Bernie Sanders Does Not Care About Hillary Clinton's Email Controversy

[DonViejo]

WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders said Wednesday he wasn't concerned about potential 2016 rival Hillary Clinton's ongoing controversy surrounding her use of a private email account for official matters as secretary of state.

"What Hillary Clinton did with her email is, frankly, not one of the great issues I face," the independent senator from Vermont told reporters at a news conference on Capitol Hill about upcoming budget negotiations.

Sanders, the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, dismissed the issue as a media phenomenon that few regular Americans care about.

"There is great deal of interest on this subject from people in the media here on Capitol Hill. Not a whole lot of interest from people back home," he said. "The people back home are precisely interested in what we're talking about — how do you create a million jobs, how do you make college affordable, how do you make health care affordable?"

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[Renew Deal]

1. He's right

[hamsterjill]

4. Absolutely, he's right.

He's smart to understand that, too.

[liberalmike27]

9. It is

A stupid, and nothing thing, something FOX tossed into the fray, and all of the conservative media echo chambers to chewing on, while other news passes us by. Think of all the crap that went on during Bill Clinton's administration, while we were all hearing our media talk about the "curve of his penis," and where it had been.

It's ALL, the right-wing media, led by FOX.

[ms liberty]

2. I love Bernie...

He always takes the crap the media throws and segues right into the real issues.

[Dustlawyer]

11. And yet he is marginalized by all, including

most Democrats who fall for the self fulfilling prophesy. Sad that the only true Statesman in the race cannot get the support needed to be heard!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. Celebrity excesses are more entertaining than real issues and sell more cheetos and beer.

I look at Hillary's private email account in the same way I look at other big shot/big name excesses like personal parking slots, corner offices, and private toilets.

[GoneFishin]

5. I am no HRC cheerleader. But that email fake issue is total bullshit. BENGHAZI!

[lewebley3]

6. Bernie is fine American with Prioties in order

[Dawgs]

7. It's why I love Bernie. He doesn't care about anything but how to help people.

It's why I think he'll do better than most think.

[kacekwl]

8. Nail meet HAMMER.

[FourScore]

10. Bringin' it back home! Thank you, Senator Sanders!!! n/t

[99Forever]

12. This issue isn't about what Bernie Sanders...

... says about it, or even whether he cares about, it's about yet another pile of red meat for the Teapublican Noise Machine to drone on endlessly about, that could have been so easily avoided. It's about the tone-deafness of thinking that somehow one particular person is above the fray.

Bernie Sanders doesn't do stupid shit like that to set himself up for the usual idiotic games played by the scumballs on the right, that is yet another reason why he should be our next President.

[lunamagica]

17. How do you know he has never done stupid things?

Does he get the media scrutiny Hillary does? Absolutely not.

I admire Mr Sanders, but I doubt he's never done anything "stupid" in his life

[MineralMan]

13. Thanks, Bernie! You've got it exactly right.

Bernie Sanders is one of the good guys. His head is on straight. I've admired him for a long time.

[Hekate]

14. KnR, Bernie

[navarth]

15. "frankly, not one of the great issues I face" Bernie keeps it real AS ALWAYS

It would be nice to elect him as president. I wonder how he would do with the nasty parts of being prez? Like the foreign policy, dealing with all the military-industrial-media complex issues. I would hope that he would surround himself with men and women who shared his morality but were plenty tough and smart. The toughness will be necessary in a presidential campaign. Lots of filth will be thrown around.

[JDPriestly]

16. Bernie is so right -- as usual. K&R.

[KittyWampus]

18. He's got his priorities straight. I trust his moral compass.