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Sanders Supporters Shocked
American Spectator, by David Catron
Posted By: Garnet, 1/16/2020 5:07:07 AM
The Left's reaction to CNN's hostility toward Sen. Bernie Sanders during Tuesday night's Democratic presidential debate inevitably evokes that classic Casablanca scene in which Renault indignantly declares, "I'm shocked — shocked — to find that gambling is going on in here!" Renault isn't actually surprised, of course. He's smart enough to know exactly what's been happening at Rick's. The same cannot be said for Sanders supporters and what's been going on at CNN. They credulously watched for three years as its "journalists" accused President Trump, without a scrap of evidence, of colluding with Russia to steal the 2016 election and still believed the cable network was in the news business.
Reply 1 - Posted by: seamusm 1/16/2020 5:40:31 AM (No. 289765)
After the whole primary process was engineered against Sanders in favor of Hillary 4 years ago how could any Berny supporter be surprised? That would require a special kind of stupid. Oh! maybe they ARE surprised.
Reply 2 - Posted by: jeffkinnh 1/16/2020 6:01:43 AM (No. 289776)
Well, it IS the Clintoon News Network and the Clintoons HATE Bernie. It is endlessly hilarious to see the various dem components turn on certain candidates to support their favorites. Yet in doing so, they fail to consider these attacks are being saved up for the general election and also that many of the attacks could be applied to ANY other dem candidate who ALL want to play Santa Claus with public money to buy votes. Poor CNN, they have alienated another group. Soon the only viewership they will have is the night cleanup crew in airports. This public breaking and fading into failure is what is happening to the dem party overall. It is fracturing and failing. After they are wiped out in the election they will crumble into a fractious mess.
Reply 3 - Posted by: Toby Ten Bears 1/16/2020 6:09:36 AM (No. 289782)
These little morons are even dumber than I thought they were.
Reply 4 - Posted by: LanceLink1 1/16/2020 8:12:29 AM (No. 289858)
Sanders supporters couldn't find their own derriere even if they had a mirror and a flashlight in their back pockets.
Reply 5 - Posted by: HotRod 1/16/2020 9:27:16 AM (No. 289983)
It must be terrible for democrat party leaders to still not know how to rig the nomination! They don't want Bernie, but none of the other candidates are acceptable! I feel for them. NOT!
Reply 6 - Posted by: NorthernDog 1/16/2020 9:52:14 AM (No. 290015)
And Stalin's supporters were surprised to hear a loud knock on their door at 3 A.M. - and never to be to seen again. Leftists never learn.
Reply 7 - Posted by: bigfatslob 1/16/2020 10:44:19 AM (No. 290093)
I would like to say that comrade Bernie is consistent and hope he keeps on pushing. CNN just can't bring themselves to see that the crazy communist is the face of the democrat party not Joe Biden. It scares CNN but they better hop on the Bernie train because he's going to win. Hillary cannot stop him this time. If Bernie doesn't win this time and could live long enough he'll run again his base is always there. There's that young congress woman that is just like Bernie and as nuts as he is. Good luck comrade Bernie you deserve it.
Reply 8 - Posted by: lakerman1 1/16/2020 7:12:44 PM (No. 290501)
The last authentic newsman at CNN was Bernard Shaw, who clobbered Michael Dukakis in a debate against George H.W. Bush. Dukakis was anti-death penalthy, so Bernard Shaw asked Kukakis, "If your wife, Kitty, was raped and murdered, would you still be anti-death penalty?" Dukakis answered in his robotic voice, "Yes." Dukakis, who had been leading Bush, went down the drain precisely at that point. The CNN question to Bernie should have been asked to Cherokee Lizzie, as well. It was a fair inquiry.
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