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beam me up scottie

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57. Huh is right, that quote isn't in the article.

Sat Sep 2, 2017, 01:54 PM

Sep 2017

Someone pointed that out in the other thread so I read the artlcle and they were right, Bernie never actually said those words.

They weren't taken out of context or abbreviated, that quote isn't in there at all

Maybe they linked to the wrong article?

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Feinstein: "Trump is honest and I look forward to working with him." [View all] ehrnst Sep 2017 OP

Hahaha!!! Yep, different. and very Sincere. No agenda. Just LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE! Madam45for2923 Sep 2017 #1

Where does that quote appear in the article? beam me up scottie Sep 2017 #59

It doesn't, the quote was made up because someone, somewhere took offense to Feinstein's out Autumn Sep 2017 #65

So this is fake news? beam me up scottie Sep 2017 #66

What Feinstein said makes perfect sense.A lie about Bernie? Not so much. Autumn Sep 2017 #67

You mean the made up quote that Sanders never said? Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #73

Huh? nt Atticus Sep 2017 #2

I raise you a huh! and an nt nt too. Madam45for2923 Sep 2017 #3

See posts saying "Feinstein: Trump can be good president." (nt) ehrnst Sep 2017 #4

Why is that quote not in the article you cited? beam me up scottie Sep 2017 #60

Hours later and not a single source...it's like they made it up! LostOne4Ever Sep 2017 #79

Huh is right, that quote isn't in the article. beam me up scottie Sep 2017 #57

This is from 10 months ago left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 #5

We've entered a twilight zone where time is suspended. jalan48 Sep 2017 #7

And double standards are upheld... (nt) ehrnst Sep 2017 #11

+1000 R B Garr Sep 2017 #48

Amen! Ain't that the truth?! NurseJackie Sep 2017 #55

you mean double standards like normally it's not cool to make up quotes and attribute them? Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #74

Search DU for "Feinstein: Trump can be good president." ehrnst Sep 2017 #9

And her comments were more expansive than the half-sentence that has been posted over and over again George II Sep 2017 #20

Get out. (nt) ehrnst Sep 2017 #25

There seems to be missing a few words after "honest" rock Sep 2017 #6

Don't you realize melman Sep 2017 #8

Judging by the outrage over "Feinstein: Trump can be good president" ehrnst Sep 2017 #10

Ha!! :-D NurseJackie Sep 2017 #26

Bullshit. Iggo Sep 2017 #12

It's a mirror held up to the bullshit going on over Feinstein. (nt) ehrnst Sep 2017 #13

No. It's just bullshit. (n/t) Iggo Sep 2017 #14

I guess not everybody gets it. (nt) ehrnst Sep 2017 #15

I got it. nt sheshe2 Sep 2017 #21

We better all get it unless we want the GOP to gain MORE house and Senate seats. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #76

Some of us do... sheshe2 Sep 2017 #77

I got it, but Finstein is a woman we've seen over and over they're treated differently uponit7771 Sep 2017 #34

I definitely got it. R B Garr Sep 2017 #49

You would be correct about that... NurseJackie Sep 2017 #58

You are wrong. A mirror shows an image, that shows something entirely different. Autumn Sep 2017 #33

Actually, I was pointing out what applying the Fienstein filter to Sanders would look like. ehrnst Sep 2017 #39

Bernie never said Trump was honest, in contxt or out. He never said Trump could Autumn Sep 2017 #46

Again... When the "if" is left out you have ehrnst Sep 2017 #61

did someone make up a quote and attribute it to DiFi, too? Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #78

Very informative reply! Thanks! n/t USALiberal Sep 2017 #80

Fascinating, isn't it? NurseJackie Sep 2017 #16

Are you suggesting the attacks on DEMOCRATIC Senator Dianne Feinstein Expecting Rain Sep 2017 #17

Heaven forfend! (n/t) FreepFryer Sep 2017 #19

I hear Goody Proctor whisper that she was once in the DLC! ehrnst Sep 2017 #24

Perfectly timed reference as we are re-reading The Crucible this week... Expecting Rain Sep 2017 #28

Secretary of State Clinton will be appearing at Riverside Church on Thursday, and all proceeds..... George II Sep 2017 #18

That admission fee is just more proof of her corruption. ehrnst Sep 2017 #27

And that church is a little too close to Wall St. Expecting Rain Sep 2017 #29

Indeed. (nt) ehrnst Sep 2017 #30

DU and the democratic party has become ... woundedkarma Sep 2017 #22

Pointing out the double standard applied to the most recent target ehrnst Sep 2017 #23

+1 uponit7771 Sep 2017 #35

Yes, I think I know who the not-Trump person is. It's tiresome being R B Garr Sep 2017 #52

I thought it was against the rules to disparage Democratic figures ? Trust Buster Sep 2017 #31

Of COURSE it does! NastyRiffraff Sep 2017 #37

Sen Sanders is not a member of the Democratic Party. grantcart Sep 2017 #38

Tell that to Skinner. Ms. Toad Sep 2017 #64

Skinner: "For all intents and purposes, Bernie Sanders is a Democrat. (nt)" Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #71

It was a commentary on the disparagement of Feinstein ehrnst Sep 2017 #45

This whole thread has me confused. mdbl Sep 2017 #32

It's fairly simple BannonsLiver Sep 2017 #41

Do a search on "Feinstein: Trump can be a good president" ehrnst Sep 2017 #43

Ok thanks - found Jimmy Dore's video of her saying this mdbl Sep 2017 #87

I think that you may have missed the part where she talks about impeachment. ehrnst Sep 2017 #88

The actual quote was "We look forward to working with him if he is honest about that." Gore1FL Sep 2017 #36

Precisely. That's similar to what republicans did to Clinton during the GE campaign. George II Sep 2017 #40

Yes, my point exactly - applying what has been done to Feinstein ehrnst Sep 2017 #42

so the poster was being dishonest about the honest quote? Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #75

Remember Tim Ryan who was challenging Nancy Pelosi for her leadership roll? still_one Sep 2017 #44

Yeah, what happened to all of that? He came out with suspiciously repug-sounding talking points... brush Sep 2017 #47

Kick and rec BainsBane Sep 2017 #50

The neverending battle part 2. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #51

Just Imagine Me. Sep 2017 #53

Not even close to what he said. Ms. Toad Sep 2017 #54

Look, people trying to turn this statement of Feinstein's into the straw that broke the camels back JCanete Sep 2017 #56

Thank you for clearing the smoke & marking the mirrors. A-Schwarzenegger Sep 2017 #86

This whole thing just reinforces the misogyny of some lefties to me nini Sep 2017 #62

The outrage has absolutely nothing to do with what was said BainsBane Sep 2017 #63

A power grab? Lol. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2017 #68

Really? BainsBane Sep 2017 #69

No, I said the duer who started several threads. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2017 #70

Wouldn't you say he started them because of the R B Garr Sep 2017 #82

Nothing about Sanders statement is accurate? Autumn Sep 2017 #81

Why do you keep saying Sanders called out R B Garr Sep 2017 #83

They are lies because Trump lied. Surely you don't think Trump meant a word he was spewing ?? Autumn Sep 2017 #84

Trump is a con man. Per your link, Bernie said Trump R B Garr Sep 2017 #85

Where in that article does Sanders say that? Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #72