"Despite Israel Gaffe, Bernie Sanders Still Likes Diane Rehm" [View all]

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Despite Israel Gaffe, Bernie Sanders Still Likes Diane Rehm

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Thursday shrugged off NPR radio host Diane Rehm repeatedly asking him whether he was a citizen of Israel during an interview a day earlier.

"I like Diane Rehm. She is a good radio interviewer," Sanders said at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast. "I suspect what happens is her staff gives her a list of questions and someone screwed up pretty bad."

Bernie said he has heard the question before. When asked about that

Sanders shrugged without elaborating about that interaction.

"Your guess is as good as mine," he said.

He is a remarkable human being, it's clear he wants to focus on issues and is anxious not to allow anything to distract from that.

In that spirit I believe that the interview with Diane Rehm is well worth listening to because Bernie excelled in my view and demonstrated that he is truly worthy of the support he is getting.

Bernie Sanders on the Diane Reme Show

I didn't count the number of questions he responded to or the number of topics covered, there were so many. Questions came from Diane Rehm herself, good questions all of which he answered without hesitation.

Then there were some good questions from listeners, from email received by the show, from twitter covering a wide range of topics.

Bernie answered each and every one of them in a way that no one could doubt how much thought he has devoted to the issues over the decades of his career.

On the I/P situation eg, he destroyed any claims that he is 'rabidly pro-Israel' and showed that, as with all the issues, he is fair, thoughtful and for equality for all people.



Bernie wants to move away from distractions and continue to focus on the issues.

If he can do that, I believe we should also.