2016 Postmortem

CentralCoaster

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54. What planet are you on that he's not been vetted?

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 12:23 PM

Apr 2016

Are you going to tell me that the Clinton Machine didn't vet him?

Look, if there was anything to tell, Brock would have told them by now.

Vetted. Sanders. Nothing there.

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Polls Say Bernie Is More Electable Than Hillary. Don�t Believe Them. [View all] Dem2 Apr 2016 OP

Is this some kind of Clinton fan-fiction? Betty Karlson Apr 2016 #1

Have you seen all of the right wing attacks on Bernie? Arkansas Granny Apr 2016 #5

"socialism" is no longer a scary word. The 20th century is over. eom Betty Karlson Apr 2016 #8

Bernie is a loud and proud Socialist. What else ya got? lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #14

Maybe not to you, but there are millions of rw voters that can be convinced it's communism. Arkansas Granny Apr 2016 #19

Yeah and even most of them have wised up. Also, they may be the most reliable voting bloc, but they merrily Apr 2016 #41

Bingo! tonyt53 Apr 2016 #52

I'm sorry, but this seems to be a false bingo. Based on outdated worldviews. eom Betty Karlson Apr 2016 #56

If we are going to govern the country by the concerns of ONLY voters over 65, we might as well give Betty Karlson Apr 2016 #55

None of those things will stick to Bernie, because he won't cower and back away from them virtualobserver Apr 2016 #12

Bernie Supporters Actually Think Clinton has Been MEAN to Sanders Stallion Apr 2016 #15

Yea I guess Gwhittey Apr 2016 #16

Exactly... Bobbie Jo Apr 2016 #17

Let's see if this passes the logic test. The Right isn't attacking Sanders so they will rhett o rick Apr 2016 #23

They aren't attacking him now because they want to see if he gets the nomination. Arkansas Granny Apr 2016 #26

Clinton would be attacking him TRUTHFULLY if she had the goods. She attacked Obama over merrily Apr 2016 #48

The Clinton Campaign have not been attacking Sanders -See post 58 Gothmog Apr 2016 #72

Sanders is a very weak general election candidate who would be destroyed by Rove and Kochs Gothmog Apr 2016 #70

It's not 1955 anymore. Besides, they've already called Obama and other Dems a socialist so often merrily Apr 2016 #32

Are Sanders general election polls fools gold? Gothmog Apr 2016 #44

"some kind of Clinton fan fiction" Perfect! merrily Apr 2016 #40

The Slate article is correct-match up polls are worthless Gothmog Apr 2016 #43

40 years in service, he's been vetted. Clinton, on the other hand, has more closets to open. CentralCoaster Apr 2016 #2

Yep. The Rethugs have nothing to say about his congressional COLGATE4 Apr 2016 #22

LOL. That is much closer to Hillary's 8 year Senate record than to Sanders 25 years in merrily Apr 2016 #35

Yep. He's known as King of Amendments. Which may be COLGATE4 Apr 2016 #42

You know better than that. His colleagues in the Senate and Dean had nothing but merrily Apr 2016 #47

Biden and Obama show far more admiration for Sanders than for Hillary. CentralCoaster Apr 2016 #53

I've never seen his colleagues in the Senate 'praise him'. They COLGATE4 Apr 2016 #65

They have praised him, and for publication. Sorry you missed it. merrily Apr 2016 #67

Not even if she'd been idle. She has never been attacked by the right as a Presidential candidate. merrily Apr 2016 #34

Sanders has not been vetted and so match up polls are really worthless Gothmog Apr 2016 #45

What planet are you on that he's not been vetted? CentralCoaster Apr 2016 #54

The Clinton campaign has been treating Sanders with kid gloves Gothmog Apr 2016 #58

Most of what the Vox article describes has either been tried, or it's not going to work. CentralCoaster Apr 2016 #61

The attack adds on Socialism write themselves Gothmog Apr 2016 #63

And each one becomes an opportunity to educate, we live in a socialist world with schools, police... CentralCoaster Apr 2016 #64

Corporate Media Rass Apr 2016 #3

B.S., Bernie is on MSM practically as much as Trump. Have you been watching? MoonRiver Apr 2016 #60

The R's have ignored him mostly apcalc Apr 2016 #4

Spoken by another of the many new Hillary posters here with under 500 posts. rhett o rick Apr 2016 #24

Those poll results mean nothing unless he's the nominee. apcalc Apr 2016 #29

Of course you've been here since 2008. Just waited all these years until rhett o rick Apr 2016 #31

Been busy! apcalc Apr 2016 #62

Here is more on the lack of vetting of Sanders by the media Gothmog Apr 2016 #46

385 posts since February 2008. merrily Apr 2016 #51

Interestingly, I think the same effect applies to Kasich who appears to be beating both. forjusticethunders Apr 2016 #6

Yep, just one little spotlight piece Rachel did showing Kasich's misogyny was eye opening Dem2 Apr 2016 #9

With that said I personally think Bernie or Hillary crushes the GOP field regardless of comers. forjusticethunders Apr 2016 #21

The polls don't mean much this early. Bernie's socialism would hurt him greatly if he ever YouDig Apr 2016 #7

So are you another of the many low post Clinton supporters showing up now? nm rhett o rick Apr 2016 #25

Yes, I am a low post Clinton supporter. What of it? YouDig Apr 2016 #27

Just odd how many have just signed up recently on DU to help the Clinton camp. rhett o rick Apr 2016 #30

YouDig, charges of conspiracy abound on this forum. kstewart33 Apr 2016 #50

Bernie is winning open primaries due in large to Skink Apr 2016 #10

Bernie pulls well with independents. Hillary does not. AllyCat Apr 2016 #28

Of course, we cannot pick and choose which poll we discard? kentuck Apr 2016 #11

As much as I agree the Republican smear machine would do a number on him, Amimnoch Apr 2016 #13

Silly propaganda, but I have always viewed such polls suspiciously. Orsino Apr 2016 #18

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain! Resistance is futile! You will be assimilated! lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #20

the far-right (Hillary) Dem2 Apr 2016 #38

That's how I felt about Hillary (and Obama) long before this campaign. lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #49

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills samson212 Apr 2016 #33

This article was published today, maybe you should have read it Dem2 Apr 2016 #36

Confirmation bias: Only believe the polls that support what you already believe. n/t Binkie The Clown Apr 2016 #37

You didn't read the article Dem2 Apr 2016 #39

Read the article Gothmog Apr 2016 #68

Confirmation bias has to do with POSTING THE ARTICLE HERE. Binkie The Clown Apr 2016 #73

I believe them NorthCarolina Apr 2016 #57

Truth. K & R nt Persondem Apr 2016 #59

It doesn't matter qdouble Apr 2016 #66

From Nate Silver's 538 website-Do not trust match up polls Gothmog Apr 2016 #69

I do believe them rather than someone the internet telling me not to believe them. Cobalt Violet Apr 2016 #71