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Has she led protests? Bernie did- against segregated dorms at the University of Chicago. Has she worked as Bernie did on civil rights? He was an organizer for SNCC. Has little miss pantsonfire, marched on D.C. or any place else for civil rights? Bernie has. Repeatedly. Just what has little miss nastypants done for civil rights? But it's not just that that's questionable about her:
The other day another pile o'crap written by Nancy Letourneau, aka little miss smartypants was posted here. I'd be ashamed to post, in obvious admiration, such ugly stuff.
She has an agenda- and it's to slice and dice Sanders and economic justice/liberal populism. Why? I suspect it's in support of HRC, but that's not Hillary's fault and it's not particularly germane as to her ugly idiocy.
In the article the other day, little miss smartypants defends corporations and equates Wall Street and the corporate world with unions and schools. she hypocritically rails against demonizing when that is her forte. Here's the thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6728629
Here's her bullshit blog:
http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-search-for-heroes-and-villains.htmlhttp:
Note: the op is not a reference to a user and I got the blogger's nom de plume wrong- it's iamasmartypants
m-lekktor
(3,675 posts)she's a fucking loon.
cali
(114,904 posts)Segami
(14,923 posts)Last edited Thu May 28, 2015, 08:37 AM - Edit history (1)
Through those experiences, I honed my skills as an original thinker who looks beneath the surface, gravitates towards the hard questions, and challenges conventional wisdom.
What began as an avocation eight years ago has become a vocation now that I have joined the staff at The Washington Monthly's Political Animal Blog.
cali
(114,904 posts)delusional? Yep.
Bonobo
(29,257 posts)Strange bedfellows... or sleep with dogs get fleas?
romanic
(2,841 posts)reads like parody. :I
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)"I'm 'progressive' if that's where the wind is blowing".
bullwinkle428
(20,630 posts)...almost like a cry for help!
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)"ALL About Me?"
I am now writhing in shame at having made a personal attack.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)She's an 'original thinker'?? Lol, sure, if slamming actual Progressives were 'original'.
I wonder who she works for??
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)and of course it was alerted. there are people here who alert on just about every op of mine.
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)trumad
(41,692 posts)cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)trumad
(41,692 posts)I said Bernie-Bot and it was alerted on and hidden.
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)My alarm went off at 5. I wasn't fully awake.
Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)trumad
(41,692 posts)weird
cali
(114,904 posts)little miss pantsonfire isn't terribly bright either.
foo_bar
(4,193 posts)Their LinkedIn skills include "Race Relations" and "Strategic Communication":
In the August 2008 paper, DoD Principles of Strategic Communication, Robert T. Hastings, Jr., acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, described strategic communication as "the synchronization of images, actions and words to achieve a desired effect."
Strategic Communication (SC) provides a conceptual umbrella that enables organizations to integrate their disparate messaging efforts. It allows them to create and distribute communications that, while different in style and purpose, have an inner coherence. This consistency can, in some instances, foster an echo chamber that reinforces the organizational message and brand. At minimum, it prevents contradictory, confusing messaging to different groups across all media platforms.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_communication
Emphasis mine. Not sure I'd brag about that on LinkedIn, but I guess a job's a job.
demmiblue
(36,885 posts)m-lekktor
(3,675 posts)to "attack" somebody outside of DU. that is why I am wondering if Miss Smarty Pants is a DUer and the "alerter" knows that.
cali
(114,904 posts)on me constantly.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)would alert on this. A shit stirrer? Sure.
m-lekktor
(3,675 posts)I often wondered if she was.
m-lekktor
(3,675 posts)are you implying the originator of that thread, Sheshe2, is Miss Smarty Pants? If so and it is true, that is news to many of us I am sure.
Ms. Toad
(34,087 posts)not an assertion that the DU member is the blogger. A lot of people quote things without any introduction and without using the excerpt code to indicate that they are quoting, not speaking personally.
ms liberty
(8,597 posts)Haven't seen that member in quite a while.
m-lekktor
(3,675 posts)thus the alert on this thread, a personal attack against a member of DU.
dreamnightwind
(4,775 posts)littlemissmartypants
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=289553
Probably in my ignore list, since I haven't seen her posts in awhile.
QC
(26,371 posts)gets spammed here on a daily basis.
I wouldn't be surprised, she could be one of several!
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)rurallib
(62,448 posts)so the piece you linked to has been removed
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Here's the correct link:
http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-search-for-heroes-and-villains.html
rurallib
(62,448 posts)Sheldon Cooper
(3,724 posts)For 18 more months I'll be treated to these displays, and I'll be smiling the whole time.
Omnith
(171 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)The hypocrisy and lies, the idiocy and hyperbole, the lack of conscious and obvious spin into the abyss, is mind boggling.
Though I very much agree with you, cali, and am happy to kick and rec this OP, it's the last one I will acknowledge that acknowledges the insanity and disgusting attempt to degrade good people. Both candidate and supporters
Much of the championing of shameful attacks on Bernie Sanders and his supporters, especially supporters in the DU Bernie Sanders group, is due to a comment by Skinner in the ATA group. In it he states he had no idea Democrats hate Democrats so much. I took it to mean both ends of the spectrum of the Democratic party. Sadly, it has been used for fodder to increase the rhetoric and as a rallying cry to increase the hate.
I won't play the game.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)If he does, he couldn't ask them to attend his rally the other day? For no other reason than the optics?
I've seen some Sanders supporters mention Governor Bill Clinton who came from a very white state.
But you know what?
About a QUARTER of Clinton's gubernatorial staff was comprised of people of color. This in a state about 15% African American.
Governor Bill Clinton made an effort.
Yet another example of Sanders and his campaign being INSULAR and not ready for prime time.
You better hope the press ignores him a while longer until he gets his sh*t together.
Bonobo
(29,257 posts)KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)is a part of politics.
Don't be dishonest and say it isn't.
It would make you look silly.
cali
(114,904 posts)Bill Clinton? the guy who used racist dog whistles against President Obama? Bill Clinton who ended welfare as we know it, disproportionately disadvantaging poor kids of color?
That Bill Clinton?
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)they were a small minority in Arkansas at the time.
And he also appointed quite a few African Americans to leadership positions for the first time in that state's history.
THAT Bill Clinton, Cali.
cali
(114,904 posts)I think I need to write an op about the ugly racist turn HRC's campaign took in 2008.
misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)Rage on cali!!
I think a reminder OP is necessary
LuvNewcastle
(16,856 posts)supposed to compare the two. So the rules are different now, or are they being made up as you go along?
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Not one single time. The comparison was between Bill and Sanders. Hillary was left out and no Bill/Hillary comparison was made in any way at all.
LuvNewcastle
(16,856 posts)out of the blue, huh? What a coincidence! It just so happens that he's married to Bernie' s opponent.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)because he is one of the most popular politicians in our lifetime. Also probably because the name Clinton is on the tips of everyone's tongue. Regardless of their reasoning, in not one way was Hillary compared with anything as you claimed.
LuvNewcastle
(16,856 posts)I know people who go weeks and weeks without mentioning them. I mention them sometimes, but I stay within the rules. I just want to make sure I know what the rules are.
HERVEPA
(6,107 posts)sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)prove himself, his record does that. And yes, there were African Americans at the rally in VT. But it's not his style to try to get the cameras to focus on them. We are all sick to death of the staging, the scripting, the 'show' that is put on during campaign seasons.
Bernie walked the walk on Civil Rights when it wasn't so 'cool' to do so.
He supported Gay marriage while The Clinton Administration was denying their rights.
He never had to evolve on the rights of any group that was denied rights in this country. He was way, way ahead of almost every politician currently in this government right now.
You are not going to win any points by trying to smear Sanders on issues, he has the best record of anyone currently in this race or thinking about it, going all the back to his early years.
You would do better to talk about YOUR candidate's record.
Or maybe that is too difficult for you to do?
Just asking because that is usually why people do this kind of thing, try to drum up stuff that has no basis in fact.
You are going to be very surprised as this campaign goes forward.
So rather than be embarrassed later on, maybe it's best not to make stuff up right now.
He expects that I'm sure, and is in no rush to save anyone any embarrassment. Nor should he be.
Just try promoting your candidate, rather than attacking other candidates, it generally works better in the end.
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)LuvNewcastle
(16,856 posts)from the DU link. It made me wonder who was supposed to be the idiot child that the German woman had in her dream. Creepy as hell.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)I keep saying I will bookmark the blog because she typically is spot on when she writes on race/racism.
cali
(114,904 posts)been deeply involved in fighting racism for over 50 years?
giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)& social justice. Not to mention she hit the nail on the head when she said:
It is due to all of the above that I have to say that when Sen. Bernie Sanders kicks off his presidential campaign with a suggestion that he is launching a "political revolution to transform our country," and yet makes zero mention of any of the issues that burden people of color in this country, my response is simply..."Not good enough, Bernie."
You can turn it into a hit piece all you want & try & talk about all the good Bernie Sanders has done for POC during the civil rights marches but he sure as shit seems to have put some blinders on now.
It's kind of like DU he seems to have a one track mind about economic justice while forgetting social justice is what is killing us.
DanTex
(20,709 posts)Have they raised billions of dollars for things like healthcare, child poverty, climate change?
But, god forbid, someone points out anything negative about St Bernie...
cali
(114,904 posts)and what she pointed out was false.
Pointing out that big money and politics is problematic and that the Clinton Foundation is part of that, is not false.
DanTex
(20,709 posts)People who criticize Bernie for launching his campaign in a crowd of white people, and not mentioning race, you call them a "piece of ... work" and asked to demonstrate that they did as much as Bernie for civil rights.
But then you have no problem criticizing the Clinton foundation without first showing how much money you've raised for child poverty.
Not sure how this could be any clearer, really.
bullwinkle428
(20,630 posts)he spoke in front of OCEANS of white people here in Iowa! I KNOW. I LIVE here and witnessed it. This is just a function of the demographics of a region. Bernie doesn't have any control over the ehtnic breakdown of the population within the state he represents in the U.S. Senate.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)And what have all these right wing loons done who criticize the Clinton Foundation. Not a damn thing except complain and judge others. It's great that we have Sanders and Hillary who fight for so much good in this world.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)asjr
(10,479 posts)get every one on DU to blast each other regarding Sanders and Clinton. Such a waste of time!
cali
(114,904 posts)by someone who thought it appropriate to post a terribly cruel and racist picture in a thread claiming that Sanders isn't good enough on issues of racism and issues important to African Americans.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)... here's how I see it.
There are lots of folks who would happily vote for Hillary against any GOP candidate in 2016. Lots and Lots of them.
This OP author, and a few others, regularly malign Hillary and those who would happily support her.
Obama beat Hillary in 2008 by becoming just as strong a candidate for the GENERAL election as Hillary would have been. It was only then, when people believed that he would also beat any GOP candidate, that people examined his positions relative to hers. And he eeked out a primary win.
Now we have Bernie supporters like the OP. Hyper-critical and over the top in their attacks on Obama (and his supporters) for the last 6 years, hyper-critical and over the top attacks on Hillary (and his supporters) now, and yet hyper-offended if Bernie is questions or **GASP** some one (a Hillary supporter) throws the same tactics back in their face.
Having read this person's OPs over the years ... its clear there is little to no political acumen at work here. At least not that will work in Sanders' favor.
I mean, in what world would one think they can endlessly attack a candidate and their supporters, AND then also expect them to switch sides and JOIN them?
Sooner or later, those folks are not only not going to switch sides, they are going to fight back. And the OP acts surprised and even offended by what was a predictable response.
And at times I think for some of DU's loudest and most active OP authors, are really only interested in the fight.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)when i brought it up, cause it is so clear and obvious, and i am a sander supporter and i want him to have a better campaign, you and many others jump on my ass.
the point? you buried your head in hte sand, avoiding a very real issue with sander campaign he coud have and can in the future shore up
gonna keep ignoring the issue? or do sanders people get their ass in gear to be inclusive, earning those black, gay and women votes.
no whining if sanders campaign is not willing to recognize and address.
politics
you know
fuckin politics.
that... is being on sanders side
gordianot
(15,245 posts)I like what Bernie Sanders has proposed but my imperative is the election of a Democratic President. Benghazi, email records, character assassination, and who you met 30 years ago will not persuade me. In 2008 I did engage in flaming other Democrats but not this time I have grown up since I was a lad at 57 years old. Far far too much is at stake today.
one_voice
(20,043 posts)that this doesn't meet SOP for GD. Locking.
one_voice
(20,043 posts)after further review it's the consensus that this thread was locked in error. Apologies.
Kick
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)What were the hosts thinking?
bananas
(27,509 posts)Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)This is what I am reading today and it's some ugly stuff so I am going to tie it to Bernie Sanders and imply he doesn't care about race issues cuz Vermont.
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)Did not seem right to me.
Smartypants appears like a right wing pos to me, trying to hide under the guise of a progressive. Really sick shit from her.