2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum‘It Was a Gray Area’: Bernie Sanders Campaign Takes Down Ad Attacking Hillary
http://www.mediaite.com/online/it-was-a-gray-area-bernie-sanders-campaign-takes-down-ad-attacking-hillary/Bernie Sanders has repeatedly said on the campaign trail hes never run a negative ad in his life and doesnt plan on starting now, but over the weekend his campaign took down an ad attacking Hillary Clinton.
According to The Washington Post, there was an online ad from the Sanders campaign going around slamming Clinton as being the champion for big money interests. Clicking the ad reportedly redirected to a list of big financial institutions that have donated money to Clinton.
After WaPo asked the Sanders campaign about the ad, a spokesman informed them they took down the ad. It turns out, they claim, they arent interested in attacking Clinton in ads and the online ad was the result of a miscommunication in our communications shop.
Sanders was asked about the ad by ABC News today. He explained, Sometimes there are gray areas, we felt that it was a gray area, we took the ad down.
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He again touted that he wants to run a positive campaign.
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)MrWendel
(1,881 posts)they're owners were republican to begin with?
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
MrWendel
(1,881 posts)they vote?
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
daybranch
(1,309 posts)nuff said, go Bernie!
boston bean
(36,223 posts)campaign ad against Bernie.
Grey area or not.
But Bernie has.
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
MADem
(135,425 posts)Do as I say, not as I do....
He got caught, and called out. Sort of like when he got caught taking out the PAC reference in his stump speech.
smh.
MrWendel
(1,881 posts)tries to have to look of keeping his hands clean. Minions was the word I believed was used are more than happy to believe anything he says and fall on the proverbial sword for him.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)I believe Senator Sanders is a man of his word and when he said he doesn't engage in negative campaigning I believed him.
I am glad he will make good on his pledge not to engage in negative campaigning.
edgineered
(2,101 posts)HRC's ability to get the financial support of big money interests is a plus. Now her supports say that pointing it out is negative campaigning.
I think some of her supporters have been huffing raid cans (as evidenced by some of their siglines).