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Dem Establishment Trying To Screw Over Bernie AGAIN, This Time With CNN’s Help

At the recent town hall for Bernie Sanders, one man from Paste Magazine noted that many of the people asking the questions were billed as being random voters from teachers to students, but in truth were Democratic operatives:

CNN was caught red-handed, but two things are interesting.

For one, CNN knew they were Democratic operatives and chose not to disclose that, calling them students or biology teachers instead. This tells us that CNN is only more than happy to work with Democrats in order to stack the audience against a candidate.

Secondly, it tells us that the Democrat establishment hasn’t learned its lesson from 2016, and is once again working behind the scenes in order to hurt the Sanders campaign.

Could it be *checks notes* COLLUSION?!?!?

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WoodsDweller's picture

... but I caught a still photo of Bernie. Sure, Bernie's an old dude, but their makeup person slapped on the pancake makeup and red lipstick, making him look like a freshly prepared corpse. They managed to add about 10 years to his visible age. I'm sure it was just a coincidence.

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"The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function." -- Albert Bartlett
"A species that is hurtling toward extinction has no business promoting slow incremental change." -- Caitlin Johnstone

@WoodsDweller

people? With all the crap that went down in 2016, why the hell were they not all over CNN like a cheap suit? It's not rocket science, ffs.

Hello, CNN, this is the Sanders campaign. We understand that you want to do a town hall with Bernie {the guy who fills stadiums all over the country and will likely boost your ratings}? Cool. These are our requirements:

Let us know what is going to happen at this town hall--format, opening, closing, etc. Please also fax us, as it becomes available, as much information as will not violate journalistic independence. And, no matter what, please fax us, at least two weeks in advance, a list of names of any and all people who will be asking questions of Bernie, along with their connection, if any, to any political party and any other relevant info. Obviously, we need to vet them.

Evening of, to the make up artist. No, that does not look right at all. Please re do.

His campaign people have seen him made up enough times for cameras to know what he should look like in the make up room. Not to mention that many campaigns bring their own makeup and hair people wherever the candidate goes or hire someone local for each appearance. They don't simply trust the msm that has proven itself as united against Bernie as the DNC was/is.

And CNN, of all "people!" The same network whose questions last time "somehow" got to Donna Brazile in advance. I don't believe that CNN was unaware that Brazile was in it for Hillary and not being even-handed as morals, ethics, basic decency and the DNC charter all required.

Why? They've been through it all once before. Why are they simply letting it all play out again? Why did they not get loaded for bear months ago? Are they secretly working for the f--g DNC, too?

This is beyond Amateur Hour.

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Alligator Ed's picture

@HenryAWallace Bernie, regardless of the external make-up, showed in 2016 that he was controlled opposition. He still is. The only way he could convince me otherwise, assuming the Evil Queen doesn't steal the primary again (an overly optimistic assessment that this will NOT happen) would be for him to choose Tulsi as his running mate.

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Not Henry Kissinger's picture

I keep noticing a lot of sympathy on the right for Progressive candidates.

Sure you get the typical 'soshulism' knuckle draggers, but I think a lot of the less ideologically bamboozled appreciate the anti-establishment, anti-corporatist messaging.

Lots of cross-over potential for Bernie if he can finally get his Foreign Policy act together and start providing a clear alternative (a la Tulsi) to Deep State militarism.

Just ask Trump (circa 2016): When it comes to Conservatives, Peace sells.

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The current working assumption appears to be that our Shroedinger's Cat system is still alive. But what if we all suspect it's not, and the real problem is we just can't bring ourselves to open the box?

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Monday that he expects to be treated fairly in 2020 by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) despite lingering tensions over the 2016 primary.

“In 2016, I think I will not shock anybody to suggest that the DNC was not quite evenhanded. I think we have come a long way since then and I fully expect to be treated quite as well as anybody else," he said during a CNN town hall Monday evening.

Sanders gave the answer after an audience member asked whether Sanders believes he can get a "fair shake" in the Democratic nomination process.

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@gjohnsit
It actually lowers his chances of winning the presidency (he would actually win a 3 way race easier than a rigged corruptocrat primary, especially after losing votes to Warren and fraud) but he wants to be an effective President, and that means not alienating the Democratic Party. See Trump's example.

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On to Biden since 1973

@gjohnsit

CNN and lobbyists associated with the Democratic Party, again in violation of the DNC charter, none of whom disclosed the rigging.

Ironic, wot?

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Alligator Ed's picture

@HenryAWallace

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsbdvzCHXMY&frags=pl%2Cwn]

Bernie hasn't learned yet.

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Raggedy Ann's picture

The DNC is unapologetic in their disdain for Sanders. He is a threat to their security. They will learn no lesson until/unless Bernie is the nominee and actually elected - until/unless more and more real progressive people win House and Senate seats and actually replace them.

No, Virginia - there is no Santa Clause and there is no lesson to be learned.........yet.
Pleasantry

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"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11

Of course, Trump was right. But, of course, it served Trump's best interests to drill down on that, inasmuch as his opponent was the putative cheater. So redstate is merely saying this time the same things their man said last time.

I don't think Trump said it then out of concern or affection for the man whom Trump calls "crazy Bernie," nor do I think redstate is saying it now out of concern or affection for Bernie. It is, IMO, simply Republicans putting down Democrats.

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@HenryAWallace

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Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.

EdMass's picture

@HenryAWallace

It is, IMO, simply Republicans putting down Democrats.

Some have said that "Sheep were meant to be shorn."

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Prof: Nancy! I’m going to Greece!
Nancy: And swim the English Channel?
Prof: No. No. To ancient Greece where burning Sapho stood beside the wine dark sea. Wa de do da! Nancy, I’ve invented a time machine!

Firesign Theater

Stop the War!

I try!

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snoopydawg's picture

As usual Armando completely misses the point. If it had been Warren or Kamillary the point would be the same, but from a different perspective. It's the connection, doofus!

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There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?

Harris is unburdened of speaking going forward.

Alligator Ed's picture

@snoopydawg Says it all perfectly.

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@Alligator Ed

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Prof: Nancy! I’m going to Greece!
Nancy: And swim the English Channel?
Prof: No. No. To ancient Greece where burning Sapho stood beside the wine dark sea. Wa de do da! Nancy, I’ve invented a time machine!

Firesign Theater

Stop the War!

Pluto's Republic's picture

...that doesn't sound like a conspiracy theory. I may have to put myself in "time out" for the duration.

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IMAGINE if you woke up the day after a US Presidential Election and headlines around the the world blared, "The Majority of Americans Refused to Vote in US Presidential Election! What Does this Mean?"
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@Pluto's Republic

is a lie. I'm telling you the truth?

Heh!

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Prof: Nancy! I’m going to Greece!
Nancy: And swim the English Channel?
Prof: No. No. To ancient Greece where burning Sapho stood beside the wine dark sea. Wa de do da! Nancy, I’ve invented a time machine!

Firesign Theater

Stop the War!

thanatokephaloides's picture

@Pluto's Republic

I just realized I cannot make a comment anywhere

...that doesn't sound like a conspiracy theory. I may have to put myself in "time out" for the duration.

Ride easy there, Pluto. Almost any comment anyone makes about this shit is going to sound like a conspiracy theory! We've definitely entered into the Land of Confusion here!

[video:https://youtu.be/ZujuYiweht8]

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