Hardball is DESPERATE to knock Bernie out of the race now.

[grasswire]

I have NEVER seen such establishment fury and desperation against a candidate. A stacked panel, words of aggression, propaganda and outright lies. Name calling, too.

[seabeyond]

1. Sanders is out of the race. Oh reality, how cruel.

[grasswire]

2. I'll let someone else respond. nt

[seabeyond]

4. Right. There really is nothing to be said. Reality.

[elleng]

14. so don't respond.

[seabeyond]

19. Me? Lol. The poster taunt me with a non responsive taunt. I would think he would be the one you

tell not to respond. But, no. You state I shouldn't respond? I think not. I think I will respond if I want to respond. I think the poster that has no more than.... I will let other respond, is the one that fails, in the response position.

[elleng]

31. YOU said 'There really is nothing to be said,' so

SAY NOTHING.

[seabeyond]

64. Oh lordy. I was responding to the poster. Like, a fluid conversation. Lol

[snowy owl]

44. So much emotion is hard to respond to. Post factually/issues/reasons for your feelings.

Constant attacks border on ad hominems.

[seabeyond]

65. Sanders. Lost. Clinton. Won. Easier?

[snowy owl]

71. Better.

[grasswire]

46. taunt?

Well, that's a revealing statement.

But no. It just was not worth the energy of a response.

[seabeyond]

66. AS you do, lol. You aren't getting this non response thing, are you?

[seekthetruth]

82. Wow.....gonna be so nice when Hillarious-Hillary loses....

because her followers were such asses to us Berners. You guys need us....remember that.

By the way, don't blame me for Trump getting into office. Remember, we think both candidates suck (Clumpenstein).

[grasswire]

84. yeah, that nt

[seabeyond]

85. OMG.... Sanders has been coddled. The worst, chip on the shoulder, always picked on. Lordy.

[seekthetruth]

87. You guys crack me up....

......so little attention is paid to the issues, and you vote for personality over character/judgement.

I'm sure the average Roman citizen began to think that way decades before the collapse of the empire.

[seabeyond]

89. Sanders issue don't compare to Clinton. Pay plenty of attention to issues. As far as character,

Clinton kicks Sanders ass.

[seekthetruth]

91. Support for fracking?

Voting for Iraq war?

Thinking that invading Libya and hoping democracy can take hold?

One week screaming that universal healthcare will never become reality only to "evolve" and agree with Sanders a few weeks later?

Denying the working class a livable minimum wage at $15/hour?

Cozying up to party elites and ensuring superdelegate support months before the election? (Potential) campaign finance fraud?

Taking LOTS of money for speeches, claiming that they'll release said transcripts when every other candidate does, then when all remaining candidates have no history of making speeches, completely ignores the issue (hoping people forget)?

Not being genuine about her opponent's positions, claiming he voted against an auto-bailout when it was stacked to benefit Wall Street?

Supporting neoliberal economic policies (NAFTA, TPP) when it's literally killing jobs?

Having an open FBI investigation?

......on and on and on.

[seabeyond]

92. You want to see screamjng? That would be Sanders.

[seekthetruth]

98. ????

Not sure what you meant...but I guess.

What does screaming have anything to do with those issues?

[annavictorious]

119. Sanders made speeches at those

big dollar corporate and financial sector donor retreats the he hosted in exchange for funding for his senate campaign from the DSCC.

He said something to get those one percenters to open their wallets.

I'd love to see those transcripts. After Sanders is done releasing those embarrassing tax returns, maybe he can release the transcripts from those speeches.

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/bernie-sanders-regular-luxurious-dscc-fundraising-retreats
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/bernie-sanders-regular-luxurious-dscc-fundraising-retreats

[seekthetruth]

120. Funny.

That's the only example? How long is the list of your candidate's list of $225k earnings per speech?

Good god.....try again.

[pangaia]

83. My suggestion, for what it is worth, is just never, ever respond to 'him/her.'

All he/she ever does is insult, ridicule taunt, bait and shit on anyone who favors Senator Sanders without saying anything...

[merrily]

5. LOL! Good choice.

[pmorlan1]

7. Not Worth It

It's not worth responding to.

[Tarc]

17. It is black fly season in New England now, maybe he just wants to stay on the West Coast :)

and soak up some sun. Surely he can't be staying in because he still thinks he can win the nomination.

[CorporatistNation]

78. chris Matthews is a TOTAL POS! CORPORATIST NATION TRULY ON FULL DISPLAY!

FASCISM ON THE MARCH... MEDIA AUTHORED BY THE CORPORATISTS!

[seabeyond]

80. Hear me roar....

[COLGATE4]

95. No, it's not a roar. More like shouting out of sheer desperation.

[MFM008]

103. all caps dilute.

If you want to overthrow the government try a South American country, it might be easier there.

[StayFrosty]

3. He's already out of it

But he keeps encouraging his followers to send him the rent money and grocery money

Sad!

[Mike__M]

32. Grocery money

[mac56]

45. Yeah, no mystery speech money.

Sad.

[snowy owl]

48. That's privilege for those of us doing well. Clinton has her dark money so why begrudge Sanders?

[scscholar]

72. And by doing so, he's not allowing Hillary...

to pivot to the GE.

[hollysmom]

101. and the DNC is still denied the donor list so they can

take the rent money the food money and the baby milk money
heh.
You would think that they could just throw another 302K dinner.

[Trust Buster]

6. The truth can be a very inconvenient thing. I understand.

[wendylaroux]

16. yes the truth that corporations back corportist politicians.

trump and hill won't touch their money!!

[GreatGazoo]

59. oh I'm sure YOU do

(couldn't resist)

[trudyco]

8. what did they say?

Not surprising since Comcast contributes to Clinton as well as Hardball's wife, right?
I'm sure it's unbiased "reporting" ha!

I always thought of Chris as more of a Republican, though.

[pdsimdars]

34. And it's Joe and Mika who are doing the cleanest, clearest reporting on Bernie

[dana_b]

117. isn't that the damndest thing?

Joe Frickin' Scarborough and Mika are the ones defending Bernie?! It blows my mind.

I cannot stand or tolerate listening to Matthews. Maddow just makes my eyes roll.

[snowy owl]

54. I heard him say re GWB that he "liked this guy." Anything's possible.

[Wednesdays]

115. If you're talking about Tweety, you've got to be kidding me.

Maybe you weren't on DU back then, but when Dubya made his "Mission Accomplished" speech, Tweety was practically salivating over how * looked in his pilot suit, and it was a huge topic of conversation here for years afterward.

[snowy owl]

116. That's funny, I wasn't on DU so didn't know.

I never forgot that utterance though. He really is transparent.

[annavictorious]

9. I guess you weren't around for the 2008 primaries

[Tavarious Jackson]

27. Wow! That is brutal!

[elleng]

10. Same with a lot of DUers,

so I can barely read it.

[senz]

21. Flushing out a lot of unpleasant realities, isn't it?

Yes, hard to watch.

[elleng]

30. AWFUL!

Watching actual sunset now. Thank goodness it's an option for me.

[senz]

38. True!

This makes everything else so much nicer by contrast.

[elleng]

57. Sure does!

[senz]

60. Oh. Yes.

Happy for you, ellen.

Very nice shot, too.

[elleng]

62. Thanks, senz.

[annavictorious]

36. Flushing out a lot of misogyny, actually.

But if that's your version of reality, I'd say that you're part of the problem.

[panader0]

40. How are you getting misogyny out of this?

[senz]

47. I think it's the last resort.

[merrily]

58. It's everywhere. In every statement.

How do you miss it?



I used to take it so personally when I got accused of misogyny, having had to fight it so hard at work.

Now, I just laugh. Way to take the sting out of your claims, folks! Too bad so doing disserves women so much.

[merrily]

110. Meh. It's the veggie version of the uber common dancing banana.

However, Jillian did a really great one.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1280200945#post17

And, I rather enjoy this twerking one.

[senz]

42. Ohh, getting pretty nasty there ...

We were just talking earlier today how unfortunate it is that Hillary wants to negotiate away our abortion rights.

Her "feminism" is so convenient.

[AgingAmerican]

61. You think randomly saying the word "Misogyny" gives you a win?

[alittlelark]

73. Interesting number$ you have there......

Number of posts: 292
Number of posts, last 90 days: 292
Favorite forum: General Discussion: Primaries, 227 posts in the last 90 days (78% of total posts)
Favorite group: Hillary Clinton, 15 posts in the last 90 days (5% of total posts)

[oldandhappy]

11. Don't give them power over you!

Stop watching. Terrible for your blood pressure! While we are getting rid of the DINO's we need to get rid of MSM. Leave them to their own tribe. I have had a blast discovering alternate media, mostly on YouTube.

[NCTraveler]

12. They are ready to go full on Clinton v Trump. Nt

[senz]

23. They've been pushing Trump for months. nt

[NCTraveler]

25. They have enormous amounts of material.

They didn't vet him at all.

[senz]

29. They didn't vet Hill either.

Goes both ways.

[NCTraveler]

35. I disagree. They have been no friend to Clinton.

At this point they simply want to move on. I get you believe they helped promote Clinton and hurt Sanders.

[annavictorious]

39. They've been vetting Hillary since 1992.

Maybe you're not old enough to remember. Writing nasty books about Hillary has long been a right wing cottage industry.

[GulfCoast66]

97. 1992...Bullshit!

I lived in Arkansas from 76-84. She has been attacked since 76 when her liberal homeboy husband ran for office as AG of Arkansas.

He actually lost his first governor reelection campaign in 1980. One of the main issues was that Hillary had kept her maiden name. She took his name and he won in 82. I don't love Hillary, but she has been attacked for 40 years. And she tried to get a universal healthcare system Way superior to The ACA. And a Democratic Congress voted it down.

All these kids thinking Bernie is their Savior do not know what Hillary has been through.

[Segami]

13. If this were happening to Hillary, they would call them Fox news....

They are worried and are now trying to knock him out......waiting to see what Rachel's bloviated thoughts on Bernie will be tonight, if any.

[senz]

24. I can't watch Rachel any more.

[pmorlan1]

15. Bernie doesn't send a thrill up his leg

I haven't watched Hardball in years. I see videos here every now and then but it's always been one of the worst shows on cable talk.

[merrily]

56. Neither did Hillary in 2008. NBC News owns both Matthews legs. He sells out easily.

In around 2005, he said he voted for Dimson twice.

And he's a rude, spittle- and bile-filled mess, no matter who he supports.

[pmorlan1]

74. He's the kind of guy

you wouldn't want to invite to your party.

[senz]

18. Yesterday Matthews said he'd call Calif. for Hill before the polls close!

They want Bernie out of this NOW. They can't hide their desperation. They must be very afraid their establishment candidate is going to lose. Good, be afraid!

Stay in there, Bernie. We're with you all the way.

All. the. way.

[lunamagica]

111. No, he didn't say that. They will call each state when polls close in that state

Due to time difference NJ will called hours before CA close. It is not a conspiracy. It has been done this way forever, both for primaries and the GE.

California will NOT be called before its poll closes

[grasswire]

20. I didn't get the name of the most vile panel member

but I will be getting it. He was new to me. Never saw him before. But he must be the spawn of the devil. Really ugly talker.

[senz]

28. Hm. Hope he doesn't post here.

I'm glad they're going so ugly. Even half-way aware viewers should be able see through it.

[onehandle]

22. There's a race?

Nope. Never was.

[Bluenorthwest]

76. The gaping yaws on Harball certainly seem to think so, they are lathered up over it to an absurd

degree.

[onehandle]

77. 24 hours to fill with stupid.

This is why Fox News is 24 hours a day and MSNBC runs out of 'news' late at night and over the weekend.

[KoKo]

26. Recommend...

[senz]

33. What Bernie is willing to go through for us is simply amazing.

These low despicable things who don't even come up to his ankles lying about him, throwing dirt at him, and he just keeps on keeping on.

I will be grateful for this man's astonishing honesty, courage and perseverance forever.

[annavictorious]

41. Yeah, burning through $210,000,000

is hard work.

[senz]

53. Just about every reply I'm getting is from you.

Back off.

[riderinthestorm]

88. They can't. Brock cracks the whip

7 weeks here and 3 hides already. This one has their work cut out for them.

[COLGATE4]

96. Why in hell should she have to "back off"? Because you say so?

[jwirr]

43. +1

[grasswire]

52. excellent

I will be grateful for this man's astonishing honesty, courage and perseverance forever.

Amen.

[Samantha]

99. You know, I thought he was very intelligent, very honest when I decided to support him

Now I think he is amazing and what he has accomplished under the current climate is staggering to observe. He is a national hero for bringing out the issues he has put under the spotlight and telling the American people the cause the culprits responsible.

Sam

[pdsimdars]

37. I think they want him out now because they know that Hillary is about to get really busy

with her scandal really soon and will have to "suspend". They want Bernie to be out already so when Hillary leaves, they can install their own candidate. If Bernie is still in, they can't do that very easily.

[nadinbrzezinski]

50. I am not sure if that is the precise reason

but CNN is on day 6 I think of a missing plane... they tend to drag these ones out, but not this much

[Renew Deal]

49. So Bernie runs around calling Hillary evil and promising a messy convention

And you criticize others for "words of aggression?" It makes no sense

[AgingAmerican]

51. MSNBC are bottom feeders

Like FOX and Limbaugh

[bvf]

55. I remember Hardball.

Run by a creepy, self-amused guy who interrupts everyone and talks about himself a lot? Sort of the opposite of a journalist?

[reformist2]

67. Cutting my cable means $1 less going to MSNBC each month.

[reddread]

69. actually I would expect some mandatory cable legislation in the next two terms

the title of the legislation will be "media reform"

[bvf]

75. Yep. Did that last year.

Never had much use for Matthews to begin with, but when they got rid of Ed, and surgically removed Maddow's integrity, that was that.

I miss TMC and Democracy Now! (can get the latter on the web anyway), but not much else.

[JRLeft]

63. More people watch TYT than that garbage.

[Lil Missy]

68. They didn't say anythng that isn't true. n/t

[GreatGazoo]

70. when you take on the establishment it will use everything it has to stop you

To paraphrase Cesar Milan, 'it is like an exorcism, sometimes the noise and protestations mean you are making progress' and then he would recommend putting Chris Matthews on a treadmill 30 minutes a day or running him on a leash while you rollerblade.

I'm also reminded of the Chinese proverb: "you grab the tail, you get the teeth."

[amborin]

79. their desperation is directly proportional to their fear that Bernie will win the nomination

[grasswire]

86. yes, I know

It is fascinating to watch them catapult the propaganda, so shamelessly.

[amborin]

94. horrifying

[Rosa Luxemburg]

81. I guess we'll have to buy out NBCuniversal/Comcast

anyone got a few billion to spare?

[GoneFishin]

90. MSNBC is owned by right wing assholes. So it's no surprise.

[MrMickeysMom]

93. I'd have a hard time watching that, I admit it...

However, thanks for the proof (added to all the other proof, I might add)

[Samantha]

100. It is not really Hardball any more -- we probably should just call it Spitball (eom)

[grasswire]

102. hahaha!

good one

[underthematrix]

104. People are still watching MSNBC?

I guess consumers are gonna consume.

[highprincipleswork]

106. All you who want him out so bad, try to hold your premature exclamation. Anxiety - not pretty.

[PATRICK]

107. It has been too close

for this natural closing game to advance smoothly or rationally. In such a case, a stupid pursuit of intimidation is truly counter productive where anger equates all too much to fear. This is how the supposed rational party and only putative representative of the sane interests of sane people loses it time and again. We think we can win it all by tradition, default and some mythical rules that the other side is completely empowered by disregarding.

[Jack Bone]

108. #boycottmsnbc

STRONGER TOGETHER

[barrow-wight]

109. Desperate to knock him out?

He's already out. From what I can see, they're just sick of him spoiling a race he's already out of.

[oberliner]

112. Whereas Morning Joe is cheerleading for him

Mika is a huge fan, and Joe himself is definitely keen on him staying in.

[beachbum bob]

113. sanders is already out of the race....nobody needs to knock him out it

math still doesn't work now or ever for sanders

[delrem]

114. You mean the "We're all neocons now!" guy? What a surprise.

[dana_b]

118. Stop watching that stupid show

seriously, your blood pressure is more important.