BERNIE SANDERS DUCKS UNSANCTIONED DEBATE, CLINTON AND O'MALLEY ARE GAME

[Bill USA]

http://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-unsanctioned-debate-new-hampshire-420225

For months, Bernie Sanders has blasted the Democratic National Committee and its chairwoman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, for not scheduling enough debates to give voters a proper chance to choose between himself and his Democratic competitors, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley.

But, after the New Hampshire Union Leader, New Hampshire's largest newspaper, announced Tuesday that it will host an additional debate, unsanctioned by the DNC, on February 4, Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver told The New York Times that Sanders does not want to participate for fear of retribution from the DNC...(LOL...Bill_USA)

The DNC "said this will be an unsanctioned debate, so we would not want to jeopardize our ability to participate in future debates," Weaver told the Times. If the party decides to sanction the debate, Sanders's stance could change, Weaver added.

[blockquote style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:5px;"]Right! while the only other two Democratic candidates would NOT be sanctioned but Sanders would be???-- ROFL_Bill USA.


Clinton and O'Malley, meanwhile, seemed eager at the prospect of another debate. "Hillary Clinton would be happy to participate in a debate in New Hampshire if the other candidates agree, which would allow the DNC to sanction the debate,” a Clinton campaign spokesman told the Union Leader.
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[rurallib]

1. "ducks" nice choice of words newsweek

try maybe "follows the rules"

Frankly I am surprised to see newsweek still exists.

[TheBlackAdder]

41. HRC/MOM comfortable BETRAYING THEIR WORD, want to show SBS EQUALLY UNTRUSTWORTHY. nt

[Yupy]

2. Bernie gets crowds of 20,000, Hillary of 450... is so obvious what is happening! Bernie 2016!!!

[elias49]

3. 3rd thread on this Bill. Sure you want to leave it?

[hobbit709]

4. Must be the meme of the day.

[Uncle Joe]

5. The one candidate that hasn't blasted Schultz over the past few months is Hillary, I wonder why?

And as Bernie has been doing all along, he's pushing for more sanctioned debates, Hillary have been most quiet on the issue, why is that?

[guillaumeb]

6. The rebuttal to your post is contained in the link Bill

When it is written:

For months, Bernie Sanders has blasted the Democratic National Committee and its chairwoman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, for not scheduling enough debates to give voters a proper chance to choose between himself and his Democratic competitors, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley.

the key point is sanctioned debates. That is, debates organized and sanctioned by the DNC, the body responsible here. The offer of a debate in New Hampshire was made by a newspaper, not the DNC.

And also, again, in your post, are the words:

The DNC "said this will be an unsanctioned debate, so we would not want to jeopardize our ability to participate in future debates," Weaver told the Times. If the party decides to sanction the debate, Sanders's stance could change, Weaver added.

What this means is that the Sanders campaign is willing to debate IF THE DEBATE IS DNC SANCTIONED.

So your post is meaningless as the title is very misleading. Nice tactics, smelling of desperation.

[Bill USA]

36. BErnie is 'afraid of DNC' while the other two candidates are not. Why, because if all candidates

participate what's the DNC going to do? Stop ALL CANDIDATES FROM PARTICIPATING IN DEBATES. THE EXCUSE IS LUDICROUS AND TRANSPARENT. HE IS AVOIDING A DEBATE. DNC WON'T KNOCK OUT ALL THE CANDIDATES IF THEY ALL PARTICIPATE.

He doesn't want to keep standing in Clinton's shadow. SHe is knowledgeable, articulate, tough and prepared to be Commander in Chief. He knows he looks rather puny beside her in a debate.

HIS RATIONALE IS TRASPARENT BS. - as is your title - and your comment...

BTW: the title of my post comes from Newsweek.

[guillaumeb]

40. I know the title is not yours. I read the article.

This reminds me of why so few people read Newsweek.

[beam me up scottie]

7. The word of the day is "duck", pass it on!

[guillaumeb]

12. The post does not smell like a duck.

It smells like fear, and desperation, and the feeling of
oh no!!!! Not again!!!!!!!!!! This cannot be happening!!!!!

[Iggy Knorr]

15. Use it in a sentence

"I was ducking from sniper fire" said the politician.

[JimDandy]

32. Heehee... Nice! n/t

[Armstead]

17. Gimme an F.....

[ChisolmTrailDem]

18. Donald is having his own "Duck" problem today...lol...

https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=news&q=%23DonaldDuck&src=tyah

Hillary, in the meantime, wants to DUCK THE RULES.

[Mnpaul]

44. Not duck but DUCK

PASS IT ON!

[beam me up scottie]

45. DUCK DUCK GOOSE!

Everyone play!

[SheenaR]

8. This is the same

post the same author made about 45 minutes ago lol. Maybe if they all keep saying it, it will become true

[ChisolmTrailDem]

9. HILLARY CLINTON ATTEMPTS TO DUCK THE RULES BECAUSE NOW THAT THERE ARE NO MORE...

PRE-NEW HAMPSHIRE SANCTIONED DEBATES AND HER LEAD IS IN FREE-FALL, SHE SUDDENLY WANTS MORE DEBATES.

Film at !!!11!!elevens!

[beam me up scottie]

10. !

[ChisolmTrailDem]

16. Hey, check out this #$%#^ hide (I had to cuss the cartoon way because some can't handle a...

..."fuck" or "fucking" or a "chickenshit" here and there)...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1077534

[beam me up scottie]

21. George Carlin wept.

Some delicate hothouse flowers can't handle naughty words, I don't how they manage to cope in real life.

Whatever cuss words I didn't hear at school growing up I leaned from my drill instructors at boot camp. Then there was my mom who used to swear in German...

[arcane1]

28. That was definitely a chickenshit alert. It's the new normal around here.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

30. It's all they have anymore because Hillary is about to be a 2-time loser and they know it. nt

[arcane1]

31. Which gives you an idea of what a Clinton presidency will be like.

We definitely won't be free to express opinions on DU if Skinner's wife's employer becomes president.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

34. Well, I'm sure there's are other forums out there that would love to benefit from the ad revenue. nt

[arcane1]

42. There are indeed. They benefit from my donations too :)

[Jarqui]

11. Bernie agreed with the DNC as did the others, that he would only

participate in DNC sanctioned debates.

The others go ahead and break their agreement with the DNC and they're heroes while Bernie, a man of his word, honoring his agreement is "ducking".

That's some fucked up logic, folks. I'm not buying.

[cali]

13. Good on him.

[RobertEarl]

14. Sad to see posts like this, Bill

Because it sure makes H supporters look bad.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

19. They're scared because they've all seen this game before. nt

[RobertEarl]

25. They should be scared

H is going down. What's a shame is they are attacking Bernie for no good reason and that makes H folks look bad. And fuels the republicans with glee.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

26. The very same DUers who support Hillary today were fanboys/girls of Bernie all the way...

...up until he announced he would be running for the Dem nom. They cheered him for what, 12 hours, in his filibuster against the repukes. He was alright with them every time he voted with Dems, including voting against the IWR.

Bernie was A-OK as long as he served their puposes but now they have stabbed Bernie in the back and I, for one, will never forget it or let them forget it.

[RobertEarl]

37. I'm torn

It may be we need the H supporters in the GE, but like you, would have a hard time forgetting and forgiving them for stabbing Bernie in the back.

Hopefully we will not need them in the GE.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

39. I already have a plan to honor them. When Bernie is president, every time from then on when I refer

...to him I will do so in all caps: PRESIDENT SANDERS.

[Broward]

20. Looks like some here got their marching orders.

[FlatBaroque]

22. I encourage guys like you to keep playing the same cards

it's been working out so well.

[NorthCarolina]

23. Wow, all caps in the title....must be important.

eom

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

24. Cheaters.

Cheaters. Cheaters. Cheaters.

Does it matter that two kids in the class are cheating, while the teacher looks the other way?

[arcane1]

27. Well, at least we know today's talking points were distributed thoroughly.

Exposing the dishonest without any effort!

[still_one]

29. Extra debates won't change anyone's mind

People know where the candidates stand

MSNBC wants it to improve their ratings

Hillary would agree to show she is fine with it

O'Malley because he has nothing to lose

and Bernie to demonstrate he is following the DNC rules

At this point it is simply political posturing

[ChisolmTrailDem]

33. Hillary wants to break the rules because her lead is slipping and because she thinks...

...she did well at the town hall and wants a chance to do the same in an unsanctioned debate.

She wants the rules changed as we go in order to benefit herself.

[still_one]

43. nah, there all playing their political games. I stand by my remarks

[hrmjustin]

35. Time for Sanders to shit or get off the pot.

Agree to the debate and it happens.

[PDittie]

38. DWS: No debate for you, New Hampshire

http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/dws-new-hampshire-no-democratic-debate-you

[trueblue2007]

46. CHICKEN !!!!!

[Iggy Knorr]

47. fowl accusation!

the secret word was DUCK not CHICKEN

[PowerToThePeople]

48. OMFG!

[uponit7771]

49. Sanders, again, shows he's not 100% different from Clinton or any other politician

[bunnies]

50. Correction: Bernie keeps his word to follow DNC rules, Clinton & O'Malley say fuck it. nt

[Matariki]

51. ALL CAPS!!!1!!

[bowens43]

52. Sounds like her higness is worried the peasents are revolting