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Related: About this forumMoveOn director blasts superdelegate harassment
MoveOn director blasts superdelegate harassmentBy NICK GASS 04/13/16 08:52 AM EDT
The Washington director of the progressive advocacy group MoveOn.org, which voted to endorse Bernie Sanders earlier this year, denounced strongly on Wednesday efforts by un-allied Sanders supporters to threaten superdelegates backing Hillary Clinton.
I have to say we should leave harassment of superdelegates to the Republicans. They seem to have that market cornered. But frankly, theres no place for harassing anyone, really in either party in American politics. This should be a contest of ideals and issues," said Ben Wikler in an interview with CNN's "New Day."
Over the weekend, NPR reported on a man named Spencer Thayer who launched a website on April 4 initially titled "Superdelegate Hit List," soliciting contact information for Clinton superdelegates in order to get in touch with them and persuade them.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/04/superdelegate-harassment-moveon-ben-wikler-221881
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MoveOn director blasts superdelegate harassment (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Apr 2016
OP
The tone at the top. haven't heard Bernie denounce it and was known weeks ago. nt
Jitter65
Apr 2016
#9
Harassing super delegates won't help Bernie. Sounds like a worm in our ranks.
imagine2015
Apr 2016
#11
Such tactics are immature and more likely to harm Bernie than to help him. But then again ...
NurseJackie
Apr 2016
#13
A guy I went to grade school with has posted this list on Facebook.
greatauntoftriplets
Apr 2016
#15
MoveOn -- isn't that the group that formed to support Bill having sex with an intern?
nichomachus
Apr 2016
#16
floriduck
(2,262 posts)1. "Un-allied Sanders supporters" = non-story. nm
Tarc
(10,472 posts)4. aka No True Scotsman
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)5. MoveOn is a Sanders ally
Apparently they are concerned enough about it to make this public statement.
Its not Hillary backers harassing the supers.
floriduck
(2,262 posts)8. So what? He's not causing the problem.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)2. Bernie supporters are harassing super delegates?
That's awful
imagine2015
(2,054 posts)12. Awful??? You wish it was true! But it isn't.
This is not being organized by anyone working for Bernie Sanders campaign organization.
It could be a plant.
In any case, as you know and understand, harassing super delegates can not and will not help Bernie Sanders at all.
Isn't that right?
Merryland
(1,134 posts)3. That's kind of puzzling on the part of MoveOn.org
I don't think contacting superdelegates & telling them how you feel is "harassment" - it's called democracy.
pat_k
(9,313 posts)6. Kick'n'rec (nt)
David__77
(23,220 posts)7. What are examples of harassment of these delegates?
...
Jitter65
(3,089 posts)9. The tone at the top. haven't heard Bernie denounce it and was known weeks ago. nt
mmonk
(52,589 posts)10. Super delegates put the lie to democratic.
imagine2015
(2,054 posts)11. Harassing super delegates won't help Bernie. Sounds like a worm in our ranks.
Don't fall for it.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)13. Such tactics are immature and more likely to harm Bernie than to help him. But then again ...
... every day, I become more and more convinced that Bernie's campaign isn't about actually winning the nomination at all.
So perhaps their aggressive actions and harassment kinda does make sense: the same way that a toddler's public temper tantrum at the grocery store candy rack "makes sense" to the toddler. ("I want what I want and I want it now, and if I can't have it now, I want the whole world to know I'm unhappy about it."
FourScore
(9,704 posts)14. What they SHOULD be blasting is the superdelegate system. n/t
greatauntoftriplets
(175,698 posts)15. A guy I went to grade school with has posted this list on Facebook.
nichomachus
(12,754 posts)16. MoveOn -- isn't that the group that formed to support Bill having sex with an intern?
So, basically, they're a stealth Clinton lobbying group. Take what they say with a grain of salt.