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Sanders now gives a damned about Hillary's email
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RE: Sanders now gives a damned about Hillary's email
In most Presidential races, some candidates will choose to abandon their dignity. I think in Bernie's case, he started out with it but when it became apparent he could be a factor, he abdicated the high ground. Which is pretty hard to do when your opponent is Hillary.
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RE: Sanders now gives a damned about Hillary's email
Trump and Hillary are both megalomaniacs.
I can't shake the feeling that Bernie is running to pay off his student loans.
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RE: Sanders now gives a damned about Hillary's email
To be fair, he said he was sick and tired of hearing about the emails and - here's the important part - that we should let the investigators do their jobs in the State Dept, FBI, etc. and then make judgment. State Dept conclusions are damning (as expected) so now it is reasonable to everyone with any smarts (maybe some Hillary super-ultra-fans are still not included) that she really did lie, break rules, etc. about this.
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RE: Sanders now gives a damned about Hillary's email
(05-29-2016 06:30 PM)Ole Blue Wrote: To be fair, he said he was sick and tired of hearing about the emails and - here's the important part - that we should let the investigators do their jobs in the State Dept, FBI, etc. and then make judgment. State Dept conclusions are damning (as expected) so now it is reasonable to everyone with any smarts (maybe some Hillary super-ultra-fans are still not included) that she really did lie, break rules, etc. about this.
Yes, but, what he's doing now is wanting the superdelegates to pay attention to it. If he comes out firing at her himself, then I'll admit he has a little backbone. But so far he;s not doing it. He wants the superdelegates to consider it, and switch to him, but not the voters.
He has come across as a fairly straight shooter, even though I disagree with about 99% of what he says. However, if he does not personally attack Hillary on this after the scathing report, then he's not a straight shooter anymore. Asking the superdelegates to consider the report is a lot different than taking the message to the people and asking them to consider the report.
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RE: Sanders now gives a damned about Hillary's email
I said at the time "He's going to regret not making a stronger statement there"... He did not have to to go scorched earth on the issue but he could have said he does not know enough yet and wants to talk about other issues tonight.
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RE: Sanders now gives a damned about Hillary's email
(05-29-2016 09:56 PM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote: I said at the time "He's going to regret not making a stronger statement there"... He did not have to to go scorched earth on the issue but he could have said he does not know enough yet and wants to talk about other issues tonight.
Actually that is exactly what he said. lol
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RE: Sanders now gives a damned about Hillary's email
(05-29-2016 11:31 PM)Ole Blue Wrote: (05-29-2016 09:56 PM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote: I said at the time "He's going to regret not making a stronger statement there"... He did not have to to go scorched earth on the issue but he could have said he does not know enough yet and wants to talk about other issues tonight.
Actually that is exactly what he said. lol
Like it or not in politics how you say something is as important as what you say.
He injected "this" into the debate
"Let me say something that may not be great politics. I think the secretary is right. And that is that the American people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn e-mails."
And headlines the next day read of sanders defending Clinton. He did not say simply "I don't have all the facts so lets talk about something else tonight"... He said "I am sick and tired of hearing about her "damn e-mails""
His ability to use the emails in the primaries died that night.
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RE: Sanders now gives a damned about Hillary's email
(05-29-2016 08:13 PM)UofMstateU Wrote: He has come across as a fairly straight shooter,
I find this mind-boggling.
Everything he stands for is a lie. He's not a socialist, he's a democratic socialist? WTF is that? A communist who knows he can't be elected if he comes clean?
I think he's trying to latch onto the European social democrat label. But there's a huge difference. European social democrats aren't nearly as much into redistribution as Bernie is. Sweden's top corporate tax rate is slightly more than half ours. And they have privatized social security and no-fault medical malpractice.
Europe has a more comprehensive safety net than we do, at the same time it can offer a better tax deal to businesses and investors, because they don't look to "the 1%" to pay for everybody else. They're not relying nearly as much on "somebody else's money" as we are, or as Bernie would have us.
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RE: Sanders now gives a damned about Hillary's email
What a cuck.
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RE: Sanders now gives a damned about Hillary's email
(05-30-2016 12:49 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote: (05-29-2016 08:13 PM)UofMstateU Wrote: He has come across as a fairly straight shooter,
I find this mind-boggling.
Everything he stands for is a lie. He's not a socialist, he's a democratic socialist? WTF is that? A communist who knows he can't be elected if he comes clean?
Correct. But I believe he believes in what he is saying. What he is saying is complete manure, but he believes it.
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RE: Sanders now gives a damned about Hillary's email
Unlike his opponent. She knows what she says is utter horse#### and that her supporters are too stupid or too complicit to care.
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RE: Sanders now gives a damned about Hillary's email
(05-30-2016 09:14 AM)UofMstateU Wrote: (05-30-2016 12:49 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote: (05-29-2016 08:13 PM)UofMstateU Wrote: He has come across as a fairly straight shooter,
I find this mind-boggling.
Everything he stands for is a lie. He's not a socialist, he's a democratic socialist? WTF is that? A communist who knows he can't be elected if he comes clean?
Correct. But I believe he believes in what he is saying. What he is saying is complete manure, but he believes it.
Then he is a moron.
The primary theme of his campaign has been "one person, one vote". Now he wants the super delegates to reject the people's will, and flip their votes (for no particular reason) to him, who is losing by 270 delegates and 3+ million votes.
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RE: Sanders now gives a damned about Hillary's email
(05-30-2016 01:38 PM)Kronke Wrote: (05-30-2016 09:14 AM)UofMstateU Wrote: (05-30-2016 12:49 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote: (05-29-2016 08:13 PM)UofMstateU Wrote: He has come across as a fairly straight shooter,
I find this mind-boggling.
Everything he stands for is a lie. He's not a socialist, he's a democratic socialist? WTF is that? A communist who knows he can't be elected if he comes clean?
Correct. But I believe he believes in what he is saying. What he is saying is complete manure, but he believes it.
Then he is a moron.
The primary theme of his campaign has been "one person, one vote". Now he wants the super delegates to reject the people's will, and flip their votes (for no particular reason) to him, who is losing by 270 delegates and 3+ million votes.
Yep, which is why I said that if he does that, and doesnt pummel her himself directly to the voters, then he's a hypocrite. California is a big state, and he could demolish her if he hit her non-stop on it, and then he could have his convention battle and go for the superdelegates there. But to tell the superdelegates to pay attention to the scandalous report, but not the american voter, is wrong.
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RE: Sanders now gives a damned about Hillary's email
(05-30-2016 09:14 AM)UofMstateU Wrote: (05-30-2016 12:49 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote: (05-29-2016 08:13 PM)UofMstateU Wrote: He has come across as a fairly straight shooter,
I find this mind-boggling.
Everything he stands for is a lie. He's not a socialist, he's a democratic socialist? WTF is that? A communist who knows he can't be elected if he comes clean?
Correct. But I believe he believes in what he is saying. What he is saying is complete manure, but he believes it.
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RE: Sanders now gives a damned about Hillary's email
(05-30-2016 01:52 PM)UofMstateU Wrote: (05-30-2016 01:38 PM)Kronke Wrote: (05-30-2016 09:14 AM)UofMstateU Wrote: (05-30-2016 12:49 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote: (05-29-2016 08:13 PM)UofMstateU Wrote: He has come across as a fairly straight shooter,
I find this mind-boggling.
Everything he stands for is a lie. He's not a socialist, he's a democratic socialist? WTF is that? A communist who knows he can't be elected if he comes clean?
Correct. But I believe he believes in what he is saying. What he is saying is complete manure, but he believes it.
Then he is a moron.
The primary theme of his campaign has been "one person, one vote". Now he wants the super delegates to reject the people's will, and flip their votes (for no particular reason) to him, who is losing by 270 delegates and 3+ million votes.
Yep, which is why I said that if he does that, and doesnt pummel her himself directly to the voters, then he's a hypocrite. California is a big state, and he could demolish her if he hit her non-stop on it, and then he could have his convention battle and go for the superdelegates there. But to tell the superdelegates to pay attention to the scandalous report, but not the american voter, is wrong.
the american voter is line 1b....
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Sanders now gives a damned about Hillary's email
If he truly wanted the nomination, he should have pressed the issue. He could have still taken the high road by suggesting she shouldn't have been running due to the serious nature of the allegations. He could have pressed her on Benghazi. He should have been running a Trump-like, establishment-be-damned campaign. And now that Bernie has failed to do so, the Democrats are the ones with a convention fight on their hands, not the Republicans.
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RE: Sanders now gives a damned about Hillary's email
(05-30-2016 12:10 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote: Unlike his opponent. She knows what she says is utter horse#### and that her supporters are too stupid or too complicit to care.
Most are too stupid, no doubt. Several of her boot lickers post here.
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RE: Sanders now gives a damned about Hillary's email
The wheels are coming off the Sander's campaign and the only people who don't know it are the poor cucks that continue to give him $12 at a time and Sanders himself.
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RE: Sanders now gives a damned about Hillary's email
(05-30-2016 06:42 PM)chargeradio Wrote: If he truly wanted the nomination, he should have pressed the issue. He could have still taken the high road by suggesting she shouldn't have been running due to the serious nature of the allegations. He could have pressed her on Benghazi. He should have been running a Trump-like, establishment-be-damned campaign. And now that Bernie has failed to do so, the Democrats are the ones with a convention fight on their hands, not the Republicans.
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What's the fight? Hillary is 73 delegates away from clinching, and will have it clinched by the convention. If Bernie shows up to Philly for a fight, all he is doing is showing his true colors/hypocrisy.
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