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pandr32

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54. Exactly;

Reply to hurple (Reply #11)

Wed Jul 5, 2017, 11:31 PM

Jul 2017

Every ounce of my being agrees with you!

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Bernie Sanders' campaign staffer John Mattes: We were Russian pawns. [View all] pnwmom Jul 2017 OP

Yep. Effective in turning voters against Clinton, and don't forget gullible too. brush Jul 2017 #1

I knew it. calimary Jul 2017 #34

Hello, Nina, Susan...are you there? nikibatts Jul 2017 #52

Exactly, niki.. nina wants to sweep that under the Cha Jul 2017 #80

Yes russia used Sanders and the idiots on JPR Gothmog Jul 2017 #2

They even tried posting that stuff here but we were better equipped to fight that, pnwmom Jul 2017 #3

They still did a lot of damage. brer cat Jul 2017 #5

I watched. They turned DU members on eachother. Blue_true Jul 2017 #17

The vast majority of the electorate have no clue what DU and other sites are CentralMass Jul 2017 #33

All Democrats are fodder for the right. brer cat Jul 2017 #46

I don't have an argument with what you say but Hillary holds a special place in the GOP's CentralMass Jul 2017 #51

Russia also used Sanders friendly facebook pages Gothmog Jul 2017 #63

I was a Sanders supporter in the primary and Russian backed or other propaganda had CentralMass Jul 2017 #72

I would agree with you there. Caliman73 Jul 2017 #87

+1 CentralMass Jul 2017 #88

JPR? MiddleClass Jul 2017 #6

Jackshit Preschool Repubs revmclaren Jul 2017 #10

lol brer cat Jul 2017 #20

LOL Gothmog Jul 2017 #62

Now that was Russian involvement in cyber warfare MiddleClass Jul 2017 #4

Ah, but they DID manipulate vote machine totals... Beartracks Jul 2017 #56

FWIW: I don't think Mattes was a Sanders campaign staffer. aikoaiko Jul 2017 #7

Quibble about his title all you want -- he was a "major organizer" on the Bernie team. pnwmom Jul 2017 #8

My point is that Staffer implies employed by campaign professionally. aikoaiko Jul 2017 #12

Well now you HAVE seen him described as a major organizer, in addition to his other pnwmom Jul 2017 #14

Still looking for that word major. aikoaiko Jul 2017 #23

I'll put it in capital letters so you don't miss it again. Here you go: pnwmom Jul 2017 #25

Thank you. I will concede the San Diego paper thinks he was a major organizer in their area. aikoaiko Jul 2017 #26

And Raw Story refers to him as one of Sanders's "major backers" and "professional campaign staff." pnwmom Jul 2017 #29

Maybe we'll understand his role better someday. aikoaiko Jul 2017 #38

Seems most of us understand it pretty well right now Justice Jul 2017 #78

Has Cenk or Hartmann said it? NCTraveler Jul 2017 #85

Are you saying that social media didn't play a huge role in the alienation of Sanders supporters... Tarheel_Dem Jul 2017 #15

I think its really hard to say how much fake news impacted actual votes. aikoaiko Jul 2017 #21

It's not hard to say. The o.p., who was a campaign insider, says the Bernie camp "got played". Tarheel_Dem Jul 2017 #28

Again. I don't think he was a campaign staffer or an insider. He ran a facebook page and organized. aikoaiko Jul 2017 #30

He WAS an insider and a major backer and a member of the campaign staff, pnwmom Jul 2017 #32

Which isn't a quantifiable measure mythology Jul 2017 #41

How gullible, ignorant and bereft of reading comprehension are we? GusBob Jul 2017 #9

This was a coordinated attack hurple Jul 2017 #11

The FBI did plenty of damage with their illegitimate actions. (eom) StevieM Jul 2017 #19

There is zero evidence any votes were changed mythology Jul 2017 #42

Prove it Roy Rolling Jul 2017 #48

Please read about proving a negative GulfCoast66 Jul 2017 #67

It's the fact it happened that counts. RandySF Jul 2017 #76

Absolutely not true hurple Jul 2017 #90

+1 Great post! I agree with every word you said. lunamagica Jul 2017 #49

Exactly; pandr32 Jul 2017 #54

And I'll guarantee that Assange and Greenwald were at the tip of that particular spear. Sad. nt Tarheel_Dem Jul 2017 #13

Just like the Russians are going after Pelosi. AngryAmish Jul 2017 #16

I was fucking saying this for a year and I was mocked by those who couldn't handle the truth nini Jul 2017 #18

They were. And it was obvious. NYResister Jul 2017 #22

Welcome to DU, NYResister! calimary Jul 2017 #36

Millions of Democrats can be proud that they voted for Sanders. David__77 Jul 2017 #24

In the primary -- but not the ones who were stupid enough to write his name in the general. pnwmom Jul 2017 #31

Do you have any election statistics to support that claim? sammythecat Jul 2017 #61

Anyone who didn't vote for Hillary helped DT. Some who were prevented from voting can't be blamed. pnwmom Jul 2017 #64

So, no stats to show that if the write-ins for Sanders sammythecat Jul 2017 #68

Depends what state karynnj Jul 2017 #71

No one could know that except retroactively. Vote tampering could have happened in any state pnwmom Jul 2017 #74

The first stated called for Clinton was Vermont karynnj Jul 2017 #79

And how did that work out for you? "Pride goeth before the fall." politicaljunkie41910 Jul 2017 #39

We have to look at all Russian propaganda as such, information released by Wikileaks is trash, Thinkingabout Jul 2017 #27

I suppose it's too much to ask that this doesn't happen again. betsuni Jul 2017 #35

I know how you feel. calimary Jul 2017 #37

The ones I was dealing with weren't Trump supporters. betsuni Jul 2017 #45

I was dealing with some of those as well. calimary Jul 2017 #53

I hope someone's writing a book about it right now. betsuni Jul 2017 #59

+1, and it's still out there. R B Garr Jul 2017 #91

I've Wanted To Know Me. Jul 2017 #40

I can't wait to one day see an itemized list of "fake" news items we gullible Berniebros fell for. m-lekktor Jul 2017 #43

I don't think Bernie supporters on DU are representative of the millions of less informed pnwmom Jul 2017 #44

Honestly, why do you think every post is about you? You didn't fall for the Russian smear campaign emulatorloo Jul 2017 #65

+1 pnwmom Jul 2017 #66

But the comments in this thread show that the OP acted as an invite aikoaiko Jul 2017 #69

Pawn enid602 Jul 2017 #47

Some of them are still being used as pawns. murielm99 Jul 2017 #55

Taxes enid602 Jul 2017 #57

+1 murielm99 Jul 2017 #58

+1 betsuni Jul 2017 #60

Step up and curb his followers? aikoaiko Jul 2017 #70

It certainly is how it works. murielm99 Jul 2017 #75

+1. n/t DemSoc Jul 2017 #81

I don't think you've been paying attention to the different groups of Bernie supporters. aikoaiko Jul 2017 #82

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We Focus a Lot on the Election but the Russian Crap went on for some years before that JI7 Jul 2017 #73

Actual headline: Investigators explore if Russia colluded with pro-Trump sites during US election Voltaire2 Jul 2017 #77

A headline is merely what a headline writer chooses to highlight. I noticed something else. pnwmom Jul 2017 #84

I don't buy it from Mr.Mattes rockfordfile Jul 2017 #83

John Mattes is a brave man to admit that. He's owed our thanks for saying it out loud. Hekate Jul 2017 #86

I'm glad to hear that from one of the inside guys Blue_Tires Jul 2017 #89

And not a word from Senator Sanders. (nt) ehrnst Feb 2018 #92

VT public Radio: ehrnst Feb 2018 #93