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Cleita

(75,480 posts)
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 01:42 PM Mar 2016

Wow! Thom Hartmann just opined that Berniebros are a bunch of

Republican trolls trying to smear Bernie supporters. He got an email from them that he tried to trace it and couldn't because it was a brand new one. I had suspected something like this all along since we Bernie supporters have been getting all the nasty accusations made against us on this board.

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Wow! Thom Hartmann just opined that Berniebros are a bunch of (Original Post) Cleita Mar 2016 OP
I think we already knew this yourpaljoey Mar 2016 #1
Good that someone in the media is calling attention to it. nt Svafa Mar 2016 #6
I'm not in the least surprised that ratfucking is going on. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2016 #2
BIG REC! That's exactly in line with what I've been seeing. Even here at DU. blm Mar 2016 #3
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2016 #4
I heard that too. That email was beyond the pale. jillan Mar 2016 #5
How do we know it was the RepubliCLOWNS? RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #7
I think it is much more likely to be Clintonistas BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #8
Exactly my thoughts. n/t RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #9
Oh, definitely. senz Mar 2016 #11
Called names as well DI Freighter Watcher Mar 2016 #13
That's a Brock move or a Clinton supporter. in_cog_ni_to Mar 2016 #10
Don't drink the Kool-Aid, Thom. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #12
The Clinton campaign has been ratfucking Sanders and "Sanders' supporters" since day one. delrem Mar 2016 #14

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
2. I'm not in the least surprised that ratfucking is going on.
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 01:47 PM
Mar 2016

I do think that some of the people doing 'BernieBro' stuff actually are or were Bernie supporters, but it makes sense that ongoing things being done that clearly set AA's against Bernie are doing so deliberately, to damage Bernie.

blm

(113,061 posts)
3. BIG REC! That's exactly in line with what I've been seeing. Even here at DU.
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 01:49 PM
Mar 2016

The GOP's RW trolls playing both sides against each other happened before here, and anyone claiming they stopped doing it for THIS election is either a fool or one of them.

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RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)
7. How do we know it was the RepubliCLOWNS?
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 01:55 PM
Mar 2016

There has been a sufficient amount of rat fucking from our own opposition in the Democratic Party, and from the mainstream media. Perhaps Thom got a big check in the mail, to divert us into thinking that it is from the CONs? Who knows.

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)
8. I think it is much more likely to be Clintonistas
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 02:04 PM
Mar 2016

Nobody does dirty tricks better than they do.

Somebody show me a Republican who:
1. Doesn't hate Hillary more than Bernie
2. Who is paying much attention to the Democratic primaries with what is happening on their side
3. Would actually go to the effort to try to make Bernie look bad and help Hillary
4. Knows who Thom Hartmann is

 

senz

(11,945 posts)
11. Oh, definitely.
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 08:54 PM
Mar 2016

Hartmann just doesn't want to say it because he's trying to support the Democratic nominee whomever it may be.

But our lovely Hill fans, they use that insult all the time. They love to call all of us, even female Bernie supporters, "Bro."

They sure do remind me of "that other party."

13. Called names as well
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 09:50 PM
Mar 2016

50 ish Grandma of 6 and I was called a Bernie bro. Laughed at the insult and immediately knew who's camp it came from. Predictable behavior from them it's the panic of desperation. Feel The Bern

in_cog_ni_to

(41,600 posts)
10. That's a Brock move or a Clinton supporter.
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 02:19 PM
Mar 2016

We had a DUer who pulled something like that...a Clinton supporter, of course.

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

delrem

(9,688 posts)
14. The Clinton campaign has been ratfucking Sanders and "Sanders' supporters" since day one.
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 09:55 PM
Mar 2016

We all know this. Thom Hartmann knows this.

Everybody also knows what it portends for the future when the Democratic establishment decided to ratfuck and swiftboat its own base.

Yes, Thom, the Republicans must be laughing their asses off at the massively bad political strategy of it. At least they have the wit to swiftboat and ratfuck the opposition party, not their own base!! But that doesn't mean that they're the ones who hired David Brock to lead the online ratfucking campaign. That doesn't mean that the Republicans are the ones firing those particular guns. That's on Hillary Rodham Clinton. The ratfucking is on her supporters, who continue with the ratfucking to this very day.

Not one of the ratfuckers operating on DU are Republicans.

And you won't see any of the establishment media addressing the issue. Too much money has been spent and taken, too much time has passed while they've nodded and winked as it's been going on - and it's too late to close that barn door.

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