Former campaign staffers say Bernie Sanders was abusive: "Bernie was an asshole"

[Cali_Democrat]

By PAUL HEINTZ

<...>

According to some who have worked closely with Sanders over the years, "grumpy grandpa" doesn't even begin to describe it. They characterize the senator as rude, short-tempered and, occasionally, downright hostile. Though Sanders has spent much of his life fighting for working Vermonters, they say he mistreats the people working for him.

"As a supervisor, he was unbelievably abusive," says one former campaign staffer, who claims to have endured frequent verbal assaults. The double standard was clear: "He did things that, if he found out that another supervisor was doing in a workplace, he would go after them. You can't treat employees that way."

Like several others quoted in this column, the campaign worker would speak only on the condition of anonymity, saying that to do otherwise would constitute "career suicide" in a small state such as Vermont. But others echoed the former employee's story, saying the senator is prone to fits of anger.

"Bernie was an asshole," says a Democratic insider who worked with Sanders on the campaign trail. "Just unnecessarily an asshole."

"He yelled in meetings all the time," says one of Sanders' former Senate staffers. "He'd yell, 'I don't want to hear excuses! I want to get it done!'"

Read more:

http://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/anger-management-sanders-fights-for-employees-except-his-own/Content?oid=2834657

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

1. is this the first of the campaign to get rid of Bernie?

Nothing has come out before like this. It sure doesn't jive with what I've heard............ but then I don't live in Vermont
.

[yeoman6987]

26. This must be meany night

Hillary has an OP that says she's mean too. Well there you go. Leaders have a lot to contend with and don't always have a smile 24-7. That's life. I'd bet all of us could have the same news article written saying how we were MEAN to them. In our entire lives, I am sure none of us were angels to everyone.

[Stevepol]

104. I think it agrees with what I've heard and I like it.

He is focused on his own, highly worthwhile aims and he doesn't suffer fools or uncommitted workers gladly. If these workers who thought they were so badly mistreated wanted to quit, it seems to me they had that option. I'm glad to see somebody who is focused and one-pointed in his pursuit of justice for others. His handling of the BLM folks it seems to me shows his wisdom in handling situations as they arise. When he saw that the BLM folks had no intention of letting him speak, he left, and later when he had time to think and study the aims and grievances of the group, he changed his tune. He's the kind of guy who wants to get things done and he does. I don't think there's anybody right now who would have a better chance of dealing with the Billionaire Overlords than Bernie. I'm glad to see that he can be prickly at times. He also has shown that he is ready to change his tune when he realizes that he has been too quick to judge some person or movement or idea.

I would bet that he has been and is VERY supportive of those who share his "passions" for justice and the common man. Those who are just there to hang around and get a paycheck or who are only halfway committed to his goals might at times have gotten short shrift.

More power to ya Bernie.

[wendylaroux]

2. good grief :(

seriously? lmao

[wendylaroux]

3. I just remembered,

I know this person who knows this person that lives by Hillary up there in the land of the rich, and whenever one of Hills servants would be too slow or get something wrong,Hillary would lock them in the cellar. Now I can't say who told me this,but it IS TRUE!!!!!!

[GoneFishin]

54. I heard that she goes berzerk if anyone puts her clothes on wire hangers. The person who

told me is a really good friend who I trust a lot, but I can't remember their name.

[wendylaroux]

77. egads!!!

what else will come out?--

[leftofcool]

4. Wow! And from a Vermont newspaper.

[zappaman]

5. Say "anonymous sources"

Sorry, but what if those "anonymous sources" are the assholes?

[BooScout]

6. I've heard similar stories....

...and watching him when confronted by #BLM, one gets the impression he has a very abrasive personality.

[frylock]

39. Yeah. The way he just stood there when they demanded #bowdownbernie..

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and called out White Liberal Supremacists was just awful.

[pa28]

52. According the article he "flashed with annoyance" at BLM protestors.

Ever had someone flash you with annoyance? Believe me, you don't want it to happen.

The article also mentioned the nuclear codes. He might have a really bad flash of annoyance and just decide to incinerate everybody!!1!

He is a scary, scary man and we should all BE scared.

[frylock]

71. Is that like a firmware update or something?

I've flashed some ROMs in my time, but never flashed an annoyance.

[lostnfound]

116. So he's a flasher, you say? I knew it would..come out.

Those 60s hippies can't control themselves that way.

[Autumn]

118. Oh hell fucking no. He's a darn flasher??? That happened to me one time.

I laughed my ass off at him and his little ego. And I mean little ego. Every time I see a tan trench coat I laugh my ass off. I can't help myself, it scarred me for life.

[appalachiablue]

132. Bernie's a Monster

on Halloween Night, brrr!!

[cherokeeprogressive]

62. So abrasive, some people say it sanded the paint off the surrounding walls.

Some people say.

[JaneyVee]

74. I saw this one today -->

http://lansingcitypulse.com/article-12189-The-trouble-with-Bernie.html

[BooScout]

83. That's interesting....

...and backs up what others are saying. Thanks for the link!

[MannyGoldstein]

7. I feel terrible for those anonymous people

Have you told the netizens of HillaryClintonSupporters.com? It would reignite their passion for defeating the Krabby Kommie.

[ornotna]

8. Who hates who now?

A quote from that story.

Briggs added that Sanders finds it "unfortunate that too many journalists and publications do not focus on the major issues of our time." Instead, he wrote, "Too many writers and publications look at politics as a soap opera and engage in gossip and personal attacks."

[Gman]

9. Then the staffers should have got it done

Before it reached that point.

I tend to side with Sanders.

[fredamae]

10. Someone who gets "bent" easily?

I imagine Bernie is a "No BS'ing Serious" person. Good.

People have told me I have a "No Bullshit Walk". When it's time to work-Work, Dammit! I relate.

That's not a Bad thing. Sheesh. Some people need to grow up.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

91. I had a boss who would say....

.... "if you don't like your numbers, look in the mirror. Then slit your fucking throat"

Bernie sounds like a dream to work for.

[fredamae]

105. Geeebus....What a "Happy Boss" n/t

[Hassin Bin Sober]

112. the work environment was a cross between. ..

Glen gary glen Ross and The Sopranos

[hrmjustin]

11. To be fair a lot of these politicians think they are God.

[Scuba]

12. Bash, bash, bash. No names, just made up shit.

[Purveyor]

13. That reminds me of an article I read earlier this week and

forgot to post.

Be right back...

[Go Vols]

114. lol

[Teamster Jeff]

14. You mean to tell me that Bernie yelled in meetings all the time?

Holy shit! And I was going to vote for him!

[safeinOhio]

50. I'm with you brother.

guess i can vote for Rump. Last week while standing in line at the store, I read a newspaper that said Hill has health problems and is about to die. I read it in a paper, right there in black and white.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

82. I've also lost all hope. I'm giving all my possessions to the Jindal campaign.

I just can't go on after hearing that anonymous, unsourced people claim he yelled and made them work past 4:30.

[hifiguy]

22. You DO have a point, Hooptie.

Where have I seen this kind of thing before?

Ah,

[cherokeeprogressive]

65. Hooptie's post got HIDDEN? Wow. n/t

[hifiguy]

69. Disgustipatin' ain't it?

And the anti-Semitism on that "other" site has been well documented via multiple screencaps.

They must have got one of "their" juries that they brag about over there in the sewer.

[MoveIt]

99. jury rigging - thought experiment

A rigged DU jury would require the attacker to generate more friendly juror bots browsing (ideally from different internet addresses) and valid du accounts. It would need to happen a few minutes before the alert happened. Once a friendly juror bot got the jury message the bot would interact with the du pages , and always vote to hide.

[Jesus Malverde]

121. Easier than a bot

You just alert and then a number of like minded individuals. Likely star members just need to refresh the page and they'll likely get chosen.

[Cali_Democrat]

110. anti-semitism?

[upaloopa]

32. I am a Hillary supporter and I have never said

anything anti-Semitic about Bernie.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

40. Laugh (I did too), but never forget. nt

[HooptieWagon]

16. Wow, hatesite.com must have worked overtime on that dreck.

I hope y'all didn't strain your brain cells.

[emulatorloo]

17. Sorry, don't believe it. Too many "anonymous" sources.

We see this kind of article all the time, a story full of "anonymous" sources portraying Democrats in a bad light.

I have a feeling this one will be debunked by tomorrow, that is usually how these things go.

[workinclasszero]

18. Maybe that explains the lack of endorsements

for a guy that's been in Congress for years?

[HooptieWagon]

20. Or maybe it's Hillarys money buying them like Facebook likes.

[frylock]

43. Cmon, man. That private meeting Hillary had with Congressional Dems..

was just to catch up and to show them pics of her new granddaughter.

[DanTex]

21. But wait! He's got one endorsement! ONE! That's HUGE!

[workinclasszero]

23. Oh right, my bad.

He does have the one.

[DanTex]

25. One is infinitely more than zero after all. At this rate, in a few days, he'll

have more endorsements than there are atoms in the universe!

[cherokeeprogressive]

66. Was it some white pol from Vermont?

[valerief]

24. According to *others* who have worked closely with Sanders over the years, he's a closet Bronie,

spending hours on end playing with his toy My Little Pony dolls and occasionally dressing up as one.

See? Anyone can write this shit!

[frylock]

46. I just KNEW that was why Scootaloo is such an ardent supporter!

[valerief]

47. Ha! I had to look that up. I actually know zip about My Little Pony and Bronies.

[hifiguy]

49. You need to educate yourself.

There are a few of us bronies on DU. And this brony proudly supports Bernie!

In fact there is a Bronies for Bernie site under construction: https://www.fimfiction.net/group/208286/bronies-for-bernie

[valerief]

92. Reality blows me away sometimes!!

[Armstead]

27. Okay

Sure, he can be a pain in the ass. He's never claimed to be running for Miss Congeniality. Part of that is having a very focused Type A personality and part of it is that he's a gruff New Yawkah and not a small talk kind of guy. But the people of Burlington who knew him best and worked with him kept reelecting him, as do voters statewide, so he must be doing something right.

[arcane1]

28. I want a president who wants to hear excuses.

I'm not sure what the point of this is

[AZ Progressive]

29. Hillary has been thoroughly picked apart. Bernie has not. Who knows what skeletons might be lurking...

[AZ Progressive]

30. Steve Jobs was also an asshole. And the people still loved him.

[stevenleser]

93. People loved the stuff his companies made and loved him for that.

They were very careful to try to hide the kind of person he was from the public.

A Presidential candidate can't hide.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

31. So, apparently, is Hillary:

http://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/secret-service-agents-reveal-hillary-clinton-is-a-nightmare-to-work-with/story-fnh81jut-1227555514640

[kath]

36. You should make this an OP. After all, what's sauce for the goose...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

38. Somebody already did:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251657896

[kath]

41. Good. I just now came across that. Nt

[cherokeeprogressive]

68. “Hillary Clinton can make Richard Nixon look like Mahatma Gandhi.” That's gonna leave a mark. n/t

[LiberalArkie]

86. I would never judge a politician by whether they are an asshole to work for. That is just the nature

of the job. HRC more than likely is a nightmare to work for. Part of the game. She was a good SOS (compared to those that came before her). She would make a good president, I just feel that Bernie would make a better one. It is not that often we have a choice of 3 good candidates to choose from.

[Autumn]

120. Looks like former Secret Service agents Lloyd Bulman and Jeff Crane have no problem going on record

on their issues with her. Interesting. Thanks for the link.

http://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/secret-service-agents-reveal-hillary-clinton-is-a-nightmare-to-work-with/story-fnh81jut-1227555514640

[Truprogressive85]

33. what is this I smell

Angry Grand Pa Sanders is the new meme of the day

This surely will make me not vote for him - Sike !!!

?w=679&h=376

[AZ Progressive]

34. This reminds me of this video...

[Armstead]

42. I'd tell 'em to shut up too. they were rude and talked over his responses

And you ever been to a local government meeting in New England. This is nuthin'

[Renew Deal]

35. This still hasn't gotten hidden?

[cherokeeprogressive]

76. I would never vote to hide awesomeness like this.

It's total awesome sauce.

[Autumn]

119. It's better than awesome sauce. It's awesome kitty drinking awesome

juice.

[jfern]

37. Hillary has never gone ballistic on a Secret Service agent

Never never never never never.....

[leftofcool]

64. Actually, she has and with good reason.

[HooptieWagon]

44. Hillary: difficult and imperial, according to Secret Service.

http://mobile.news.com.au/world/north-america/secret-service-agents-reveal-hillary-clinton-is-a-nightmare-to-work-with/story-fnh81jut-1227555514640

[emulatorloo]

48. Yes, according to a Newsmax author quoted by a New York Post reporter.

The article above about Bernie is shitty.

But you're not going to score points for Bernie by gullibly believing in liars like Kessler and Rupert Murdoch.

[sorechasm]

51. A leader who demands from others no more than he demands from himself

Vs. A cast of wind-driven characters. I'll take that.

George Thabault, who worked for Sanders when he was mayor of Burlington, sees that as a virtue, comparing it to "what you would expect from a CEO."

"He was a good boss and a demanding boss, in a way," says Thabault, now an auditor for the state Department of Vermont Health Access. "Sometimes you had to remind him that tomorrow's a holiday, so that 4:30 meeting — maybe the team won't be in the best mood."

In his statement, Briggs wrote, "It is true that in taking on some of the most important issues facing our country that he demands a lot, but no more than he demands of himself."

[safeinOhio]

53. I'm basing my vote on the issues

and nothing else

[madfloridian]

55. That article made your day happy, didn't it?

[AtomicKitten]

58. Goose, gander, yada, yada: "The Filthy Mouth of Hillary Clinton"

THE FILTHY MOUTH OF HILLARY CLINTON
link: http://www.dcclothesline.com/2013/08/25/the-filthy-mouth-of-hillary-clinton/

It is said that a measure of our character is how well we treat status inferiors – those whom we don’t have to treat well. By that measure, the character of the woman who has ambitions to be America’s next president is sorely lacking.

LANGUAGE WARNING!

“Where is the G*damn f**king flag! I want the G*damn f**king flag up every morning at f**king sunrise.”

-From the book Inside the White House, by Ronald Kessler, p.244 – Hillary to staff at the Arkansas Governor’s mansion on Labor Day 1991.

****************************************************************************

F**k off! It’s enough I have to see you shit-kickers every day, I’m not going to talk to you too!! Just do your G*damn job and keep your mouth shut.”

-From the book American Evita, by Christopher Anderson, p.90 – Hillary to her State Trooper body guards after one of them greeted her with “Good Morning”

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“If you want to remain on this detail, get your f**king ass over here and grab those bags!”

-From the book The First Partner: Hillary Rodham Clinton, by Joyce Milton p.259 – Hillary to a Secret Service Agent who was reluctant to carry her luggage because he wanted to keep his hands free in case of an incident.


****************************************************************************

“Stay the f**k back, stay the f**k back away from me! Don’t come within ten yards of me, or else! Just f**king do as I say, Okay!!?”

-From the book Unlimited Access: An FBI Agent Inside the Clinton White House, by Clinton FBI Agent in Charge, Gary Aldrich, p.139- Hillary screaming at her Secret Service detail.

****************************************************************************

“Where’s the miserable c**k sucker!”

-From the book The Truth About Hillary: What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She’ll Go to Become President, by Edward Klein, p. 15- Hillary shouting at a Secret Service officer.

****************************************************************************

“You f**king idiot”

-From the book Crossfire, p.84 – Hillary to a State Trooper who was driving her to an event.

****************************************************************************

“Put this on the ground! I left my sunglasses in the limo. I need those sunglasses. We need to go back!”

-From the book Dereliction of Duty, by Robert Patterson, p.71-72 – Hillary to Marine One helicopter pilot to turn back while en route to Air Force One.

****************************************************************************

[workinclasszero]

67. Dick Morris? The toe sucker, Dick Morris?

Omg folks we have sunk to freak republic depths now!

When u pull Dick Morris out in defense of your leftist/socialist hero ..WOW!

[AtomicKitten]

70. Found it in the same depths in which this OP was mined.

You know, the OP you lent your name to recommending.

No likey? Tough shit.

[retrowire]

107. Oooh BERNNNN!!! n/t

[jeff47]

56. I look forward to you reposting this 3 more times. (nt)

[restorefreedom]

63. just three? lol nt

[jeff47]

73. By this poster. Others will copy it too. (nt)

[restorefreedom]

75. bwahaha. i expect it to be a daily occurrence soon. nt

[hifiguy]

72. Simple tasks for....

well you know.

The multiple postings of the same baseless crap are a real pain in the arse, though.

[redstateblues]

57. All the Socialists I have known

Are pretty grumpy

[DemocratSinceBirth]

59. Cali, I love you like kin, but we need to rise above the fray and be exemplars to the world.

There is no road like the high road.

[moobu2]

60. He does look angry all he time.

[cherokeeprogressive]

61. "According to some..." Names? Nah.

[JI7]

78. based on anonymous sources only

[DCBob]

81. There are some names there..

Here's one..

Criticism of Sanders' leadership abilities is nothing new. Steve Rosenfeld, a former Vermont journalist who served as Sanders' press secretary during his 1990 House campaign, wrote a book about his first successful statewide bid. In Making History in Vermont, Rosenfeld levels a tough assessment at his former boss, who passed him over for a congressional job at the campaign's end.

"At his best, Sanders is a skilled reader and manipulator of people and events," Rosenfeld wrote. "At his worst, he falls prey to his own emotions, is unable to practice what he preaches (though he would believe otherwise) and exudes a contempt for those he derides, including his staff."

==========

Just to clarify I dont really think this is a big deal. Most successful politicians are intense and push their staff.

[lostnfound]

117. And hopefully he's grown up a bit in the last 25 years.

I would hate for people to judge me based on my behavior 25 years ago. Most people get wiser.

[MineralMan]

79. We should be better than this kind of crap.

Can we please stop posting this kind of anonymous hit piece? I don't care which candidate it is. This kind of story is egregious bullshit.

[stevenleser]

89. Backed up by Barnie Frank & others long before Sanders became a Presidential candidate

Honestly MM this is old news.

It's about to become a big deal, because I don't think anyone with this kind of a personality can get elected, and that's before the whole Socialist issue.

People don't want a curmogeon staring back at them on the TV screen for 4-8 years.

[bluedigger]

129. No, they want someone they want to have a beer with.

I'll take a curmudgeon with a consistent agenda any day. I already have friends to drink with.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

96. You said you liked to correct grammatical errors.

Are you going to cover the reply to you (#89), or do I need to field this one?

[mother earth]

80. Doesn't want to hear excuses, get it done, wow...sounds like a normal expectation, I wonder exactly

what other people's staff would say ANONYMOUSLY. I'm thinking it would be far worst, won't hazard any guesses but given the known past of some...esp. for the Clintons...yet Bernie supporters are NOT going there! Hint...Hint...we really do need to resist going negative...just a thought.

[whatchamacallit]

84. Hey everyone, I'm rooting for the old racist, gun nut

communist socialist, tooth fairy, asshole!

[Gothmog]

85. Thanks for posting

[senz]

87. Hillary used to scream at White House staff. They feared her explosions.

Both Clintons’ temper emerge as a theme in several interviews, but Hillary Clinton’s “had much more sustained velocity, for a longer period of time,” according to former White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta. “She just let everybody have it,” Panetta recalled of one incident. In another incident, he recalled an aide telling him: “The First Lady just tore everybody a new asshole.”

Joan Baggett, who served as assistant to the president for political affairs, said people didn’t feel comfortable pushing back on the first lady, even when she was wrong.

“She would blow up over something that she misinterpreted. Again, you can’t take her on, that’s not my boss. You can’t take on the First Lady,” Baggert said. “I remember one time in one of these meetings where she was blowing up about [Bill Clinton’s] staff and how we were all incompetent and he was having to be the mechanic and drive the car and do everything, that we weren’t capable of anything.”

Baggert added that Clinton would chew out staffers in front of their colleagues, which made things especially awkward. “Sometimes she’d be in those meetings and I’d think, ‘Please don’t let her yell at me,’” Baggert added.

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clintons-strengths-and-anger-white-house-revealed


Nothing anywhere about Bernie losing it and abusing people.

[stevenleser]

88. What is surprising is that this is new information for anyone

Good OP, I'm not taking anything away from the OP, but Sanders has been known as someone who is very impatient, irritable, curmogeonly, all of those things for a long time.

I just assumed his supporters all knew this already and that his supporters believed that he had some magical way for making it not matter, like the Socialism issue.

This is very interesting. His supporters here don't seem to have a clue about the personality of the person they are supporting. They haven't even gotten to the point where they are magically explaining it away as an issue.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

97. We're just dumb Sanders voters, not up to your VanSustrenesque standards.

Do you really think you're going to get this one to stick? At least it will keep you busy for awhile.

[TM99]

102. Well, Steven, at least we are not hypocrites

and flip floppers.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251658816

Give me a socialist codger who sometimes gets, you know, human with his emotions over a fucking liar and panderer for her presidential ambitions any old day!

[stevenleser]

122. Addressed here.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251662117

And thanks for the mention!

[TM99]

125. Nope.

Sorry.

You actually never once addressed your own self discussing all of her lies and calling her a liar then and why you don't consider her a liar now.

[morningfog]

90. Give me an honest asshole over a lying prick any day.

[Live and Learn]

95. +1 nt

[Doctor_J]

94. that's it. I'm switching to Clinton. in fact this blog post might be the end of bernies candidacy

[Bonobo]

98. Scummy OP. nt

[Dems2002]

100. All probably true...so?

This doesn't surprise me at all. Of course, I worked at a political consulting firm for over 10-years. I've been called a fucking asshole by my boss in front of all of my colleagues. It isn't the most pleasant experience in my life, but I respect this person more than a lot of people I know. It's not a personality trait I ascribe to, but I also know I worked hard as hell and the firm was extraordinarily successful.

I have very few purity standards for my elected leaders. I know most of them have been incredibly flawed individuals. I am much more interested in results and I'm quite happy to elect an asshole who I believe is fighting on my behalf, rather the rest of the gang who are fighting for their rich friends.

[YabaDabaNoDinoNo]

101. 'According to some' translates into 'just making it up' so if we are to decide on the POTUS

based upon un named sources the democratic primary will be between

an angry grandfather and a lesbian murder

[tblue37]

103. This sounds like the smears in RWer Ed Klein's most recent anti-Hillary book, published by

Regnery, of course, in which unnamed Secret Service guys claim she was a "nightmare" to guard. The book claims they (and the WH staff) were not allowed to speak to her, and had to hide in cubbies as she came down the hallway. He also "reports" that when one SS guy said, "Good morning," once, she snarled back, "F*** you!"

I don't believe that crap about Hillary or anonymous smears against Bernie. I suspect both are capable of getting short-tempered and snappish from pressure and exhaustion sometimes (they're humans, not saints or robots), especially if some staffer is negligent, incompetent, or lazy, but I seriously doubt they could be that nasty without our hearing about it *before* it looked like one of them might be positioned to become president.

[dsc]

106. It is easy to trash a guy or a woman without attribution

if the people were willing to put names to it that would be one thing. But this is just plain ridiculous.

[Gothmog]

108. Good Article

Thanks for posting

[DisgustipatedinCA]

111. So you're "saddened" that today's biggest thread is allowed to stand...

...but you like the anonymous hit piece. I'm coming to a better understanding. Thank you.

[Sunlei]

109. 'I don't want to hear excuses!" . It is very annoying when employees make excuses.

Actually, IMO I'm more impressed with Senator Sanders. In meetings there shouldn't be much time wasted listening to 'excuses'.

[azurnoir]

113. Lol keeping flinging maybe something will stick-eventually

[Autumn]

115. "In public Hillary smiles and acts graciously As soon as the cameras are gone, her angry personalty

nastiness and imperiousness become evident.” He adds: “Hillary Clinton can make Richard Nixon look like Mahatma Gandhi.”

I remember Richard Nixon well, he was a nasty SOB
I saw that OP and ignored it because it was so fucking nasty but it fits right in with your OP so I decided to rec that OP and post it here, in your thread.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251657896

‘GOOD morning, ma’am,” a member of the uniformed Secret Service once greeted Hillary Clinton.

“F— off,” she replied.

That exchange is one among many that active and retired Secret Service agents shared with Ronald Kessler, author of First Family Detail, a compelling look at the intrepid personnel who shield America’s presidents and their families — and those whom they guard.

Kessler writes flatteringly and critically about people in both parties. Regarding the Clintons, Kessler presents Chelsea as a model protectee who respected and appreciated her agents. He describes Bill as a difficult chief executive, but an easygoing ex-president. And Kessler exposes Hillary as an epically abusive Arctic monster.

“When in public, Hillary smiles and acts graciously,” Kessler explains. “As soon as the cameras are gone, her angry personality, nastiness, and imperiousness become evident.”
He adds: “Hillary Clinton can make Richard Nixon look like Mahatma Gandhi.”

Saying "Fuck of"f to a person who protects you is just beyond being an abusive asshole

[Cali_Democrat]

124. ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=657906

[KingCharlemagne]

123. At least Sanders does not have the blood of 1 million innocent Iraqis dripping from his hands. - nt

[840high]

126. Amen to that.

[Lunabell]

127. Truth.

[Lunabell]

128. According to this article, HRC isn't Mary Poppins

http://rare.us/story/hillary-clinton-is-so-nasty-to-the-secret-service-that-they-consider-it-punishment-to-be-assigned-to-her/

[DisgustipatedinCA]

130. Rejected. Anonymous hearsay, name-calling. Both are dishonest debate tactics.

[99Forever]

131. More lies....

Wadda a fucking surprise.

As if anyone doesn't see thru this bullshit.


BTW, Cali_"Democrat"...

I'll still be supporting and voting for Bernie Sanders no matter how many tall tales you tell about him.

Period.

[SunSeeker]

133. Quite the opposite of Hillary, who people say is very nice in person. nt