Milbank: Sanders is losing the pillow fight with Clinton (Cartoons)

[Iamaartist]

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http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/3741855-155/milbank-sanders-is-losing-the-pillow


WASHINGTON • The 19th century had the Lincoln-Douglas debates. The 20th century brought Kennedy-Nixon. And now we have just experienced a forensic masterpiece to define our times: the Clinton-Sanders Debate Debate.

This particular rhetorical showdown was not a back-and-forth about issues, appropriately enough, but an argument about whether to debate — and when, and where. It began Jan. 30, when the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign challenged Hillary Clinton to debate him in Brooklyn on April 14.

Clinton suggested the Democrats instead debate in Pennsylvania, on Long Island or in Upstate New York. Sanders accused Clinton of ducking.

Clinton proposed a New York debate on the evening of April 4 — but the Sanders campaign rejected the idea as "ludicrous" because the NCAA basketball championship would be later that night and Syracuse might be playing.

Clinton proposed they debate on ABC's "Good Morning America" on April 15, but Sanders rejected that, too.

Clinton even acquiesced to the original Sanders demand and offered to debate April 14 in Brooklyn. Sorry, Sanders said. He now had a rally scheduled for that night — and the permit, his campaign said, had been hard to get.

The Sanders campaign countered Sunday by suggesting four other nights — one of them on a weekend, which it previously had said was unacceptable. Clinton summarily rejected those days.

Sanders late Monday acquiesced to debate on the very day and in the very place he proposed two months ago. He could rally another time at his preferred venue, New York's Washington Square Park — which, by coincidence, was the site Saturday of the International Pillow Fight, in which hundreds of strangers playfully thumped each other with feather-filled sacks.

This is oddly appropriate, because the Democratic nominating contest generally, like the Great Debate Debate, has come to resemble a pillow fight — a lot of commotion and feathers flying, but the blows don't have much impact. Sanders long ago ceased to have a meaningful chance of winning the nomination; he would need to win 57 percent of the remaining delegates (or 67 percent, if you include uncommitted superdelegates), which, under the Democrats' system of assigning delegates in proportion to the vote, simply isn't going to happen.


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[CalvinballPro]

1. Hillary looks a little like Meryl Streep in that first picture.

And so many cats! lol

[Iamaartist]

2. Thank-you (We got to have fun .... from all the bad from Bernie) lol

[Cha]

8. You mentioned Meryl..

[BlueMTexpat]

3. I'm not a great fan of

Dana Milbank. But this was cute. How could it not be?

Bernie should never have started this silliness and certainly he should never have encouraged it to play out in public this way. Your first cartoon is brilliant!

This line especially:

Sanders late Monday acquiesced to debate on the very day and in the very place he proposed two months ago.

Some may begin to question whether "senior moments" may be involved. Especially when Bernie also says that he released previous tax returns - when he did not.

Definitely NOT someone to be near the WH in a time of crisis, if ever.

[Iamaartist]

4. Thank -you

Soon we will have to beat Trump or Cruz both are bad no (R) is good in my book

//Ő-Ő

[SunSeeker]

6. LOL -- the first toon, the one with Bernie as a stoop screamer/crazy cat lady is perfect...OMG

[Iamaartist]

7. love that one too......... (-_-)LOL(-_-)

Omg......