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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHillary Clinton’s 2016 Playbook Against Bernie Sanders Is a Lot Like Her 2008 Playbook Against Obama
http://inthesetimes.com/article/18834/hillary-clinton-campaign-bernie-sanders-president-obama-attacksJust about every attack that has been lobbed against Sanders thus far in the Democratic race was once hurled against Obama.
In the midst of a fierce primary contest, Hillary Clinton has laid into her opponent: I could stand up here and say, 'Let's just get everybody together. Let's get unified. The sky will open. The light will come down. Celestial choirs will be singing, and everyone will know we should do the right thing and the world will be perfect.
You are not going to wave a magic wand and have the special interests disappear, she added.
This wasnt Clinton in 2016 attacking her opponent, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, for what she and her supporters view as his unrealistic and fantastical promises to the American people. This was Clinton in 2008, launching a stinging, sarcastic rebuke to her then-Democratic primary opponent, Illinois Senator Barack Obama, and his vague pledges of hope and change.
Its easy to forget now, but just about every attack that has been lobbed against Sanders thus far in the Democratic race was once hurled against Obama. Since then, however, Obama has gone from being cast as a speechifying lightweight by Clinton to an accomplished standard-bearer for progressivism.
You are not going to wave a magic wand and have the special interests disappear, she added.
This wasnt Clinton in 2016 attacking her opponent, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, for what she and her supporters view as his unrealistic and fantastical promises to the American people. This was Clinton in 2008, launching a stinging, sarcastic rebuke to her then-Democratic primary opponent, Illinois Senator Barack Obama, and his vague pledges of hope and change.
Its easy to forget now, but just about every attack that has been lobbed against Sanders thus far in the Democratic race was once hurled against Obama. Since then, however, Obama has gone from being cast as a speechifying lightweight by Clinton to an accomplished standard-bearer for progressivism.
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Hillary Clinton’s 2016 Playbook Against Bernie Sanders Is a Lot Like Her 2008 Playbook Against Obama (Original Post)
antigop
Feb 2016
OP
A lot has happened since 2008, including Bernie saying it'd be a "good idea" to primary Obama
Metric System
Feb 2016
#2
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)1. When all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
Metric System
(6,048 posts)2. A lot has happened since 2008, including Bernie saying it'd be a "good idea" to primary Obama
Perogie
(687 posts)4. you keep saying that like it was a bad thing
cali
(114,904 posts)3. It is. It's the Clinton playbook, but Bill could pull it off
with his charm and sunny demeanor. She can't.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)5. all stick and no carrot