New York Times Reporter Asks Sanders If He’s Sexist For Continuing To Run Against Hillary

[Mohammed_Lee]

http://dailycaller.com/2016/06/06/new-york-times-reporter-asks-sanders-if-hes-sexist-for-continuing-to-run-against-hillary-video/


A New York Times reporter asked Bernie Sanders on Monday if it is sexist for him to continue running for president against what could be the nation’s first female president in Hillary Clinton.

Sanders bristled at the question but also laughed and asked if the reporter, Yamiche Alcindor, was being serious.
A New York Times reporter asked Bernie Sanders on Monday if it is sexist for him to continue running for president against what could be the nation’s first female president in Hillary Clinton.

Sanders bristled at the question but also laughed and asked if the reporter, Yamiche Alcindor, was being serious.

The exchange occurred after Sanders opened up his press conference in Emeryville, Calif. to questions from reporters. He pointed to one member of the press in the audience, but Alcindor appears to have jumped in with a question. Sanders attempted to cut her off, saying “excuse me” several times.

[MariaThinks]

1. Good question, actually.

[highprincipleswork]

2. How is it sexist?

[MariaThinks]

9. Bernie endorsed Obama before the convention in 2008 and called him the Nominee.

[highprincipleswork]

11. He's a candidate now. Representing a whole lot of people, to whom he has a responsibility. There is

a solid reason to keep running. And the situations are not the same.

Have you noticed how often Clinton supporters actually like to "force" people to do thing? I have, and I don't like it.

Perhaps you can try to "force" your own candidate to live up to her words, particularly her Progressive words. That could be a really difficult feat.

[MariaThinks]

12. so he should change his principles because of people who gave him money?

[highprincipleswork]

17. Just because your candidate has the lowest principles of just about anybody in politics, doesn't

mean that everybody else does.

Bernie is representing a movement. He doesn't care to be the leader of it, but he is. He was a reluctant leader, but now that's what he is. He is never going to walk away from that commitment lightly. And that's where he is today. And that's what comes first, not your idea of what is sexist or what he said before in a past election when he was simply a Senator weighing in on the ongoing electoral process.

If you can't see that time as a totally different situation than he was not an active candidate, then I don't know what else to say to you.

I see this as more trying to force or trick people into doing things they don't want to do. Did it ever occur to you that using a lesser principle to defeat a higher principle is not very "principled"? It also doesn't really work.

[MariaThinks]

19. i'm giving you facts and statements Bernie made. You're giving me right wing talking points.

[highprincipleswork]

22. Some day you'll learn to think on your own without the birdseed you've been given by the mistaken

logic of others.

I haven't given you one rightwing talking point, and am in no way rightwing.

People who support Hillary, of that I'm not too sure, for she is surely more rightwing than I would wish to support.

[MariaThinks]

23. you attack personally, yet i wonder how quickly my posts would get hidden if i attacked you

in the same way.

There is no movement from Bernie. He's a self interested man who saw an opportunity and got a lot of attention. Ross perot did it in 1992.

the real measure of a leader is his consistency in his message. 3 months ago Bernie was against superdelegates overruling elected delegates. Why does he believe it's okay today?

[highprincipleswork]

25. I'm sorry for the personal. Not worthy. But here's the deal. You are arguing with me by bringing

up the lesser or smaller principle over and over again. For instance, what Bernie says or does about superdelegates. It's not really a huge or meaningful thing, because the rules will win out in the end. Even Hillary was criticized for her dealings with superdelegates in 2008, and the fact that she had superdelegates before anyone else was running has been roundly criticized now. and I think that does have good foundation, and a higher principle at stake. which is, what is the best way to select the best candidate? certainly not by giving one candidate a 400 delegate lead from the start. certainly not to count those votes before even the DNC says they are to be counted, which is at the convention.

try to win the logic game through higher principles, that would be my suggestion. that, at least, is the way I try to do and to promoote. obviously don't always succeed. higher principles yield higher results.

for all his faults, i believe bernie generally stays truer to higher principles than the Clintons pretty much every single time.

[longship]

36. Wow! You really nail it here.

And in this entire subthread.



I support Bernie and will support the Democratic nominee, which increasingly looks like will be Hillary. However, your very reasoned and reasonable argument is one I can support.

R& for your responses in this thread alone.

Thank you very much for laying it all out without childish playground tactics or name calling. Much appreciated.

My best to you.

[MariaThinks]

37. thanks - that's a good reasonable argument. Wishing you the best.

[highprincipleswork]

38. Thank you. And to you and to all of us as well. Be well.

[elleng]

16. NO analogy.

[MariaThinks]

20. just like Bernie's superdelegates should not overrule voters 3 months ago - to his recent statement

that they should.

[elleng]

24. No analogy.

[elleng]

13. RIDICULOUS question.

[Zen Democrat]

30. Laughable question.

[floriduck]

3. That's MSM fucked up logic. It's rampant here.

[Person 2713]

4. Was it racist for Clinton to keep running against Obama in the primary'08??

[MariaThinks]

10. She didn't. In a tighter race than today, she graciously accepted defeat and did what was best for

our party.

[yodermon]

26. No, she argued for Pledged delegates to switch to her.

Luckily she was brought to heel, as will Bernie.

[libdem4life]

28. And ended up as SOS. Not a bad loss.

If you "think" about it. The avatar is also an interesting contrast in, um, something.

[Zen Democrat]

31. She bargained for SoS. Obama was set to pick Kerry, but she interrupted for 4 years.

And they weren't good years for her.

[libdem4life]

33. I agree...except they were pretty heady years on the financial front.

We had a twofer SOS, as well.

[pmorlan1]

5. Oh My

I would have laughed too.

[msongs]

6. IMO its a stupid question. exisiting is not sexist. nt

[yeoman6987]

7. Totally speechless. I feel for Bernie dealing with these reporters.

[uppityperson]

8. It's sexist to treat men and women differently because of their gender.

"How dare a woman run for president" is sexist as is "how dare you challenge a woman".

[CrowCityDem]

14. What amazes me is that Bernie and his campaign seemed surprised...

that the questions being posed to him were about him losing, since tomorrow night Hillary will officially cross the threshold. What the heck did he expect? Obviously, since everyone knows he's all but officially lost, they're going to ask him about what happens once he's lost.

The lack of foresight is incredible.

[Trajan]

15. What a disgusting person ...

And linking to Tucker Carlson's website to boot ...

Screw this, Mr Brock ... Your idiots can go to hell ...

Blocked

[enough]

18. The question is sexist. (nt)

[Agnosticsherbet]

21. That was a bad question.

[left-of-center2012]

27. A woman reporter asks Bernie if he's sexist ...

A woman reporter asks Bernie if he's sexist because he's running against a female candidate.
What a stupid question.
Or was she being sexist?

[beachbumbob]

29. What was the answer?...only when a female wins? Ok for black guy...

[Zen Democrat]

32. The Daily Caller? I thought you guys screamed at links to RW sites like that.

[libdem4life]

34. Only in carefully selected situations...that would be

only when they print "the truth". LOL

[cloudbase]

35. Yamiche Alcindor should go back to writing

for the Hooterville Gazette.