Sanders' campaign stands by book blurb knocking Obama

[riversedge]

By Dan Merica CNN

Sanders' campaign stands by book blurb knocking Obama
Spokesman says it's 'absolutely true'


UPDATED 3:17 AM EST Jan 31, 2016


(CNN) —Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign on Saturday stood by a book endorsement the Vermont senator wrote that suggested President Barack Obama had let progressives down, claiming that what the senator wrote is "absolutely true."


Sanders penned the book endorsement for "Buyer's Remorse: How Obama let Progressives Down" by Bill Press. "Bill Press makes the case ... Read this book," Sanders writes in a blurb featured atop the book's front cover.

"Bill Press makes the case why, long after taking the oath of office, the next president of the United States must keep rallying the people who elected him or her on behalf of progressive causes. That is the only way real change will happen," read Sanders' full quote.

Press' book, which is out a day after the Iowa caucuses on February 2, is about "the many ways President Obama has failed to live up to either his promises or his progressive potential," according to promotional materials..................

Read more: http://www.wxii12.com/politics/sanders-campaign-stands-by-book-blurb-about-progressive-discontent-with-obama/37733144





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[tk2kewl]

1. Simpson-Bowles and TTP. Enough said.

[roguevalley]

19. since when is it wrong to criticize obama when he's doing something wrong?

that's the repub thing, not saying anything, Reagan's eleventh commandment

[tk2kewl]

21. No argument from me

I even still have a pic of the Flintstone's dog with the presidents head that I posted on DU more than once during his "grand bargain" away your grandmother run

[Ferd Berfel]

36. He Aint Jesus - WHen you're wrong, you're wrong

Here, I"ll take a whack at it......

[joshcryer]

37. Simpson-Bowles was theater.

TPP is a symptom of consumers wanting cheap goods.

[tk2kewl]

38. if you say so

[99th_Monkey]

2. Sanders is not a flip-flopper who changes positions with every pantsuit. n/t

[ejbr]

3. And as both an Obama

supporter and Sanders supporter, I would hope he would stand by that statement or why should he even run?

[beam me up scottie]

4. So you're saying Obama didn't disappoint progressives?

[Motown_Johnny]

5. The blurb did not bash Obama.

Please rephrase.

[Lucinda]

6. I hear that Obama fella is a pretty popular POTUS these days with most Dems

This may not be a good thing for the Senator. But good for him for backing up what he said.

[tk2kewl]

7. i guess that's why Hillary keeps trying to run on his record rather than her own

[Lucinda]

8. I suspect you haven't watched her town halls, or you'd know that wasn't the case.

So what do you know about her plans?

[riversedge]

12. Ah--there it is again-making stuff up again and passing it off as a fact.

[still_one]

18. He is extremely popular among Democrats.

[enid602]

29. deal

But not among Republicans. And know they have the Bern doing their bidding. Makes you wonder if a deal wasn't reached.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

9. So, exactly which letters of Bernie's blurb are a bash on President Obama? nt

[JRLeft]

10. More corporatism is another step towards expanding the inequality gap.

[AtomicKitten]

11. Hillary blames Pres Obama for the rise of ISIS.

Original interview with the Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/08/hillary-clinton-failure-to-help-syrian-rebels-led-to-the-rise-of-isis/375832/

Hillary Clinton blames rise of ISIS on Obama “failure” to intervene in Syria civil war
link: http://www.salon.com/2014/08/10/illary_clinton_blames_rise_of_isis_on_obama_%E2%80%9Cfailure%E2%80%9D_to_intervene_in_syria_civil_war/

During a long and in-depth interview with the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, former secretary of state and likely future presidential candidate Hillary Clinton distanced herself from President Obama’s foreign policy, implying the Islamist extremist group ISIS would not be so powerful had the president listened to her advice and thrown American power more forcefully behind “moderate” Syrian rebel forces.

“The failure to help build up a credible fighting force of the people who were the originators of the protests against Assad — there were Islamists, there were secularists, there was everything in the middle — the failure to do that left a big vacuum, which the jihadists have now filled,” Clinton said.

[malletgirl02]

15. Iran Deal

Hillary Clinton also criticized President Obama on the Iran Deal.

[AtomicKitten]

23. She also trashed Joe Biden's diplomacy in the last batch of emails released

... describing it as "a Disney ride with dips and spins."

emails can be seen here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3423809/Joe-Biden-s-diplomacy-described-Disney-ride-dips-spins-latest-Clinton-email-release.html

[Karmadillo]

17. Stop it! When you cite facts, the terrorists win.

[AtomicKitten]

24. *

(nice to see you around these here parts again)

[Karmadillo]

40. *

[JRLeft]

26. That takes some balls, her vote is the reason why.

[DesertRat]

13. k&r

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

14. And?

Obama did let progressives down.

[R B Garr]

16. Thom Hartmamn was on MSNBC last week bashing Obama

on behalf of Bernie. It's sickening to watch. Big mistake.

[jillan]

20. Oh looky! Another rovian trick - cherry picking a few words out of a whole conversation & building a

smear campaign with that.

I watched that interview. Bernie praised Obama for all that he has accomplished. But he did say that he has had disagreements with the President.

OMG - Bernie does not walk in lock step with the President and has a mind of his own. Waaaaaaa!!!!

C'mon Hillaryites - we are Democrats. We don't fall for this kinda crap.

[dlwickham]

22. Sanders writes an endorsement for a book attacking Obama

Sanders penned the book endorsement for "Buyer's Remorse: How Obama let Progressives Down" by Bill Press. "Bill Press makes the case ... Read this book," Sanders writes in a blurb featured atop the book's front cover.

"Bill Press makes the case why, long after taking the oath of office, the next president of the United States must keep rallying the people who elected him or her on behalf of progressive causes. That is the only way real change will happen," read Sanders' full quote.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/30/politics/bernie-sanders-democrats-obama-progressives-hillary-clinton/index.html

that's cherry picking?

[jillan]

25. What part of Bernie's quote don't you understand? OFA was pretty much over after Obama was elected

which was a huge mistake because it was an excellent tool for organizing progressives, which I was involved in.
There was a lot of disappointment after that.... To those of us that volunteered with OFA it was mindboggling.
Bernie will not do that is what he is saying.

[dlwickham]

35. What was cherry picked

[uponit7771]

28. Sanders has been dogging Obama for years, even called him rightward and proffered

... he should have a primary challenger.

This isn't about a few words...

and this book doesn't help

[orpupilofnature57]

27. Pics, propaganda, and Poetry, still No ISSUES .

[beam me up scottie]

30. It's like they don't even have a candidate.

This focus on Bernie 24/7 instead of Hillary is bizarre.

Have they posted anything about her today? I've seen lots of pro-Bernie threads.

[orpupilofnature57]

39. I can't comment, kicked out from speaking in the Hillary group, Inclusive, open people that they

AREN'T .

[cherokeeprogressive]

31. BREAKING!: Bernie Sanders uses FIVE squares of toilet paper when FOUR would do!

My headline carries just as much weight as yours does, for if you had taken the time to actually UNDERSTAND what you were reading... you'd know the quote on Bill Press' book DOESN'T MENTION BARACK OBAMA AT ALL.

"Bill Press makes the case why, long after taking the oath of office, the next president of the United States must keep rallying the people who elected him or her on behalf of progressive causes. That is the only way real change will happen," read Sanders' full quote.

Let me know if there is anything else I can help you out with.

[beam me up scottie]

32. *snerk*

[Nanjeanne]

33. This is the New Clinton throw against the wall & see if it sticks meme

David Plouffe is tweeting it like a good soldier and the Clintonites are pushing it like it means something.

The quote from Sanders is perfectly respectful and truthful. Are we not allowed to ask our leaders to be better? Sanders has said over and over that he appreciates what Pres Obama has done. Is it wrong to want the next President to push progressives ideas more strongly if possible?

Bill Press also wrote an excellent book called "The Obama Hate Machine - all about the horrible lies and distortions used by the right-wing media and ignored by the corporate mainstream media against President Obama. I guess Plouffe didn't have a problem with Bill when he wrote that one.

I wonder how many people have actually read the book they are all complaining about. It's what many of us here have spoken about - lots of good things in the Obama years. But still an increasing of income equality, a stagnation of workers wages, the TPP, etc. Obama campaigned on lots of stuff that many of us voted for him for. I myself have my disappointments. Not that I would have preferred Clinton - no way. But seriously, this book is not a slam job against Obama. It's an analysis of what was done - and what wasn't.

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[JonLeibowitz]

34. The cherry picking in that quote is atrocious.

There is nothing wrong with the quote Senator Sanders gave. It is a commentary on political strategy, not ideology or commitment to democratic principles.

But, please do carry on. I'm sure this accusation will not stick.