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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie, you're not in VT anymore. Dealing with hecklers and disrupters is a political fact of life. [View all]artislife
(9,497 posts)94. Yup nt
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Bernie, you're not in VT anymore. Dealing with hecklers and disrupters is a political fact of life. [View all]
pnwmom
Aug 2015
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Even during the SOTU address back a few years a Congressional Member Joe Wilson
Thinkingabout
Aug 2015
#1
apparently not as publically as Obama and not at that type of historical setting.
Sheepshank
Aug 2015
#92
In order if importance the SOTU is the larger event, the President is addressing the nation in a
Thinkingabout
Aug 2015
#23
Garble all you want, it is Bernies's campaign, if he doesn't handle these issues then he will go a
Thinkingabout
Aug 2015
#31
It is Bernie's campaign, he chose to walk away, his decision, a president can not
Thinkingabout
Aug 2015
#58
Obama is not running for any office, Bernie is. When is he going to meet with
Thinkingabout
Aug 2015
#73
I have to stand corrected on a point. Bernie apparently didn't just walk away.
mwooldri
Aug 2015
#89
There will be more opportunities presented to Bernie, he grew up in Brooklyn and most know to not
Thinkingabout
Aug 2015
#87
I said he should keep them off his stage. I don't know how you could twist what I said so much,
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#4
Bernie has his choice of venues. He shouldn't go to events that can't be managed better than
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#75
They protested Hillary the last time she went to Netroots and she hasn't been there since.
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#8
BLM didn't even exist in 2007, the last time Hillary attended Netroots Nation
m-lekktor
Aug 2015
#43
Disruptors, yes, but those weren't hecklers. And being called "white supremacist liberals"...
WorseBeforeBetter
Aug 2015
#9
In Seattle, if it hadn't been BLM, it would have been anarchist protestors. They don't have the Bern
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#11
Anarchists here can and do protest politicians. And they've even protested against Bernie in Vermont
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#19
She hasn't been having small fund raising events, mostly. They haven't been invited.
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#45
Anarchists aren't some version of lefty. They oppose the "nanny state" or "socialism"
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#22
We don't know who was in the audience booing. But if they weren't there now, they are likely to be
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#35
Being called "white supremacist liberals" by tantrum-throwing #BLMers elicited the boos...
WorseBeforeBetter
Aug 2015
#38
Well, it *was* #BLM and I'm now learning the head chick is a Palin supporter?
WorseBeforeBetter
Aug 2015
#14
He used to be a protestor and got arrested. He's been serving in Washington DC quite awhile.
mmonk
Aug 2015
#18
Thank you I was just about to post this revelation, what a fraud-sham. I look forward to
appalachiablue
Aug 2015
#47
All the more reason for my saying that Bernie should get better control of his future events
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#60
pnwmom-good article here: Interrupting Bernie: Exposing the White Supremacy of the American Left
riversedge
Aug 2015
#56
yesterday was not a bernie event, he was invited to speak at an event organized by other groups who
msongs
Aug 2015
#59
And maybe he should minimize his attendance at events that don't provide or allow for security.
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#62
Maybe some greens should storm the stage at Her Highness's event and shut it down
Doctor_J
Aug 2015
#80
His woefully inadequate security at public events shows really poor planning. nt
SunSeeker
Aug 2015
#96