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askew

(1,464 posts)
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 01:23 AM Feb 2016

So how long before Hillary's Team goes nuclear on Sanders?

Will they wait until after New Hampshire or let it go now?

And who is going to lead the charge? Claire McCaskill didn't work so who is up now?

And will Harry Reid endorse in Nevada? That's the one endorsement that will really matter. He doesn't seem to be a big Hillary fan with pushing Obama to run in 2007 and refusing to endorse so far in 2016 (he said he was waiting to see what Biden did 1st).

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So how long before Hillary's Team goes nuclear on Sanders? (Original Post) askew Feb 2016 OP
Well, they need their sleep... MrMickeysMom Feb 2016 #1
Probably not long... TCJ70 Feb 2016 #2
She ran an entire campaign where she racebaited Obama and is still the front runner this time. askew Feb 2016 #4
I know... TCJ70 Feb 2016 #5
Won't stop her from trying though. This is about to get good. Fearless Feb 2016 #13
Slash and burn is all she has left. Betty Karlson Feb 2016 #32
Tomorrow. n/t QC Feb 2016 #3
Yep. neverforget Feb 2016 #7
hrmmm...yes but it feels like it will be more of a dry run for the debate.. Volaris Feb 2016 #21
Bright and early in the morning. kath Feb 2016 #6
Man, she doesn't handle losing well. She got flat out unhinged in Ohio in 2008. askew Feb 2016 #9
Well consider that Sanders' supporters went nuclear on Clinton and lots of good Democrats months ago Hoyt Feb 2016 #8
Not the same as the campaign or the campaign's official surrogates doing it. askew Feb 2016 #11
In what way exactly? Fearless Feb 2016 #15
Pullease 2pooped2pop Feb 2016 #17
yeah. Right. Keep telling yourself that. kath Feb 2016 #24
It won't happen. This has been a terrific, clean campaign. (eom) StevieM Feb 2016 #10
The question is how long before she goes nuclear on Iran or Russia? leveymg Feb 2016 #12
You know she may just want to have a war of her own. nt artislife Feb 2016 #16
oh please, the number of countries we can attack is shrinking, hollysmom Feb 2016 #28
You are describing post-war America that has few consumer goods on the shelf. Like Russia@'46 leveymg Feb 2016 #39
The questions for me are: Will her craven dishonesty be perceived by the Ron Green Feb 2016 #14
Dishonest? LeFleur1 Feb 2016 #20
This jilted lover act has grown tiresome. frylock Feb 2016 #22
"Ill bred"? Fumesucker Feb 2016 #29
I'm less concerned under what auspices someone tries to make a real difference, Ron Green Feb 2016 #31
Would you be happier if he split the vote as an independent? That Guy 888 Feb 2016 #34
"ill bred"? Talk about nasty. SammyWinstonJack Feb 2016 #35
How long? 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ... ebayfool Feb 2016 #18
Reading the titles here at DU in the past two weeks.... FrenchieCat Feb 2016 #19
What accomplishments? askew Feb 2016 #23
Its a competition for the most powerful job on earth. Sanders too fragile to take the heat? Liberal_in_LA Feb 2016 #25
I don't think he gives a shit about what Hillary throws at him. askew Feb 2016 #26
He's got some of his supporters doing it all over the place for him.... FrenchieCat Feb 2016 #30
ASAP Truprogressive85 Feb 2016 #27
She clearly has something in mind: suddenly so determined to have another round before NH. JudyM Feb 2016 #33
if they know what they're doing, and I think they do, they will start right away Lil Missy Feb 2016 #36
They have used everything they had already, including outright lies. Live and Learn Feb 2016 #37
I assume you mean thermonuclear rather than regular nuclear? jfern Feb 2016 #38

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
1. Well, they need their sleep...
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 01:24 AM
Feb 2016

Also, no small planes (that will be easy, he flies with the rest of us)... Oh, and I'm sure they'll try to get an ap for it.

TCJ70

(4,387 posts)
2. Probably not long...
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 01:25 AM
Feb 2016

...and it will be the end of her campaign. People aren't going for that this time around.

askew

(1,464 posts)
4. She ran an entire campaign where she racebaited Obama and is still the front runner this time.
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 01:26 AM
Feb 2016

Nothing she can throw at Bernie will be worse than what she said about Obama.

TCJ70

(4,387 posts)
5. I know...
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 01:27 AM
Feb 2016

...there isn't really much to throw either. That's why it'll most likely come back to bite her.

Volaris

(10,274 posts)
21. hrmmm...yes but it feels like it will be more of a dry run for the debate..
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 01:53 AM
Feb 2016

but no doubt--the knives are being sharpened. Be ready.

kath

(10,565 posts)
6. Bright and early in the morning.
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 01:27 AM
Feb 2016

And when she's desperate, she gets nastier and nastier. will NOT sit well with voters.

askew

(1,464 posts)
9. Man, she doesn't handle losing well. She got flat out unhinged in Ohio in 2008.
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 01:29 AM
Feb 2016

I still remember her standing on a stage waving some Obama mailer while screaming "Shame on you Barack" while Gov. Strickland was nodding in the background. That race was crazy.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
8. Well consider that Sanders' supporters went nuclear on Clinton and lots of good Democrats months ago
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 01:28 AM
Feb 2016

Fearless

(18,421 posts)
15. In what way exactly?
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 01:38 AM
Feb 2016

Find me one single Democrat that said that she shouldn't win because she's a woman.

FIND.

ME.

ONE.

I can however find you a candidate that said that Obama can't win because he's a "scary black man"... That much I remember quite clearly.

 

2pooped2pop

(5,420 posts)
17. Pullease
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 01:41 AM
Feb 2016

There is soooo much that could be said straight out on Hillary. He has been very gracious to her. And actually the supporters could get much much more real on her too.

hollysmom

(5,946 posts)
28. oh please, the number of countries we can attack is shrinking,
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 02:35 AM
Feb 2016

all our stuff in manufactured in other countries so if we attack them,we can not have anymore phones or TVs or .happy meal toys

leveymg

(36,418 posts)
39. You are describing post-war America that has few consumer goods on the shelf. Like Russia@'46
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 12:19 PM
Feb 2016

but without the joy and relief of having won the Great Patriotic War.

Ron Green

(9,823 posts)
14. The questions for me are: Will her craven dishonesty be perceived by the
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 01:37 AM
Feb 2016

public more apparently than whatever deficiencies she can attribute to Bernie Sanders? And will the clarity of Bernie's message come through the media now that he'll have captured more eyeballs?

LeFleur1

(1,197 posts)
20. Dishonest?
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 01:52 AM
Feb 2016

What is more dishonest than running on an Independent ticket for YEARS, then suddenly, an idea! Run for President!! But, but the only chance he has would be to run on one of the two main tickets. How could he do that and look like an honest man after all of these years? How could he do it and live with himself since he couldn't bring himself to join one of those parties at any time during all of these years? Well...he could do it for money. Yes, that's right, the only chance he had, besides being a man, would be to join one of the parties, and today only a rabid bat would join the Republican party, although he might have had a good chance there this year, as well. The Republicans have obstructed until even the Democrats in Congress look bad this election year.

So after twenty years of NOT being a Democrat, he decides to become a Democrat. That's Honest? He will run on the Democratic ticket, but he will not actually be a full fledged Democrat. He will be a Socialist Democrat. He will talk a lot about free stuff, and talk very little about paying for it. It's a good meme. Lots of people will fall for it, especially the younger crowd. Something for nothing? Oh yeah.

AND he'll encourage the ill bred to tear down the true Democrat, who has worked for equality for everyone, especially women, and has worked to make the lives of children better her whole life. His minions will do his dirty work for him and he'll pretend he doesn't hear them. Define honest.

Ron Green

(9,823 posts)
31. I'm less concerned under what auspices someone tries to make a real difference,
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 02:59 AM
Feb 2016

and more concerned about lying in the service of advancing a dubious campaign.

 

That Guy 888

(1,214 posts)
34. Would you be happier if he split the vote as an independent?
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 03:10 AM
Feb 2016

If that happened I certainly would have been tempted to vote for Bernie instead of Hillary.

The political decision to vote for bush's war in Iraq, cost her my vote, unless it's to block a republican.

FrenchieCat

(68,867 posts)
19. Reading the titles here at DU in the past two weeks....
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 01:52 AM
Feb 2016

I'd say....Sometime way way later than the Bernie Team....

I've never seen a woman of such accomplishments being so ravaged
about anything and everything without little proof beyond name calling,
sprinkled with innuendos, red meat words, and rumors!

including in this thread,
and including the OP title....

Email anyone?

askew

(1,464 posts)
23. What accomplishments?
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 02:13 AM
Feb 2016

She did almost nothing in the Senate. Obama/Biden did the heavy lifting in FP in Obama's first term. Outside of getting payments sped up to 9/11 workers while in the Senate, what did she do?

askew

(1,464 posts)
26. I don't think he gives a shit about what Hillary throws at him.
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 02:33 AM
Feb 2016

I am just interested in when people think she is going to unload on Sanders. Nothing the Clintons like more than dirty campaigning.

A small part of me would love to see Bernie return the attack with some attacks of his own, but he doesn't seem to be interested in that.

FrenchieCat

(68,867 posts)
30. He's got some of his supporters doing it all over the place for him....
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 02:44 AM
Feb 2016

so that his hands appear to stay clean!

I see it every day.....

Some write nasty letters, call Hillary nasty names, rumormonger, talk of conspiracy,
throw anyone who express support for her under the bus, etc....


In fact, I think those Bernie supporters are doing their guy a great big disservice!

Then they project that she's the nasty one....

and I'm basing this not on just what I'm seeing on DU!

Truprogressive85

(900 posts)
27. ASAP
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 02:34 AM
Feb 2016

David Brock is in the lab cooking a smear

Super PAcs are going to run ads no stop

Whatever happends its amazing to me Sen. Sanders was able to get all those votes
I'm so proud to be in the company of his supporters online(especially on DU ) and offline

JudyM

(29,274 posts)
33. She clearly has something in mind: suddenly so determined to have another round before NH.
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 03:07 AM
Feb 2016

Can't help but think she has something up her sleeve... A bombshell?

Lil Missy

(17,865 posts)
36. if they know what they're doing, and I think they do, they will start right away
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 03:37 AM
Feb 2016

There's nothing mysterious or nefarious about it. This is politics, not bean bag. Chess not checkers.

Live and Learn

(12,769 posts)
37. They have used everything they had already, including outright lies.
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 03:58 AM
Feb 2016

I guess they can make up more lies but people aren't falling for them anyway.

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