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NurseJackie

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32. It's a symptom. It's a sign of a campaign that's in trouble. BS has reached his high-water mark...

Thu Oct 24, 2019, 06:31 PM

Oct 2019

It's a symptom. It's a sign of a campaign that's in trouble. BS has reached his high-water mark. He's reached his ceiling. His followers are loyal, but there aren't enough of them to secure the nomination.

The BS campaign's new tactic of "free stuff for everyone" and "let's legalize pot" will likely soon be followed with "free pot for everyone". Of course I kid... but you get the idea.

It's just more rainbows and unicorns and pie-in-the-sky unfunded promises. Everyone has seen it before. It didn't work last time and it won't work this time.

All I'm saying is that this time around, BS is better known than he was before... he's not battling the typical problems a candidate must face when they are relatively unknown. In other words, he has an advantage. An ADVANTAGE... yet still the BS campaign can't leverage that built-in advantage to be anything meaningful.

Instead he's having to resort to gimmicks and stunts and empty promises that cannot be fulfilled.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Sanders Campaign Calls on Biden--and All 2020 Democrats--to Reject Any Help From Shadowy Super PACs [View all] Uncle Joe Oct 2019 OP

Lol ! OnDoutside Oct 2019 #1

... Uncle Joe Oct 2019 #3

Why doesn't he just run his own campaign and stop calling on other campaigns to do things? George II Oct 2019 #2

No rebuttal to the actual substance of the argument Uncle Joe Oct 2019 #4

I'm Shocked, Too! (n/t) corbettkroehler Oct 2019 #6

Nope. Why should I "rebut" it? Plus it's not an "argument", it's bordering on a demand. George II Oct 2019 #8

+1000. (nt) ehrnst Oct 2019 #40

No comment at all on the purpose of SuperPACs or their damage to representative government? Magoo48 Jan 2020 #54

Especially considering Millions of $$ of help certain Democratic candidates recieved from ehrnst Jan 2020 #63

Post removed Post removed Oct 2019 #13

What's to rebut? George II Oct 2019 #17

... Kurt V. Oct 2019 #28

sanders is engaged in the same conduct through Our Revoluton Gothmog Jan 2020 #48

Stop with the pledges! It's a cheap way to bait people. They remind me of the nonsense that Tulsi Politicub Oct 2019 #5

I suppose we could just continue on the status quo path to perdition Uncle Joe Oct 2019 #7

Or we could stop with the hand-wringing and cheap stunts. That's all pledges are. Stunts. Politicub Oct 2019 #9

well said. Kurt V. Oct 2019 #30

Our Revolution which was founded by Bernie is a 501c4 dark money group that takes unlimited, undiscl Gothmog Jan 2020 #49

Perdition?? awesomerwb1 Jan 2020 #51

You mean like staying quiet when a GOP superpac is spending millions running ads on behalf of ehrnst Jan 2020 #65

I wonder if Justice Democrats and Brand New Congress.... George II Oct 2019 #12

They're kind of slushy and shadowy groups. NurseJackie Oct 2019 #15

Isn't that something that Senator Sanders get to decide for all concerned? ehrnst Jan 2020 #68

Wish Sanders would reject any help from shadowy help, campaign workers, sources - in BS campaign empedocles Oct 2019 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author beastie boy Oct 2019 #11

Why doesn't Mr Shakir call for the primaries winner to drop out of General Elections upon victory? beastie boy Oct 2019 #14

I'm sure if he thought everyone would agree he would call for that. George II Oct 2019 #23

Sanders is flailing like no other candidate. Sorry to see what he is doing on his way out. TidalWave46 Oct 2019 #16

Or even the pledges that he's called on OTHERS to sign. George II Oct 2019 #18

I think of Republicans when I see demands Skidmore Oct 2019 #19

I think of Frederick Douglas Uncle Joe Oct 2019 #20

Oh good lord! NurseJackie Oct 2019 #21

Of course not, they don't have the power. Uncle Joe Oct 2019 #22

"Shadowy..." I guess that's in the eye of the beholder. As well as "rejecting any help..." ehrnst Jan 2020 #59

Hah hah. No one fools you! I couldn't articulate what I found so ridiculous and yet pretentiously emmaverybo Oct 2019 #26

It's a symptom. It's a sign of a campaign that's in trouble. BS has reached his high-water mark... NurseJackie Oct 2019 #32

Well put. "It's just more rainbows and unicorns and pie-in-the-sky unfunded promises..." emmaverybo Oct 2019 #33

Do you believe the big money people/institutions here in good old America don't have power!? Uncle Joe Oct 2019 #35

Now legal experts tell @AP the group appears to be violating campaign finance law Gothmog Jan 2020 #50

So they're saying that Bernie's "Our Revolution" group is violating the law... NurseJackie Jan 2020 #56

A straw man. How surprising. ehrnst Jan 2020 #60

Yep, pretty clear to anyone reading this what the implication was. ehrnst Jan 2020 #67

I'm sure that's Skidmore Oct 2019 #24

Justice Democrats seem pretty shadowy to me. And, by the way... NurseJackie Oct 2019 #25

I don't know their legal status (PAC, Super PAC, 501c, LLC, whatever) but I wonder.... George II Oct 2019 #27

All good points. I for one am glad Biden is doing this. President Obama did the same thing, and we still_one Oct 2019 #31

NO. President Obama released very quickly that wasn't the way to go. Until we take back control, still_one Oct 2019 #29

Thanx Uncle Joe for bringin this to light! Bernie shows once again hes the 1 true Democratic leader InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2019 #34

"A prophet in his/her own land" and all that, Uncle Joe Oct 2019 #36

You got that right Uncle Joe!! You're welcome!! InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2019 #37

Really? He accepts help from Super PACs himself. George II Oct 2019 #42

..... ehrnst Jan 2020 #64

He's had a change of heart then? ehrnst Jan 2020 #66

If this was such an acceptable tactic, Democratic candidates Hortensis Oct 2019 #38

United Nurses, Our Revolution, Justice Dems OldRed2450 Oct 2019 #39

+1000. (nt) ehrnst Oct 2019 #41

Not a fan of Sanders but Bhphoto Oct 2019 #43

I s'pose a third-tier candidate is in a good position to instruct the first-placers on campaigning. LanternWaste Oct 2019 #44

I disagree with sanders Gothmog Oct 2019 #45

Justice Democrats, Our Revolution et al NYMinute Jan 2020 #46

Don't forget National Nurses United, flush with dark money, and a few other smaller Super PACs. George II Jan 2020 #57

Shadow group provides Sanders super PAC support he scorns Gothmog Jan 2020 #47

This is worthy of its own thread awesomerwb1 Jan 2020 #53

Indeed: ehrnst Jan 2020 #69

Hey Bernie tell us about justice Democrats and our revolution in regard to super pacs still_one Jan 2020 #52

What makes a superPAC "shadowy"? The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #55

I suspect now that this is coming out about Super PACs are indeed supporting Sanders' campaign.... George II Jan 2020 #58

Bernie is the only one who gets to decide what "shadowy" and what is "rejecting help" mean ehrnst Jan 2020 #62

Like being silent about $millions in ads run on one's behalf against one's primary opponent ehrnst Jan 2020 #61