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Blue State Bandit

(2,122 posts)
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 06:00 PM Nov 2015

Redit On Patrol: Investigating Clinton/Montgomery SPAC Dirty Tricks

I was linked to Deport Racism by a friend, and the first thing I noticed was a large and prominent link (now removed) to a website dedicated to Bernie Sanders, feelthebern.org. This gave me pause. Sanders has long condemned what he calls “soap opera coverage”, and I found it unlikely that he would condone his name on a website that offers a $5,000 bounty to anyone who disrupts Trump’s performance on SNL this weekend. It just didn’t seem like something Sanders would do.

As it turns out, many users on Reddit shared my suspicion, and decided to inspect the website’s source code themselves. What they found, documented throughout multiple threads and on the hashtag #WhoFramedBernieSanders, was shocking, to say the least.

You can verify this code for yourself (Disrupt Trump source cap), if you’d like. I can’t believe I’m saying this about a candidate for President, but it looks like this is a false flag attack straight from next season’s House of Cards. Bernie Sanders would take the fall for Hillary’s attack on Trump, and all Hillary would have to do would stare menacingly into the camera.



Way more info at the link.

From Medium(dot)com

THIS is what a dirty campaign looks like.
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Redit On Patrol: Investigating Clinton/Montgomery SPAC Dirty Tricks (Original Post) Blue State Bandit Nov 2015 OP
This shit is getting dumb fast. Reddit is the go to source for this crap? boston bean Nov 2015 #1
And Comments Like This Only Validate The Suspicion That Is Forming About The HRC Campaign cantbeserious Nov 2015 #3
time will tell? who knows? wendylaroux Nov 2015 #4
Computers may be used to lie, but source codes and FEC filings tend to tell truths. Blue State Bandit Nov 2015 #5
It was Reddit mods that pulled down the OP about the person who said they worked LiberalArkie Nov 2015 #10
Given The Wall Street Millions Taken By HRC - Dirty Tricks To Sink Bernie Are Not Hard To Fathom cantbeserious Nov 2015 #2
How about this unaired ad. LiberalArkie Nov 2015 #6
Interesting Article cantbeserious Nov 2015 #7
I just updated the page, goto to the site. I realize it is one of those fly by night places. LiberalArkie Nov 2015 #8
This is the guy behind the video. sufrommich Nov 2015 #9
Interesting, very interesting. sadoldgirl Nov 2015 #11
I call bullshit. Dr Hobbitstein Nov 2015 #12
Basically it's some guy running a PAC tammywammy Nov 2015 #13
Using the unaired campaign ad as proof is ridiculous as well... Dr Hobbitstein Nov 2015 #14
Another anon poster at Reddit? Who reads this crap? leftofcool Nov 2015 #15
Republicans love to play divide and conquer. Cracklin Charlie Nov 2015 #16
Luke Montgomery certainty has a sleazy reputation starroute Nov 2015 #17
There was nothing connecting him to Correct the Record. tammywammy Nov 2015 #18

boston bean

(36,221 posts)
1. This shit is getting dumb fast. Reddit is the go to source for this crap?
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 06:02 PM
Nov 2015

Par for the course, people are delving into the deep abyss out of desperation.

Blue State Bandit

(2,122 posts)
5. Computers may be used to lie, but source codes and FEC filings tend to tell truths.
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 06:19 PM
Nov 2015
Hillary’s main PAC, Hillary for America, paid Correct the Record (Luke Montgomery) a whopping $275,615.43 for 3 months of what’s filed as “research”. This report is for 3 months only, so a bill of that magnitude is far too high. Research might be $10–30,000 per month, so anything higher than $90,000 would be fishy. But, hey, this is not a typical job, so we might be jumping the gun.
Unless of course, something like this existed.

Not only does this confirm the receipt of the money, but it doesn’t declare any intended purpose. This means that a PAC is employing another PAC for three times the amount of money that the other PAC’s services might be worth. This should set your alarm bells ringing right away.
“But wait!”, you might say. Is it possible that this “research” might simply be worth the staggering price tag? Maybe there’s no smoking gun here after all?

-snip-

Hillary for America is again paying for 3 months of “research”, but now, the price tag has dramatically decreased to $6,346.00. So suddenly, this PAC’s service is worth about $2,000 per month, down from more than $10–50,000. We can assume their service quality didn’t suddenly take a nosedive, which leaves us with the inevitable conclusion that this was a one time cash-infusion.


Links -digital, paper, and even video- between PAC and Candidate.

LiberalArkie

(15,715 posts)
10. It was Reddit mods that pulled down the OP about the person who said they worked
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 06:50 PM
Nov 2015

for HRC contractor, they could not verify it so the mod pulled it down.

 

Dr Hobbitstein

(6,568 posts)
12. I call bullshit.
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 07:33 PM
Nov 2015

#1 - This story reached the top 20 on Reddit then the moderators of technology locked it down and removed it from the site.

#2 - This quote from the end: "and it looks like this might involve billionaire George Soros."

tammywammy

(26,582 posts)
13. Basically it's some guy running a PAC
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 07:45 PM
Nov 2015

Who I guess did something shady. But the article links him to Correct the Record, and there's no evidence of that. Then they somehow correct it to Hillary herself, again no proof.

So yeah, bullshit.

 

Dr Hobbitstein

(6,568 posts)
14. Using the unaired campaign ad as proof is ridiculous as well...
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 07:47 PM
Nov 2015

Like the fact that a pro-Hillary PAC made a pro-Hillary video means they are colluding with Hillary. Hillary doesn't even appear in the video.

The stupid, it burns.

starroute

(12,977 posts)
17. Luke Montgomery certainty has a sleazy reputation
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 08:04 PM
Nov 2015

Here's a DU threat from a year ago reacting to his attempts to exploit opposition to racism and sexism for profit: http://www.democraticunderground.com/125552036

But I couldn't find anything in the Reddit research to link him to Correct the Record, which is a David Brock operation. Am I missing something?

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