Why does Bernie Sanders have such poorly trained volunteers?

[brooklynite]

I ask because there is still the allegation circulating here (based on an anonymousblogger on Reddit) that cheating occurred in the tallying of voters in the C-Span broadcast Caucus in Des Moines, with the further allegation of collusion by the elected Precinct Chair. I watched the entire Caucus as well, and there was a clearly identified Sanders Precinct Captain working with the Precinct Chair through the meeting. So, was she not paying attention to what went on? Was she not trained to complain if a violation occurred or at least instructed to call Campaign HQ? Or is it just possible that no violation occurred in the opinion of the people actually there?

Add to which, am I to understand that the Clinton Precinct Captain decided to cheat in full view of TV cameras?

[Ron Green]

1. A revolution is messy.

Unlike an empire, which is very orderly.

[RobertEarl]

2. Real question is

Do they train Clinton vols to cheat?

[Kip Humphrey]

5. no training required... birds of a feather syndrome.

[RobertEarl]

8. Just comes natural?

The socialist was not beaten. That's gonna make cheaters mad as hell.

[Kip Humphrey]

11. borderline personality disorder sufferers as well.

[Dem2]

13. Clinton voters are mentally ill cheaters?

heh, entertaining mean spiritedness I suppose?

[Agschmid]

3. What interesting is the voters decided not to recount, by voting.

So obviously they didn't feel there was any fraud.

Not sure what that video is "showing" doesn't seem like anything IMO.

[cyberswede]

4. I know! How dare she allow dirty shenanigans to go on! It's all her fault!

She must have been asking for it

[ChisolmTrailDem]

6. Here's the fraud perpetrated by Hillary people from CSPAN...

[HerbChestnut]

14. WOW

The Hillary precinct captain lied repeatedly there. The Sanders people did the right thing by challenging the vote and demanding a recount, but of course the crowd didn't want to stand there for another 30 minutes. Unbelievable.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

15. Hillary supporters just hid a post of mine that was a Hillary quote. Be careful...

...not to use her own words against her.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511121675

[JTFrog]

17. Smart jury. Context matters. n/t

[ChisolmTrailDem]

19. The post violated no rules. It was a chickenshit hide. That's alright though. It's...

...put me on the warpath. People should be careful what they say and how they say it.

[JTFrog]

20. Intentionally misleading crap gets hidden here all the time.

As it should.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

21. I will be watching. And alerting like a firehouse alarm. nt

[JTFrog]

22. Careful, someone might come along and give you a warning, lol. n/t

[ChisolmTrailDem]

23. You won one, you lost one. nt

[JTFrog]

25. I'm flattered that you are stalking me.

Bless your heart.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

28. Um...excuse me... You're the one that is stalking, after all you're here, responding to my post, not

the other way around.

[JTFrog]

29. "I will be watching. And alerting like a firehouse alarm. nt"

Uh, huh.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

31. I will be watching. Not just you either. nt

[JTFrog]

32. You do that.

As you can see, I have taken none of your threats seriously today.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

34. I will do that. nt

[JTFrog]

37. Ok.

Thanks for the heads up.

Let me know how that goes.

[Sanity Claws]

7. It seems that any anti-establishment candidate would have less well-trained volunteers

Training using refers to doing things the way they have been done. Someone who does not like the way things are will not train people to do things the way they are being done.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

9. You're basing your allegations on an anonymous reddit blogger?

[geek tragedy]

10. Why was Hillary unable to defeat such an amateurish operation? nt

[Flying Phoenix]

12. I would ask the same questions for the Clinton campaign

Unable to hold a huge lead and not WIN. A TIE, is all she got for her $100 million Iowa campaign?

Absolutely brilliant. Now she has to go find more money for the rest of the states.

[Downwinder]

16. There is no substitute for experience.

[cali]

18. Lol

[KingCharlemagne]

24. Keep on whistling past the graveyard. Sanders' volunteers were so poorly trained they

almost knocked Goliath out of the race in the first nominating contest. More of that poor training, please!

[Go Vols]

26. +1

[Punkingal]

27. Too funny....

What the hell happened to that magnificent ground game of Hillary's we kept hearing about?

[dorkzilla]

33. I Spent $100 million And All I Got Was This Lousy .2% lead

And I lost to REALLY HORRIBLE, POORLY-TRAINED, STUPID, IDEALIST and NOT REAL DEMOCRATS.

[Punkingal]

36. LOL.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

30. How did Bernie's "poorly trained" volunteers pull off a tie election

when all the pundits predicted Hillary would win in a walk?

[RKP5637]

35. Likely many of them are young and inexperienced and do not realize the ramifications of

what they do or say. To me, it's horrible when democrats say things and fight among ourselves. I like both Bernie and Hillary, and would never say bad things about either one. It's so frustrating for me when I see a lot of name calling and all by anyone. It's so damn immature. The focus needs to be on getting a dem in the WH in 2016. Just my thoughts, brooklynite, I've wondered too.

[Autumn]

38. Former Iowa Sen.Tom Harkin said Hillary has the best Iowa caucus ground operation he has ever

seen. How could they not soundly defeat such amateurs?