dagblog - Comments for ""Bernie Sanders has emerged as the Donald Trump of the left""

FWIW, as I can't vouch for

artappraiser — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 00:47:20 +0000

In reply to "Bernie Sanders has emerged as the Donald Trump of the left"

FWIW, as I can't vouch for this guy's credibility at all, but I find it an intriguing meme as far as manipulating emotions, ala "populism":

One of the things I discuss in my upcoming book is how almost *all* the bernie bros Bots suddenly flipped to trump Bots in *one day* in May 2016.

The rest continued to harass other dems, women, poc. The trump ones did that + pushed trump. #NeverBernie
Not now. Not ever.
— Alan W. Silberberg (@IdeaGov) February 19, 2019

I wrote about Bernie Sanders

artappraiser — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 17:38:59 +0000

In reply to "Bernie Sanders has emerged as the Donald Trump of the left"

I wrote about Bernie Sanders and his tax returns. https://t.co/Sc3epT8ARp pic.twitter.com/0tQWpMtIr9
— Helaine Olen (@helaineolen) April 3, 2019

Nate Silver tries to warn

artappraiser — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 17:27:30 +0000

In reply to "Bernie Sanders has emerged as the Donald Trump of the left"

Nate Silver tries to warn about taking the Bernie (and Joe) buzz too seriously:

I'm trying to calibrate a nuanced view here. I'll argue pretty loudly against people to say that Bernie (or Biden's) support is *just* name recognition (see article below from a few weeks ago). But that doesn't mean they're all that formidable either. https://t.co/QwamSfyytN
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) April 3, 2019

Fox News says it will host a

artappraiser — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 17:24:43 +0000

In reply to "Bernie Sanders has emerged as the Donald Trump of the left"

Fox News says it will host a Bernie Sanders town hall @ Politico.com, 04/03/2019 12:32 PM EDT

That's a wild card event, to be sure. Thinking how whatever happens, Fox editorial will take cues and memes from it and that will affect the messaging on the right...