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Sanders explains why Clinton isn't qualified to be president (Original Post) Cheese Sandwich Apr 2016 OP
Oh shit Jennylynn Apr 2016 #1
Totally fair criticism; it's not 'breaking news".... zebonaut Apr 2016 #2
Panama...he's up to date. SHRED Apr 2016 #3
No wonder Clinton is getting nervous tomm2thumbs Apr 2016 #4
I'm sure he will hit her on Panama in the debate. Duckfan Apr 2016 #5
Hillary Isn't Qualified - Brilliant Bernie scottie55 Apr 2016 #6
He claims he's "quoting" her, but Hillary never said he was unqualified. SunSeeker Apr 2016 #7
Yeah, Sanders is clueless.... NOT modestybl Apr 2016 #8
It is Sanders who is being deceitful, not Hillary. SunSeeker Apr 2016 #12
So... unless he agrees HRC should be POTUS, he is "negative"?? modestybl Apr 2016 #14
exactly! thank you. n/t wildbilln864 Apr 2016 #16
How? socialistforpeople Apr 2016 #10
"Sander's doesn't have a superPAC." SunSeeker Apr 2016 #13
Sure socialistforpeople Apr 2016 #17
I didn't see that one. I'll have to look it up tomorrow. shadowandblossom Apr 2016 #11
... shadowandblossom Apr 2016 #9
Awesome! Go Bernie! n/t wildbilln864 Apr 2016 #15

tomm2thumbs

(13,297 posts)
4. No wonder Clinton is getting nervous
Thu Apr 7, 2016, 01:33 AM
Apr 2016

If he should win Wyoming, according to my spreadsheets, Bernie will have won 18 contests to her 19, and her lead will have sunk to under 199 delegates -- with a ton of contests to go! She wants him out before he can say he's won more contests and has more of the map, and has the momentum, and has the states that will go for Democrats in the Fall, and has more swing states, and has the trustworthy numbers, and has more financial strength, and has the future-vote support (youth) and...well, I won't go on... it would be cruel

 

scottie55

(1,400 posts)
6. Hillary Isn't Qualified - Brilliant Bernie
Thu Apr 7, 2016, 01:51 AM
Apr 2016

The press was talking about her campaign taking him out.

Yeah, sure buddy.

No one with the baggage she has should be trying to do anything except play nice.

Hillary's only hope was to pretend to be Bernie, and hope no one noticed.

Use the machine to force her nomination.

She just couldn't stop being Hillary.

Unfortunately for her more and more people every day realize how badly they are being screwed.

Just look at Panama and the 32 trillion stashed away from the tax man.

A lot of it bribe money, drug money, and scammer scumbag money.

Time we asked where all 32 trillion came from, and if the answers aren't pretty find a grey bar hotel for the account holders.

Now that would be democracy.

SunSeeker

(51,523 posts)
7. He claims he's "quoting" her, but Hillary never said he was unqualified.
Thu Apr 7, 2016, 02:09 AM
Apr 2016

She diplomatically did not answer Joe Scarborough's baiting question about whether she thinks Sanders is qualified.

Little did Joe Scarborough know he would hook Sanders with that bait.

So if Sanders is saying being supported by a super pac makes you unqualified, then he is saying Barack Obama is unqualified to be president. Indeed, Sanders is saying he himself is unqualified to be president since he is supported by super pacs as well.

Schockingly dumb line of attack by Sanders. All I can figure is his ego and embarrassment about the fallout over his New York Daily News interview got the better of him.

 

modestybl

(458 posts)
8. Yeah, Sanders is clueless.... NOT
Thu Apr 7, 2016, 02:29 AM
Apr 2016

HRC is trying to be clever, but it is backfiring... and I, for one, am glad that Sanders is finally taking off the gloves... he has been letting HRC get away with deceitful, misleading and flat-out false claims for FAR TOO LONG in this process.

People are tired of the 0.01% buying elections. They are tired of evasive, equivocating, bought-off politicians. HRC doesn't even know how to pretend to be sincere.

Just noticed a bump on the ActBlue pages for Sanders after his speech. Expect that to continue. The one frustration Sanders supporters have had all along is that he hasn't hit HRC hard enough. About time.

SunSeeker

(51,523 posts)
12. It is Sanders who is being deceitful, not Hillary.
Thu Apr 7, 2016, 11:40 AM
Apr 2016

Sanders is one who entered this campaign promising it would not be a negative campaign and he would just talk about the issues. But now he believes his own spin and thinks he can win if he just bashes Hillary more. Wrong.

He is either a sexist or a hypocrite or both. Sanders supported John Kerry, who voted for the Iraq AUMF.  He supported President Obama, who got money from Wall Street lobbyists and Super pacs and supports the same trade deals Sanders claims disqualify a person from the presidency. He didn't call those men "unqualified."



 

modestybl

(458 posts)
14. So... unless he agrees HRC should be POTUS, he is "negative"??
Thu Apr 7, 2016, 04:15 PM
Apr 2016

...that's not how it works, and hey, welcome to DEMOCRACY!

He's not calling her stupid, that she is fundamentally bad, or making remarks about her hair or her pantsuits, he is calling her out on her BULLSHIT, which exactly what elections are for.

The only personal attack he has made is on Donald Trump... and he deserved it.

Sanders said he would support whoever becomes the nominee, but, NEWSFLASH, that hasn't happened yet. He supported John Kerry against W. He supported Obama against John McCain. Or would you rather he run as an Independent in the fall? The lack of intelligence or basic reason in your arguments is stunning.

But something HRC supporters can't get their brains around is the concept of being against a completely corrupt and rigged system. That's why you are confounded by Sanders' candidacy, and can't understand why we aren't all bowing our heads to Her Inevitableness. He faults the system and he wants to fundamentally change it. HRC is okay, basically, with this rotten system, or she wouldn't be smiling and shaking hands with a criminal like Lloyd Blankfein.

10. How?
Thu Apr 7, 2016, 02:40 AM
Apr 2016

Barack Obama was unqualified, and before him Bush was unqualified. Sander's doesn't have a superPAC. A union may support Sanders but no way does it equate to SuperPACs that are filled with lobbyist like Hillary Clinton's campaign.

The New York Daily News interview backfired bc the reporter was confusing the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Dept. Any one who actually researched it would know that.

shadowandblossom

(718 posts)
11. I didn't see that one. I'll have to look it up tomorrow.
Thu Apr 7, 2016, 02:42 AM
Apr 2016

Makes sense, that sounds more like her. As for his reaction, there's a useful phrase for what you're describing called "ego defensive aggression." Honestly I think it explains most aggression period... But its a perfect fit for the situation you described. Moving on, I'm finding this very nasty to watch. Anger and hate doesn't compete with hope and change, or love and kindness.

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