Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumHillary NEVER said Bernie was "unqualified" to be president. See link here:
Joe Scarborough asked her if she thought Bernie was qualified, based on his HORRIBLE performance in the New York Daily News interview. And HORRIBLE it was. He had little to no SPECIFIC knowledge of the very issues at the forefront of his own platform. He was all just VAGUE talking points and could offer little detailed substance when pressed for specifics. It was TERRIBLE. In RESPONSE, Hillary said that it "raised some questions" about his current fitness (which is certainly DID), but she did not say he was unqualified. She said that was for the voters to decide.
I will say this, ANYONE who reads the transcript or listens to the audio of Bernie's NYDN interview will come away feeling like anyone who saw Katie Couric's interview of Sarah Palin in '08. He did not display a strong grasp of the issues and therefore showed he was not prepared, in terms of his knowledge base, to be sitting in the Oval Office. C'mon. Bernie has had months and years to research these issues, which he is making the centerpieces of his campaign, and it was stunning that he lacked so much detailed knowledge. It shows that he has a campaign based on talking points rather than real substance. People need to WAKE UP. It is one thing to talk about free tuition and quite another to explain exactly how that would get enacted. It is one thing to talk about breaking up the big banks and quite another to explain in detail just how you would go about doing that and what the ramifications would be. It is one thing to assert illegal Wall Street behavior and quite another to explain just which laws were broken and how they were broken. Being ready for the Oval Office isn't just being able to say good sounding things that get people ginned up. It is about being in firm command of COMPLEX issues.
See this link for the Scarborough/Clinton interview:
http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/clinton-i-have-a-record-a-plan-and-i-m-committed-660020291798
liberal N proud
(60,335 posts)Sanders questions if Clinton is 'qualified' to be president
"She has been saying lately that she thinks that I am quote unquote not qualified to be president," Sanders told a crowd of more than 10,000 people at Temple University's Liacouras Center in Philadelphia. "I don't believe that she is qualified if she is, through her super PAC, taking tens of millions of dollars in special-interest funds."
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/sanders-questions-if-clinton-is-qualified-to-be-president/ar-BBrsdFb?li=BBnb7Kz
Cha
(297,275 posts)Last edited Thu Apr 7, 2016, 07:36 AM - Edit history (1)
in the past that voters are going to take more notice than they did before.
We always noticed but the media hasn't been asking about it like they would have if Hillary were always dodging.
People should notice it now. Like it happened with Marco Rubio.
It is hard to go back to not knowing.
KewlKat
(5,624 posts)Hillary camp needs to end this now to stop the incessant replay of this BS video. Think of the FREE negative ad campaign their are getting..........it's a play from drumpf....say outrageous crap and the media rurns nonstop about it!!!! that is how drumpf was created.
everyone needs to move on quickly......
RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)Bernie hasn't been vetted. He is a good guy but so far has shown he is out of his depth. What do you mean this was how Trump was created? Trump was created by DECADES of the right wing masters feeding nasty propaganda to their base which now loves Trump and Cruz who is almost just as bad.
Bernie has been treated with kid gloves so far and created his own bed by continually shouting talking points that he has not been able to translate into substance. He is merely being held accountable as a candidate should. No one is attacking his sincerity nor his personal character. His heart is in the right place. But if he wants to be president, he needs to be able to answer the tough questions.
Gothmog
(145,291 posts)Sanders is behind in delegates and now has to make crap up to try to close the gap. This tactic will not work
Her Sister
(6,444 posts)Could hear the reporters exasperation that he wasn't getting real answers to his questions and fighting/dismissing BS going back to his stump speech. Also could hear how BS what out of his depth.
To repeat what you stated above: People need to WAKE UP