Breaking: Man takes credit for woman's idea that he repeatedly called garbage

[ehrnst]

On a scale of 0-1, how shocked are you to hear that the higher education plan Bernie Sanders introduced is essentially Hillary Clinton's plan, which Sanders roundly criticized during the campaign?

The legislation outlined by Sanders Monday, which Democrats are calling College for All, would make public colleges and universities tuition-free to students with family income up to $125,000; make community colleges tuition-free; cut student loan interest rates in half; and triple funding for the Federal Work-Study program.

Emphasis mine. That was the biggest distinction between Clinton's and Sanders' plans: Clinton did not believe that students whose families could afford college tuition needed to have their education subsidized. Sanders resoundingly dismissed out of hand that qualification throughout the Democratic primary.

The outline of the bill announced Monday hews closely to that final Clinton plan, including the promise that colleges and universities would be tuition-free for students from households earning less than $125,000.
"Hews closely." Indeed!

Clinton is, naturally, not being given credit for the plan. Because of course she isn't.

http://www.shakesville.com/2017/04/breaking-man-takes-credit-for-womans.html

[Cha]

1. Mahalo for this, ehrnst!

Shine the Light!

Breaking: Man takes credit for woman's idea that he repeatedly called garbage

http://www.shakesville.com/2017/04/breaking-man-takes-credit-for-womans.html

[ehrnst]

2. A woman must accomplish twice as much to be thought of as half as effective

as a man.

[Cha]

4. And, she should get credit for

her ideas and what she accomplishes.

[brer cat]

5. You got that right, ehrnst!

[NurseJackie]

3. Many thanks!

[sheshe2]

6. Thank you for posting that here, ehrnst.

[JHan]

7. One of the comments under the piece is a winner:

"This whole thing is like a never-ending shitty nightmare about the worst board meeting ever."


rite ladies??

[Gothmog]

8. Great post

[NastyRiffraff]

9. Thank you!

This behavior by Sanders is par for the course.

Excellent piece by Melissa. Thanks for posting it!

[wildeyed]

10. Also, how does this even get out of committee right now?

He can SAY anything he wants, but the GOP can't even repeal a bill they have been campaigning on repealing for seven years. We hold zero majorities or the executive branch. We are an eyelash away from GOP invoking nuclear option to ram Gorsuch through. How does he think this has a snowballs chance in hell? I guess actually passing legislation is for the little people, not the big bold thinkers.

In addition to taking credit for her idea after denigrating it for so long, it seems like a total non-sequitur, given the situation we are in politically.

[Fla Dem]

16. That's been his modis operandi. Introduce bills with no chance of succeeding.

[BooScout]

11. K&R

[sheshe2]

12. Kicking

[Lucinda]

13. KNR

[Ellen Forradalom]

14. Quelle surprise

[SunSeeker]

15. K & R