{"id":5146,"date":"2020-02-21T17:00:37","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T22:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bracketyackrc.wpengine.com\/?p=5146"},"modified":"2020-02-21T17:00:37","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T22:00:37","slug":"disastrous-decisions-from-the-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=5146","title":{"rendered":"Disastrous Decisions from the Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Ethan Perritt<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s no secret the Democratic Party doesn\u2019t want Bernie Sanders as its candidate. There are numerous documents proving their allegiance to Clinton in 2016 and active efforts to snuff out his ability to win. Superdelegates make that easy. With that in mind, it\u2019s not unlikely they would try it again.<\/span><\/p>\n

But they\u2019d have to be sneakier this time.<\/span><\/p>\n

I first noticed this effort to subconsciously implant negative ideas about Bernie a few weeks back. A graph on CNN (in order from left to right, lowest to highest) indicated where each candidate stood in the rankings. Bernie was in first, yet oddly placed with a red arrow next to him that said \u201czero.\u201d He hadn\u2019t moved since the last poll, yet this was being telegraphed as a bad thing. In addition, it didn\u2019t say anything about where each candidate stood, only what had changed.<\/span><\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t the only attempt I\u2019ve noticed. The peddling of Pete Buttigieg is almost laughable compared to the incessant berating of Bernie Sanders. \u201cButtigieg Takes Iowa, Wins Fourteen Delegates,\u201d one headline said. It\u2019s neutral, fair, and nothing to care too much about. The article, of course, didn\u2019t mention Bernie winning the popular vote, a talking point about Clinton for months after the 2016 general election. And then another headline: \u201cBernie Eeks Out Victory in New Hampshire.\u201d Two articles from the same source CNN, America\u2019s most popular news source, with quite different tones. One neutral, one diminutive.<\/span><\/p>\n

Not to mention Fox News\u2019 headline, which was borderline slanderous, read: \u201cSocialist Wins New Hampshire.\u201d It\u2019s false, for one. And it only serves to drive Americans further apart when Bernie inevitably wins the primary, making the common citizen more likely to go out and vote Trump — a disastrous outcome.<\/span><\/p>\n

If the DNC wants a shot at winning, stop shooting your own candidates in the foot. No one wants a repeat of 2016, where Trump wins and we get four more years of him.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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