Sanders campaign goes there - wasted no time

[Triana]

This is what I like about Sanders. His INTEGRITY and his ability to unapologetically SAY what IS.

[Autumn]

1. Shit just got real

[SmittynMo]

5. Big time n/t

[MynameisBlarney]

22. Yes. Yes it did.

[sarge43]

36. and it hit the fan. n/t

[Autumn]

38. This makes little debbie look so inept and corrupt, The Sanders campaign told the DNC

about this month's ago.

[sarge43]

50. It's amateur hour.

Say what you will about the Repugs, when they rat f*ck at least they show some finesse and smarts. No wonder under her "leadership" the Dems lost Congress.

[Denis 11]

91. I couldn't agree more:

You thoroughly nailed it. Duzy nomination for sarge 43.

[sarge43]

94. Why thank you

[Mnpaul]

108. They moved the Ohio SOS page to their servers for one night

and got away with it.

[GoneFishin]

132. I know it. It kind of makes you want to nod with respect as you throw up in your mouth.

[PatrynXX]

59. had to take a lying down break

when shit hits the fan usually some of it gets on others (me) and I don't like it. ignored one person already over this. smh mostly so I don't lose my own temper and get knocked for it. If you see a fight coming you ignore it. Well try to. What DWS Party should have done is blocked all 3 then it wouldn't seem unfair. Instead it was just Bernie and that didn't work well.

[frylock]

70. We all have to duck...

[blackspade]

106. LOL! Well played.

I think I like this version better. It's even more sarcastic...if that's even possible!

[frylock]

107. I can't believe I used to like these guys.

[blackspade]

111. I still do.

Although it's been maybe 25 years since I saw them last!

[frylock]

112. I'm going to see Keith Morris in another week..

OFF! is playing the Casbah on the 28th. Can't wait!

[blackspade]

137. Cool!

[840high]

41. I'm proud of him.

[MissDeeds]

67. Yes it did

Glad to see Bernie is on top of this and is calling them out.

Give 'em hell, Bernie!

[Ferd Berfel]

73. WHen CAlling the DNC............

Here's a good tip from a FB poster

"Regarding phone calls to the DNC, call their cash donation line instead. That number is 877-336-7200. Calling this number forces live staff to deal with you, and keeps them from getting a donation call at the same time. You can use the call to tell them why you are refusing to donate. Let them know that you won't donate another dime until they get rid of Debbie Wasserman-Schultz as DNC chair. They will take notes. They guy who took my message even seemed embarrassed and seemed to agree.

Call now, operators standing by."

[freedom fighter jh]

84. Good idea!

[bvf]

100. Excellent idea. n/t

[snot]

82. Bernie may be an idealist, but he's been around the block a few times!

[mindwalker_i]

2. DNC: "You'll take who we give you and like it!"

[daleanime]

15. +1

[in_cog_ni_to]

3. GAME ON! BRING IT! n/t

[TIME TO PANIC]

4. K & R !

The battle has just begun.

[tecelote]

6. Wow!

Good for him!

I listen to this and just think that there has to be a real investigation:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017315577

[NowSam]

7. Good. Its true. DNC=DWS=HC

and HC=Rove evidently. I will only vote for Bernie. This set up stinks so foul and everyone sees it for what it is.

[dbackjon]

16. So what are you going to do if Bernie doesn't win the nomination?

[NowSam]

17. Write him in or look to the green party

or Vote for whoever seems the least likely to march us into endless war. Hint: It ain't Hillary.

[Ali-96]

64. You

You-I like people like you. More people should think this way, because that mindset is what wins Sanders the presidency. Thank you for the optimism and fuck narcissists who would rather bow to elites.

[dbackjon]

72. And you are going to give the Supreme Court to the GOP

[Ed Suspicious]

95. Nope. The DNC and Hillary work for my vote or they don't get it.

[SammyWinstonJack]

128. ...

[RichVRichV]

135. How about the senate, house, state houses, or governerships?

You think we're retaking any of that with DWS as our party chair? She has been incompetent to the level of negligence.

Do you think Hillary will remove her as party chair after all she has done for her? I'm sure Bernie would replace her. There's a lot more than just regaining the supreme court at stake here.

[NowSam]

80. Thank you, Ali-96

If HRC wins Nom then the choices are Republicrat or Demoplican. So I will vote my conscience no matter what. And my head and my heart agree: Bernie or bust.

[dbackjon]

71. So you will be helping to vote in A President that wants to void my marriage

Thanks for being an elitist snob.

[NowSam]

75. I am not an elitist snob and you can't bully me

into voting for hillary. I will vote for my candidate as is my right.

I think hillary is no better than a Republican and no president could overturn your marriage anyway. just as no republican has yet been able to overturn roe v wade.

the argument that I should vote for someone who speaks of of both sides of her mouth isn't a good argument. if she can't win without my vote than than maybe you need a candidate who really is on your side...like Bernie.

[dbackjon]

78. If you think Hillary is no better than a Republican that you are clueless

Marriage only passed by a 5-4 vote. And the leading candidates on the GOP want to appoint justices that will overturn it.


So excuse me if I value MY marriage rights more than your elitism.

[NowSam]

88. You are excused but

please stop calling me an elitist. I am a commoner who values the candidate who has been consistent with this issue that matters to you and so many other people. He also has been consistent on just about everything that I believe in. Your candidate has changed her position so many times that it is impossible to keep track.

I am 100% for marriage equality, by way.

[arikara]

97. I seriously doubt anyone would or could overturn your marriage

We had Harper for 10 years in Canada and even he didn't go there much as he and his base would have liked that, but his meanness and warmongering was pretty hard to take. I don't think Hillary would put the brakes on either of those as she is an avowed war hawk; and the republicans would amp up their nuttiness 10 fold if she was ever elected. So I really hope for your sake you get Bernie.

[JDPriestly]

122. Support our effort to make sure that Bernie can Bernie can access alll of the information in HIS

Database and you will not have so much to worry about.

We will niot be bullied by the incompetent leadership in the DNC, and neither will Bernie. Neither shold you. The DNC. Leadership hired a temam that did not protect lthe candidates' data. That is not Bernie's fault.

[maggies farm]

126. Join me comrade

And I will march in the streets with you to regain ALL of our rights!

[Ikonoklast]

130. Hillary was against you most of her life.

Now you think her last- minute conversion on the road to Damascus on the issue of gay rights would stop her from throwing you or anyone else's rights under the bus if it furthered her political ambitions? Hillary sees you as a tool to be used, not as an ally.

[jwirr]

19. IF he loses fair and square - I will vote for her - but that does

not look like it is going to happen.

[Enthusiast]

56. In a fair and square contest they cannot come close. And they know it.

[Ed Suspicious]

96. This is my position. But none of this election season has been fair.

[jwirr]

117. I know. From the limited debates to the treatment of the

media and the DNC. But we are doing pretty darn well for all of that. But blocking his access to his own data is beyond the pale.

Even if I stay in the party I will never again work with the establishment that has helped take our voice away.

[sarge43]

37. I was more than willing to vote for Clinton if she won the nomination. I vote Democratic.

Not anymore.

[woodsprite]

53. I'm feeling the same way. n/t

[dbackjon]

74. So you are saying fuck you to all LGBT Americans

Because a GOP President will work to void all marriages.


THANKS!!!


Glad you claim to be progressive.

[sarge43]

76. Where did I say I'd vote Republican?

Further, what makes you think Clinton will do g*ddamn thing for LGBT Americans? She'll nominate the 1% choices for the Court and they won't give an obese rodent's hindquarters for LGBT's rights. Just in case you haven't noticed, a POTUS can't overturn a Court ruling. As usual she let someone else do the dirty work.

She's been bought and paid for. This latest slime slinging is a good example.

I'm not buying the vote for her because she won't be as bad as a Republican. Maybe not, but she'll probably do a fair imitation

[dbackjon]

79. Not voting for the Democratic Candidate is the same thing

2000 proved that.

The next President is likely to appoint 1-4 justices. Marriage equality only passed by ONE vote.

So it is easy to imagine scenarios where it is overturned.


So don't give me your FUCKING HETEROSEXUAL privledge and elitism

[SammyWinstonJack]

129. Again.

[BlindTiresias]

140. Its tired

[blackspade]

143. 2000 proved nothing of the sort.

[Ed Suspicious]

98. And you're saying fuck you to all poor Americans.

Maybe you forgot about all that work not welfare bullshit.

[Jackilope]

99. DNC is where you really need to be p.o.ed at.

DWS and the Third Way takeover and RIGGING the primary event is eye opening. They are the ones hurting the Democratic Party and those of us who belong to it.... or belong to it for now. FISA vote in 2008 was so devastating for me, I considered leaving and registering Ind. ACA became watered down and no public option (thanks, Blue Dogs.) My DINO rep voted against ACA. Again, I had felt let down by Democratic representation beholden to corporate interests and mulled changing to Ind.

Now this. When is enough enough? How much holding the nose to vote for the lesser evil and swallowing the bile raising up do we have to bear for some gains, some real losses?

The GOP is crooked, the DNC is ... what? Less evil and crooked to a degree?

Somewhere and some time we've gotta hold their feet to the fire. Where are the FDRs? The Bobby Kennedys?

Our party is broken and fractured and you can look squarely at DWS carrying water for HRC for brokenness, lack of trust, and feelings of genuine betrayal.

I am sickened by the DNC and this garbage. Ip

[bjobotts]

116. Then help to change it like your doing now.John Dean

used to run it with a 50 state solution so it can be a good thing. People on the committee also don't like DWS and this just might be the issue that ends her tenure. Fix it don't trash it (ps...define for yourself what elite means to you in this case--the DNC). Was John Dean an elite? I guess your in charge now Captain.

[druidity33]

118. You mean Howard Dean, of course. nt.

[The Boss]

103. Tell me where you would find more than 6% of the Independents

and Republicans to cross over to vote along with the 30% Democratic voters. It's still not going to be enough to win for Clinton.

Bernie, on the other hand, has a much easier path to the nomination and victory than Clinton, thanks to DNC's recent screwup. When the evidence comes out (as it has - check out the recent report from NPR), DNC and its vendors are culpable, not the Sanders campaign.

[peacebird]

104. Of course, because Hillary took HOW long, exactly, to "evolve"?

And ask yourself, if poplular sentiment reverted to homophobia exactly how long would it take before Hillary espoused it?

Because her support is totally based on popular acceptance, not beliefs.

[Autumn]

134. We all support our LGBT brothers and sisters

please dial back your attacks. This is a protected group and we respect other members opinions.

[Nite Owl]

119. I said I would too

but now I don't think I can do it, it would be too dishonest to give her my vote.
If DWS is fired and someone not like her is put in charge I would review this decision, maybe.

[paleotn]

86. Negative, Sam...

....for all her issues, Hillary Clinton is still far superior than Il Duce.

[stlsaxman]

141. DNC = "Debbie Nominates Clinton" nt

[cal04]

8. Just wondering, when he brought up the other firewall drop

does he know something he's not telling and that's why they're going to court
What campaign got information the last time when it wasn't reported?

[glinda]

21. wow

[jwirr]

23. Very good question.

[Samantha]

29. I was thinking exactly that

Yesterday, a thread posted here reported the DNC had said they would not give Sanders access again until he proved no Clinton contacts had been breached (not sure exactly what words was used). Sanders should ask for proof that the DNC has not shared Sanders' contacts as well. Same rules for both sides should apply since it is an open secret DWS protects Clinton's interests.

Sam

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

39. But really make that much difference?

It just makes me more pissed and consequently I send him more money. Fuck the fucking fuckers!! The people have to be able to win!!!!

[Samantha]

69. I understand why you say that, Elmer S.E. Dump

but when a politician is running for an election, his or her database of voters/donors is EVERYTHING. It is the most important tool to facilitate a positive outcome in raising money and courting votes. To remove the access to that so close to the Iowa and New Hampshire caucuses hampers the Sanders' campaign is doing this important work. It could mean lost revenue and lost votes. It is kind of like pulling the rug out from underneath the campaign at a time when it might be impossible to make up the lost work. It is that close.

And I salute you back,

Sam

[-none]

43. This reminds me of Kansas where the person in charge of the State Republican Party, was also in

charge of how the elections were run in Kansas. Brownback won, even though the polls showed he would lose.

[Politicalboi]

55. Typical Clinton Fashion

I'm hating her more and more each day here. Think I'll start calling her Mrs. C. And that could mean ANYTHING!

[SmittynMo]

9. Jeff Weaver's got some big balls

I love it. He called a spade a spade.

I can't wait for the final outcome. I'm hoping this is finally it for DWS.

[Proserpina]

10. Amen

[SmittynMo]

11. Since when is it DWS's responsibility

to deny access to a campaign's own data?

[erronis]

49. Since she climbed into bed with HRC and the company that controls this info.

It's very hard to change your spots once you have become a liar. I haven't seen many mainstream dems or reps admit to falsehoods and start to actually do the right things.

There are very few people that will be in politics without tons of baggage including:
hidden money transfers
friends who know friends who want some favors
sleeping around
proposing bills that are geared to friends/lovers/blackmailers
...getting tired, but every vice and avarice can be found in the candidates and government

Bernie probably has a few also but I don't think it has been part of his life story.

DWS and the rest of the DLC are in bed with a one candidate.

They should have gone out of their way to promote fairness, or at least the image of fairness. Instead they have acted like another political MACHINE. Watch your kneecaps and watch where your votes disappear into the ether.

[raindaddy]

12. Repeatedly compromise the firewall and wait for a Sanders staffer to bite...

Then use it as an excuse to deny the Sander's campaign access to their own information, paid for by millions of US citizens..

[jwirr]

25. +1

[Hell Hath No Fury]

46. Great minds think alike.

This reeks of entrapment. With that said, the members of the campaign who fell into it were stupid as hell and rightly should be let go.

[DhhD]

131. In the mean time, how did the Hillary Campaign get my private email address and send me a message

Subject and Text?

[raindaddy]

139. What we need is a whistleblower to step forward and blow this thing up...

[Duval]

13. K&R!

[Nyan]

14. I'm so glad Bernie campaign didn't tiptoe around words

This has gone far enough. Good on them for telling the truth.

[Locrian]

18. EXACTLY

This is how you show how you're going to play ball with the GOP as well. Never back down.

[Ilsa]

34. And this is exactly what could blow up in

DWS's face: Sen. Sanders has no interest in giving the GOP or their puppets or GOP-Lite what they want. His willingness to fight will attract more voters, I bet.

[Nite Owl]

120. I think so too

tomorrow night should be interesting.

[Zorra]

20. When ya got nothin' to hide, ya got nothin' to hide.

So perfect. Exactly what RFK and FDR would have done.

[rhett o rick]

114. Well said. nm

[ejbr]

24. What has me confused

is that a major news outlet is reporting on this. They actually know he is running and has significant support?

[SmittynMo]

28. Sadly,

This has been the only way to get some free air time.

I guarantee upper management do not like this at all.

But then, hey, this is The Enquirer society.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

47. Oh, yeah, because they think it could bring Bernie down and they sell entertainment

and they have it within their powers to make it become the truth for millions of voters. But I don't care if we have to resort to internet only communications, Bernie should put up a page where people can re-input the information "that woman" is withholding (she who happens to be Hillary's BFF and inside plant at the head of the DNC).

It really is not going to matter much longer. Once Bernie wins Iowa and New Hampshire, the tide will turn drastically in his favor.

Especially now, in the winter season (officially starts Monday) we should all trudge forward with a profound faith in the every day citizen, who knows right from wrong. People that know something is terminally wrong with the status quo. That's a hell of a lot of people, and they will not be beating down Hillary's door!

[ejbr]

68. ...

[Eleanors38]

81. You noticed that peculiarity, too?

[deathrind]

26. The DNC...

Should actually be called the DHC...

The Democratic Hillary Committee.

Because it certainly is not operating for the party as a whole.

[bvar22]

42. I would make one change.

I would drop the "Democratic", and just call it what it is:
The Clinton Committee.

[deathrind]

44. Yea, your wording is better.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

48. Or the Clinton Initiative.

[awake]

27. This will not end well for HRC her own issues with emails will soon be back in play

This smells of a setup, and if the DNC does not nip it in the bud soon HRC will feel the Burn.

[Fawke Em]

31. If I were running Sanders' PR, this is the avenue I would take!

And... I work in PR for a data security company.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

45. Oh, absolutely. This might be a blessing in disguise.

Or, better yet, Hillary will be hoisted by her own petard.

This will show people what kind of guy Bernie is ... a fighter with integrity.

[winter is coming]

77. I'm not sure the Sanders campaign will need to say anything about that.

It's already on a lot of people's minds.

[Faux pas]

30. A-M-E-N

to that.

[MgtPA]

32. I haven't seen ratfuckery like this since Ohio 2004/Florida 2000.

Well, not this time, fellas...

Go Jeff!!

[dgibby]

33. I watched this on MSNBC.

It was a thing of beauty and brought me much joy! Only thing he didn't say was that Debbie does dirty tricks, although he definitely alluded to it. Wonder if Bernie supporters should file a class action suit against her and the DNC. THAT would be awesome!

I'm not too happy to know that, as a voter, my personal data is being maintained by the DNC, especially since it's more than obvious that they are incompetent. Wonder who else has this info.

[erronis]

51. Debbie does dirty tricks?

Sounds like a good movie. Wonder if Bill could be leading man.

[dgibby]

63. Yeah, I sorta stole that from the movie,

but in this case, I think it's pretty appropriate.

[intersectionality]

57. I would think if someone does file a class action it should be against VAN...

for compromising personally identifying information. It's names, addresses, phone numbers, voting records, etc. etc. etc. Pretty damn sensitive all told.

[dgibby]

61. I'd go after both of them.

DNC has known about the break in the firewall since Oct. VAN is incompetent if the firewall was down, not once, but at least twice.

[intersectionality]

89. Absolutely.

That's why I can't figure out why there is only one party named in this unless the DNC claimed to be funding and then claimed after restricting access that the data collected by Sanders was theirs. Bunch of fucking data terrorists.

[Uncle Joe]

35. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Triana.

[solara]

40. Don't just post your thoughts here on DU

If everyone who is posting on DU about this underhanded dirty work by DWS calls and/or emails the DNC.. attention will be paid. Call the DNC regarding their suspension of Votebuilder access for the Bernie Sanders campaign! You can leave a message/complaint at 1-202-863-8000 or email them at [e-mail].

[bvf]

125. Yes! See #73 above for an additional approach. n/t

[2pooped2pop]

52. This is how Bernie will differ from Obama

Bernie goes there. I like Obama but face it, the racist republicans made it even harder than usual for him. He could not or would not call them out so many many times that they needed to be called out specifically. He knew the racist in our govt and the racist people in out land, were always waiting to find a way for no black to ever have that office again.. Oh, I know he did call them out some, but not enough and he did not get the facts across to the people and this is why Bernie will be able to accomplish more than Obama.

This is my opinion, so no, I will not go find links for you.

Bernie goes there and does not pretend that the other side are a bunch of good guys.

[Enthusiast]

54. K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations!

[closeupready]

58. Yes.

K&R

[Feeling the Bern]

60. Good. No more Mr. Nice Bernie! Take them gloves off! The DNC exposed themselves like a flasher

as shameless HRC shills.

Expose, expose, expose and get the nomination! HRC is still pissed she didn't get it in 2008 and is even more determined to destroy any threat because she didn't with Obama's insurgent campaign.

I will vote for HRC if she is the nominee, but not in the primary.

[polichick]

62. Excellent!

[Dont call me Shirley]

65. A candidate to believe in, Bernie Sanders. The DNC just crossed the line! Watergate DWS!

[marlakay]

66. Its all over online comments angry at Debbie

and a ton of Bernie people saying they won't vote for Hillary now no matter what.

Debbie should have thought this out before she did this.

[Loki]

83. Bernie, we don't need this shit, shame on everyone involved.

If you think that this is going to help him or Hillary or the Democratic Party, it's not. Act like the grown ups and quit playing this stupid game like the Repukes. I thought we were better than this.

[modestybl]

85. Wrong. Bad Behavior should be called out... no matter whose side you are on...

... the people acting like children are DWS and her minions at the DNC. Instead of taking the Sanders' campaign complaints of data breeches in October seriously, they ignored the problem, then used this latest breech as a transparent excuse to sabotage the Sanders campaign.

Good on Sanders to confront this bullcrap head on.

[LiberalElite]

87. YES!!!!

[Paka]

90. I wasn't prepared to hold my nose and vote for Hillary...

...even before this. This may be the final straw for me. She and her sycophant DWS are both nasty pieces of work.

[jalan48]

92. So if Hillary happens to win the nomination does she think this kind of shit will get millions of

Progressives out volunteering for her in the general election?

[Thespian2]

93. DWS is a great leader...

if your intention is to lose...


Perhaps she can find her way back into the slimy Florida muck from which she arose...

[Jackilope]

101. Perhaps that is her ambition. To lose.

Wall St, banks, war profiteers win. It really isn't about the good of the party or us.

[Freelancer]

105. A Democratic Chairmperson makes out well, no matter how things turn out

That's what went wrong with the labor unions -- career opposition combined with wealth acquisition, IMO.

[Thespian2]

109. You're right...

that's why this loser got the job in the first place...

[rhett o rick]

115. Her intentions are to see that the 1% candidate wins whether a Democrat or Republicon. nm

[Freelancer]

102. Does Wasserman Shultz want Sanders supporters to stay home in November, or not?

She should think hard about this. If the issue is establishing data security, then freeze BOTH candidates access to the proprietary data.

[rhett o rick]

113. Please understand at least in my opinion the DNC is a tool of the oligarchy and they don't care if

Bush wins as long as Sen Sanders doesn't win. They are not fighting for Democrats, they are fighting for the 1% and the tools that work for them.

[Freelancer]

121. On days like this, that's hard to argue against wholeheartedly. -- nt

[WillyT]

110. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!

[LS_Editor]

123. Damn right. I don't know whose idea this was, but they should be fired.

And maybe kissed by the Bernie Campaign, because Hillary is not going to benefit. The debate should be wild tomorrow...

Well done to the Clinton campaign and Hillary shill Debbie Wasserman Schultz, says the satirical source.

Imagine how much money the Sanders campaign will be donated thanks to them.

This shouldn't be surprising considering Wasserman Schultz's record of losing elections across the country.


DNC Changes Name to "Elect Hillary Clinton President 2016"

WASHINGTON (The Nil Admirari) - Earlier today, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced it was changing its name to "Elect Hillary Clinton President 2016," and publicly committed itself to destroying the campaign of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont "by any means necessary." Debbie Wasserman Schultz declared she was already using her position as chair of the DNC's successor organization to cripple the Sanders campaign by restricting its access to critical voter information it needed to contact and mobilize its supporters.

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"Now I am restricting the Sanders campaign from accessing its own voter database in response to a story I leaked to the press about some of his campaign staff seeing Hillary's voter database due to the failure of our contractor to maintain a firewall between the candidates' data," said Wasserman Schultz.

More at link...

[Ned_Devine]

124. Fuck yeah! This is why we support Bernie!

[Betty Karlson]

127. DWS has overplayed her hand. This story is far from over yet. n/t

[GoneFishin]

133. No feigned impotence, no shoulder shrugging, no triangulating, no excuses. I like it.

[Skrups]

136. I think more people than the DNC wanted will watch the debate tonight to see how this plays out.

[Liberal_in_LA]

138. He will make a good advisor to pres clinton

[sabrina 1]

142. Message to DNC: Don't mess with Bernie and his huge base of supporters!