Sanders not ready to endorse Clinton: 'Stand up, be bolder'

[DonViejo]

Bernie Sanders is telling Hillary Clinton to "stand up" and "be bolder" on policies involving education and healthcare if she wants to win over his supporters.

"We are trying to say to Secretary Clinton and the Clinton campaign, 'Make it clear which side you are on,' " Sanders said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union."

Sanders, who said Friday he would likely vote for Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, in the general election, hasn't suspended his presidential campaign or formally endorsed her. He is waiting for Clinton to make major concessions on policy issues, including on the minimum wage, healthcare and education.

"I think, right now, what we are doing is trying to say to the Clinton campaign: 'Stand up, be bolder than you have been,' and then many of those voters in fact may come on board," he said.

more
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/284931-sanders-to-clinton-stand-up-be-bolder-to-win-over

[tonyt53]

1. The loser telling the winner what to do. What a novel idea. Like the loser had a better plan to win

[RazBerryBeret]

9. his interview today

which is posted here many times, clearly sums it up.
It's not just HIS responsibility to swing his supporters to her, SHE needs to help swing them to her camp as well.

this whole "winner/loser" rhetoric is getting old.
the winner can't just play "king of the mountain" and expect everyone to support them.
That's all he's saying, and I think that makes sense.

[tonyt53]

11. There is no "me" in "team" unless the words are scrambled.

Sanders clearly is saying one thing yesterday than another thing today. Hillary also has many more people to keep and swing. Those numbers of Sanders supporters? There are at least that many more Republicans that are repulsed by Trump and the GOP right now. then on top of that, those millions that voted for her in the primaries. If the Sanders supporters, and Sanders, want to be begged, that isn't going to happen. It IS about who won the primary. There IS a winner and a loser. It might e getting old to you because of who lost. All Sanders is saying right now is that he doesn't care if the people that supported him vote for Trump. His own words say that.

[RazBerryBeret]

13. no one has ever said anything about being begged

this whole meme is ridiculous.
Sanders is not a man who wants to be begged and coddled and handled delicately. That is the way YOU need to think of him.
whatever gets you through.

[Hortensis]

40. Enough of the game playing. Virtually all progressive issues

have been adopted and passed in various ways by Hillary.

This notion that she must somehow always do MORE and MORE and MORE to "earn" the votes of a handful of holdouts among his supporters is phony. She will never be Sanders for those who love him, but she has come through for those who care about issues and understand that there are serious tradeoffs required for and limits to what she can accomplish.

The fact is that by far most of Bernie's supporters have every intention of voting for her and always were and are pleased to have her as their second choice. The hostile pretenders that she could ever satisfy them will choose to remain unsatisfied, as I suspect they are almost every election.

[RBInMaine]

126. Sorry Bernie, but the loser doesn't get to dictate everything. It IS a BOLD platform. Enough.

[LuvLoogie]

56. His supporters, most of them, a good majority of them, are now her supporters as well.

Hillary is more than "bold enough" it seems.

[dflprincess]

103. Resigning oneself to voting for her

isn't really the same as supporting her.

[LuvLoogie]

106. Voting for her isn't really the same as not supporting her. Your reluctant vote

is somehow less tainted? Try to feel good about it.

[dflprincess]

124. I'm afraid this is an ends justifies the means situation

I will feel relieved if Trump is not elected, not about what I have to do to help make sure he isn't.

[Lord Magus]

110. If Bernie is a leader, it's time for him to lead.

Among other things that includes admitting that he really did lose the primary and thus telling his supporters under no uncertain terms that his loss really was fair and square.

[AgingAmerican]

47. Arrogant response

Either she wants the votes or she doesn't. Ain't rocket science.

[LongtimeAZDem]

85. It's time for you guys to let go....

Like 80% already have

[AgingAmerican]

92. Let go of what?

You are trying to change the subject

[Betty Karlson]

119. it's time for you guys to stop dismissing and antagonising.

[Ash_F]

2. I really don't understand Clinton's education plan.

How is it different than what we have now?

[tonyt53]

4. It won't include free college tuition. It is to make college more affordable.

She has stated that over and over. Sanders couldn't have delivered on the free college tuition either. She will give a policy statement on that issue before long. Right now, she is hammering the GOP will all of her might. After the GOP gets their nominee, more policy statements will begin to be heard. The GOP must be divided as it can be up to and after their convention. A division so strong that it can never be closed.

[Ash_F]

58. What is a "realistic family contribution"?

[Ash_F]

59. No it is not

What is a "realistic family contribution"? Who decides what that is? What about students who don't have families?

Where and for whom will every student work 10 hours per week? This already exists to some degree. It is called work study and tops out at about 10-12 dollars per hour, though not everybody can get it because colleges often don't have that much work for students.

[BainsBane]

135. Firstly, it deals with education at all levels

from early childhood to higher ed, not just subsidizing higher ed in ways that most benefit the upper-middle class.
It tackles the disparity in k-12 that ensures generations of Americans are unprepared for higher ed. Without that, any claims for addressing inequality are meaningless because poverty is ensured at the early childhood and K-12 stage.

https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/college/
https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/k-12-education/
https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/early-childhood-education/

In her college plan, students are expected to contribute to their own education by working 10 hours a week. Segments of the upper-middle class may find that expectation unacceptable and believe their children's education should be subsidized by the pension and retirement funds of the working class. Clinton's plan doesn't accommodate that upward redistribution of income. It instead links federal contributions to a family's ability to pay, a sliding fee scale.

[Ash_F]

136. Working for who?

If she is talking about work study, it already exists and has very limited availability.

Also it pays like 8-12 per hour so it doesn't really put a dent in tuition/books/rent/food ect.

[BainsBane]

137. As the link says

It is work-study. Why not read the positions explained on her site?

Interesting you're more concerned about the availability of work-study jobs than the possibility of getting totally "free" education passed by a GOP congress. If the federal government links funding to work-study jobs, universities will follow by making them available, believe me. That's not a very heavy lift, certainly not in comparison to getting an education plan through congress.

[Ash_F]

139. I read her site. Another poster linked it and then deleted their post. It's not there.

If the money to pay for work study for everyone will come from tax dollars, I have not seen her say this.

There are some other details that need explanation. Most universities don't have that much work study available. Not just because there is not enough money, but because there is limited work that students are qualified to do in the first place.

Once that is solved, then there is the issue that making 80-120 dollars a week(before taxes) is just a drop in the bucket of expenses that students must pay.

[George Eliot]

3. She's in a pickle. She wants establishment Republicans too.

Unfortunate for Progressives that Trump is her opponent

[DonViejo]

10. How do you know "she wants establishment Republicans", did she send you an email expressing....

thast desire? In 1964, I watched as Republicans jumped in to support LBJ over Barry Goldwater. There was none of this bull shit, "LBJ wants establishment Republicans;" everyone knew, Goldwater would have been a disaster and they bailed on Barry.

[rhett o rick]

14. I agree that Clinton will try to woo establishment Republicans.

If she comes out as a progressive, as Sen Sanders suggests, then I am wrong.

And Clinton isn't LBJ.

[DonViejo]

41. She doesn't have to "come out as a progressive;" she is one.

Sec'y Clinton and Sen Sanders voted in sync 93% of the time; she was rated the eleventh most liberal member of the Senate during her tenure. Granted, she isn't running around yelling, "I'm an Independent Democratic Socialist and I demand the Democratic Party change to meet my demands" but, we already know that.

I don't doubt for one second that if Clinton were LBJ, you'd be commenting, "she isn't JFK."

[George Eliot]

45. No, she's not. Words mean something. Words really do have meanings.

LBJ was more progressive than Clinton and by her own words she's moderate.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/10/politics/hillary-clinton-democrat-progressive/


She is our candidate and I accept that but don't change facts please. And of course she wants to attract as many voters as possible. The sixties were a different era. I will be interested to see what happens on the right this time. You may be right about that.

Columbus, Ohio (CNN)Hillary Clinton confessed Thursday to something liberals have long suspected: being a moderate Democrat.
"You know, I get accused of being kind of moderate and center," Clinton told the audience at a Women for Hillary event in Ohio. "I plead guilty."
The line is new for Clinton, who spent a large portion of her early campaign casting herself as a liberal fighter who has been progressive for her entire life. To many on the left, those lines never really rang true.

"I take a backseat to no one," Clinton told a New Hampshire audience in July, "When you look at my record in standing up and fighting for progressive values."

That line was seen as a subtle shot at independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is running to the left of Clinton.

snip
The Clintons -- both Bill and Hillary -- have long been seen as centrist Democrats, politicians willing to work with Republicans to strike compromise deals. Bill Clinton did this consistently in the White House, pushing free trade agreements and prioritizing debt reduction.

[redstateblues]

57. LBJ a progressive? Remember the Domino Theory? LBJ was the one that ramped up the war in Vietnam

He was great on civil rights but like a lot of politicians his record is a mixed bag. There are no perfect pols and that includes FDR

[George Eliot]

67. Yes, mixed bag. He would agree. He regretted later.

[dflprincess]

102. Don't forget Medicare

his original plan was that it would expand until we were all covered and actually had access to healthcare, not just be required to have health insurance (that many still can't afford to use, thanks to large out of pockets).

He had a number of anti-poverty programs. The problem is most of them weren't given enough time to see how well they worked in the long run.

[rhett o rick]

46. No matter how you try to rationalize it, Sen Sanders and Hillary Clinton are miles apart.

Your portrai of Sen Sanders is ridiculous. Millions support his quest to get some progressive change that we desperately need. A recent headline stated that the Democratic Platform was more progressive than ever before. This is because the Progressives pushed and pushed to get $15 min wage, no fracking, no TPP, etc. They managed to convince the Clinton side to compromise but didn't get all the PROGRESSIVE issues they wanted. May you'd like it better if I said that Sen Sanders and his millions of supporters have encouraged Clinton to become more progressive.

Re. your last sentence, I most certainly would if someone were to intimate that they were the same.

[pangaia]

54. Well, Rhett, I guess Don told you, eh...

[rhett o rick]

107. And I missed it. I just finished responding to a poster that claims that the Progressives are

extremists, and here I get told that Sen Sanders and Clinton are not that far apart. I wish they'd get their talking points coordinated.

[LanternWaste]

121. I can only imagine the mental convenience afforded by pretending people

I can only imagine the mental convenience afforded by pretending people with different onions adhere to talking points. Quite irrational, but bias often is... and many require the mental convenience as well.

[AgingAmerican]

48. Then she needs to drop the right wing policies on war, trade, prisons, etc

And forget about trying to woo Republicans who would never vote for anyway. Wooing Republicans will drive away much of her support base, who are sick and tired of right wing.

[Andy823]

44. Didn't Bernie plan

On doing the same thing? Wasn't he going to try and lure in Trump supporters? If I am no mistaken a lot of republicans voted for him in the primaries, was that OK?

[rhett o rick]

49. I guess you are trying to make a point that you don't agree she will woo

moderate Republicans. Is that your point? I think she will. Every Republican vote she can steal from Trump is worth two votes from the Left.

[senz]

117. Bernie appeals to some of the disaffected blue collar Republicans

who know they've been subdued and screwed over by the system. Sec. Clinton's appeal seems to be to a different segment of Republicanism.

[AgingAmerican]

51. No, he didnt

No, he wasn't going to 'shift to the center' on anything. Their attraction to him was policy and honesty based. If you want to understand how he attracts them, just watch the speech he gave at Liberty University. He handed their asses to them and they knew it.

Was a thing of beauty.

[SidDithers]

62. Yup...nt

Sid

[sheshe2]

78. What was that school he spoke at?

[mcar]

52. She is a progressive!

[rhett o rick]

111. On what? Denying medical marijuana to those that need it? On fracking? On the TPP? On supporting

Prisons For Profits? On the Iraq war? On min wage? The millions of Sen Sanders supporters don't agree with you and hope like hell to influence her to be more progressive.

[LeFleur1]

131. I Really Wish

Sanders supporters would stop lying about Hillary. She never supported Prisons for Profit. She wasn't the only Senator to vote to go into Iraq after Bush lied to all of them. She supported a graduated minimum wage. Mississippi's cost of living is less than the State of NY's cost of living. She wanted community colleges to be free, and work programs and lower costs for four year schools
Whatever Sanders ideas and policies were, and whatever his plans were to make them come to be, he didn't get the votes to do it, so it really seems that the majority of Democrats weren't in gung ho agreement with whatever his plans were. He lost. And that means voters not only liked Hillary's plans better, they thought she had a better chance to push them through.

[rhett o rick]

133. I would like to see H. Clinton be more progressive in the following areas:

Eliminate Prisons for Profits and not accept campaign help from them. Legalize recreational marijuana use or at least reduce the sentencing lengths.

Be more progressive on foreign policy. We don't need any more of our troops dying or getting wounded.

Support a aggressive "graduated minimum wage" (two years) that has a higher goal than $12 per hour. It should be considered a livable wage for at least one adult and one child.

Support free community colleges for those that academically qualify. Bravo if she already does. I'd love a link. Also, a significant help to parents for 4 years college students, like tuition and books fully tax deductible even if one doesn't itemize.

A plan to end all fracking within 2 years, no if ands or buts.

A strong stand against the TPP and other job killing so-called Free Trade Agreements.

A humane position on medical marijuana use.

Lower SS age and raise the cap.

Reduce defense spending and start a massive program to upgrade the nations infrastructure.

The above are all reasonable things we should be fighting for.

[brentspeak]

70. Has she repudiated their fundraising efforts on her behalf?

Returned any of their money?

[CobaltBlue]

138. DonViejo—25 of the 26 states in Richard Nixon’s 1960 column…

flipped Democratic in 1964 for Lyndon Johnson.

Barry Goldwater—whose home state, Arizona, was the only one to carry for Nixon and then Goldwater—was such an epic disaster that it’s not difficult to understand how or why.

[Squinch]

17. LOL! She's really not in any "pickle." She's winning by wider margins every day, and

she's attracting people from the far left and center right while running on a very progressive platform.

[still_one]

20. REC & KICK!!!!!!!!!!

[Rose Siding]

100. In fact, she's cut into them even since last month!

A Stop Trump Movement

Last month, 20 percent of Sanders supporters said they would back Trump over Clinton in the general election. This month, that figure is down to 8 percent.

Well, it's June 2016, and that same figure this time is down to 8 percent already. What's more, the 81 percent of Sanders backers who are now behind Clinton is a higher number than in any poll of 2008 Clinton backers who rallied to Obama. The high that year was 74 percent, in October.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/06/26/donald-trumps-bad-month-just-got-worse-because-bernie-backers-just-rallied-to-clinton/?tid=sm_fb

[CrowCityDem]

5. Bold is meaningless. The goal is to be smarter. Trump is bold too. How's that working?

[NurseJackie]

24. Yep! (She's too smart for "Hail-Mary" goals.)

[tallahasseedem]

66. The fact is that...

she would lose more voters by adopting Sanders' Socialistic policies. The US is a Democracy and should remain as such. Nothing will turn off the general electorate more than advocating the move towards Socialism. I know that this was a huge turnoff to Southern New Jersey where HRC beat Sanders handidly.

[Orsino]

123. The goal is to be ambitious, or it should be.

The time when we can afford incremental reform will soon be passing, if it hasn't already. Sanders is right to ask Clinton to think bigger. She's voasted to the nomibation, and is poised to coast into the presidency. I want to see her sweat more, and to propose things that maybe we haven't even thought of yet.

The system's broke. Just propping it up is allowing a lot of misery to linger, and to increase.

[grossproffit]

6. "I supported Sanders. I don't feel we are ready for a woman president yet." from the comments.

And some said that sexism plays no part.

[ljm2002]

12. Oh please...

...you find one asshole who's a sexist and then try to paint Bernie supporters as such.

I'm sure there is no Hillary supporter out there who supports her for the wrong reasons. We've had people right here on DU who posted absolutely anti-Semitic stuff about Bernie, but I didn't see you in those threads puking away. Nor would I try to imply that that is why Hillary supporters don't support Bernie. But it exists also, and I can find instances to point to, just like you can for your position. Difference being, I know better than to take one instance and use it to paint opponents with a broad brush.

indeed.

[grossproffit]

38. I know an older lady who won't vote for a woman president, but thinks a woman VP is ok.

She also said that she wouldn't vote for that said woman if she then ran for president after her term as VP ended.

Mind boggling, but there are people our there like that.

[ljm2002]

65. Of course there are people out there like that...

...but that older lady is just one person. I don't think there are very many women who think that way, and it would be wrong to assume she represents a larger constituency.

Of course sexism exists. So does anti-Semitism. Both played their roles. Sexism undoubtedly played a larger role in the opposition to Hillary than in the opposition to Bernie -- but IMO, and from polls I have seen, sexism was not ever a big reason why Bernie supporters wanted him rather than Hillary as the nominee.

[rhett o rick]

16. Yes, I think I saw that comment. I think it was made by a female Clinton supporter.

Isn't it a shame you can't trust what anonymous people say on the intertubes?

[Hiraeth]

18. but, but ... it must be true. I read it on the internet!!

[Rose Siding]

99. Consider his choice of the word "bold"

What do the antonyms have in common?

Antonyms for bold
afraid
cautious
cowardly
fearful
meek
shy
timid
unadventurous
weak
faint
fair
light
quiet
reticent
retiring
timorous

http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/bold

Aren't most of those associated with an unflattering stereotype of a woman? While the synonyms -valorous, heroic, valiant- typically are not. I do not like this at all. It's almost as though that comment is an appropriate response to what Sanders said!

[Lucky Luciano]

104. Bold means don't be afraid to spend your political capital.

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Don't wait until gay marriage is popular enough before you come out in favor of it - for example.

If she is who she is claiming to be, then she can do it - and sanders knows this. If she pushes for $15/hr, she will win the presidency by more - not less - and she will be doing the right thing....but it might piss off her backers.

Bill was the same way, so not a slam on Hillary. Almost all politicians are the same way in fact. Don't be so focused on focus groups - fight for the core principles unapologetically. Sanders showed this can be done. Hillary should do it too.

[LuvLoogie]

114. Bernie is free to spend his own political capital as he sees fit. Hillary already has

the working relationships. She is now seeking the office. It seems that her sustained, steady approach is effective.

[Chathamization]

140. "We aren't ready for a woman president and a woman vice-president"-comments were made here several

times when Warren was being talked about as a possible VP pick. Those comments weren't even hidden.

[HumanityExperiment]

7. platform battle

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/26/politics/bernie-sanders-democratic-platform/

http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2016-06-25/democrats-approved-platform-draft-with-sanders-imprint

'Hillary Clinton's supporters turned back efforts by Sanders' allies to promote a Medicare-for-all single-payer health care system and a carbon tax to address climate change, and freeze hydraulic fracking.'

'In many cases, Clinton's side gave ground to Sanders. The document calls for the expansion of Social Security and says Americans should earn at least $15 an hour, referring to the current minimum wage of $7.25 an hour as a "starvation wage," a term often used by Sanders.

Sanders has pushed for a $15-an-hour minimum wage. Clinton has supported efforts to raise the minimum wage to that level but has said states and cities should raise the bar as high as possible.

Sanders' allies wanted the draft to specify calls for a $15 per hour minimum wage indexed with inflation. Clinton's side struck down a direct link, noting the document elsewhere included a call to "raise and index the minimum wage."'

'Sanders, a vociferous opponent of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, was unable to get language into the document opposing the trade deal. As a result, the party avoided an awkward scenario that would have put the platform at odds with President Barack Obama.

Clinton and Sanders have opposed the deal. Committee members backed a measure that said "there are a diversity of views in the party" on the pact and reaffirmed that Democrats contend any trade deal "must protect workers and the environment."

In a setback for Sanders, the panel narrowly rejected amendments that would have imposed a tax on carbon and imposed a national freeze on fracking.'

[dsc]

32. the party chair normally names all of them

she gave up a power that she had.

[JudyM]

60. That may be so, but she really needs to excuse herself from exercising any influence whatsoever,

in light of her performance.

The impotent "voice" she gave to Bernie in the platform negotiations is transparently kissing up to his supporters.

[JoePhilly]

109. I get a kick out of the demands some of you make.

You would not be happy unless Bernie (who LOST), got to pick EVERYONE on the committee.

[840high]

34. ...!100++++

[cosmicone]

64. This is like Golden State Warriors

getting to decide on which court the Cleveland Cavaliers should play in, what colors they should use and how much they should pay their players.

SMH

[George II]

93. A seven second video clip from 14 years ago?

[DemonGoddess]

8. ...

[Squinch]

19. Who?

[MoonRiver]

21. His ideas didn't work out so well for him, lol.

My message to Hillary is forget about Bernie.

[zappaman]

68. +1

[still_one]

75. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[MoonRiver]

90. Thank you still one!

[Cha]

86. Well done, Moonriver!

[MoonRiver]

89. Cha!

[tallahasseedem]

94. There is a reason why...

he didn't have more backing from his colleagues in the Senate. They've seen the way he works and they either don't like it or felt that Hillary was the better candidate. I believe both given the petulance.

[ismnotwasm]

22. "Which side you are on"? Seriously?

[ronnykmarshall]

72. You got that right.

[geek tragedy]

23. Who? nt

[MohRokTah]

25. Bernie who?

[Gothmog]

35. LOL

[MFM008]

26. Time to move on.

in 29 days the convention will put an end to all this.
Time to move is when the Trumpster fire is burning brightest
Keep him down and he will never get up again.

[NastyRiffraff]

28. Who cares?

Too bad his "be bolder" didn't work for him in the primaries.

[SaschaHM]

29. Spoiler alert!

[leftofcool]

30. who?

[BeyondGeography]

31. The better her polling numbers get the more Bernie tells her what to do

[Gothmog]

33. Sanders has won some major victories on the platform

However Sanders is still not happy http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/284930-sanders-we-won-some-very-important-victories-in I know that a number of Clinton delegates to Philadelphia, myself included, think that Sanders is pushing for too much and these Clinton are unhappy with too much being given up already.

I want to see what happens in Orlando at the full meeting of the platform committee and I would not bet on Sanders winning any floor fights in Philadelphia from what I am hearing from other Clinton delegates to the National convention

[DemonGoddess]

53. Exactly

[Gothmog]

74. I agree

[giftedgirl77]

55. What ever happened to the good old days

when the person that lost accepted defeat graciously? MOM is a good example, BS could take a lesson or 2 from him.

Jury* this op is regarding BS refusing to endorse HRC, my statement is not an insult but purely an observation.

[cosmicone]

61. This is going from absurd to bizarre

People have moved on past side-shows, footnotes and "also ran"s ..... Hillary 2016

[William769]

63. Sanders needs to make it clear which side he is on.

[BlueMTexpat]

69. Hillary HAS stood up and been bold

ALL her life.

These are literally the most patronizing and arrogant things the loser of a Dem primary has ever said to the winner in my lifetime.

[brentspeak]

77. She claims to now be against the TPP

And yet she refuses to lobby against it.

Is that being bold?

[Evergreen Emerald]

76. The problem I have with this statement

Is that it is demeaning and feels like patronizing. I wonder what Clinton's gender has to do with this, and if Sanders would dare say the same thing about a man who had been a Senator and Secretary of state.

Backwards and in High Heels.

[sheshe2]

79. ...

[brentspeak]

80. Sad smear on your part. n/t

[Evergreen Emerald]

81. I do not understand your post.

The "smear" is that Clinton is not "bold" enough to be President. It is unfounded, without supporting facts. I do believe that calling out members is indeed improper.

Discuss the issue, rather than smear the poster.

[brentspeak]

83. I don't think you understand what "calling out members" refers to.

As for as "discussing the issue", you have yet to do so, preferring to outrageously label Bernie a sexist instead of addressing the points he raised.

[Evergreen Emerald]

91. Your post has done nothing but attack me.

Issues he raised: he raised nothing new, nothing insightful, nothing that Clinton could use in the future. Indeed, with her experience, and knowledge, she could likely provide Sanders a few tips. And yet, she is not going on national television suggesting that Sanders could be...(fill in the blank). She is showing respect.

I have heard it all: be bolder, don't be so bold, wear a dress, but not too short, and not too long, have you thought of parting your hair on the other side (this during a business meeting), your are too aggressive, and turn off people, you are too loud, you are too meek, let the man train you even though you have ten years more experience, you should think like I think and act like I act, except not too much like a man or you will turn people off. I could go on and on.

[desmiller]

82. I understand that you typically disagree w/ his statement, but the sexist claim has gotten old and

dull.

[Evergreen Emerald]

88. It has definitely gotten old --Some day it will be a thing of the past

Unfortunately, that day is not today. But, the glass ceiling has cracks, and will give away very soon. Ms. Clinton is one of the smartest to ever run for President, and likely the most qualified ever to run. To have a former losing candidate actually tell her she is not "bold" enough, is at the least troubling, and makes my stomach hurt a bit.

Ms. Clinton could certainly give a few tips to Sanders.

[athena]

122. What other minority group's concerns have "gotten old and dull"?

Pray tell. LGBT people's concerns: have they "gotten old and dull"? How about Jewish people's concerns about antisemitism? Or Black people's, or Asian people's concerns about racism? Is that "old and dull"? After how much time do we decide that a group has complained about unequal treatment long enough and should just shut up?

Let me guess: every other group that is and has been discriminated against has the right to speak out and deserves to be listened to, except women. Women should know our place and shut up. Right? Because no one wants to hear women talk about our desire for equal and fair treatment. No one wants to hear about women's perspective on the way we're treated in this society. The status quo, in which women know our place, suits everyone just fine, as long as women just accept it and avoid complaining about it.

It is so offensive that so many people think that women's concerns are irrelevant, old, or annoying. It is incredibly insulting. Sadly, all it shows is that women still are not considered the equal of men in our society. We're supposed to sit quietly, look beautiful and smile while we're young, and sit quietly, serve men, and disappear into the background when we're old. I'm sick of it.

[Evergreen Emerald]

125. Excellent!

Exactly the right response. Thank you .

[DemonGoddess]

84. +1000!

[R B Garr]

97. Absolutely correct, and he is a man who has sat out 11 Presidential elections since

he entered politics. "be bolder", lol. Where was he all those years when she was sticking her neck out.

[KMOD]

98. I know, right?

Nobody wants to hear his unneeded, unsolicited and unreasonable advice.

[R B Garr]

101. Hi! Good to see you.

Yeah, his advice is exactly as you observed.

[KMOD]

105. Great to see you, too

my friend.

[Loki]

87. It doesn't matter what she says or what she does

it will never be enough for him. Frankly, I don't care anymore.

[AgadorSparticus]

115. He is going about it the wrong way and it is cutting into his "revolution "

[gwheezie]

95. I just got up from a nap

Is Bernie the nominee? I have supported Hillary for years. And I'm not angry with Bernie or his supporters but sheesh, what does he want? She won fair and square. She is going to follow Obama as leader of the dem party, not Bernie.

[chillfactor]

108. I am really tired of this.....

sanders ran as a Democrat...if he was a TRUE Democrat he would have endorsed Hillary already.

[Beacool]

112. The Democratic Convention is on July 25 -28.

Literally a month from now. Does Sanders plan to continue to negotiate with Democrats for the next month over the party's platform? How about going out and campaigning against Trump?

After the convention we only have a bit over three months left before the election. Time's a wastin'.

[Lord Magus]

113. She's already made it clear which side she's on. Bernie needs do the same. -nt-

[riversedge]

118. I thought that was a demeaning thing to say to the presumptive Dem nominee!!

[Surya Gayatri]

120. Sanders? Sanders? Wait, that name rings a bell...but I can't really place it.

[arcane1]

127. The nerve of some people, demanding politicians to fight for what is right!

[Beausoir]

128. Bernie who?

[NanceGreggs]

132. We are long past the point ...

... when Bernie's endorsement or support means anything. Sooner or later, even HE will finally understand that.

In the meantime, he can make all the "demands" he likes - while people question which side he's really on.

[LexVegas]

134. Polls show his supporters going to her in droves. Bernies influence is converging to zero. nt