Blowback against John Lewis Begins

[MineralMan]

See comments here:

http://bluenationreview.com/civil-rights-legend-john-lewis-trolled-by-bernie-supporters/

[cyberswede]

1. pardon me, your glee is showing.

[MineralMan]

4. Nope. Just pointing at some comments.

I don't know who made them. There's a lot more, if you're interested in searching.

[John Poet]

13. BlueNationReview is OWNED by DAVID BROCK,

and he's probably paying undocumented workers $2 an hour to sit at a bank of computers and make fake comments attacking John Lewis...

[TwilightGardener]

27. I smell BernieBros all over again. How many times can they use this tactic?

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

42. "I don't know who made them."

Could be anybody with an agenda then?

Republicans.

Bigots.

Counterfeit Partisans.

[Blue_Adept]

5. "Clinton made me do it!"

Awesome defense.

[mcar]

12. ..

[DURHAM D]

7. This is an insult to John Lewis

as you are implying that he does not make his own decisions.

[thereismore]

10. No. He made his decision, but not without pressure from the Clintons. I think.

Do you think I think John Lewis is a dummy? No. Stop that.

[DURHAM D]

23. You are the one who needs to stop and admit

what you said. As for the "pressure"... you are just making that up and it is also an insult to Cong. Lewis.

Done

[MrWendel]

36. John Lewis...

got beaten for standing up for his rights, but caved to pressure from the Clintons. Bernie-splain some more about John Lewis please.

[SheenaR]

31. Based on the timing of this "announcement"

after it is widely known and accepted that Bernie was involved with the SNCC and the March on Washington, you think it was coincidence that it happened today?

I don't think it was coincidence. Thus, I think someone helped make the decision regarding its timing.

[ladjf]

37. For what it might be worth to you and other readers,

I think your opinion is likely to be the truth in the recent John Lewis revelation.

[Empowerer]

43. Bernie's "involvement" in the March on Washington consisted of getting on a bus, riding to DC

and sitting on the Mall listening to Martin Luther King, John Lewis and others give speeches.

But I'm puzzled about your "timing" conspiracy. People have known for years about what Sanders did in the 1960s. Why do you think today had any special meaning.

[SheenaR]

44. I hope you are playing coy

You don't see why today or this week it would be announced? Why not before Iowa or NH? Oh yeah, they can't use the race card effectively there.

If my campaign was in a free fall, I'd get all my friends to do my dirty work too.

[Tarc]

19. LOL, what?

Do you write for the Onion?

[Fawke Em]

3. Blue Nation is owned by David Brock.

I'm reading Twitter and see nothing of the sort.

This was planned.

[pinebox]

6. BNR is a big HRC supporter so you know. It trashes Bernie all the time.

Just sayin'

[Avalux]

9. Karl Rove tactic on display here, courtesy of David Brock. Enough said. n/t

[Fawke Em]

11. Hahahahahah!

Just read the Tweets Brock chose.

1. Most are people asking others to be kind.
2. Of the posts that aren't so kind, the vast majority are AAs wondering why Lewis so loves Clinton given her record.

What a FAIL!!

[kstewart33]

14. Blowback isn't smart, Bernie.

The man nearly died from injuries sustained during the march on Selma. He is a civil rights hero, for geez sake.

Blowback won't help Bernie's cause in South Carolina.

[virtualobserver]

32. They appear to be mostly black people attacking him- They must have read the article by.

...Michelle Alexander, the author of “The New Jim Crow,”

http://www.thenation.com/article/hillary-clinton-does-not-deserve-black-peoples-votes/

[valerief]

15. False flaggers get paid by the post. nt

[nichomachus]

16. This whole Lewis thing is a Bush tactic

They used it with Clarence Thomas. "You want a black guy on the Supreme Court? OK, we'll give you this extreme right-wing dimwit. If you don't like the extreme right-wing dimwit, you'll have to attack him, and we can call you racists."

This whole kerfuffle has the odor of Bush on it.

[JRLeft]

17. I'm on twitter and I'm black, stop peddling bullshit.

[cali]

18. That is desperate crap from brock

[Skid Rogue]

20. Yeah, but the same kind of crap is being posted at...

Mother Jones.

[firebrand80]

21. How could this possibly have been "planned?"

Lewis' comments about Bernie were in response to a question from a journalist, and not part of his prepared remarks.

[AZ Progressive]

22. Dirty trickster knowing that if Hillary loses the black vote, its all over for her

[thereismore]

24. Blue Media is owned by Brock!!! This was planned, coordinated, executed.

Sale Of Blue Nation Review Gives Hillary Clinton Camp Its Very Own Media Outlet

"....True Blue Media, a newly formed company incorporated by Brock, has acquired progressive news website Blue Nation Review. BNR's previous owner, MOKO Social Media Limited, will retain a 20 percent stake in the new entity while Brock will hold the remaining 80 percent equity balance. The sale was finalized Monday night...."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/david-brock-blue-nation-review_us_564f0f3de4b0879a5b0a7bc5

[lasttrip]

33. Thanks

for the link thereismore.
Peace.
LT

[Skwmom]

26. The fake Bernie Supporters, dirty political trick again. How suprising.

[PonyUp]

28. Trolls will be trolls.

[Truprogressive85]

29. A David Brock production

selective random tweets and oh here come the blowback

[Tarc]

30. Here's a simple thing for Camp Sanders to try saying

"I respectfully disagree with John Lewis' characterization of Bernie Sanders' involvement in the Civil Rights movement."

Imagine if you just said that and moved on, rather than the following real-life quotes from Sanders supporters;

Uh, Bernie wasn't famous then

which conveniently ignores the fact that Bill & Hillary weren't famous in 1963 either, yet Lewis recalls them being present.

And;

Clinton put Lewis up to this knowing there would be blowback

that one was from this very thread, but self-deleted by the author so it cannot be quoted exactly, unfortunately.

[Jefferson23]

34. Oh my another reason not to vote for Bernie? lol This is too much even for Brock.

Bernie will work this out, but good luck Hillary.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

35. reads: Hillary's army of trolls are trolling John Lewis as Bernie trolls

[cali]

38. .....

The baiting is real by (mostly) Clinton allies creating a story of "BernieBro's attacking John Lewis."
Blue Nation Review, now owned by David Brock and Clinton smear artist ally Peter Daou have been desperately trying to circulate this with "examples" of tweets (and they have been trying to add more). However it's mostly tweets saying don't attack him (follow this please), people criticizing that there are some mysterious attacks against him, and a couple other tweets from one African American woman being critical of John, and a couple douchebaggery conservative trolls.
Really hard pressed to find any "attacks by BernieBros" on Twitter. Keep it that way.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SandersForPresident/comments/45aeqa/psa_rep_john_lewis_statements_are_not_a_reason_to/

[m-lekktor]

40. Thanks for that!

interesting! I hope this gets around!

[Jefferson23]

41. Good to know, and you were right..thanks. n/t

[Nanjeanne]

39. Seriously? Blue National Review?

WASHINGTON -- Hillary Clinton ally David Brock is acquiring a media outlet, sources involved in the negotiation and sale of the site tell The Huffington Post.

True Blue Media, a newly formed company incorporated by Brock, has acquired progressive news website Blue Nation Review.

From January 20 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/david-brock-blue-nation-review_us_564f0f3de4b0879a5b0a7bc5

The Clinton campaign is a MEGA OCTOPUS - their tentacles reach everywhere and they've been securing media to promote their crap without transparency.

Have to hand it to them for the planning of it - but so disappointed in our small "d" democracy with crap like this.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

45. The opposite of both love and hate is indifference.

John Lewis is a good guy.

His remark about not meeting Bernie Sanders is a matter of indifference to me.

[Gothmog]

46. These attacks on John Lewis are very sad