Did Bernie Sanders say that it would be a good idea for President Obama to face primary opposition?

[Cali_Democrat]

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	14 (93%)
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[Cheese Sandwich]

1. I respect your technique of finding the opponent's weak spot and pushing a thumb into it.

[FreakinDJ]

6. Me too

[MohRokTah]

14. Thanks for constantly using that image.

It gave me a chance to use one of the features of AdBlock2.

[FreakinDJ]

19. As if I care

It is the voters I wish to appeal to

[Ferd Berfel]

23. Perfect

[bigwillq]

32. Bwah

[UglyGreed]

38. Now there is photo to

go with the phrase got to love the internet!!!

[farleftlib]

40. Oh snap!

And her new greatest hit "All the lies I don't remember telling."

[beam me up scottie]

2. Other: WOMBATS!!!

[djean111]

3. I don't care one way or the other.

Bernie Sanders is against fracking and the TPP and more wars and increased H-1B visas, and Hillary is not.
THAT is what should determine a vote, the things that actually affect Americans.

[yourpaljoey]

4. I hope so

He has championed the Republican cause at every turn

[uponit7771]

25. Only in Unicornia

[libtodeath]

5. Yes and holding a Presidents feet to the fire to help the people is a good thing.

[uponit7771]

27. It's counter to the way the US government works and is bashing at the root. Get a congress

[ScreamingMeemie]

7. To be fair, and I haven't chosen a candidate yet, I thought it would be a good

idea for Obama to face a primary opponent. This is not a mark of death for Democrats as some of us are "okay" with platform breakaways that other are not okay with. Do we have to walk lockstep? (<<<rhetorical question--I hope).

Please people, another plea to keep to the stuff that actually matters.

[tokenlib]

8. Quite a few of us wanted a primary challenge...

..Obama was flirting with a"grand bargain " and floating chained CPI for Social Security.. So give it up! Bernie said nothing wrong!

[Ferd Berfel]

26. GOr god sake - Obama put Social Security on teh chopping block

and other crap previously stated here.
since then he has rammed TPP down out throats.
YES HE NEEDED to be primary-ed Too bad he wasn't. It might have made a better human being out of him. and a better Democrat

[uponit7771]

28. Wouldn't it be authentic for Sanders to make sure everyone in the SEC states know this?! tia

[Live and Learn]

9. Meaningless internet poll? nt

[Cali_Democrat]

13. I thought you liked internet polls?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511208678#post18

[Live and Learn]

17. ROFL You actually spent time searching for that? Bless your heart.

[Cali_Democrat]

18. I typed your name in the search box along with "poll" and "Bernie"

and.....voila....

took about two seconds...

[Live and Learn]

20. For what?

[MrWendel]

52. Hypocrisy?

[Live and Learn]

53. You win the prize but the hypocrisy was not on my side.

Glad you noted my question mark.

[fredamae]

10. He sure did and I agreed

because...............democracy. Was it illegal? Is it unethical? Is Bernie the Only one who said it? If not that? What the heck are people so up in arms about over this? What specifically was Wrong?

However, he said it in response to a question from a radio show listener.

[guillaumeb]

11. How many ways and times can this same, silly question be asked?

And totally ignoring the actual context of the statement?


There really should be an un-recommend button to recognize nonsense like this.

[AzDar]

34. Since Photo-Gazi turned into a big fat ZERO as an attack tool... it's pretty much ALL they've got.

BTW... Hillary release those transcripts yet?

[stevenleser]

58. If it's so silly, why has Sanders flailed against the idea in debates each time he was asked?

[guillaumeb]

59. Perhaps because he recognizes, unlike Al Gore, that to run from

the Democratic Party is a losing strategy.

But as the Clinton vs. Sanders primaries indicate, Sanders is pushing Clinton to be far more progressive, at least during the primaries, than her record supports.

Clinton, like Obama, is a center right Democrat. Both could have run as Republicans 40 years ago. And it is this center right positioning that has many voters believing that there is no substantive difference between the two parties.

[SoLeftIAmRight]

12. YES YES YES TRUE YES

and I would have voted for one that was against TPP

[whatchamacallit]

15. What if he did?

Is it "blasphemous"?

[juxtaposed]

16. sure ,, you got a problem with that?

[cyberswede]

21. Democracy sux!!!11

[INdemo]

22. Show us a link and make sure its a statement not taken out of context..

You cannot show any link that Sanders said this. You might find some blog or some Ask.com forum but you will not find a creditable link where Bernie Sanders said "only Obama should be primaried"

Why dont you go back Cali and dig up all the racist comments Bill Clinton and Hillary had for Obama during the 2008 Primary?
Why dont you find the quote where Bill Clinton said about Obama " Just a few years ago he would have been carrying our luggage"

Why don't you dig up all the nasty racist comments Bill Clinton made about Obama and Rev. Wright.

Dont forget Cali Bill Clinton grew up in Arkansas and he and Hillary might be out there trying to corral the African American votes
but I don't believe he outgrew his racist views because he was so open with his comments just a few years ago
Note the comment is in this article "this guy would have been carrying our bags a few years ago"

Do you think Obama appointed Hillary as Secretary of State because she was the most qualified? think again. Obama had some rough patches with Democrats and he didn't want Hillary to primary him in 2012.
Here is a link and i will give you more about Bill /Hillary Clinton and what they were all about when it came to challenging President Obama
http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/bill-clinton-made-racist-remarks-about-barack-obama-in-2008-report-498484

Mr Clinton's speech to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte isn't until Wednesday night, but the former President is getting attention for remarks he has already made, the New York Post reported.

Mr Clinton has, for example, on earlier occasions called Mr Obama "incompetent" and "an amateur" who has no clue about how the world operates, according to an article in Sunday's Post by Edward Klein, author of The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House.

"Obama doesn't know how to be president," Mr Clinton told friends and political advisers last year, the article added.

"He doesn't know how the world works," Mr Clinton had said. Mr Klein said Mr Clinton had convened a meeting at his Chappaqua, Westchester, home to urge his wife to challenge Mr Obama for the 2012 nomination.

[Motown_Johnny]

24. Yes, once and only once in response to a direct question.

All the claims that he was "pushing" for Obama to face a primary opponent are dishonest.

[Admiral Loinpresser]

29. How about another poll:

Should a Democratic president ever offer to cut Social Security in a deal with the GOP? My answer is "absolutely not." What do you say, Cali_Democrat? Anticipating crickets rather than an honest response.

[Cali_Democrat]

30. Go for it.

Create your poll.

I won't stop you.

[Admiral Loinpresser]

41. No answer from you, as predicted. n/t

[appalachiablue]

47. +1

[tk2kewl]

48. is that why he thought a primary was a good idea? i thought it was b/c he hated Obama?

[bigwillq]

31. Yes, and I agree with him

All candidates should face a primary challenge. If Sanders wins in 2016 and runs in 2020, Sanders should face a primary challenge.

And the same if Hillary wins in 16 and runs in 20.

[Smarmie Doofus]

33. And if he HAD... that would have been a *bad* thing?

Perhaps you can explain.

[morningfog]

35. You act like there is something horrible about it. It's silly.

[Autumn]

36. Yes he did. I agreed with him. nt

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

37. Yes. And, I applaud him for saying it.

There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it. Lord Acton

[Myrina]

39. Well, this is still America and democracy DOES allow it ...

... so I'm not sure why some folks are making such a BFD out of it ...

[Shandris]

42. I don't believe in Kings. Is there a reason someone shouldn't be primaried? n/t

[Bad Thoughts]

43. Democrats don't obey Reagan's Eleventh Commandment ... nor should you

If you are a Democrat, of course.

[appalachiablue]

44. People & elected officials voice differences in a democracy. Like Democrat Doug Wilder,

African American, grandson of slaves, decorated Korean War veteran, attorney, and a Virginian and southern. Wilder has also served as Va. State Senator and Mayor of Richmond elected in 2004.
Lawrence Douglas Wilder (D), Former Governor of Va. (1990-1994) was the 2nd black governor of Virginia and the first since Reconstruction. In his recent memoir, "Son of Virginia" Wilder discussed some of President Obama's approaches, differences and areas of concern notably in the first term. It's Wilder's opinion and his judgment, and of course freedom of thought and politics in effect.



- In His New Memoir, "Son of Virginia" Former Virginia Governor L. Douglas Wilder Writes That President Barack Obama Has Been "Overly Cautious" Especially on Race Matters.

"Wilder Criticizes Obama in New Memoir", Richmond Times Dispatch, Oct. 3, 2015.
http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/government-politics/article_a4f0c9e4-c36c-529f-89d8-140be30fe23d.html

http://www.biography.com/people/douglas-wilder-39254

[whatchamacallit]

45. Another perplexing bridge to nowhere

[cherokeeprogressive]

46. If that's the worst thing he's ever done... I'm good with it.

[workinclasszero]

49. I'm going to follow Bernies example

If by some insane miracle he not only gets the nomination but also wins the presidency. (Snort)

I will be calling for him to be primaried when he doesn't deliver one damn fairy tale rainbow pooping unicorn promise that he's making in the primaries.

[Avalux]

50. I don't understand why you Hillary supporters think this is a 'thing'.

We live in a democracy (supposedly), it's good for our democracy to have a choice. Do you have a problem with that?

[Gothmog]

51. Here is the video

[TIME TO PANIC]

54. Remember this?

[Beacool]

55. Yeah, so?

He wasn't a sitting president then, he was her opponent.

Big difference.

[TIME TO PANIC]

57. There is a big difference.

Obama campaigned as a progressive, but after he took office he made a right turn. Kudos to Hillary in that video, I totally agree, Democrats should not attack one another on universal health care.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

56. I believe the answer is a resounding yes. Was there some follow-up on your part?