Official Dem Town Hall Thread #1 of 2- 8-9PM w/ Bernie @ CNN *Be nice to each other, please!!*

[bettyellen]

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THANKS EVERYONE!!! THREAD #2 HERE:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511322622


A thread for those of us to watch together and comment without rancor or insults. Let us give credit where it is due to both our candidates.
Will go to a second thread at 9Pm for the Hillary half. If you have no hate in your heart, please join in!



If you want to rip any Democrat to shreds, no popcorn or beer for you!



I will split this into thread #2 for the second hour, which I think will be Hillary's turn. ?

If anyone can help me track down links to watch it for FREE live, please let me know so I can add to this thread. Thanks in advance.



The two-hour broadcast will begin on CNN at 8 p.m.- 10 PM ET, with one hour for each candidate.
Also on: CNN en Español and CNN International.

Online: CNNgo will let people stream the whole thing as a "free preview"
http://www.cnn.com/CNNI/Programs/cnngo/

or maybe here? http://www.hulkusc.com/cnn-news-live-streaming/

CNN to Go is also an App.

Radio listeners: CNN's Sirius XM channel.

Will add other links as I find them- thanks!

[Purveyor]

1. So she is getting to go last...again? Hmmmmm. eom

[bettyellen]

2. I believe Bernie chose to go first- possibly because ratings are usually higher for the first hour?

At least last time it was said he "won the coin toss". There seems to be pros and cons to either slot.
Hillary is up against The People Vs OJ Simpson, that is going to cost her. The cast is incredible!

[dsc]

4. No kidding on that

A lot of people that only regular watchers of TV will have heard of plus some really good ones we have heard of. Courney Vance is amazing as is the woman playing Clark.

[bettyellen]

6. Schwimmer is kind of funny as the man who tried to keep his children from being fame monsters....

The meeting of the super lawyers was pretty strange, Travolta, Nathan Lane as F Lee Bailey and that guy from Californification as Alan Dershowitz. Even the guy playing Barry Scheck was good!
And with Connie Britton playing her, I am sure the Faye Resnick part will be entertaining. Luckily, they will show it again at 11. I will have to miss the after Town Hall analysis to catch it.

I hope they both make a good show of it tonight. *crosses fingers*
I am wondering if they have a theme again? Chris Cuomo is moderating, not my favorite Dem. Oh well.

[Kokonoe]

92. Bernie is a true leader and wants to go first.

Hillary is most comfortable following.

[alligatorpointer]

3. live stream link

It is on right now ... link: http://www.hulkusc.com/cnn-news-live-streaming/

[bettyellen]

7. It starts in eight minutes- thanks for the link!

[SheenaR]

5. Let me save everyone the time

Bernie yells a lot

First question "Bernie, you cursed at a man once. Don't you feel like you owe the American people an apology?"

Hillary is so Presidential. She's ready for day one.

First question "What's it like to be so awesome?"

Everyone's candidate won.

[bettyellen]

8. Is there a focus or theme to the questions tonight?

[CorporatistNation]

110. I See That Not A Soul Mentioned The Woman Who Teaches Leadership Who Asked Bernie About Leadership..

The woman who stated that she was a Hillary supporter up front... soon began to measurably wilt and was doing all that she could including biting her lip as Bernie answered her with passion and relevance. She clearly was very emotionally engaged with how Bernie was responding to her question discussing passion for what you are doing and his overall sincerity to her personally. She clearly was trying very hard not to cry. I would be surprised if she was not motivated to change her support to Bernie... in that moment.

[bettyellen]

9. Large and diverse audience- from whom the Qs were selected. Bernie chose to go first!

[nc4bo]

10. CIA is dangerous and has got to go Sanders said in the past. Asked to explain how he feels today

And explains the reason why he felt that way.

[bettyellen]

11. I just missed the last five minutes- power outage!

[Gregorian]

12. America gets a history lesson in imperialism. Allende. Again, on national TV!

[bettyellen]

13. He is talking about sensible gun legislation and also mental health care....

[nc4bo]

14. Question on black colleges free tuition.

2016 we should make sure public colleges tuition free.

Sustain historically black colleges and universities and explains why.

[bettyellen]

15. Promises strong support for HBSUs... now asking about AA vote ...

[nc4bo]

16. Black issues.

Message not resonating.

Started with no support vs a candidate who's been around. Address racial injustice, youth unemployment. End militarized pd's and diversify the pd's.

Now on to Supreme Court.

[wordpix]

88. racial justice = economic justice, maybe?

[nc4bo]

90. Tablet typing "m" and spacembar make it difficult to type as quickly as he talks

I listed some and no, it was not "just" economics.

[bettyellen]

17. USSC justices are top issue now, which past USSC judge is your favorite and why?

[bettyellen]

19. Bernie talks about Repub unprecedented obstructionism against Obama.... ties in birther/ racism

[bettyellen]

20. and Thurgood Marshall is his final answer!

[JudyM]

95. Marshall was a great judge!

[bettyellen]

96. Good answer- but he spent two minutes talking about other stuff and didn't get to expound on that.

[Gregorian]

18. Wow, going off on repub obstructionism.

[nc4bo]

21. Needed to be said. nt

[bettyellen]

23. thank you kindly for your contributions here!

[nc4bo]

27. YW. It's a little difficult to keep up on this tablet lol. nt

[bettyellen]

31. Me too. I am enjoying this audience and their questions.

[R B Garr]

22. Bernie backtracking his criticisms of Obama in front of the SC audience

because he knows he has to correct himself in front of Obama supporters.

[nc4bo]

26. Says it's fine to disagree on issues but that's not what the GOP has done.

I agree.

[R B Garr]

29. It's a good thing he didn't bring up his idea to primary Obama in 2012.

[nc4bo]

32. .

[Gregorian]

24. I'm not psychoanalyst, but boy would a phsychoanalyst have fun with trump

[bettyellen]

25. Good stuff- thank you!

[bettyellen]

28. A retired banker asks where the $$ to improve education will come from- and Bernie is in his sweet

spot. Establishment, 1%, etc, etc. Tax on Wall St speculation.

[nc4bo]

30. You bailed out Wallstreet now it's time to turn it around.

Explains how.

[bettyellen]

33. Cuomo asks if "representing the 99%" is divisive for not repping the 1%, LOL LOL. What a rube.

[TCJ70]

34. Yeah, that was a nuts-o statement.

We live in a post-citizens united America. The more money you have, the more speech you have. We need that kind of divisiveness at the moment.

[bettyellen]

37. My jaw dropped, ha ha! Did he overhear that one at a cocktail party?

[bettyellen]

35. now sparring over which economists are correct about assessing his plans..... And now, going on how

healthcare is guaranteed to all. I thought only GB had it free, no premiums?

[Gregorian]

36. The big question is, do we have the GUTS to stand up to big pharmaceutical. Damn, Bernie!

[Jitter65]

93. What do you mean, "We white, man?" We aren't in Congress or the Senate or the Court.

It's if YOU have the guts to stand up to them...and how will you get the legislature to help you.

[ALBliberal]

108. You really think it's cool to refer to Senator Sanders like that?

[bettyellen]

38. Bernie is being very complimentary to the people asking questions. Overall, lower volume, softer

tone. His voice always raises when he gets to "the special interests" though! Sounds like his voice is very hoarse.

[nc4bo]

41. I noticed both of them are sounding a little throaty.

Hill I noticed the other day.

Must be tough to have to talk talk talk and never really have a chance to rest your vocal cords.

I couldn't do it,

[noretreatnosurrender]

39. Please Have Some Water...It's Free

I was hoping Mr. Cuomo took after his father Mario, but seeing that cheap shot shows me that he doesn't. He takes after Andrew. What a shame.

[nc4bo]

44. He thought he was clever but in reality it made him look like an asshole. nt

[bettyellen]

47. I was looking down- he said that to Bernie? What an ass!

[nc4bo]

48. Yea, he did. What a douche. nt

[bettyellen]

45. I like Mario, his kids, not so much. Spoiled brats.

[timlot]

40. The water is Free...

Cuomo hit Bernie with, "Have some water, its free". Before the commercial break.

[senz]

46. Umm, how very Republican of Cuomo...

[senz]

42. A good leader BELIEVES in what they're leading. Bernie does.

[Skwmom]

43. Did it seem like the woman with the last question to Bernie teared up at his answer?

[bettyellen]

49. Ouch, the national security one kind of floored me. I think he said Russia's issues were financial

too.

[nc4bo]

50. Thought I read somewhere that they do indeed have some serious problems.nt

[bettyellen]

66. Yeah, and all this imperialist shit has a root in money, but when you draw the line straight to

dollars, instead of talking about the players and solutions, it is hard. We can't fix Russia's economy, so it's kind of pointless.

[bettyellen]

51. He finally got applause talking about reproductive rights! (In the midst of listing his issues)

[The Redheaded Guy]

52. I'm watching this on TV

But does anyone noticed the huge mistake that CNN made? "Nevada Caucuses Coverage" with a countdown of hour and half? Uh, Nevada was last week.

[TTUBatfan2008]

53. GOP caucus is tonight

[k8conant]

55. THE GOP fiasco...

[livetohike]

56. The GOP caucus in NV is tonight.

[LisaM]

58. The Republican caucuses in Nevada are today.

It's a little confusing keeping track!

[bettyellen]

61. Welcome to DU, Red! Nice of you to drop in!

[Gregorian]

54. "voter suppression" again, on national tv.

Every time, we move up a notch as a country.

[bettyellen]

57. What the revolution looks like- Voter participation, people are disenfranchised. It means the

revitalization of democracy! Make it easier for all of us to participate in the process.
Not promising to solve all the problems, need US to do this TOGETHER. Good answer.

[nc4bo]

60. You did good getting all that! Had to think about how to spell revitalization LOL

by then I gave up trying to type the rest,

[bettyellen]

62. I am trying! The last was a softball about promising not to be indebted to special interests....

[JudyM]

97. LOL!

[bettyellen]

59. Name a "great billionaire". Bill Gates is doing a lot, others... it;s not a vendetta against the

wealthy. Touches on the Koch brothers undermining democracy. Strike down CU.....

Gosh, he needs a good lozenge! Poor fella.

[bettyellen]

63. Sweet old lady asking about "Medicare for all" and what happens to the jobs eliminated in the

private health industry.

[nc4bo]

64. I really loved her. nt

[bettyellen]

73. yes, and these seem to be the most unrehearsed group of questioners so far.

[DisgustedTX]

65. When will CNN let Erin Burnett moderate?

Sorry- I'm a male.

Thought I'd break it up a bit. Good luck to both candidates tonight.

[bettyellen]

68. Anyone would be better than this Cuomo jackass.

[nc4bo]

72. He's horrible. nt

[ucrdem]

67. my CNNgo linked just expired and it looked pretty familiar so I'm going to add one observation

which is that I will be very happy to hear the last of Bernie's endless complaints about the process, which has benefitted him in all kinds of ways including making allowances for his not being a Democrat and those nifty AmericanCrossroads ads which he never mentions. Bernie has not a good word for any government agency or sitting politician, no sir. He's on message like a predictable radio host and my single observation is that I didn't think he was a particularly good radio host, either. Warmed-over boilerplate from back issues of The Nation which wasn't very original even when it was new new.

Okay over and out.

[bettyellen]

69. that was what bugged me on his national security answer pivoting to Russia's $$ problems.

[nc4bo]

70. Aren't you just a fuzzy peach

That's completely rotted near the pit.

Eeyore.

[bettyellen]

77. Hey, let's continue to be nice and attack the candidates instead of each other? Please?

[nc4bo]

85. Sorry, that was a really pissy comment.

I returned the favor.

2nd poster that did that mess.

[bettyellen]

99. Let's hug it out, okay? Keep good vibes front and center.

They both did well, but Benie got better questions. Cuomo is a weird ass with weird girly-questions for Hillary. That was weird. Anyway, they were both a little soft spoken tonight.

[nc4bo]

101. Say it bettyellen, he stunk LOL! Give me Maddow and the Toad ANYday!! nt

[bettyellen]

102. Cuomo is the only one we should be trashing in this thread!!! Not the candidates, not each other!

:heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart:

[TCJ70]

75. One thing that I think tends to happen...

...particularly if you're more politically aware, like those of us here, is that we tend to watch everything. I'm not sure the vast majority of people do that. So when we see the same speech all the time, sure, it can get old...for us. But if you're someone who says "Oh crap, our caucuses are tomorrow!" and you tune in to watch the candidates it may be the first or second time you hear that message.

[thereismore]

94. Bye now. nt

[Gregorian]

71. Spelling out his spiritual inspiration. Do unto others... People need to really hear this man.

This is far more than an election.

[bettyellen]

74. What thing would you rather lose than compromise on? Whoa.

[nc4bo]

79. Wow! Can't type that heartfelt response. nt

[bettyellen]

81. Please summarize for me- I had a neighbor at the door!

[nc4bo]

89. Will do his best to maintain his principles while representing the American people. It was long. nt

[Gregorian]

76. "that's a fair question". Quomo! That was the worlds most difficult question, you knob.

Shit this isn't the Merchant of Venice!

[senz]

78. Speaking of his spiritual beliefs, Bernie is the most passionate I've ever seen him.

[MuseRider]

83. He has done very very well tonight.

These last questions were interesting and difficult and he came back easily with some of the most inspiring words I have heard so far.

So now I am even more excited to see him tomorrow.

[bettyellen]

98. are you going to see him in person? woot! Also, tks for stopping by!

[MuseRider]

104. Yes bettyellen!

Tomorrow. So excited.

Thanks for the thread, I have not read through it yet. I usually do that a few days later but if this stayed civil then hooray for you.

[bettyellen]

105. Oh wow, can't wait to hear about it! Enjoy! Yeah, the thread did not get truly unpleasant at all!

So that is an achievement. I need to scan a transcript to confirm the Qs for Hillary were that WEIRD.

[MuseRider]

106. !

[bettyellen]

107. Cheers!

[Donkees]

91. Compassion

[JudyM]

100. This is the most beautiful 6 seconds... Thanks for posting.

[senz]

109. Thank you, Donkees. Yes, that's him.

[begin_within]

80. Bernie's got a sense of humor

[Gregorian]

82. Sen. Sanders, if you had to lose a pound of flesh, and your mother was being held captive...

Prediction: Questions will be softer than whipped cream from here on out.

[bettyellen]

87. That was some mixed bag, Cuomo's Qs were the WORST.

[bettyellen]

84. PLEASE JOIN US FOR PART #2 OVER AT THIS LINK:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511322622

[noretreatnosurrender]

86. Very Proud

that this is my candidate.

[bettyellen]

103. THANKS EVERYONE FOR DROPPING BY AND BEING PRETTY AWESOME!!