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getagrip_already

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11. I smelled a rat as soon as I saw it.....

Tue Feb 4, 2020, 03:56 PM

Feb 2020

Joe just isn't running his campaign like that. From the start, he has been looking past iowa and nh. He doesn't need to win them. He doesn't even need to do well.

There just aren't enough delegates to cry over.

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

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CNN's John King admits story Biden would try to block IA results release was BS from rival campaigns [View all] highplainsdem Feb 2020 OP

Let me guess.... RandySF Feb 2020 #1

GMTA highplainsdem Feb 2020 #5

We all know which campaign you have in mind Amishman Feb 2020 #9

Disturbing for sure ismnotwasm Feb 2020 #21

Oh Nina... BlueIdaho Feb 2020 #90

Hmmm I wonder. we can do it Feb 2020 #104

This was ratfucking, pure and simple. I want to know who did it. LongtimeAZDem Feb 2020 #2

It is likely that we all already know who did it. Squinch Feb 2020 #7

I want proof. And consequences. LongtimeAZDem Feb 2020 #18

Kick! Thanks for posting this. skylucy Feb 2020 #3

Would it surprise anyone if that "report" came from David Sirota? George II Feb 2020 #4

That's exactly what I was thinking. Zolorp Feb 2020 #8

I wouldn't be surprised by Lis Smith either TBH tishaLA Feb 2020 #32

David Sirota has a history of stuff like this, including setting up a fake website.... George II Feb 2020 #36

No, I know Sirota's disgusting resume tishaLA Feb 2020 #45

But it is out there now . . . Iliyah Feb 2020 #6

I DESPISE the use of lies in a campaign groundloop Feb 2020 #14

"A lie will make it around the world before the truth has it's boots on." LongtimeAZDem Feb 2020 #26

Truth shouldn't need boots though. Ghost Dog Feb 2020 #87

Ratfucking, pure and simple. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2020 #10

I smelled a rat as soon as I saw it..... getagrip_already Feb 2020 #11

And trolls celebrated the false story. Kingofalldems Feb 2020 #12

David Sirota is retweeting the crap out of that from others. Clever, get someone to make something.. George II Feb 2020 #17

Very Trumpian mcar Feb 2020 #54

Very Putinian, let's give credit where credit is due. dem4decades Feb 2020 #62

But will sirota retweet King's admission? Cha Feb 2020 #108

Do you see what I see? greenjar_01 Feb 2020 #23

kick ploppy Feb 2020 #13

K&R Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2020 #15

Let me guess which rival campaign that would be? I suspect it is the one who seems still_one Feb 2020 #16

I hope this is seen by all those who Cha Feb 2020 #19

Really not a good look for those revmclaren Feb 2020 #30

Precisely, rev! Cha Feb 2020 #33

Link to the locked thread to facilitate 'not a good look' searches for those who need a laugh. Scurrilous Feb 2020 #35

Hmm, self deleted without even acknowledging that it was a fake story in the first place. George II Feb 2020 #37

Ikr.. I was pissed. Cha Feb 2020 #43

Raw meat tossers become inured to consequences of their toiling. Scurrilous Feb 2020 #58

Great idea.. Thank You! Cha Feb 2020 #41

Hah hah. NOT A GOOD LOOK for whomever started it, John King, and those who fell for it. emmaverybo Feb 2020 #65

Gotta love the newb with the "And now the walk back". OilemFirchen Feb 2020 #93

what the hell does that even mean? Reading that statement was like reading while drunk.. samnsara Feb 2020 #20

If you mean King's tweet, it was a badly written, desperate attempt to blame his stupid mistake highplainsdem Feb 2020 #28

NY Times used that excuse for this: Scurrilous Feb 2020 #39

. highplainsdem Feb 2020 #48

Hahaha. Yes, it was. And others, ahem. greenjar_01 Feb 2020 #22

Yuck. That's so shady. madibella Feb 2020 #24

This is how Trump likes it! texasfiddler Feb 2020 #25

K & R. revmclaren Feb 2020 #27

LOL Scurrilous Feb 2020 #29

This has the stench of JPR all over it . stonecutter357 Feb 2020 #31

JPR couldn't do this. This BS came from someone fairly high up in a rival campaign. highplainsdem Feb 2020 #38

More like David Sirota. George II Feb 2020 #40

What is amazing and troubling is Hav Feb 2020 #34

I think BS is correct. redstatebluegirl Feb 2020 #42

Did David King tell you that? TheRealNorth Feb 2020 #73

King is useless. sdfernando Feb 2020 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author Progress_Dem Feb 2020 #46

Keep walking it back Biden campaign Progress_Dem Feb 2020 #47

Walking what back? This was a lie spread by a rival campaign. Ratfucking. highplainsdem Feb 2020 #49

Are you for real? How progressive is it to spread lies Hav Feb 2020 #52

New Ntl poll released today Harvard CAPS/Harris Biden 31 sanders 20 Thekaspervote Feb 2020 #60

.... Scurrilous Feb 2020 #75

Bernie's dirty tricks won't help his anemic, second-rate campaign LanternWaste Feb 2020 #100

Repeating debunked smears against Democrats isn't good for anyone. ehrnst Feb 2020 #109

But you would think that the media would fact check it . . . Iliyah Feb 2020 #50

Oh for the love of God!! you know, sometimes you cannot make this stuff up!. Peacetrain Feb 2020 #51

The media needs to stop this nonsense mcar Feb 2020 #53

This wasn't just spin. This was ratfucking, and I hope we find out which campaign did it. highplainsdem Feb 2020 #55

You are right mcar Feb 2020 #56

I don't think we have to guess Thekaspervote Feb 2020 #61

That's right - it was a BS story..knowing which campaign doesn't matter...the infighting asiliveandbreathe Feb 2020 #57

Remember, this is a primary Progress_Dem Feb 2020 #59

You don't seem to be bothered that it was an flat-out lie; would you be OK if Sanders was the target? LongtimeAZDem Feb 2020 #67

Exactly..n/t asiliveandbreathe Feb 2020 #69

Because I don't think it was a "flat out lie" Progress_Dem Feb 2020 #76

It has been retracted by the reporter as having come from a rival campaign. Your response implies LongtimeAZDem Feb 2020 #77

Vote Blue No matter who..but, does that mean the primary has to be nasty.. asiliveandbreathe Feb 2020 #68

Most primaries Progress_Dem Feb 2020 #79

So, you're cool with more lies in the future, because it is "the nature of the primary"? LongtimeAZDem Feb 2020 #81

I'm just not naive Progress_Dem Feb 2020 #83

Unless you can produce evidence that an actual Biden campaign official stated their intent to LongtimeAZDem Feb 2020 #91

LD25AZ here..couldn't agree more..which candidate released internal data asiliveandbreathe Feb 2020 #84

Dear lordie. All supporters of other candidates have vowed again and again here to "vote emmaverybo Feb 2020 #72

Complaining at this point is stupid tirebiter Feb 2020 #63

I think burning the source helps for tapping this crap down myself exboyfil Feb 2020 #66

Reporters pick up the damn phone and call Biden or his designated exboyfil Feb 2020 #64

Hmmm.. bluesxtreme Feb 2020 #70

I have repeatedly said I will not accuse without proof. Whomever is behind it needs to be exposed. LongtimeAZDem Feb 2020 #71

Here, here. This. emmaverybo Feb 2020 #74

+1,000,000 highplainsdem Feb 2020 #78

And there is no disinformation and attacks Progress_Dem Feb 2020 #85

Like deliberately lying about a candidate's positions by using doctored video? LongtimeAZDem Feb 2020 #88

Who specifically is arguing that point? LanternWaste Feb 2020 #101

BS' campaign history.. Cha Feb 2020 #80

Speaking of dirty, I have to go wash my socks. Scurrilous Feb 2020 #82

LOL.. la la la la la Cha Feb 2020 #96

I stole that from someone. Scurrilous Feb 2020 #97

I've never seen it Cha Feb 2020 #98

Saying, "hmm two guesses who did X", is NOT the same as falsely saying "Person A did X". MH1 Feb 2020 #94

Gee thanks Mr. King for spreading falsity Tweedy Feb 2020 #86

This gives us an indication of who put out the false claim about Biden's campaign "suing": George II Feb 2020 #89

shocking. Cha Feb 2020 #92

And that was posted two hours after the story was retracted, which means that whether they were LongtimeAZDem Feb 2020 #103

+1 Cha Feb 2020 #110

and Hayes giving them a forum, also in character. robbedvoter Feb 2020 #106

thanks for telling us that. Cha Feb 2020 #107

I'm disgusted by the way "news" networks handled the caucuses, before and after. ecstatic Feb 2020 #95

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2020 #99

Those Initials Say It All Me. Feb 2020 #102

Well, it doesn't make sense for Democrats. W did that in 2000 with Florida robbedvoter Feb 2020 #105