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In reply to the discussion: Sanders: 'Trump is right' on Australian healthcare system [View all]Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)44. I'm pretty sure the only "discord" of that type around this clip, will be here on DU.
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I heard that whole exchange. Cherry picking that piece of it here seems problematic, given that he
JCanete
May 2017
#2
Hope that gets a few more people to look into the care most advanced nations provide
Tom Rinaldo
May 2017
#3
Exactly. Bernie said on Thursday Republicans celebrated voting to let people die.
beam me up scottie
May 2017
#95
The Republicans went eight years without saying a single nice thing about President Obama,
athena
May 2017
#7
You're right. Internet 'outrage' about quotes taken out of context isn't funny.
beam me up scottie
May 2017
#81
I can't even keep track of how many quotes of his are supposedly taken out of context.
BainsBane
May 2017
#89
Yes yes, I know - this is an OUTRAGE! I'm supposed to be ANGRY! About...something or other.
beam me up scottie
May 2017
#147
Exactly.. the take away from the BS vid is trump with a big shit eating grin on his ugly face..
Cha
May 2017
#135
Yes, I agree. Instead of criticizing him for his evil health plan he starts out by saying
smirkymonkey
May 2017
#161
You're exactly right - the media is having a field day with Trump's faux pas.
beam me up scottie
May 2017
#103
wtf? WTF? how on earth did you come to that conclusion? Trump lauds something, presumably
JCanete
May 2017
#114
if Sanders said "I Love Republicans making statements that prove themselves wrong"
Warren DeMontague
May 2017
#12
No "president Trump is right" is not true. He accidentally praised another nation's policies...
bettyellen
May 2017
#38
Everyone will shorten that clip, it's what they do. While you and I know what he was
bettyellen
May 2017
#41
I'm pretty sure the only "discord" of that type around this clip, will be here on DU.
Warren DeMontague
May 2017
#44
I wish. My friends are talking about it. And I didn't bring it up. Effing DT
bettyellen
May 2017
#104
He probably thinks all his fans are perfect progressives and "get" how snark....
bettyellen
May 2017
#33
come on...did you hear it in context? ANY fucking thing can be taken out of context. nt
JCanete
May 2017
#112
Noun-verb- noun is pretty much all they want for a headline. We can't call it fake news.'
bettyellen
May 2017
#164
reporters are spinning it more because it is pissing some of us in the Democratic base. WE should be
JCanete
May 2017
#166
No- they are repeating a full sentence he tweeted. Why wouldn't they? It sounds controversial...
bettyellen
May 2017
#169
The media has always even that blatant. This is no surprise at all. It really makes me wonder.
bettyellen
May 2017
#172
It makes it harder to fight the idea of fake news - when we employ full sentences of snark....
bettyellen
May 2017
#176
I refuse to accept that there arent different ways to attack these issues and that snark and making
JCanete
May 2017
#181
I don't know what's not fake about pretending something was meant that wasn't. That is a lie,
JCanete
May 2017
#184
I think a lot of people (including the media) cannot face how bad Trump is-
bettyellen
May 2017
#185
Regarding Sanders statement, we simply disagree then. Regarding the media, yes there is an
JCanete
May 2017
#187
I don't think it's fake as much as it is a distraction from what congress is doing....
bettyellen
May 2017
#188
sorry to belabor, but again, why is lying not fake? "Technically not lying" is still lying if
JCanete
May 2017
#189
It's not a lie to say he claimed "Trump is right". Quoting Him isn't quite lying...
bettyellen
May 2017
#192
Even if they don't, isn't it true that Australia has better healthcare than the U.S.?
VOX
May 2017
#49
in context BainsBane, it is bashing Trump for being a stopped clock and getting something right
JCanete
May 2017
#113
I'll leave my response to the second part for another time. I appreciate you being thoughtful and
JCanete
May 2017
#165
Exactly. The context is the video - that's why it's INCLUDED in the tweet.
beam me up scottie
May 2017
#152
Is it the media taking him out of context? It looks like fanatical anti-Bernie people to me
muriel_volestrangler
May 2017
#154
A broken clock is right twice a day. Trump accidentally gets it right this time!
AgadorSparticus
May 2017
#62
always has mattered to some of us. in what cases can you think of where it hasn't mattered to some?
JCanete
May 2017
#115
he responded based upon what he knows and what we still know. The coziness with big money after our
JCanete
May 2017
#134
oh Cha, I'm glad what you care about is condoning and even propagating blatant, unconscionable spin.
JCanete
May 2017
#163
I just stated what you are doing. No motive behind it. I can't ascribe that for you. nt
JCanete
May 2017
#199
I'm trying, but I can't find you, you're so in over your head in shit. Come on, just admit that
JCanete
May 2017
#201
uh oh, watch out with that language...people might start thinking you are normalizing my posts. nt
JCanete
May 2017
#207
Can we at least come to an agreement that saying somebody is right on an issue,
JCanete
May 2017
#186
If he didn't want to say "Trump is right" thrice--on TV, in a tweet, and in a specially made video--
ucrdem
May 2017
#204