Hillary Clinton

BlueCaliDem

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4. "The Sanders campaign has direct links to the Occupy Wall Street movement." Yep. I knew this from

Wed Jun 15, 2016, 10:07 AM

Jun 2016

the get-go. OWS, a failed attempt to...whatever they were trying to do, fizzled out just like Sanders' campaign after a fiery start. Angry is not an attractive message to have. Common sense and strategy wins the day. Sadly, that's something Sanders, his campaign, and his most fanatical followers couldn't understand.

Edited to add:

Winnie Wong, founder of the online group People for Bernie, is one of the former Occupy Wall Street activists who helped draft Bernie Sanders to run. And she said Sanders actually wasn't the first senator activists approached.

"We started the Draft [Elizabeth] Warren effort first," she told NPR. "Ready for Warren came out of Occupy. And People for Bernie came out of Ready for Warren."

Wong is not shy about identifying Sanders and his candidacy as a tool to get Occupy Wall Street ideals into the mainstream. "It was always a tactic," she said at a Sanders rally in San Francisco. "In every way, at every step of the way."

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His campaign is like owning a boat - like throwing good money down a hole in the water. tonyt53 Jun 2016 #1

Except with a boat Treant Jun 2016 #3

Kind of like a weekend house guest... teamster633 Jun 2016 #2

Like Cousin Eddie... BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #5

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Hahaha! It's tradition in our home to watch Christmas Vacation every Christmas Eve! BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #12

"A Christmas Story" BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #19

I never knew about that movie. I'll look into it, maybe add it to our Christmas Eve get-together. BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #36

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I've seen the movie and I LOVE it! Madam D'Angelo was pretty sexy in that one. lol Her "striptease" BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #46

"The Sanders campaign has direct links to the Occupy Wall Street movement." Yep. I knew this from BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #4

Ouch! displacedtexan Jun 2016 #9

STING! BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #14

An end that should have happened long before now liberal N proud Jun 2016 #6

That would also sum up the article. I normally love NPR, but this has all been said before Native Jun 2016 #50

I read most of it. Very good coverage of the whole thing. BootinUp Jun 2016 #7

BS crashed our Dem Party too.. and he trashed it.. trying to make Cha Jun 2016 #8

That symbolizes his whole campaign in one vignette...bravo. teamster633 Jun 2016 #13

Yep. A campaign of ego and arrogance. Thanks but no thanks. I'm a Democrat who actually BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #15

That's what I Cha Jun 2016 #16

I sure do wonder why that wasn't covered in the U.$. Media. Hm. Had Hillary done anything like that, BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #17

And 24/7 at that for BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #20

Only a week? Hm. Maybe in the beginning, but they'd bring it up sporadically just in case BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #25

Too true ... BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #26

I know.. I wish the m$m would have covered it .. but we saw the report.. BS & DT got much Cha Jun 2016 #21

Thanks for the reference to the BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #27

I'm going to miss him and them terribly! I wish they would continue in Cha Jun 2016 #29

Love it! BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #30

Had you seen it before? Cha Jun 2016 #32

Not this, of course ... BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #39

LOVED it! Thanks, Cha. I hadn't seen it before! lol LOVE how our president put in a plug for BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #45

He's down with TPP! I trust President Obama on this.. not burnie sanders.. we now know what Cha Jun 2016 #47

I haven't seen this forjusticethunders Jun 2016 #48

I saw that Harvard report, too, Cha! I felt vindicated afterward. Still, the report came out much BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #28

Social Media takes up where m$m slacks off.. which is everywhere. Cha Jun 2016 #31

So true! I've had to rely on social media and blogs in order to get the truth. U.$. Media were too BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #34

Is that why you have President Obama as your avatar now.. Net Neutrality? Cha Jun 2016 #37

I actually like the colors - lol. I had the avatar for a week or so now, and I found it befitting BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #38

Yeah, I thought so.. all those things. Cha Jun 2016 #44

Even if I'm still quite a bit to his left forjusticethunders Jun 2016 #49

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The Jesus guy gives the campaign a cultish vibe caquillo Jun 2016 #18

I must confess that I had BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #22

I can't make out what the guy on the right is supposed to be caquillo Jun 2016 #23

Me either ... BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #24

That could be a BoB fanatic. "Vote Bernie Or Don't Vote". That broken arrow appeared on my ballot BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #35

There are other photos that BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #40

Oh, so he's supposed to be a California ballot caquillo Jun 2016 #42

HAAAHAHAHAHA! Good one, caquillo. I guess he is. eom BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #43

lol, oh dear. nt BootinUp Jun 2016 #33

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