Hillary and her SuperPAC just welcomed Bernie Sanders to the top tier.

[morningfog]

Thank you and welcome to Sen. Sanders.

We have ourselves a Democratic Primary.

[HooptieWagon]

1. HRH's internals must be horrible.

This might be the most epic crash and burn of all time.

[morningfog]

3. Indeed. They knew a month ago that NH and Iowa were going to flip to Bernie.

I'd love to see what they are looking at now to resort to this.

[jeff47]

5. Considering how 'rushed' the attack looks

it appears they were suddenly stunned by something.

"This Sanders guy got an evil, evil South American leader to....keep poor people from freezing to death."

My god, the horror.

[HooptieWagon]

7. It might have been the LU speech.

Maybe the Clinton camp saw (or polled) the response and said "holy crap, if that Socialist Jew captures even a little bit of the Christian vote, we're screwed".

[dorkzilla]

22. She’s the “values voters” candidate!!!! nt

[HooptieWagon]

27. It appears she's been usurped. Nt

[roguevalley]

30. some of those poor people here in Alaska, one of the six states to get help

from Venezuala, I LOVE YOU, VENEZUALA! were native people who live out in the middle of hell and gone. They have to import everything and the cost of heating oil grew to $2500.00 a month for people who live in places with up to 50% unemployment and who live a subsistance life. People were going hungry trying to keep warm in the blizzards and winter of living above the arctic circle. Venezuala through their stations intervention here in America helped. They saved lives when no one else was interested. Forgotten place, forgotten people. FUCK anyone who finds that bad. This is really pushing my buttons with Clinton. Hard.

[frylock]

45. Value$ voter$ candidate.

[dorkzilla]

50. Itssh really funny when you ssshay Valusssh Voterssh candidate too :)

You know like Blabber Mouse from the Snooper and Blabber cartoon!

Aksssshewelly, thisssh bit of dialogue worksssh perfectly....

http://www.tubechop.com/watch/6867708

[questionseverything]

8. how tone death are they?

we want someone that will work to keep poor people from freezing to death and the hillary campaign just does not get that

[arcane1]

11. The same campaign that's reaching out to women by selling them household products.

I think they spent so much time believing she was "inevitable" that they never bothered to come up with an actual, you know, campaign strategy.

[Catherina]

25. To be fair there's allegedly a little make-up and pink pantsuit bitmoji in the Thx kit

as if hah we'd give up our children's free education and chance for a better life for a Hillary Clinton supporters kit with household products, some makeup and a pink pantsuit bitmoji.

WTF Hillary?

Hillary Clinton announced on Twitter that she will be offering a campaign version of Birchbox, a home delivery subscription for beauty products.

Meet "ThxBox"—a personal thank you from Hillary. Get on the waiting list to find out more: http://t.co/VOXlYiycaI pic.twitter.com/NntUpyTOgA

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 3, 2015

There is no word yet on what exactly will be inside “The Official Clinton Campaign Thx Box,” but the Guardian has reported that it will contain some of Clinton’s favorite household products as well as some campaign merchandise. Supporters who order the box will also get a pink pantsuit bitmoji.

You can reserve your Thx Box on Clinton’s campaign website by signing up to send in a monthly donation.

The Clinton campaign is likely hoping that this move will help the candidate win back some favor with voters after losing support amid her email scandal.


http://fortune.com/2015/09/09/hillary-subscription-box/

Hillary Clinton as a lifestyle brand? Don't roll your eyes too soon
Jessica Valenti

Clinton is hardly the first presidential hopeful to bank on a brand - it’s exactly what President Obama did in 2008

In Hillary Clinton’s latest push to activate female voters, the campaign launched Women for Hillary this weekend which, in addition to promoting an explicitly feminist platform, seems to try to position Clinton as more than just a presidential candidate, but a lifestyle brand.

Supporters are encouraged to hold house parties and volunteer for Clinton, but will also receive a “Thx Box” - a campaign version of BirchBox, the home delivery subscription where women get carefully curated beauty products sent to them once a month. In this case, though, supporters will get household products that Clinton likes and uses (as well as campaign merchandise of course). People who order a Thx Box will even get a bitmoji of a pink pantsuit.

It’s a shrewd move to connect with voters and humanize Clinton - especially in light of recent low poll numbers. But there’s an awful big difference between wanting to vote for someone and wanting to be like them. Do women really want to be Hillary?

I’m going to say yes.

...
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/08/hillary-clinton-lifestyle-brand-dont-roll-your-eyes

[arcane1]

29. I'm not sure I want to know what a pantsuit bitmoji is.

Of course it's pink. That's a "girl's color"

[passiveporcupine]

40. A lot of people have joked about Hillary's pants suits

And for good reason. They are typically not very attractive. The last thing I'd want to receive in a thxbox would be a pantsuit anything. I have always hated pantsuits.

Now a nice jacket over jeans is a cool look, or over a skirt (especially a mid-calf length skirt with boots)...but a polyester jacket over polyester slacks? No Thanks!

And cleaning products? Why not give everyone one of her favorite cookie recipies and an apron? Oh and don't forget the binkies...throw in some pink binkies.

[roguevalley]

31. I clicked the link to sign up so you wouldn't have to. You have to donate to her

campaign to get on the waiting list for one. It isn't even free. It isnt a giveaway. Its a donation prize I guess.

[hifiguy]

33. Oh, jebus.

That campaign has the same light touch as a German jazz band.

[Catherina]

36. I stand in awe of its tone deafness and ineptitude n/t

[Catherina]

35. Thanks Roguevalley. You're a real pal taking one for the team

How long before it goes from donation to consolation prize?

[roguevalley]

37. tomorrow I hope, dear heart. :D

as for the other side ... we shall know them by their (rather nice) smell.

[Catherina]

38. Tomorrow can't come soon enough!

[arcane1]

39. Are you getting a box too or just the bitmoji thing?

[KoKo]

41. Ayyyyyyy...........

[left-of-center2012]

10. "... keep poor people from freezing to death."

To quote a famous woman:
"Let them eat cake"

[beam me up scottie]

14. "Let them eat cake"

EXACTLY !!!

[LondonReign2]

16. Except in this case it was "Let them heat cake".

[geardaddy]

17. Well played, sir.

[A Simple Game]

42. What's the problem? You can burn cake, I know because I've done it before. n/t

[hifiguy]

9. Indeed.

They must be close to a blind panic by now. And the top people in her campaign who came up with "Hillary, campaign as though you are the incumbent. It's a perfect strategy" will be rounding up and shooting the innocent. They will find the guilty in their own mirrors.

They didn't learn squat from 2008 and re-ran it. I guess because it worked so well then.

Ultimately, the blame is solely hers. She hired these nincompoops.

[Volaris]

24. Well if they thought of themselves as an incumbent candidacy, they sure as hell

Didn't remember the first rule:

Never punch down.

If they actually knew campaign sanders didn't have any support that would translate to a win so much as anywhere, he would have been ignored until he conceded.

Like the OP said, welcome to The Big Game, Sen. Sanders.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

28. What's next? Will she re-hire Mark Penn?

[hifiguy]

32. I wouldn't be a bit surprised

if she did.

[frylock]

46. Act like you've been there..

of course, you actually have to have been there to act it.

[frylock]

47. They've convinced themselves that the only reason she lost..

was because of the novelty of voting for a Black man. So why wouldn't a reboot of 2008 work?

[hifiguy]

49. Hey, Mr. Ford, let's RE-introduce the Edsel.

It'll be a big hit with a few marketing tweaks and a semi-fresh coat of paint!

Oy.

[frylock]

44. word up

[arcane1]

2. And they demonstrated several things in the process, including their fear.

They also demonstrated that they'll not only attack him from the right (what other direction could they attack from?) but they'll also attack like right-wingers do, using their same methods and even the same boogeymen.

I wonder if those million-dollar polls are telling them something

[WillyT]

4. HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!!

[restorefreedom]

6. i bet another poll is looming

even worse for h than the cbs

[A Simple Game]

43. I suspect a poll that shows their great Southern "firewall" isn't going to last much longer. n/t

[restorefreedom]

48. that will be the major breakthrough for bernie. nt

[PFunk1]

12. I think this shows something else

Namely that the Hillary camp now realizes that it will not be able to woo enough Sanders supporters to her side after she wins the primary so she (and the DCCC wing of the democratic party) now is preparing/planning to win the election without them as the bad blood this is causing will make many Bernie supports think twice about supporting her afterwards-even if he urges them to. And It'll also probably result in a more divided democratic party one this election is over (yeah, like if it wasn't divided already).

Not a good thing. But one I (and it looks like Bernie) suspected.

[jwirr]

21. I doubt that would help her get elected in the GE.

[beam me up scottie]

13. Congratulations Bernie!!!

[LondonReign2]

15. Didn't Joe Trippi say just yesterday that we'd know when the DNC began to take Bernie seriously

by the attacks they'd start to level at him?

[SoapBox]

19. Yup!

[jalan48]

18. Hillary is slowly sinking under all her baggage.

[SoapBox]

20. And yup to this too.

It speaks volumes about why I do not want her as President.

Her campaign is a mess...same old politics as always. Obviously they are so infected with old time Entrenched Establishment mind set that they can't even adapt to what is going on. All they can think about is money and her Inevitable taking of the White House.

Add to all that, now with a Wink-and-Nod, the dirty tricks will begin...Americans are way over that.

So...my hope is that they are so dumb that they just fail to change.

Go Bernie!

[hifiguy]

34. And Bernie and Martin - two buzzsaws of plainspoken truth -

will throw her anchors in the debates.

Glub, glub.

[imthevicar]

23. Sometimes it's good to be Casendra

I said HRC would have her "let them eat cake" moment, Congratulations Hillery!

[Catherina]

26. Nice understated post. Well done. K&R n/t

[portlander23]

51. dark money