Following ‘Whores’ Incident at Sanders Rally, Clinton Supporters Trend #DemocraticWhores

[MrWendel]

http://www.mediaite.com/online/following-whores-incident-at-sanders-rally-clinton-supporters-trend-democraticwhores/

by Lindsey Ellefson



Last night, while talking about Hillary Clinton and the place of money in politics at a Bernie Sanders rally, Dr. Paul Song used the phrase “democratic whores.” While he was talking about the exchange of money for favors in a broad sense, using such a term when discussing a female politician in particular is, of course, a terrible idea.

The Sanders camp disavowed the comments, but since they happened in front of a crowd of 27,000 during the social media age, the damage had been done.

https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/720590717706506240

Even though the incident barely made a blip on the cable news radar, online activists noticed fast. Right now, #DemocraticWhores is trending on Twitter with 74,400 tweets nation-wide.

(More with tweets in link)

[Thinkingabout]

1. The flood gate opens and we find Sanders along with NRA lobbyists.

Must have been talking about Sanders.

[shadowandblossom]

2. https://twitter.com/hashtag/democraticwhores?src=hash

This pisses me off. If he'd had my vote he would have lost it right there.

[SunSeeker]

3. Good, although he said it to 11,500, not 27,000.

That 27,000 comes straight out of a bullshit Sanders press release.

ABC reported otherwise, apparently relying on NYPD estimates:

Sanders held a rally in Washington Square Park, which was closed all day Wednesday at the request of the Secret Service. 6,500 people were estimated to be in the park for the rally with an additional 5,000 supporters outside the park for a total of 11,500.

http://abc7ny.com/politics/bernie-sanders-holds-big-rally-in-washington-square-park/1288865/

[fleabiscuit]

4. Awesome. K&R

[Cha]

5. I'm hearing two wildly different numbers for the crowd.. 27,000 reported by BS &

11, 000 reported by the NYPD & ABC. How does that big of a difference get reported by different sources?

Is sanders reporting "27,000" because of the whole $27.00 thing ad nauseam? Just a thought.

Which is it?

Oh, BS should have called Paul Song on his remarks @ the rally, instantly.