Axelrod cautions Clinton: Don't call Sanders' young supporters "dupes"

[grasswire]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/04/david-axelrod-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-221620

David Axelrod, who served as a top adviser to President Barack Obama, warned Clinton on CNN against portraying Sanders’ young supporters as “dupes” instead of taking a hard look at why they’re attracted to the Vermont senator.

Axelrod said that it is understandable Clinton feels frustrated because the Sanders campaign keeps hitting her, but he cautioned Clinton against being dismissive of Sanders’ appeal to young voters.

“One thing I would stay away from, I would stay away from the insinuation that these young people who are inspired by Bernie Sanders are dupes and they are being fed misinformation and that is why they are enthusiastic about Bernie Sanders,” Axelrod said.

[bkkyosemite]

1. And the 30's, 40's, 50's, 60,s and on...we are not dupes and we are all already pissed at

your attitude...to unify us later cuz we are just protestors......what a lady.

[dchill]

5. Exactly right. I'm 64, and I've been hoping for a Sanders candidacy for ...

12 years. Seriously, we are all slandered as radicals for simply wanting the Democratic Party we had in the 60's. And the 70's. And, frankly, the 30's.

[CorporatistNation]

7. Well Said! Hooray For The Golves Coming Off! Now We can really Take It To Her!

Rosario Dawson ... WHY She Supports Bernie...

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[azmom]

2. She should be honest. If that's what

She thinks, let her say it. The voters deserve the truth.

[Joob]

3. Yes, we're the dupes. Not the people who still believe she's a Democrat who fights for oil.

My bad, oil company donations that won't affect her decisions at all.
GEE I wonder why she's getting millions of dollars in donations. Some people must be really kind.
Kind of stupid.

[Politicalboi]

4. Too late for that

They're not stupid. They won't choose her over Bernie.

[morningfog]

6. Exactly what I've been saying. Dumb move.

[BernieforPres2016]

8. It just reinforces that Hillary is a liar

She knows Bernie's voters are more educated than her voters. She sees the exit polls in state after state.

In Wisconsin yesterday, Hillary won people with a high school education or less 50-49. She lost college graduates 63-37.

[grasswire]

9. those numbers are a bit like Trump's, aren't they? nt

[BernieforPres2016]

10. I have said for awhile that her supporters are very much like Trump's

They won't discuss issues and will excuse anything their candidate says or does. They are both cults of personality, which is very strange given that they are, to me, two of the most unlikable people imaginable.

[msongs]

11. vote for bernie and you never have to pay your debts again nt

[Fumesucker]

12. Our children's children will be paying for the Iraq war Hillary voted for

http://threetrilliondollarwar.org/

October 27, 2015: In a wide-ranging interview with Amy Goodman of “Democracy Now”, Joe Stiglitz was asked about the costs of the wars. He notes that our estimate of the number of veterans who would be disabled in some way was far too low — its now 50% of those who served qualifying for lifetime disability benefits. This adds another $1 trillion to our estimates – leading to a minimum of $4 trillion for war costs, but probably much higher.

[hereforthevoting]

14. If they aren't more worried about potable drinking water and housing.

J/S

[Sweet Freedom]

13. My teenaged daughter's friends

are all Bernie supporters, which I find very surprising, because we live in Texas and many of them have diehard Republican parents and were raised very conservatively.