Speaker at Bernie's Washington Square rally calls to kick out "corporate Democratic whores"

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and replace them with "Bernie-crats."

Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald)

4/13/16, 7:10 PM
Speaker at Bernie Sanders rally: "Please do not believe the bullshit... the status quo sucks."

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Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald)


4/13/16, 7:12 PM
Adds that we need to kick out the "corporate Democratic whores" and replace them with "Bernie-crats."

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https://mobile.twitter.com/aseitzwald/status/720389175665684480

jess (@jessaugustyn)

4/13/16, 7:13 PM


A speaker called Hillary a "corporate whore" and I yelled "drag her!!!"

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https://mobile.twitter.com/jessaugustyn/status/720389396369788933

MP (@antimaud)

4/13/16, 7:17 PM
some speaker called Hilary a corporate whore and the guy behind me said "no disrespect to sex workers"

https://mobile.twitter.com/antimaud/status/720390509189988354

Such a positive, hopeful campaign that's drawing all kinds of wonderful people into the party.

Interesting word choice when talking about Secretary Clinton.

Thank goodness for closed primaries. Keep the enemies outside the gates.


Full text:

“Now Secretary Clinton has said that Medicare for all will never happen. [boos] Well, I agree with Secretary Clinton that Medicare for all will never happen if we have a president who never aspires for something greater than the status quo. [cheers] Medicare for all will never happen if we continue to elect corporate Democratic whores [cheers] who are beholden to Big Pharma and the private insurance industry instead of us.”

http://hinterlandgazette.com/2016/04/did-paul-song-call-hillary-clinton-corporate-whore-bernie-sanders-rally-speech.html

[Peregrine Took]

1. Glad you are feelin' the Bern, too!!

Good for you. He is the best!

[geek tragedy]

2. no, I took a reality pill and the Bern went away. much healthier now nt

[realmirage]

6. by Burn you mean burning down the country, right?

Because that's what you'll get if you help defeat Hillary and give the country back to republicans. We barely fucking survived 8 years of Bush, but you're right, doing that all over again is a great idea

[geek tragedy]

26. if you say so nt

[brush]

41. The downturns come when repugs get in office and put in their 1% favoring policies.

Look back thru history and it'll become clear.

After Hoover, the Great Depression; After Truman, even Ike had a recession; after JFK/LBJ, Nixon's recession; after Carter there came Reagan's union-busting downturn and that 80s huge market drop; Daddy Bush had his too which prompted the Clinton campaign's, "it's the economy, stupid" slogan; and after Clinton's 90s boom we all fairly recently experience Cheney/Bush's Great Recession. Obama has bought us back despite all the repug obstructionism (think what it would be like if they hadn't put up roadblocks at every turn)

Yep, it's no doubt tht repugs cause the economic collapses and dems fix them. It's not a secret except for those that don't look at history.

[Bill USA]

85. "severe downturn"? Who's your source, the RNC? Nobody who has any credibility. Most economists are

attributing the slow growth of 2016 to China's slow-down and European countries austerity economic policies. U.S. has done much better than the European countries who went with austerity. Of course, the GOP prevented Obama from passing any more than a stimulus that was too small to do a good job of stimulating a faster recovery(Chistina Romer wanted a much bigger stimulus). But fortunately, the Fed, insulated from GOP sabotage, provided a modest stimulus by keeping lending rates very low.


Barack Obama has been a great president for job creation

As for Barack Obama, if we measure this from when he was inaugurated, then after seven years in office we has seen the creation of 9.2 million jobs. But when Obama took office, the economy was hemorrhaging hundreds of thousands of jobs a month — 700,000 were lost in his first month as president, which he can hardly be blamed for. And in general it may not be fair to give credit or blame to a president for what happens at the beginning of his first term.

So here’s what the data look like if we insert a one-year lag, attributing the first year of every president to the one who came before him. For instance, for Bill Clinton that means measuring from the start of 1994, one year into his presidency, and ending at the start of 2002, one year into George W. Bush’s presidency:

https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=1484

Here, Carter looks a little worse and Reagan looks a little better, but the big change is that Obama looks much better (though in his case we’re just taking out one year but not adding anything in) and George W. Bush looks much worse; in fact, Bush actually saw net job losses of over a million.

Which brings us to the question of the Great Recession and which president should be assigned the blame. You could argue this question in many ways — maybe Bush helped it happen, or maybe Obama didn’t help it end quickly enough. But let’s be generous, particularly to Bush, and say that he had nothing to do with the Great Recession. So to compare these two presidents we’ll stop measuring Bush at the moment job losses kicked in (December 2007) and start measuring Obama once the recession hit its low point (February 2010). Here are the job totals doing it that way:

https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=1484

So being generous to both presidents, Bush created 5.7 million jobs before things went south, and Obama created created 13.6 million jobs after things bottomed out.


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[Adrahil]

165. Donald Trump? Is that you? NT

[dorkzilla]

13. Riiiiiiiigggghhhhhtttt

IF YOU DON'T VOTE FOR BUSH THE TERRORISTS WILL GET US!!!!

Same shit different day.

[daleanime]

32. Wow.....

talk about epic level projection.

[timmymoff]

115. Here they are, selling fear of the other guy

while overlooking their "corporate whore" of a candidate. Truthful words are the ones that sting, and your fake poutrage is just shit we've been telling you for months. BTW the Hillary supporters crocodile tears over the phrase corporate whore is so freaking petty. You know what context that term is used. Stop with the phony heartache and palpitations over that phrase, own the corporate whoredom you are voting for.
No wonder Hillary doesn't want to fight for anything, she knows she has a following scared to get down and dirty.

[bvf]

153. You sure are funny.

While the hoi polloi of the right might hate Hillary with a passion, don't make the bone-headed mistake of thinking for one second that the Republican establishment would be upset to see her in office. If that weren't the case, they would have deep-sixed Trump long ago. The rest is theater.

And again, très amusant!

Yuk, yuk, yuk!

[brush]

56. Do you agree with "Hillary is a corporate whore" being loudspeakered at a Sanders rally?

From alleged other Democrats? That's going way, way, way over the line.

Sanders needs to tell these people to cool it.

[Fawke Em]

68. He didn't name her.

He called ALL politicians who side with the corporations over the people whores, male and female.

So, with that, why did you automatically assume he said Hillary's name? Project much?

[brush]

78. He didn't have to name her, she's Sanders' opponent. Don't be cute. Everybody knows he meant Clinton

Dems calling other Dems whores is NOT ok.

We have to come together after the primaries.

That kind of inflammatory, reckless crap is making that just about impossible.

[Fawke Em]

88. So she's more than one person?

You didn't even hear it, I did!

He said corporate whoreS - plural.

And stop talking down to me. I'm a 46 year old mother of two. I want a woman to be president, but not a corporate-owned war hawk.

[brush]

91. And no one in the crowd thought Clinton when "corporate whores" came over the mike? Yeah right.

[Fawke Em]

93. LOL! You know who thought that?

The Clinton supporters on this thread!

Why is that?

[brush]

94. Cause dems should not be tossing that kind of language at other dems, and her being a woman?

NOT OK, and I think you know that but don't want to admit it.

That's repug stuff.

[Bubzer]

134. The term corporate whore has been used by so many here who're only now upset with it's application.

You don't like the term being applied to your candidate of choice? Then push them away from actions that deserve the title. A corporate whore is a corporate whore. Hillary isn't going to get one iota of deference just because she's a woman. She's nothing special... she's just another money-grubbing politician. The fact that she's been at corporate fundraisers tonight is just more bit of proof upon the mounds and mounds of it.

[brush]

167. Why would you even want to defend that? Even Bernie came out against it.

"Dr. Song’s comment was inappropriate and insensitive. There’s no room for language like that in our political discourse,” Sanders tweeted Thursday.

[arcane1]

101. Your attempt at pretending to be offended is fooling nobody n/t

[brush]

166. Not trying too fool anyone. We have to unite afterwards. That kind of language . . .

towards other dems makes it near impossible.

Calm down and think clearly.

Even Sanders came out against it:

“Dr. Song’s comment was inappropriate and insensitive. There’s no room for language like that in our political discourse,” Sanders tweeted Thursday.

[timmymoff]

117. Calling a corporate whore a corporate whore is bad these days?

Or do you have a sad because someone is describing your candidate exactly how she is? Yes, get in line, tow the line, don't ruffle feathers, we are pure of soul here on the Hillary side lol. Now wonder she doesn't want to fight for anything she has weak supporters.

[dinkytron]

141. Methinks they protest too much.

[brush]

168. Don't defend inappropriate campaign language. Even Bernie came out against it.

“Dr. Song’s comment was inappropriate and insensitive. There’s no room for language like that in our political discourse,” Sanders tweeted Thursday.

[timmymoff]

169. I don't mind it. Not one bit.

Truth hurts sometimes.

[geek tragedy]

5. I suppose I should be heartbroken that people like

that don't get to vote in our primary.

Nope!

Enemies outside the gates, not in.

Being pissed off about inequality is not a justification for being a hateful nutjob.

[geek tragedy]

14. fortunately, not enough of you to make a difference in NY

but you'll always have your hate

[geek tragedy]

27. you're here defending/expressing solidarity with

the people calling Hillary Clinton a "corporate Democratic whore"--and eliciting crowd reactions like "drag her!!!"

You took exception to my preference that such people not vote in the Democratic primary.

[geek tragedy]

42. so you support the feelings behind people calling her a "corporate Democratic whore"

and yelling "drag her!!!"

I am glad leftwing Teahadists who use violent hate speech like that are not generally voting in our primary here.

[apcalc]

54. Me too

Something seriously wrong with these people... As disgusting as right wingnuts with their hate.
I am sorry they are Democrats, and maybe they are not. We don't need the "Drag her" ugliness that they have brought with them.
Awful awful people

[Fawke Em]

72. I'm female and she IS a corporate whore, but she wasn't mentioned specifically.

YOU assumed that.

Wonder why?

[opiate69]

100. Oh, the irony...

You, presuming to lecture people on civil discourse.

[Art_from_Ark]

163. Holy collection of hidden posts, Batman!

[redstateblues]

43. They have had a lot of funny skits about Hillary before

You obviously don't watch that show very often-they mock Bernie as well-lighten up dude. At least you have reached the acceptance stage-that's progress

[artislife]

71. I get to vote in my caucus, registered Democrat

I will probably keep it so to put more liberal candidates in.

[realmirage]

4. ISIS would be proud of this kind of extremism

What a "revolution." When your guy looks like he can't win, go apeshit and try to destroy the only party that is trying to save the country

[adigal]

16. Who is the only party trying to save the country? The Hillary party??

Cause last I looked, Bernie was a Democrat.

[geek tragedy]

18. don't tell the people speaking at his rally that he's a Democrat nt

[Fawke Em]

73. There is a YUUUUGGGEE difference between Democrats and corporate "Democrats."

And you know it.

[geek tragedy]

77. really?

how does one tell the difference between the two groups--lemme guess--the former vote for Bernie and the latter vote for Hillary?

[Fawke Em]

89. That's one way to tell.

Another is how much money they get from Verizon while it's workers have to strike to get a decent living.

[geek tragedy]

92. Clinton stopped by the picket line for the CWA today

to show them support. National union guy thanked her and told her "you know we'll be there for you."

So apparently that speech money didn't buy them very much.

[Logical]

123. Then went and kissed wall streets asses! Lol! Nt

[DesertRat]

7. Trashing the Democrats is what the Sanders' people do

While at the same time demanding that loyal Democratic superdelegates switch their allegiance to him.

[Buzz Clik]

9. Is Alex Seitz-Wald a sexist pig or a tone deaf jackass?

Or both?

[geek tragedy]

10. no, that's what the speaker at the rally said. nt

[KingFlorez]

11. Some people have lost their minds

[adigal]

15. My daughter is there and said everyone is very positive and happy

Don't paint everyone with the same brush.

[geek tragedy]

17. apparently not the people on stage.

And apparently Rosario Dawson and Tim Robbins will be speaking?

Fabulous!

[adigal]

21. She didn't say anything about that, but I'll ask. nt

[Fawke Em]

79. The only hate I see if from YOU. eom

I'm going now to listen to Spike Lee.

You're so jealous, it's funny.

[seabeyond]

82. So good your daughter has learned to call... Who? A whore and... Like what I would

Encourage with my twenty something boys!

[Armstead]

22. There's assholes who support Sanders...assholes who support Clinton, etc.

Even a few assholes who support Trump and Cruze

[geek tragedy]

23. can you recall language like that at a Clinton or an Obama rally?

any other rally on our side?

[Armstead]

28. To be honest I live in the sticks, so the candidates don't come here

But we did have a little rally with Ben and Jerry, and everyone was nice, friendly ordinary people

[geek tragedy]

31. I'm not saying all Bernie supporters.

But this is an official campaign rally where the candidate himself is speaking.

In front of 20,000 people in New York City.

And that's the message?

He's running for President, for pete's sake.

[Armstead]

33. 20,000 people of any stripe are going to have assholes, especially in the big city

[geek tragedy]

37. he gave one a speaking role.

is this a serious presidential campaign or a Phish show masquerading as one?

[Armstead]

40. I'm not going to go on about which campaign has the most assholes

I've seen some hateful stuff directed against Bernie.

But regarding the Phish show comment -- I'd rather that than a Katy Perry concert

[geek tragedy]

58. my last concert was Crosby Stills & Nash.

I heard Graham Nash was going to be singing at that rally.

He's a cool cat.

[Armstead]

66. My last concert was a Beethoven Piano Sonata.....I know, boring

I doubt that will be on the bill of any candidate

[geek tragedy]

69. ha, you're supposed to be the hippy and I'm supposed to be

listening to classier upper crust stuff, according to stereotypes.

[Armstead]

74. Naw, you wouldn't believe what I do for a living...

But I still have some hippie in my soul

[SwampG8r]

86. Not anymore csn

Apparently nash and crosby are at odds.and nash says he wont go on with crosby.
Dont know why tho i saw them 2 or.3 years back .good show

[KittyWampus]

24. That doesn't bother me. I've used the term Media Whore.

What is sad is the amount of anger and demonization going on within Sanders campaign.

He's an angry, sanctimonious hypocritical man with little to offer of substance.

[JonLeibowitz]

29. Saying we need to kick out the corporate whores is not the same as calling HRC one

Perhaps someone is protesting a bit much?

[geek tragedy]

34. yeah, totally not referring to Clinton there. People in the crowd

certainly picked up on the frequency that was being broadcast.

That's one presidential operation he's got going there.

[Jefferson23]

30. That is not cool. He said he was not a Democrat? n/t

[geek tragedy]

38. I've never seen Democrats refer to "corporate Democratic whores"

during a primary campaign.

Have you?

[nadinbrzezinski]

47. Yes, I have, 2008 to be exact

but what can I say? It was a term used by many democrats and independents... must have been a CA thing

[Jefferson23]

49. You can't be serious, I have read in print Democrats go after Obama,they're fake now too?

There is no question, in my opinion that kind of talk could very well be used
generically as related to money in politics. With that said, it was wrong
b/c Clinton is the subject of the primary battle and language like that
is wrong..I don't like it no matter what.

[geek tragedy]

53. when's the last time you heard that language at a Presidential

candidate's rally?

Not talking about LaRouchies or anything like that--actual, supposedly respectable Democratic Presidential candidates.

[nadinbrzezinski]

61. What do you think Economic Royalists used by FDR was about

at the time it was considered just as disgusting and divisive language, fyi.

We have a new version of it. I am sorry that this hurts your feelings, but people are really angry out there.

But you asked. Corporate Whore is the modern equivalent, since I do not like the use of the word whore... I would not personally use it, but it is exactly the equivalent to Economic Royalists.

History... it does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme.

By the way, FDR would not win your favor today, and conservative democrats hated him just as conservadems hate liberals these days.

[geek tragedy]

65. please, FDR was reviled by the actual leftists during his day,

New Deal was set up to prevent leftwing populism from taking hold

[Fawke Em]

75. Why don't you watch the rally instead of catapulting so much hate?

[nadinbrzezinski]

76. Please yourself

by the way, the term you are objecting to precedes this campaign by at least 20 years.

here from Urban dictionary


corporate whore
One who has sold more than their labor to the corporation; one who has forsaken personal values and constitution for corporate $$; meaning of "whore" belittled when preceded by the word “corporate”; person who will sell their soul for $$.
My efforts are not driven by my passion for work, but by my own gluttony, my addition to money. I have become what I once despised—forsaken myself, sacrificed my values at the corporate alter of greed. I am a corporate whore.
by Syllabus September 28, 2003

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=corporate+whore

I personally became very aware of it... on Democratic Underground early on. Then during Occupy... so it has a history.

And I am positive if FDR ran today, you would not vote for him. IN fact, I am positive, he would not even make it to dog catcher. That is how much the D side is changed and going back to other roots.

[bvf]

147. And we sure got fucked over royally by the New Deal,

didn't we?

[Jefferson23]

67. How are you seriously going to measure that? For crying out loud, he was wrong to

say that..but to configure that with a determination he is not a Democrat is silly.

You have people as surrogates and they say things they should not. Bernie
has to take responsibility for it regardless..there is no way to control all of them.

You're casting your vote for a candidate who invoked Bobby Kennedy and
assassinations when she ran against Obama.I suggest you take a breath and relax
on who is and who is not a Democrat.

[PowerToThePeople]

35. No pay, no play

Quack quack. Is that a duck?

[ecstatic]

36. Bernie is attracting freeper teabagger types. I really don't want to be

associated with them.

[sadoldgirl]

44. If he referred directly to her, then I find it unacceptable,

but I was not there, and I see only twitters from
other people in the OP.

[geek tragedy]

46. here's a thought: a candidate running for

the freaking Democratic party's nomination to be the freaking President of the United States of America shouldn't have maniacs speaking at his rally decrying "corporate Democratic whores"--especially when his opponent is a woman.

Is this a presidential campaign or a Phish concert?

[hrmjustin]

45. That will make the 11pm news tonight here. I can just imagine what Channel 7 and NY1 will say.

[ozone_man]

48. Publicly, one should stop at corporate Democrat

and not demean whores.

There must be a more polite way to describe what Hillary does to get paid $25 million dollars in speaking fees from Wall Street?

[geek tragedy]

55. clever. nt

[Beacool]

50. Classy.......

Even classier, those here who defend it. Then again, the campaign set the tone.

[CrowCityDem]

51. Disgusting, but predictable.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

57. This is actually great news for the Clinton campaign.

If you don't know why you really shouldn't be posting on a political board or for that matter operating heavy machinery.

[artislife]

59. Sounds great to me!!

[northernsouthern]

60. Your third link fails.

Also none of your links give a name of the person and the second one you are quoting does not exist.

[nadinbrzezinski]

64. Quelle surprise?

[BlueCaliDem]

62. Wow. Just...wow. Such class.

[sister_rosa_refried]

99. So true dear

and the same vile words and support for these words are applauded, protected and when questioned those that dare are "reported" to the "fair" jury system.

El Toro Caca, if you ask Sister.

[BlueCaliDem]

139. This kind of divisive language really needs to stop. People should be appalled, and not applaud that

"w" word. My god! Some people lose all sense of propriety and etiquette when they're online. This is not helping the Sanders campaign.

[thebeautifulstruggle]

63. In case you don't know what a "Corporate Whore" means

It means you sell yourself out to corporations...has nothing to do with sex, and specifically females

Anyone disagree With the definition?

[nadinbrzezinski]

70. that is the modern equivalent of Economic Royalist

of FDR vintage

[Fawke Em]

90. Definition:

Corporate Whore:

One who has sold more than their labor to the corporation; one who has forsaken personal values and constitution for corporate $$; meaning of "whore" belittled when preceded by the word “corporate”; person who will sell their soul for $$.
My efforts are not driven by my passion for work, but by my own gluttony, my addiction to money. I have become what I once despised—forsaken myself, sacrificed my values at the corporate alter of greed. I am a corporate whore

[George II]

80. The more I see, the more the Sanders campaign looks like the Trump campaign - this is an example.

[seabeyond]

83. Telling you.... A collective tantrum.

[northernsouthern]

84. Soooo.....

I take it your links are working. All I got was the frist guy's link to work where he does not identify a person or anything. I would a assume that is you are basing something on this you must see some evidence, like the one of Hillary saying she doesn't think that Obama is a muslim...you know like that birther thing that Trump did...kind of like the exact same thing they did...how odd Hillary and trump both using racism and bigotry to win votes.

[Goblinmonger]

105. good luck winning Sanders supporters back

if Clinton wins the nomination.

When you are flabbergasted about it, I'll remind you of shitty attitudes like this.

[George II]

112. Prevailing wisdom is that the Democrats never had them in the first place.

[Goblinmonger]

113. Keep telling yourself that

It won't stop the tears though.

[seabeyond]

81. Now we are talking trash just like the baggers and repugs.

[alcibiades_mystery]

87. They're such good people, though

They keep telling us.

[Jackilope]

95. Third Way Corporate politics, I think when selling

... out people and giving corporations perks and bennies, yeah, that could be labeled as corporate whores.

The pay to play system we have now is corrupt and rigged.

I am totally fine with kicking any corporate whore that is R or D out. Who wouldn't be?

We are the ones getting robbed and short changed on environment, labor, and money -- all to enrich tax evaders, banksters, and Wall St. crooks. Slowly the Social Security we paid into will be compromised further. Whether it is a R or a D -- those that rig the game so it happens ARE Corporate Whores.

[mike_c]

97. works for me....

I have to say it reflects badly on whores though.

[sister_rosa_refried]

98. Repulsive

and yet that sort of vile insults are supported here.

[Capt. Obvious]

102. No one cares about this outside the Hillaverse

[Lucinda]

106. Not true. Dr Song already apologized because twitter was smacking him around pretty thoroughly. n/t

[Warren Stupidity]

103. Good.

[geek tragedy]

118. No longer pretending to care about offensive speech?

Must be bitterly disappointed that Team BernieBro's attempt to smear Clinton and de Blasio as racists failed.

Anger is a natural emotion at this stage. You'll work through it.

[Capt. Obvious]

162. Your board policing is going as well as usual

[Goblinmonger]

104. so "colored people time" = cool

"corporate whores" = not cool.

You're hilarious. And obvious.

Keep spinning though. It's fun to watch.

[Lucinda]

107. It was "Cautious Politician" time...but I'm sure you knew that already.

The joke was lame, but it wasn't what you imply.

[Goblinmonger]

108. of course it was

Perhaps there are people in your life that believe that. I would stop letting those peoplr decide things because they are hopelessly obtuse.

[Lucinda]

109. You must be sooo dizzy! n/t

[northernsouthern]

120. I think you are half right.

The joke was lame, it did imply what he said it did, as in that is how a joke works by its very dynamic, it sets your mind up to expect one event and the change in expectations results in something our stupid brains that is the equivalence of a baby amused by a peek-a-boo. But where both of these are wrong is that neither was sexist or racist. CPT was a bit of an out of touch elite and this was an unvetted thought process of anger and frustration. Both things will do some damage, but HRC's camp is way better at exploiting outrage.

[geek tragedy]

111. Your concern over our mayor's purported racism is noted nt

[imari362]

140. DING, DING, DING....

WINNER

[ucrdem]

110. What happens in reddit should stay in reddit, but it doesn't, and now Bernie is feeling the bern.

Cry me a river.

[Goblinmonger]

114. Yeah, telling BLM protesters to shut up is soooo Redit

[geek tragedy]

121. Lots of Bernie people here were accusing BLM of being

on Clinton's payroll when they disrupted Bernie's speeches.

[Goblinmonger]

124. You mean when he gave them the mic

and let them talk? Clintons could learn from that attitude.

[geek tragedy]

126. Clinton doesn't back down from a confrontation nt

[Goblinmonger]

133. Both of them shouting down POC

that's something to be proud of?

[geek tragedy]

136. Did Hillary crash someone else's event and shout them

down?

[imari362]

142. Nope

Because she "recognize White privilege".

[geek tragedy]

143. Non sequitur nt

[imari362]

144. Of course....

Because of their "White privilege" it's A-ok for them to do a "cpt" skit, with a White man "mocking himself" with that term.

Now, here are her excuser's to act all up in arms about "corporate Democratic whores" as a direct reference to Hillary by name.
BUT..there is an saying
"If the shoe fits...wear it"

[geek tragedy]

145. The skit was a very bad idea. nt

[imari362]

146. How many "very bad ideas" have Hillary had?

Can you count the ways.

[northernsouthern]

116. Your one twitter account is still fake.

You are citing a fake account and one with 8 tweets. Your link at the bottom is linked to BLueNation Review and it says "Rosario Dawson, the new village idiot" The piece its self is a hit piece. The speaker apologized...

I am very sorry for using the term "whore" to refer to some in congress who are beholden to corporations and not us. It was insensitive.

And from everything he said it seems he is referring to congress being corporate "whores". As for word selection it is crass, poorly chosen, and an easy target. With out a doubt you can tell what he meant, years ago whore was used mostly for prostitute and to talk down to women, but it has changed is usage, thus the introduction of "man whores"...but now the need for man has fallen away and it is more unisex. You can see by the current defintions, both the second and the third one are for men or people.

whore
noun ˈhȯr, ˈhu̇r

Definition
1
: a woman who engages in sexual acts for money : prostitute; also : a promiscuous or immoral woman
2
: a male who engages in sexual acts for money
3
: a venal or unscrupulous person

To me the speaker pulled a Dean by not toning down his words to appropriate levels. I do not fell this is sexist, but I do think he was a fool to use the term as much as he may hate the fact that our representatives sell themselves for money.

Eitherway popevenuegate has now given way to whoregate.

[LuvLoogie]

119. The Revolution will not be spurned

Fuck off, Dimsdale!

[geek tragedy]

122. They will very soon nt

[LuvLoogie]

125. Their trajectory is... Well...

[berniepdx420]

127. No shame Geek Tragedy.. no shame..

[Luminous Animal]

128. Damn fucking right. We had a fucking chance to kick out that fucking corporate whore, Lieberman and

we fucking blew it.

It is well past time we take out the fucking corporate whores.

[geek tragedy]

129. Your discourse is borderline acceptable for an

anonymous message board. Presidential campaigns are held to a higher standards.

[killbotfactory]

130. I've totally never heard the term "corporate whore" used before. I'm about to faint from outrage. nt

[geek tragedy]

135. Never heard one candidate's campaign call the other candidate that.

So that BernieBro made history in that regard.

[killbotfactory]

137. It is pretty insulting to sex workers. nt

[geek tragedy]

138. Yeah, nothing misogynist about calling Hillary that.

Looking forward to Tuesday.

[RichVRichV]

157. Unless Hillary has been cloned then it wasn't directed at her.

"corporate Democratic whores" <- notice the 's' on the end. That makes it plural. Hillary is a single individual (no matter how many times her stances change).

Adds that we need to kick out the "corporate Democratic whores" and replace them with "Bernie-crats."

Where is Hillary getting kicked out of? She's currently a private citizen. And obviously "Bernie-crats" means just Bernie, because we are replacing Hillary as president by lots of people.




Have you even tried applying any logic to your quotes? A 5th grade English student could explain in detail why these statements were not directed at Hillary.

[geek tragedy]

158. Here's what this BernieBro said:

“Now Secretary Clinton has said that Medicare for all will never happen. Well, I agree with Secretary Clinton that Medicare for all will never happen if we have a president who never aspires for something greater than the status quo. Medicare for all will never happen if we continue to elect corporate Democratic whores who are beholden to Big Pharma and the private insurance industry instead of us.”

Yeah, you run with that. Bro forgot that misogyny directed at Hillary Clinton is supposed to be expressed in code like scolding her for her "ambition" or calling her "unqualified."

[RichVRichV]

159. You have disproven nothing I said.

She is still just one person and that statement was pluralized. In fact, that sentence specified exactly who the slur was directed at: Democrats elected "who are beholden to Big Pharma and the private insurance industry instead of us".


That sentence can include, but is not limited to or directly about Hillary Clinton. It is much more likely directed at most of congress specifically, as that is a group (pluralized) who has previously blocked single payer and even a public option.

[geek tragedy]

160. He didn't talk about Congess in that paragraph, only Clinton.

Also, he saved all of his animosity and vitriol for Democrats.

That's kind of a thing with Bernie and his people.

[RichVRichV]

161. Well yeah

that kinds of happens when you're in a primary and trying to change the outlook of the party you care about. We could all sit around throwing insults at the Republicans all day but that doesn't fix what is wrong on our side of the fence. Nor does it differentiate one Democratic candidate from another Democratic candidate. You know that little thing where people choose who our nominee will be (hint, we're still in the primary).



And again, Hillary is not a plural. And Bernie isn't either (Bernie-crats). You keep redirecting away from that because you have no answer to it (at least none that supports your agenda).

[DJ13]

131. He's right

Thank you for pointing this out!

[geek tragedy]

132. Tuesday is gonna be great nt

[Nye Bevan]

148. Sounds like it was quite the brodown. (nt)

[jillan]

149. Better than calling Bernie Supporters Nazis - so stfu. Paul has apologized.

[geek tragedy]

150. Was that guy on Twitter speaking at a Clinton campaign event?

And it is not your place to tell me to STFU.

[RandySF]

151. Will he ask his wife to leave CNN?

Or are they still paying the mortgage on their house in Santa Monica?

[geek tragedy]

152. Lifestyles of the rich and petulant. nt

[Cha]

154. Oh, Lisa Ling works for corporate ***** cnn? Oh really? what a little hypocrite.

[RandySF]

155. She supports Hillary

He might be on the couch tonight.

[Cha]

156. I meant her husband.. but I did figure she must support BS, too. Wow! That's hard.

[Demnorth]

164. I don't know what his specialty is,

but I would hope he wields a scalpel with more proficiency than a microphone.

I can understand passion, but he could have chosen to say something positive about Sanders' plan instead.