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Omaha Steve

(99,703 posts)
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 12:18 PM Dec 2015

H Post: Bernie Sanders Won the Debate, Defeated the DNC, and Became the Real Democratic Front Runner




http://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-a-goodman/bernie-sanders-won-the-debate-defeated-the-dnc_b_8851816.html

H. A. Goodman

Posted: 12/21/2015 9:12 am EST Updated: 1 hour ago

In my recent appearance on the Thom Hartmann Program, I explain why Bernie Sanders will become president, and why the recent data controversy illuminates numerous Clinton scandals overtly ignored by the DNC. Debbie Wasserman Shultz struck at the campaign, Sanders supporters struck back, and genuine progressives won. The Sanders campaign showed the nation which candidate controls the fate of the Democratic establishment, despite the group think associated with landline-based poll numbers that had Clinton up by a similar margin in 2008.

Bernie Sanders proved he's the true Democratic frontrunner, forcing the DNC to cave within one weekend. In a matter of days, the DNC realized that attacking Bernie Sanders meant dire consequences. Ironically, the base of voters blocked from Sanders is also the lifeblood of the DNC. You can't defeat Trump in 2016 with millions of frustrated and angry progressives (well aware of the dirty tricks of establishment Democrats even against Obama in 2008), regardless of who becomes the eventual Democratic nominee.

In trying to undermine Sanders, Debbie Wasserman Schultz essentially undermined the Democratic Party. Ultimately, the stunt showed voters a peek behind the Wizard of Oz curtain called the 2016 Democratic Primary. While the Clinton campaign utilized the issue to circumvent an ongoing and expanded FBI investigation (FBI director James Comey stated he's "personally following closely" an investigation into Clinton's server), Sanders secured access to his data within days.

Luckily, the FBI isn't involved with investigating any of Bernie's data, nor is Sanders accused of having foreign donor (The Washington Post states Foreign governments gave millions to foundation while Clinton was at State Dept.) or weapons deal controversies. Like Dieter Holger writes in a Huffington Post article titled Hillary Clinton Is Pro Gun Control, But She's Also Big on Arms Deals, Clinton's anti-gun stance stops at the water's edge:

According to an investigation by journalists David Sirota and Andrew Perez of the International Business Times, Clinton not only rubber-stamped major weapon deals with 20 countries that donated to her and her husband's philanthropic arm, the Clinton Foundation, but also approved nearly double the amount of arms sales to those same 20 countries as the State Department of George W. Bush's second term.

FULL story at link.
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H Post: Bernie Sanders Won the Debate, Defeated the DNC, and Became the Real Democratic Front Runner (Original Post) Omaha Steve Dec 2015 OP
Ridiculous posts about Goodman in 3-2- merrily Dec 2015 #1
:-) MuseRider Dec 2015 #4
. merrily Dec 2015 #38
Great job of beating them to the first response slot. It's tactic #3 for them. nm rhett o rick Dec 2015 #83
Are you daring to imply I am not original? merrily Dec 2015 #92
Hard to believe but they have tactics. One is to watch closely and jump on the number one response rhett o rick Dec 2015 #98
You called it . . . second post! eom fleur-de-lisa Dec 2015 #5
I don't often make predictions, but when I do, they aint' bad! merrily Dec 2015 #12
I don't see any pengu Dec 2015 #28
LOL! Trust me. merrily Dec 2015 #32
I don't see them either MissDeeds Dec 2015 #53
Can't see or hear them here either. bvar22 Dec 2015 #79
Priceless. If I could dip your post in chocolate, I would. merrily Dec 2015 #94
Until this campaign, I never put anyone on ignore, but I had a big list for awhile passiveporcupine Dec 2015 #109
Lucky you! merrily Dec 2015 #93
I curious who posted comment #2 - I must have him/her on ignore. Elmer S. E. Dump Dec 2015 #43
Nurse Jackie cannabis_flower Dec 2015 #97
Luckily, chervilant Dec 2015 #49
Those and, while this is not an official prediction, more are likely to come. merrily Dec 2015 #51
Yes. chervilant Dec 2015 #57
on 2 JackInGreen Dec 2015 #89
LOL!!! NurseJackie Dec 2015 #2
Thanks, NurseJackie, but my prophesy would have been fulfilled, even if you merrily Dec 2015 #33
:-D NurseJackie Dec 2015 #35
Because when H.A. Goodman speaks.. ismnotwasm Dec 2015 #63
Love it! <3 NurseJackie Dec 2015 #65
He's better than Froma Harrop. Scootaloo Dec 2015 #81
LOL! Ya think? merrily Dec 2015 #90
No kidding. Or any of the other racist right wing sources they use to smear Bernie. beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #91
HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!! WillyT Dec 2015 #3
Kick! fleur-de-lisa Dec 2015 #6
Amazing what this man can do in under twenty-four hours. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #7
No need for a primary election ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2015 #21
That's a lie, and you know it. The Boss Dec 2015 #26
Hey if it works for them, sobeit. The more complacent they are, the higher Bernie rides. libdem4life Dec 2015 #30
Who's complacent? OilemFirchen Dec 2015 #69
He is a liberal Democrat, because ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2015 #42
Really? The Boss Dec 2015 #45
He knows that no informed progressive takes him seriously after that pnwmom Dec 2015 #52
Posing and getting paid ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2015 #59
Oh, sorry. I misunderstood your previous post as referring to Sanders. That's why I was tblue37 Dec 2015 #106
No problem. I don't have a problem with Bernie's politics. 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2015 #108
I am relieved. So many people make DU suck these days--including OTT supporters tblue37 Dec 2015 #110
It isn't a lie and informed people know it. He ENDORSED Rand Paul for President pnwmom Dec 2015 #47
If you have explain why . ... PosterChild Dec 2015 #68
He's a Paul supporter. Good grief! leftofcool Dec 2015 #75
Don't waiste your breath. It's just a tactic (#9 actually). Can you smell the desperation? nm rhett o rick Dec 2015 #84
Bernie is an FDR Democrat as far as his voting history and his political stances tblue37 Dec 2015 #104
I'm not talking about Bernie ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2015 #107
Which won't be 'til Philly. Ken Burch Dec 2015 #114
I beg to differ ... I suspect the Democrats will have our nominee, ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2015 #126
No worse than the OP that says HRC simply WILL win Iowa in six weeks Ken Burch Dec 2015 #113
I don't find that op to be negative... NCTraveler Dec 2015 #116
It was snide and arrogant and it basically implied that Bernie should just get out now. Ken Burch Dec 2015 #118
"Give aid and comfort to the GOP" NCTraveler Dec 2015 #121
They give that aid and comfort by alienating the young people Ken Burch Dec 2015 #122
The dishonesty in your post is staggering. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #123
I didn't say it had none. It has a small number. Ken Burch Dec 2015 #125
this was one Yahoo--anyone browsing on their mobile at the bus stop is gonna see the headline MisterP Dec 2015 #8
hell yeah! good find, steve!! nt restorefreedom Dec 2015 #9
Bingo. I read the headline title and knew it was St Nick delivering riversedge Dec 2015 #10
Bernie angrychair Dec 2015 #14
Thank You For Sharing These Truths cantbeserious Dec 2015 #11
They're right! ViseGrip Dec 2015 #13
"landline-based poll numbers" Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #15
"Sciency" demwing Dec 2015 #16
Sciency is truthy and you just can't beat truthiness. merrily Dec 2015 #36
She could dispel all of these rumors overnight by filling a stadium with cheering fans.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #50
And there's not enough rope to keep the proletariat at bay MissDeeds Dec 2015 #56
The Hill prefers more intimate sessions demwing Dec 2015 #60
All is fine. Sanders continues to dominate polls and lead the race. He will be the next president tritsofme Dec 2015 #17
And our undercover operation to..... PosterChild Dec 2015 #67
I saw the H/P, and read the title and, somehow ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2015 #18
This is awesome though ismnotwasm Dec 2015 #22
Yes, I know ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2015 #23
I'm thinking about that ismnotwasm Dec 2015 #24
I saw the H/P, and read the title and, somehow ... knew it was a Goodman piece. AlbertCat Dec 2015 #25
Yes. Anything is possible ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2015 #46
It really puzzles me that... PosterChild Dec 2015 #71
That has me puzzled, as well. ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2015 #73
It's like Santa Claus on Christmas day for these folks Number23 Dec 2015 #103
And he became the enemy of the DNC and Dem. Mainstream. This is going to get fugly. dinkytron Dec 2015 #19
Not the mainstream - only corporate "Dems" and those fooled by them. polichick Dec 2015 #102
I feel smearing Clinton just makes me NOT want to vote at all. fasttense Dec 2015 #20
H A Goodman is a ***kin libertarian Rand lover workinclasszero Dec 2015 #27
And here's a reminder of his The Boss Dec 2015 #40
I'm so glad you posted this. Thank you! Duval Dec 2015 #48
He's a fraud. He endorsed Paul in November 2014, without waiting pnwmom Dec 2015 #54
Hes a fraud workinclasszero Dec 2015 #64
Yes! In trying to undermine zentrum Dec 2015 #29
Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast Dec 2015 #31
Hillary will win the nomination and will upaloopa Dec 2015 #34
Kill the Messenger...in Full Force. Funny, you can't scrub all of the servers of all of libdem4life Dec 2015 #37
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Dec 2015 #39
K&R Thanks so much Omaha Steve Duval Dec 2015 #41
So says the libertarian who endorsed Rand Paul for Pres. a year ago. pnwmom Dec 2015 #44
And then Goodman flew back from Bizarro world and said nevermind. nt stevenleser Dec 2015 #55
Kickin' with gusto! Faux pas Dec 2015 #58
You sure got a good haul there, Steve Proserpina Dec 2015 #61
Ha... Is right. Ha ha ha ha. seabeyond Dec 2015 #62
"the Real Democratic Front Runner" NaturalHigh Dec 2015 #66
]One word: riversedge Dec 2015 #72
Big K&R Paka Dec 2015 #70
He is the clear front runner! Helen Borg Dec 2015 #74
HA Goodman candy. leftofcool Dec 2015 #76
It was easy to tell that this was another silly HA Goodman post Gothmog Dec 2015 #77
Got someone to kill? Bohemianwriter Dec 2015 #78
Disgusting post Autumn Dec 2015 #99
Really? Bohemianwriter Dec 2015 #112
Nobody wants your kind of hate posts on DU. Go away. n/t. Ken Burch Dec 2015 #115
Where's the hate? Bohemianwriter Dec 2015 #117
I hate wars too and back Bernie-but implying HRC is a mafia boss ordering hits on people Ken Burch Dec 2015 #119
The establishment is just like the Mafia.. Bohemianwriter Dec 2015 #120
What a horrific and ugly LIE and how in the hell are you even here on this board? randys1 Dec 2015 #100
Hillary is the one who wants... Bohemianwriter Dec 2015 #111
Kick and R BeanMusical Dec 2015 #80
So the zombie lie that Buzz cook Dec 2015 #82
Thanks For Posting... Just Want To Give It A HUGE KICK! n/t ChiciB1 Dec 2015 #85
I knew it was H.A.G. from the title. MineralMan Dec 2015 #86
Hillary and DNC skunks stepped in shit, rubbed it off by smearing it over the neighbors rug whereisjustice Dec 2015 #87
Thom Hartmann doesn't have cliwns as guests on his show. So all the insults hurled at in_cog_ni_to Dec 2015 #88
K&R No more politicians who rubber stamp neocon dreams. nt raouldukelives Dec 2015 #95
H.A. Goodman is not going to help Progressive dog Dec 2015 #96
Before I ever opened this OP, I knew it was probably something by H A Goodman, I was right. Thinkingabout Dec 2015 #101
And there REALLY ARE okasha Dec 2015 #105
Ok, it seems that this person is kind of a joke here Dem2 Dec 2015 #124

merrily

(45,251 posts)
92. Are you daring to imply I am not original?
Tue Dec 22, 2015, 05:54 AM
Dec 2015


They don't have a crystal ball though. Please see Reply 12.
 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
98. Hard to believe but they have tactics. One is to watch closely and jump on the number one response
Tue Dec 22, 2015, 03:15 PM
Dec 2015

slot. If you'll notice they are usually very short posts so they can get in faster. It's hilarious. I am not complaining, just think it's sad.

bvar22

(39,909 posts)
79. Can't see or hear them here either.
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 07:45 PM
Dec 2015

In my 14 years at DU, I have never had to put anyone on ignore,
Now, I have 12, and DU has improved immensely.
For those on my ignore list, I don't need to hear WHAT they have to say.
I ALREADY know what they are going to say because all they do is either:

*Make stuff up

OR

*Attack the messenger

OR
*engage in lengthy mutual masturbation with another Hillary supporter (avert your eyes from THAT spectacle) in the middle of a Sanders thread,
again to break up the continuity of any intelligent Discussions

OR post a baffling non-sequitur just to break up a thread.

I have left a few Hillary supporters off the IGNORE list.
There ARE a handful who post CONTENT with supporting cites,
are intelligent,
and a credit to the Hillary Campaign....but not many.
Those few, I can still see,
but the one line Slur Masters and Swift Boaters are GONE from my DU experience,
and DU is better for it.

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
109. Until this campaign, I never put anyone on ignore, but I had a big list for awhile
Tue Dec 22, 2015, 11:35 PM
Dec 2015

I just took them all off ignore, because I doubt I'll be posting much here until the primary is over.

 

Elmer S. E. Dump

(5,751 posts)
43. I curious who posted comment #2 - I must have him/her on ignore.
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 02:33 PM
Dec 2015

But I have a hunch and would love to be right! You can PM me if you want!!

chervilant

(8,267 posts)
57. Yes.
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 02:47 PM
Dec 2015

I've noted at least two who continue to snark and deride any posts that support Bernie or that point out Hillary's tenuous and scandal-ridden campaign. For the life of me, I cannot understand why most of her supporters will snark and deride, but won't answer questions about her disingenuous remarks about sniper fire, her ties to Wall Street, and her numerous "fair weather" positions.

As much as I would like to see a woman president, she is just not the one I hoped for. I will have to grit my teeth and close my eyes if she becomes our nominee...

ismnotwasm

(41,999 posts)
63. Because when H.A. Goodman speaks..
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 03:02 PM
Dec 2015

Everybody listens..*


*Idiomic usage, not to infer, inply or out right state that, anyone, you know, that anyone actually listens to him or takes him seriously

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
7. Amazing what this man can do in under twenty-four hours.
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 12:28 PM
Dec 2015

A true unicorn if you will. It is extremely clear from Goodman that there is no need for the election. lol. Goodman really did find a more prosperous group by leaving Paul and pandering to Sanders supporters. Well done on his part.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
21. No need for a primary election ...
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 01:57 PM
Dec 2015

He will go back to being a republican voting paulite, the day after the Democratic Party has a nominee.

 

The Boss

(63 posts)
26. That's a lie, and you know it.
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 02:10 PM
Dec 2015

He is not a republican voting Paulite. If you cared to read one of his articles, he'll explain to you why he is still a liberal Democrat.

 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
30. Hey if it works for them, sobeit. The more complacent they are, the higher Bernie rides.
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 02:17 PM
Dec 2015

It's all sewed up. She's inevitable. She likes to make dramatic entrances and exits. She'll be the first woman, ya know. She gloats in a Presidential way.

Meanwhile, Bernie plods away in his own, same-old, same-old style and message. It's the Oligarchs vs. the Revolutionary. Not exactly new or original, but it's what we have. Lots of money and ad time and influence and name recognition vs. Less money, less ad time and needing to be introduced to the nation

Take it to the streets, literally, Iowa. We're counting on you all.

But just in case, read my Sig Line.

OilemFirchen

(7,143 posts)
69. Who's complacent?
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 06:29 PM
Dec 2015

Other than, of course, Ha Ha Goodone - who believes that the coronation is inevitable?

BTW, I read your sig line. Is it null to indicate the value of the post above?

 

The Boss

(63 posts)
45. Really?
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 02:34 PM
Dec 2015
Remember that article on Rand Paul I wrote? Of course I never wanted to vote for a Republican, but I didn't want another president willing to engage in perpetual wars. Clinton's review of a book by Henry Kissinger as well as articles in The New York Times, Vox, and other publications illustrate she might be willing to continue Bush's quagmires. In 2014, even I thought that Clinton's nomination was an eventuality, therefore I searched for an alternative to a hawkish Democrat.

I always believed progressives should oppose Republicans on matters of war and national security, not simply claim a devastating Iraq vote was a "mistake."

I've been a registered Democrat all my life (voting for Gore, Kerry, and Obama twice), but when President Obama was sending Americans back to Iraq in 2014, I searched desperately for an alternative to Clinton's "neocon" foreign policy. I'm not a Facebook Liberal and when I'm on Ring of Fire correlating Dick Cheney to the chaos in the Middle East, I also know that Hillary Clinton could have offered a powerful voice of protest.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-a-goodman/why-bernie-sanders-has-already-won-the-democratic-debates_b_8278834.html

pnwmom

(108,990 posts)
52. He knows that no informed progressive takes him seriously after that
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 02:39 PM
Dec 2015

endorsement, so he's backtracking now.

No real progressive could ever vote for that tea party libertarian. He took his position when the Dem contest was still wide open and people were still hoping for Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.

A true progressive would have waited to see if they were going to run, before tossing his support to Rand Paul even before Hillary announced.

He's just posing as one.

tblue37

(65,483 posts)
106. Oh, sorry. I misunderstood your previous post as referring to Sanders. That's why I was
Tue Dec 22, 2015, 11:04 PM
Dec 2015

so surprised and upset about it.

tblue37

(65,483 posts)
110. I am relieved. So many people make DU suck these days--including OTT supporters
Tue Dec 22, 2015, 11:58 PM
Dec 2015

of both frontrunners. (I am a Bernie supporter, but I see a lot of unpleasant posts from some supporters on both sides.)

Anyway, you have always been one of the people on DU whose posts I respect and enjoy reading, so I recoiled in horror when I misread your post as being an ugly and untrue smear against Bernie. I couldn't believe it of you, so I am relieved as hell to find out I was wrong about your meaning.

pnwmom

(108,990 posts)
47. It isn't a lie and informed people know it. He ENDORSED Rand Paul for President
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 02:36 PM
Dec 2015

in November 2014. This is public record and he can't erase it.

And neither can you.

No actual progressive could ever endorse a tea party libertarian. Never, ever.

tblue37

(65,483 posts)
104. Bernie is an FDR Democrat as far as his voting history and his political stances
Tue Dec 22, 2015, 11:02 PM
Dec 2015

are concerned.

You disappoint me 1SBM. I have always admired your posts. This potshot isn't fair or true--and it isn't like you to be unfair or untrue, even when disagreeing with someone.

Please return to your regularly scheduled posting excellence.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
107. I'm not talking about Bernie ...
Tue Dec 22, 2015, 11:28 PM
Dec 2015

I'm talking about H.A. Goodman, like everyone else in this sub-thread.

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
114. Which won't be 'til Philly.
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 07:17 AM
Dec 2015

Might as well face it...this year, NO ONE is "inevitable". And no one is entitled to be smug.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
126. I beg to differ ... I suspect the Democrats will have our nominee, ...
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 08:39 AM
Dec 2015

shortly after Super Tuesday ... But than again, look at the gop ... there remain candidates still in the race with no chance of winning the gop nomination.

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
113. No worse than the OP that says HRC simply WILL win Iowa in six weeks
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 07:15 AM
Dec 2015

As if is an unchallengeable assertion simply because the OP says it is.

The truth is, everything is up for grabs and nothing can be assumed anywhere at this moment.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
116. I don't find that op to be negative...
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 07:24 AM
Dec 2015

Or pie in the sky in any way. The difference in the two is night and day.

Tell me. Which prediction do you find has a better chance of becoming reality?

That DUers or the Paul supporter pandering to Sanders supporters in order to gain viewership?

There is simply no comparison like you just attempted to make.

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
118. It was snide and arrogant and it basically implied that Bernie should just get out now.
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 07:42 AM
Dec 2015

It was another "HRC is SIMPLY OWED the nomination and you peasants have no right to have any say in this" screed. There is no excuse to ever post anything like that. And since Iowa is generally seen as either neck-and-neck or leaning to Bernie, the smugness in that OP isn't even justified by any empirical facts.

It doesn't help the GOP for Bernie to do well, and it wouldn't hurt them if HRC DID wrap up the nom in march. The GOP WANTS HRC to be nominated...that's what they've been wishing for the whole time. They know that they can crush her in the fall, because a HRC-led ticket can't possibly generate any enthusiasm from anyone. Those of us who are "eat your spinach" voters will vote for her, but those who were electrified by what Bernie's campaign represents will feel that they don't matter and that nothing they cared about will be represented by HRC, that she will be as dismissive of all the ideals and hopes he represents as many of her supporters are here. That she will treat the rest of the party as underlings to be "put in their place".

In a better world, those of you who support her would be pushing her to acknowledge the importance of what Bernie's campaign stands for and the desperate need to keep faith with it...but it's not going to surprise any of us if she is just as adamant as John Kerry or El Perro Grande himself that nothing grassroots or transformational at all will be in the platform.

Every time people supporting HRC post a "she's already won, Bernie shouldn't even be running anymore" thread, at a time when no one anywhere has voted, they give aid and comfort to the GOP. Why on earth would they want to do that?

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
121. "Give aid and comfort to the GOP"
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 07:48 AM
Dec 2015

Laughable at best. I'm giving the benefit of the doubt by just laughing. Done.

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
122. They give that aid and comfort by alienating the young people
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 07:58 AM
Dec 2015

the ones who are only interested in this race at all because Bernie is running(HRC's campaign has almost no young supporters at all) by dismissing the great cause they are fighting for.

If HRC's supporters actually want to elect her(assuming she gets nominated, which is far from a certainty), they will have to acknowledge the validity of the issues the Sanders movement fights for. They will need to admit that their candidate HAS been too close to corporate power in the past and needs to make a decisive break from it(it's not possible to fight for compassionate governance, the needs of ordinary people and any notion at all of the greater common good, on the one hand AND defend Wall Street's short-term-rate-on-return-at-ANY-cost agenda on the other).

Most Americans do NOT want the Democratic Party to stand only for making things slightly less ugly, and most people don't think that military intervention and defending the rights of women and children go together. Turning Syria into glass can never lead to a feminist Middle East.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
123. The dishonesty in your post is staggering.
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 08:24 AM
Dec 2015

Last edited Wed Dec 23, 2015, 09:01 AM - Edit history (1)

Exactly who Goodman is writing for.

"HRC's campaign has almost no young supporters at all"

You really cleared things up with that one. Thanks.

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
125. I didn't say it had none. It has a small number.
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 08:37 AM
Dec 2015

But it isn't young people throwing $2000-a-plate fundraisers in private homes.

And it isn't young people saying that Bernie's ideas are unachievable and that everyone backing Bernie should just give up and settle for bland passionless corporate centrism based on tiny, undetectable increments of minor change.

And it isn't young people(especially young women) claiming that "force projection" military intervention can led to better lives for women and children.

I'm not young myself(just turned 55), but I haven't checked my dreams and my soul at the door, and I will always stand with the young and the dreamers and the poets, because they are the ones who haven't given up yet.

riversedge

(70,288 posts)
10. Bingo. I read the headline title and knew it was St Nick delivering
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 12:50 PM
Dec 2015

another bag of goodies to his believers.



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Lily Adams ?@adamslily Dec 19

Only candidate to mention Planned Parenthood again is @HillaryClinton #DemDebate

angrychair

(8,733 posts)
14. Bernie
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 01:26 PM
Dec 2015

Was only candidate too mention that women make 78 cents on the dollar to men and to talk about his bill for paid family leave then your candidate got huffy that he brought up women's issues and started spewing how much she cares too. Always following Bernie's lead.
'Following' being the operative term here. Evolving on issues right after Sanders mentions them.

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
50. She could dispel all of these rumors overnight by filling a stadium with cheering fans....
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 02:37 PM
Dec 2015

But she's not "showy" that way.

 

demwing

(16,916 posts)
60. The Hill prefers more intimate sessions
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 02:48 PM
Dec 2015

where she can really listen to the needs of the oppressed billionaire class.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
18. I saw the H/P, and read the title and, somehow ...
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 01:52 PM
Dec 2015

knew it was a Goodman piece.

Goodman must be the favorite uncle of someone ... he has a knack for give people all the candy they want.

ismnotwasm

(41,999 posts)
22. This is awesome though
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 01:59 PM
Dec 2015

Between the 'refused to share a toilet' thread and the H.A. Goodman meanderings, this day, looking at DU had me laughing out loud.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
23. Yes, I know ...
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 02:07 PM
Dec 2015

I've tried all day to avoid the nonsense; but, have been unable to ...

On a positive note, I've visited parts of DU, I had never seen before.

 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
25. I saw the H/P, and read the title and, somehow ... knew it was a Goodman piece.
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 02:09 PM
Dec 2015

Somehow?

Hubris perhaps?




Remember.... she lost the last one, and she can lose this one too.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
46. Yes. Anything is possible ...
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 02:35 PM
Dec 2015

The candidate I like best, Martin O'Malley, might suddenly break through, AND the media might pretend to take notice.

PosterChild

(1,307 posts)
71. It really puzzles me that...
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 06:37 PM
Dec 2015

.... an actual Democrat with substantial executive experience and left-of-Hillary cred hasn't gotten the attention and support I believed he would.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
73. That has me puzzled, as well. ...
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 06:55 PM
Dec 2015

I think we can chalk it up to bad timing. O'Malley is running between two large than life candidates/campaigns ... HRC, with her history and experience and Bernie with his movement of the disaffected, the simply was no oxygen left for him to breathe, especially when the media buys into the story line.

Number23

(24,544 posts)
103. It's like Santa Claus on Christmas day for these folks
Tue Dec 22, 2015, 10:50 PM
Dec 2015

Never mind that Santa smells like MD 2020, has just kicked the shit out of your dog and is actually TAKING your gifts from your house. He's here ain't he? Must be the real thing.

This is all so truly, terribly sad. Really, really sad.

 

fasttense

(17,301 posts)
20. I feel smearing Clinton just makes me NOT want to vote at all.
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 01:56 PM
Dec 2015

I truly think Sanders was in the right with this whole data access scandal. But bashing Clinton just to bash her is really not productive. Yes her surrogates really f**k up. And she probably let them do what they did. But politicians are allowed to accepted bribes in America and the Supreme Court agrees. So, bashing her for taking money is like bashing a horse for eating hay.

That's is why I'm voting for Bernie Sanders. He is not taking illegal or legal bribes. He's a horse of a different color and American politics needs a good injection of honesty.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
27. H A Goodman is a ***kin libertarian Rand lover
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 02:12 PM
Dec 2015
I'm a Liberal Democrat. I'm Voting for Rand Paul in 2016. Here Is Why.
H. A. Goodman

Columnist published in The Cleveland Plain Dealer, The Baltimore Sun, The Hill, Salon, The Jerusalem Post

Posted: 11/17/2014 3:31 am EST Updated: 01/17/2015 5:59 am EST
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-a-goodman/im-a-liberal-democrat-im_b_6169542.html

 

The Boss

(63 posts)
40. And here's a reminder of his
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 02:30 PM
Dec 2015
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-a-goodman/why-bernie-sanders-has-already-won-the-democratic-debates_b_8278834.html

Remember that article on Rand Paul I wrote? Of course I never wanted to vote for a Republican, but I didn't want another president willing to engage in perpetual wars. Clinton's review of a book by Henry Kissinger as well as articles in The New York Times, Vox, and other publications illustrate she might be willing to continue Bush's quagmires. In 2014, even I thought that Clinton's nomination was an eventuality, therefore I searched for an alternative to a hawkish Democrat.

I always believed progressives should oppose Republicans on matters of war and national security, not simply claim a devastating Iraq vote was a "mistake."

I've been a registered Democrat all my life (voting for Gore, Kerry, and Obama twice), but when President Obama was sending Americans back to Iraq in 2014, I searched desperately for an alternative to Clinton's "neocon" foreign policy. I'm not a Facebook Liberal and when I'm on Ring of Fire correlating Dick Cheney to the chaos in the Middle East, I also know that Hillary Clinton could have offered a powerful voice of protest.

pnwmom

(108,990 posts)
54. He's a fraud. He endorsed Paul in November 2014, without waiting
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 02:41 PM
Dec 2015

even for Hillary to announce -- much less Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.

There was no rush for him to endorse Rand Paul. He did it because he wanted to.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
64. Hes a fraud
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 03:02 PM
Dec 2015

No real democrat in his or hers wildest freakin nightmare would EVER vote for republican teahaddist Rand Paul!

I cant believe adults fall for H A Goodmans HS!

But now hes a Bernie true believer! OMG SMH

zentrum

(9,865 posts)
29. Yes! In trying to undermine
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 02:15 PM
Dec 2015

…..Bernie and support Hillary, DWS is undermining the Democratic Party itself and especially its future——young people.

It's PUMA writ large. It's also the legacy of what the DLC did to Democratic values.

Everyone needs to call the DNC and also, the bigger Democratic leaders and express their concern (indignation), not only about DWS—but about the fact that Bernie beats all Republican candidates by larger margins than Clinton does.

DWS is endangering the entire process. Why are we Democrats standing for it?

DNC PHONE NUMBER: 202-863-8000

TO SEND AN EMAIL: http://my.democrats.org/page/s/contact-the-democrats


upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
34. Hillary will win the nomination and will
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 02:21 PM
Dec 2015

become the 45th POTUS.

HA Goodman will go bull shit some other group

Life is good

 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
37. Kill the Messenger...in Full Force. Funny, you can't scrub all of the servers of all of
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 02:23 PM
Dec 2015

of the messengers and the ccs likely sent to many others. Maybe Pagliani didn't scrub his server quite as well. Just another HRC Hmmm ????.

.

 

Duval

(4,280 posts)
41. K&R Thanks so much Omaha Steve
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 02:32 PM
Dec 2015

I believe this mess is going to set her back. Hartmann was saying a few minutes ago, how Sanders won so many elections in Vermont because they knew he was honest. Honesty is a big deal to all voters.
Hillary is an accomplished politician and would likely carry on the policies of her husband as well as Obama. Bernie offers much needed change in many areas.

As I've said numerous times, if she is the nominee I will vote for her. But, I'm seeing more and more supporters for Bernie, like myself.

NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)
66. "the Real Democratic Front Runner"
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 03:39 PM
Dec 2015

The polls don't support that statement. It's wishful thinking at best.

Paka

(2,760 posts)
70. Big K&R
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 06:34 PM
Dec 2015

I don't know why more is not out there about the weapon's deals.

This statement says it all: "Clinton's anti-gun stance stops at the water's edge"


 

Bohemianwriter

(978 posts)
78. Got someone to kill?
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 07:35 PM
Dec 2015

Just donate to the Clintons and you'll get any deal you want in no time.

Got a job to lose?

Vote Hillary and find out whether she wants to ship it out with the TPP.

 

Bohemianwriter

(978 posts)
117. Where's the hate?
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 07:40 AM
Dec 2015

Here's the deal!

Who was laughing at the death of Qadaffi?`

Who voted for the invasion of Iraq?

Who's been taking money from the arms industry?

I am a veteran!

I am against wars, and all who promotes it in one way or another!

And when someone talks about ground troops and no fly zones, then I react!

But it's seemingly more important to uphold a liars facade than principles.


 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
119. I hate wars too and back Bernie-but implying HRC is a mafia boss ordering hits on people
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 07:44 AM
Dec 2015

just plays into right-wing propaganda.

 

Bohemianwriter

(978 posts)
120. The establishment is just like the Mafia..
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 07:47 AM
Dec 2015

And when it comes to arms deals, I am sure that her donors are very happy to use those weapons on someone!

Get it?

When she's involved in arms deals, rubber stamping them, she is no better than a reichwinger!

She IS a reichwinger!

 

Bohemianwriter

(978 posts)
111. Hillary is the one who wants...
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 07:02 AM
Dec 2015

A "no fly zone" so she can send poor black kids to fight the wars for her war mongering war profiteers in the Arms industry.

Deal with it.


On the side note, Hillary has already cost thousands of lives for voting for the invasion of Iraq, the ousting of Qaddafi, and the continuation of the war on drugs.

"We came, we saw, he died" and then all hell broke loose in Libya, and she laughs about it.

I gather you have kids you are more than willing to sacrifice for Hillary's wars. I'm sure she will laugh again when your kids come home broken or dead.

Buzz cook

(2,474 posts)
82. So the zombie lie that
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 07:59 PM
Dec 2015

Has Clinton's campaign directly benefiting from donations to the Clinton Foundation shambles on.

Bernie's sock puppets love recycling so much the reuse every right wing lie.

whereisjustice

(2,941 posts)
87. Hillary and DNC skunks stepped in shit, rubbed it off by smearing it over the neighbors rug
Tue Dec 22, 2015, 01:02 AM
Dec 2015

Now the place smells like skunks AND shit.

in_cog_ni_to

(41,600 posts)
88. Thom Hartmann doesn't have cliwns as guests on his show. So all the insults hurled at
Tue Dec 22, 2015, 01:20 AM
Dec 2015

Goodman, just makes you look small and petty. Thom Hartmann is a BRILLIANT, INTELLIGENT guy. If Goodman didn't know what he was talking about, he wouldn't be on Thom's show.

Great article, OS!

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

Progressive dog

(6,918 posts)
96. H.A. Goodman is not going to help
Tue Dec 22, 2015, 11:13 AM
Dec 2015

Bernie with Democrats.
His mindless hatred for Hillary shows through in his poor imitation of the RW fantasy claims against the Democratic party and it's leaders.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
101. Before I ever opened this OP, I knew it was probably something by H A Goodman, I was right.
Tue Dec 22, 2015, 08:11 PM
Dec 2015

Only someone like H A Goodman would write an article "Won the Debate, Defeated the DNC, and the Real Democratis front runner". I am wondering if reality will arrive before long. A writer I can not believe.

okasha

(11,573 posts)
105. And there REALLY ARE
Tue Dec 22, 2015, 11:04 PM
Dec 2015

fairies at the bottom of the garden.



(And before some asshat pretends that's a homophobic reference, see Arthur Conan Doyle and the Cottington hoax. )

Dem2

(8,168 posts)
124. Ok, it seems that this person is kind of a joke here
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 08:28 AM
Dec 2015

So generally when this happens posting their stories becomes kind of a joke right?

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