'DONALD TRUMP IS AN IDIOT,' BERNIE SANDERS TWEETS ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON

[Autumn]

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-idiot-bernie-sanders-tweets-saturday-afternoon-1453660

Senator Bernie Sanders carved out a fragment of time Saturday afternoon to call the president "an idiot."

"Donald Trump believes climate change is a hoax," Sanders wrote. "Donald Trump is an idiot."

Sanders is an independent senator from Vermont who is once again running for president as a Democratic candidate in 2020. He lost the 2016 Democratic primary to eventual nominee Hillary Clinton, who lost to Trump in the general election.

President Trump in the past has called climate change a "Chinese hoax." In 2012, Trump tweeted, "The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.

Link to tweet

[Sapient Donkey]

1. lol. As much as I wish this sort of twittering wasn't the new norm

It does make me giggle.

[Thekaspervote]

2. Go Bernie!!

[True Dough]

3. Take your pick of topics

It's certainly not limited to climate change. There are a million reasons Trump is an idiot.

[jimlup]

4. Well said Bernie!

FYI - I gave a $1 to Tom to try and help get him into the September debates.

[EveHammond13]

5. I approve this message.

[Tipperary]

6. You go Bernie!

Never thought I would say that.

K and r.

[George II]

7. About time.

[lapucelle]

15. DID HE TWEET IT ALL CAPS?

[George II]

16. No he didn't.

[Autumn]

17. No he didn't. As you can see in the tweet. In the OP.

Last edited Sun Aug 11, 2019, 12:06 PM - Edit history (1)

[lapucelle]

19. IN THE OP HEADLINE, THE QUOTE IS ALL CAPS.

[Autumn]

20. YES IT IS! I copied and pasted it into the thread title from Newsweek!

Why? Because the Newsweek headline is ALL IN CAPS.

[lapucelle]

21. THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN WITH ANY OF THE FOUR BROWSERS I TRIED IT WITH.

WHICH BROWSER PASTES USING ALL CAPS?

MAYBE YOUR CAPS LOCK IS ON.



EDITED TO CORRECT A TYPO.

[Autumn]

22. no it's not. It happens on my Chromebook. MAYBE your BROWSERS are broken.

I only use one browser and I have better things to do than try 4 different browsers and I'm not about to type out the headline to make you happy If it's going to bother you you should ignore me, cause Newsweek is now my favorite place.

[lapucelle]

25. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ON CHROME WHEN I TRY.

IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT A BROWSER PROBLEM IF YOU'RE USING A CHROME.

MAYBE YOUR CHROMEBOOK IS BROKEN OR NEEDS TO HAVE THE SETTINGS CONFIGURED.

[Autumn]

28. My new Chromebook is fine, it works very well. I can copy and past from any site

and the thread title when copied and pasted is the same as on the site. In Newsweek, it happens to be ALL CAPS!!!! If I copy and pasts from the NYT or WP it isn't. You have such a problem with it and you don't like it, you should ignore me or take it up with Newsweek. Because it will happen the next time I post a Newsweek article.

[lapucelle]

31. MAYBE NEWSWEEK IS BROKEN.

[Autumn]

32. MAYBE! THANKS FOR THE KICK!

[lapucelle]

35. YOU'RE WELCOME. IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT BS AGREES WITH EVERYONE ELSE

WHO HAS ALREADY SAID THIS.

IT'S GOOD THAT BS HAS TAKEN A PUBLIC STAND.

[Autumn]

39. To quote you "SO SOMEBODY RESTATED THE OBVIOUS? LET'S ALL CELEBRATE!"

He was calling Trump an idiot OVER a year ago.

[sheshe2]

95. WE ALL CALL HIM AN IDIOT.

Nothing new here.

[R B Garr]

75. THANKS FOR CONFIRMING THAT IT'S NOT A BROWSER ISSUE.

IT SEEMED UNLIKELY IT WAS A BROWSER ISSUE BECAUSE IT DOESN’T HAPPEN WITH ANYONE ELSE.

GREAT INFO, LAPUCELLE!

[sheshe2]

96. MY CAPS ARE LOCKED, AND I CAN'T MAKE IT STOP!

HELP!

Dayum I miss these guys. I remember the night my sister and I watched their debut on Ed Sullivan. We were well passed our bed time, however mom fell asleep and we left her that way until it was over. She was a tad pissed at us, she YELLED AT US!

No matter, We watched.

[lapucelle]

27. IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME AND IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT FOLKS ON DU

ARE GOING TO BE USING RELIABLE SOURCES.

EVERYONE AT DU SHOULD ADHERE TO THAT STANDARD.

[Autumn]

29. Thanks for kicking the thread.

[lapucelle]

33. MY PLEASURE. IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT BS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT TRUMP IS AN IDIOT.

GLAD TO SEE THAT BS IS ON BOARD.

[Autumn]

37. Don't cry but this isn't the first time Bernie has called Trump an idiot.

[lapucelle]

38. SO SOMEBODY RESTATED THE OBVIOUS? LET'S ALL CELEBRATE!

[Autumn]

41. Yes, if they all called Trump an idiot as you say it sounds like they did it a year after Bernie.

Actually about 13 months. July 16, 2018


https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287235064#post35

Star Member lapucelle (8,226 posts)

35. YOU'RE WELCOME. IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT BS AGREES WITH EVERYONE ELSE

WHO HAS ALREADY SAID THIS.

IT'S GOOD THAT BS HAS TAKEN A PUBLIC STAND.

[lapucelle]

48. IT TOOK HIM UNTIL 2018 TO SAY IT? MANY DEMOCRATS WERE SAYING IT IN AUTUMN 2016.

[Autumn]

52. THERE YOU GO. Were all those MANY DEMOCRATS campaigning by any chance?

SINCE AS YOU SAY BERNIE FINALLY JOINED THEM? Phew all that goalpost moving must have worn you out. HERE have this.

[lapucelle]

56. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT POINT YOUR ARE TRYING TO MAKE.

[Autumn]

60. Well, you go rest up, You're probably just tired.

[lapucelle]

64. I'M NOT TIRED. WHAT POINT WERE YOU TRYING TO MAKE?

[Autumn]

66. MY POINT IS, IT'S HARD TO TYPE IN ALL CAPS!BUT I FEEL I SHOULD BE POLITE AND REPLY

IN KIND

[lapucelle]

73. THEN WHY DID YOUR POST REFERENCE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES RUNNING IN 2018?

IT'S NOT HARD TO TYPE ALL CAPS. JUST PUT THE CAPS LOCK ON.

[Autumn]

78. Because were are discussing candidates in the Democratic Primaries forum?

2018 was the first time that I was aware of Bernie calling Trump an idiot, he may have done it before and I missed it. But I felt that he led the floor on this one, I don't remember a lot of our elected leaders calling him an idiot until recently. You must be exhausted.

lapucelle (8,239 posts)

35. YOU'RE WELCOME. IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT BS AGREES WITH EVERYONE ELSE

WHO HAS ALREADY SAID THIS.

IT'S GOOD THAT BS HAS TAKEN A PUBLIC STAND.

[lapucelle]

82. I DIDN'T MENTION CANDIDATES.

I MENTIONED DEMOCRATS.

[sheshe2]

99. Umhm.

The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly passed legislation imposing new sanctions on Russia and giving Congress the ability to block President Trump from lifting current penalties.

Senators voted 98-2 on the bill, which also includes new sanctions targeting Iran’s ballistic missile development, support for terrorism, transfer of weapons and human rights violations. Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) voted against the measure.

The legislation marks the Senate’s most significant check on the Trump administration’s foreign policy, which has flirted with lifting sanctions in an bid to entice Moscow into an agreement.

https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/337940-senate-passes-russia-sanctions-deal

[ehrnst]

62. .....

[JudyM]

67. It's all caps in Safari too.

[Autumn]

69. Awesome! I love my new Chromebook and would hate to think it was defective.

Good to know.

[questionseverything]

92. if you won't think of the caps...what about the treatys?

[Autumn]

93. I'm still of the same opinion on treaties. I'm fine with some being broken.

[questionseverything]

94. me too!

[melman]

34. What's a fours browser?

[lapucelle]

36. IT WAS A TYPO. NOW IT'S A CORRECTED TYPO.

[melman]

40. What browsers automatically convert case?

Besides none.

[Autumn]

42. Mahalo! Everyone's.

Well except for my new broken Chromebook

[ismnotwasm]

44. You ever wonder why

When people shit talk others they try to use cultural words or references?

[Autumn]

47. Yeah it's been noticed.

Nothing wrong with mocking it.

[ismnotwasm]

101. I asked you if you ever wondered why.

[melman]

50. Mahalo!

[lapucelle]

51. THAT'S NOT CORRECT. MY BROWSER DOESN'T DO THAT.

IT'S A SHAME YOUR NEW CHROMEBOOK IS BROKEN. MAYBE YOU CAN EXCHANGE IT.

[Autumn]

55. Nah, I'll keep it. It works fine except for NEWSWEEK, since they USE ALL CAPS in the headlines

By the way, did you ever answer the question

What browsers automatically convert case?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

84. Mahalo!

[lapucelle]

45. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? IT WAS A TYPO. I WAS OBVIOUSLY USING AN ADJECTIVE,

Last edited Sun Aug 11, 2019, 10:56 PM - Edit history (1)

NOT A NOUN.

WHY WOULD ANYONE, SEEING AN OBVIOUS TYPO, THINK THAT 'A BROWSER AUTOMATICALLY CONVERTED AN ADJECTIVE INTO A NOUN?

LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO MY FRIEND, THE OCCAM'S RAZOR PRINCIPLE.

https://philosophyterms.com/occams-razor/

EDITED FOR ANOTHER TYPO! IT MUST BE MY BROWSER.

[melman]

49. I'm talking about your magic case-converting browsers

Those four browsers that convert caps to sentence case. What are they?

[lapucelle]

53. I DON"T HAVE A MAGIC, CASE CONVERTING BROWSER.

DO THEY EVEN EXIST?

[melman]

54. "OCCUM'S RAZOR"

[George II]

61. Gotta watch those typos, they might be construed as evil....

[TexasTowelie]

57. Oddly enough, when I see a headline that is in upper case

I retype the headline in mixed case into my OPs regardless of the source. I guess that the courtesy of not yelling at readers no longer applies on DU?

[Autumn]

58. Good for you. As soon as it's a rule that I have to retype the headline to put it in the thread

title to post an article I might do that. Take the "yelling" up with Newsweek, they make the headlines, I just copy them.

[TexasTowelie]

59. I wonder how much time you would have saved if you had retyped the headline?

It looks like you had to respond numerous times to defend your position when it could have been easily avoided. Have a good weekend, autumn.

[George II]

63. Bazinga!

[melman]

65. As if they wouldn't have found something else to complain about

[Autumn]

70. Hey, I don't mind people kicking my thread, it's not like I'm twisting arms.

And I got plenty of time on this lazy Sunday.

[TexasTowelie]

71. Autumn, the thing is

that nobody is reading your OP.

[Autumn]

74. Yes they are. That's why the recs and positive comments until...

The outrage crept out of the fog! And the CAPS all escaped!!!!! You have a nice day because I don't plan on having a back and forth with you.

[TexasTowelie]

76. I thought that you had plenty of time since it was lazy Sunday afternoon?

How long did it take to contradict yourself, autumn?

[Autumn]

79. I haven't contradicted myself. Some times I just get bored and decide not to respond.

I might even change my mind if I have an urge to make something clear.

[TexasTowelie]

80. .

[Autumn]

81. I believe your now deleted post applies here.

and now

[TexasTowelie]

83. You've got to be kidding.

It sure looks like you found me interesting enough to respond to though.

[betsuni]

97. It's true! I didn't. Just wanted to know what all the yelling in this thread was about.

[sheshe2]

98. Win!

[ismnotwasm]

8. That's awesome

[MontanaMama]

9. Just sayin...

[lambchopp59]

10. Bernie is 100 percent correct

Donald Trump is an idiot.

[rpannier]

11. My name may not be Bernie Sanders

But, I approve of this message

[BigmanPigman]

12. CORRECTION: a FUCKING idiot!

[sharedvalues]

13. Traitor Trump

[EveHammond13]

14. Benedict Donald

[bigtree]

18. k&r!

[Uncle Joe]

23. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread Autumn.

[Autumn]

24. You're welcome Uncle Joe.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

26. K & R! Sing it!

[BeckyDem]

30. Sometimes the simplest message works best, love how concise it is.

Donald Trump is an idiot.

Bernie knows how insecure Trump is too, so I like this approach. lol

[crazytown]

43. Excellent

110% of Democrats agree.

[Newest Reality]

46. I do think it is time to look a little deeper...

First, Don is, in my opinion, a poorly educated, vulgar, crass, mouthy, aggressive, bigoted, not very literate, (include you favorites here) person. I make that pronouncement based on observation of his overall behaviors.

Then, you can add the dark triad of malignant narcissism, Machiavellian, psychopathy.

Even though he may pretend to be a billionaire, we don't even know what his net worth really is, do we? We do know he probably has a sizable amount of debt and has done some bankruptcies. We can also consider his numerous business failures and his tendency to stiff contractors and now, El Paso. So, I certainly wouldn't approve a car loan to this marauding cretin who seems to be acting more as the emergence of the US Id, in a Freudian sense.

So, barring the volumes of accurate descriptions of this human canker sore who desperately wants to be a reality TV despot, there is one factor that I don't think should be overlooked here. In other words, know your enemy.

The public face of DT is having an obvious, demonstrable and deletorious impact. Isn't that success on his part? Methinks this is intentional and skillful. It has many, many ramifications for his intent to cease the power of the Office, disintegrate the country, (in order to make it vulnerable to the interests who are vying for ascendancy in that event) and that includes the theocratic shadow of the the rather quiet and pensive Pence casting the cross of our cultural crucifixion he would bring in any aftermath.

That said, this pox on humanity that has become the pResident is an expert manipulator. Cries about what an idiot he is are only true in other respects. In this case, that only feeds into what I think are his intents, motivations and, more importantly, what is going on by way of action on the sidelines.

If you underestimate that, then he has the upper-hand and a great advantage. Remember that the emotions he stirs on both sides are useful and this is not about emotions, but facts, reality, laws, legislation and other pragmatic factors!

In that case, it would behoove our current candidates for the Party to have professional analysts investigate trumps strategies and behaviors in the past very, very carefully, down to the slightest detail. I assure you, their are many techniques he uses expertly like a samurai's sword to get his way, ultimately. This is not just about low information voters and his base, though they are very prone to these expert manipulations. There are some breakdowns on his tactics available online. This was all obvious in the debates that he participated and you are seeing it daily and the the practiced, methodical political and social prestidigitation is working well as you may have noticed.

If you then see his strategy then anybody who interviews him, comments on his inanity, or goes into a debate best be WELL PREPARED in order to not fall prey to a master predator, (socially, politically, economically and sexually). You are toast in that case. I would hope that Bernie and the other candidates are going to truly wise up and see into the rotten core of this wormy apple we have there.

If we don't rapidly shift over to noticing and understanding the methods he uses and we only manage to focus on word slinging and derogatory remarks about his "intelligence", or the emotions he intentionally exploits, the point is really being missed and shame on us this time because we are being fooled and fooled well.

It is my opinion that the outcome of the 2020 election will hinge on this, among other things. We do, (en masse) ignore it at our peril.

[JudyM]

72. Perhaps he's responding strategically to the public's current info overload. Sometimes less is more.

[Lulu KC]

77. Stating the obvious n/t

[Hassin Bin Sober]

85. Oh no! Not TEH CAPS!

You know what happens when you post in caps....

[Autumn]

88. TEH CAPS!

I did it.

[gulliver]

86. Swing and a miss, but I like the idea.

Trump doesn't believe climate change is a hoax. Bernie shouldn't join the media in vouching (accidentally) for what Trump believes or doesn't believe.

A better tweet would be, for example, "Donald Trump 'says' he believes climate change is a hoax. If so, he's an idiot, but he's such a liar we really never know what he believes."

[demmiblue]

87. ...

[Vegas Roller]

89. "DONALD TRUMP IS AN IDIOT" IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT TWEET

IT MAKES THIS ELECTION CRYSTAL CLEAR

[Autumn]

90. Oh.

[sheshe2]

103. sad indeed.

I SEE ya and raise ya one.

We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me
Oh, send them your heart
So they know that someone cares
And their lives will be stronger and free
As God has shown us by turning stones to bread
And so we all must lend a helping hand

Mahalo~

[lapucelle]

100. ITS GOOD THAT BS JOINED THE CHORUS.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO CALLED TRUMP AN IDIOT BEFORE BS'S AUGUST TWEET.

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[Vegas Roller]

102. BS always joins the chorus

and claims himself to be original

[betsuni]

104. +1

[Autumn]

105. Here is Bernie calling Trump an idiot July 16, 2018.

"Today is a good day for Putin and the oligarchs in Russia," Sanders added. "It is a bad day for people in the United States and all over the world who believe in democracy and who are trying to understand what world our idiot president lives in."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/07/16/white-house-declares-summit-success-sanders-rips-trump-putin-presser-embarrassing

We people have always called him an idiot, since before he was elected.

[lapucelle]

106. "WE PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS CALLED HIM AN IDIOT". SO THE TWEET DID RESTATE THE OBVIOUS.

GLAD YOU AGREE.

[Autumn]

107. It not obvious that all elected Dems call him an idiot.

[lapucelle]

108. ISN'T BS AN ELECTED INDEPENDENT?

[Autumn]

109. HE'S RUNNING ON THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET SO PARTY LEADERS THINK HE IS A DEM.

YOU SHOULD ENLIGHTEN THEM.

[lapucelle]

110. SO BS IS CURRENTLY AN ELECTED INDEPENDENT / DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE.

PARTY LEADERS AREN'T MISTAKEN / CONFUSED ABOUT HIS PARTY STATUS AS AN ELECTED POLITICIAN.

https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/18/politics/dnc-resolution-bernie-sanders-angus-king/index.html

[Autumn]

111. NOT CURRENTLY, THAT WAS 10/18/2017. THIS IS 8/12/2019!

[lapucelle]

112. YES, BUT AT PRESENT, BS IS STILL AN AN INDEPENDENT AS AN ELECTED POLITICIAN,

AND HE HAS ALREADY FILED THE PAPERWORK TO BE AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE AGAIN IN 2024.

The famously independent senator, who briefly joined the Democratic Party to run in the 2016 New Hampshire presidential primary only to un-enroll later, officially announced Monday that he would seek a third term in the Senate this fall. He also said that he’ll pull the same maneuver that he did in his 2006 and 2012 Senate races: Running as a Democrat, declining the nomination when he wins and then running as an independent.

The move makes it virtually impossible for another Democrat to seek the party’s nod. And it allows Sanders to loom large in the party primary in August, but still preserve his independence.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/21/bernie-sanders-democrat-independent-vermont-601844

Bernie Sanders Files To Run As A Democrat — And An Independent

Bernie Sanders filed Monday to be a candidate for the Senate in 2024 — as an independent. But last month, Sanders filed as a Democrat for president.

snip===================================================================

But with Sanders, it creates the odd situation of having a high-profile presidential candidate file to run for two different offices with different parties, just as the Democratic Party is adopting rules mandating presidential candidates take something of a loyalty pledge.

Sanders also filed as a Democrat in 2016 to be able to run in the Democratic presidential primary — and had already filed for his 2018 Senate campaign as an independent, a status he's held in Congress for many years. Sanders' ambiguous party loyalty was one reason the Democratic National Committee adopted rules for 2020 candidates to affirm that they are, in fact, a Democrat, and will run and serve as one.

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/04/700121429/bernie-sanders-files-to-run-as-a-democrat-and-an-independent

[Autumn]

113. OMG! LETS CONTACT SOMEONE IN THE PARTY AND LET THEM KNOW! MAYBE THEY

CAN DRIVE HIM OUT OF OUR PARTY!!!

[lapucelle]

114. EVERYBODY ELSE ALREADY KNOWS. I'M GLAD TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ENLIGHTEN YOU AS WELL

MY WORK HERE IS DONE.

[Autumn]

115. I CERTAINLY DO HOPE YOUR WORK IS DONE!

[Joe941]

91. The caps :(

[Celerity]

116. good to see

BTW, yes, the OP is right, the headline at the link is all caps.



Easy way to avoid all caps without manually re-typing is just place the headline into Google, then cut and paste the result (in this case one would only have to add one word, ie. Afternoon.)