Here’s the Sanders campaign statement:
“Just like the Clinton campaign’s volunteer event maker, our system allows for any user to create an event and have it posted publicly on our website. We have a team of people who scan and delete any events that are deemed inappropriate. This event was removed immediately from our system after its discovery and the user has been banned.”
Good for them. Now what I want to know is why anyone here at Dkos tried to defend it. The difference between a professional political strategist and untrained surrogates is that professionals recognized immediately it was wrong. It’s the blundering amateur who tries to defend stuff that clearly crosses the line.
We spend way too much time defending blunders like this — not just those committed by the candidates, but surrogates, as well — because in our fevered brains we think we need to in order to win. That’s not the progressive way, folks. Not the way I learned it.
I’m glad Hillary got called out for erroneously crediting Nancy Reagan for promoting AIDS awareness. It’s a narrative that’s been peddled around by Reagan apologists and she wasn’t the only one over the years who has fallen for it. She immediately listened to those who were upset by it, owned the mistake, and apologized.
Both campaigns showing how it’s supposed to work for a change today.
Maybe we can learn from their example?