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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Bernie Sanders' Fox News town hall wasn't a debate. Bernie won anyway.
(snip)
When speaking directly to audience members or to the TV audience watching at home, Sanders was sincere and open. When asked about President Donald Trump, he spoke with emotion about how he hoped everyone could agree a pathological liar should not be president; in his closing statement, he practically begged for more comity in the country, without backing off his insistence that the rich need to do more to provide for working families.
When speaking to Baier and McCallum, however or, in a couple of moments, directly to the Fox News-watcher-in-chief Sanders was as prickly as youd expect. The president watches your network a bit, right? he needled. He hectored the hosts for making more money than he did. He huffed that hed give fair answers only if asked fair questions.
(snip)
The Fox News hosts provided the perfect foil.
Sanders directed his irritations at them, giving the audience plenty of the authentic-seeming Bernie from Brooklyn without actually being irritated with any potential voters, and without saying anything negative about any of his fellow Democrats also running for the presidency. When McCallum invited him to attack Biden as a centrist or South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg for suggesting Sanders might be too old, Sanders demurred pointing out that Biden was a friend and that the primary was for voters to hear differences and make up their minds, or half-joking about his distant past as a long-distance runner.
(snip)
https://www.vox.com/2019/4/15/18323347/bernie-sanders-town-hall-fox-news-bret-baier
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Bernie Sanders' Fox News town hall wasn't a debate. Bernie won anyway. (Original Post)
Uncle Joe
Apr 2019
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I'm glad it went well for Bernie ova there at Faux. I wonder do they fill the audience with
UniteFightBack
Apr 2019
#5
First his tax release news then blowing the roof at Fox. Not a good day for Bernie haters. nt
Snotcicles
Apr 2019
#13
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,121 posts)1. Bernie put on a clinic!! No surprise, of course!!
Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
rpannier
(24,328 posts)2. It went well for Sanders
Not so well for faux
If I were to vote in a presidential
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primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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Uncle Joe
(58,272 posts)4. I couldn't agree more sfwriter.
They have most definitely been in a bubble and it needs to be popped.
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denverbill
(11,489 posts)7. Reminds me of when he went to Liberty University in 2016.
I was appalled when I first head he was going to do it but it needs to be done. I don't know if he made any converts but his message of caring for each other resonated with some of the students I think.
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CentralMass
(15,265 posts)15. I have to disagree. Fox should be shunned.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)5. I'm glad it went well for Bernie ova there at Faux. I wonder do they fill the audience with
friendlies or are they really hardcore pukes.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Uncle Joe
(58,272 posts)8. No doubt there were some of both but the national viewing audience of
FOX were exposed unfiltered to Bernie's message as well.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Snotcicles
(9,089 posts)13. First his tax release news then blowing the roof at Fox. Not a good day for Bernie haters. nt
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
bahrbearian
(13,466 posts)10. Here is a short Video
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)11. I gotta tell you...that is something else ! nt
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)14. They apparently have clipped it already.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Trenzalore
(2,331 posts)12. I know two people who went
A husband and wife I've known since childhood.
They are both strong Bernie supporters. The wife got to ask a question.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided