Democratic Primaries

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts) Tue Apr 16, 2019, 07:43 AM Apr 2019

Bernie Sanders's Fox News town hall wasn't a debate. Bernie won anyway.

Sanders was sincere with the audience, gracious to his Democratic opponents, and as prickly as ever to his Fox News hosts.

By Dara Linddara@vox.com Apr 15, 2019, 8:57pm EDT

Bernie Sanders’s Fox News town hall, which aired Monday night, showed that contrary to the belief of many of his detractors (and some of his supporters), the Vermont senator really does have more than one rhetorical mode.

It was Bernie’s crowd — to the Fox anchors’ apparent dismay

For one thing, the audience was on his side.

After Sanders answered an audience question about why government-provided versus private-sector health care by outlining his health care proposal, Baier decided to poll the audience about it, asking people if they’d prefer it to their current, private-sector-provided health insurance. (That frame evokes Barack Obama’s famous promise that “If you like your healthcare, you can keep it” — something conservatives and Fox News frequently point to as a symbol of Obamacare’s broken promises.)

The poll ... did not go the way Baier appears to have thought it would.

Link to tweet

https://www.vox.com/2019/4/15/18323347/bernie-sanders-town-hall-fox-news-bret-baier

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Bernie Sanders's Fox News town hall wasn't a debate. Bernie won anyway. (Original Post) workinclasszero Apr 2019 OP

Looks like Bernie didn't legitimize Fox after all, watoos Apr 2019 #1

Yep workinclasszero Apr 2019 #2

fox is not a legitimate news source . stonecutter357 Apr 2019 #3

+1 nt Skidmore Apr 2019 #5

I think it was very much a debate actually. David__77 Apr 2019 #4

Bernie hit a home run at that town hall workinclasszero Apr 2019 #6

watoos

(7,142 posts)

1. Looks like Bernie didn't legitimize Fox after all,

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2019, 07:53 AM

Apr 2019

What Bernie did was show me he had the guts to go into the lions den. He just moved up on my list to vote for.

I have only 1 criteria I am using to vote in the primary, he/she has to be tough as nails to go toe to toe with Trump.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

2. Yep

Reply to watoos (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 16, 2019, 07:54 AM

Apr 2019

He had the guts to go to a hostile environment like that and he won over the Fox crowd with M4A specifically!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

stonecutter357

(13,060 posts)

3. fox is not a legitimate news source .

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2019, 08:01 AM

Apr 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)

5. +1 nt

Reply to stonecutter357 (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 16, 2019, 10:23 AM

Apr 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

David__77

(24,860 posts)

4. I think it was very much a debate actually.

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2019, 10:14 AM

Apr 2019

I loved how the Fox guy kept getting concerned the thing was out of his control. And when he complained about Sanders mentioning Fox.

It was great. Loved it.

Best of all, Sanders strikes me as totally committed to WINNING.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

6. Bernie hit a home run at that town hall

Reply to David__77 (Reply #4)

Tue Apr 16, 2019, 10:26 AM

Apr 2019

for sure!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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