What Is Dennis Marks' Agenda Re Bernie Sanders Positive Comments When He Previously Spoke Negatively About Sanders?

This commentary concerns past comments regarding Democratic potus contender Bernie Sanders from Dennis Marks (AKA dmarks). Past comments regarding Sanders that have all been negative (and extremely so), until just recently. Now when Dennis comments on Sanders the remarks are usually positive. My question is, what explains this sea change?

According to Mr. Marks, who at first brushed off me asking "what gives" in regards to his new position on the Vermont Senator as "old bones", eventually said "I have changed my mind about him in some ways".

To which I say... you lie, Dennis. And I have a theory concerning why he is now talking positively in regards to Sanders when he previously only spoke negatively about him.

But first a look at the negative comments (which are VERY negative).

Dennis Marks: And speaking of Bernie Sanders, the greediest member of Congress, he has announced plans to steal the contents of the Social Security trust. No lock box is safe from a greedy thief who is good at plundering. (5/6/2013 AT 5:06pm). Google Cache. Screenshot.

WTF was Dennis talking about? I surely have no idea. I do know that Bernie Sanders NEVER announced any such plan. Although, Dennis, as "proof" that Bernie Sanders does have such a plan, linked to a video in his comment. I presume the delusional dummy believes this video contains the "announcement". Although (if you watch the video) you will find no announcement.

In any case, I wrote about this previously (SWTD #145). Please see that post for my guess as to why Dennis made this absurd comment. In short my conclusion was that Dennis is on the side of the REAL greedy thieves who wish to steal from the Social Security trust fund. As opposed to Bernie Sanders, an individual who fights to protect the fund and our seniors.

Another pair of extremely negative comments that stood out for me when Dennis made them concerns the democratic socialism of Bernie Sanders. Both comments are from a thread on the Libertarian Contra O'Reilly blog, attached to a post concerning Kim Jong Un.

Dennis Marks: He [Kim Jong Un] is the face of socialism in its purist form. Now that Pol Pot is dead, anyway. But isn't North Korea more advanced according to the standards of the American hard left anyway? After all, it has single-payer healthcare, no corporate (private-sector) mass media, and no profiteering capitalists. Bernie Sanders paradise. (4/22/2013 AT 8:27pm). Dennis Marks: Bernie Sanders and [Kim Jong] Un are like peas in a pod. The difference being that Un likes to kill a lot of people in order to bring about an oppressive super-State. Sanders uses corruption and deception, but at least he does not kill people as he fights to make government more powerful and less accountable. (4/27/2013 AT 1:08pm).

The takeaway from these comments is that Dennis views Senator Sanders as a corrupt liar who wishes to transform America into a oppressive dictatorship where the rights of the people are trampled on. I also think it is quite reasonable to assume Dennis believes (because Bernie and Kim are "like two peas in a pod") that senator Sanders wishes this because he is a power mad tyrant (or that he'd like to be a power mad tyrant).

Dennis spews this total nonsense because he hates socialism in ANY form. Which explains why he equates democratic socialism with rulers such as Kim Jong Un, Pol Pot, and Stalin. Rulers who promised socialism, but delivered autocratic, undemocratic, totalitarian and authoritarian governments (that killed and imprisoned it's citizens) with a thin socialist veneer.

And there are MANY more, which (if you wish to take a gander) can be viewed here. As you can see (if you check out this collection of Dennis Marks comments re Bernie Sanders), the vast majority of Dennis' past comments concerning Sanders are extraordinarily negative (as well as extraordinarily nutty).

However, ever since Bernie Sanders has been running for president, Dennis has had VERY different things to say concerning the democratic socialist from Vermont. Very different, in that these comments are now POSITIVE!

Dennis Marks: There's a line that divides real candidacy from the clowns who run vanity campaigns for an ego trip or cash (Sharpton, Keyes, etc). Bernie Sanders is on the right side of that line, I believe. It's a real candidacy, and like Les here, I believe it is good for the election overall. (4/30/2015 AT 10:16:00 PM EDT).

Bernie's is a "real" candidacy, huh? (this, a reference to many on the Republican side who are running knowing they have no chance, but doing so anyway because it raises their profiles and will allow them to charge more in speaking fees and possibly get book deals or Fox Nooz gigs.

Question is, why is Dennis now saying things like "I am liking his candidacy more and more" given his past negative comments? I think the following comment sheds some light on his motivations.

Dennis Marks: Ideology aside, Bernie Sanders is great campaigner, sincere, energetic, has a strong resume, and is fighting like the underdog. All in contrast to Hillary. (8/20/2015 AT 08:39:00 PM EDT).

My theory is that Dennis does not want Hillary Clinton to get the nomination and is talking up Bernie Sanders... because he believes Sanders will be easier for the Republican nominee to beat. For example, when I said "my dream presidential team would be Bernie Sanders/Dennis Kucinich" (on 9/4/2011), Dennis composed and published the following reply.

Dennis Marks: That's also the dream team of all of the Republican candidates. Romney, Perry, etc would struggle against Obama, but Sanders/Kucinich would make these Republicans salivate over very sure prospects of an 80%+ landslide. (9/4/2011 AT 10:03 AM).

And, here's another one from 2012.

Dennis Marks: Bernie Sanders, whose politics represent the interest of a tiny percent of Americans, would hardly get any votes if he ran for President. Sanders might have an initial burst of strength in the polls, but this would rapidly plummet down to the single digits of his base once people realize his first name isn't Harland and that voting for him wouldn't automatically mean free fried chicken. (5/23/2012 AT 10:22am).

Obviously Dennis thinks that if Bernie Sanders is the Democratic nominee he will be crushed by the Republican.

Further proof that Dennis is NOW speaking positively on Sanders (when he previously was negative on him) because he thinks he would be easily beaten is the fact that he did the same thing back when it looked like Elizabeth Warren might possibly run.

Dennis Marks: How about Warren? A fresh face to a country wear of clintonbushclintonbushclintonbushclintonblush... And whatever Warren's distance from the center, she's pretty clean (other than the receding fake Indian claim, which was really a long time ago). I think there's that one skeleton in her closet, and it's rather dusty. Hillary Clintons got a dancing army of them. Warren could have a good chance at nomination, especially if something similar to Hillary hiding the emails comes up in the heat of the early primaries. (4/12/2015 AT 09:29:00 PM EDT).

But Dennis had an ENTIRELY different view re the "fake Indian claim" in the not-to-distant past.

Dennis Marks: ...Elizabeth Warren, who has fraudulently presented [her]self as a Native American for personal gain. It's a form of racism... (9/10/2014 AT 8:39pm).

And, as with Bernie Sanders, there are a LOT more of these negative Warren comments. (See here for a catalog of Dennis' Warren-bashing comments and TADM #57 for my rebuttal to Dennis' claim that Elizabeth Warren "fraduently" claimed to be native american).

Previously Dennis referred to Warren as an asshole, a fake and a fraud, because she is "a white person of privilege falsely claiming to be a Native American to get more privilege".

So Warren went from being a racist to "a fresh face" whose "fake Indian claim [is] receding". This happened (I believe) because it looked like Warren might challenge Hillary for the Democratic nomination. And because Dennis believed Warren would be easy to beat.

Here is an example from July of 2014 in which Dennis predicts how Warren would do if she ran for president.

Dennis Marks: Warren's views are extreme, as in driving off moderates (as well as conservatives of course). She will capture the hearts of the "99% Movement" (which really represents only 20% or so of Americans, and as you can see, is rather self deluded). It would take a pretty bad Republican candidate to lose to either of these. (7/7/2014 AT 07:51:00 AM EDT).

He then added "I have no doubt that the Republicans will rise to the task and provide such a candidate", but I don't buy it. This, IMO, only represents a very small fear of Dennis'.

In fact I'm positive that Dennis wanted Warren to run because he was convinced the Republican (any Republican) would beat her. Another example of this thinking was expressed when the blogger rAtional nAtion said "the thought of a Sanders or Warren presidency gives me the shudders". This caused Dennis to reply with the following.

Dennis Marks: No worries. They represent a rather small percentage of the electorate, and certainly can't capture the conservatives, or even the middle. (12/30/2014 AT 07:48:00 AM EST).

See... he is NOT worried. He was convinced that Warren, should she be the nominee, would lose. Just as he is convinced that Sanders, should he be the nominee, will lose. This is why he talks up Sanders. Dennis wants Bernie Sanders to be the Democratic potus nominee so that the Republican will win the election with a "80%+ landslide".

And, this also explains why he whines and cries about "old bones" when I bring up his previous negative comments re Sanders. It is because he lies and has NOT "changed [his] mind about [Sanders] in some ways". And he does not want others to suspect he is lying.

Of course anything Dennis says (positive or negative) about Sanders will likely have no effect on whether or not Sanders secures the nomination. However, the same as some religious folks ask others to pray for something (and truly believe that there might be a positive benefit to getting as many people as possible to pray) - Dennis likely believes that the more people are speaking positively about Sanders, the more likely it is he will get nominated.

And, with this in mind, Dennis is doing his part. He is contributing (if only in a small way) to a narrative that could lead to Sanders being selected by the voters as the Democratic nominee. After which (in the mind of Dennis), he will be easily defeated by the Republican nominee.

This is part and parcel to the false narrative that says Hillary Clinton is "untrustworthy" and plagued by scandals... and therefore someone else should be the nominee. Someone the eventual Republican nominee can go against and win. Someone who isn't Hillary, as she would likely defeat any Republican.

Which is why Dennis desperately wants anyone but Hillary. And why he lies and posts his (fake) positive Sanders comments. But, as I said, I don't buy it. Dennis' MANY past comments represent how he truly views Sanders. He views Sanders as following the lead of past "evil socialist" dictators like Hitler, Mao, Pol Pot, and Stalin. (In Dennis' mind) Sanders does this as a Senator and would do this (to a greater negative effect) as president.

Not that I believe that Senator Sanders would be defeated, easily or otherwise. If Sanders secures the nomination I think he has a decent shot, given the fact that he is a true Progressive and not a corporate Dem like Hillary. But the deceiving Dennis CLEARLY believes otherwise. Which is why Dennis (first) talked up Warren and is now talking up Sanders... because he is convinced that Hillary will be our next president if she is nominated in the Democratic primary.

Supporting Documents
[1] Bernie Sanders: Hero Of The Ruling Class, A Greedy Thief Who Is Good At Plundering. (A catalog of many Dennis Marks comments on Bernie Sanders. Note that most of the comments are negative, while only a few are positive).
[2] Elizabeth Warren Is A Lying Asshole, A Fake & A Contemptible Wannabe Who Boosted Her Career With A Fraudulent Claim Of Being A Native American & Who Supports The Evil Occupy Wall Street Movement. (A catalog of many Dennis Marks comments on Elizabeth Warren. Note that most of the comments are negative, while I could only find ONE that was positive).

TADM #82

Dennis Marks Borrowing A Page From The Joseph Goebbels Playbook

Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler's Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, said "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie...".

This is why Dennis Marks (AKA dmarks) hates this blog and desperately wishes it was gone. Because Dennis tells big lies, while The Truth About Dennis Marks slaps them down.

Concerning Dennis' Big Lies, one of them concerns this blogger defending, having as a hero, or worshipping brutal mass-murdering murderous dictators. First it was Joseph Stalin who was my "hero" and whom I "worship". According to Dennis I was "caught praising" Stalin. Of course this accusation is complete and total bullshit.

Now Dennis posts lies concerning things I never said concerning Mao Tse-Tung, the Chinese Communist revolutionary and the founding father of the People's Republic of China (which he governed as Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976). This would be the dictator who perpetrated systematic human rights abuses and was responsible for an estimated 40 to 70 million deaths through starvation, forced labour, and executions - ranking his tenure as the top incidence of democide (murder by government) in human history. (excerpted from Wikipedia).

Dennis Marks: [Dervish Sanders is] the same guy who defended Maoism with claims that Maoist rule prohibited police brutality. And of course he uses the phrase "the people" all the time when referring to the tiny group at the top of government, borrowing a page from Red China. (7/23/2015 AT 6:25pm).

Here is another example of Dennis lying his ass off concerning me and Mao.

Dennis Marks: ...you can also remember WD's defense of Mao worshipper Van Jones... in which WD equated Maoism to ending police brutality. I did look it up, and police brutality under Mao was, by the numbers, worse than anything in history. (7/13/2014 AT 2:55am).

Again, total bullshit. With the exception of the last line. But everything Dennis claims about me is a big BIG Lie. It is true that Mao came up in a discussion regarding Van Jones. And I did mention police brutality. But what I told Dennis was that Van Jones belonged to a group that read the writings of Mao and also protested police violence.

Wikipedia/Van Jones/Earlier activism: When he graduated from law school, Jones gave up plans to take a job in Washington DC, and moved to San Francisco instead. He became a member of a "socialist collective" called Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement (STORM) that protested against police brutality.

Van Jones (as a member of STORM) protested police brutality. The Maoist rulers of China (1949-1976) engaged in police brutality. I never said otherwise, you lying sack of shit!

Wikipedia/Mao Zedong/Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution/Paragraph 4: The authorities allowed the Red Guards to abuse and kill opponents of the regime. Said Xie Fuzhi, national police chief: "Don't say it is wrong of them to beat up bad persons: if in anger they beat someone to death, then so be it". As a result, in August and September 1966, there were 1,772 people murdered in Beijing alone.

Anyway, regarding STORM, Conservapedia says...

Conservapedia/Van Jones/Maoist Influence: STORM's own literature describes its "Maoist orientation" which conducted "a group reading of Mao's On Practice and On Contradiction". The group studied Lenin's theories of the state, revolution, the party, and "the political ideas of Mao Tse-tung".

Now, I don't know how much stock I place anything on Conservapedia... and their Van Jones page is basically a smear of the man... but I couldn't locate the info anywhere else.

In any case, how into the writings of Mao was Van Jones? That is information that is (apparently) lost to the ages. Van Jones' own website only addresses the rumor that he (presently) is a communist (and says nothing about Mao).

[Question] Are you a communist? [Van Jones answer] No, I'm not... For the better part of a decade, I've been the No. 1 champion of free-market solutions for poor people and the environment. ... Some people experimented with drugs and alcohol, I experimented with world-views and philosophies and I was an angry young guy, I was on the left side of Pluto. The great thing about America is, you can think whatever wacky thing you want to think, and you are free to change your mind once you get older. (The Truth About Van Jones).

So, there you have it... Communist or Maoist, Van Jones moved on a LONG time ago. He is now a champion of the free market. Point is, I never defended Mao and I never equated Maoism to ending police brutality. I only pointed out to Dennis that Van Jones absolutely is not a "worshipper" of Mao (presently) and that STORM protested police brutality (when Jones was a member).

And, FYI, I never defended Van Jones either (in regards to his past). I don't have enough info regarding what happened. Not that it matters, as it is in the past and Van no longer holds those views (whatever views he held).

I also never use the phrase "the people" when referring to the tiny group at the top of government. Those people are our representatives. The People are the citizens of the United States, you idiot! Also, The People, which IS a phrase I use, is a reference the opening phrase of the Preamble to the United States Constitution.

Dennis knows this (how could he not). Yet he lies away. Because that is just the kind of a-hole that he is. But this is hardly new information. Many people have known this about Dennis for quite some time... although most seem to ignore it for some reason. I refuse.

An example of dmarks' being an a-hole? I pointed out to him that I never defended Mao, and his response was to say "I'm glad Mr Sanders has done a 180 on this issue...". Although he surely was (and is) an a-hole to lie about me defending Mao in the first place.

Image Description: Mao, NOT a hero of the Left, despite lies from scumbags on the Right like Dennis.

TADM #75

Half-Baked BS From Dennis Has Him Hating Quote While Giving Murderer A Pass

Another Dennis Marks comment to file under "pure delusion"...

Dennis Marks: [WD made an] endorsement of a deplorable quote by the worst mass murderer in human history (and his half-baked later attempt to distance himself a little from Stalin... while still embracing the deplorable quote). (3/4/2014 at 3:43pm)

So, it's only the QUOTE that is "deplorable"? Must be, because he says it TWICE, and not even once does he attach the adjective to Joseph Stalin. Figures Dennis would be more offended by the quote then by Stalin himself, as the quote points out an uncomfortable truth for those who worship wealth like Dennis...

Joe Stalin: Mankind is divided into rich and poor, into property owners and exploited; and to abstract oneself from this fundamental division; and from the antagonism between poor and rich means abstracting oneself from fundamental facts.

Joe Stalin DOES identify a fundamental fact, one that Dennis is completely abstracted from. Also, Dennis will fight to his dying breath for the plutocrats' "right" to exploit workers, although Dennis calls this exploitation "fair pay". No wonder the dude goes after the QUOTE instead of the deplorable Stalin himself.

The "distancing" Dennis refers to is my acknowledgement of the accuracy of the quote while condemning Stalin. I condemn him because he lied - he identified a problem but then did nothing to fix it. All Stalin did was transfer the property to himself and a ruling elite. The antagonism and exploiting between rich and poor continued, now with Stalin and his ruling elites taking on the roles of the rich exploiters.

Also, it should be noted that Stalin made things much worse with the murdering, which Dennis uses the adjective "worst" to describe. So, looks like Dennis is against murdering, but not against exploitation and concentration of wealth.

Probably because he sees how successful tricking people into accepting a wealthy elite has been here in the US. The gullible citizenry believes that maybe one day they too will be wealthy. Therefore taxes on the rich shouldn't be too high, as the fools who vote Republican think that maybe, just maybe, they might have to pay that tax rate one day.

These are the kind of fools like Dennis who vote against their own interests. And worship wealth. Although Dennis lies and tries to distance himself from that reality - but laughably suggesting that our elected representatives are the "rulers" who steal from us (by way of taxes).

Frankly, I find both deplorable. Those who take advantage by promising equality but not delivering it (as well as murdering), like Stalin. And those who promise YOU TOO can be rich. All you have to do is work hard... and get taken advantage of by the wealthy elites who will underpay you for your labor in order to further enrich THEMSELVES.

Those who worship wealth like Mr. Marks are deplorable as well, in my book. Deplorable too that Dennis continues to lie about how I feel about Joe Stalin. File that in the "vile lie" category.

TADM #17

Dennis Lies Concerning "Heroes" That Are Not Heroes

"Political Quotes To Ponder" was the title of a 1/19/2014 on the "Rational Nation" blog. Proprietor of said blog, Mr. Nation, posted a bunch of political quotes, all of them critical of government... which is fine. Constructive criticism is a necessary thing to improve an institution that has such a huge impact on our lives. Except that isn't the motivation with Libertarian Objectivist Rand devotees like Nation and (most of) his hardcore band of loyal commenters.

Their only desire is to tear down the institution that represents "we the people" and replace government with the "free market", as if capitalism was a form of governance. As far as representing goes, unfettered capitalism (or capitalism under a weak government) would greatly empower the plutocrats.

One commenter saw the multitude of quotes concerning "private property" posted by Dennis Marks, and he decided to submit a few contrary quotes of his own. Among these quotes, the blogger in question slipped in a quote by Stalin that read "mankind is divided into rich and poor, into property owners and exploited; and to abstract oneself from this fundamental division; and from the antagonism between poor and rich means abstracting oneself from fundamental facts".

The provider of the quote added no commentary in addition to the quote. Just the quote, along with a couple others, was submitted (and published by the blog proprietor). The quote, while true, was made by a monstrous tyrant responsible for (according to Wikipedia) "2.9 million officially recorded victims". Quoting Stalin was not intended as any kind of endorsement or defense of the man, yet the lying Dennis Marks jumps on the posting of the quote with the following comment...

Dennis Marks: For the most part, socialism is by far the most effective method for concentrating increasing wealth disparity (as I mentioned in the comment about Mr. Sander's hero Stalin over at "Rational Nation"). (2/23/2014 AT 9:01am).

To Dennis' comment about socialism I would add a correction... which is that lying about bringing socialism to a nation but then establishing a ruling class with yourself as the head tyrant is an effective method for concentrating wealth. The reason is that people yearn for a economic system that is fair, one in which the fruits of their labors isn't stolen by the plutocrats.

So they listen to liars who promise socialism... but history has shown that these rulers always fail to deliver. Instead they take advantage and exploit their positions to satisfy their own greedy desires for wealth and power. Such is human nature, I suppose. This is why I favor Democratic Socialism and condemn murderous tyrants and liars like Stalin. He most certainly is not a "hero" of mine, Dennis, you lying sack of shit.

Willis Hart (another lying sack of shit) gets in on the bashing with his own bullplop comment.

Willis Hart: ...yeah, that Stalin quote was yet another low point for a fellow whose entire life has been one giant limbo contest. (2/23/2014 AT 3:24pm).

So how does this a$shole know what I've been doing my "entire life"... which includes many things done outside of blogging on the internet? Answer: he doesn't. He is simply pulling lies out of his ass, as is par for the course with this jagoff.

Image Description: Stalin, NOT a hero of the Left, despite lies from scumbags on the Right like Dennis Marks and Willis Hart.

Supporting Document
Stalin Worship, DSD #5.

TADM #5.