2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThe Only Strategy For Hillary Clinton Is To Scorch The Earth
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(2,546 posts)Response to NWCorona (Original post)
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NWCorona
(8,541 posts)Hillary has unleashed David Brock on Bernie Sanders, someone on our side. What in the hell do you think she'll do to the Republicans?
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nichomachus
(12,754 posts)Ask the people in Libya, Syria, Ukraine.
It's what she does best.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Gothmog
(145,321 posts)Nothing in that article discusses any scorched earth tactics used in the primary process or any such scorched earth tactics used against Sanders. The Clinton campaign has been treating Sanders with kid gloves and has not engaged in any scorched earth tactics. The concept that the Clinton campaign has been very negative on Sanders is simply false when you look at what Sanders would be subject to if he was the Democratic nominee. VOX had a good article on the potential lines of attack that Sanders would be exposed to if Sanders was the nominee. http://www.vox.com/2016/2/3/10903404/gop-campaign-against-sanders One of the more interesting observations in the VOX analysis is the fact that Sanders have been treated with kids gloves compared to what Sanders would face if he was the Democratic nominee. I strongly agree with the VOX's position that the so-called negative attacks against Sander have been mild. Form the article:
When Sanders supporters discuss these attacks, though, they do so in tones of barely contained outrage, as though it is simply disgusting what they have to put up with. Questioning the practical achievability of single-payer health care. Impugning the broad electoral appeal of socialism. Is nothing sacred?
But c'mon. This stuff is patty-cakes compared with the brutalization he would face at the hands of the right in a general election.
His supporters would need to recalibrate their umbrage-o-meters in a serious way.
The attacks that would be levied against Sanders by the Kochs, the RNC candidate and others in a general election contest would make the so-called attacks against Sanders look like patty-cakes. The GOP and Kochs are not known for being nice or honest and as the article notes there are a ton of good topics available for attack. Raising taxes is never a good campaign platform (Just ask President Mondale). The GOP would also raise the socialism and age issues if Sanders was the nominee.
Again, I agree with the VOX position that so far, Sanders has not been subject to negative attacks close to what the GOP would use against Sanders and the attacks against Sanders if he was the nominee would be brutal. I urge Sanders supporters to read the VOX article to start to get a feel for what real negative attacks would look like.