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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie's current proposed strategy could win him the nomination. [View all]R B Garr
(16,950 posts)73. LOL, the words were not different from what actually
happened. She was shouted down for translating English to Spanish. That means English only.
Her Twitter translation was truncated for the Twitter limit. So she translated English only. Because that's what the translation means of being shouted down for speaking Spanish. Translating foreign languages is not lying.
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His supporters being too low-information to know the rules ruined his chances. And that's on them.
IamMab
Apr 2016
#28
We're coming up on May and Sanders still can't articulate the "specifics of his proposals."
IamMab
Apr 2016
#30
She has to court progressives because she is not one. She pretends to be after Bernie came on
bkkyosemite
Apr 2016
#3
You have to have leverage to do that. Bernie's campaign frittered his away. t
msanthrope
Apr 2016
#15
He went off the rails when his surrogates starting attacking civil rights icons. nt
LexVegas
Apr 2016
#9
Did she, or did she not claim that Bernie supporters were chanting "English only"?
frylock
Apr 2016
#32
This is a silly and transparent trick where you pretend all meaning is lost if the words
R B Garr
Apr 2016
#33
Then where was the retraction? Where was the correction? Where was the clarification?
frylock
Apr 2016
#34
The meaning was clear. No retraction was needed. What she needed was an apology
R B Garr
Apr 2016
#35
The video showed what she translated. She was being harassed into not translating because
R B Garr
Apr 2016
#40
I have read the link before, but it just explains the video. Look how you cling to words to twist
R B Garr
Apr 2016
#58
Okay, then. I'll play your game. Where was the FUCKING SHOUTING of ENGLISH ONLY?
frylock
Apr 2016
#61
At what mark in the video did someone scream, shout, cry, yell, cry out, shout out..
frylock
Apr 2016
#62
Explain how you don't understand she was shouted down for starting to translate
R B Garr
Apr 2016
#69
Explain how you don't understand she was shouted down for starting to translate
R B Garr
Apr 2016
#66
Disagree. Further information concerning implementing his proposals would not have
Iliyah
Apr 2016
#10
They welcomed to many hater republican/libertarians/greens into the fold with open arms
workinclasszero
Apr 2016
#38