2016 Postmortem

HooptieWagon

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37. Are you sure it wasn't a feudal kibbutz?

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #8)

Fri Feb 5, 2016, 08:50 PM

Feb 2016

Hard to tell the difference with all those proles running around tending fields.

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But the laughter.... daleanime Feb 2016 #1

Bernie also represented communist Romania in the Model UN club in grade school! mhatrw Feb 2016 #73

(GASP!!!!!) A SOCIALIST kibbutz? Sweet Mother of God save us! cherokeeprogressive Feb 2016 #2

Hava n'kila, bitches. :D roguevalley Feb 2016 #4

They didn't all promote the Soviet Union. That was a feature of this particular kibbutz. pnwmom Feb 2016 #5

A socialist kibbutz. Maybe you should look up the damn definition. cherokeeprogressive Feb 2016 #7

The Soviet Union was a communist dictatorship. He could have gone to a different pnwmom Feb 2016 #8

A different kibbutz? You mean one 'nem capalist ones? cherokeeprogressive Feb 2016 #11

I wonder about the nordic-inspired kibbutzes. Wig Master Feb 2016 #18

They serve herring instead of gefilte fish. nt mhatrw Feb 2016 #76

If you did any reading, you'd learn that they didn't all identify with the Soviet Union. n/t pnwmom Feb 2016 #55

Are you sure it wasn't a feudal kibbutz? HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #37

Are you now or have you ever been a member of a kibbutz? mhatrw Feb 2016 #74

The zen rebuttal Fairgo Feb 2016 #3

And this kibbutz promoted the Soviet Union, a communist dictatorship. pnwmom Feb 2016 #6

Hillary was a Goldwater Girl. Goldwater advocated use of nuclear weapons on KingCharlemagne Feb 2016 #9

She was a 16 year old high school student with Republican parents. He was an adult. n/t pnwmom Feb 2016 #13

Bernie Sanders was 22 in 1963. You are really having to dig to the very bottom of the KingCharlemagne Feb 2016 #23

This poster lives at the bottom of the barrel, being contrary for its own sake. arcane1 Feb 2016 #31

I've thought that for a 840high Feb 2016 #80

Man, that's the freakin' truth. kath Feb 2016 #91

AND he had a Soviet flag in his office in Vermont as an ADULT KittyWampus Feb 2016 #68

JFC. Because of Burlington's sister city in Russia. beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #69

Such desperation notadmblnd Feb 2016 #107

At least he doesnt have the blood of of one million innocent Iraqis dripping KingCharlemagne Feb 2016 #75

Absolutely! kath Feb 2016 #93

I'm not familiar with General Electorate Fairgo Feb 2016 #12

"it has finally been identified, not surprisingly, as a socialist kibbutz." cherokeeprogressive Feb 2016 #10

Why was Bernie's campaign "keeping mum" about which particular kibbutz pnwmom Feb 2016 #15

They knew sooner or later some anti-Semite would go into Red Baiting Mode I guess? cherokeeprogressive Feb 2016 #19

This has nothing to do with anti-Semitism. This particular kibbutz identified pnwmom Feb 2016 #28

It already has. Good ol' fashioned Red Baiting with a side of anti-Anti-Semitism goes a long way. cherokeeprogressive Feb 2016 #33

Yes it did. In 1935 before Bernie was born. And before Stalin's anti-semetic campaigns. Luminous Animal Feb 2016 #43

The NYTimes article quoted Mr. Ely, who was a contemporary of Bernie's. pnwmom Feb 2016 #54

Are you now or have you ever been a member of a kibbutz? mhatrw Feb 2016 #78

Stop farleftlib Feb 2016 #17

HAMMER AND SICKLE BABY! beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #30

I thought the Republicans loved Isreal? Matariki Feb 2016 #14

Not every kibbutz held the Soviet Union up as an example and flew the Red flag. pnwmom Feb 2016 #16

So did they invade neighboring kibbutzim? Tell them to stop practicing their religion? (n/t) thesquanderer Feb 2016 #34

So this is what Clinton meant by "Sanders hasn't been vetted"? mhatrw Feb 2016 #81

I think the Republicans would be hesitant to make ads with such antisemitic tones. Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #20

But it's ISRAEL. They will be so confused! Nanjeanne Feb 2016 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Feb 2016 #22

His supporters are so certain that only Hillary has baggage, when the truth is pnwmom Feb 2016 #32

Shameful OP. Bonobo Feb 2016 #24

I warned that the "He's not a Christian" attacks would be coming soon. arcane1 Feb 2016 #27

Everyone knows kibbutz are socialist. This is an excuse to remind us he's a JEW! Bonobo Feb 2016 #42

The OP did not attack him for not being a Christian treestar Feb 2016 #46

An, the old "republicans will say" gambit. Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #109

Someone had to finally go there on DU. beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #39

I hope the lack of RECS represents that other Hillary supporters reject this. Bonobo Feb 2016 #44

Well I won't get my hopes up. beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #50

It is not anti-Semitic treestar Feb 2016 #47

Oh we've gone round on anti-Semitism before, remember? beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #52

You were wrong there too treestar Feb 2016 #62

You said questioning a Jewish American's loyalty isn't anti-Semitic. beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #65

It plays of anti-Semitic fear of the Jew as the other. Bonobo Feb 2016 #53

Remember that poster's comments in the Diane Rehm thread? beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #56

Why bring up another argument? treestar Feb 2016 #59

Because you're lecturing a Jew on whether or not something is anti-Semitic. beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #60

So is everything anti-Semitic? treestar Feb 2016 #63

Strawman, this was just explained to you - again. beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #67

I might treestar Feb 2016 #79

Go ahead but you are still responsible for the things you posted. beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #82

I just see the Republicans as going after it the red baiting way treestar Feb 2016 #58

Your doing a great job ornotna Feb 2016 #25

Sounds like you're offering to write them. arcane1 Feb 2016 #26

According to another site, the kibbutz was fond of the Soviet Union WHEN IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1935 Luminous Animal Feb 2016 #29

Mr. Ely was there at the same time Bernie was, and he mentioned the Red flag pnwmom Feb 2016 #36

So what? Cleita Feb 2016 #35

I know they have written Hillary hit pieces. But many here are convinced pnwmom Feb 2016 #48

I went to a band camp in Finland once. Socialist!!1!!!1 Arazi Feb 2016 #38

oh NO! Findland. 840high Feb 2016 #84

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Feb 2016 #87

"Paging Sen. McCarthy. Paging Sen. McCarthy to the Red Phone.." last1standing Feb 2016 #40

Oh. My. Dog. Mike__M Feb 2016 #41

I could be wrong Glamrock Feb 2016 #45

I'm sticking around, this thread is likely to become a hoot. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #49

Allow me. . . Mike__M Feb 2016 #57

Red-baiting crap. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #51

At least you are sticking to the issue treestar Feb 2016 #64

People scared by the word "socialism" will not be voting for Democrats, anyway. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #70

There are many centrist and moderate Dems who would be put off pnwmom Feb 2016 #72

True. It was never Democrats treestar Feb 2016 #77

I dunno...sounds pretty kosher to me... HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #61

It's over, pnwmom, the Democrats can't win. Both candidates are unelectable. Too flawed WhaTHellsgoingonhere Feb 2016 #66

This not the 50's nor the 60's the Commie bullshit work only works on the older demographics Truprogressive85 Feb 2016 #71

And voters over 50 are the ones most likely to get to the polls. n/t pnwmom Feb 2016 #85

so they are the only ones ?? Truprogressive85 Feb 2016 #86

Wow, Red and Jew-baiting in one singularly disgusting OP... truebrit71 Feb 2016 #83

The NYT article will be the first of many on this topic. You must not have been pnwmom Feb 2016 #89

And look at who rec'd this bigoted garbage. beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #106

Wait! Bernie is Jewish???? Joe the Revelator Feb 2016 #88

Better a long-ago kibbutz than a pending DoJ indictment. mt grasswire Feb 2016 #90

There is no pending indictment and there won't be. Even the GOP pnwmom Feb 2016 #94

we will see, won't we? nt grasswire Feb 2016 #99

that would be anti-Israel and anti-Israeli.. they'd alienate huge demographic slices amborin Feb 2016 #92

Some of them are more religiously oriented. And while they are all socialist, pnwmom Feb 2016 #96

Why do Hillary's supporters hate Israel? Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #103

The GOP won't dare use this. Only Hillary supporters on DU would use such a stupid meme. nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #95

Won't dare? But they'd dare to use baseless birther and socialist attacks against BHO? pnwmom Feb 2016 #100

These Bernie attacks are getting sillier and sillier. grntuscarora Feb 2016 #97

Really? You're going there? notadmblnd Feb 2016 #98

If he didn't see this as a problem, why has his campaign been refusing to answer pnwmom Feb 2016 #104

Yeah, you guys run with that. Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #101

HA HA HA HA Ha ha ha... EmperorHasNoClothes Feb 2016 #102

trash thread. Hiraeth Feb 2016 #105

Your concern for Bernie is duly noted. lol Jefferson23 Feb 2016 #108