brooklyn accent of Bernie's? Do we hear anything about that from either Clinton supporters or Sanders fans?

DemonGoddess

(4,640 posts)
24. You know what's funny?
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 05:14 PM
Apr 2016

I never heard a Southern accent from her, only from her husband. She STILL has a Chicago area accent.

George II

(67,782 posts)
28. Occasionally it sneaks out, but for the most part yes, it's more of a mid-western (Chicago)...
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 05:58 PM
Apr 2016

....accent, which is slightly different than the rest of the MW.

Back about 40+ years ago I worked hard to get rid of my Brooklyn accent, even when I was still in NY. For the most part it's gone, but my wife says that when I have a beer or two, it sneaks out.

But I'm certainly not trying to impress anyone, just like I'm sure when Clinton's sneaks out she's not doing it to impress anyone or win votes.

Bottom line - who really cares except "them"?

George II

(67,782 posts)
37. I lived in Bushwick until I was 8 years old, then moved to Flushing (near Bayside) until I was...
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 07:06 PM
Apr 2016

....about 23.

DemonGoddess

(4,640 posts)
38. Exactly
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 07:25 PM
Apr 2016

But, my point was, that even as FLOTUS, I still heard her native accent. Hell, I've not lived in my home state for almost 30 years, and I STILL have a Chicago accent.

stopbush

(24,392 posts)
30. Her Southern accent was pronounced when Bill was first elected POTUS.
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 06:38 PM
Apr 2016

People are influenced by where they live. Live somewhere long enough and the local accent begins to creep into your voice.

Koinos

(2,792 posts)
34. Even if you move around a lot, old accents come and go.
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 06:54 PM
Apr 2016

In a way, it's like knowing several languages. Each accent indicates a different dialect.

All accents are beautiful in their own way, as far as I am concerned.

Finger pointing is another thing altogether. My mother used to say, "Don't point that thing unless you intend to use it."

Sanders has a sort of second-amendment finger, as it were.

 

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)
35. My accent also changes. It's a sign of a good ear, IMO.
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 06:56 PM
Apr 2016

I grew up on Long Island and almost never speak with a LI'er accent.

People never can tell where I'm from cause I speak clearly w/ no accent.

BUT- when I'm with a bunch of people who have really pronounced LI accents I can occasionally find myself doing it too.

And if I listen to a bunch of HGTV shows from Canada I'll even unintentionally pick up a little of that for a second.

So there's someone like me, who tends to pick up on stuff and maybe even blend in a little

and then there are people who move to the USA from somewhere, live here for decades and still speak with a thick foreign accent.

Or people move out of a region with a thick accent and never lose it/


 

HillareeeHillaraah

(685 posts)
41. Long Island here too
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 07:42 PM
Apr 2016

And I know what you mean.

I don't have the accent but some of my siblings do. I find when I'm with them, I slip into it.

Koinos

(2,792 posts)
32. Somebody left a Bernie flyer at my door today.
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 06:49 PM
Apr 2016

It pleases me to say that tonight is trash night.

I have really lost respect for him, and it is clear to me why Elizabeth Warren steered clear of him.

Even in-your-face evangelists are less annoying than his acolytes are. Rude and angry don't work for me.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,726 posts)
39. Noticed one guy constantly cites Breitbart
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 07:25 PM
Apr 2016

He may just be a Republican sock puppet but to use a right wing source on a left wing site lacks credibility.

sarae

(3,284 posts)
50. omg
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 09:21 PM
Apr 2016

I recently read comments (on a diff site) from a Bernie Bro who kept dismissing any articles from "mainstream media" "Hillary shill" publications like NYTimes & Washington Post. He then went on to start another argument about Hillary being the Devil Incarnate...his source? BREITBART. lmaooo
 

HillareeeHillaraah

(685 posts)
40. I found myself in a rabbit hole
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 07:38 PM
Apr 2016

Of a conversation equating Marc Rich with OJ Simpson....

It's crazy town going on out there!

Cha

(296,780 posts)
47. Oh you mean just because Robert Parry says something it doesn't mean it's true? LOL
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 08:18 PM
Apr 2016

I never believe that propaganda pusher.

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