"Indeed, Clinton did not say Sanders was "unqualified" or "not qualified" during.."Morning Joe"

[riversedge]

Three facts:
1st--Yesterday, Joe S. egged Hillary on to say that Sanders was unqualified to be POTUS. Hillary did not take the bait (3X). Today Joe proudly said "I GAVE UP"--(after 3 tries). Both Joe and Andrea Mitchel clearly said that Hillary did NOT utter the word unqualified.

2nd--Sanders is the one saying Hillary said said she was unqualified--He said it at a rally.

3rd--Sanders said twice that Hillary should apologize (about 2 different issues). Seems to me-Sanders --or his staff that told him to say that Hillary said he was unqualified-needs to offer up an apology.


Please read:



April 7

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/sanders-questions-if-clinton-is-qualified-to-be-president/ar-BBrsdFb?li=BBnb7Kz


Sanders questions if Clinton is 'qualified' to be president

By ERRIN WHACK, Associated Press

5 hrs ago


PHILADELPHIA — Bernie Sanders on Wednesday questioned whether Democratic rival Hillary Clinton is "qualified" to be president after she spent much of the day criticizing his record and his preparedness for the job.

"She has been saying lately that she thinks that I am quote unquote not qualified to be president," Sanders told a crowd .......

..........Indeed, Clinton did not say Sanders was "unqualified" or "not qualified" during a much-quoted interview Wednesday morning on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."

In a discussion of an interview with Sanders that appeared in the New York Daily News, Clinton was asked if "Bernie Sanders is qualified and ready to be president of the United States."

She responded, "Well, I think he hadn't done his homework and he'd been talking for more than a year about doing things that he obviously hadn't really studied or understood, and that does raise a lot of questions."

Sanders spokesman Michael Briggs said Wednesday evening that Sanders was responding to reports on the CNN and Washington Post websites. A Post story was headlined, "Clinton questions whether Sanders is qualified to be president.".....................





Brian Fallon @brianefallon

Brian Fallon Retweeted Michael A. Nutter

#TakeItBackBernie



Brian Fallon Retweeted
Sahil Kapur ?@sahilkapur 8h8 hours ago

The article Sanders links as evidence doesn't have any quotes from Clinton saying he's not qualified to be POTUS. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/04/06/clinton-questions-whether-sanders-is-qualified-to-be-president/ #p2


...............********>>>>>>>


PS--I listened also today. Of course Joe's tone was one of being proud of his role in starting this dust-up!!


missLotus Andrys


Apr 07 · 07:25:02 AM

On Morning Joe this a.m., Joe Scarborough said exactly the same thing. He admitted he tried 4 times to get her to say Sanders was unqualified and she never would do it. The interviewer, for those who aren’t paying close attention, admitted he was trying to get a soundbite but Secretary Clinton never bit.


http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/4/6/1511708/-Timeout-Hillary-never-said-Bernie-is-not-qualified-to-be-President



*****From today--April 7^^^^


Scarborough: Do you believe this morning that Bernie Sanders is qualified and ready to be President?


When asked point-blank by host Joe Scarborough whether Sanders was ready for the Oval Office, Clinton raised the senator's recent interview with the New York Daily News.

"Well, I think the interview raised a lot of serious questions," Clinton said. "I think of it this way: The core of his campaign has been 'break up the banks,' and it it didn't seem in reading his answers that he understood exactly how that would work under Dodd-Frank."

Asked again whether Sanders is qualified, Clinton dodged. "Well, I think he hadn't done his homework, and he'd been talking for more than a year about doing things that he obviously hadn't really studied or understood, and that raises a lot of questions," she said.

Asked a third time, Clinton said she would "leave it to voters to decide who of us can do the job the country needs.".....................

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/sanders-clinton-not-qualified-to-be-president-221666

[Vinca]

1. Hillary is slippery enough to be able to smear someone without making a clear statement.

In this case, failing to say the words made the point.

[MariaThinks]

46. the hillary hate is all consuming

like the tea party. she doesn't even have to say anything because she's Hillary and she's bad


I'm tired of bernie

[Vinca]

64. And I'm tired of Saint Hillary.

[seabeyond]

58. She is a measured speaker, what we need in a leader, like Obama. Sanders is reactionary like W.

[Vinca]

65. That is true, although most - including Hillary - call it her lack of having a natural talent

as a politician. You hear slow and measured. Other people hear a woman who sounds like she's talking to a classroom filled with second graders.

[morningfog]

2. Her camp started, said it first, brought it up.

This parsing and denying and playing cute won't work. Her hands are dirty and now her peeps are crying about it.

[riversedge]

5. Give me you source to your claim. Sanders goofed up on his nydaily interview--

that is the what started this dust-up.

[morningfog]

7. You aren't stupid. Don't play it. Unless those are your orders.

[riversedge]

22. You are one making silly claims. the onus is on you-yet you distract.

[morningfog]

28. Lol. Okay. It's clear you have a directive not to deviate or

acknowledge facts. Good luck!

[LuvLoogie]

55. Are you the prosecutor in The Revolution's would be Kangaroo Court?

[MariaThinks]

48. i'm done with bernie. if he wins the nomination i dont know who i would support

I certainly don't appreciate the hatred of some of his supporters

[baldguy]

19. And your attack is lifted directly from Donald Trump.

"She started it!" is the argument of a five-yr-old.

[morningfog]

21. What a pathetic and disingenuous response. Have you never followed politics?

It is always point counter-point, thrust and parry.

The difference between our sides political back and forth and the goppers is that we aren't talking about penis size.

[riversedge]

23. You did say-- the Donald with the school-yard-'you started it" meme!

[leftynyc]

33. Bernie LIED

when he claimed she said QUOTE/UNQUOTE that he was unqualified. LIED. You can dance around that all day but he LIED.

[morningfog]

37. It was a quote from hillary's camp. There was no lie. Get over yourself and buck up. Own it.

Yall act like a bunch of cowards afraid of your own words.

[leftynyc]

44. And now you're lying

He said SHE said quote/unquote. He's a liar and now so are you.

[morningfog]

47. Nope. The campaign speaks for her. It was from the campaign, it was from her.

She picked a fight that she now regrets.

[leftynyc]

50. LOL - she's not regretting anything

Bernie is getting slammed all over the place FOR LYING.

[riversedge]

60. Sanders said his lie to his rally last night for all the world to hear, the he lied again just now

at another rally.

[morningfog]

61. It's only a lie in Hillary land.

[riversedge]

62. So Bernie Just Earned Three Pinnochios--Amateur Hour at the Campaign for his LIE.

post is in gd-p. bye

[Jitter65]

3. Joe boought it up and Hillary was too smart to take the bait. BUT

Bernie did actually lie to hundreds of his supporters about what she said and they applauded. And I bet not one of them will do any research about to find out the truth.

[Native]

30. Sounds like a sure bet to me! nt

[leftynyc]

35. They wont have to

It's being reported all over the place that he lied with that "quote/unquote" nonsense.

[bkkyosemite]

4. It started on CNN

"New York (CNN)Hillary Clinton's campaign is taking new steps to try and disqualify Bernie Sanders in the eyes of Democratic voters, hoping to extinguish the argument that he is an electable alternative for the party's presidential nomination."

Bull Shit she is saying he is not qualified and that is a fact...just like she made sure Obama looked Muslim. And she feels sorry for Bernie supporters who don't do research...unbelievable crap!

http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/06/politics/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-democrats-unity/

[morningfog]

8. They have orders and will ignore it. It blew up in their face

and now they are cowards about itZ

[bkkyosemite]

13. Yep!

[leftynyc]

36. So you approve of lying?

Because Bernie said she said "quote/unquote" that he was not qualified. That is an obvious LIE. But you wont care, you'll dance around it, excuse it, deflect from it. You have your orders and will ignore it.

[morningfog]

41. There was no lie. HIllary started this idea when she got her ass kicked in WI on Tues. night.

That was the starting point of all of this. SOrry for you only it came back to bite them in the ass!

[leftynyc]

52. LOL - he's getting slammed EVERYWHERE

for lying and you think Hillary regrets it? I swear, you Bernie supporters live in your own little world where lies are not lies and math is not math.

[riversedge]

10. Please note that it was the reporter-author of the article that editorized...

...."Clinton's campaign is taking new steps to try and disqualify Bernie Sanders in the eyes of Democratic voters, hoping to extinguish the argument that he is an electable alternative for the party's presidential nomination."

This was the author's editorializing-his opinion--trying to gin up his story--and you want to believe this lie-and so you do.Then you add your own smear SHAME ON YOU


Your comment
4. It started on CNN

"New York (CNN)Hillary Clinton's campaign is taking new steps to try and disqualify Bernie Sanders in the eyes of Democratic voters, hoping to extinguish the argument that he is an electable alternative for the party's presidential nomination."

Bull Shit she is saying he is not qualified and that is a fact...just like she made sure Obama looked Muslim. And she feels sorry for Bernie supporters who don't do research...unbelievable crap!

http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/06/politics/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-democrats-unity/

[bkkyosemite]

12. He said it was from her campaign and yes I believe it. So you don't but I do. She has lied

in debates about Bernie Sanders and acts like his supporters are just dumb lil young ones. This is despicable behavior. There are many video's of her lies and you know it but can't seem to accept it.

[riversedge]

25. stick to the issue. Bernie told a big lie to his rally supporters.

[bkkyosemite]

31. You stick to the issue! He did not! And he just got through with why..He quoted CNN's spot.

She was going bonkers on him and put it out there...then it backfired big time...she had the horrific ability to use lil kid's death to put further lies out there about Bernie. Twitter is going nuts over her disgusting comments. Just like when she attacked Obama she is using the same crap. She is NOT presidential. And you support her...guess you have that choice.

[riversedge]

34. yes, I just heard Bernie double down on hiscrazy remarks. Shame on Him. He had an opportunity

to do what is right. But he did not.

While Sanders was up at his podium sounding bitter --

Hillary was shining and thoughtful on the streets of NY just now.


What a contrast for the viewers to see.

[bkkyosemite]

54. No..Hillary was not shining Hillary was trying to downplay her threats from her campaign

yesterday...

[morningfog]

42. No lie.

[DemocracyDirect]

6. CNN reporter embedded in Hillary's campaign said they were going to "disqualify" Bernie.

That was Saturday night and we have video to prove it.

Frankly it was the most repugnant thing I've seen on TV in a long time.
You can feel the bristle coming off the reporter.
And don't say that it's not from the Clinton campaign.

[DanTex]

9. She handled herself very well, like a POTUS should.

Joe was trying to bait her into smearing Bernie, but she wouldn't bite. Bernie, on the other hand, is a walking smear machine.

[bkkyosemite]

11. Oh and this crappy lie from Ms. Queen!

http://usuncut.com/politics/clinton-superdelegate-lie/


"Hillary Clinton is apparently getting desperate, as after seeming to exhaust all other options, she’s returning to the original line of attack against Bernie Sanders: gun control.

“She said that it’s going to be coming out in the very near future that many of the catastrophes that have taken human lives in the State of New York have been the product of guns coming over the border from Vermont,” according to New York State Sen. Tim Kennedy. “That’s the first I heard it,” he remarked.

That’s probably because it’s not even close to true."

She is a pathetic liar!

[Jarqui]

14. The Clintons are not straight talkers. They've lied for decades.

They'll spin innuendo or deceive and stoop to then scramble for a dictionary to try to find some other obscure meaning because they haven't got the guts and integrity to stand behind their words and actions.

Unfortunately for Hillary, she's stupid enough to think that this sort of thing will work forgetting it didn't do a lot of good in the Lewinsky situation with "I did not have sexual relations with that woman". America didn't need a lawyer to look up the words in a dictionary to figure out Bill Clinton was lying. America doesn't need a dictionary nor lawyer now either.

Whether Hillary herself uttered the actual word "unqualified" or not, the media's and America's conclusion of the obvious was that she and her campaign spent the last news cycle suggesting Sanders was not qualified and they were going to disqualify him. That's irrefutable. To lower the discourse to some sort of childish "I didn't say the word 'unqualified'" isn't going to cut it. Folks are fed up with that low grade bullshit.

If candidate Clinton is dumb enough to think America is going to fall for another round of semantics after the litany of Clinton lying and word games over the last three decades, all it proves is she isn't fit to be president because she's too effin stooooopid to read what is going on around her and see reality for what it is.

You wonder why folks don't like her? Shit like this insults people's intelligence - when it's really the low intelligence of the candidate to be dumb enough to think that nonsense like this would work. This is just another sleazy attempt at deception.

I was reflecting on that. Has there been a single day since last January as we approached Iowa that the Clintons or their campaign hasn't lied, deceived, done a dirty campaign trick or something like that? It seems to have happened every day. Is it any wonder why the Clinton White House was inundated with scandals? Some suckers are foolish enough to try to blame it all on the GOP but get tongue tied when asked to explain how Obama's White House stayed clear of scandal (except Hillary's scandals of course).

The Clintons are not a whole heck of a lot better than the scum the GOP are offering up. The only one with a shred of decency and integrity is Bernie Sanders. He has more of that than the rest of them put together.

[riversedge]

15. "If candidate Clinton is dumb enough to think America is going to fall for another round of semant

ics.." She will not idly sit by and allow Bernie to lie abut her.

[Jarqui]

16. You mean like this lie? :

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511662358#post3

Maybe that's the problem with some Hillary supporters. They've been listen to Clinton deception so long, they sometimes seem to have trouble distinguishing fact from fiction.

But that has nothing to do with my post and neither do your comments really.

Hillary wasn't responding to a specific allegation when she and her campaign made their declaration that Sanders was unqualified and they intended to disqualify him with the voters and not worry about fracturing the party until after that was done. She was just venting like a sore loser after Sanders clobbered her again in Wisconsin.

[Gothmog]

17. Thank you for posting the facts on this

Sanders is wrong and is losing it

[mcar]

18. Thank you for this, riversedge

Because the truth matters.

[morningfog]

43. Not to hill shills.

[IdaBriggs]

20. 3rd grade is when "understanding inference" is taught.

Children are given several paragraphs to read, then INFER what the writer meant in those cases where it isn't flat out stated.

Most Americans are VERY clear on was being inferred. It was NOT a subtle insult.

And neither was the smack down that followed.

She wants to scorch the earth, she is going to feel the Bern.

[Dem2]

24. He overreacted

He got bad info and ran with it without thinking enough about the consequences.

I hope he dials it back because his statement last night was off the tracks.

[IdaBriggs]

29. I liked his response. It told me he wasn't going to roll over.

It makes me more comfortable he can handle Trump in the General.

[leftynyc]

38. 3rd graders are also told not to lie

I'm not sure what grade you learn that when you claim somebody said "quote/unquote" something, you better make damn sure they actually said it. And now, to my delight, he's doubling down on it.

[IdaBriggs]

56. Actually, lying becomes a social skill at a certain point in development.

This is especially apparent with children on the autism spectrum who have difficulty with lying and manipulation.

You should be proud of your candidate - she is very socially advanced when it comes to those skills.

Tell you what - I will believe she wasn't trying to imply and/or infer Sanders was "not qualified" when I hear the words "of course he is qualified - the Democrats have two excellent candidates who have different approaches but are both QUALIFIED for the job."

It can be another "of course Obama isn't a Muslim - we've been to church together" moment.

Wait-a-minute! That last bit never happened! Didn't she imply he was a Muslim instead?

Or is that infer? Eh, it was a clear attempt at a smear.

Sort of like "I'm not even sure he's a REAL Democrat."

But that's what happens when someone so similar to the Republicans (like Hillary is) runs against someone with REAL Democrat values - they get so confused, they can't even recognize their own party's platform!



Save your faux outrage. No one cares.

[leftynyc]

57. More juvenile emoticons

that so many here mistake for actual intelligent argument. Nobody care? I guess that's why Hillary has more pledge delegates, more superdelegates and more actual votes than Bernie.

You can't even admit saying "quote/unquote" she said.....is a fucking lie. Like trump voters, youive in your little bubble - it seems to suit you well. And don't forget those emoticons!!!

[IdaBriggs]

63. "I'm rubber and you're glue; whatever you say

bounces off me and sticks to you!"



Let's talk DOCUMENTED IMPORTANT lies -

"Vast right wing conspiracy" created because she couldn't admit the easier truth that her husband was screwing around on her, so she insulted half the country instead of dealing with a troubled marriage - everything was everybody else's fault!

Ooh - what about the "never got a subpoena" lie? Shall I provide a link to a copy of it?

Or what about her lie about how she handled information dealing with classified information? I can give you a link to the Inspector General's letter about that, too.

You might not like how Bernie said it, but he spoke for the majority of the country when he told the ultimate truth:

She's not qualified to be the President.

[RandySF]

26. She should have.

[bigtree]

27. likely neither Sanders or his staff bothered to read the article

...before they shot their mouths off. If they did, this is more pathetic than it appears, and that's saying something.

It's becoming clear where the arrogance and belligerence is originating in that camp. I'd put money that they'll just triple-down on this. It's been a characteristic of other overreaches and other bullshittery from them to let the lie ride and even raise money from supporters off of it.

[Motown_Johnny]

32. It was an accurate characterization of her artful smear. n/t

[RandySF]

39. If she won't say it, I will.

He's not qualified. It's ironic, after all the logic pretzels I've seen here, to watch Sanders supporters call her out on this, especially after all the feces-throwing from their side.

[NCTraveler]

40. Sanders is a lier. He has nothing else and knows what will keep bringing money in.

It's not surprising considering he gets his orders from Weaver. That is the same Weaver who contested the results in Iowa while saying he didn't know the caucus rules all in the same interview. These people are clueless to everything except for how to separate vulnerable people from their money.

[Marr]

45. A person who whines for days about a perceived insult is clearly too soft to be President.

I don't know what Hillary and her fans think they're going to get out of this. Even people who don't realize it was the Hillary Campaign that began it, will only see a campaign that can't get over one little owie.

[frylock]

67. You know who's getting a kick over Hillary and her perpetual state of victimhood?

[LexVegas]

49. Sanders is a liar with zero integrity. nt

[AgingAmerican]

51. I haven't seen a Clinton supporter discuss issues at all in the last week

So they do this instead

[ecstatic]

53. Bernie is a lot like tRump (minus the bigotry). He doesn't confirm facts before

running his mouth. He doesn't think through any of his proposals.

[Sheepshank]

59. Of course she never said it...Bernie lies to play the victim and to justify his negative path

he's a slimy liar who's henchman, Weaver isn't much different that Rove. Weaver is coaching Bernie (I'd bet a $1M) into a disgraceful pattern of justifying theft, lying and is creating some terribly damaged goods.

[frylock]

66. So Hillary never said unqualified, but Susan Sarandon DID say that she was voting for Trump.

Although she never said that. Have I got this right?