Posted on 10/14/2015 8:42:11 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Here’s the moment last night where I learned that making Hillary “feel the Bern” means inviting her to put her feet up by a cozy fire. It’s also where I learned that Sanders isn’t actually trying to win the nomination.
The strategy behind this, I guess, was to stay focused on his message that there’s a war on the middle class and that no petty scandal should distract us from that. That’ll play well with many lefties and it’ll earn him some goodwill with other Democrats who have zoned out of the stories about her server and know it only as some sort of Republican hatchet job on her. Sanders should be able to walk and chew gum at the same time, though, pushing his class-warfare campaign while making the case that Hillary’s unfit to win that war both because she’s not all that progressive on some issues and because she’s deeply compromised by scandal.
He makes a point here about the perils of “oligarchy”; well, one characteristic of oligarchy is that the oligarchs believe, correctly, that rules that apply to lesser people don’t apply to them. They’re accountable to no one, and they’re willing to risk the security of the average person in order to make themselves more comfortable. That’s the deeper point about Hillary’s freakishly reckless insistence on setting up her own server, not what’s in her “damn e-mails.” She exposed classified information to foreign intelligence and she did it because she didn’t want to be subject to the same oversight at State that the other chumps there are. How does a populist like Sanders fail to note, at least, that this scandal is dripping with ruling-class entitlement?
At the barest minimum, the public backlash to Hillary over the server scandal in the form of horrific poll numbers about her honesty is something that should worry him and the left, as it may end up making the difference in the general election next year. If you’re hot for a socialist revolution, you’ll care a lot about her e-mails if Ted Cruz ends up being elected president instead of Hillary because voters simply don’t trust her. The fact that this guy was unwilling to devote so much as a minute of his time to making that case suggests he’s a hack who’s in the race as nothing more than a morale booster for liberals until they finally sigh and resign themselves to Clinton 3.0. Pitiful.
So that’s one thing we learned last night, that Sanders doesn’t want to win. The other thing we learned is that Geraghty is right — this party now is, for all intents and purposes, loud-and-proud socialist. What Jim Webb was doing there, I have no idea.
Sanders looks like he went face first into a LOT of things.
Looks like the Bern is in the Tank for Clinton.
I wonder what The Bern supporters think about this?
I wonder if he has any supporters left……...
So it’s Hillary. Let’s stop the silly fantasies about challenges from Biden, Algore, Bernie, or anyone. The fight against her corrupt, entitled Highness begins today.
Protecting DemcRat lies, treason and crime in general.
The Dems show their hand AGAIN, AGAIN, AGAIN.....
I’m sick of her not going to jail for it.
If Trump was under investigation by the FBI I’m sure it wouldn’t be a big deal in a Republican debate... /s
Exactly. Been saying the same thing. And where do we send the thank you card (mega sarcasm) to McCarthy for neutering the email issue?
What a flaming moron.
Bernie has his “knows” so far up Hillary’s a$$ that he can’t smell the $hit. Bernie thinks he smells petunias! Vince Foster fell for the same ruse.
I love to watch delusion in action. Bernie will soon be folding his tent every few days now.
Bernie would sure make a fine president !/S
Idiots, the lot of them.
Above all, a video clip capturing the dismissive statement Sanders made about HIllary's e-mail scandal...AND...combined with a compilation of media clips capturing the standing ovation & explosive applause from their studio audience, the candidate panel's reaction and media personnel reaction could prove very useful. Such a video clip must be used against any candidate claiming 'transparency' in the coming election.
It's clear with the candidate panel's uniform dismissal of "one law applied equally" - especially given their support for the BLM movement's demands for inequality/exceptional status, "transparency" no longer means what we think it means.
The candidates last night were clearly running to rule a lawless nation...NOT the U.S.A. as intended to be governed under it's sovereign Constitution.
ENOUGH!~
Regards,
I love the “matter of fact” statements of all candidates of what they will do if elected president. - All of them have to know that the role of the President of the United States is clearly defined in the Constitution. Anything else they - R’s and D’s add seems to illicit a royal power. Executive orders as if they are crying, “off with their head”..
The President of the United States needs to be a Statesman/woman, reflection of the people of the United States. Not one Candidate said anything about doing the will of the people... NOT ONE! The President isn’t KING/Queen.
on a lighter note, is it me, or does Hillary act and look like Miss Piggy?
“is it me, or does Hillary act and look like Miss Piggy?”
No, Miss Piggy is more attractive. We really should not judge candidates by their physical appearance.
Yeah, the left is sick and tired of hearing about it because they don’t want to know the truth.
{”or does Hillary act and look like Miss Piggy?”}
Why do you have to insult Miss Piggy? :)
Bernie wants the campaign to be about issues that effect the future of the country. GOP wants the campaign to be about election issues. What do the voters think will be known on election day.
Right, he never intended to win. They were playing the roles of the Mutual Admiration Society there for a minute. He’s hoping for some role in the Hillary Clinton Administration.
If Trump was under investigation by the FBI I’m sure it wouldn’t be a big deal in a Republican debate... /s
These people are revolting.
Be prepared to defend your selves.
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