They've Officially Jumped The Shark: Hillary Clinton Pins 'Establishment' Label On Bernie Sanders

[WillyT]

Hillary Clinton pins 'establishment' label on Bernie Sanders
By Tal Kopan, CNN
Updated 6:38 PM ET, Thu January 21, 2016

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Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton on Thursday sought to turn Sen. Bernie Sanders' "establishment" attack right back on him -- saying he served in Washington much longer than she did.

She also attacked his experience and fitness to lead the country, criticizing his suggestion that the U.S. should warm its relationship with Iran.

The Democratic front-runner told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on "The Situation Room" that Sanders' charge that Planned Parenthood and the Human Rights Campaign support Clinton because they are all part of the establishment didn't make sense to her.

"I just don't understand what that means. He's been in Congress, he's been elected to office a lot longer than I have," Clinton said.

She noted she only served in the Senate for eight years.

"He's been in the Congress for 25. And so I'll let your viewers make their own judgment," Clinton said.

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More: http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/21/politics/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-establishment-iran-normalization/index.html

[morningfog]

1. Poor Hillary can't figure it out.

I guess she wants is to believe Bernie is fighting against himself?

Poor Hillary, so scared she's going to lose AGAIN.

[FreakinDJ]

14. She inhaled

[roguevalley]

17. well then, lets get the guy who was there longer because he has more experience and

contacts than her. This slag cuts both ways. She wasn't there so she isn't as experienced or she's more experienced and he's something else. What is it? Besides panic.

[asuhornets]

56. Yeah right...

Bernie has been in Congress for 25 years and nothing to show for it.

[Change has come]

59. beyond derailing the 2016 Clinton coronation!

...

[TIME TO PANIC]

2. Further proof her campaign is in trouble. n/t

[Ed Suspicious]

3. The shark called. He's had it with all of this Evil Kenevil bullshit.

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[Motown_Johnny]

7. It is a Fonzie thing.

[Ed Suspicious]

12. I know. I've seen it. I was just playing around.

[roguevalley]

18. and i love it. I haven't thought about evel in years. :D What a time, those days. LOL!

[onecaliberal]

4. By the time she's done she'll be lucky to get anyone to vote for her.

That scorched earth approach is going have the opposite effect of what she hopes. Off to donate to Bernie again!

[Motown_Johnny]

5. he's been elected to office a lot longer than I have

The real headline is that she finally admits that he is far more experienced than she is.

[WillyT]

16. Exactly !!!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

22. Yes he is therefore far more experienced than Hillary

[HubertHeaver]

48. Perhaps he will promise to

not use her youth and inexperience against her.

[reformist2]

6. Regarding Iran, Bernie & Barack want better relations. Hillary is the odd woman out on that one.

[JDPriestly]

32. A new generation is coming up in Iran. We should not alienate them

from the get-go. It's a tough call.

[whatchamacallit]

8. Desperate times call for blithering nonsense

How dumb would someone have to be to buy this kind of stuff?

[Wilms]

15. blithering nonsense

That was supposed to be Palin's job. Hillary is upstaging her.

[corkhead]

9. so she's the Washington outsider

[JRLeft]

10. Hillary has been smoking too much purple.

[TheProgressive]

11. Yes, Sanders has been a Statesperson for over 25 years...

I can't believe how dirty and how low a Democratic Presidential Candidate like Clinton can get...
Maybe I should remove the word Democratic from my post...

[Dems2002]

13. So out of touch

During the first debate I had a thought...that Clinton bragging about all of her congressional endorsements was not actually a net positive for her.

Congress is really disliked. So I understand why she's trying to toss this at Bernie. But he's inoculated by virtue of having NOT been a member of the Democratic party.

I've always been a registered Democrat. That doesn't mean I love the party, and I particularly don't love the DNC or DC Dems in general.

Her advisors don't get it. This charge isn't going to float because people know his record. Or they don't know him at all. He is the opposite of establishment because he's an iconoclast.

[Attorney in Texas]

19. She may have the worst tin ear in politics today.

[Ferd Berfel]

20. Orwell anyone?

Coming from the Status Quo oligarch, 'No we can't' queen that's terrific

[DURHAM D]

21. I have spent two days trying to find the establishment organization

called the Human Rights Funds. The google is apparently broken.

BS was just on MSNBC talking about the Human Rights Fund again. Maybe the google will find it tomorrow.

[Fawke Em]

24. That's seriously all you've got?

[DURHAM D]

27. I'm good.

I understand that he is just not that into us gay folks enough to learn the name of our largest organization.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

35. It used to be called The Human Rights Campaign Fund.

Maybe it was before your time. Bernie's slip of the tongue shows me he's a supporter that goes way back.

I still have cancelled checks made out to the "Fund".

Not sure what your problem is with him calling it a fund.

http://www.hrc.org/hrc-story/about-our-logo

When HRCF was founded in 1980, it was primarily a fund for supporting pro-fairness congressional candidates. The rebranding in 1995 announced to the country that, in the words of then- Executive Director Elizabeth Birch, "We're so much more than a fund."

Now you found it. You're welcome.

[DURHAM D]

39. I don't have a problem sweety.

But, he is running for national office so he should get into the 21st century.

oan - Why do you keep cancelled checks for that long?

[Loudestlib]

51. uummmm

Delicious crow

[George II]

53. Wasn't it changed to just "Campaign" something like 20 years ago? By the way...

I love their acronym. Maybe that's why they dropped the "Fund" so it would be HRC???

[Hassin Bin Sober]

43. Pay no mind. It used to be called The Human Rights Campaign Fund.

Bernie is just old school.

[Fawke Em]

45. Oh, I know.

That's why I said that.

And I even vaguely remember it. I think they merged in the late 80s when I started becoming politically aware.

On edit: I see from your post above it was in the 90s. But I do remember it being called, "Fund."

Thanks for that link!

[votesparks]

23. Yup

[EndElectoral]

25. Well, Hillary I've made my judgment, and you ain't it.

[msongs]

26. all those years in DC yet none of his peers will endorse him lol nt

[HerbChestnut]

29. To be fair

He was endorsed by a couple of representatives.

[Ron Green]

42. I wouldn't call most of those bought politicians

his "peers." They're part of the old paradigm. What we must be rid of.

[MrMickeysMom]

28. Well if she really means to let us make our own judgements... I think we have...

But, I'm pretty sure she doesn't even mean THAT.

[retrowire]

30. Are you serious?

Is she serious?

Oh... my....

I can't even... She's playing dumb with this. Right? Tell me she's playing dumb. "I just don't understand what that means."????

And then she tries to project, thinking that the "establishment" is politics itself? Haha, HAHAHAAHAHAHA

No way! This is crazy stupid!

[bvf]

34. Just this week's fuck-up.

Trying to stanch the bleed from her soft (i.e., non-1%) support.

Nothing seems to be working.

[fbc]

31. Hillary Clinton wants war with Iran

[SoapBox]

33. Sad, sad desperation.

Hell, she's just swinging wildly in all directions...left, right, up and down.

Not Presidential material.

[baldguy]

36. Right. A guy who's spent 25 yrs in DC and 40 yrs in politics CAN'T be part of the "establishment".

[dae]

37. Hill, the self serving politician dissing on

Bernie, America's most selfless and longest serving Public Servant.

[Jack Rabbit]

38. Well, at least she's figured out what her problem is

However, calling Bernie an establishmentarian isn't going to help. If I thought she meant that, I dismiss her as projecting her flaws onto her opponent. Since I think she knows better, I'll just accuse her of being twisted.

[libodem]

40. WTF

Is right! .

[Javaman]

41. scatter gun approach...

they are throwing everything at the wall and hoping something sticks.

hillary, nothing is sticking, except for maybe the fork in you.

[Gore1FL]

44. He's not qualified! He has only 25 years of experience to my 8!

Who writes this stuff?

[closeupready]

52. "Who writes this stuff?" One of her 200 financial advisers.

[tomm2thumbs]

46. she's officially lost her mind... no one believes a thing that crosses those lips

oh, well, maybe if she is sincere enough and apologizes....

Yep, that's called political-insider non-apology double-speak. Well honed and delivered. Thanks for confirming who really is the insider 'establishment' candidate in this race.... thanks so very much.

[billhicks76]

47. Lol...She Still Doesn't Get It

Being selfish and foolish is not a good combination. She really has no shame. Hubris. Just like Bush.

[murielm99]

49. She is absolutely correct.

Go Hillary!

[mhatrw]

50. Oh, Hillary and her antidisestablishmentarianism.

[SammyWinstonJack]

54. Bless her heart.

[Kalidurga]

55. and there goes the HRC's campaign

[Eric J in MN]

57. That's 25 years of being a thorn in the establishment.

Voting against:
The Persian Gulf War
The Iraq War
The Patriot Act
Retroactive Immunity for phone companies
The repeal of Glass-Steagall

[merrily]

58. Convenient definition of "establishment." She's really flailing now.

[Bernblu]

60. Therefore, Bernie has more experience and will make a better President.

As this is a argument she always claims for herself, her campaign has become incoherent. She must think voters are morons.

[SamKnause]

61. "I just don't understand what that means. He's been in Congress, he's

been elected to office a lot longer than I have," Clinton said.


You might be part of the establishment if;


1. You give paid speeches to corporations.

2. You take money from Wall Street and corporations for your presidential campaign.

3. Your endorsements from organizations are from people in power (the establishment) bypassing

the rights of the individuals to vote for your endorsement.

4. You left the White House broke after your husbands administration and you are now

worth $111 million dollars. (You would not be part of the establishment if you won

the lottery. Being part of the establishment means having connections in high places; the government,

banking institutions, Wall Street, the MIC, etc.)



I guess I need some sense shaken into me because I understand what being part of the

establishment is.

Hillary is the establishment.

[Odin2005]

62. Stick a fork in her, she's done!

[Orsino]

63. Heh. n/t