Hillary Clinton Slams Sanders Campaign ‘Lies’ in Confrontation With Activist

[MrWendel]

http://www.mediaite.com/online/hillary-clinton-slams-sanders-campaign-lies-in-confrontation-with-activist/

by Tommy Christopher



Facing a close run against Bernie Sanders in upcoming primary races, former Secretary of State and current Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton is beginning to show the bare knuckles of the brawler she needs be to win. Following a campaign rally at the State University of New York Purchase campus on Thursday, Greenpeace activist Eva Resnick-Day asked Hillary if she would reject donations from fossil fuel interests, and Clinton laid into her but good:

(More with video in link)

[Historic NY]

1. Bernies Liars..........

http://www.factcheck.org/2015/12/clinton-and-fossil-fuel-money/

[BlueMTexpat]

3. Thank you for that link!

[SaschaHM]

2. I know that she's going to get called shrill or angry, but

I love it when Hillary Clinton hits back hard.

[BlueMTexpat]

4. Here is another story about this.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/03/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-campaign-lies-221434

The Sanders campaign's response has some of the qualities I have come to detest from it: snark, midsdirection and disingenuousness.

Sanders' campaign said Thursday evening that Clinton has relied heavily on donations from oil and gas lobbyists and again called on her to accept Sanders’ proposal to debate in New York ahead of its April 19 primary.

“It’s no wonder that back in December Clinton refused to agree to stop accepting money from the fossil fuel industry when pressed at a town hall, saying, ‘I’m not going to do a litmus test on them,’” Sanders spokesman Michael Briggs said in a statement. “If Secretary Clinton wants to discuss this and other important issues she should stop stalling and agree to a debate in New York before the April 19 primary election.”

What I have to say to this would get me a hide.

[MrWendel]

5. If your...

in the Clinton group let er rip!

[sheshe2]

12. Rip carefully.

This is where I get my hides. We are no longer a safe haven.

[MrWendel]

13. And...

responsibly kids!

[BlueMTexpat]

22. My one and only hide came from

a post in this group. Nowhere is safe from the alert-stalkers who barge in, I'm afraid.

[sheshe2]

23. Right now, Blue

I have 4 from here.

[BlueMTexpat]

24. That is RIDICULOUS!

These alert-stalker types DARE to style themselves "progressives." They resemble authoritarians more.

Frankly, I am an old-style "liberal" and am very proud to be that, thank you.

Thank heavens there is an "amnesty" for the time being. Your voice is a powerful one, ss2, and it deserves to be heard (or read)!

[sheshe2]

29. Want a laugh,

one was on an appreciation thread for Cha. My Op was hidden.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/110763277

I can't find the jury results.

[BlueMTexpat]

35. There is literally nothing that

I can think of that would justify hiding such a thread.

Such fear not only borders on paranoia. It IS paranoia.

[kstewart33]

32. Blue, my one and only hide also came from a post in this group today.

Thanks to the stalkers, our group is not as safe as it should be.

[Cha]

30. They're lurking right now.. they've alerted on and gotten so many hides in our group for Nothing.

Just so you know, MrWendel

[wisteria]

6. +1

[riversedge]

8. Does the Sanders think that throwing oil on the negoiations and making wild accusations will

be beneficial for talking about the possible debate???

[DawgHouse]

15. He's just hoping there's a little bird in the audience.

[BlueMTexpat]

21. They seem to have gone somewhat nuts, IMO.

Playing to the grandstand and tossing out anything they believe might stick. Not winning tactics, IMO.

[LiberalFighter]

36. Bernie's campaign does lie. And so does Bernie.

Bernie stated he wasn't going to run a negative campaign. And what is he doing?

Bernie's campaign lies about Clinton relying heavily on oil and gas donations. I would also include Greenpeace lying about it too.

[BlueMTexpat]

37. I think that Greenpeace may be playing fast and loose with the

facts about the donations it says the Clinton campaign has received. IMO, they are making some very broad brush assumptions to put the worst possible spin on them in a blatant attempt to smear Clinton and reap headlines for the organization and perhaps also for Bernie.

Such antics make them lose credibility with me. Bernie's campaign has already lost a lot of credibility with me and the little credibility it has left is fast diminishing.

[LisaM]

7. I suggested that a different OP on this fix their misleading headline.

It claimed HRC was sick of being asked about "my fossil fuel money". She of course never said any such thing.

I expect to get excoriated but today is kind of my Stand Up For Hillary Day!

After the glaring differences between Hillary and her angry opponents were exposed last night by Rachel Maddow and Chris Matthews, I decided that I could take a little bit firmer tone today too.

How would the Sanders people like it if we attended their rallies and started shouting misleading questions at them? I am not a Trump fan, but to some extent he has a point that it's not always his people who start these confrontations. They are angry, easily provokable, and respond in an unacceptably violent manner, but I don't think they always create the drama themselves.

[riversedge]

9. Guess I grew up learning not to interrupt folks when they are speaking. It has

stuck to me. I think interruptions are rude and bad manners. Simple as that--no matter what stripe they are. Silent protests by holding up signs is fine.

[SharonClark]

10. The two chumps on MSNBC (Bloomberg News)

said she shouldn't have gotten so upset in the rope line. I agree she shouldn't but it seems to be fine when the other candidates react negatively. No double standard at all.

[BlueCaliDem]

18. What's good for the geese is good for the gander.

They don't like it? Then STOP LYING already!

[DURHAM D]

11. I let it rip today as well.

Right after I saw two privileged white male sexist newscasters on MSNBC telling Hillary to cut it out I simply got online and sent her $200.

jftr - I inherited a couple of oil wells (1/8th int) from my Mother, who inherited them from her Mother, who inherited them from her Mother. They were drilled in the 1930s. Does that make me part of the fossil fuel industry? Hardly... I have also donated to Greenpeace.

I am so sick and tired of simpletons.

Go Hil !

[SunSeeker]

34. Exactly. Under Sanders' definition, oil companies donated to him too.

FactCheck.Org in December found that Clinton had not taken any money from PACs tied to the oil and gas industry, or companies themselves. Employees of oil and gas companies, however, have contributed $307,000 to Clinton's campaign, according to the Center for Responsive politics, while Sanders has received $54,000.

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/clinton-lashes-out-environmental-activists-n548816

So when is Sanders going to reject that $54,000? (Rhetorical question)

[Thinkingabout]

14. Amazing, when confronted with the truth I wonder if this person will confront Sanders.

She probably did not think Hillary knew exactly what she was talking about, good for Hillary.

[GusBob]

16. If Bernie Sanders becomes president

Putin will be back in the oil business and the price per barrel will skyrocket

Irony being no matter how much he taxes the speculative traders they will get rich, our enemies will get stronger and terror networks will soak us too

[SaschaHM]

17. Sander's Gawker Team

Is already on the job with a hit piece. I can't wait until that site crosses the line and closes shop.

[LannyDeVaney]

19. What a joke ...

running second in upcoming "races" (plural). Please. This is completely misleading and wrong.

[CalvinballPro]

20. Can we not simply get a valid explanation of why campaign donations by individuals are linked...

...to their employer? I've had to list my employer for every donation I've made, but that doesn't mean my company has endorsed or donated to Clinton.

Kick his ass, Hillary!

[George II]

25. For some reason, contributions over $100 require occupation AND employer. Contributions between....

....$50 and $100 only require occupation. Contributions below $50 don't require either, in fact I don't even think they require the name of the contributor.

Funny how the Sanders people constantly beat on Clinton's source of contributions but they can't document tens of millions of contributions at all.

Also funny is how the Sanders people talk about "foreign money" but they've been cited several times for accepting hundreds of contributions from people with foreign addresses.

[CalvinballPro]

27. Yeah, I've seen the articles about the FEC letters. Sanders or his campaign are slimeballs. nt

[SaschaHM]

26. Demonization doesn't require personalization

Sanders strategy is to demonize and not personalize. By saying (hard working) individuals contributed, he undercuts his outright demonization of people that work in certain fields. He does it with wall street, oil, and health care. I have friends that were liberal democrats that went into Banking/consulting/investing after college (Yale) because that was the only reasonable way of paying student loans and making a nice paycheck for grad school. Yet according to Sanders, a man whose only steady job has been politician, they are the devils that are ruining this country.

[CalvinballPro]

28. I'd love to see #ReleaseYourTaxesBernie trending on Twitter. nt

[Cha]

31. Good on Hillary confronting the lies.. Mahalo MrWendel~

[okasha]

33. Now, if a man had said that,

in just that way, he'd be "firm" or "no-nonsense" or "assertive."

BTW, I lost patience with Greenpeace when they declined to take an active role in opposing the senseless slaughter of marine mammals.