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In reply to the discussion: FOX HAS BEEN "MORE FAIR": WHY BERNIE'S TEAM HAS HAD IT WITH MSNBC [View all]Gothmog
(180,658 posts)38. trump would bury and destroy a weak candidate like sanders
I am very worried about down ballot races. sanders is a very weak candidate and would be easy for trump to destroy. In addition to the well written 101 page memorandum with oppo on sanders with a 1000 pages of backup from the Clinton campaign trump has his own oppo file on sanders that would destroy such a weak and divisive candidate like sanders.
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trump had a two foot thick book of oppo research on Sanders http://www.newsweek.com/myths-cost-democrats-presidential-election-521044
They ignored the fact that Sanders had not yet faced a real campaign against him. Clinton was in the delicate position of dealing with a large portion of voters who treated Sanders more like the Messiah than just another candidate. She was playing the long gameattacking Sanders strongly enough to win, but gently enough to avoid alienating his supporters. Given her overwhelming support from communities of colorfor example, about 70 percent of African-American voters cast their ballot for herClinton had a firewall that would be difficult for Sanders to breach....
So what would have happened when Sanders hit a real opponent, someone who did not care about alienating the young college voters in his base? I have seen the opposition book assembled by Republicans for Sanders, and it was brutal. The Republicans would have torn him apart. And while Sanders supporters might delude themselves into believing that they could have defended him against all of this, there is a name for politicians who play defense all the time: losers....
The Republicans had at least four other damning Sanders videos (I dont know what they showed), and the opposition research folder was almost 2-feet thick. (The section calling him a communist with connections to Castro alone would have cost him Florida.) In other words, the belief that Sanders would have walked into the White House based on polls taken before anyone really attacked him is a delusion built on a scaffolding of political ignorance.
So what would have happened when Sanders hit a real opponent, someone who did not care about alienating the young college voters in his base? I have seen the opposition book assembled by Republicans for Sanders, and it was brutal. The Republicans would have torn him apart. And while Sanders supporters might delude themselves into believing that they could have defended him against all of this, there is a name for politicians who play defense all the time: losers....
The Republicans had at least four other damning Sanders videos (I dont know what they showed), and the opposition research folder was almost 2-feet thick. (The section calling him a communist with connections to Castro alone would have cost him Florida.) In other words, the belief that Sanders would have walked into the White House based on polls taken before anyone really attacked him is a delusion built on a scaffolding of political ignorance.
sanders was such a weak primary candidate that the Clinton campaign did not use its oppo but trump would have fun destroying such a weak candidate like sanders
I will vote for the nominee of the party but I fear that the nomination of sanders will lead to a Speaker Kevin McCarthy
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Fox News isn't an arm of media giant FOX CORPORATION, founded by Roger Ailes and Ruppert Murdoch?
George II
Feb 2020
#21
And neither want to see their taxes go up under a Bernie Sanders Administration.
jalan48
Feb 2020
#49
That jackass Michael Moore is on almost daily pimping for Bernie so just SAVE THE BULLSHIT. nt
UniteFightBack
Feb 2020
#58
There's another politician that used to continually whine about things being "unfair"
Happyhippychick
Feb 2020
#3
Nice try, and nice deflection. This is 2020, a LOT of things have changed since 2008.
George II
Feb 2020
#22
Always the victim, with Fox News and Glenn Greewald cheering the whole thing on. N/T
lapucelle
Feb 2020
#4
Yeah, they've had it with MSNBC until the next time Chris Hayes invites some of them like....
George II
Feb 2020
#10
That does it! From now on I will only watch FOX News for fair and balanced coverage of the Primaries
Midnight Writer
Feb 2020
#29
Fox and trump really want a very weak and unelectable candidate like sanders to be the nominee
Gothmog
Feb 2020
#30
At the national convention, vetted sanders delegates booed John Lewis, Elijah Cummings and others
Gothmog
Feb 2020
#35
I saw another thread yesterday that was suppose to be an attack on Biden but really,
krissey
Feb 2020
#46
Seriously? Had the Russian per Sanders himself help in 2016. Now, Fox is going to help pander Sander
krissey
Feb 2020
#41
Well no kidding the GOP Trump and his MAGAT's are fapping at running against a socialist
aeromanKC
Feb 2020
#52
If RW propaganda Fox is being "more fair" to Bernie, there's something in it for Trump. nt
WePurrsevere
Feb 2020
#55
FOX being nice to Bernie is all we need to know. That's not by accident or that they are "fair&balan
Vivienne235729
Feb 2020
#57
Flat out fucking lie and I don't like easily disprovable lies. SMEARS & LIES ARE THEIR FUEL. NT
UniteFightBack
Feb 2020
#59