2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The Bernie double standard, where he gets to shout but the rest of you should lower your damn voices [View all]Armstead
(47,803 posts)She always has to spin and even lie - and it was a lie -- about Sanders intent on that statement in the debate.
Yes, women have to defeat those awful sexist men like Bernie Sanders, who can't stand strong women. Stand with me sisters against misogynists like my neanderthal opponent.
And naturally she had to do it while also misrepresenting Sanders as an NRA loving gun nut.
She epitomizes what is wrong with politics. Duplicitous. "You can never take politicians at the word. They lie. They twist the truth."
Bernie may be ornery, but he says what he really thinks, and what he really means. You don't have to break out the internal polygraph when he is talking.
I can't wait until the General Election when Clinton starts tossing her current "progressive" positions under the bus. It wouldn't be surprising for her to start talking Family Values to appeal to a demograohic that may not be as receptive to women's issues.