Bernie, 2012: "I think it would be a good idea if President Obama faced primary opposition."

[thesquanderer]

41. Yes, I saw the link you added.

I believe Bernie has denied that account, so it is not as unambiguously true as the other stuff we were talking about. But... maybe.

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Bernie, 2012: "I think it would be a good idea if President Obama faced primary opposition."
Bernie said this as Obama was preparing to run for his second term.

Bernie's camp denies that Bernie said it"

I don't know who the "camp" is, but Bernie doesn't deny he said that. I didn't think anybody did. Lordy, there are tapes!

He wasn't talking about primarying Obama himself,... in fact, if you go to the tape, the very first thing talked about is how Sanders was saying he would NOT run against Obama. I can see where some people would say that that distinction is not important, but I think one still wants to be accurate.

To see EXACTLY what he said, in full context, here it is:

No, it is not flattering to Bernie, in terms of his thoughts about Obama. But at least you'll know what's fact and what's fiction.