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    SlickWillieBrendan O'Connor
    4/26/16 4:21pm

    Oddly enough most of these groups, and more specifically, their supporters have turned Hilary Clinton into a sympathetic figure for a lot of people. Christ, have some self awareness, you look like a crazy person

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      ChimSlickWillie
      4/26/16 4:29pm

      Yeah, it’s amazing how some people on my Facebook feed who I previously considered relatively intelligent went completely Looney Tunes in support of Sanders. Literally they are posting 7-10 articles/ memes a day, often insane tin-foil hat themed.

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      Cam/ronChim
      4/26/16 4:30pm

      Most of them will likely change their behavior by October, unless they believe that the Green Party’s Jill Stein can somehow win the hearts and minds of most voters.

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    BrawltimoreBrendan O'Connor
    4/26/16 4:20pm

    Literally the only way I can see someone supporting Hillary Clinton is if they’re a paid shill or if they’re a sociopath

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      TheRainInSpain'sTherapistBrawltimore
      4/26/16 4:24pm

      OR.. an actual Democrat.

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      Carmen PolentaBrawltimore
      4/26/16 4:26pm

      Hillary Clinton is, on a personal level, very deeply anti-social.

      It takes seriously flawed morals to support her.

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    Pie o myBrendan O'Connor
    4/26/16 4:25pm

    I belonged to a vote for Bernie group for about 6 weeks until I just couldn’t take it in my feed anymore. The anti Clinton vitriol and offensive and derogatory statements and outright lies was too much. I voted for Bernie today but will vote for Hilary in November if that’s who is the nom. Some Bernie supporters are nearly certifiable.

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      madameboPie o my
      4/26/16 4:31pm

      None of this reflects well on Sanders. He literally upped the ante two weeks ago.

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      AudubonerPie o my
      4/26/16 4:41pm

      Spoken exactly the way the "Correct the Record" handbook tells its Pay Per Post employees to do: "I'm a Bernie fan, but..." or "I voted for Bernie, but..." No, you aren't, and no, you didn't. Her level of personal corruption is anathema to most Sanders Democrats, and her arrogant sense of entitlement pushes more and more people away from her every day. She NEEDS Sanders voters to win, and does nothing to attract them.

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    JustActSurprisedBrendan O'Connor
    4/26/16 4:28pm

    Such behavior would, however, seem to represent the ideals of someone like Clinton-operative David Brock, who runs “strategic research and rapid response team”

    So wait, we’re going to blame one rogue operative, and then put on our tin foil hat and try to paint the messaging group that was hired (by a Super Pac) and then generalize and say they are infiltrating comments on the internet and facebook to as to promote Hillary and destroy Bernie.

    Yeah, okay, makes sense.

    Not to mention the hilariousness of it all - of course millennials would think attacking facebook would tip anyone in any direction. Oh no! Whatever will we do?! Our facebook group was down for 3 hours! Someone posted a mean comment on their timeline!

    Take off your tin foil hats, guys.

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      AllModConnedJustActSurprised
      4/26/16 4:44pm

      You sound like a jackass. Using the term tin-foil hats. Just get over yourself.

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      toujoursdanJustActSurprised
      4/26/16 4:47pm

      Bernie spent $16 million to do this same thing through a company called Revolution Messaging months ago.

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    Surfboard2121Brendan O'Connor
    4/26/16 4:22pm

    Ah yes, the troll doth gloateth. PS Correct the record is the worst idea evah as now all pro-Hilary commenters can, and are swiftly being dismissed by others as paid astroturfers. If they thought they weren’t being taken seriously before, they definitely aren’t going to be taken seriously now.

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      MashaSurfboard2121
      4/26/16 4:26pm

      I’m just amazed, honestly, that her people thought this was a good idea. Yes, let’s basically take a page from Putin’s book. There’s a leader we definitely want to emulate...

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      DamaskRoseSurfboard2121
      4/26/16 4:38pm

      How are this any different than in person or over the phone canvassers? The existence of canvassers hasn't lead to actual supporters being widely accused of being paid shills in the past.

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    Brendan O'ConnorBrendan O'Connor
    4/26/16 4:26pm

    This post has been updated to clarify that while David Brock sits on the board of Priorities USA he does not run it.

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      foryourinfodudeBrendan O'Connor
      4/26/16 4:37pm

      Still afraid of a woman planet, eh?

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      Bruce1000Brendan O'Connor
      4/26/16 4:59pm

      Also, with the operation he has going, he doesn’t need to shut down the opposition. He wouldn’t be that stupid.

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    FacebonesBrendan O'Connor
    4/26/16 4:27pm

    So this OF COURSE must be a MASSIVE conspiracy orchestrated by SHILLARY and her demon minion Debbie Wasserman Schultz!!! What other explanation could there possibly be?!?! Couldn’t possibly be bored teens or 4Chan users fucking with Bernie’s Facebook pages.

    Seriously, that’s quite the logic leap to go from a dude who FB liked a pro-Hillary page to being definitive proof that David Brock is behind all this. I mean, that’s some real quality journalizing.

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      butts and stuffFacebones
      4/26/16 4:34pm

      don’t forget that Bernie’s social media manager has come out and said it was a database error. curious that this goes unmentioned.

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      Beet ArthurFacebones
      4/26/16 4:48pm

      I can't keep track of who supports Hillary. Is it old dumb people who don't know how to use the Internet? Is it slick trolls who can take down entire online groups? Which on is it?!?!

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    opiumsmabytchBrendan O'Connor
    4/26/16 4:18pm

    US elections are only a few steps away

    GIF
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      Cam/ronopiumsmabytch
      4/26/16 4:24pm

      “Bust a deal, FACE THE WHEEL.”

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      ChozoRuinsopiumsmabytch
      4/26/16 4:25pm

      Judging by this photo, you’re saying the elections will be outstanding (Thunderdome) and the next four years will be terrible no matter what (rest of that movie).

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    VerrryinterestingBrendan O'Connor
    4/26/16 4:32pm

    So...where does that $1 million go? Are people literally being paid to post internet comments while I’m sitting around doing it for free like an asshole? Also, can we finally acknowledge that the worst of Clinton supporters can be just as obnoxious as the worst of Bernie supporters? It’s a sad, sad state of affairs when posting child porn is treated as a substitute for honest political discourse.

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      AudubonerVerrryinteresting
      4/26/16 4:45pm

      Yes, there is an article by a Pay Per Post former troller who worked for Brock until last October. Started out as positive HRC messages, then was told to get nasty, negative and invented. He left. Look up PPP and Brock...

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      VerrryinterestingAuduboner
      4/26/16 4:53pm

      Good to know. And since this is a Clinton-affiliated group, I assume these paid internet commenters have a union with benefits, no? (You guys, I have an idea!!)

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    ╰(　´◔　ω　◔ `)╯< Woke and BokeBrendan O'Connor
    4/26/16 4:21pm

    False flag operation by Trump trolls, obviously. Get the Democrats to fissure and then ram it home.

    Result: America’s anal fistula.

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      Darnhicks╰(　´◔　ω　◔ `)╯< Woke and Boke
      4/26/16 4:45pm

      I have long thought the most obnoxious Bernie Bros and Hildogs are actually republican operatives.

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      DashleyinCaliDarnhicks
      4/26/16 5:00pm

      So I was at a Hillary campaign volunteers meeting and met a fellow volunteer who had a conspiracy theory about Bernie’s campaign financing. There was some inquiry that the FEC sent to the Sanders campaign about a large number of small donors who had donated multiple times in a day, every day... and this guy told me that he thinks they’re actually straw donations from a pro-GOP super PAC to keep the pressure on Hillary. I generally don’t buy conspiracy theories, but I haven’t ruled that one out just yet.

      To be clear, this was just a guy, no one special, he had nothing I would consider hard evidence, this does not mean I think Bernie is up to shady things with his campaign financing - even if this guy was totally correct about his conspiracy theory, Bernie wouldn’t even have to be involved with the scheme at all... but I am VERY intrigued by the idea that the GOP has a lot of interest in keeping Hillary occupied with fighting off Bernie. And they’ve historically done even less-ethical things to sully her name, so stranger things have happened.

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