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cali

(114,904 posts)
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 09:14 AM Jan 2016

Having David Brock deeply involved in your campaign is like

having Lee Atwater closely involved in your campaign. It says a lot. They are very similar types, both amoral slimeball hitmen willing to plumb any depths.

Sidney Blumenthal and David Brock, two of her trusted advisors.

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Having David Brock deeply involved in your campaign is like (Original Post) cali Jan 2016 OP
there's something wrong with anyone that wants the job so bad that hobbit709 Jan 2016 #1
"...you see them visibly want to taste it." pangaia Jan 2016 #22
All they need now is Dick Morris back in the fold like the good old days! nt m-lekktor Jan 2016 #2
According to Blumenthal (the Clinton Wars) Hillary is responsible for bringing Dick Morris into the Fuddnik Jan 2016 #12
watching porn with Clarence Thomas reddread Jan 2016 #3
When you see her campaign going to the lengths of deception about Bernie it has in the Jarqui Jan 2016 #4
That's a great compilation! You should make that an op. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #5
That really is a nice compilation. navarth Jan 2016 #10
This is excellent.. mountain grammy Jan 2016 #14
Wonderful collection arikara Jan 2016 #19
Bernie is the man for the times NJCher Jan 2016 #30
Wonderful. Yes, this should be an Op! merrily Jan 2016 #34
He is Hillary's Rove. Fuck that slimy piece of shit. morningfog Jan 2016 #6
Or like having Cornel West involved in your campaign? randome Jan 2016 #7
No. I'm not convinced West is good for his.campaign but cali Jan 2016 #8
Betweem Cornel West and Dick Morris and Mark Penn..... Fuddnik Jan 2016 #13
I'll take Cornel West navarth Jan 2016 #11
I'm Proud to have Cornell West backing Sanders. TIME TO PANIC Jan 2016 #15
Seriously? Equating Brock with West? mountain grammy Jan 2016 #18
So which black woman did West get paid to brand a whore? (nt) jeff47 Jan 2016 #32
That gives us a glimpse into what a Hillary administration would be like Autumn Jan 2016 #9
Her great fiend Henry Kissinger could be Secretary of State again! Fuddnik Jan 2016 #16
Lee Atwater came to my mind, too, bvf Jan 2016 #17
he apologized reddread Jan 2016 #25
Fuck his apology. bvf Jan 2016 #27
I was pretty sure I perceived that correctly NJCher Jan 2016 #31
If you lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas. TIME TO PANIC Jan 2016 #20
Hillarys Faustian Deal Ferd Berfel Jan 2016 #21
Yeah, but he makes you feel proud to shout, "No, we can't! No, we can't!" That's worth valerief Jan 2016 #23
Scuba diving in a swine manure lagoon Fumesucker Jan 2016 #24
Or having Cornell West withing 1143 miles of you? uponit7771 Jan 2016 #26
Such a clueless comparison cali Jan 2016 #28
You forgot the "... to those who know nothing about Cornell West" uponit7771 Jan 2016 #29
Which black woman did West get paid to brand a whore? (nt) jeff47 Jan 2016 #33

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)
1. there's something wrong with anyone that wants the job so bad that
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 09:17 AM
Jan 2016

you see them visibly want to taste it.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
22. "...you see them visibly want to taste it."
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 12:08 PM
Jan 2016

An excellent description. It really IS visible, isn't it.

Fuddnik

(8,846 posts)
12. According to Blumenthal (the Clinton Wars) Hillary is responsible for bringing Dick Morris into the
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 11:51 AM
Jan 2016

White House in the first place. Or, as Blumenthal put it, "Her old friend from Arkansas".

Morris in turn, brought in Union Buster, Mark Penn.

How anyone can support this entire gaggle of anti-working class assholes is beyond me.

Jarqui

(10,122 posts)
4. When you see her campaign going to the lengths of deception about Bernie it has in the
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 10:05 AM
Jan 2016

last few weeks, it makes a rational person wonder "Why can't Hillary win with the truth?"

When one lies, flip-flops and deceives as readily as Hillary has throughout her career and in this campaign, it's hard to enthusiastically support her. I'd never support anything resembling the present day GOP but if Hillary prevails, I'm not sure what effort I'll be able to muster knowing my heart won't be behind her and that her campaign, when it involves people like David Brock doing a hatchet job on her opponent, is closer to resembling the GOP than anything I can recall in my history with the Democrats.

Bernie on the other hand, he's straight up. He tells you plain and simple where he stands and why. And you can look back 40-50 years and see him taking similar positions throughout his life.















Bernie has been elected for decades running on the things he believes in his heart. He had a pretty good vision as a young man because he hasn't had to "evolve" on many of his basic ideas about foreign wars, income diversity, etc. He doesn't have to lie. He doesn't have to flip-flop to get votes like Hillary. He doesn't have to hire political hit men to tear down his opponent with lies and deception like Hillary. You can take to the bank what he says because that's what he's done and fought for his entire life. Hillary's political epitaph will never be able to say anything like that because she's a political chameleon who rapidly changes color to attain political power - not necessarily because it's the right thing to do.

navarth

(5,927 posts)
10. That really is a nice compilation.
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 11:41 AM
Jan 2016

It indicates a man who believes in the greater good and is NOT in it for himself.

And David Brock appears to be a fucking asshole. What a dick.

mountain grammy

(26,598 posts)
14. This is excellent..
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 11:55 AM
Jan 2016

and makes me honestly wonder how anyone who calls themselves a Democrat can dismiss this candidate.

arikara

(5,562 posts)
19. Wonderful collection
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 11:59 AM
Jan 2016

That typewritten letter, and the way he's holding his hands in the photo on the top. He hasn't changed a bit.

NJCher

(35,622 posts)
30. Bernie is the man for the times
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 02:36 PM
Jan 2016

In an era where politicians make up their personae via focus groups and other market research--and change it according the same tools--Bernie is exactly what he says he is.

If Bernie weren't the real deal, he would have a slogan on his bus, TV commercials, and other communications: "Bernie--the Real Deal."

I agree--Jarqui, please make up an OP with these clips.


Cher

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
7. Or like having Cornel West involved in your campaign?
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 10:48 AM
Jan 2016

Meh.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."
Leonard Cohen, Anthem (1992)
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cali

(114,904 posts)
8. No. I'm not convinced West is good for his.campaign but
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 11:12 AM
Jan 2016

that is such a silly bullshit comparison. Whatever you think of West, he has had an illustrious academic career. Brock has never been anything but a political hitman.

TIME TO PANIC

(1,894 posts)
15. I'm Proud to have Cornell West backing Sanders.
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 11:56 AM
Jan 2016

Some can't stand his blunt honesty, but that's their tough shit.

Autumn

(44,984 posts)
9. That gives us a glimpse into what a Hillary administration would be like
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 11:15 AM
Jan 2016

and the people she would surround herself with.

 

reddread

(6,896 posts)
25. he apologized
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 12:15 PM
Jan 2016

that is one thing that must be said for him. He knew as well as anyone what he had been a part of.
ownership of media was made available to disposable CIA directors and previously barred interests
fought over the carcass of press freedom. and everything that came after... Clarence Thomas. Incubators.
BOMBINGS. BOMBINGS. BOMBINGS. BOMBINGS. BOMBINGS. BOMBINGS. BOMBINGS. BOMBINGS. BOMBINGS.
as if those criminals did not get away with enough in America's blame,
they came back for sloppier seconds after invalidating the voter's voice.
BOMBINGS. BOMBINGS. BOMBINGS. BOMBINGS. BOMBINGS. BOMBINGS. BOMBINGS. BOMBINGS. BOMBINGS.
and with whose help?

David Brock's ally.

TIME TO PANIC

(1,894 posts)
20. If you lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas.
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 12:03 PM
Jan 2016

David Brock is scum, and apparently, he really wants Hillary elected. What does that tell you?

valerief

(53,235 posts)
23. Yeah, but he makes you feel proud to shout, "No, we can't! No, we can't!" That's worth
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 12:11 PM
Jan 2016

something, isn't it?

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
24. Scuba diving in a swine manure lagoon
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 12:14 PM
Jan 2016

I thought it was going to be that sort of thread...

Or maybe it is.

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