2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: One thing is for sure, Trump is afraid of Bernie, not so much of Hillary. [View all]Uncle Joe
(64,298 posts)One thing we do agree on, Schultz is an asshole but she's not totally stupid if she were operating from a reason or faith mode, there is no doubt that unfairly crippling Bernie's campaign would infuriate his followers so how could this not hurt the Democratic Party in general and Hillary should she prevail in the primaries? Supporting Hillary is one thing but totally pissing off Bernie's supporters as a draconian retaliation could only occur from a fear mode. Bernie garnered two major endorsements just days prior to this incident.
Record breaking crowds and numbers of contributions aren't propaganda, that's fact.
If you agree with my assertions as to the corporate media's primary motivation then logic dictates they would be afraid of a Bernie Presidency for he most threatens their ample pocketbooks.
If the corporate media didn't fear Bernie then why would they ignore his message and black out coverage of him, they're just trying to create a self-fulfilling prophecy.
And it's not just Jeb Bush, Rubio, Cruz and Carson have gotten more coverage than Bernie.
Raw pragmatism dictates that a well informed society is most able to make wise decisions both in politics and policy, that's pragmatic.
You provided an argument to support my claim, the people in your workplace couldn't identify Bernie because the corporate media have tried their best to black out coverage of him and his message out.
Bernie Sanders Wins Endorsement of Communications Union
By MELANIE TROTTMAN
Updated Dec. 17, 2015 2:23 p.m. ET
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WASHINGTONThe Communications Workers of America endorsed Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders for president Thursday, giving a shot in the arm to his campaign against Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.
Mrs. Clinton has secured the bulk of organized labors support.
Mr. Sanders on Thursday also won the backing of Democracy for America, a progressive group that led an unsuccessful effort to draft Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren into the presidential race. In addition, the Sanders campaign said it crossed a key fundraising threshold.
The CWAs endorsement is the third and biggest Mr. Sanders has received from a national labor union, providing him thousands more grass-roots activists who can turn out voters at election time. With 700,000 members in telecommunications, media, and airlines, the CWAs size far outstrips that of the nursing and postal unions that endorsed Mr. Sanders in recent months.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/bernie-sanders-wins-endorsement-of-communications-union-1450370382
All this just days before the asshole Schultz tried to kill Bernie's campaign.