I hope that the standard for vetting Democratic candidates for office includes reading a candidate's

[diva77]

platform; reading about the history of the candidate; his/her accomplishments at the very least.

I don't see how cherry picking tweets is a constructive way to vet candidates.

[RandySF]

1. Should we apply this to Trump next time he tweets?

Do we ingore when someone slams Hillary and Chelsea Clinton. Joe Kennedy, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harries, Barack Obama and Joy Reid while praising while praising the NRA's goon. There are plenty of candidates in the district who agree on the issues.

[diva77]

2. Is this a sign of boredom with all the ongoing damage being inflicted by rethugs?

I can think of a million more damaging things to be outraged about than what is mentioned here. Also, using random tweets out of context to disparage a candidate lowers the credibility of such posts.

[JI7]

9. out of context ? can you provide the context that would make those things ok ?

[yardwork]

16. I agree. It's terrible the way Levi Sanders is attacking Tom Perez.

[Wwcd]

27. I agree with you. And only Dems while tweeting approval for Trump & the NRA

Someone needs to explain just what qualifies this bullshit artist as a Democrat?

They can't do it honestly, because he is not.

Wtf more proof do ya need. Its his own words. His thoughts. His claim to political fame. And it will follow him forever.

There is nothing credible to defend.
He has told us who he is.

[msongs]

3. when the tweets show a trend one ought to take notice nt

[diva77]

4. and that's what you can do when you cherry pick tweets or quotes; I have yet to see an

informed discussion of this candidate; I don't know much about him either, but think it's better to lead with bio material and accomplishments rather than random tweets to truly vet a candidate; there seems to be an agenda to destroy this candidate without any substantive discussion

[arthritisR_US]

5. We are supposed to ignore his ignorance

and just go for his surname. Sounds like a stupid way to build a party, jmo.

[yardwork]

15. Kind of like what Levi Sanders is doing when he tweets about Joe Kennedy?

[JHB]

17. That's a non-trivial part of this discussion: he hasn't taken it upon himself to provide...

...much in the way of bio material.

Here's the sum total of the "About" tab on his campaign Facebook page:

About

CONTACT INFO
@LeviSandersForCongress
[e-mail]
http://www.sandersforcongress.com

MORE INFO
About
Levi Sanders is a passionate progressive who is running for Congress to represent a bold vision for this country.

categories
Politician
STORY
Levi Sanders runs for Congress in New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District.


*All content paid for and approved by Sanders for Congress*

"Passionate progressive"! WooHoo! Such detail!

His campaign website has even less. His Twitter stream consists mostly of retweets with slogans, most of which are at typical "keyboard crusader" level of detail.

Maybe, just maybe, he should follow in his dad's footsteps and run for lower office first and build up an actual track record.

[Wwcd]

28. He's now told us who he is. What's there to defend?

If he's that naive about tweeting words, then he has no business running for such a powerful seat.

HE has told us over time, who he is.

He can now Drop the letter D behind his name.
F that bs.

[pnwmom]

6. And requiring 5-10 years of full tax returns. No waiting till the primaries are finished

before turning them over. If a candidate wants to run as a Dem, they should publicly release their returns before the first primary or caucus.

The only way for our candidate to have any credibility when demanding the GOP nominee release his or her returns is for our candidate to release them, too.

[crazycatlady]

21. At what level do you want 5-10 years of tax returns?

Federal? State? Statewide offices only? Local/county? School board?

I think it should be a requirement for federal and statewide offices, but I don't think for local.

[pnwmom]

23. All INCOME taxes. Why not? Trump probably lied on his NYC taxes. And everybody should have

all the records of all their state, city, and local income taxes.

[crazycatlady]

25. I meant level of office

Should someone running for school board be subject to the same disclosures as someone running for POTUS?

[leftstreet]

7. ...or they could Tweet positions from their platforms

These are modern times and social media has an impact

[JI7]

8. cherry picking ? some things are just very clear . and these are just from the past year or so

when trump was in office and fucking things up. and yet he was going after chelsea clinton ?????

[diva77]

10. Still haven't seen any substantive discussion. I'm done with this thread.

Enjoy!

[TheSmarterDog]

13. You let the thread sit for 3 hrs in the wee hrs of the morning

Then declare victory & abandon the field?

[mythology]

22. What you haven't seen is fawning agreement

Taking somebody's tweets as indicative of their thoughts, particularly when their campaign site is functionally empty, isn't cherry picking.

[Hav]

11. I hope it includes all of it

A personal opinion can tell you just as much about a candidate than the polished, filtered, carefully prepared platform you put on your website with the help of your team.

[JHB]

12. Good point: so just what are Levi Sanders' accomplishments?

And what is his platform? His campaign website doesn't have anything more than a statement and a "contribute" button.

His Twitter stream doesn't exactly go into these things, "cherry-picked" or not.

[yardwork]

14. I agree. Why is Levi Sanders tweeting troll farm memes?

We have a candidate running in a Democratic primary who has tweeted anti-Democratic memes generated by Russian troll farms for at least two years.

I think that this needs to be looked into.

[Adrahil]

18. It takes years to build a reputation, and a moment to destroy it.

Levi Sanders destroyed his reputation. Fuck him.

[NCTraveler]

19. Its a good way to get to that history you mention.

It’s their own thoughts and words. It’s called vetting.

It’s impossible to get their history without going back to see what they believe.

[betsuni]

20. Wish more people had done that for the last Democratic presidential candidate.

[LexVegas]

24. ...

[saidsimplesimon]

26. omg, tweets rule our party?

How low can we go as we drink the Kool-Aid? Get off the twitter politicians, watch and read current local and world news, is this to much to ask?

[Wwcd]

30. He told us who he is. How can any true progressive look at those tweets,

..his OWN WORDS, and claim to support him.
Ffs, he credits Trump, Loesche & the NRA while dumping on every decent Dem he named.

What are people supposed to judge him by if not his own damn words?

What an asshole.
His words represent everything that's going backward in this country & he's got NOTHING else that defines him but his last name.

And that's just not enough anymore.
He's got to have his own credible accomplishments not just a name & a bunch of tweets disparging the Dems while approving of the worst scourge of our society.

You are actually surprised at the appalling reaction?

What a confused child he must be.

[LanternWaste]

29. I think you're confusing "cherry-picking" with "accurately illustrating a consistency."

I think you're confusing "cherry-picking" with "accurately illustrating a consistency."