2016 Postmortem

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110. Because I prefer Bernie. I am not objecting to attacks

Sun Feb 21, 2016, 04:47 AM

Feb 2016

on Clinton.

Unlike you, I understand that blindly lashing out in rage and peddling moronic conspiracy theories about Dolores Huerta is counterproductive.

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Yo Bernie supporters: stop accusing Dolores Huerta of taking bribes. [View all] geek tragedy Feb 2016 OP

Good people sometimes do bad things SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #1

No she did not take a bribe. End of discussion. geek tragedy Feb 2016 #4

you should be in the Olympics - that was a huge jump SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #5

After the post about Bernie bros UglyGreed Feb 2016 #189

You made that up. notadmblnd Feb 2016 #28

She did not get money. geek tragedy Feb 2016 #30

Which she pays herself from. notadmblnd Feb 2016 #37

I feel sorry for you. Nt geek tragedy Feb 2016 #42

You need to feel sorry for yourself. notadmblnd Feb 2016 #44

Not a penny of that money went into her pocket. You LIED about her. geek tragedy Feb 2016 #137

Line 15 page 1 notadmblnd Feb 2016 #142

You blatantly did lie. lied, lied, lied. geek tragedy Feb 2016 #144

I don't care how many times you say it. notadmblnd Feb 2016 #151

You don't care about the truth, as you got busted in a blatant lie. geek tragedy Feb 2016 #153

See line 15 notadmblnd Feb 2016 #155

People other than Dolores Huerta. Regular employees. geek tragedy Feb 2016 #160

A charitable foundation that seems to have disappeared. platitudipus Feb 2016 #180

their facebook page is up and active. it's being trolled by--well, you can guess who geek tragedy Feb 2016 #181

Thanks, you're probably right, I was just curious. eom. platitudipus Feb 2016 #184

You want truth? Lucinda Feb 2016 #6

this does not answer anything SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #14

The third video in the link has a lady saying Bernie is English only, more than once Lucinda Feb 2016 #16

They were said by a Hillary supporter who was angry. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2016 #18

Thanks. senz Feb 2016 #106

So they assumed she would mis-translate? treestar Feb 2016 #174

No it's the caucus rules. JRLeft Feb 2016 #223

The real questions are... SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #19

She repeats it! treestar Feb 2016 #172

She did not lie treestar Feb 2016 #170

Sorry but that was not the truth. passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #140

So I finally got to watch that third vido on the Crooks and Liars link passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #219

Even Snopes says she's lying. w4rma Feb 2016 #157

Too late MohRokTah Feb 2016 #2

Sanders supporters are savaging her on social media. workinclasszero Feb 2016 #171

I know, claiming she's lying or even taking bribes treestar Feb 2016 #175

Maybe they would stop "savaging" her passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #220

That then would make Bernie supporters employees of Hillary's campaign since David Brock Autumn Feb 2016 #3

If she's dirty, she gets called out. bobbobbins01 Feb 2016 #7

She is not dirty. Those smearing her are. geek tragedy Feb 2016 #10

Did she lie? bobbobbins01 Feb 2016 #15

Lol. Lots of nobody haters have said worse about her. geek tragedy Feb 2016 #17

Did. She. Lie? AzDar Feb 2016 #22

No. She conveyed her perception. geek tragedy Feb 2016 #25

If one's perception is incorrect, and is presented as fact ... that is a LIE. SHE LIED. AzDar Feb 2016 #29

ok Joe Wilson nt geek tragedy Feb 2016 #32

YOU owe me an apology. AzDar Feb 2016 #35

That you would say such things says a lot about you. senz Feb 2016 #45

Has she retracted her misperception? frylock Feb 2016 #33

Her perception was wrong and damaging. bobbobbins01 Feb 2016 #40

tweets can be deleted Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #205

Example of Purposeful Racial Divisiveness and Intimidation. JimDandy Feb 2016 #48

All you while people hating on Dolores Huerta are not fooling geek tragedy Feb 2016 #52

EofPRD with projection. n/t JimDandy Feb 2016 #59

Its a Clinton campaign led conspiracy. bobbobbins01 Feb 2016 #62

Paranoid nonsense. nt geek tragedy Feb 2016 #64

So you don't think the Clinton campaign is capable of it? senz Feb 2016 #69

Given that you think Dolores Huerta is a grifting, bribe-taking geek tragedy Feb 2016 #73

How dare you put such words in my mouth? senz Feb 2016 #83

Lol geek tragedy Feb 2016 #99

Laughs on you, geek tragedy. senz Feb 2016 #112

The Devil is in the details: snort Feb 2016 #130

You should report this important piece of evidence to the FBI. geek tragedy Feb 2016 #131

That's weak. snort Feb 2016 #135

Huerta endorsed Clinton in 2008. The donation geek tragedy Feb 2016 #136

Listen, I think we're supposed to be on the same team here. snort Feb 2016 #143

Neither of us were around her when this went down. geek tragedy Feb 2016 #145

I agree with you to a point. passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #154

I suspect things need to cool down. geek tragedy Feb 2016 #156

I wish things would cool down passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #158

Don't assume you're on the same team. bobbobbins01 Feb 2016 #149

They're not a Bernie supporter. bobbobbins01 Feb 2016 #107

Seriously duplicitous. senz Feb 2016 #114

Geek pinebox Feb 2016 #216

Look who's talking. zappaman Feb 2016 #217

I'm sure you've seen Rashomon. geek tragedy Feb 2016 #218

I don't understand why you're deflecting. bobbobbins01 Feb 2016 #23

The pdf link is readily available I won't bother posting it. snort Feb 2016 #113

Yes a 2010 donation to a charity. geek tragedy Feb 2016 #139

I don't think that is it at all. passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #147

what are the expendables on p. 18 amborin Feb 2016 #196

Please provide links to support this allegation. FourScore Feb 2016 #8

It is all over this Forum... this forum I swore I was taking leave of a few hours ago. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2016 #13

Yes. Everybody, please back off Mike__M Feb 2016 #9

Now it's progressed from calling the revered Delores Huerta a liar to a bribe taker? brush Feb 2016 #11

Saint Delores Huerta of the Perpetually Fauxtraged? frylock Feb 2016 #36

SMH. brush Feb 2016 #46

She lied. frylock Feb 2016 #53

Here's the video with the "English only" statement. brush Feb 2016 #63

Again, no boots in either camp (yet). That was said by a Hillary supporter. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2016 #79

Just admit Huerta didn't lie. brush Feb 2016 #96

I can't do that. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2016 #104

Snopes says she's lying. w4rma Feb 2016 #159

Assumed it came from the Sanders camp, and then slandered Sanders supporters on twitter. frylock Feb 2016 #201

Here's the video with the "English only" phrase. brush Feb 2016 #90

Snopes says she's lying. w4rma Feb 2016 #161

Well, what are YOU going to believe? brush Feb 2016 #165

The entry does not say "she's lying" treestar Feb 2016 #182

That was a Hillary supporter saying "English only" frylock Feb 2016 #203

No she did not. treestar Feb 2016 #179

She lied. frylock Feb 2016 #204

No she did not treestar Feb 2016 #208

She heard it and nobody else did. frylock Feb 2016 #209

very possible treestar Feb 2016 #210

An honorable person would issue a statement of clarification and an apology.. frylock Feb 2016 #211

no one has to respond to your bullying treestar Feb 2016 #212

Yeah, okay. Fuck this. frylock Feb 2016 #214

Here's the video with the "English only" phrase. brush Feb 2016 #80

Snopes says she's lying. w4rma Feb 2016 #162

1) That was a Hillary supporter. 2) She claimed there were CHANTS of 'english only' frylock Feb 2016 #206

+1, that video only makes clear what people with the mic said treestar Feb 2016 #178

Way to win friends and influence people workinclasszero Feb 2016 #12

Dirty trick politics are repulsive. Matariki Feb 2016 #20

+1000 I am nauseated by the accusations and smears against Bernie & his supporters. senz Feb 2016 #43

Got my first post hidden, I think ever jsmirman Feb 2016 #21

You're making that up. More smears. I haven't seen anyone accuse her of taking a bribe. snagglepuss Feb 2016 #24

Plenty of it in this thread: geek tragedy Feb 2016 #26

This thread has many more recs: joshcryer Feb 2016 #31

See also post 34. geek tragedy Feb 2016 #49

You yourself accused her of taking a bribe from Clinton. geek tragedy Feb 2016 #60

Incredible jsmirman Feb 2016 #93

Nobody is hurting any candidates by posting on DU ffs. This argument is laughable. frylock Feb 2016 #27

although creepily enough, ScreamingMeemie Feb 2016 #57

You think this "Huerta is a liar and bribe taker" meme stays here on DU only? brush Feb 2016 #194

She lied. frylock Feb 2016 #207

You forgot 4). It's true. Fearless Feb 2016 #34

bird up frylock Feb 2016 #39

not a single intelligent person thinks Dolores Huerta takes bribes. geek tragedy Feb 2016 #47

Good luck with this strategy. Fearless Feb 2016 #74

Simple minds crave simple explanations. geek tragedy Feb 2016 #75

Ohh ad hominem attacks! The last bastion of the person who has no argument. Fearless Feb 2016 #77

Well, you seem to seek easy certainty in an uncertain world jsmirman Feb 2016 #98

Agreed. It is however such an attack when Fearless Feb 2016 #225

He called it a simplistic assessment jsmirman Feb 2016 #231

Calling someone simple minded is an ad hominem attack Fearless Feb 2016 #232

No, a simple observation that your unhinged claims geek tragedy Feb 2016 #141

That is false. Fearless Feb 2016 #224

what is 'false?' nt geek tragedy Feb 2016 #226

The post to which I responded. Fearless Feb 2016 #228

5) Thank you. I'd noticed that before, and it's strange but true. senz Feb 2016 #58

I've been particularly floored by the self-avowed Hispanics here who have RACED to throw this woman Number23 Feb 2016 #38

Me too. Indeed. bravenak Feb 2016 #163

Snopes declared Huerta's defamatory tweets FALSE. senz Feb 2016 #41

She lied? frylock Feb 2016 #54

That's not the only explanation. senz Feb 2016 #67

Unless she retracts her original tweet, and corrects that, I'm just going to assume the worst. frylock Feb 2016 #70

If Huerta is honorable, she will apologize for tweeting those lies. senz Feb 2016 #50

Oh, the rank hypocrisy: OP calls for DU'ers to stop 'attacking' ... calls me a name when AzDar Feb 2016 #51

It is hard to convey just how stupid a person has to be to accuse geek tragedy Feb 2016 #56

I don't give a flying fuck WHAT or WHOM you support... You are a ridiculous hypocrite. AzDar Feb 2016 #61

At least I'm not the kind of idiot who would accuse Dolores Huerta geek tragedy Feb 2016 #65

No. You are an entirely DIFFERENT kind of IDIOT. AzDar Feb 2016 #72

Ahem. Name calling does not help to make your point. In_The_Wind Feb 2016 #82

Your results. Juicy_Bellows Feb 2016 #87

Thank goodness. senz Feb 2016 #92

I've been trying to avoid the fray. Juicy_Bellows Feb 2016 #95

For the record, not my alert. geek tragedy Feb 2016 #146

It was an obvious personal attack Dem2 Feb 2016 #164

... senz Feb 2016 #89

I appreciate that- the OP called me 'Joe Wilson' upthread. Given that, I felt I was quite restrained AzDar Feb 2016 #100

Can you explain why it is stupid please? bobbobbins01 Feb 2016 #66

Sure. geek tragedy Feb 2016 #68

Because she did good things? bobbobbins01 Feb 2016 #78

There is no evidence of any wrongdoing. geek tragedy Feb 2016 #84

Said the person denying facts. bobbobbins01 Feb 2016 #91

But she did lie. Get over it. 840high Feb 2016 #81

Yo Hillary supporters, snot Feb 2016 #55

Thank you for your comment here geek tragedy. lovemydog Feb 2016 #71

Agreed. There was no bribe. But she is acting out of unworthy motives. Ken Burch Feb 2016 #76

+10 840high Feb 2016 #85

Thank you, Ken. senz Feb 2016 #103

Oh god. Really? "If Huerta still truly cared about Latinos first and foremost, she would appreciate geek tragedy Feb 2016 #221

You are missing the point. Beowulf Feb 2016 #86

And it is exactly what the Bernie Sanders Campaign wishes to eliminate-the role of money in politics eilen Feb 2016 #198

I won't call it a bribe but it doesn't make her appear neutral either. Live and Learn Feb 2016 #88

This was a donation from one charity to another. geek tragedy Feb 2016 #94

Then get politicians out of the charity business.They need to be above the suspicion of impropriety. Live and Learn Feb 2016 #97

Hillary will never be above suspician of impropriety. senz Feb 2016 #122

It's on her tax return Geek. Page 34 the very top. Facts are pesky little things, aren't they? jillan Feb 2016 #101

You mean the 2010 donation from one charity geek tragedy Feb 2016 #102

It's the largest donation on the return. senz Feb 2016 #105

Have you reported this important evidence of geek tragedy Feb 2016 #108

Well you know it's good to see senz Feb 2016 #109

Because I prefer Bernie. I am not objecting to attacks geek tragedy Feb 2016 #110

I don't believe you senz Feb 2016 #116

Given your scurrilous smears against Dolores Huerta, I am in good geek tragedy Feb 2016 #118

False accusations seem to be the hallmark of the Clinton supporter. senz Feb 2016 #124

This is my thread. I respectfully reject your demand that i leave nt geek tragedy Feb 2016 #125

Because then the illusion of support while casting doubt would be ruined! bobbobbins01 Feb 2016 #111

March in lockstep Dem2 Feb 2016 #115

It is truly vile and disgusting. senz Feb 2016 #117

Yup, notice the OP even starts with a Yo... bobbobbins01 Feb 2016 #123

Oh, that's right. I'm so unused to be called a "bro" senz Feb 2016 #132

The Clinton people are delighted with your behavior. geek tragedy Feb 2016 #119

You have a good read on what delights the Clinton people. bobbobbins01 Feb 2016 #126

Because I am smart enough to see that angry white Bernie Sanders supporters geek tragedy Feb 2016 #129

Yup, you're so smart. You have everyone fooled. bobbobbins01 Feb 2016 #133

Discretion is the greater part of valor. geek tragedy Feb 2016 #150

Most Bernie supporters here are not engaging in that kind of filth and reject it. Kalidurga Feb 2016 #120

There are several OPs one with dozens of recs. geek tragedy Feb 2016 #121

I think we are all smart enough to know what is going on here. Kalidurga Feb 2016 #127

I would submit, given the large number of people claiming Dolores Huerta is taking bribes, geek tragedy Feb 2016 #128

Yeah I see you Kalidurga Feb 2016 #134

or maybe she's supporting Clinton because they go way back, or maybe geek tragedy Feb 2016 #222

Who freaking knows Kalidurga Feb 2016 #230

thank you passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #138

Huerta received $100K from the Clinton Foundation in 2010. It wasn't a bribe, PatrickforO Feb 2016 #148

Ms. Huerta did not receive a penny. geek tragedy Feb 2016 #152

Huerta (Foundation) got money from Clinton (Foundation) - how cozy! Waiting For Everyman Feb 2016 #166

you are entitled to your ignorant and misinformed opinion, but that does not make it valid nt geek tragedy Feb 2016 #167

Federal filings aren't opinion, neither is eye-witness video. Waiting For Everyman Feb 2016 #173

yes, it is a fact that the Clinton Foundation made a donation to a charity run by a geek tragedy Feb 2016 #177

What's conspiracy? Fact is fact. Waiting For Everyman Feb 2016 #183

a single transaction in a decades-long relationship, being inflated by bitter partisans to imply geek tragedy Feb 2016 #186

Malicious is what Huerta did last night, she owns that. Waiting For Everyman Feb 2016 #187

feel free to dispute her version of events last night. geek tragedy Feb 2016 #188

Fortunately I'm more interested in substance than image. Waiting For Everyman Feb 2016 #190

there are many more dots than the two you're trying to connect geek tragedy Feb 2016 #192

Her character committed suicide. nt Waiting For Everyman Feb 2016 #195

lol, according to no one but anonymous Internet haters nt geek tragedy Feb 2016 #199

or lying. treestar Feb 2016 #168

Post removed Post removed Feb 2016 #169

Good post, thank you. One of the positive things about Sanders that has attracted many..... George II Feb 2016 #176

Good advice. Starting a smear campaign against a Latino activist is stupid. riversedge Feb 2016 #185

DU rec...nt SidDithers Feb 2016 #191

K&R mcar Feb 2016 #193

She is a liar who lied and got caught, regardless of what she's done in the past LittleBlue Feb 2016 #197

+1000 awoke_in_2003 Feb 2016 #200

Bernie Bros are an angry little group. giftedgirl77 Feb 2016 #202

OMG BainsBane Feb 2016 #213

Yes, please. I totally agree. nt SusanCalvin Feb 2016 #215

Where have Bernie supporters made such an accusation? democrattotheend Feb 2016 #227

Give me a Break jpb33 Feb 2016 #229