Whats with HA Goodman on Huffington? He's like Baghdad Bob for Bernie. Every article.

[bullimiami]

[frylock]

1. He's like the Amanda Marcotte of HuffPost.

Baghdad Bobbi for Mrs Clinton.

[AzDar]

2. Or Jonathan Capehart : Shill4Hill/ Liar Extraordinaire...

[frylock]

3. How could I forget him?

[JSup]

5. Nice!

[pnwmom]

15. He endorsed Rand Paul for President 2016, and since then,

instead of endorsing another Rethug, he's been focusing his efforts on attacking Hillary.

His nice words for Bernie are a ruse. Libertarians and socialists are on opposite sides of the political spectrum.

[annavictorious]

54. Strong Rand Paul advocate,

settled on Sanders,
paid propagandist,
dollar-bin fantasy book author,
scared of women.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/02/ultimate-bernie-bro-meet-the-hillary-hating-rand-fan-who-experienced-the-bern-and-fell

[BootinUp]

4. Apparently it pays to write that stuff. nt

[LonePirate]

6. It doesn't pay on HuffPo.

[BootinUp]

8. Well that makes me sad

'Cause it means he is unable to write rational arguments for the most part.

[pdsimdars]

7. I think he makes great points. . . which of them do any of you "commentors" do you disagree with?

[hack89]

10. He has been consistently and spectacularly wrong in his predictions. nt

[mcar]

27. He is Bill Kristol level wrong

[dlwickham]

30. is that on Pat Buchanan level wrong

[mcar]

32. It is, indeed

[dlwickham]

33. oh dear

[onenote]

36. Here's one of his "great points":

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-a-goodman/bernie-sanders-will-dominate-super-tuesday-and-defeat-clinton-in-southern-states_b_9025190.html

Care to comment on this one?

[Blue_Tires]

9. I'm pretty sure he's suffering from a nervous breakdown or mental instability...

If Sanders drops out, I can easily see him going on a shooting spree

[Peace Patriot]

12. You want to take that back? Or better, edit it out. It is slander.

Just sayin.

[Snotcicles]

13. Good advice. nt

[wildeyed]

19. Prove that HA Goodman is even a real person.

No one knows his full name. He appears to have sprung, fully formed, onto the interwebs only a few years ago. So how can you slander "him"?

[Peace Patriot]

20. Well, I guess Blue_Tires will find out when he gets served.

Or gets banned for imperiling DU itself.

I don't do alerts, cuz I believe in Free Speech. But maybe a friend should warn him or her?

Your joke is sorta funny. But isn't that true of us all? Those of us who use avatars? Any of us could be a bot. The only way to tell is use of language, if you're good at that kind of analysis. Same thing for any of us could be a paid agent. You just have to pay close attention, look for tell-tale patterns, use your noggin. I don't have any such suspicion of HA Goodman. I think he's just a man on fire for democracy and reform (or a woman).

[wildeyed]

22. If insulting HA was a crime,

they would have taken me away looooong ago

At BEST, it is a pen name. And who trusts a journalist or pundit who is not even transparent about their actual identity? You gotta be pretty gullible to do that.

[Blue_Tires]

25. Served? For what, might I ask?

I sure as hell hope you don't practice law... You do of course realize if I get served the court would give me a LOT of fucking leeway to make my case -- Goodman would essentially have to prove beyond all doubt that he is perfectly sane, and that he had a decent reputation to begin with before I slandered it -- And *everything* I could dig up in he background would be fair game (See: Roger Clemens)

Goodman is a nutbar -- Any "journalist" openly cheerleading for a Hillary indictment deserves what he gets... So help me out here -- When Glenn Beck says stuff like this, he is rightfully derided... But when Goodman says it, it's the gospel?

[Peace Patriot]

21. Wanna see a vid of H.S. Goodman? He fully establishes his existence as a human being.

And I forgot that I'd seen him before, in a vid.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ha-goodman-bernie-sanders-blogger_us_56c7734be4b0928f5a6bcabc

Pretty outfront guy, it seems to me.

[wildeyed]

23. It's person CLAIMING to be HA.

That doesn't mean it is the ACTUAL HA. YouTubes and shit..... Anyone can post anything there

[Surya Gayatri]

44. An actor hired to give a "face" to randomly generated

algorithmic commentary spewed out by Huffpo's mainframe on a pre-scheduled basis.

[Peace Patriot]

31. The url above is the article that snipes at Goodman as "Baghdad Bob."

That's unfair. Goodman doesn't lie. He cites real polls. He provides opinion based on his read of numbers and facts. He brings a perspective to Sanders that is totally absent in the Corrupt Media, which alternates between advocating for Clinton and giving Trump billions of dollars worth of free publicity from the day he announced. The Corrupt Media has been excessively biased against Sanders. It ain't bad to have Goodman's enthusiasm as a counter.

One item in this Huffington Post article vetting of Goodman, by two senior HP reporters, 2/22/16, is no longer true:

In his writing, Goodman has suggested a correlation between popularity on Facebook and support at the polls — the virality of his posts serving as validation of his personal political wishes. He also discounts or ignores evidence that runs counter to the idea that Sanders is destined for the nomination and oversells that which confirms it (such as general election poll numbers). (my emphasis)

The national poll matchups, Sanders vs Trump, and Clinton vs Trump, referred to in the parenthesis, have passed the point (April) where they start becoming accurate predictors of what will happen later in the year. ALL of these polls are STILL saying that Sanders demolishes Trump, and Clinton doesn't. (She even loses to Trump in one recent poll--Rassmussen--and loses in one of the 3 swing states that were recently polled while Sanders does better than she does, and wins all three).

This information is now critically important and cannot really be "oversold." It is the most important indicator that our party leaders are making a big mistake in going with Clinton and her high dislike numbers and all her "baggage." That she's still struggling against a candidate whom even his supporters didn't think would get this far--who has won 19 states, who has won by landslides in some states, who has drawn scads of young voters into the party, as well as independents and others, and who is still on his feet, and is still running around the country from rally to rally, a seemingly inexhaustible 74 year old--should have been fair warning to the party pols. Those poll numbers that Goodman has been citing since January, and that are holding firm now, are pointing to potential Democratic Party suicide if we nominate Clinton.

Clinton got a lot of her votes and delegates before anybody even knew Sanders was an alternative, in many states. Unfortunately, the primaries are stacked against an insurgent candidate who may be the better candidate. And the party pols--especially DWS and the super-delegates--are exhibiting a rigidity that speaks of corruption and protection of special interests.

Anyway, Goodman has been warning us of this for some time. And I'm grateful to him for it. And I don't care what his background is. It's a time for ordinary people to step forward and become the pundits that are so lacking in the Corrupt Media.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ha-goodman-bernie-sanders-blogger_us_56c7734be4b0928f5a6bcabc

[onenote]

37. Please offer your defense of this gem:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-a-goodman/bernie-sanders-will-dominate-super-tuesday-and-defeat-clinton-in-southern-states_b_9025190.html

[Blue_Tires]

24. It's "slander" to state an opinion?

I didn't say "I'm a mental health professional and in my expert diagnosis Goodman is a paranoid schizophrenic..."

No matter how you cut it, his behavior has been irrational, and I'm putting that charitably...

[Peace Patriot]

38. "going on a shooting spree"?

That is no joke these days. Insulting someone or calling them insane or irrational is not actionable. Talking about them shooting people might be. That is a serious accusation. You might be able to defend it successfully but he would have cause. Just be more careful with your hyperbole.

[Blue_Tires]

43. Me making a prediction of future behavior

while in questionable taste, will not meet the legal threshold for slander...

[hobbit709]

11. So what does that make David Brock?

[Lizzie Poppet]

16. A whore. (nm)

[arendt]

34. +1000 n/t

[pnwmom]

14. Over a year ago, he endorsed Rand Paul for President 2016. He assumes correctly

that most people have forgotten about it.

But that's what's up with him. He's a closet libertarian pretending to be a progressive.

[Bleacher Creature]

17. What's with HuffPo for posting his crap??

The crazy person who shouts nonsense from my street corner also has a lot to say, but it doesn't mean it needs to be published.

[TwilightZone]

51. It's all about the clicks. Same reason that Salon publishes his nonsense. Clicks pay the bills.

[JI7]

18. he isn't a Bernie guy, he supports Rand Paul and hates Hillary

bernie has little to do with it.

[Autumn]

26. He's not on the same level as Brock.

Goodman's a human being not a rat fucker.

[wildeyed]

28. No, Brock is human,

HA is a pen name. But the human behind HA is probably a rat fucker And Brock is def smarter.

[Autumn]

29. Brock is the ultimate rat fucker after what he did to Anita Hill he doesn't even

qualify as half human.

[wildeyed]

42. More human that HA.

HA is a figment of someone's imagination, pure fantasy. Also comedic gold.

[Autumn]

46. Get back to me when HA smears a beautiful intelligent black woman by saying

she is a little nutty and slutty. That wasn't comedic gold and neither was brockshits gift of that perverted serial sexual harasser Clarence Thomas. Says a lot about anyone who stands with that creep brock.

[wildeyed]

47. Holy shit, Brock is an actual human who breathes air.

What, do you think he is an android? I am not making any comment on his moral judgement. Plenty of humans who breathe air are immoral. HA Goodman is NOT a human who breathes air. It is a pen name. and we know nothing about the person or people behind that pen name, other than they are a hilariously inept pundit.

[Autumn]

48. You are so sadly misinformed. There is a human behind that pen name that breathes. Snake shit is

a higher life form than Brock. Defend him to your hearts content. We are done here as I have no interest in a discussion with a defender of that cretin. Have a good day.

[arendt]

35. can you give me a cite on that?

While his bio is thin, he has been published in Israel, where he is equally progressive.

I don't think he is some corporate fiction.

[wildeyed]

41. I don't think he is corporate fiction.

I think he is Libertarian fiction. A character made up by a bunch of brighter-than-average Libertarian trolls who are laughing their asses off in some protected forum at the gullible "libtards". Come on! He posted that classic gem "Progressive Democrats for Rand Paul" "Clinton will come in third in Iowa" and my personal, all time favorite "Killer Mike just won the election for Bernie Sanders"

Who believes that shit? And who would write it and maintain a straight face? Now that is just my opinion; I don't have any proof. But I am soooooo hoping that he does a reveal, a la seventhson after the primary wraps up.

I checked out his bio a little bit. I looked up his Roanoke Times "article" once. It was in the featured Letter to the Editor slot. *I* have had featured LTTEs, more than once, and in a far bigger and better paper than the Roanoke Times. It is not a big deal. Not something I would include in my bio if I was a professional writer

And I just looked up Jerusalem Post. It is a right-leaning paper, although according to wiki, it has moved more toward the center under the current editor. Also, he is listed on the site as a blogger, not a journalist, which does not constitute being "published".

He is a blogger. He doesn't get paid for any of his work at HuffPo. He has tried to spin that as credentials of some sort, but EVERYONE blogs and anyone can publish at HuffPo or get an LTTE into a provincial newspaper. He has no digital footprint before beyond Facebook, his political blogging and a couple of dumb fantasy novels, and even those are recent. Not even a LinkedIn, and EVERY freelance writer on the planet keeps that profile updated. So the smart money says that he is either an operative or a troll.

I found this info from a few very simple Google searches. You can too. Y'all need to check your sources before you go all in on them. Just because they are saying what you want to hear doesn't make it true.

[arendt]

45. Very useful info. thanks.

My question was not a troll; but could have been taken as one. Although I'm for Bernie, I do not automatically endorse every person who supports him. Especially far out ones like HA.

Thanks for providing some interesting material. I had only dug as far as the articles you cited. When I couldn't chain off that, I stopped - because I don't have time to chase hard-to-find shit on people I don't really care about.

Your notion that he was a fiction caught my attention, and was at least worth hearing your answer. Your idea that he is a libertarian fiction is annoying, but intriguing. I long ago gave up on libertarians as terminally adolescent, obscenely selfish, and a danger to the republic. They continue to be a 5% fungus on the skin of democracy - irritating, but not fatal - until our immune system fails completely, which will be any day now.

It would be pretty easy for libertarians to tone down the "organized anarchy/sanctity of contracts" shit to support someone who is against TPTB. If I have some time, I will try to do some more reading on HA. (Is it a blatant pun: He's A Good man. - ala Better Call Saul?)

[wildeyed]

49. Or Ha ha, fooled ya good, man.

Yes, there are plenty of ways to play on that name.

I thought his writing was so funny and inept. It seemed like it might be computer generated, so I programmed a random phrase generator to makes HA-like statements, just to see if that would work. I figured that if someone with my low level of programming knowledge could do that, a person who had some skills could program an algorithm to do those articles with no problem. And it was easy to do. The only thing I get hung up on is that most computer written content is so much better than what HA "writes". Oh well, maybe will know the true identity of HA someday.

[NCTraveler]

39. BB had an excuse.

HA is just banking off LIVs.

HA is actually less principled.

[VulgarPoet]

40. David Brock?? Physician, fuckin' heal thyself.

[TwilightZone]

50. He's a libertarian masquerading as a liberal. Salon posts his nonsense, as well.

He's a Rand Paul fan, which explains a lot.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-a-goodman/im-a-liberal-democrat-im_b_6169542.html

[Ohioblue22]

52. Hag has made a career of bashing hillary

[kevinmc]

53. Ron and Rand Paul live thru HA Goodman ... n/t