Hillary is Losing It...

[berni_mccoy]

Granted, campaigns are stressful, no doubt. But they are for a reason: vetting. And while Hillary demonstrated good weathering of the unintelligent GOP idiots in Congress who only clouded the waters further, it appears, when it comes to handling intelligent criticism, Hillary buckles. Considerably.

Take for instance, the recent debate question in Florida regarding the FBI Investigation of her private email server, when asked if she would drop out if an indictment comes, she fumbles her words and states she's not even going to answer that question.

Or how poorly she handled the BLM protestor at a wealthy supporters South Carolina Mansion, when she was asked to apologize for her use of language "super predators" when referring to African Americans in the context of criminal prosecution.

And now, when asked an easy question by a Green Peace activist about accepting donations from Big Oil, she freaks out so badly that it sends the exchange into an overnight viral sensation.

Maybe it's the string of recent election losses, or maybe it's the fact that she's pulled out early from Wisconsin or maybe it's the fact that she's buckled under pressure of honoring her agreement to debate in NY, or maybe it's the announcement that she and her staffers are to be interviewed by the FBI, etc, etc... Maybe it's all of this together and she's just had a bad week. But if that's how she handles the pressure, maybe she's not fit to be Commander in Chief.

[cosmicone]

1. Meh

Hillary is as cool as a cucumber.

Go see the 11 hours of video in front of the Bengazi committee again.

[berni_mccoy]

3. If she's so cool, why'd she lose it with the Green Peace Activist on an easy question?

And I gave her credit for that... GOP chumps are not smart though... Anyone could have stood up to their b.s.

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

11. Yelling at a voter, and shoving your finger in their face isn't losing it?

[beaglelover]

12. No, that's not losing it. She said what she thought about the question. Perhaps the girl who asked

the question shouldn't leave her safe space very often. She can't handle the real world apparently.

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

15. Right... If she can't respond to a voter respectfully then how the hell is she gonna handle Trump...

...I dare to say what will happen to her, but if Sanders doesn't do it, then Trump will surely do it... And as Trump pointed out Obama already did it to her.

[monmouth4]

22. I feel sorry for the people who work for her. Must be like walking on eggs, you never quite know

what is going to happen next or what her mood will be..

[Bjornsdotter]

38. MSNBC

....posted an article about just that. It's from 2014.

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clintons-strengths-and-anger-white-house-revealed

[monmouth4]

48. I used to work for someone like that, always with the knot in my stomach, hating Sundays, etc. n/t

[840high]

55. So did I. After two

years I left a resignation note on her desk and walked out.

[monmouth4]

85. I lasted about a year then walked..n/t

[Baobab]

113. Who could ever forget that finger jab

I think she should consider withdrawing, because she's just never going to win the GE now.

Bernie does better, much better against Republicans in polling.

He's what this country needs, a uniter, not an untier.

Bernie has the potential to be a really great President. the kind that gets remembered for a lifetime.

[Dont call me Shirley]

30. Finger pointing, in the manner she did, is a form of attack especially combined with her "tone".

[Jemmons]

35. I dont think she was on the brink of going berserk

That said, stab gestures like you see her make, are usually a strong sign that someone is preparing for a violent attack. Just ask any police officer or those who train them.

[Dont call me Shirley]

37. Controlled beserkness.

A family member always pointed their finger like that. I always perceived it as an attack.

[jcgoldie]

46. This conversation is fucking ridiculous

She "attacked" her with her pointy finger! Does she even have a license to carry that thing? For fucks sake will you listen to yourselves?

[COLGATE4]

129. +10000

This Hillary bashing has now gone from the merely ridiculous to the absolutely fucking unbelievably ridiculous. If they ever took the time to listen to themselves they would slink off in abject humilitation.

[Dont call me Shirley]

159. Here's a simple chart for recognizing aggressive behavior:

http://www.skillsyouneed.com/ps/dealing-with-aggression2.html

[jcgoldie]

160. Do you have a chart for recognizing bullshit?

Might be more applicable to your conversation...

[Dont call me Shirley]

161. That comment was so fucking funny...

Try reading some Psychology textbooks.

[polly7]

132. Especially if they're snarling and yelling at the same time.

YES, that was an attack on a young woman who did NOTHING wrong.

Authoritarian bullshit response.

[CorporatistNation]

57. In Certain Circumstances It Could Be Characterized As Assault!

Rosario Dawson Is AWESOME! Hey Hillary... We're Free For A Debate... say April 10th?

[COLGATE4]

128. Pray do tell under what circumstances

it could be "considered an assault". Enquiring minds want to know.

[polly7]

134. It would be to any normal person.

Some wouldn't take it nearly as well as that young woman did, either. Anyone other than Clinton or some other high-profile politician probably would have been missing that finger.

[COLGATE4]

136. The question

was 'how pointing a finger at someone could be characterized as assault'. So far no answer,

[CoffeeCat]

80. Hillary looked like a crazed loon

I was shocked to see her so unhinged. Usually, Hillary is grace under fire when it comes to dealing with pointed questions. She rarely loses her cool.

That question from the Greenpeace activist was pretty tame. Hillary snapped.

I guess if the FBI was gearing up to interview me, I'd be on my last nerve too.

[Yavin4]

13. Yes, only men, like Bernie, are allowed to get angry

When women get angry, they're "losing it".

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

14. It is Hillarious how every criticism of Hillary is turned into a sexist attack... nt

[Yavin4]

17. In this case, it's an apt reply.

Bernie's entire M.O. is shouting and anger but no one says that he's losing it.

[intheflow]

90. Sanders gets angry at political and societal systems.

Clinton gets angry at individuals. And also got angry for the wrong reason - jumping to the conclusion that it was a Sanders supporter without knowing who she was talking to. Those are two big differences in the candidates' anger responses. I'd love to see Clinton have some righteous anger over how systemic racism, classism, and environmental degradation are destroying the US and need to be addressed. But all I hear from her on those issues is a cold, calculating, legalistic interpretation designed to keep the status quo in place.

[polly7]

114. +1000. nt.

[KPN]

109. Huh?

That's a pretty revealing comment.

Do you not realize that many, if not, most of the Bernie supporter's who posted above are women?

[lewebley3]

95. Hillary did the right thing:she stood up to the Sanders Greenpeace liar: Go Hillary

Hillary didn't

[noiretextatique]

103. She is a Greenpeace actvist with no ties to the Sanders campaign

And Clinton has taken money from oil industry. This was a classic Clinton deflection.

[lewebley3]

106. Wrpng Sanders controls her

[Kentonio]

133. How grossly offensive. She's a principled woman who is quite capable of knowing her own mind.

[CoffeeCat]

126. Clinton did what she does best

When someone calls her out, she can't handle it. She flies into rages and attacks the messenger.

We're supposed to be impressed by her faux outrage.

By doubling down on this, and ordering her digital-response team to continue talking about this, she's only harming herself.

She lost this round--and every time someone plays that video of her yelling at that Greenpeace activist, she loses a little more.

One of her advisers should tell her to cut her losses and move on.

[lewebley3]

146. Hillary. is not hot tampered: The charge has been she is to cool

[lewebley3]

149. No one ever wanted a war: except Dick Cheney: women dont want abortions:but they are

sometimes unavoidable: Sanders pasaism would stop him
from. keeping American's safe.

[closeupready]

10. Like Chris Christie did with that school teacher, she abuses 'little people'

if they displease her. I guess with Christie ("I'm TIRED of you PEOPLE!!&quot , the only way to spin that for his camp would be to say as a school teacher, she was likely a member of his opposition.

Greenpeace, on the other hand, is likely very Democratic ... The fact that she would be so abusive to a member of her own house dovetails with what we know about her, the DLC, Rahm Emanuel, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, and their ilk.

[lewebley3]

96. The Greenpeace activists is not one. of the litte people: She works for Sanders milloms of dollars

[noiretextatique]

105. She works for Greenpeace, not Sanders. Read her statement

And stop spreading lies.

[lewebley3]

108. Washington Poat says that the Greenpeace lady was a liar: and Greenpeace is working for Sanders

[Kentonio]

137. Before I call that a lie, I'd invite you to post a link to the relevant WP article.

[lewebley3]

150. Her statment has no credibility: we all saw how she behaved like a bully

[noiretextatique]

153. Yeah...keep it up with the victim meme. Victims don't make good leaders eom

[lewebley3]

154. Hillary's nobodies victum: She stood up for self

[noiretextatique]

155. FAKE. She stood up for nothing

She painted herself as a victim to get sympathy.

[lewebley3]

156. No: Sanders attack Hillary with a lie:

[lewebley3]

157. She did attack HIllary: it didn't do Sanders any favors: He looks like a jerk

[jberryhill]

76. Because far left radicals like Greenpeace annoy Democrats

[Ferd Berfel]

100. ..

[lewebley3]

147. Greenpeace activists have a long history of. violence

[Broward]

19. She coolly voted for that Iraq War too. She's so cool.

[lewebley3]

97. Hillary didn't vote for war: Bush and the GOP chose the war they said so

[Broward]

116. You're coolly supporting a warmonger that voted for the Iraq War.

[reddread]

144. not just voted. promoted

and she knew full well what was going on. access to presidential CIA briefings.
NO EXCUSE EXISTS OTHER THAN FULL CULPABILITY.

feel free to support that behavior if you want, just keep it out of the Democratic Party.

[lewebley3]

148. Hillary never took any vote litely: especially a use of force

[DisgustipatedinCA]

33. She looked really cool freaking the fuck out and lying to a young woman yesterday.

About as presidential as a hyena on bath salts.

[lewebley3]

98. Hillary put the lying Greenpeace woman in her place: Washington Post says Sanders

people are wrong

[99th_Monkey]

72. She can't keep cherry-picking that one 11-hour hearing to 'prove' her mettle

did she do well? yes, as I was rooting for to do, but much has changed since then,
and she's getting tested in various ways -- ways that suggest an unravelling on several fronts.

[lewebley3]

111. Sanders people are cherry pickers with all the facts concerning Hillary

[99th_Monkey]

119. My point is Hillary's tree only has one cherry

and it's being over-used repeatedly

[lewebley3]

152. Wrong: Hillary's career is long one: Sanders people would like him to more but he's not

[bvar22]

122. This is a photo of the young lady that Hillary attacked:

There was only one BULLY in that video, and it wasn't the young Greenpeace activist, who was polite and dignified. Hillary has just displayed that she does NOT have the temperament or judgement to be our president.

Greenpeace Activist

http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/im-the-greenpeace-activist-who-asked-hillary-clinton-to-pledge-to-reject-fossil-fuel-contributions-at-the-purchase-ny-campaign-rally/

Hillary Clinton's campaign and the Super PAC supporting her have received more than $4.5 million from the fossil fuel industry.

[Kalidurga]

2. Honestly I can say my opinion of Hillary hasn't changed after this exchange

More people are going to see what I have been saying all along. She is a terrible candidate. She is so terrible I am even thinking I will lie to people and say I am an Independent. I probably won't change my registration because if you want to get chit done(resolutions and stuff) you need to be in one of the two major parties. Seriously though this does a whole lot to give ammo to the opposition. They can say Hillary is unhinged and they have a point about Democrats if we as a party nominate her.

[lewebley3]

101. My opinion has grown for Hillary will hit back on lying attacker:ahe will

[Be. a great against the GOP

[Kalidurga]

145. I already know she can hit back at the GOP

In this video she is yelling at one of our own. Or someone who's side she should be on, but isn't.

[dogman]

4. I was just thinking about this.

She held up so resolutely and showed such confidence. She made the GOP inquisitors look petty. I began to wonder during the debates, when she seemed disrespectful and a bit arrogant, if it was a facade. The incident where she told the lady in SC to run for office if she had better ideas seemed again, arrogant and overbearing. Yesterday convinced me. She does not respect the voters if they are not pro-Hillary and adore her.

[thereismore]

5. She does not have the temperament to be President. Not with that finger on the button. nt

[nichomachus]

20. But that's the point

She's plenty tough when she's got planes and bombs on her side. But in a regular give and take, she can't handle anything that hasn't been scripted for her. As others have said, she's a terrible candidate and would be a worse president.

Just from this campaign, I'll bet the Russian, Chinese, and Iranianmosy-ops people have volume after volume on how to push her buttons.

[senz]

74. Wow, I hadn't thought of foreign psyops.

Yes, she's showing weaknesses that wouldn't work in a position that critical and powerful.

It takes a certain kind of person. I know I couldn't do it. Trying to think of other presidential candidates who fell apart...Ed Muskie comes to mind. Poor guy, he seemed like a nice person. Nixon seemed kind of emotionally unbalanced in a different way.

I think part of Hill's problem is that she wants the presidency so badly. I wonder what gave her life meaning before she wanted to be president?

[lewebley3]

104. Wrong Hillary has been one of the strongest and steady people on the national stage

: That is why people trust her!

[hopeforchange2008]

115. Yes, her trust ratings are soaring through the floor

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/clintons-advantage-hits-campaign-low-lags-trust-leading/story?id=36524847

[lewebley3]

118. American people trust her: She is o. tract to wi5 the Presidency: but Sanders is running a millon

dollar negative campaign: Hillary's money has to Go to. helping
Other Dem's and fighting GOP. Hillary is a team player: Sanders
Is all about himself.

[hopeforchange2008]

121. Hillary is about preserving the establishment. Sanders is about preserving the US middle class.

[Fuddnik]

151. LOL

Absolutely!

[Karma13612]

6. Yea, I was thinking the same thing.

I am supporting Bernie, but am curious to see if she bounces back or if this the new level she will be at.
She is having a bad week, and true to form has been defensive at each turn.

If I had the FBI breathing down my neck, I'd be a bit frazzled too.

Time will tell, so warm up the popcorn maker.

I think the Sanders campaign should add another product to their line up: Bernie popcorn.
They could sell it in a cute tin with the Bernie logo. I know the Boy Scouts or another similar group did that some years back. It was a bag of popcorn kernels placed inside a tin with their Scout theme on the outside of the tin. Affordable and a wonderful collectors tin.

The could sell right now, and on thru the general for sure.

[closeupready]

7. If she's freaking out NOW, imagine what she would have done during the Bay of Pigs.

No way! We can NOT afford a president like that, especially not now with everything going on.

[Dem2]

9. Bernie is losing it

Can I say random words too?

[smiley]

34. It's called an opinion.

The author of the op is basing their opinion on the recent video of Hillary 'losing it' with a Greenpeace activist and other developments within her campaign.

What's your opinion based on? That's a serious question btw.

Thanks in advance!

[Dem2]

36. She raised her voice

It's that what this f****** stupidity is all about?

[smiley]

39. Yes she did.

IMO it was not the personal character of someone, that I want to be POTUS.

There's a lot more to it though. I'm sure you've seen the criticisms of Hillary, if you spend much time on DU. I'd give you more of my opinion, but I don't really care to.

Have a great day!

[Dem2]

42. Yes yes you fall into a stereotype

The people that don't like Hillary just hate her but I like Bernie I like both candidates so there's the difference.

[smiley]

47. Ok.

If that's what helps you sleep at night, then I'm ok with however you need to rationalize things.

But I don't hate Hillary. I was taught not to hate anyone. I simply don't like some of the politic decisions she has made. One in particular is her Iraq War vote. I personally feel she was either too stupid to recognize the lies (which I doubt), or she was complicit in the lies. Either case IMO, makes her a horrible candidate for POTUS. But that's just my opinion. You may have a different set of randomly chosen words.

I also don't trust her. Some people just give off the vibe that their lying to you. I get that from her.

There's more. I can go on if you want, but tell me again why you think Bernie is 'losing it'?

[Gwhittey]

52. The stop and think about this

Think back to Howard Dean run in 2004. The Dean Scream was what made him drop in polls. This is something that has the potential to do the same thing. And Dean's Scream was really a silly thing but optics are a bitch with most voters. Not anyone on DU because we are all firmly set.

[tabasco]

56. The corporate whore media networks were to blame for Dean's drop.

An excited yeehah was played endlessly on the media whore networks. The American people are indoctrinated by the propaganda networks and did what they were told. Stopped supporting a politician for yelling yeehah. This is where we are. A largely indoctrinated population, both left and right, glued to their idiot boxes. Just look at the number of daily posts on DU screeching about this or that outrage on the propaganda networks. They think they can watch the garbage and not be indoctrinated. They believe screeching about the outrages proves they are immune to the propaganda. They are not.

[Dem2]

58. You're not joking are you?

I saw the film after posting, there's less than nothing there IMO.

[lewebley3]

112. Sanders is a desperate loser if he cannot win without sending people to attack Hillary

[BuelahWitch]

139. That person was from Greenpeace

Bernie did not send them. Get your facts straight.

[polichick]

16. For most people, being investigated would be stressful enough without...

adding a presidential run.

Why does she even want another gov't job? More power?

Hillary has had a great career and now has a shit ton of cash from her crony capitalist connections - why not relax and enjoy her family?!

(And no, this isn't sexist - I'd ask the same of a man in this situation.)

[loyalsister]

79. I had the very same thoughts

And, I have wondered the same about Bernie. It find it confusing that anyone would run for president during the years most people are now desperately hoping to be retired.

I think they have both contributed tremendously and it would make more sense to me for such a person to sit back and write memiors or form a nonprofit if they're bored.(the Jimmy Carter model). I can sort of see why someone would stay in the senate or take on a cabinet position, but taking on one of the most difficult jobs in the world????

[polichick]

91. Prez is a terrible job, for sure - but I get why Bernie is doing it...

He has always known that only a people's revolution can beat the entrenched powers and nobody else was building one. But he doesn't have the stress of an investigation too.

[MoonchildCA]

99. I honestly don't think Bernie is running out of a long-running desire to be president.

I think he did it, because the system is so broken, and he didn't see anyone else jumping in the race that would have the desire or motivation to try to change it. The corruption of our political process is reaching a point of no return. He only had now to do it.
Whether he wins the nomination or not, he has brought this issue to the forefront of the campaign and made it the most important issue for a new generation of voters. It gives me some hope in the future of the country... that is of course, until Trump comes on my TV screen and my hope wavers a bit. At least most of his supportes are old farts, and they'll die off soon.

[amborin]

18. she seemed destablized by the question; very bad optics, at minimum

[XemaSab]

25. She seemed like she hadn't considered the question

or considered that anyone might ask her that.

She looks ok when she has a prepared answer, but what she doesn't, she gets really defensive in an unflattering way.

[grasswire]

44. Greenpeace people have asked her that question repeatedly..

...and they always are very courteous, and thank her first.

[tex-wyo-dem]

81. That's exactly what it is...

Hillary needs a script and to be coached on canned answers to expected questions. When the dialog goes off script is when she loses composure.

Any way you slice it, the way she responded to the Greenpeace woman's question was completely unessessary and bad form. She would have been much better off if she'd just ignored the question altogether.

[PowerToThePeople]

21. She is the worst candidate put forward in my lifetime

She has been running for the office since Bill's tenure was finished.

Name recognition is all she has.

I will never vote for her.

The worst.

[riversedge]

28. I see #BernieorBust is alive

[PowerToThePeople]

29. Very much as far a I am concerned.

eom

[riversedge]

31. sad.

[PowerToThePeople]

32. No.

[JesterCS]

41. Yes, sad that youre deluded

into thinking Clinton has ANY of your interests at heart.

[Qutzupalotl]

73. I think Kerry was a worse candidate

not because of his résumé, which was better, but in his manner of speech — aloof, stentorian, convoluted and uninspiring. He is kicking ass as SOS, but in 2004 he did not respond well when attacked. Hillary's team eventually comes up with a good response, and she can deliver a line with a 1-2-3 setup for applause. Once you hear that pacing, you cannot help but understand how scripted she is.

[JoePhilly]

23. OP title better fits ...

... some of Bernie's supporters.

[Gmak]

24. How about the fact that the reporters who travel with her have not been allowed to talk to her for

months? Do we want someone so thin-skinned or possibly short-tempered with the nuclear button within reach?

[grasswire]

45. Heck, they are not allowed to watch her board or deplane at the airport.

She sits in the limo until their plane takes off and then boards her private plane.

[DiehardLiberal]

60. These 2 observations just blow me away. WTF is she afraid of by the press watching her board her

plane? I just can't understand her at all.

[grasswire]

63. you can't be in a hallway when she is in it...

....in the WH the staff had to hide behind the long curtains if she was in the hallway.

[DiehardLiberal]

65. Whaaaat? Really??!!! If you are serious, that is pathological. And I know enough about you

Grasswire that I don't think you are joking - even on April Fool's Day. And I didn't think I could be shocked any more... wrong.

[grasswire]

68. that's what I have read several times from White House permanent staff.

Remember that incident at the debate when she was delayed coming back from the bathroom because someone else was in the ladies' multiple stall restroom but she will not be in a restroom when someone else is there?

[DiehardLiberal]

88. This is all news to me - thanks for your response and to the other posters on this thread.

Wow - for so many years I drank the Clinton Kool-aid. Couldn't understand the loathing coming from the other side. Getting a clue now. While these personality deficiencies aren't the deciding factor - her policies, squirming around rules/laws and lust for money and power are - these issues are icing on a very ugly cake for me. I really wish it were otherwise...

[Ino]

70. That (and more) was reported in this book...

http://www.amazon.com/First-Family-Detail-Service-Presidents/dp/080413961X/ref=sr_1_1?tag=nypost-20

Fascinating reading!

[JTFrog]

87. Yea... the same guy that wrote that President Obama would be at fault if the Secret Service's

security breakdowns led to his own assassination. And he is a mega Bush lover.

Fucking brilliant read.

[Ino]

66. It's been speculated...

that she has difficulty ascending stairs, possibly because of the coumadin she's taking.

[grasswire]

69. really

coumadin

so you are saying that might explain why she doesn't board the plane in sight of the press.

[Ino]

71. Yes...

She may need assistance, or get winded easily. It wouldn't do if the public saw that.

[eridani]

83. That's silly. My husband and his sister are both taking coumadin--

--and neither has any trouble with stairs.

[Ino]

117. I'll bow to your superior knowledge...

I was just parroting something I'd read elsewhere. I've no experience with it myself.

Which leaves some other reason for possibly having difficulty with stairs. Heart problem? Out of shape? Knee pain?

Maybe she just wants to avoid being filmed doing this...

[eridani]

141. Knee pain sounds plausible. Recall how careful people were to not sho FDR's physical problesm n/t

[COLGATE4]

130. Absolutely correct. Coumadin is a very commonly used

blood thinner, usually to prevent the formation of clots. It has no effect on a perons' ability (or lack of) to climb stairs.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

26. Nobody here could last a day against her, she is so much tougher than most.

[riversedge]

27. Bill C is in Appleton WI today. Cory Booker was in 3 WI cities today. Cecil Richards is there

in Madison for a few days. Hillary is in Milwaukee, Eau Claire WI (one other TBA). Al Fraken is making stops for her.

She has 2 new statewide ads up today. It is obvious you are wrong. she has not pulled out of WI.

[JSup]

40. So...

...the orchestrator of all that is evil and dark in the world, the hand that pulls the strings of the souls heads-of-state, the woman who plotted her takeover of America since she was a baby dollar bill in a crib is losing it?

She's either en evil, omniscient genius or she's not, guys; pick one.

My guess is she's tired of being asked these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question

[onecaliberal]

53. Maybe she should stop lying.

[COLGATE4]

131. Next up will be someone asking her

if she has stopped beating Bill.

[reformist2]

43. She's fit to be commander in chief. It would just be an imperious, intolerant presidency.

[riversedge]

50. Hillary talks of Women in the Military by addressing sexual assault & family. Sanders NOPE.

She would be a grand commander-in-chief.

X-posted from Hillary Group


Hillary talks of Women in the Military by addressing sexual assault & family. Sanders NOPE.



Hillary's answer says it all. She speaks to issues concerning women--and families. It is stunning. Sanders-->NOPE (He must have had his mind on getting those transcripts!!)

This really bothers me. Sanders had time to respond to this written question--its not like he had to respond quickly to a town hall or Debate question.

***This is published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel--the largest paper in WI. Good for the paper to get this in before the election next Tuesday.





Clinton, Sanders respond to questions from Guard hero's father

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/clinton-sanders-respond-to-questions-from-guard-heros-father-b99698582z1-374336461.html



http://media.jrn.com/images/660*513/b99698582z.1_20160401191707_000_g5qf34ut.3-0.jpg

John and Lori Witmer of New Berlin attend a memorial service for their daughter Michelle at Wood National Cemetery in 2011.

7:17 p.m.




By Annysa Johnson of the Journal Sentinel

Two more presidential candidates have responded to questions posed by the father of a fallen Wisconsin solder, days after he was barred from asking them at a Republican town hall meeting in Milwaukee on Tuesday.

The two Democratic candidates -- former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders -- sent their answers to the questions posed by John Witmer to the Journal Sentinel on Friday. Ohio Gov. John Kasich, one of three candidates seeking the Republican nomination, responded on Wednesday, and his answers were previously published by the Journal Sentinel.

Witmer's 20-year-old daughter Michelle, a Wisconsin National Guard member, was killed during an ambush in 2004 in Baghdad.

Witmer had gone to the town hall meeting hoping to gauge the Republican candidate's positions on war, the draft, women in combat, and veterans issues. He was initially invited to ask questions, but CNN reneged because Witmer wouldn't pledge to vote for one of the candidates there.

The Journal Sentinel has posed Witmer's questions to all of the candidates. Republican candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz had not responded as of Friday. Below are the answers received to date, with the most recent ones first



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Q: With three daughters in the Army National Guard, I saw, firsthand, their struggle for respect and recognition. In the last few years, restrictions have been lifted on our female soldiers, allowing them to serve in combat positions. As Commander-In-Chief what position will you take on the role of women in the Military?



Clinton:I applaud Secretary Carter's decision to allow women to serve in combat positions. For the first time, every single position in the military will be open to women, which will make our country safer. Women in our armed forces have proven their heroism and abilities again and again, and while the progress we have made toward a truly inclusive military is certainly moving us in the right direction we are not done yet. As commander-in-chief, I will work to build on this progress in several ways. We must aggressively combat sexual assault and harassment and strengthen protections to ensure that our women and men in uniform can serve without fear and report incidents without retaliation. We must also work to modernize the military health system to ensure that the health needs of military women – including reproductive health care – are fully supported. We must promote family policies that provide military families with additional opportunities and much-needed flexibility, including increased access to child care and parental leave. And we must never forget the women who protect us when their service ends. Women veterans are the fastest growing population served by the VA, and we need new funding to ensure they receive the equal and respectful access to health care they deserve.




Sanders:I am proud of and grateful for the millions of women who have served in the United States Armed Forces throughout American history. Women in the military have made invaluable contributions to our nation's safety and deserve the unqualified recognition by all Americans for their service and sacrifices.

As President, I will continue the Obama Administration's historic policy of opening all combat roles to women. This decision is past due, especially because women in the military have long served in the face of danger. In modern wars, there are no front lines. In Iraq and Afghanistan, hundreds of female soldiers made the ultimate sacrifice for their nation. That solemn fact must be understood and honored by our nation.


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[Angrydemex]

78. Well that was nice of Hillary

Addressing harassment is very important. However, I don't believe it would've changed anything. You've got to think what kind of environment that the females are in when they join the military. Not to insult our service members ( I was in the Army myself) but I know what kind of people enlist. They're not the most intellectual people out there. As a matter of fact it's not just females being sexually harassed but the majority of sexual assaults in the military are male on male. So yes I commend Hillary on what she did. Though I'm not a fan of any organization that invades other countries for no reason. But to say that Bernie hasn't fought for social injustices is ignorant. Bernie has been arrested for fighting for what he believed in and has voted yes on plenty of bills benefitting women.

[riversedge]

84. She will, and will address all kinds of sexual assault-male or female

I do realize that the male on male assault is a huge problem as I had a brother in the service not to long ago--and he has told me some horror stories.
I do not that Sanders will and has signed legislation benefiting women and their families.

[COLGATE4]

135. My daughter was a Medical Officer deployed

with the Marines in the ME. She says that almost all the medical complaints from female military personnel, both officers and enlisted were G.U. tract infections caused by "holding it" during the night rather than going to the head and risk being sexually assaulted by fellow Marines. Never had an instance of a male patient claiming injury due to 'male on male sexual assault'. I'm sure it happens, too but I question that the majority of sexually assaulted in the service is predominantly male on male.

[Mnpaul]

86. S. 1581 (113th): Survivors of Military Sexual Assault and Domestic Abuse Act of 2013

A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide counseling and treatment for sexual trauma to members of the Armed Forces, to require the Secretary to screen veterans for domestic abuse, to require the Secretary to submit reports on military sexual trauma and domestic abuse, and for other purposes.



Yep, Bernie is ignoring the issue by sponsoring bills to deal with it.

[reddread]

49. leftist extremists

[wendylaroux]

51. H isn't losing it,she never had it. nt

[jwirr]

54. When you have gone to the lengths to which she has gone

and been in the front so far when all this started and everything you try backfires and you have moved down in the polls when you were so sure that you were inevitable and that this would all be so easy it stands to reason that it is going to make you kind of angry.

Well Hillary now you see why we are so angry.

[grasswire]

64. nobody's forcing her to do this.

I often wonder why she subjects herself to it all, and why she makes stupid decisions that make things worse.

[Beacool]

59. Yawn....

[Lizzie Poppet]

67. We get it: Princess Weathervane can do no wrong.

[oregonjen]

61. Could it have been a planned "I'm tough" response that backfired on her?

Her advisors haven't given her stellar advice, perhaps this is another misstep? Sure made her look awful.

[NCjack]

127. Good point about "backfired". It looked like a response to question that really

was not asked. The question was would she stop accepting fossil energy money. Her response attacked the Bernie campaign for lying about her. It looked practiced and not relevant to actual question asked.

[Major Hogwash]

62. It's in the bag.

What's in the bag?
Your money.
All of it?
Yeah, all of it.
So, how much is there?
The amount we agreed upon, $21 million.
Just for giving some speeches to Wall Street bankers?
Yeah, we think it was worth it.
Wow, that sure is a lot of money.
Yeah, but remember what you said in those speeches, now.
Oh, I will, you can count on me.
I'm sure we can, 'cuz we made transcripts of those speeches.
You have transcripts of the speeches I gave?
Oh yeah, and plenty of copies of them, do you want some copies?
Oh, hell, no, why would I want copies of those speeches.
Well, you do your part, and we'll hold up our end of the bargain.
Oh, I will.
You better, or somehow those transcripts are going to wind up on the 11 o'clock news, capish?
Capish!

[senz]

75. Oh, dear.

[MFM008]

77. come on

Sanders walked off the set of an interview a few weeks ago. Just bang and gone. Whose(else) got temperament?????????????????

[mrdmk]

138. Bernie Sanders: "Thank-you, thank-you very much!"

Reporter: "First candidate that has ever walked away!"

Sanders: "I told you had 4 minutes, you had more than 4 minutes and you persisted."

Reporter: "I am a reporter, that is what we do!"

A rule about journalism, do not make the story about yourself. The reporter did exactly that.

It goes on:

Sanders: "Do not say I walk, how much time did we give, more than four minutes (asking the question of somebody else), that was the time we agreed on (to the reporter)."

Reporter: "I... am... not gonna squabble this..."

Sanders then sits down for another interview. So the question is, where did Sanders walk off to?

Full video here:

http://www.12news.com/news/bernie-sanders-walks-out-of-interview/88844882

[loyalsister]

82. She's definitely under a lot of pressure

But, one thing that worries me is that her campaign has been controlling the questions she gets and preventing real challenges as much as possible. Remember how W had to be staged and handled in order to avoid showing ignorance? We can only hope that someone would do the same for her!
I wonder if people are confusing calculated toughness with an inability to tolerate criticism. All presidents face constant criticism. I shudder to imagine press conferences!

What happen if someone shouts "you lie" during a SOTU speech? You know that republicans are compiling a "how to provoke Hillary guide."

[bvar22]

140. George-the-Lesser also wore a reciever under his coat jacket.

It was plainly visible in several photos taken from the rear during the debates.

There is only one other possibility:
that lump was the place where Cheney's puppet strings hooked into George's back.

[GreatGazoo]

89. Maybe it isn't the pressure of campaigning -- Nancy Reagan's funeral

was not buckling under pressure. She just made stuff up. Not in response to questions and not in response to someone she errantly believed was a Bernie supporter. It was one of the strangest moments of the campaign season so far.

[frustrated_lefty]

92. Implosion imminent.

It should be memorable.

[Tarc]

93. I love these McCoy memes

Today it's "losing it".

[tabasco]

94. Perhaps she found her conscience

and suddenly realized she knowingly aided and abetted an unjust war resulting in hundreds of thousands of dead people.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

102. No she isnt, she is one tough cookie...Nor is Bernie going negative by pointing out facts about

bundlers and who the money comes from.

I cant wait for this to be over.

[artyteacher]

107. nope shes winning it. eom

[azmom]

110. Kick

[FlatBaroque]

123. Maybe it is as simple as the fact that her entire strategy was based on being able to focus

on the Republican nominee by March. She is looking forward to the world series, forgetting that there is a division playoff series still being played.

[EndElectoral]

124. Her strategy is to blame the person bringing the information that prevents the coronation

[Autumn]

125. She already lost it once, getting ready to lose it again.

[MrMickeysMom]

142. BUT, BUT... She has female parts!

And, I'm going to H E double tooth picks if I don't join in with all the OTHER VAGINAS and forget about all her fucking bad decisions, taking money from Wall Street, Health Care, and Prison Industrial complex... ALL THE WHILE changing her positions because of Bernie's strong and consistent and popular positions.

[itsrobert]

143. Latest Wisconsin Poll: Hillary up 6 points

http://www.wtmj.com/news/cruz-clinton-lead-respective-races-in-new-poll

[brooklynite]

158. ...while Bernie is just losing.