2016 Postmortem

MADem

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24. I saw that last night--he basically called the guy a massive honking liar.

Sat Apr 2, 2016, 01:14 PM

Apr 2016

It seems like they're getting desperate in the final days. Any old falsehood to generate ire, even if it's just not true. Sad. It looks like they're going out on a very low and ugly note.

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Fossil fuels - Sanders 4 100ths of 1%, Clinton 15 100ths of 1% of total donations. [View all] LAS14 Apr 2016 OP

That is a lie... GeorgiaPeanuts Apr 2016 #1

You do know that a politician doesn't control these PACs? Arneoker Apr 2016 #4

Yeah, there's no backchannel coordination at all... rofl nt revbones Apr 2016 #52

lol SoLeftIAmRight Apr 2016 #54

You really should read up on campaign finance laws. It would be very helpful. George II Apr 2016 #41

Some here suffer from CDS. grossproffit Apr 2016 #42

I hear that's very similar to what many suffered right after Jan 20, 2009 - ODS. The cure is..... George II Apr 2016 #43

You do know that Sanders has SuperPacs & Dark Money too. LOL! KittyWampus Apr 2016 #44

Oh fucking horseshit. TM99 Apr 2016 #53

Did Hillary lose her SuperPACs? DemocracyDirect Apr 2016 #2

Candidates don't "have" super PACs Recursion Apr 2016 #6

Trevor Potter, Jon Stewart, and Steven Colbert had a great series on that.... think Apr 2016 #8

More obfuscating... You know exactly what is implied... nt GeorgiaPeanuts Apr 2016 #9

What we are saying is that BlueMTexpat Apr 2016 #22

Do you honestly not understand how this works? Warren Stupidity Apr 2016 #11

I clearly do, unlike 99% of the board Recursion Apr 2016 #13

So it is option b Warren Stupidity Apr 2016 #14

Do you think a person as smart as Hillary can work around that? immoderate Apr 2016 #28

I thought they found an internet loophole for coordination and were exploiting it ??? dreamnightwind Apr 2016 #50

She does a LOT of illegal shit... AzDar Apr 2016 #26

You really believe that, don't you? Recursion Apr 2016 #29

Amazing what 25+ years of Lying, Cheating and Stealing will do to your 'reputation'... AzDar Apr 2016 #32

Has the Sanders campaign responded to the FEC about the unreported ten million dollars yet? Koinos Apr 2016 #46

Oh that's very naive. DemocracyDirect Apr 2016 #60

The case that allowed Super PACs was speechnow.org, not Citizens United Recursion Apr 2016 #61

So naive and condescending? DemocracyDirect Apr 2016 #62

Really? Cause it sounds to me like he's gone pretty far off the reservation (nt) Recursion Apr 2016 #63

Naive, condescending and ironic DemocracyDirect Apr 2016 #64

Of course Arneoker Apr 2016 #3

"Totally bogus charge against Hillary Clinton" Dem2 Apr 2016 #5

These are the kind of "artful smears" Hillary was talking about. Adrahil Apr 2016 #7

Bernie Sanders makes me puke. n/t cosmicone Apr 2016 #10

If so WHY NOT just accept the Greenpeace pledge? Armstead Apr 2016 #12

Why even care? Arneoker Apr 2016 #15

Because it is is an example of why nothing positive happens in DC Armstead Apr 2016 #16

That's awfully naive Arneoker Apr 2016 #18

It's a step in the right direction Armstead Apr 2016 #20

Even with all of these obstacles progress can be made Arneoker Apr 2016 #19

What defeatist bullshit. You probably think "nothing good" has happened in the past 8 years, too Recursion Apr 2016 #30

The last 8 years have been a very mixed bag Armstead Apr 2016 #33

Obama's administration has been more successful and consequential than Reagan's or LBJ's Recursion Apr 2016 #34

Why doesn't Sanders? He's gotten more money from Oil/Gas than Trump. KittyWampus Apr 2016 #45

He has taken that pledge Armstead Apr 2016 #49

Campaigns don't "accept money from...PACs" LAS14 Apr 2016 #17

Sanders needs to walk back the vitriol now and apologize. n/t cosmicone Apr 2016 #21

Another Sanders artful smear, if he put as much time into campaign strategy as he did sophistry then uponit7771 Apr 2016 #23

I saw that last night--he basically called the guy a massive honking liar. MADem Apr 2016 #24

Thank you riversedge Apr 2016 #25

K&R mcar Apr 2016 #27

K&R HillareeeHillaraah Apr 2016 #31

K&R. kstewart33 Apr 2016 #35

K&R Alfresco Apr 2016 #36

It's all in the packaging, like in most advertisements. While small, HRC is 375% more than SBS. nt TheBlackAdder Apr 2016 #37

Thank you! betsuni Apr 2016 #38

K & R Nonhlanhla Apr 2016 #39

K&R SharonClark Apr 2016 #40

You forgot the superpacs supporting her, and why big oil donates to them. Also her "charity." Scuba Apr 2016 #47

K&R! DemonGoddess Apr 2016 #48

$4.5 million is what I heard dreamnightwind Apr 2016 #51

I will tell you they're not co-ordinating. It's illegal... LAS14 Apr 2016 #56

Sorry I don't believe you. - eom dreamnightwind Apr 2016 #58

It doesn't matter that they are not coordinating. The support still exists. lostnfound Apr 2016 #59

Great post Gothmog Apr 2016 #55

Sanders' ramped up lies about Hillary show his desperation. SunSeeker Apr 2016 #57