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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,704 posts)
Sun May 17, 2015, 06:21 PM May 2015

" Maybe I shouldn’t say this: I like Hillary Clinton. I respect Hillary Clinton. "




Sanders was asked if he would have a “civil debate” with Clinton in the months to come, given her status as a member of the political establishment he said he did not represent, and given that she has been widely criticised on matters regarding her wealth. On Friday she and her husband, former president Bill Clinton, said they had earned more than $25m in speaking fees since January 2014.

“I’ve never run a negative political ad in my life,” Sanders said. “…I believe in serious debates on serious issues. I’ve known Hillary Clinton for 25 years. Maybe I shouldn’t say this: I like Hillary Clinton. I respect Hillary Clinton.

“Will the media, among others, allow us to have a civil debate on civil issues? Or is the only way you get media attention by ripping apart somebody else?”


http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/17/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-spoiler

Nice praise from someone who presumably knows her better than anybody on the "internets".
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" Maybe I shouldn’t say this: I like Hillary Clinton. I respect Hillary Clinton. " (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 OP
Bernie Sanders is a gracious man, much like Obama in that regard. AtomicKitten May 2015 #1
I expect her to ignore him. hrmjustin May 2015 #3
You will be very surprised when it happens. Gman May 2015 #9
That would be very bad form MissDeeds May 2015 #14
I don't th7nk so. She can be polite but ignore at the same time. hrmjustin May 2015 #16
Exactly. Tarheel_Dem May 2015 #33
I know! yallerdawg May 2015 #4
They are politicians treestar May 2015 #21
Hillary likes him, too--that's why she DONATED TO HIS SENATE CAMPAIGN! MADem May 2015 #2
People who viscerally dislike Secretary of State Clinton or Senator Sanders Agnosticsherbet May 2015 #5
The only people who should be viscerally disliking either one of them MADem May 2015 #11
Well said Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2015 #13
I don't disagree with the "should" in your statement, but Agnosticsherbet May 2015 #24
Yes, and some of them are new to the board. Funny how that works. MADem May 2015 #25
^^^^ this ^^^^ libdem4life May 2015 #6
^^^^annoying^^^^ mimi85 May 2015 #18
There's another of those facts that get in the way. Gman May 2015 #10
Yes it does treestar May 2015 #19
Either the candidates can win on their record and reputation or they can not. Thinkingabout May 2015 #7
Try some reading comprehension next time. truebluegreen May 2015 #8
No need to be nasty. MADem May 2015 #12
That's what he's doing, complaining the media does not pay treestar May 2015 #20
Perhaps you need to retake reading comprehension again, I did not say anything about Hillary. Thinkingabout May 2015 #22
Nice try, but no. truebluegreen May 2015 #26
I expect O'Malley and possibily Webb to enter the race. You sure are not helping Bernie. Thinkingabout May 2015 #27
A non-answer to an easy question. truebluegreen May 2015 #35
This goes for all elections including the twenty running in the GOP. It isn't just about an Thinkingabout May 2015 #36
As usual, I am not even sure what you are talking about. truebluegreen May 2015 #37
Maybe you need to get to know about Bernie before you declare I do not Thinkingabout May 2015 #38
Too bad not all our his supporters have his feeling for HRC. Cryptoad May 2015 #15
I expect that virtually all Sanders primary supporters will vote for HRC in the general, thesquanderer May 2015 #17
Bernie took the words right out of my mouth NBachers May 2015 #23
Good for him, and I agree: This isn't a personality contest, let them deutsey May 2015 #28
I like them both gwheezie May 2015 #29
What is it that people "like" about Hillary of Bernie? zeemike May 2015 #30
Most people do. KMOD May 2015 #31
If only the 'internets' had his class, we'd move the country where it needs to go. Thanks, Bernie! freshwest May 2015 #32
Good on Bernie.. I bet he likes and respects Presdient Obama, too.. and that's one of the things Cha May 2015 #34
 

AtomicKitten

(46,585 posts)
1. Bernie Sanders is a gracious man, much like Obama in that regard.
Sun May 17, 2015, 06:22 PM
May 2015

At the first inkling of it slipping away from her again, I fully expect the Clinton campaign to get ugly, just like they did in 2008 when that worked out so nicely for her.

Gman

(24,780 posts)
9. You will be very surprised when it happens.
Sun May 17, 2015, 07:44 PM
May 2015

It will advance the debate and gain national attention and support for important issues.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
16. I don't th7nk so. She can be polite but ignore at the same time.
Sun May 17, 2015, 07:57 PM
May 2015

Of corse if he starts to challenge her big time she can't ignore him.

But my advice is to stick to issues , do the debate, and concentrate on the gop.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
21. They are politicians
Sun May 17, 2015, 08:26 PM
May 2015

who like lawyers can be opposing on one case and on similar sides in another. Then go have a beer after the court is closed for the night.

As a matter of fact, they are both lawyers.

They knew what the game was and had thick skins. Weird how the supporters are the ones who get more sensitive.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
2. Hillary likes him, too--that's why she DONATED TO HIS SENATE CAMPAIGN!
Sun May 17, 2015, 06:28 PM
May 2015

Why people try to gin up this false "fight" business is beyond me.

The boring truth is that they LIKE one another. They have SUPPORTED one another.

Simple people, though, prefer boxing gloves and blood on canvas to a thoughtful discussion of the issues.

Says more about them than it does about either candidate.

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)
5. People who viscerally dislike Secretary of State Clinton or Senator Sanders
Sun May 17, 2015, 06:36 PM
May 2015

Expect the side they support to feel the same way they do.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
11. The only people who should be viscerally disliking either one of them
Sun May 17, 2015, 07:48 PM
May 2015

are people supporting Cruz, Rubio, etc. Anyone else is being played (rather ham-handedly, and maybe cluelessly, too) by the wingnuts.

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)
24. I don't disagree with the "should" in your statement, but
Sun May 17, 2015, 08:50 PM
May 2015

I see a lot of what looks like visceral dislike here, far more toward Secretary of State Clinton than Senator Sanders.

I like them both and would happily vote for either one in the General Election. I think they both would make a good President.

I have seen many here at DU who by their posts do not share Senator Sanders or my sentiments.

Those feeling aren't base in the dislike between the parties,

MADem

(135,425 posts)
25. Yes, and some of them are new to the board. Funny how that works.
Sun May 17, 2015, 09:01 PM
May 2015

A month or two here, and they're like the mayor--they know everyone, and some even know the histories of so many DUers going back years.

Also, it's funny how some dormant accounts from four, six, eight years back suddenly jump up, wake up, and get all excited about this topic--one of those "Things that makes you go HMMMMMMM" kinda situation. It's interesting to read what they've said back on DU2. A lot of them, based on their old remarks, would NEVER be mistaken for the sort of people who would support Senator Sanders.

Amazing how people can change so dramatically over a half decade ... or whatever...!



They egg on the old timers, who get caught up in the fray and say stupid things to people they regard as friends over the long haul, and I suspect they don't really mean a lot of what they're saying--it's a Team Spirit exercise, and one that neither Clinton nor Sanders endorses. It should stop.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
7. Either the candidates can win on their record and reputation or they can not.
Sun May 17, 2015, 06:56 PM
May 2015

Blaming another candidate because msm does not pay attention to their campaign is admitting they are going to win so they start with somebody is not fair to them. When they become president the crying party will not work, they will have to perform, get tough and make a stand.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
12. No need to be nasty.
Sun May 17, 2015, 07:50 PM
May 2015

How about "Perhaps you misread the slant of the piece?"

Isn't Senator Sanders encouraging us to move away from that kind of rhetoric?

treestar

(82,383 posts)
20. That's what he's doing, complaining the media does not pay
Sun May 17, 2015, 08:24 PM
May 2015

attention. Though he may not like to get what he asks for. The media will just look for scandals about him.

 

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)
26. Nice try, but no.
Sun May 17, 2015, 09:05 PM
May 2015

The entire post is about Bernie, and Bernie talking about Hillary, and in fact, refusing to "blame another candidate" but rather the media for a lack of attention. "Blaming another candidate"--were those not your words? To whom were you referring as the media-preferred candidate? Jim Webb? Bueller?

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
36. This goes for all elections including the twenty running in the GOP. It isn't just about an
Mon May 18, 2015, 09:18 AM
May 2015

Election Bernie Sanders is thinking about entering.

 

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)
37. As usual, I am not even sure what you are talking about.
Mon May 18, 2015, 10:34 AM
May 2015

Your post all but labeled Bernie as a whiner, "blaming another candidate" for lack of media coverage. Which he emphatically did not do.

And btw, he is not "thinking about entering", he has declared, which makes him the only other declared candidate for the Democratic nomination, the first being Hillary.

Just own it: you implied* Bernie was a whiner for doing something he isn't doing.

*Blaming another candidate because msm does not pay attention to their campaign is admitting they are going to win so they start with somebody is not fair to them. When they become president the crying party will not work, they will have to perform, get tough and make a stand.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
38. Maybe you need to get to know about Bernie before you declare I do not
Mon May 18, 2015, 01:36 PM
May 2015

Know what I am talking about.

Also, go back and listen to Bernie on the talk shows as of Sunday May 17, he is now saying he is "officially" going to enter the race.
Guess you are not keeping up with Bernie very well.

Again, do not rewrite my post, your comprehension is not what I said, you have now said Bernie I a whiner. Bad.

thesquanderer

(11,953 posts)
17. I expect that virtually all Sanders primary supporters will vote for HRC in the general,
Sun May 17, 2015, 08:02 PM
May 2015

if she wins the nomination. And vice versa.

deutsey

(20,166 posts)
28. Good for him, and I agree: This isn't a personality contest, let them
Sun May 17, 2015, 09:12 PM
May 2015

"have a civil debate on civil issues" instead of scoring points through cheap shots and character assassination.

gwheezie

(3,580 posts)
29. I like them both
Sun May 17, 2015, 09:23 PM
May 2015

I'm not going to bash either one if them. Both have served this country well. I have a preference but could vote for either of them. Both bring different strengths to the table. I didn't play in 08 and not going to play now. And a few other dems could jump in, so let's see how it plays out.

zeemike

(18,998 posts)
30. What is it that people "like" about Hillary of Bernie?
Sun May 17, 2015, 09:25 PM
May 2015

An image on a screen?...or as I suspect it is just a cult of personality, where you don't know the person at all but love the image that is created for you by the media.

I like Bernie for his policies and his actions, and I don't like Hillary for the same reason...and that does not make me a hater because I have never met her and probably never will.

We need to grow up and put aside this childishness or we will continue to be beaten at this game.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
32. If only the 'internets' had his class, we'd move the country where it needs to go. Thanks, Bernie!
Sun May 17, 2015, 10:31 PM
May 2015

And thanks, DemocratSinceBirth, for asking for real discussion and not attacks. No candidate worth time indulges this RW media game. BTW, they are all RW media, so no one should be surprised at the RFing we see.

Cha

(295,899 posts)
34. Good on Bernie.. I bet he likes and respects Presdient Obama, too.. and that's one of the things
Mon May 18, 2015, 04:57 AM
May 2015

I like about him.

Too bad some of his supporters are the opposite and give his cause a bad name.. the hate overtakes everything.. distracts from the issues.

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