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Related: About this forumWP Editors dispute Sanders' response to their editorial
Hillary has weathered disagreements with the press for a long time and come out little worse for the wear. Now that the media is spending time on vetting Bernie -they waited too long to do it!- some of them aren't liking what they see.
IF THE Washington Post wants to say that our ideas are bold, I accept that, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Thursday in response to a critical editorial we ran about him. Weve got to create an economy that works for the middle class. And whether The Washington Post likes it or not, thats what I intend to do.
In fact, we would love that and we were heartened that Mr. Sanders chose to engage with our editorial. Yet our disagreements with Mr. Sanders are not as he portrayed them; they do not concern the problems he chooses to address or the boldness with which he proposes to address them. The nation could use big measures to take on climate change, advance public health, tackle poverty, shore up entitlement programs, boost education, improve our democracy and do all sorts of other things that Mr. Sanders cares about. We argue for policies such as a carbon tax and public campaign financing, even though they are subject to massive and possibly insurmountable political opposition, because they would lead to large and needed changes.
What concerns us is not that Mr. Sanderss program to tackle these issues is radical, as he put it, but that it is not very well thought out. We are far from the only ones, for example, to point out that his health-care plan rests on unbelievable assumptions about how much he could slash health-care costs without affecting the care ordinary Americans receive. Their savings numbers are well, politely said simply wrong, Emory University health-care expert Kenneth E. Thorpe told Vox. Mr. Thorpe, who is not hostile to single-payer systems of the type Mr. Sanders favors and has even advanced single-payer plans of his own, released an analysis Wednesday finding that Mr. Sanderss proposal would cost $1 trillion more than the candidate estimated. That is not over a 10-year budget window. That is every year...................
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mr-sanderss-ideas-are-not-too-bold-they-are-too-facile/2016/01/28/e7125bca-c60a-11e5-9693-933a4d31bcc8_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-d%3Ahomepage%2Fstory
The word is tailor made for the argument:
fac·ile
ˈfasəl/Submit
adjective
1.
(especially of a theory or argument) appearing neat and comprehensive only by ignoring the true complexities of an issue; superficial.
synonyms: simplistic, superficial, oversimplified
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Instead of sitting back and allowing the Sanders campaign's efforts to try an neutralize the editorial; and instead of allowing them to re-frame the criticism without being challenged; the WP editorial staff felt strongly enough about Bernie's response that they doubled-down and re-emphasized their views on the aspects of Bernie's plans about which they are most troubled.
Good for them!!
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)to bring salvation to us all, blessed be his name!
Bernie is selling pie in the sky with no real plans on how to do it or who pays what for it either.
We are just supposed to switch off our brains, fall at his feet and worship him, all you tools of the 1%!
kjones
(1,053 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)pandr32
(11,581 posts)and that is a problem
Molusko
(26 posts)He will implement and pass his plans.
jmowreader
(50,557 posts)According to the Bernie Brigade, Congress will be falling over itself lining up to work with him.
Dude! They don't work with him NOW!
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)He's been asked time and again to do that, but time and again, he's refused. He's not into the "nitty-gritty" of stuffy legislative shhh...stuff. It distracts him from him having fun pretending to be the second coming.
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)Every year?? Holy smokes.
Tommy2Tone
(1,307 posts)It's about time.
Cha
(297,187 posts)Thank you, Rose!
William769
(55,146 posts)Tarheel_Dem
(31,233 posts)Fla Dem
(23,656 posts)WP that much this month. They don't say how many free articles you get. Oh well, I get the drift.