‘College Students for Bernie’ chapters explode nationwide; members bash Hillary as fake

[leftcoastmountains]

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Some 164 “College Students for Bernie” groups have sprung up in recent months on college campuses nationwide, according a chapter roster maintained by The Action Network. Students say he offers a more authentic, honest choice compared to frontrunner Clinton.

“No one I know really likes Hillary Clinton at this point,” Brendan Eprile, president of the Oberlin chapter, told The College Fix in an email. “Hillary Clinton is a chameleon: she will side with the issues that she thinks will give her the best press. I think honestly, most people I know don’t trust Hillary Clinton. It doesn’t seem like she actually cares about the American people as a whole.”

Jordan Incorvaia, president of the Penn State chapter, told The College Fix Sanders says what he believes, and what he’s fighting for will help the nation.

Sanders is a self-described “democrat socialist,” and some of his most popular stances with college students include advocating for a free college education at public universities, demonizing the corporate world, and decrying income inequality and racial injustice.

http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/24549/

[djean111]

1. I don't see that as "bashing".

I know that is their headline, not yours. But this idea that any criticism of Hillary is "bashing" or "hate" is tedious. A deliberate strategy, I think, from the start.

Interesting and good read. Thanks for bringing this here. This is pretty much the attitude of my grandson's friends and acquaintances - but, actually, they don't criticize Hillary - because they don't care about her. Not interested.

In some ways, given the current state of the country, this election is sort of a zero sum thing, for them. They have the crushing student loans, or cannot find jobs that pay enough to live on. They are the ones who will be wearing those boots on the ground.

Appearances do not count. Content does. What a concept, eh?

[YabaDabaNoDinoNo]

3. Right now they are engaged and if Bernie is not the nominee they will no longer be and will not turn

out for her.

They are correct this election is a zero sum game and the only way for the 99% to win is Bernie goes all the way.

Otherwise the Republicans win and they know it already.

[merrily]

5. Pro-Hillary DU is a good indicator of the talking points.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

11. Media likes 'active' verbs to draw in readers. It's clickbait from the paper news era ;) nt

[Live and Learn]

2. K&R for the truth

which is apparently called bashing when it is told about Hillary. I agree completely with these students. Shame on Hillary and those supporting her obvious falsehoods.

[DrBulldog]

4. None of this will mean a damn if 80% of our 75,000,000 millennials do not vote.

Or put another way, it will mean literally the WORLD if they do!

[Divernan]

6. Chapters planning a Million Student March on November 12.

snippets from OP link:

“His exciting campaign has already created more hype than Obama in 2007 in my opinion,” said Alex Austin, president of the University of Pittsburgh chapter, told The College Fix via email.

Hillary represents status quo, establishment politics, Super PACs, catering to the wealthy, and tiptoeing around the issues that matter,” Austin said. “I think his [Sanders’] integrity shines through and that’s what people love the most. He is not willing to trash talk other candidates or work with any Super PAC, and that’s truly the change we’d all like to see in today’s politics.”

As part of the College Students for Bernie Sanders movement, students are engaging in canvassing events, registering voters, maximizing on Sanders’ social media presence, coordinating with other chapters, and making phone calls on his behalf.

On Nov. 12, chapters across the country are scheduled to take part in a Million Student March, a rally against student debt and for a $15 minimum wage. “The idea is to get one million students across the country to get political and have our voices heard, bringing attention to the Bernie Sanders campaign,” Austin said.

[merrily]

7. Correct terminology matters. "Fake" is "bashing." "Scripted" seems acceptable.

It's a delicate balance.

Meanwhile, I wonder how college students are reacting to terms like "bashing" and "haters." This cannot be good for the Party.

[Divernan]

8. Dartmouth College Dems boycott HRC; host O'Malley as "progressive candidate".

http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/23216/

As Hillary Clinton stumps at Dartmouth, College Democrats no-shows, College Republicans turned away (Headline)

HANOVER, N.H. – A recent Hillary Clinton campaign stop at Dartmouth College saw College Republicans turned away from standing near the Democratic presidential candidate and College Democrats apparent no-shows at the event.

The Ivy League college, located in New Hampshire, offers a well-attended summer school session, which is required for sophomores – yet Dartmouth College Democrats’ student leaders currently attending class there were nowhere in sight at Clinton’s campaign stop Friday.

“I did not see any College Democrats there,” student Charles Springer, a member of the Dartmouth College Republicans, told The College Fix on Saturday. “I had spoken with a couple College Democrats on the day before the event … and they all said that they were not going to the Hillary event … as she was not progressive enough for them and they did not like her as a candidate or as a person.”

The Dartmouth College Democrats in late May hosted a Clinton competitor – presidential candidate Martin O’Malley – praising him on Facebook for being a “progressive” candidate.

[Divernan]

9. HRC claims POC support-stacks stage with non-U.S. citizens/international students

The Clinton campaign sprung for gourmet barbecue & desserts - reeled in college students with free gourmet food - big surprise, right! But the college Young Democrats still boycotted her.
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/23216/

As for Friday afternoon’s event, oddly enough, the rally for Hillary Clinton had a better showing from the Dartmouth College Republicans. However, a staffer for the Clinton camp refused to allow College Republicans to stand near her, the group’s members told The Fix.

Shortly before Mrs. Clinton spoke, Clinton campaign staffers began to draw students and families from a corner of the crowd and place them on the stage, flanking the podium. As Springer and Michelle Knesbach, both Dartmouth College Republicans, were about to pass through the hole in the rope and proceed toward the stage, a staffer stopped them. Springer recalled that the staffer said: “You guys are College Republicans, yeah?” When Knesbach replied in the affirmative, the staffer said, “Yeah, you guys can’t come on stage.”

Springer said the staffer later apologized to the two students, saying that his remarks had been rude and misleading, that those allowed on stage had been pre-selected. Springer said he does not buy it. “I saw them very clearly picking people at the last minute to put up onstage, as several friends of mine who decided to come to the event at the last minute were on that stage,” Springer told The College Fix. Several international students who are not U.S. citizens were also on the stage.

As for Mrs. Clinton’s appearance, it attracted a crowd of students and townspeople, enough to fill a small field at the rural Hanover campus. The event, paid for by the Clinton campaign, included gourmet barbecue and desserts for at least 700 people.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

12. I would hazard a guess that the international students

happened to be darker complected than most of the crowd if they were pulled onto stage to help serve as a Clinton photo-op backdrop.

[Divernan]

14. Noooo! Ya think? Seriously, you can bet the farm on that!

[frylock]

17. Free gourmet barbecue and Hillary Clinton.

[Enthusiast]

10. Kicked and recommended!

[LiberalElite]

13. I don't know about this site

That they referred to Sanders as a "democrat Socialist" (not democratic) got me suspicious so I looked closer - look at the right side at the popular stories - FWIW this looks like a right wing site to me.

[Divernan]

15. Facts are facts. Good news about Students for Sanders groups around the nation.

Here's one link I pulled up from a comment on that site: Elia Pales · Michigan State University
I'm one of the leaders at Michigan State. Just to give you a comparison of our membership numbers...
Sanders: https://www.facebook.com/Students-for-Sanders.../timeline/
https://www.facebook.com/SpartansForHillary?fref=ts

Literally 5 times the likes.

https://www.facebook.com/Students-for-Sanders-East-Lansing-1643665179245338/timeline/

[SoapBox]

16. Chameleon!

What a perfect description.