2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHas a Senator from a large, diverse state ever gone on to become Secretary of State?
Or a Senator from any state? Has any Senator gone on to become Secretary of State?
And then been deemed "unqualified" by a primary opponent?
Of course it's only a coincidence that the person whose qualifications are denigrated is a woman.
And no, Bernie, she didn't say it first. Listen to the video. She said you WERE qualified. But you couldn't wait to go on the attack.
jfern
(5,204 posts)It included serving for a number of a years as Senator from a large state (Pennsylvania) and then being Secretary of State for 4 years. But there was a lot more to it.
pnwmom
(108,950 posts)that qualifications lower the chance of being a good President.
jfern
(5,204 posts)Also, I added more to my post that you might have missed.
pnwmom
(108,950 posts)or is Bernie the first to use this word against a former Senator and Secretary of State?
jfern
(5,204 posts)joshcryer
(62,265 posts)Not sure if "unqualified" was in the verbiage back then. Presidential races weren't quite like running for class President as they are these days.
revbones
(3,660 posts)Her campaign communications director explicitly said it for her first.
pnwmom
(108,950 posts)Then others in the media falsely paraphrased the exchange, and Bernie did take the bait.
revbones
(3,660 posts)http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/06/politics/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-democrats-unity/index.html
pnwmom
(108,950 posts)She added: "If you want to know why Hillary's experience and deep understanding of the issues facing American families matter so much, you should read this."
Neither Hillary nor Reynolds said that Bernie was unqualified.
revbones
(3,660 posts)but every synonym and way of saying it without the exact word - and that is somehow different from using the one word?
pnwmom
(108,950 posts)that a candidate isn't informed on specific issues.
revbones
(3,660 posts)Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)And Senator Obama has a speech he gave in 2002.."
RandySF
(58,387 posts)I don't take seriously someone with such a scarce record. Especially someone who only recently joined the party so he can take advantage of its infrastructure.