Bernie Sanders

SoapBox

(18,791 posts) Sun May 31, 2015, 11:02 PM May 2015

Question!

I can delete this or edit it but I have this question...

I see a thread now in GD that I really think is a dishonest one about Bernie.

Would it be bad...or create big issues...to bring it to the attention of the group, in a thread like this?

I don't always see all threads but it looks like Bernie could use some support/help in the thread I'm looking at.

Thoughts?

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Question! (Original Post) SoapBox May 2015 OP

link? 840high May 2015 #1

Do you mean this one? SusanCalvin May 2015 #2

Yes! SoapBox May 2015 #6

Bernie and every Democrat voted yes today. Only a handful of Tea Party fans voted no... Cheese Sandwich May 2015 #8

As far as I can see TM99 May 2015 #3

It depends imo. Maybe rather than reference the thread in the headline, if you sabrina 1 May 2015 #4

You can't really influence stupid people. Paka May 2015 #5

Thanks folks... SoapBox May 2015 #7

p.s... SoapBox Jun 2015 #9

It used to be a violation to use groups to "rally the troops" but no more. However... NYC_SKP Jun 2015 #10

Yeah, that thread is...sigh... BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #11

Sock? Enthusiast Jun 2015 #12

Exactly! BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #13

I've begun using ignore and trash thread. joshcryer Jun 2015 #14

840high

(17,196 posts)

1. link?

Reply to SoapBox (Original post)

Sun May 31, 2015, 11:03 PM

May 2015

SusanCalvin

(6,592 posts)

2. Do you mean this one?

Reply to SoapBox (Original post)

Sun May 31, 2015, 11:08 PM

May 2015

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026759913

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)

6. Yes!

Reply to SusanCalvin (Reply #2)

Sun May 31, 2015, 11:44 PM

May 2015

Yup...it just makes me darned mad.

And not be overly rude about the OP poster but...seems be not is Bernie fan...and that is putting it mildly.

I am not expert on lots of stuff but I do like accurate and honest.

Cheese Sandwich

(9,086 posts)

8. Bernie and every Democrat voted yes today. Only a handful of Tea Party fans voted no...

Reply to SusanCalvin (Reply #2)

Sun May 31, 2015, 11:53 PM

May 2015

In that post in GD some people are saying he should have voted the other way on this:

YEAs ---77
Alexander (R-TN)
Ayotte (R-NH)
Baldwin (D-WI)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Booker (D-NJ)
Boozman (R-AR)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Burr (R-NC)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Capito (R-WV)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coons (D-DE)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Donnelly (D-IN)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Flake (R-AZ)
Franken (D-MN)
Gardner (R-CO)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Hatch (R-UT)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Heitkamp (D-ND)
Heller (R-NV)
Hirono (D-HI)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kaine (D-VA)
King (I-ME)
Kirk (R-IL)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Lankford (R-OK)
Leahy (D-VT)
Lee (R-UT)
Manchin (D-WV)
Markey (D-MA)
McCain (R-AZ)
McCaskill (D-MO)
McConnell (R-KY)
Merkley (D-OR)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Murphy (D-CT)
Nelson (D-FL)
Perdue (R-GA)
Peters (D-MI)
Portman (R-OH)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rounds (R-SD)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Scott (R-SC)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Tester (D-MT)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Udall (D-NM)
Vitter (R-LA)
Warner (D-VA)
Warren (D-MA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wicker (R-MS)
Wyden (D-OR)

NAYs ---17
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blunt (R-MO)
Coats (R-IN)
Collins (R-ME)
Cotton (R-AR)
Crapo (R-ID)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Grassley (R-IA)
Moran (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)

Not Voting - 6
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Murray (D-WA)
Sasse (R-NE)
Schatz (D-HI)

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=114&session=1&vote=00196

And if Bernie had voted the other way, the exact same people would be slamming him for voting with the Tea Party fringe and not with the mainstream Democrats.

TM99

(8,352 posts)

3. As far as I can see

Reply to SoapBox (Original post)

Sun May 31, 2015, 11:29 PM

May 2015

it is literally one hyper-partisan Clinton hack trying to convince everyone that a procedural vote is the vote for the actual legislation and it is against Sanders' principles.

We will see what happens Tuesday when the actual vote takes place. It is still in process.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)

4. It depends imo. Maybe rather than reference the thread in the headline, if you

Reply to SoapBox (Original post)

Sun May 31, 2015, 11:32 PM

May 2015

know the details, you could use a headline that states the facts, then in the body of the text, link to the incorrect OP in GD. That prevents repeating the false info, or calling anyone out.

Just posting the facts which is the best counter to lies, imo.

Paka

(2,760 posts)

5. You can't really influence stupid people.

Reply to SoapBox (Original post)

Sun May 31, 2015, 11:42 PM

May 2015

They don't want to listen to you because they don't really care about dishonesty. They are simply a fly in the ointment to be swatted aside.

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)

7. Thanks folks...

Reply to SoapBox (Original post)

Sun May 31, 2015, 11:46 PM

May 2015

Well I may indeed post up a link, just to bring some attention to it, if I see more.

I guess I'm showing my age but I do tire of lies and non-truths.

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)

9. p.s...

Reply to SoapBox (Reply #7)

Mon Jun 1, 2015, 12:06 AM

Jun 2015

Ugh...multiple threads popping up in GD about that vote...man, these people are ruthless, trying to make something against him out of this vote.

I added 2 more to my blocked list...I've tired of their lies and antics.

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)

10. It used to be a violation to use groups to "rally the troops" but no more. However...

Reply to SoapBox (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2015, 12:57 AM

Jun 2015

A nasty jury can hide anything.

A jury even hid a host's locking message in February!

There wasn't a think wrong with the locking message but it was alerted and a jury hid it.

BrotherIvan

(9,126 posts)

11. Yeah, that thread is...sigh...

Reply to SoapBox (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2015, 04:26 AM

Jun 2015

I guess we have a whole news cycle of the "rape" essay and Bernie lurves the NSA to look forward to.

And my prediction is it will get no more than 25 recs. The same number that goes for everyone of these flamebait threads. But it looks like there is a new sock or two at work, so maybe that number will go up.

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)

12. Sock?

Reply to BrotherIvan (Reply #11)

Mon Jun 1, 2015, 04:46 AM

Jun 2015

BrotherIvan

(9,126 posts)

13. Exactly!

Reply to Enthusiast (Reply #12)

Mon Jun 1, 2015, 05:20 AM

Jun 2015

joshcryer

(62,287 posts)

14. I've begun using ignore and trash thread.

Reply to SoapBox (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2015, 05:25 AM

Jun 2015

Ignoring people has been against everything I am for and in fact it's haters on all sides. I am enjoying Sanders' candidacy and it is just too damn depressing for me. Physically nauseating. Lines are being crossed to hurt real people behind their keyboards.

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