Sanders Official Says Script ‘Sloppily Worded’ | Talking Points Memo

The Bernie Sanders campaign script at the center of the Vermont senator’s feud with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) was reportedly distributed to teams in at least two early voting states on Friday before being killed the next day.


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Sigh.

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The language was pulled because it was sloppily worded,” a Sanders official told Politico, which confirmed that the script was an official campaign document

According to Politico, a Warren aide said that her campaign appreciated Sanders’ withdrawal of the initial script and they hoped to move on from the controversy.

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Don’t we already have enough “sloppy” with Donnie? Why compound the problem?

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So what was in the script?

Most reports make me read 4 years of shit before it gets to the subject. This reports that a script was messed up but doesnt tell me what was the script. WTF?

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And what new bases does Uncle Bernie bring to a party he dislikes? The Bitcoin/Uber crowd?

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Sanders initially suggested that rogue employees were to blame

Second verse, same as the first. I’ve never seen any candidate with so many “rogue” operatives.
One might think that would call his judgment into question.

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Gee, must of missed that. Where was it you found that?

Well, how 'bout Millennials, the ‘D’ party’s largest voting block? They’re strong Bernie supporters. I happen to have two of them.

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I don’t understand why anyone likes Bernie. He’s all talk, but has been in Washington for decades and has nothing to show for it. He attracts newbies because they’re the most easily impressed with cheap talk and haven’t yet learned that actions are the hard part. You need friends to pass laws, not speeches.

Moreover, the idea that we should ignore the most loyal Democrats in order to woo new bases is entirely offensive. We need to reward loyal Democrats, not people who say they’ll let Trump win unless they get what they want. Hillary ran a bad campaign and beat Trump by over 3 million votes. Things look even better for us now. The only fear are the people trying to extort us into supporting their candidate; just like they did last time. Screw that.

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So do I. My daughters were, indeed, Sanders supporters at first. I never tell them what to think, and I have emphasized often enough that if they think I’m wrong about something, to tell me.

They listen to me, though, and they’re not so gung-ho about Sanders any longer.

They listen to me, though, and they’re not so gung-ho about Sanders any longer.

One o f my boys is still with Sanders but the other now favors Warren. Point being, what I love about Millennials is they have learned to live without the nice things, know immediately when they’re being bullshiited or lied to, and see moderate Democrats as a hindrance to their futures (IMO). They have done everything by the book but are tired of waiting for a chance at living the American Dream.

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Think “November” folks.
When that time comes, young, college educated NEW women voters will be one of the biggest new bases available, crucially so, to Democrats.
Who will attract them more than any other candidate? Warren is already gathering that support.
If anyone can find a more likely constituency that is as readily available to Democrats in November, then name it.
As I see it, and logic dictates this as much as my gut instinct, Warren really IS the key to that constituency, Bernie and Joe have that old white guy issue we seem destined to struggle with forever if we don’t have the courage to beat Trump with a persistent little woman.

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Much of it is just low-level rebellion, too. My daughters don’t care about driving or having children or owning a house. They’re 22. They’re going to do fine, just like your boys, I’d bet.

Good for them. My boys are 35 and 37. They’re in more of a rush. Plus student debt.

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This just in --Politico is trying to get Bernie Sanders on something, anything! If there was any legitimate Bernie scandal involving the candidate or the campaign, it would have been the lead story all over the media.

Sanders really should be looking at where the push to kick him to the curb is coming from. It’s not Warren. When Sanders denied saying it, The CNN moderator by implication literally called him a liar while turning to Warren for a follow-up, leaving Warren no choice but to twist the knife. Something that she is usually loathe to do.
It should be clear that CNN and MSNBC have been after his ass for years. So says Mimi Rocca

"The backlash from Sanders-world reached a new high on Sunday, when MSNBC analyst Mimi Rocah, a former assistant U.S attorney for the Southern District of New York and occasional contributor to The Daily Beast, launched a personal critique of Sanders during a segment with host David Gura, saying that he makes her “skin crawl” and that he’s not a “pro-woman candidate.” "

My ‘kids’ are remarkably similar in their orientation. (ages 30 and 34)