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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: BFD!!! [View all]think
(11,641 posts)5. The DNC and Hillary supporters didn't want Bernie Sanders. Millions of Democrats did. Congratz
on alienating millions of Democrats by embracing the DNC's choice to favor one candidate over the party.
And that thread was posted after many many let's blame Bernie threads here that ignored the fact that leaders of the Democratic party were caught red handed.
The Democratic party leaders can't blatantly favor their favorite candidate and just say it wasn't a big fucking deal. For the millions that were treated unfairly it was.
This isn't made up. There is plenty of PROOF. Here is a DNC leader telling other members to covertly pass around a FALSE story that Sanders supporters were violent and throwing chairs:
DNC Communications Director Ordered Anti-Sanders Article Be Shared 'Without Attribution'
Hannah Gold - 07/23/16 05:30PM
Filed to: DNC HACK
On Friday, Wikileaks published an email exchange between Western Regional Communicators Director for the Democratic Party Walter Garcia and DNC Communications Director Luis Miranda, in which Miranda requests an article critical of Bernie Sanders be covertly shared, without attribution to the DNC.
https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/756968126001115136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The article, by Nevada political reporter Jon Ralston, pushed a narrative that Bernie Sanders supporters were becoming violent and out of control and that Sanders was partly responsible.
The article was published on May 17, one day after the New York Times reported that Sanders supporters threw chairs at the Nevada Democratic Partys convention and threatened the conventions chairwoman, Roberta Lange.
http://gawker.com/dnc-communications-director-ordered-anti-sanders-articl-1784191906
Hannah Gold - 07/23/16 05:30PM
Filed to: DNC HACK
On Friday, Wikileaks published an email exchange between Western Regional Communicators Director for the Democratic Party Walter Garcia and DNC Communications Director Luis Miranda, in which Miranda requests an article critical of Bernie Sanders be covertly shared, without attribution to the DNC.
https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/756968126001115136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The article, by Nevada political reporter Jon Ralston, pushed a narrative that Bernie Sanders supporters were becoming violent and out of control and that Sanders was partly responsible.
The article was published on May 17, one day after the New York Times reported that Sanders supporters threw chairs at the Nevada Democratic Partys convention and threatened the conventions chairwoman, Roberta Lange.
http://gawker.com/dnc-communications-director-ordered-anti-sanders-articl-1784191906
And the story wasn't even true
http://www.snopes.com/did-sanders-supporters-throw-chairs-at-nevada-democratic-convention/
If the DNC did anything remotely similar to Hillary and her supporters like the DNC did to Bernie & his supporters we would NEVER hear the end of it.
The DNC violated the trust of millions of Democrats and that damage is going to take a long time to undo....
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I saw an article on yahoo talking about how the DNC is working hard to prepare to lose again in 2020
rwsanders
Dec 2016
#14
It was a link to somewhere else, but basically the idea was the DNC is not prepared to adjust
rwsanders
Dec 2016
#113
Why does this OP exist? It seems that's the only way people can generate high View/Post counts
TheBlackAdder
Dec 2016
#57
It wasn't just Hillary's fault...Bernie and many others had their hand in the dirty deed.
Auntie Bush
Dec 2016
#101
The DNC and Hillary supporters didn't want Bernie Sanders. Millions of Democrats did. Congratz
think
Dec 2016
#5
I was amused when the Sanders savants celebrated Ralston's firing from his newspaper
lapucelle
Dec 2016
#10
Even O'Malley stated the DNC debate process was rigged. The DNC chose one candidate
think
Dec 2016
#11
That is why I am still so angry with Bernie...is it not enough he cost us 2016...does
Demsrule86
Dec 2016
#73
And, he actively campaigned against Demcoratic candidates - Vermont governor, the most notorious
question everything
Dec 2016
#23
I too surprised "they" even let him in race, but it raised my opinion of Democratic establishment
lostnfound
Dec 2016
#43
Absolutely. Party insiders and elites pick first and do what they can to make that happen.
aikoaiko
Dec 2016
#49
Really? How do you explain that Bernie lost among Democratic party members....
CajunBlazer
Dec 2016
#76
But the establishment did a whole lot of misrepresenting of Sanders AND mischaracterizing of
JCanete
Dec 2016
#97
If you want people to "bury the hatchet"...baiting them is the WORST way to achieve that.
Ken Burch
Dec 2016
#59
Good plan! or maybe go with Gahndi's principle of "an eye for an eye will make the world go blind."
JCanete
Dec 2016
#98
You are right...I allow my disappointment in losing this election and I will admit it anger
Demsrule86
Dec 2016
#65
To be fair, he appealed to angry white dudes and look where many of them went. nt
LexVegas
Dec 2016
#81