tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post5072357524310192609..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: NO, THE BROOKLYN VOTER PURGE WAS NOT A CONSPIRACY TO DEFEAT BERNIE SANDERS (updated)Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-77752853433825217762016-08-01T22:28:03.752-04:002016-08-01T22:28:03.752-04:00Your entire article presupposes that a conspiracy ...Your entire article presupposes that a conspiracy is preposterous because whoever would have engineered the purge was looking at the same data you cite. Just pointing out that argument isn't really helpful one way or the other.Beorn Borghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17829011727793498779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-51278442129825528492016-06-22T02:44:18.808-04:002016-06-22T02:44:18.808-04:00""A few years before, a real estate deal...""<i>A few years before, a real estate deal had made her a multimillionaire, when she sold a severely dilapidated apartment building in Manhattan’s Upper West Side for $6.6 million, despite having only bought it for $5,000 in 1976.</i>""<br />Huh, land values in Manhattan have changed from the era of "Ford To City: Drop Dead" to now? Who knew?Warren Terrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00107628114662676334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-33190511983620627402016-06-21T22:37:52.555-04:002016-06-21T22:37:52.555-04:00No, we will never put this to rest and the numbers...No, we will never put this to rest and the numbers of those disenfranchised, and the numbers of those who would have been bernie supporters, will continue to grow, in people's minds, until our children's children will hear of the 30 million voters who didn't vote in Brooklyn for Bernie.aimaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03956073425680585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-27894412227551858362016-06-21T19:12:34.148-04:002016-06-21T19:12:34.148-04:00I'm thinking that the biggest problem putting ...I'm thinking that the biggest problem putting it to rest is that the messaging mostly isn't "well, we looked into your concerns and here is what we found but "stop being such a fcking idiot". People don't tend to integrate information from hostile groups- Overton window and all that. Worst that happens is they just stop voting, right? Alatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17679209474557120068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-3379045216966763342016-06-21T19:08:36.693-04:002016-06-21T19:08:36.693-04:00Congressperson Nydia Velazquez (used to be mine wh...Congressperson Nydia Velazquez (used to be mine when I lived in Brooklyn, and she seemed pretty radical then, which doesn't stop her from being for Hillary now) was interviewed in the WNYC coverage and seemed to think it might have been aimed at her and the June 28 primary, though that probably doesn't make a lot of sense either.Yastreblyanskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335868257729063363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-91209887222287334212016-06-21T14:07:06.747-04:002016-06-21T14:07:06.747-04:00Please, can we put this conspiracy theory to rest?...<i>Please, can we put this conspiracy theory to rest?</i><br /><br />Probably not. Anyone impervious enough to reason and factual evidence to entertain it in the first place isn't going to give up on it just because it's completely unsubstantiated and makes no fucking sense.Tom Hiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17575511424823512042noreply@blogger.com