Why was David Sirota kneecapping our nominee on the eve of the election?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

[OhZone]

1. It was definitely not that -

he wanted to help Trump.

Right?

Why would Bernie's boy want to help Trump.

It's not like Bernie's actions helped Trump.

[JaneQPublic]

2. ...

[dalton99a]

3. Enlargement of above image:

[Qutzupalotl]

10. Holy shit.

David was a busy boy that day.

[Mike Nelson]

4. Maybe because...

… Bernie would have a much better chance of beating Trump in 2020... forget trying to defeat President Hillary Clinton… or waiting until 2024...

[oasis]

19. "A second bite of the apple"? Quite possible.

[njhoneybadger]

34. That's right, if Hillary won he would have to wait 8 years

[LongtimeAZDem]

5. Because he's a r*******r, and that's what he has done for a long time. From 1998:

Sanders press aide fired from campaign over fake Web site
By WILSON RING Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt.

An aide to Vermont's independent Rep. Bernard Sanders was fired earlier this year from the campaign of a Philadelphia mayoral candidate amid controversy over a fake Web site.

The Web site included quotations by an opponent about how black and Latino voters ought to consolidate power, the Washington political newspaper The Hill reported Wednesday.

David Sirota and the campaign manager worker were fired after the bogus Web site was discovered. Sanders' chief of staff, Jeff Weaver, said Wednesday that Sirota assured him that while he lost his job over the episode, he did not set up the Web site. "My understanding is he was not involved in this and was not aware of the Web site until the political opponent raised questions about it," Weaver said. "Based on what I know about this, it's unfortunately guilt by association." Weaver said such conduct would not be tolerated in a Sanders campaign or the congressional office. "This is not the type of tactic that would be acceptable in politics in Vermont," Weaver said. "It is unfortunate that in many places in the country these types of tactics are resorted to."

Sirota has worked for Sanders for four months as a press spokesman. Sanders' traditional political opponents in Vermont were wary Wednesday of attaching too much significance to the story. Sanders' 1996 Republican challenger Susan Sweetser, whose campaign went into free fall after it was revealed she hired a private detective to do opposition research on Sanders, said the incident should be left in the past.

"I know people do dumb things," Sweetser said. "If he did something dumb at least that's what it appears you don't want it to brand him for life." Vermont Republican Party Executive Director James Dwinell also did not want to make a big issue of the report. "I do respect Sanders' encouraging people to get involved in the (political) process," Dwinell said. "This is the sort of thing that, if it's true, turns people off to the process."

Last winter Sirota was working for Philadelphia mayoral candidate Dwight Evans. Reporters covering the primary campaign received unsolicited e-mails directing them to a Web site claiming to represent Democratic opponent John White Jr. Quotations on the Web site, attributed to White, were taken from a Spanish-language newspaper. The page displayed in large letters the quotation, "The black and the brown, if we unite, we're going to control this city."

[ehrnst]

18. So Sirota was fired from a Philly campaign for dirty tricks in 1997, then hired by Sanders in '98...

And again three months ago, when Sirota went on to violate journalistic ethics by working for Sanders, while denying publicly that he was.

[R B Garr]

24. Wow, that's a lot of unethical maneuvering.

[SFnomad]

6. Kneecapping? You're far too kind ... let's call it what it was ... ratf'ing n/t

[dalton99a]

8. +1. Really.

[Kahuna7]

7. SMH. Real nasty piece of work that guy. nt

[Beakybird]

9. This COMPLETELY disqualifies Sanders.

[JI7]

11. there were people other than republicans that wanted her to lose

and wanted trump to win.

[WeekiWater]

12. Sanders 2020 campaign started just over a year before that tweet.

They were well underway.

[Hortensis]

13. A leftist scorpion? Many believe they want to do good,

but can't commit to what it takes. It's their nature.

[Botany]

14. And why has Bernie voted against keeping sanctions on

... Russian oligarchs too?

[33taw]

32. He called a meeting with his constitutents before the last vote as not present.

I think we need to know more about Tad Devine.

[Jarqui]

15. Sanders seems to link up with some shaky folks

I have to question his judgment in hiring someone like this.

[Eric J in MN]

16. How can we verify the date is real? NT

NT

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. Since Sirota deleted 20,000 tweets it is fair to presume those are part of the 20,000.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/128734004

[Cha]

20. Because he's a 3rd party

operative who thinks jill stein's Lies about Hillary are fair fucking game.

[Gothmog]

22. The fact that Sanders kept this quiet is deceptive

Link to tweet

[Cha]

23. This is just what I've been posting the last 10 minutes!

Link to tweet

GMTA!

[Me.]

39. Qui tacet consentire videtur

in other words...silence is consent

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Silence_and_consensus

[Gothmog]

21. What it means that Bernie Sanders is hiring people who think all the non-Bernie democrats are bad

Link to tweet

[Me.]

38. It Means That In The Long Run There Are Not That Many Of Them

Tens of thousands, not even hundreds of thousands. It's my consideration that in the final analysis, BS has very little chance of being the nominee. And yes, I know there will be lots of posts w/polls saying he's the one but he has reached a cap of this point and it doesn't seem he'll get above it.

[mcar]

25. Good question

[RandySF]

26. THat's a very good question.

[SHRED]

27. Sanders is getting vetted

Finally.

[SHRED]

28. Kicked and tweeted

[catbyte]

29. That tears it. I'm so over Bernie Sanders. And I voted for him in the MI primary.

Too many red flags. Won't release his taxes, questionable hires; squatter in the Democratic party when it suits his purpose; easy on Russia. paper thin legislative accomplishments; criticizing and being ungracious towards other Democratic candidates. Nope.

Of course, I will vote for him if he comes out on top in 2020, but before then, nuh uh.

[spooky3]

33. And at best was oblivious to sexual harassment among

His staff.

[Me.]

30. Because His SoulMate H.A. Goodman Didn't Have A Twitter Account

[CentralMass]

31. Life long Dem who voted for Bill twice, Hillary in 2008 and in the general in 2016.

I consider the type of articles that you linked above normal reporting. Are you expecting sycophantic reporters to carry the party's water ?

Do you think that articles are lies and or do think that they are truthfull and you are angry the were wrutten ?

[lancelyons]

36. If he was reporting anti Hillary stuff while secretly being on the Sanders team.... that would be wr

If he was reporting anti Hillary stuff while secretly being on the Sanders team.... that would be wrong.

He is using a Journalists credibility to serve a political interest without letting folks know about his connection to Sanders

[CentralMass]

37. Was he working for the Sanders campaign back in 2016 ?

Apparently not and those links above are from 2016..

[lancelyons]

41. I think that is the question. He may have been.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

40. I'm not angry.

I'm profoundly disappointed that a candidate for president of my party would hire a journalist who attacked other Democratic candidates for president while in his servitude but not disclosing it, would delete 20,000 tweets and then lie about it, and kneecap our nominee for president on the eve of the election in the most consequential election since the election of 1864.


I will provide documentation for every assertion I made if you so desire with the exception of my characterization of the election of 2016.


P.S. There were several more articles released on the eve of the election. Certainly not enough time to determine the veracity of them. So yes I am questioning the veracity, i.e. truthfulness of them. That's why Sirota dropped them when he did.

[lancelyons]

35. It seems like this guy was doing inside dirty reporting for Bernie Sanders. If true

It seems like this guy was doing inside dirty reporting for Bernie Sanders. If true he should lose his job. That is dirty and deplorable.

[Gothmog]

42. Some history

Link to tweet

[dalton99a]

43. +1. A long history of subterfuge and deception