Bernie Sanders cannot make it through an interview without being grilled about Hillary Clinton

[Cali_Democrat]

Wolf Blitzer Baffled by Bernie Sanders’ Free College Plan: But What About Hillary?
by Matt Wilstein | 4:05 pm, May 19th, 2015

As the only other candidate running for president as a Democrat in 2016, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) cannot make it through an interview without being grilled about Hillary Clinton. On Tuesday, Sanders visited CNN to discuss his plan to make public universities tuition-free, but Wolf Blitzer mostly seemed interested in getting his reaction to Clinton’s first Q&A session with the press in more than four weeks.

Asked by Blitzer to react to Clinton’s comments on her own wealth, the candidate said that income inequality is “an issue I’ve been talking about many years and what we need to do is be specific about what we’re going to do.” When he said that the vast majority of new income is going to the top one-tenth of the 1%, Blitzer wanted to know if that was a jab at the Clintons.

“I don’t know,” Sanders said, continually trying to steer the conversation away from Hillary Clinton specifically and towards the “more serious problem” of how to fix the income gap in this country. He then introduced his new legislation that would make all public colleges and universities tuition-free.

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It is notable that the entire time Sanders discussed his college plan, the chyron “Clinton Questioned About Income Inequality” remained on the screen.

This is what happens when a candidate attempts to talk about policy — and not the political horse race — on cable news.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/wolf-blitzer-baffled-by-bernie-sanders-free-college-plan-but-what-about-hillary/

The American media, ladies and gentlemen.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

1. Can't allow the upstart to challenge the established order.

He can't be allowed to speak about his own ideas lest they prove popular. If his ideas are popular he might be able to thwart the predetermined outcome; unravel The Grand Work. They want to keep attention focused where it serves them.

And I got a dollar that says they're trying to bait him into saying something that can be taken out of context as being sexist.

[JonLP24]

2. They are

at the end of the interview Wolf asked "So you want to raise taxes?" then Bernie Sanders handled on by listing who then yes rather than the yes first. This is why I like Bernie Sanders because I haven't known him to "gaffe".

[madokie]

4. He's solid

he is serious as a heart attack too. I love him already and its early in this season

[madokie]

3. He handled it well

"you'll have to ask Hillary." wolf. Pretty much busted wolfies widdle bubble


ETA: I think I seen a puddle develop under the wolf boys stool to top it off

[Cali_Democrat]

5. Yep!

This exchange:

Blitzer: “Is Hillary Clinton committed to this cause as are you?”
Sanders: “Wolf, you have to ask Hillary. I don’t work for her. I don’t know.”

Wolf is such a putz.

[madokie]

7. Thats putting it mildly

[Wellstone ruled]

11. Old U Boat Captain is just another

1%er puppet. Understand he controls the Political Messaging for CNN.

[Jefferson23]

6. The MSM is only interested in a fight and not a clean one, either. n/t

[BreakfastClub]

8. The media apparently want Hillary Clinton to be constantly attacked. That is

why Bernie couldn't make it through without Wolf demanding that Bernie bash her. Everybody's gotta do it!

[hifiguy]

9. He handled it perfectly,

He's not there to talk about HRC. Too bad nobody told Blitzwolf that. Don't fuck with your intellectual betters, Wolfie. It won't end well.

[Exilednight]

12. That relegates him to debating the

Pundits at Fux Snooze.

[NYC_SKP]

10. He was calm, cool, and deflected with humor, "I don't work for her."