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MADem

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8. Jeff Weaver stuffed Bernie under the bus.
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 07:12 PM
Jun 2016

If Jeff was "bullied" he was "bullied" by his boss--at least that's what JEFF is saying, these days. As are others in the Sanders campaign.


http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/bernie-sanders-campaign-last-days-224041

“Bernie’s been at the helm of this campaign from the beginning,” said Weaver, “and the overall message of this campaign and the direction of the campaign and the strategy, has been driven by Bernie.”


Subtext: Any fuckups? Those are ALL BERNIE.

Take the combative statement after the Nevada showdown.
“I don’t know who advised him that this was the right route to take, but we are now actively destroying what Bernie worked so hard to build over the last year just to pick up two fucking delegates in a state he lost,” rapid response director Mike Casca complained to Weaver in an internal campaign email obtained by POLITICO.
“Thank you for your views. I’ll relay them to the senator, as he is driving this train,” Weaver wrote back.


He demanded that the campaign bank account never go under $10 million, even when that’s meant decisions Weaver and campaign architect Tad Devine have protested -- like making the call in the final days before Kentucky to go with digital director Kenneth Pennington’s plan to focus on data and field, instead of $300,000 to match Clinton on TV.





Subtext: He does what he wants. He doesn't listen to staff. He thinks he knows better than the people he pays for advice.






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