Discussion: Sanders Reacts To DNC Emails About His Religion: 'I Think It's Outrageous'

Here we go… Fodder for Bernie to get back up on his unicorn.

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You’re not even a dem!

I think it’s outrageous that you thought you could take over a political party you are not even a member of, and never were!

One quick question, how many down ballot dems have you supported?

Oh, second quick question, when you hacked into the DNC email server to steal their list, how many of these emails did you read? Stop with the pretend outrage already!

They called your campaign weak, and obviously you didn’t even know the term of the DNC chair. Seems reasonable to me.

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Of course, his insults directed at the DNC and the lawsuit he filed against the DNC weren’t outrageous at all.

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https://www.demconvention.com/event-categories/july-28/

Monday we hear from Mrs. O., Tuesday from Bill, Wednesday from Joe and the president and Thursday from Chelsea and Mrs. Clinton which is preferable to last week’s event.
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‘The Walking Dead,’ ‘American Horror Story,’ ‘Bates Motel,’ or the Convention?”

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Gossip and Infotainment. But, sadly lacking the intellectual gravity of the Kim Kardashian/Taylor Swift twitter wars.

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Well if he were a Democrat?

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Aren’t we all?

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Meh…it really doesn’t even rise to that level. He then fairly quickly pivoted away from that conversation and stuck to the message of getting Hillary elected is the most important issue.

People running with this are cherry picking the conversation merely to stir the pot, IMO.

The reality is, Sanders himself has been pretty ambivilant towards religion his entire political career. alternately describing himself as an atheist or a Jew or a personally spiritual individual. And I don’t know many Jews who are so eager to blow through $500,000 to go see the Pope. So when one is all over the place themselves regarding their religion, it should hardly come as a surprise that it raises questions when they run for office.

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Sanders must go. Enough of him and his enablers.

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It’s interesting that I didn’t see Elizabeth Warren’s name on that schedule. I thought she was speaking on either Monday or Tuesday.

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Glad to hear that he stuck to the message. I tried not to slip into the deep end of conspiracy theory territory, but I found this whole leak thing was highly suspicious (speaking of which, I’m extremely grateful Josh wrote that Putin-Trump piece now).

Hopefully VT Senator won’t lose sight of the bigger fight here.

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I’m still waiting for someone to explain what, exactly, was the slightest bit outrageous about any of the emails. Guess the outrage machine runs better on 93-octane innuendo and misinformation.

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“Has been good veek for me, has it not? Being 'Oh Vhat Beeyouteeful Mornink,” all kinds gud. Have Gospodin Trump een pocket. All kind crazy sheet let loose by gud friend and comrade, Assange. Does not get much beeter than thees."

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Oh come on with this asinine hyperbole. Bernie has introduced and backed more policies that help working people than your 10 favorite “democratic” senators combined, I’m willing to bet. He’s also held co-fundraisers for downballot candidates this election cycle. You’re dismissing more than 40 percent of democratic voters as “weak”. You sure are aiming for a small tent there buddy.

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Questioning a person’s fitness for office based upon religion, or blessed lack thereof, is generally frowned upon in healthy democracies.

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She is. She is speaking on Monday.

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Just terrible optics again. I wish Wasserman Schultz had walked a long time ago. The staff members whose biases have been exposed should be immediately dismissed. What difference did it make in the outcome? None. And the Berners couldn’t honestly argue differently, yet they will. Queue the grievance brigade who will be crying foul for the next month. I guess better now than in October. The trend of Sanders supporters echoing the nonsense argument that if we let Trump win it will be so horrible that we will then get our “revolution” is what is most distressing. That’s Trump-supporter-level ignorance.

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Preferred Sanders, but this is something that had been talked about, sans proof, before, and it might have even been a galvanizing issue for Bernie supporters in some ways.

Still, what happened is not right and unfair, and I think it is a mistake for Wasserman-Shultz to remain in her position…She should resign before the convention begins tomorrow, as should some of the other leaders involved in this.

If she was so willing to do what she did for Hillary, she should realize that by stepping down now she can make a final gesture of support without doing it under the shadows of the internet.

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