2016 Postmortem

beam me up scottie

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108. You got that right, I never argued about whether there were two or three. So this is you:

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Thu Jan 21, 2016, 09:32 PM

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Hmmm...What's missing from this Bernie Ad? [View all] Yavin4 Jan 2016 OP

Ethnic minorities will be your answer -- but run it back slowly and your answer would be wrong Armstead Jan 2016 #1

+1 beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #5

They're not even trying anymore. It must be so demoralizing n/t arcane1 Jan 2016 #9

I ran it at normal speed Cassiopeia Jan 2016 #10

I sure hope that's not what Yavin4 was going for. Beartracks Jan 2016 #39

Two African Americans. Two?!?! Yavin4 Jan 2016 #48

More than two....others in shots plus Hispanics and other groups Armstead Jan 2016 #55

+1, there should be too many to count but they're not catching on to that uponit7771 Jan 2016 #162

Cynacism Motown_Johnny Jan 2016 #2

Hmm HerbChestnut Jan 2016 #3

White people? Hipsters? DanTex Jan 2016 #4

the truth? dlwickham Jan 2016 #6

Your desperation is showing. arcane1 Jan 2016 #11

Typical. Make a decision without any information and then attack others based on that decision. Motown_Johnny Jan 2016 #99

Nice zing... JimDandy Jan 2016 #156

You know what they say about assuming. artislife Jan 2016 #167

But I'm not assuming anything dlwickham Jan 2016 #174

Billionaires Wilms Jan 2016 #7

I got it! A cynical statement telling us to give up all hope! last1standing Jan 2016 #8

ome to look for America enid602 Jan 2016 #12

Fear? Loathing? n/t DefenseLawyer Jan 2016 #13

We're nearly at 20! Now we get to watch you . . . pa28 Jan 2016 #14

Nothing. Because you're lying about what you're implying. nt valerief Jan 2016 #15

Otter Pops Cali_Democrat Jan 2016 #16

I have no idea, because I have no desire to watch it KingFlorez Jan 2016 #17

You ought to watch it. Totally different from other "ads" Hestia Jan 2016 #19

Missing = fear Hestia Jan 2016 #18

+1 draa Jan 2016 #56

This message was self-deleted by its author LiberalArkie Jan 2016 #20

Missing? HRC! sadoldgirl Jan 2016 #21

Substance. baldguy Jan 2016 #22

Wrong. Media pundits are raving about it. azmom Jan 2016 #26

There was another political as that media pundits raved about. baldguy Jan 2016 #32

Are you jealous baldguy? TM99 Jan 2016 #35

Reagan was the second worst President in living memory. baldguy Jan 2016 #69

You think this ad is propaganda TM99 Jan 2016 #72

Of course it's propaganda. baldguy Jan 2016 #75

Yes, because there is nothing more totalitarian than Simon and Garfunkel Bjorn Against Jan 2016 #81

Right. Art *can't* be used for totalitarian propaganda. baldguy Jan 2016 #84

You do a great job at satire Bjorn Against Jan 2016 #86

I'm sure you're equally dismissive of "progressive" Berniestas baldguy Jan 2016 #90

So how did we move from the totalitarian tendencies of Art Garfunkel to Darrel Issa? Bjorn Against Jan 2016 #95

They are both being used to harm the progressive movement and the Democratic Party. baldguy Jan 2016 #112

OH. MY. GOD. LOOK AT THIS TOTALITARIAN PROPAGANDA VIDEO I FOUND!!! Bjorn Against Jan 2016 #138

Then you didn't watch it. TM99 Jan 2016 #91

Trying to claim that propaganda isn't *really* propaganda is really propaganda. baldguy Jan 2016 #103

Show me any campaign ad TM99 Jan 2016 #105

. baldguy Jan 2016 #127

Be careful TM99 Jan 2016 #146

SIMON AND GARFUNKEL ARE SPREADING RUMORS TO HARM AMURICA!!!! Bjorn Against Jan 2016 #111

My goodness, that is quote a mouthfull. pangaia Jan 2016 #121

What you are putting out here is propaganda too notadmblnd Jan 2016 #139

It worked Armstead Jan 2016 #71

At setting America on the path to destruction. baldguy Jan 2016 #73

BERNIE'S GOING TO DESTOY AMERICA!!! beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #74

Exactly. baldguy Jan 2016 #80

Don't you know it's gonna be alright? beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #83

Dude, you need a valium! TM99 Jan 2016 #93

And TM99 wins alert, 6 to 1! Divernan Jan 2016 #130

And some try to argue TM99 Jan 2016 #145

Look .... I have avoided pressing the big button with the red X ... Trajan Jan 2016 #137

OTOH, the much-maligned "establishment Democrats" have been there for decades, DJ13 Jan 2016 #150

So Bernie is gong set America on the path to destruction with an innocuous ad Armstead Jan 2016 #79

Sanders has feet. You know who else had feet? That's right. Hitler. Hitler had feet. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #116

And we all know that media pundits are always right . . . Empowerer Jan 2016 #96

When did DU members.. asuhornets Jan 2016 #149

LOL azmom Jan 2016 #154

Missing, a lying Chelsea? azmom Jan 2016 #23

Nothing cali Jan 2016 #24

Where are the kittehs? Beartracks Jan 2016 #25

Here: beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #36

LOL Thanks! Beartracks Jan 2016 #41

I edited it, found a better pic! beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #42

You certainly did! Beartracks Jan 2016 #47

The people pictured in this ad look like the people in America. PatrickforO Jan 2016 #27

That ad EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #28

Llamas! R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2016 #29

Well, then, here are some to tide you over: Maedhros Jan 2016 #141

You got your 20 posts, and then some. Where are you? arcane1 Jan 2016 #30

Probably done gone. R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2016 #34

I think we know what's missing now. pa28 Jan 2016 #38

Credibility? arcane1 Jan 2016 #45

I like the ad. It's a beautiful song./nt DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2016 #31

I am so sick of white racist Clinton supporters TM99 Jan 2016 #33

To some, race is just another means to an end, nothing more. arcane1 Jan 2016 #37

It shows me that they really are not liberals or leftists even. TM99 Jan 2016 #40

Exactly. It's a game of good cop/bad cop with some of these supposed "liberals" n/t arcane1 Jan 2016 #43

boom. right there. arcane1 nailed it navarth Jan 2016 #85

Sooooo. You have no problem with a campaign video of predominately White Americans? Yavin4 Jan 2016 #53

Awwwwww.... you came back to complain that there wasn't enough minorities. R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2016 #60

So you are a mind reader too? TM99 Jan 2016 #61

I am not seeing very many black faces in this video... Bjorn Against Jan 2016 #78

OH BINGO, BINGO, BINGO Armstead Jan 2016 #82

Bazinga! HRC's ad: all white, all the time! Divernan Jan 2016 #135

I clicked the link, and got a video with Killer Mike and also with this. JDPriestly Jan 2016 #159

Turtles!!! beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #44

I thought it was pretty gwheezie Jan 2016 #46

The lyrics that make the song: taught_me_patience Jan 2016 #49

Oh wow, I didn 't actually watch the ad Cal Carpenter Jan 2016 #140

There are no words in the ad, so check it out. n/t JimDandy Jan 2016 #157

African Americans were missing. The most loyal voting bloc in the Democratic party. Yavin4 Jan 2016 #50

As suspected, this was a dishonest OP from the beginning, and you've been made a fool of arcane1 Jan 2016 #51

Just more shit. draa Jan 2016 #54

There were 3 lone African Americans in that video. THREE!!!! Yavin4 Jan 2016 #57

You said there were TWO!!! upthread. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #58

Hey, phony outrage is hard enough without bringing MATH into it!! arcane1 Jan 2016 #66

Sesame Street can help with that: beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #67

LOL Art_from_Ark Jan 2016 #153

When you start arguing about whether there were two or three brown faces in the video Empowerer Jan 2016 #97

You should tell that to your associate, he's the one counting dark faces. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #101

Whoosh! n/t Empowerer Jan 2016 #104

You got that right, I never argued about whether there were two or three. So this is you: beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #108

I don't give a fuck if there was ZERO in it. draa Jan 2016 #64

Good grief, look at reply #39. Beartracks Jan 2016 #161

That was a flat out lie that you should be ashamed of. I feel sorry for you. R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2016 #65

SOME Clinton supports have no problem exploiting race if it means gaining a vote or two. arcane1 Jan 2016 #68

You might want to head over to a few other threads to express your outrage about "exploiting race" Empowerer Jan 2016 #102

You are funny. TM99 Jan 2016 #109

African Americans made that ad, are they exploiting themselves? beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #114

The Clinton desperation...it hurts. R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2016 #169

Except they aren't. You just made that up. pa28 Jan 2016 #76

When Bernie was walking MLK Hillary was supporting Berry Goldwater awake Jan 2016 #77

Wanna count the POC in this new Clinton video? Armstead Jan 2016 #92

I think I counted three TM99 Jan 2016 #100

I guess you missed the classroom of African American children that she was in n/t Yavin4 Jan 2016 #136

Oh that was just staged propaganda TM99 Jan 2016 #144

As an African American I approve this message. underthematrix Jan 2016 #113

That's fine.....as long as you don't complain about the number of POC faces in Bernie's ad Armstead Jan 2016 #115

This is not communist Russia so you don't get to make rules about what I underthematrix Jan 2016 #118

COMMIES! COMMIES EVERYWHERE!!!1! beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #122

Have you read Green Eggs and Ham? underthematrix Jan 2016 #124

Is it about commies too? When it comes to propaganda I prefer cinema: beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #128

Of course you do. That's what a typical Fox Hate News viewer would say underthematrix Jan 2016 #132

Well I'll just have to take your word for what Fox viewers think. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #134

Somehow I suspect if that had Clinton in it instead of Sanders yoi'd call it brilliant Armstead Jan 2016 #125

You don't need forgiveness. My esteem is not tied to what you think underthematrix Jan 2016 #129

I'll agree with the "fierce" part Armstead Jan 2016 #131

from the reading public's perspective, it's both underthematrix Jan 2016 #133

HILLARY CLINTON has the only POC in her ad that matters to the underthematrix Jan 2016 #117

Yes she shifted so well from her attacks on him in 2008 Armstead Jan 2016 #119

yes she has and I'm here for it. As my beloved President said, Hillary will make an underthematrix Jan 2016 #123

African-Americans are not Sanders base KingFlorez Jan 2016 #106

Try again Depaysement Jan 2016 #143

Its a big deal, you're not the only one who pointed that out and the replies were it was for Iowa uponit7771 Jan 2016 #163

You're WRONG and lying on purpose. Welcome to my Forever Ignored club. nt valerief Jan 2016 #168

Hmmm...What's missing from this Bernie Ad? R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2016 #52

Do you realize how offensive this is at this point? Prism Jan 2016 #59

They're back to "Sanders and all who support him are racist" since nothing else has worked. arcane1 Jan 2016 #62

Warmongering? A slew of lies? in_cog_ni_to Jan 2016 #63

How the fuck did I miss you? Le Taz Hot Jan 2016 #70

I thnk this ad is supposed to appeal to Iowa voters... Mike Nelson Jan 2016 #87

And God forbid they think that Bernie likes black people? Empowerer Jan 2016 #107

No, but chances are the ad reflects Iowa's level of diversity. Beartracks Jan 2016 #164

Race baiting and red baiting. Feels like Hillary's losing '08 campaign all over. morningfog Jan 2016 #88

Thousands of dead Iraqis and American soldiers? JackBeck Jan 2016 #89

There is no way you can trash that ad. No way. It's probably best political ad ever made. Vinca Jan 2016 #94

Hillary has fallen to desperate identity politics now LittleBlue Jan 2016 #98

Hillary? Beacool Jan 2016 #148

...."Paid for by Hedge Fund managers for economic freedom?" Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #110

it doesn't have any War Porn like Hillary's does? Agony Jan 2016 #120

It didn't beat the "terra terra terra, fear fear fear" drum by talking about "keeping us safe"? kath Jan 2016 #166

Read the comments... pangaia Jan 2016 #126

You are just pathetic. Maedhros Jan 2016 #142

It's a feel good ad. Beacool Jan 2016 #147

It lacks cowbell. dflprincess Jan 2016 #151

There was no sparkling unicorn. onecaliberal Jan 2016 #152

Wow. It is seriously time for me to update my ignore list. liberal_at_heart Jan 2016 #155

In the 1-minute ad, there are several shots of AAs with Bernie senz Jan 2016 #158

See! See! It's crass exploitism! R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2016 #170

Iowa ad aimed at Iowans featuring Iowans Beartracks Jan 2016 #160

You are so not cool. Kalidurga Jan 2016 #165

Trashing this thread! B Calm Jan 2016 #171

Another Hillarian lesson in how to learn NOTHING from prior mistakes: 99Forever Jan 2016 #172

This lady? RandiFan1290 Jan 2016 #173