So lets get this straight...Hillary and Bill made some questionable 'racist' comments in 2008

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59. I watched the video and I didn't think Bernie was mad. The media all said he got testy and I didn't

think that either. I thought he said what he said mildly. Something like "I've been fighting for civil rights for 50 years, but if you don't want me here, I will leave. I am not going to outshout anyone."

"If you don't want me here, I'll leave," can be taken in several ways, but I don't think his body language or tone of voice was angry.


If you had flown from D.C. to Phoenix to give a speech, with the understanding that there would be a meeting after it, and you got shouted down instead, how would you react?

Sending an aide may well have been the plan all along for the reason I posted above: Bernie had already flown from somewhere to Phoenix, and had to fly from Phoenix to Texas for an event in Dallas and then an event in Houston the next day. Two events the next day, not in the same city. He probably wanted someone who could stay at the meeting as long as it took. Before anyone thinks "age," let me hasten to add that that schedule would have daunted me when I was 19.

And yes, he got cut off early, but the reports from msm and twitter say he walked out, which was not the case.

Thing is, once someone decides that a person is a certain way, the prism through which he is viewed is set. At this point, I think anything Bernie says or does is going to be scrutinized to a level that other candidates will not have to meet. That maybe no one who isn't perfect could meet.