Smear Campaigns, Talking Points, Negative Ads all Funded by Money Made Possble By Citizens United!
The Money pouring into our electoral system is destroying the rights of voters to make informed decisions about the candidates asking them for their votes.
DC is so full of operatives, from Think Tanks, Lobbyists, people like Karl Rove and all the current Rove wanna-bes trying to get theri hands on some of that cash floating around ready to BUY the services of any sleazy smear monger in order to get THEIR choice of candidate into power.
Many good Democrats over the decades, have had their reputations destroyed by these dirty, filthy tactics.
We did not need any 'dissenter' from the army of hired provocateurs to tell US what the talking points are.
Because times have changed we KNOW what to look for, we RECOGNIZE the tactics and as soon as we see them, we expose them now.
I don't know or care whether it was legitimate or not.
WE DIDN'T NEED IT.
We had already identified the paid-for Talking Points and Smears from the Think Tanks and Super Pacs who get paid millions to come up with the lies and deceptions.
So here's part of the list WE recognized as Corporate Paid-for Talking Points:
1) 'He's a Commie/Socialist/Marxist who no one will vote for etc etc etc.
We know it was a talking point because talking points, no matter how often they are debunked, don't die!
You pay that much money to buy them, you're going to keep on trying to use them.
Unfortunately THAT ONE was thoroughly destroyed when Right Winger David 'Blinded by the Money' Brock was caught Red handed trying to plant his anti-Bernie Smear in the media, ANONYMOUSLY!
But he was outed instead, as they all should be, and Bernie made over $3 Million in donations as a result!
If Brock had NOT been caught like that, they would be telling us we are CONSPIRACY THEORISTS!! Lol!
That's another trick they play btw, see Cass Sunstein's diatribe on how to shut down people who THINK and SEE for themselves.
Since ALL Smearmongers view Karl Rove as the Master of the Dark Art of smear campaigns, you probably have noticed a very Rovian TAINT to the Talking Points aimed a Bernie!
So, since Bernie Sanders has the BEST CIVIL RIGHTS RECORD of anyone running in this election and actually one of the BEST of the current members of the Senate or Congress, naturally, following Rove's advice, they tried to attack that, his STRENGTH right away.
2) So, enter the RACISM Talking Point! intended to preempt Bernie becoming known to AAs and other minorities.
Definitely a paid-for TALKING POINT.
Still being PEDDLED though with less and less interest by a majority of people.
They couldn't keep people from checking Bernie's record for themselves.
Bernie's record on Women's and Gay Rights is practically unmatched in this race, wrt to his VOTES and his longtime activism on these issues.
3)So, enter the SEXISM Talking Point! That one was done in a hurry, jumping off of a Hillary comment, two weeks later emerging as a TACTIC.
You know them when you see them.
There are more, add your own in the thread.
But I wanted to point out that the Money in Politics is the REASON for these sleazy, deceptive, slimy, false smears against good people and one of the main reasons WHY we must make the Money in Politics a #1 Issue in this campaign.
So since we are better at recognizing, catching them, see Brock again, what is the best strategy to render them USELESS?
First EXPOSE them, when you see them, just slap the label 'Talking Point' on them.
It is no use. as I'm sure you've found out, arguing against a Paid For Talking Point.
Discussion isn't the Goal. Just keeping it GOING is the goal, true or not.
Don't feed the Talking Points. That is the number one best strategy to neutralize them.
Ignore them then go do some research to find out if they are being spread around.
Then use Social Media, all your accounts, to demolish them.
It is shameful that these people are allowed to interfere with our election process.
However, once their funding is cut off, the sleazy characters willing to do this dirty work for money, will also be cut off and maybe we will have clean elections, free of the dirty tricks and smear campaigns allowing the people access to FACTS about candidates enabling them to make informed decisions.
Just remember these names:
LEE ATWATER
KARL ROVE
And don't fall for the tactics. The more you engage them, the better they like it.
Bernie will survive the attacks, in fact USE Those attacks to show people how far they are willing to go to try to stop him. People don't like these dirty tricks.
Bernie Sanders, a Candidate who doesn't NEED or WANT Super Pacs funded by Corporate Cash to use smears and deceptions against his opponents.
All he needs are the FACTS!
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Btw, I do agree with you that it would be an insult to have your name associated with Brock.
David Brock, Key Hillary Clinton Ally, to Work More Closely With Her Campaign
David Brock at the Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock, Ark., last year.Credit Stephen B. Thornton for The New York Times
Mr. Brock created the opposition research-focused “super PAC” American Bridge, the liberal watchdog group Media Matters, and the pro-Clinton group Correct the Record, which is now coordinating with Mrs. Clinton’s presidential campaign. He is also on the board of Priorities USA, the super PAC that hopes to raise large sums of money in support of Mrs. Clinton.
The question of how Mr. Brock would carry out roles with groups that have different legal definitions has come into clearer focus this week, as he is moving to the so-called coordinated side, working with Correct the Record alongside Mrs. Clinton’s campaign.
Mr. Brock confirmed the move, saying that the legal restrictions on his activities if he had remained on the so-called independent expenditure side of the groups were “impractical.” Such groups are forbidden from coordinating their work with the campaign.
It's kind of iffy imo, whether or not this is all legal, however apparently there is a loophole that allows it.
I know many that are disgusted with the bashing here. I know a few AA members and supporters that have been stalked trashed and been silenced due to alerts. AA is maliciously stalked here.
Have some changed their minds? You better believe it. Lol! Keep it up! Bernie is burning out, you turn people off.
After typing a screed about bashing?
And I'm not a Bernie Sanders supporter. Please find any post where I've said I've decided.
I'll wait.
toooo!!!!! 
Hillary is upbeat as well. Her views are forward looking, and hell yes optimistic! Hillary is the future and not the past. She will rock ya~
I've noticed fewer and fewer Bernie supporters taking the bait. Cynical attempts at using race and sexism to distract from issues and Hillary's record go with fewer and fewer responses. Good news because it seems to me DU is one of the places they try to throw some sh*t on the wall to see what sticks for test marketing purposes.
For those of us (myself included) who have swallowed the bait previously just remember. Whenever you respond to a bogus attack containing big helpings of fallacy, race and sex the poster is not interested in sincere discussion and more importantly it makes this kitten very sad.
DON'T DO IT.
