Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
15 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
2. A lot of RW talking points from the likes of Rush and FOX news, just baseless chatter.
Mon May 9, 2016, 09:08 AM
May 2016

She has been vetted for years, been investigated based on "conspiracy theories". Cognitive dissonance runs deep, funny how climbing a trèe to tell a lie when the truth sounds better on the ground works for many.

still_one

(92,372 posts)
3. and now it seems that a good number of sanders supporters have grabbed onto those very RW talking
Mon May 9, 2016, 09:12 AM
May 2016

points


Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
4. Oh yes, they can't talk about his agenda since it is unrealistic and costly, if they
Mon May 9, 2016, 09:18 AM
May 2016

Spent time looking at Hillary's agenda they would see where Sanders has migrated to Hillary's positions.

Fla Dem

(23,736 posts)
9. He doesn't have an agenda. He has talking points. Similar to Trump.
Mon May 9, 2016, 10:28 AM
May 2016

Grandiose ideas with no substance behind them.

pandr32

(11,605 posts)
11. Exactly right
Mon May 9, 2016, 10:35 AM
May 2016

...and why that interview with the New York Daily News was such a disaster--they pushed him past his rhetoric to find he hadn't even really thought about the mechanics of any of his "proposals." After many years, too.
Why hadn't anyone else done the proper job of interviewing him before? This is what is stunning to me. Hillary Clinton seems to have to jump through flaming hoops repeatedly, and Bernie Sanders gets fed cues for all his favorite lines--that's it.

sarae

(3,284 posts)
5. On another site, I actually saw a BS supporter write that
Mon May 9, 2016, 09:32 AM
May 2016

the reason Hillary hasn't gone after BS is because "there's nothing to attack him on."

Walk away

(9,494 posts)
13. Even her Surrogates haven't uttered the "C" word. Although, Obama called him "Comrade"
Mon May 9, 2016, 10:46 AM
May 2016

They could have tarred him with that brush from day one. Even asked for transcripts of his speeches to those "fringe" groups of his.

CajunBlazer

(5,648 posts)
15. Clinton could have asked him for transcripts of his speeches in Nicaragua...
Mon May 9, 2016, 02:19 PM
May 2016

when he traveled there to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Sandinista revolution, or his recollections of his talks with Danial Ortega, or his honeymoon in the USSR, or his comments about the greatness of the Castro government after his trip to Cuba, or why he read Engels, Marks and Lennon as a young man, or why he displayed a Soviet flag in his mayor's office in Burlington, or ....(the list goes on).

Frankly I am proud of Clinton for not bring up these matters. They would have given inaccurate impression that Bernie Sanders was a communist sympathizer during the height of the cold war and it would have had little or no affect on Sanders's support.

However, it is a good thing the Repug hit squads will never get a chance to unload on poor Bernie. He would not survive with his reputation intact. And it would only be a taste what Hillary has endured these many years.

pandr32

(11,605 posts)
10. Wow! What an eye opener!
Mon May 9, 2016, 10:29 AM
May 2016

I love how all angles are covered so she is still guilty of something...whatever that might mean

Latest Discussions»Retired Forums»Hillary Clinton»The top 66 groundless acc...