2016 Postmortem

Akamai

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30. Yes, but as much as I did not like his tactics earlier, I think that if David Brock

Fri Jan 13, 2017, 01:40 PM

Jan 2017

is sincere (I know, difficult to know for sure), Progressives should be willing to work with him on a provisional trail basis.

Thom Hartmann, no fan of Brock, said that he is an effective practitioner of "the dark arts" of campaigning. Hartmann seems inclined to welcome David Brock to the Progressive movement.

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David Brock apologizes for the way he treated Bernie in the Campaign! [View all] Akamai Jan 2017 OP

David Brock is such a joke. earthside Jan 2017 #1

Too little, too late... fuck Brock! InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2017 #81

Who cares about Brock? dogman Jan 2017 #2

I agree with you -- I didn't see much of that Bernie-Bro nonsense. Akamai Jan 2017 #6

Really? You must not have logged onto the internet then. It was a tidal wave of insults, attacks KittyWampus Jan 2017 #12

How about their treatment of John Lewis? mcar Jan 2017 #51

I still have a bad taste in my mouth from that EffieBlack Jan 2017 #88

That people who say they are progressive mcar Jan 2017 #89

But he endorsed Hillary, so he's a sellout. EffieBlack Jan 2017 #92

You're making my head hurt. mcar Jan 2017 #133

While i dont condone negative or disrespectful attacks on people. CentralMass Jan 2017 #134

Lewis had nothing to do with Capehart mcar Jan 2017 #135

I'm a life long democrst who supported Hillary to the bitter end in 2008. CentralMass Jan 2017 #136

there were a lot of putin trolls pretending to be bernie supporters certainot Jan 2017 #142

IT was ridiculous HRC2020 Jan 2017 #150

Of course he did. He did what any GOP mole would do and it worked. Rex Jan 2017 #14

The Bernie Bro FACT was illustrated here on DU daily. I could post many, many links to people KittyWampus Jan 2017 #10

Are you SURE that Brock and company aren't responsible for most or all of that? Akamai Jan 2017 #16

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I've been called a Bernie bro by long time DUers. People who had been here since 2001 liberalnarb Jan 2017 #23

Would you consider yourself a "Bernie Bro" or do you think that a gratuitous insult? Akamai Jan 2017 #24

"Bernie Bro" is used as an ignorant insult. liberalnarb Jan 2017 #29

Yup! simple alliterative insult with no need for proof! Akamai Jan 2017 #33

No question about it! InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2017 #129

More bs. dogman Jan 2017 #34

I too recall making an innocuous post and being banned as a result of that. Sure seemed Akamai Jan 2017 #39

I pointed out a misleading comment about PP, that echoed RW and anti-Choice talking points synergie Jan 2017 #56

Almost certainly people on all sides are too sensitive. Sure is unfortunate to narrow the issues presented. Akamai Jan 2017 #57

There were no personal attacks in my posts, there were in the synergie Jan 2017 #78

Just tells me Bernie was right on most progressive issues... debate not allowed... nope, can't have that! InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2017 #82

So silencing people was how debate was "allowed" and that he was "right"? synergie Jan 2017 #112

Agree... just saying the principles you espouse should apply to both sides of the debate. InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2017 #128

What is PP? Don't know what that refers to. Akamai Jan 2017 #86

Planned Parenthood dionysus Jan 2017 #100

Reading this thread shows who is really carrying a grudge... dionysus Jan 2017 #99

Me too. The ones holding the grudge are the ones who know they fucked up big time bravenak Jan 2017 #104

Lol. The projection is so blatant, it'd be hillarious if we weren't faced with the fact trump is ta dionysus Jan 2017 #105

In reality, we did see a lot of misogyny from both the right and the left. synergie Jan 2017 #113

On cue you just reiterated everything i mentioned. As it will be ad nauseum. dionysus Jan 2017 #117

Yes, I pointed out how you were wrong and explained why. synergie Jan 2017 #138

Lol, hoookay... play that deck of victim cards, put words in my mouth i never said, and above all, dionysus Jan 2017 #140

I'm farther to the left than Bernie, but I do not castigate my peers that I count on to have my back bravenak Jan 2017 #114

You've been manipulated if you, for a second, believe any liberal would call ppl "niggers, spics, or dionysus Jan 2017 #120

Goodnight bravenak Jan 2017 #123

Reading many of the threads in the past months show it to be the same side that synergie Jan 2017 #111

Bernie Bro didn't come from Brock. seaglass Jan 2017 #70

So Brock's Superpac didn't push the meme? dogman Jan 2017 #74

I pushed it because It was not a meme bravenak Jan 2017 #118

I got banned from the Sanders forum for a comment that didn't even mention him LisaM Jan 2017 #76

It was easy when the HRC group banned me, I didn't make that mistake again. dogman Jan 2017 #79

For some reason, far lefties have some sort of obsession with him. It's kind of funny. DanTex Jan 2017 #49

Brock ran a superpac funding anti-Bernie propaganda. dogman Jan 2017 #60

Bernie and his fans did more than their fair share of smearing and propagandizing. DanTex Jan 2017 #62

SOS, you're here telling me Brock is innocent when the OP is about his apology. dogman Jan 2017 #64

I think it's good that people previously at odds come together to fight Trump. DanTex Jan 2017 #65

Their only role in that was losing the Primary. dogman Jan 2017 #66

Not the people booing at the convention. They were Trump allies, witting or not. DanTex Jan 2017 #68

A failed hack is someone who lost to Trump because of their insistence that they are correct. dogman Jan 2017 #77

How about the team that lost to Clinton by double digits? Are they failed hacks? DanTex Jan 2017 #80

"There was no problem with the democratic process of the Democratic party."? dogman Jan 2017 #93

What are you talking about? Of course all votes should be equal. DanTex Jan 2017 #94

The delegate system isn't much different than the electoral college, that's what I'm talking about. dogman Jan 2017 #98

However you want to add up the numbers, Hillary won the primary by a landslide. DanTex Jan 2017 #124

You sound upset that hillary got destroyed, crushed, stomped, by the biggest clown in presidential dionysus Jan 2017 #103

Of course I'm upset that Trump won. What sane person isn't? DanTex Jan 2017 #121

Not saying you arent, im saying a lot of folks seem to be spending as much, if not more, energy dionysus Jan 2017 #122

True. For example, the people bashing David Brock right here. DanTex Jan 2017 #125

Brock was a scumbag before the primary and he's a scumbag after the primary. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2017 #144

Because.. Cha Jan 2017 #109

Seriously... maybe Bernie MADE Brock do it! haha! InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2017 #83

Yeah... except that article was dodgy kenfrequed Jan 2017 #61

Dodgy or not, it had nothing to do with David Brock. DanTex Jan 2017 #63

+1 betsuni Jan 2017 #115

Will Brock be apologizing to the Democratic Party also? eom guillaumeb Jan 2017 #3

Brock has worn out his usefulness, watch him slither back into the GOP ranks. Rex Jan 2017 #4

He's written several illuminating books. But you go ahead and continue with the scapegoating. KittyWampus Jan 2017 #8

See what your trust in a GOP plant got us? Rex Jan 2017 #9

What are you blathering about? And I bet you never bothered to even read any of Brock's books. KittyWampus Jan 2017 #13

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Yeah, he's written several illuminating books on how what an absolute scumbag he is. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2017 #43

You're barking at the wrong tree. It would be Comey and the Russians collaborating with Russians... KittyWampus Jan 2017 #48

You're being WAY to kind in your description of Brock! He helped give us that Cheetoh-faced Nazi... will never forgive him for that! InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2017 #84

Personally, I'm still waiting for an apology from Blue_Tires Jan 2017 #5

You say Sanders supporters were "openly cheering" for HRC to lose? What proof Akamai Jan 2017 #11

Just go to the JPR website. Or do some freaking simple internet searches on Sanders supporters who KittyWampus Jan 2017 #15

what is JPR website? I'll check it out. Akamai Jan 2017 #20

JPR was created by an alt-righter. liberalnarb Jan 2017 #25

I think I found the site but it sure seems uneven. Akamai Jan 2017 #41

People will fall for anything... all the Bernie supporters I know follow his lead... decent and strong party loyalists. InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2017 #85

Yup -- seems to me to be that way too. I sure as hell am! Enough of the criticism Akamai Jan 2017 #90

By the way, of course many Bernie supporters were Independents and to expect them Akamai Jan 2017 #26

And there are pro Hillary sites that blame Obama for the loss. Exilednight Jan 2017 #31

You could not have said it any better Exiled... bravo! InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2017 #91

My proof? The hundreds of Sanders accounts who sniped me on Twitter Blue_Tires Jan 2017 #19

I'm not on twitter and those names are not well-known to me. Akamai Jan 2017 #21

The internet is a place where all kinds of people let out their inner asshole. liberalnarb Jan 2017 #28

This I truly agree with. Godwin's Law predominates on unmoderated sites. Akamai Jan 2017 #35

Me too. But I don't think we'll be getting that. DanTex Jan 2017 #50

The most egregious thing was putting two Stein supporters on the DNC committee. joshcryer Jan 2017 #96

Professional mudslinger funded by big PACs vs some guy on Internet aikoaiko Jan 2017 #67

a lot of those "guys" were paid Russian trolls. KittyWampus Jan 2017 #73

Maybe so. Of course we probably had some of Brock's Correct the Record trolls. aikoaiko Jan 2017 #75

May not be equivalent, but it *IS* worth mentioning... Blue_Tires Jan 2017 #157

LOL! They're holding their noses and using Bernie to prevent a Democratic version KittyWampus Jan 2017 #7

Well, people supported Bernie because of the issues he focused on, Akamai Jan 2017 #22

yeah, just what we need: our own version of lunatics blinded by their ideology.. JHan Jan 2017 #32

Where is your proof they weren't paid operatives. dogman Jan 2017 #36

No, they were not "paid"... JHan Jan 2017 #37

Which behavior? dogman Jan 2017 #38

Clinton won the nomination. JHan Jan 2017 #40

No, he's a big part of the reason she lost. dogman Jan 2017 #44

That Nevada primary fiasco, Schultz's clear finger on the scales, etc., was maddening to me but I Akamai Jan 2017 #46

If you guys do not give up this meme if a rigged primary the primary will never end bravenak Jan 2017 #119

His apology and a dime is worth 10 cents. CentralMass Jan 2017 #27

Yes, but as much as I did not like his tactics earlier, I think that if David Brock Akamai Jan 2017 #30

Lets see where his lobbying activities are headed. CentralMass Jan 2017 #42

Yes -- not quite time to reject the offer. One of my favorite statements is: "The perfect is the Akamai Jan 2017 #45

David Brock is and always has been -- Hell Hath No Fury Jan 2017 #47

I like his comments.........and think that riversedge Jan 2017 #52

What a good sentiment he put forth in that last paragraph! Let's hope he lives up to those words. Akamai Jan 2017 #55

I believe Hillary riversedge Jan 2017 #59

Absolutely -- Hillary and Bernie are grownups working for the same things! Akamai Jan 2017 #72

Too late. Lint Head Jan 2017 #53

Brock is a scum bag that works for the highest bidder. Else You Are Mad Jan 2017 #54

"David Brock is a rat fucking mercenary -- and nothing more." SMC22307 Jan 2017 #155

Fuck off Brock. Bernie said it best, you are scum of the earth Arazi Jan 2017 #58

Have Any Lefty Media Types Apologized For Demonizing Hillary? otohara Jan 2017 #69

Did Keith Olbermann ever apologize for claiming ..... Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2017 #95

That was ten years ago. Has anybody on Bernie's side ever apologized for one damn thing? bravenak Jan 2017 #102

Holy Smokes - otohara Jan 2017 #137

Um, it was all over du at the time. I had just joined in 2008 Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2017 #141

Class act. NCTraveler Jan 2017 #71

David Brock is a damn peculiar individual. AngryAmish Jan 2017 #87

Fuck Brock. Iggo Jan 2017 #97

He shoulda kept his feeling to himself for a while bravenak Jan 2017 #101

Exactly, brave. David Brock has more class for apologizing and Cha Jan 2017 #110

Bigger than I am too bravenak Jan 2017 #116

I actually can't believe you just described David Brock as having class. Kentonio Jan 2017 #126

+1 eom Arazi Jan 2017 #149

"David Brock is a repulsive little slime merchant"... SMC22307 Jan 2017 #156

David Boogeyman? betsuni Jan 2017 #106

That might be hilarious melman Jan 2017 #107

He's on the side of the left, against the right wing. betsuni Jan 2017 #108

Oh, just remembered a thread wherein it was claimed (not for the first time) that betsuni Jan 2017 #131

I'm glad your heart is finally at peace. Starry Messenger Jan 2017 #127

LOL. Good one. betsuni Jan 2017 #132

At least he owns up to some of the toxic bullshit he was spreading about Sanders & his supporters. Warren DeMontague Jan 2017 #130

Maybe he wants a job with "Our Revolution". Ken Burch Jan 2017 #139

He's still a total scumbag. jfern Jan 2017 #143

Good let's move on now. I hope Brock is successful in Florida. AgadorSparticus Jan 2017 #145

Yowza! We can't afford a circular firing squad or demand absolute purity in those we're working with Akamai Jan 2017 #146

I'm not sure how you got any of that from my post. AgadorSparticus Jan 2017 #147

I apologize -- "yowza" to me means I support your views. Not that I am antithetical to them, as I Akamai Jan 2017 #148

Oh, ok. I didn't know what you meant. No worries, it is all good. AgadorSparticus Jan 2017 #153

This guy always has come to Jesus moments after he's an asshole. Too late, as usual. n/t CanonRay Jan 2017 #151

I wonder if he's sincere BuddyCa Jan 2017 #152

what a nutty slut. nt killbotfactory Jan 2017 #154