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Bernie's introducer went there. He called out Hillary -- and immediately referred to [View all] pnwmom Apr 2016 OP

I have to agree AuntPatsy Apr 2016 #1

Repeating BNR lies again? dchill Apr 2016 #2

You're saying that Song "DIDN'T" say this? brooklynite Apr 2016 #21

You saying you are to thin skinned to recognize the truth of money in politics? timmymoff Apr 2016 #24

Are you so blind and uncaring sheshe2 Apr 2016 #71

yes.. not sexually timmymoff Apr 2016 #74

The "Whores" Comment Refers To "Pay To Play" Politics And Is Directed At The Pols Who Accept... CorporatistNation Apr 2016 #69

Then use a non-gendered synonym. There are a number of them. n/t pnwmom Apr 2016 #128

You must know that the original title of this thread... dchill Apr 2016 #81

literally, directly from bnr (via twitter earlier tonight) iAZZZo Apr 2016 #63

Is Sarah Palin a media whore or an attention whore? riderinthestorm Apr 2016 #3

Neither. I never use that word against any woman. n/t pnwmom Apr 2016 #11

Brock, who called Anita Hill "slutty" is now aghast at "corporate whore"? riderinthestorm Apr 2016 #25

I didn't like Brock then and I don't appreciate him now. But Bernie's choice of associates pnwmom Apr 2016 #28

Yeah, "a little bit nutty, a little bit slutty" is perfectly ok. It is about faux outrage. GoneFishin Apr 2016 #109

We're in absolute agreement rock Apr 2016 #42

This message was self-deleted by its author bjo59 Apr 2016 #4

Good thing your edited the big lie out of your headline. morningfog Apr 2016 #5

Kinda makes the whole thread a FAIL, eh? dchill Apr 2016 #12

Brock is a great reason for Bernie to say, floriduck Apr 2016 #151

It's about time they called out Corporate Whores who are ruining life for the planet. Kalidurga Apr 2016 #6

And yes, that crowd was 48,000. dchill Apr 2016 #7

What's really, really funny about the Berners: Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #19

One is a choice and the other is imposed. Luminous Animal Apr 2016 #23

Logic? They don't need no steenking logic! dchill Apr 2016 #44

Two hours is a lot when you work for minimum wage timmymoff Apr 2016 #29

But not eight hours? Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #35

Your problem: Showing any number of Hillary supporters... dchill Apr 2016 #49

We are too busy working apcalc Apr 2016 #56

We're up by 6, dressed, breakfast, drive kids to school, us to work LuvLoogie Apr 2016 #76

And you don't think any of that goes on on Bernie supporters homes! Kittycat Apr 2016 #85

MY kids are young. I have a twenty-something half-brother and a twenty something son of a cousin, LuvLoogie Apr 2016 #91

+1 uponit7771 Apr 2016 #126

When you can't vote in a primary because you didn't sign up in time, that's all you can do. pnwmom Apr 2016 #143

There are a lot of sell out whores in both parties Joe the Revelator Apr 2016 #8

Perhaps, but you should have the sense to phrase it differently. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #20

The word has its roots as a disgusting kind of attack against women. It can't be used pnwmom Apr 2016 #30

It wasn't used against a woman. You are drawing that connection. Unless 'democrat' is a woman Joe the Revelator Apr 2016 #33

Yes, it was. In the sentence immediately preceding its use, Hillary Clinton was named. n/t pnwmom Apr 2016 #37

and then in the next sentence congress was named as being complacent, because we have 'democratic Joe the Revelator Apr 2016 #40

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The word should not be used in any sense Nonhlanhla Apr 2016 #103

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But it's a slur rooted in misogyny Nonhlanhla Apr 2016 #107

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And yet it's traditionally used against women Nonhlanhla Apr 2016 #110

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OMG!!!!! Nonhlanhla Apr 2016 #112

I agree. The word is offensive to women athena Apr 2016 #139

now we know what tomorrows meme will be on msnbc Viva_La_Revolution Apr 2016 #9

Brock is lying about someone else's words? The misogynist who called Anita Hill "slutty"? beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #10

Let us respect gender-and-sex-equality. Chan790 Apr 2016 #48

It's only fair, David Brock is one of the worst corporate whores, he'll do anything for money. beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #51

Even in a mosh pit like DU, that sort of reference would get you banned. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #13

well. here is a thread with a huge collection of links of all the times the term was used m-lekktor Apr 2016 #67

Well, there you go. I have had posts hidden and been barred from a certain group... Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #70

all the posts linked to in that thread were probably from before the days of juries! m-lekktor Apr 2016 #80

I'm way over 40 and 840high Apr 2016 #14

He said ' elect democratic whores" fun n serious Apr 2016 #95

I'm a woman well over 40, and I've always known what a corporate whore is. MgtPA Apr 2016 #15

It does in the regard... scscholar Apr 2016 #68

You forgot the word corporate Goblinmonger Apr 2016 #16

That doesn't mitigate the damage in the slightest. n/t pnwmom Apr 2016 #22

COMPLETELY changes the meaning Goblinmonger Apr 2016 #60

Words like sell-out or shill can substitute perfectly well without the toxic gendered load. I know pnwmom Apr 2016 #123

You can raise concern but when you are told by women that you are VulgarPoet Apr 2016 #122

Bullshit. It changes everything. Lizzie Poppet Apr 2016 #147

They've Been Dropping noretreatnosurrender Apr 2016 #45

He's dying. The floor has dropped out, and he's down in the basement. MADem Apr 2016 #17

You do know Brock's history of sexism, right? Goblinmonger Apr 2016 #64

You'd better do some googling. This has everything to do with Lisa Ling's husband, Bernie's MADem Apr 2016 #89

lol @ "the W word" frylock Apr 2016 #75

The guy who said the world isn't LOLing. How ironic that he's a minority shareholder of a MADem Apr 2016 #88

Do you feel better now? Broward Apr 2016 #18

Oh that apology would be priceless..."I'm sorry we inferred Hillary is a corporate whore" jmg257 Apr 2016 #26

Let me finish that apology for you. Chan790 Apr 2016 #38

Amazing how many people made that leap right off the bat! nt jmg257 Apr 2016 #41

LOL!nt m-lekktor Apr 2016 #59

lmao questionseverything Apr 2016 #72

Just to be clear.....we're still cool with the term 'colored people'? Joe the Revelator Apr 2016 #27

Blasio has apologized for the skit. Bernie hasn't. He thanked the speaker. n/t pnwmom Apr 2016 #32

Shouldn't Hillary as well, since she delivered the punchline? Also, can you please link me to your.. Joe the Revelator Apr 2016 #36

What I will link you to is the African American group, pnwmom Apr 2016 #50

What was YOUR reaction? Joe the Revelator Apr 2016 #55

I didn't know what to think -- but I don't believe the Mayor whose wife and son are black pnwmom Apr 2016 #78

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If he had done it with Blasio I doubt it --- not among friends. nt pnwmom Apr 2016 #119

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Well, I talked to the whores in my family, and my corporate friends, and nobody cares about this Joe the Revelator Apr 2016 #116

So you ain't got shit as far as a link Goblinmonger Apr 2016 #65

LOL noretreatnosurrender Apr 2016 #31

I think the Zenger defense applies. Chan790 Apr 2016 #34

So could you define corporate whores, a commonly used term to describe male and female politicians imagine2015 Apr 2016 #39

It isn't commonly used by adult feminists to describe other women. I don't know any feminist pnwmom Apr 2016 #87

I don't think it was intentional Dem2 Apr 2016 #43

should we refer to them as corporate prostitutes? questionseverything Apr 2016 #73

? Dem2 Apr 2016 #77

This again Politicalboi Apr 2016 #46

If the updates are accurate this gaffe is going code red. nt ucrdem Apr 2016 #47

It's a shitstorm out there!!! nt MADem Apr 2016 #90

It was a terrible statement, who is in charge of selecting the people who introduce Sanders. Maybe Thinkingabout Apr 2016 #52

As I have earlier posted apcalc Apr 2016 #53

Something something CP time isn't really racist something or other Android3.14 Apr 2016 #54

Have you met a wall? AgerolanAmerican Apr 2016 #57

I'm a woman who is more than 2 times 40---and I've known corporate whores to come in all sizes ---> Petrushka Apr 2016 #58

Well, I never! opiate69 Apr 2016 #61

If I was Hillary's camp, I'd avoid speaking of corporate whore glowing Apr 2016 #62

bernie is unqualified nt msongs Apr 2016 #66

I am over 40 and know that word is used to describe sell outs of BOTH genders. Skwmom Apr 2016 #79

Interestingly enough, you're linking to the biggest media whore out there--David Brock. DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2016 #82

She's made million in speaking fees from corporations ThePhilosopher04 Apr 2016 #83

It's a misogynistic term and I'll call it out whenever people slur a woman with it. n/t pnwmom Apr 2016 #86

No it isn't. Corporate whores know no gender. The shoe fits in this instance. ThePhilosopher04 Apr 2016 #92

The word "whore," used in any context against a woman, always carries the woman-hating toxins. pnwmom Apr 2016 #93

Does that mean that bvf Apr 2016 #98

It means that the word shouldn't ever be applied to a woman. Period. It carries a toxic load pnwmom Apr 2016 #99

So are you saying that there's no such thing bvf Apr 2016 #100

how about be less worried about language and more worried about the real world? nashville_brook Apr 2016 #129

In the real world language is one of the vehicles used to attack women. So sorry, no nt pnwmom Apr 2016 #134

True feminists are against preferential treatment. Sounds like that's what you're looking for ThePhilosopher04 Apr 2016 #136

Not at all. I'm asking that a non-gendered word choice be used. Bernie has now condemned the phrase, pnwmom Apr 2016 #137

Toxins? Sounds like you're talking about vaccines again. beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #105

"...the woman-hating toxins." bvf Apr 2016 #113

Like the patented germ enlarger: beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #115

LOL! bvf Apr 2016 #117

It's time for Democratic Senators to shut this campaign down taught_me_patience Apr 2016 #84

That's rich Goblinmonger Apr 2016 #130

"When women over 40 were growing up..." You mean, like the 1980s? Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #94

Lmao. No shit, right? opiate69 Apr 2016 #141

The many parallels between the Sanders and Trump campaigns should be alarming to any genuine Dem. Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #96

misogynist and dismissive body language AlbertCat Apr 2016 #144

Love your Twinkie cat, Albert. And, no, not joshing you at all. Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #146

OMG!!!!!!1!!! Somebody called corporate whores corporate whores!!!!!111!!!!! mhatrw Apr 2016 #97

The word is a slur Nonhlanhla Apr 2016 #106

What would you call Hillary supporters slandering Bernie non stop? B Calm Apr 2016 #114

Sexism....yet again. Shocking. nt LexVegas Apr 2016 #118

Paul Song has apologized. Habibi Apr 2016 #121

Yes, he has done that now. But many here think he had nothing to apologize for. nt pnwmom Apr 2016 #127

By some strang coincidence, does this particular shoe fit? nc4bo Apr 2016 #124

Yes, Hillary was mentioned in the same vein of though as corporate whore... uponit7771 Apr 2016 #125

I agree Demsrule86 Apr 2016 #132

Absolute bollocks. truebrit71 Apr 2016 #131

Bernie disagrees. He now has disavowed his surrogate's comments, saying the word pnwmom Apr 2016 #142

doesn't belong in our political discourse. AlbertCat Apr 2016 #145

I disagree. The word is inappropriate because the word "whore" never loses the gendered pnwmom Apr 2016 #148

This will hurt Bernie next Tuesday, and may be used against Hillary in the GE. MoonRiver Apr 2016 #133

Meh. New Yorkers are a resilient bunch. They won't retreat to their fainting couches lumberjack_jeff Apr 2016 #135

Bernie has now condemned the use of the word. pnwmom Apr 2016 #140

exactly ibegurpard Apr 2016 #150

There are no facts, only interpretations. Friedrich Nietzsche Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2016 #138

Nice try, but FAIL Doctor_J Apr 2016 #149