2016 Postmortem

djean111

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56. This is starting to remind me of someone repeating their memorized 25 second sound bite -

Tue Feb 9, 2016, 06:12 PM

Feb 2016

and the cognitive dissonance must be dizzying. Only a little while back, Bernie was vilified for NOT helping raise money for the Dems. Maybe the campaign got faulty memory chips from China?

Personally, I don't care about the money - it does not make war, the TPP, fracking, or cluster bombs any more palatable.
Handy hint - Hillary's supporters should not whine about purity and then, evidently, expect Bernie's supporters to drop him over one issue.

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Bernie Sanders a regular at luxurious DSCC fundraising retreats --the "Establishment" [View all] riversedge Feb 2016 OP

Team Hillary is pretty dumb to be pushing this nonsense virtualobserver Feb 2016 #1

+10 nt 99th_Monkey Feb 2016 #7

"He's not a democrat (tm). He's hanging out with us... mindwalker_i Feb 2016 #44

I heard NPR correspondent Mara Liasson pushing this phoney bull wilsonbooks Feb 2016 #51

Must be the BS talking point dujour. hobbit709 Feb 2016 #2

It's the poster's 3rd point dujour. elias49 Feb 2016 #8

When they start repeating the talking point incessantly it reminds me of this. hobbit709 Feb 2016 #13

They're trolling for hidden posts. frylock Feb 2016 #59

Noooooo, MoonRiver Feb 2016 #3

So where was St. Hillary? earthside Feb 2016 #33

Goldman Sachs wouldn't let her go n/t nichomachus Feb 2016 #45

This new organized smear line is baseless and embarrassing.. check this out.... berniepdx420 Feb 2016 #4

So he was raising money for Democrats? beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #5

Gosh who'd thunk it :) azurnoir Feb 2016 #11

Weren't they sceaming about how he WASN'T raising money for them? beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #16

well ya know as Dear Abby once said "any port in a storm" azurnoir Feb 2016 #18

That's very interesting, because Rocky the Leprechaun Feb 2016 #14

so is the problem he doesn't raise money for Democrats or that he does? Fast Walker 52 Feb 2016 #17

It depends on whether it is an odd or even numbered day. hobbit709 Feb 2016 #19

It's confusing, isn't it? beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #22

I see the word came down from on high. It's starting early, I would've TwilightGardener Feb 2016 #6

This is a riot cali Feb 2016 #9

He also had those fancy snacks on trays, what do you call them, horse doovers. TwilightGardener Feb 2016 #12

This must be made to sound scandalous: Whores Du Jours TheBlackAdder Feb 2016 #26

He ate the chicken dinner Paulie Feb 2016 #25

I would suggest he gorged on caviar, kobe beef and lobstah cali Feb 2016 #46

So, if he had refused to help the DSCC raise money Kelvin Mace Feb 2016 #10

I will repost what I said yesterday, but got no answer to. Motown_Johnny Feb 2016 #15

+1 berniepdx420 Feb 2016 #29

OMG, next thing you'll be telling us he owns a change of underwear. leveymg Feb 2016 #20

Bernie didn't get much USO. DefenseLawyer Feb 2016 #37

Basically, a smear campaign here. elias49 Feb 2016 #21

Give me a reason to be inspired for Hillary. PyaarRevolution Feb 2016 #38

+1,000 !!! CountAllVotes Feb 2016 #49

OH NOES!!!!!!1!!!! He raised money for other Democrats. jillan Feb 2016 #23

KKKarl Rove, is that you? seaotter Feb 2016 #24

+1 berniepdx420 Feb 2016 #30

Bernie Sanders Didn't Sleep On the Street at DSCC Fundraising Retreats !!! Impedimentus Feb 2016 #27

I'm sorry did Bernie campaign against going to events he was invited to? Nanjeanne Feb 2016 #28

Do you think everyone is stupid? DefenseLawyer Feb 2016 #31

Dunning- Kruger explains so much... Fumesucker Feb 2016 #54

Of course they do. They've done everything but flat-out state it. frylock Feb 2016 #60

Raising money for the DSCC is suddenly hypocrisy? DaGimpster Feb 2016 #32

You're about a week late with this Buddy. notadmblnd Feb 2016 #34

Dat ain't the establishment. lol You clearly don't get it. nt retrowire Feb 2016 #35

You can smell the desperation, its dripping off them now. They are saying, a 15 point Hillary loss litlbilly Feb 2016 #36

"There's desperation in the air. It stains all your clothes and no detergent gets it out" hobbit709 Feb 2016 #41

You mean Bernie Sanders raising money for fellow Democrats? Another meme bites the dust. cherokeeprogressive Feb 2016 #39

Would he be arriving by coach on a commercial flight, or personal Jet? Sheepshank Feb 2016 #40

He arrives the same way as Hillary nichomachus Feb 2016 #48

Putting aside the fact the Democratic Party demands such fundraising, Vinca Feb 2016 #42

Do you honestly believe this is going to work? Matariki Feb 2016 #43

"Thin gruel..." Hell Hath No Fury Feb 2016 #47

For Sanders, campaign finance purity not always possible Gothmog Feb 2016 #50

OMG if I go to a wedding Nanjeanne Feb 2016 #53

Good luck with this argument Renew Deal Feb 2016 #52

The establishment isnt about social events AgingAmerican Feb 2016 #55

This is starting to remind me of someone repeating their memorized 25 second sound bite - djean111 Feb 2016 #56

To me--it is the starting of media vetting Sanders. riversedge Feb 2016 #57

If this is what they've got, that he participated in fundraisers for the party... thesquanderer Feb 2016 #58

Shows Sanders is just a regular pol--not a Revolutionary riversedge Feb 2016 #61

Who made up this fiction, that Bernie is not a politician? thesquanderer Feb 2016 #62

and therefore part of DC establishment. YUP riversedge Feb 2016 #63

Heck, like Hillary said, he's been in congress something like 25 years! thesquanderer Feb 2016 #64