Hillary supporters have been talking about Susan Sarandon all day on the internet

[Cheese Sandwich]

That's because their candidate is horrible on a lot of major issues, so they can't talk about anything serious. Talking about any serious issue facing our country is horrible for them. So they dwell on these micro-drama political gaffes and blow them up into a major topic.

Check around the interwebs. Susan Sarandon is a huge story to nobody but Clintonites. I wonder how long it will be before they realize voters couldn't care less if she votes for Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, or writes in Fidel Castro for President.

I think she probably misspoke and just failed at trying to be too cute or witty. Asked if she would support Clinton, she didn't want to accept the terms of the question, so she tried to come up with a clever evasive answer. Obviously that didn't work out.

[Juicy_Bellows]

1. She could have played it better but I still dig her. Lots.

Sarandon, that is.

[ThePhilosopher04]

2. I think she did just fine. She said it better than I ever could. She called a spade a spade ...

that's how it should be.

[MrMickeysMom]

10. Agreed... I saw the thing...

... and, the truth is... that's pretty much how it IS.

[revbones]

3. Hillary followers are using Karl Rove style right-wing tactics

Step 1: Distort something someone said
Step 2: Feign outrage
Step 3: Call for that person's group to disavow them.

Really sad to see Democrats using these tactics, but I'm betting they would hypocritically yell and scream if it was done to their candidate.

[senz]

4. It was easy to understand how she felt about a horrible choice

and that she hoped for a different path to follow.

[beam me up scottie]

5. Poutrage du jour, more deflection. Happens every time she does badly.

After this past weekend it was to be expected. And when have they ever wanted to discuss issues?

As for Susan it's her vote, she never said she would vote for Trump and I doubt she ever would. I think the hatred they've expressed towards her is disturbing, the attacks on her were unhinged and way too vicious. I think they were furious and spiteful over their loss on Saturday and took all of their frustrations out on her.

[Downwinder]

6. Virtual tar & feathers.

[beam me up scottie]

7. Exactly. They wanted someone to pay for Saturday and Susan was it.

[Blue_In_AK]

8. True story.

In my fantasy world, I always thought I'd want Susan Sarandon to play me in the movie of my life. It could be because she's almost exactly my age, only five days younger, and aligns with my politics almost precisely. I do have a girl crush on her.

[Festivito]

9. Several posts, different forums, some protected, inference said as fact is harder to rebut.

Good opportunity to alert and ban when someone wanting to correct the misconception posts in a protected group.

Because Susan did not say she would vote for Trump or that anyone should. Just that some might. If we are good we would take heed and reach those misguided few.

Instead, we have poutrage for the sake of having poutrage with no suggested action to take.

[Bluenorthwest]

11. This trope is Dixie Chicks meets Al Gore Says He Invented the Internet.....

Old, tired right wing bullshit from people who are far too willing to distort, contort and characterize when what was actually said does not serve their agenda. 'Al Gore said he invented the internet, he says he's a perfect environmentalist but he has a big rich man's house!!!!'

It's so stupid. And of course when Hillary lavished the Reagans with praise on AIDS when she should have been condemning them on AIDS, her supporters thought that was fine and dandy stuff to say. 'She's just being nice at a funeral'.
It's disgusting McCarthyist bullshit.

[beam me up scottie]

37. Well said! That's exactly who they remind me of.

The Republicans are thrilled they're doing their dirty work for them - attacking and trying to destroy liberals.

[DanTex]

12. Hillary already won the debate on the issues. In fact, she's already won the primary.

This is why you are seeing Hillary-haters talking up Trump like Sarandon did on MSNBC. They lost the primary, so they're trying to throw the election to Trump, Nader-style.

[Bluenorthwest]

13. That sort of trash talk does not indicate confidence, just as your choice of attacks suggests panic

and fear. Those who have already won do not display tension they display joy for victory is sweet and all people cherish it.

The Primary is not over. That is a simple fact. And you don't want to face the facts. You want to talk about some actress's house.

[DanTex]

14. Panic and fear, huh? LOL at the amateur psychologist.

[CalvinballPro]

30. Their projection could not be any more obvious. nt

[JoePhilly]

15. We should talk about DWS and David Brock more, right?

If any Hillary supporter, or even a person she met once in the 90s, said anything similar to what Susan Sarandon said, many of Bernie's supporters on DU would be losing their damn minds.

[marmar]

16. DWS actually has a big impact on the election.

I don't think Susan Sarandon sets the debate schedule.

[JoePhilly]

17. Pick any other Clinton supporter you want ...

... if any Clinton supporter said anything remotely similar, team Bernie on this site would lose its collective shit instantly.

But when it happens to a well known Bernie supporter, their feelings get hurt.

[Armstead]

18. They are much more relevant

[JoePhilly]

19. Pick any other Clinton supporter you want ...

... if someone Hillary met once in the 90s said something similar ... DU's Bernie brigade would lose its collective shit.

[Gwhittey]

22. So if a Bernie brigade walk off a bridge would you?

nt

[JoePhilly]

25. No, but I'd make fun of them.

As I am now.

They like to dish it out, but they get really upset when it comes back at them.

[Armstead]

28. What Sarandon said was innocuous but was twisted into a meme that supposedly...

represents Sanders and all his supporters. The Clinton campaign was creating a mountain out of a molehill.

Plus it misrepresented what she was actually saying...She was not saying "It would be a good thing if Trump won...etc."

She's an actress who was responding to a question about how some people feel....And the closest she came to saying anything about how she will vote, she said "I'll have to wait and see what happens" (slightly paraphrased).

People in Clinton's corner say shit all the time, People only tend to "lose collectuve shit" when it is either a direct and misleading attack on Sanders and supporters, or is someone who is in a position of clout who says something that reflects policy and/or influence.

[redstateblues]

31. Trump humping innocuous?

Judging by the reaction of BSS to her favorable comments about Trump, she is obviously influential as a celebrity for Bernie

[Armstead]

38. It wasn't Trump humping.....But realizing that requires actually listening and...

an appreciation of context.

[Luminous Animal]

49. Since when is describing a person as dangerous a favorable comment?

[Gwhittey]

20. Hey David Brock and DWS

are actually involved in Clinton Campaign. Susan Shardon is just a actor who speaks out. She is a none factor IMO and could care less about her. But David Brock and DWS both have/are been camping staffers of Clinton and reflect on how Clinton is.

[JoePhilly]

23. Pick any other Clinton supporter you want ...

... if someone Clinton met in the 90s said something similar ... DU's Bernie brigade would lose their collective shit.

They dish it out, but can't take it.

[Gwhittey]

26. David Brock and DWS are not someone from the 90s

Do you even know anything about the current election?

[arcane1]

39. If it's wrong for hypothetical Sanders people to do it, it's wrong for actual Clinton people too.

[CalvinballPro]

32. "Would be?" That's generous of you. nt

[Vattel]

21. I agree with you. Distractions have been used

very effectively by Clinton's campaign, by her surrogates, and by her supporters, in addition to lies and distortions about Bernie.

[BernieforPres2016]

24. If you think she misspoke, I'm guessing you haven't watched the clip

I watched the interview and didn't have an issue with anything Sarandon said. The agenda of Chris Hayes was to get her to pledge to vote for Hillary in the general election if she is the nominee and Sarandon wasn't biting.

[Merryland]

27. As far as I'm concerned, Susan Sarandon can vote or not vote.

I admire her enormously.

[redstateblues]

34. She's a Naderite. That says it all. "not a dime's worth of difference"?

Thanks for Bush/Cheney!

[Crabby Abbey]

36. This is a false argument. Nader's voters were split 50/50 and did not affect the outcome.

Google it.

[JackRiddler]

29. This reminds me of the anti-celebrity campaigns

of the right wing. It's the kind of obsessive focus on what some "Hollywood liberal" star said that you'd normally see on Free Republic, and it has about as much impact in the grand scheme of things. Nobody else cares about what Susan Sarandon said.

[Kip Humphrey]

33. Susan Sarandon generated panic in Hillarians by revealing that the many in the democratic wing

of the Democratic party + many of the first time voters Bernie is galvanizing will likely NOT come out for Hillary in the GE.

[Crabby Abbey]

35. She said exactly what I would have said.

And I think she said it in a clearly thoughtful way. The democratic party has changed in the last few decades and no longer represents the lower and middle classes except with token social issues. Let's see who is on the ballot before we decide. The DNC and DWS have lost my support. The status quo is not okay and needs more than incremental changes.

[BreakfastClub]

40. She's a horrible woman. I've never liked her. nt

[hrmjustin]

42. I don't care for her either.

[Prism]

44. Well, she cared about you

She was a staunch ally of our community for decades.

Don't worry, though. I doubt she cares that Justin is mucky about the mean celebrity.

[hrmjustin]

46. Sorry but remember her in 2000 and the other day so whatever good she has

done I still don't like her.

[melman]

41. And ping-pong

Don't forget the ping-pong!

[beam me up scottie]

45. They slut-shamed her last week.

The vilification and nasty gossip about her is so bad I'm waiting for one of them to suggest she's a lesbian.

[Prism]

43. They're trying to silence and shame an opinionated woman

I just keep that in mind the next time the word "Sexist!" comes flying out at the slightest criticism of Clinton.

[Beacool]

47. No, that's because Sarandon said something moronic and was called on it.

That's the kind of idiotic thinking that gave us 8 years of Bush. Then again, didn't she support Nader in 2000?

“I think Bernie would probably encourage people, because he doesn’t have any ego in this thing,” Sarandon told him. “But I think a lot of people are, ‘Sorry, I just can’t bring myself to .’”

“How about you personally?” Hayes asked.
“I don’t know. I’m going to see what happens,” Sarandon said.

That bit of honesty prompted Hayes to stop in his tracks. “Really?” he asked incredulously.

“Really,” Sarandon said, adding that “some people feel that Donald Trump will bring the revolution immediately if he gets in, things will really explode.” Asked if she thinks that’s “dangerous,” she replied, “It’s dangerous to think that we can continue the way we are with the militarized police force, with privatized prisons, with the death penalty, with the low minimum wage, threats to women’s rights and think you can’t do something huge to turn that around.”

[MisterP]

48. their panic just shows that with Clinton running they think CA would be in play for Trump

[Nanjeanne]

50. If that's the best they have it's obvious they (and their candidate) have nothing.

So silly. Susan Sarandon will survive this nonsense.

[Skwmom]

51. The twit on Morning Joe mocked Sarandon this morning. At the end of the show she

did a fake teary sign-off to mock when Sarandon got emotional introducing Bernie. What a disgusting twit she is.

[WhiteTara]

52. Uhh. Aren't you a Bernie supporter?

This is your op

[Hawaiianlight]

53. Rage and obsession with celebrities

This seems like republican stuff.

[KingFlorez]

54. If a Clinton supporter had made similar comment

You would be a singing a different tune.

[pdsimdars]

55. And did you know Mabel that when she bends over you can see her bloomers?

Land o' Goshen, you don't say Margaret. What is this world coming to.