Bernie Sanders came after Hillary Clinton on climate change and energy issues

[eridani]

Stupid fucking original headline. Policy criticism is not "bashing."

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/34821-bernie-bashes-hillary-on-keystone-and-other-pipelines

Bernie Sanders came after Hillary Clinton on climate change and energy issues on Monday night. At a Democratic candidate town hall forum in Iowa, Sanders argued that he has the judgment to be president, pointing out that, unlike Clinton, he was correct from the start in opposing both the Iraq War and Keystone XL.

“On day one, I said the Keystone Pipeline is a dumb idea,” said Sanders — who, as it happens, looks remarkably like Larry David doing Bernie Sanders. “I think the Bakken pipeline, and pipelines in Vermont and New Hampshire, are dumb ideas,” he continued. “We’ve got to break our dependence on fossil fuels. Why did it take Hillary Clinton such a long time before she came into opposition on the Keystone Pipeline?” Sanders went on to point out that he, unlike Clinton, has also been consistent in opposing trade pacts like Trans-Pacific Partnership, a deal that many environmentalists criticize.

Clinton didn’t get a chance to respond because the town hall forum had the candidates addressing voters directly instead of engaging with each other. Each candidate came on stage alone to face the moderator and take questions from the audience. This gave each candidate some time alone in the spotlight, and severely cut down on instances of side-eye. An unknown evil genius decided to start the event with Sanders, end with Clinton, and stick poor, ignored Martin O’Malley in the middle, thereby ensuring that viewers wouldn’t turn it off halfway through. Smart move. Evil, but smart.

[mikehiggins]

1. Was there a live stream? If so, having HRC on last works for her benefit.

Being able to see/hear what Sanders had to say, with no chance of his rebutting her, had to work to HRC's advantage.

I don't think that is a hard concept to grasp on CNN's part.

I was surprised that she didn't go after Sanders a lot more clearly, actually. I think that kid with his comment on dishonesty might have thrown her off her game.

And what was Chris Cuomo there for anyway? Other than putting the tax issue on the table (no one else did) I can't remember anything he said or did that made any difference.

[libdem4life]

2. It is in this political race...that's the only way to get "attack" to stick to Bernie. Even

"compare" brings wailing and gnashing of teeth. No, no no.