if Baltimore wasn't the right time, when is Sanders' big national security speech?

[hill2016]

ignoring the issue doesn't make it go away. just wait until the 3 am call ads start up.

[Agschmid]

1. Crappy OP.

[Armstead]

12. Thanks for your intellectual honesty

It would be helpful if we all could do more than knee-jerk responses, and instead actually criticize posts of those who support our candidates when they deserve criticism too.

[JonLeibowitz]

2. With a history like your candidate's, maybe you shouldn't mention 3am phone calls. mmk? n/t

[leftofcool]

3. I suspect as SOS she took lots of 3 am phone calls from Obama.

[JonLeibowitz]

5. deflect deflect

[Cha]

23. Good answer!

[firebrand80]

4. Never

There's no upside to doing it at this point

[JonLeibowitz]

6. You don't think ISIS is an important enough topic to warrant a major speech? Interesting. n/t

[firebrand80]

8. That's not what I'm saying

I'm say that it's unlikely that Bernie wins any new voters by doing so.

He's obviously not as comfortable talking about those issues as he is talking about his economic platform. Also, it's not as though he's going to convince people that don't already support him that he's as capable as Hillary on these issues. So what would he gain at this point by doing so? He's gotten this far by staying on message, may as well stay the course.

[morningfog]

16. Absolutely not.

[PowerToThePeople]

7. Unrec

[RandySF]

9. There won't be any.

Don't forget that the Sabders campaign blew a gasket just before the last debate because the moderator added a question about Paris.

[Ron Green]

10. The real question is when, if ever, will

most people figure out the "keep us safe" talk is unexamined crap, and the real issue is rejecting the fear and looking at real issues.

I am glad that at least one candidate isn't buying into the hysteria of you and the Republicans.

[ljm2002]

11. He's not ignoring the issue..

...and you know it.

[cosmicone]

13. Wait until he can connect ISIS with income inequality. n/t

[hill2016]

17. well he connected it to climate change

[AgingAmerican]

19. Clown car Media tries to pass him the right wing terror crack pipe

He doesn't take the bait. Hillary supporters suffer a meltdown. Hilarity ensues!

[cosmicone]

20. When there is a terror attack in the US

a Presidential candidate has a DUTY to address people's fears and provide solutions. Not run away.

That is what "being Presidential" is all about. Sanders is just not ready. Perhaps he will be ready in about 10 years.

[AgingAmerican]

21. And not just any meltdown

But a NEOCON meltdown! You sound like Ari Fleischer circa 2003. Hilarious!

Sorry, I don't partake in war criminal inspired terrorist fear mongering. I will never smoke that crack.

[cosmicone]

22. ummmm yeah whatever n/t

[Betty Karlson]

33. The Ari Fleischer comparison is eery.

Especially after the 9/11 justifying Wall Street ties speech.

[AgingAmerican]

35. Read what I was responding to

Pure Neocon.

[Betty Karlson]

36. Oh indeed.

[KittyWampus]

39. I dare you to elaborate on your comparing that DU'ers post to Ari Fleischer's speech.

You won't though.

You apparently have no shame.

[AgingAmerican]

41. Fleischer didn't make speeches

He used terrorism as a propaganda tool to instill fear and stifle dissent. Neocon 101.

I don't smoke from the 'Be afraid, be very afraid TERROR!!' crack pipe. Never will. You see, this sort of thing works on right wingers because they tend to have enlarged amygdala which controls emotions and fear. Liberals? Not so much.

Right wing brain left wing brain

Hope that clears it up for ya.

[Betty Karlson]

34. O'Malley has already done that.

Thanks for keeping up, though.

[jkbRN]

14. Whoa it's like Fox News 2.0

[Truprogressive85]

15. Do you really want to talk about 3am phone calls ?

lets be wise here

Those 3am ads failed! The people choose Obama over Clinton despite her those ads

[AgingAmerican]

18. Bernie doesn't smoke the neocon 'Terror!' crack

Nor does he kiss the ass of the bought and sold, corporate clown car media.

[MaggieD]

24. Never

[workinclasszero]

25. Bernies not ready to be POTUS

[darkangel218]

28. In your mind, that is!

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[CoffeeCat]

30. This is exactly what Hillary said about Obama in 2008.

Didn't work then. Won't work today.

Tired ol talking point with a proven track record of failure.

Some new schtick is desperately needed.

How about, "Bernie eats lima beans with this hands."

[arcane1]

26. Are we at risk of being invaded?

I missed that news.

[darkangel218]

27. Hw is not ignoring the subject,

He is pointing out the deflections

Big difference.

[CoffeeCat]

29. Ummmm...those "3 a.m. Call" ads were a dismal failure

No one bought that nonsense. Obama did win that election, no?

I doubt that someone would actually try to position Bernie as someone who can't handle national security issues--simply because, for one event, he wanted to stay focused on domestic issues our of respect for the pastors with whom he was meeting.

No one would really suggest something so silly, right?

[Scootaloo]

31. Just 'cause you keep digging doesn't mean you're going to find gold.

[Betty Karlson]

32. When is the right time to talk about poverty? Housing? Infrastructure?

Because the MSM are hell-bent (Hill-bent?) on ignoring those issues. That doesn't mean they aren't urgent.

[Hepburn]

37. Fail. Unrec. n/t

[KittyWampus]

38. Baltimore would have been the worst place to give such a "speech".

Honestly, your OP comes across as intentionally inflammatory.

It makes no sense.

It's almost as if you don't really understand the situation or dynamics or politics and simply wanted to throw up inflammatory nonsense hoping it would pass as legit for a Clinton supporter.

[Hepburn]

40. +1

My fav was that $250K/year income was middle class.

[Freddie Stubbs]

42. March 2