If HRC had just said "of course Bernie is qualified" when Scarborough repeatedly asked her...

[Ken Burch]

...none of this would have happened.

There was no good reason for her NOT to say that.

She should apologize for refusing to say that.

She knows what she did there was wrong.

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

1. K&R

[Buzz Clik]

2. Or, Bernie could have shown some dignity in his response. If only...

[virtualobserver]

9. Bernie spoke the truth with dignity....

....and he won't be pushed around by the HillBullies.

[Buzz Clik]

13. "hillbullies"? Really?

How mature.

[virtualobserver]

22. I was going with the Bankerly Hillbullies....or maybe the Brazenly Hillbullies....

would that have worked better for you?

[riversedge]

17. @BernieSanders LIED & now is eating 3 Pinocchio's for lunch

@BernieSanders LIED & now is eating 3 Pinocchio's for lunch

[liberal from boston]

30. Hillary is impatient

Hillary is impatient now & Bernie needs to be stopped. Jake Tapper & another CNN Reporter who spoke to a Clinton Campaign worker--BTW this is after Bernie won Wisconsin. http://vid1168.photobucket.com/albums/r491/sillyjillies1/Hillary%20declares%20war_zpsxmxe4yqa.mp4

[revbones]

3. Of course that wasn't going to happen,

it's the same when she couldn't say Obama wasn't a Muslim and was Christian. Or when she couldn't say she wouldn't lie.

[northernsouthern]

25. Truth

Sadly the only response that works is like Bernie's America is sick and tired. You have to attack the questioner, not sit on the fence, saying well.... A weak response is such a Trump move.

[daleanime]

4. No, she doesn't know, what decides whether something is good or not in Hillary's world...

is what it gets for Hillary.

[ViseGrip]

5. She was still running with the meme, did not see internal numbers yet!

[msanthrope]

6. So, because she wasn't complimentary enough for him, he lies

about what she said, and then has his campaign double down on it......


That's not sexist. Nope...not at all.

[Ken Burch]

16. It's not about being complimentary, it's about being honest.

And Bernie would have said exactly the same thing if a man had smeared him that way.

HRC isn't owed special deference because of her gender.

[msanthrope]

20. honest? He lied about what she said!!! Has he apologized?

She didn't smear him---she critiqued him. He then thought she said something she didn't.

He owes her an apology. But he won't give one.

[Armstead]

55. Oh stop with the legalistic parsing

If you don't think she knew EXACTLY what she was saying and the implications of the way she said it you are naive.

And as for claiming sexism? Hell's bells how is she ever going to act as an effective president if the whole damn world has to walk on eggs for fear of accusations of bias?

Fail on both counts.

Stick with why you think she'd be a good candidate and president.

[riversedge]

24. Too bad Bernie has to eat 3 Pinnochio's for lunch. ouch.

[Ken Burch]

31. It means nothing that you keep using the phrase "3 Pinnochio's"

Bernie didn't lie.

He was talking about being morally qualified.

[scscholar]

27. Exactly. Moving goal posts.

Moving goal posts.

[polly7]

7. Why take a definitive stand when not doing so can be so much more effective?

It's exactly like what she did to Obama on the 'Is he a Christian' question ........... leave a little mis-info out there as a 'question' and people will run with it. She's very savvy and knows exactly what she's doing, imo.

[slipslidingaway]

18. ^^^^^^^ nt

[shanti]

42. well she IS an attorney

so we can expect more of this shite.

[drokhole]

8. Ha! Parallel thinking...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511671909

[riversedge]

12. @BernieSanders LIED & now is eating 3 Pinocchio's for lunch

Tweet:

@BernieSanders LIED & now is eating 3 Pinocchio's for lunch https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/04/07/sanderss-incorrect-claim-that-clinton-called-him-not-qualified-for-the-presidency/?postshare=2831460037158260&tid=ss_tw

[Kentonio]

32. This is pedantry. refusing to answer whether he is qualified, is saying he's not.

[riversedge]

33. Only in the Bernie fans mind.....

DemsAgainstBernie ?@DemsAgainstBern 2h2 hours ago

Hillary said Bernie hadn't done his homework, not that he's unqualified. After Bernie quoted a WaPo headline as a HRC quote, she has a point

[Kentonio]

34. She was asked 3 times, and each time she attacked him while refusing to answer the question directly

Only a Clinton partisan could see that as anything other than an implied no.

[Herman4747]

37. For the sake of argument, let's assume your allegation is valid...

When Bernie's duplicity reaches this level:

Do let us know.

[BillZBubb]

54. Who the F cares about what the Washington Post says?

They are a corporatist rag who openly support Clinton. They have as much credibility as Hillary--which is NONE.

[JDPriestly]

10. Do you have a link to that video clip? I haven't seen it. I didn't know what people have been

talking about.

[Kentonio]

36. Here you go.

[riversedge]

11. OMG--you get the prize for the silliest post of the day!

[Doctor_J]

14. She also doesn't know if the president is a Muslim

Hedging her bets is a way of life

[riversedge]

23. You live in the past like Sanders does with his subway tokens

[Ken Burch]

35. She never DID apologize for that, come to think of it. n/t.

[Doctor_J]

47. You won't want to miss this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511673057

[upaloopa]

15. She believes as I do that Bernie does not do his homework as she does.

Bernie has no detail to his talking points. He cannot tell you how his proposals will get done. All he can say is the revolution will bring it about. To some of us that isn't good enough.

I said this before and it bares repeating. The difference is pragmatism vs idealism.

No he does not deserve an apology.

[Sky Masterson]

19. I beleive as he does

That Hillary is a puppet who only shows courage when the polls suggest that she do so.

[Sheepshank]

21. Yet you BS supporters love to state how often she lies

She simply chose not to lie..... Why would she state out loud something she may not believe, and adds nothing substantive to either campaign or the discussion?

[all american girl]

26. Because it's not her job to make him look better.

The dude lied, this is not her fault. Own and move on. This is just stupid. What else can you blame on her, that Bernie did?

[Sheepshank]

28. Well, glad you asked. They blame the data theft on Hillary too

isn't that a hoot?

[all american girl]

29. That one was just crazy...

She is some super secret James Bond type of person....Someone on here posted that the interview was a step up, also. Something about the owner being for Hillary...I have no idea, I just had an eye roll so big I was seeing the back of my head.....

[liberal from boston]

40. Go Bernie

You do realize that Senator Sanders & the DNC are in talks now to resolve the lawsuit filed by Senator Sanders. Please do not go there--it was quite revealing to me when Bernie was able to get a Federal Judge to hear the case on the same day that the DNC immediately backed down.

[Sheepshank]

50. The Bernie campaign sucks.

They file a suit for not having access to the data stored at DNC. The theft was another issue altogether, that they blamed on others who tempted them and baited them and they couldn't resist. Weak sauce imho.

And how dare you try and threaten where or where I may not go in discussion on a public discussion site.

[Skwmom]

38. Exactly!

[Beacool]

39. Oh please, Sanders' supporters need to stop twisting themselves into pretzels

and justifying the unjustifiable. Sanders at a rally, not bamboozled by any reporter, called Hillary unqualified to be president.

Don't blame her. As far as I'm concerned, now the gloves are off.

[Lil Missy]

41. Hillary has no obligation to prop up her opponent. n/t

[Ken Burch]

43. Basic decency and respect is not "propping up" n/t.

[athena]

49. Basic decency and respect only applies to Hillary?

It doesn't also apply to Bernie?

Hillary refused, when pressed, to call Bernie "unqualified." Three times. But that's not enough because as a woman, her job is to praise men and make them feel better about themselves, right?

Bernie, without even being pressed, called Hillary "unqualified." Three times, if not more. He also lied about what she had said. But he's decent and respectful?

Can't you see what an extreme double standard that is?

[druidity33]

62. "Hillary refused, when pressed, to call Bernie "unqualified.""

First, i'm not sure why you put qualified in quotes. Second, actually i think she refused to say he was QUALIFIED three times. Which is entirely different from what you are saying. In fact, it's the opposite.

[Firebrand Gary]

59. You mean the decency that Sander's & Co has afforded her?

[Hiraeth]

44. It has backfired. Don't sweat it.

[jillan]

45. She is so slimy. A master at implications & deceptions all while wearing white gloves.

[athena]

46. So now Hillary is responsible for what comes out of Bernie's mouth?

If Bernie says something good, it's to his credit, but if he says something stupid, it's Hillary's fault.

[Nonhlanhla]

58. That's been a theme with the Bernie campaign

Each time that they do something wrong (steal data, say Hillary is unqualified, etc.), it's somehow Hillary's fault.

THIS is what turned me against Bernie.

[Capt. Obvious]

48. She could always walk it back

and say she takes him at his word that he's qualified.

[PatrickforO]

51. Well, Obama's a christian, "as far as I know..."

Different year, same shit.

[Ken Burch]

61. Started a thread earlier today on that:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511672258

[awake]

52. Matt Lauer just gave her a 2nd chance to answer the same question

MSNBC showed Matt Lauer asking her if she thought Bernie was "Qualified" to be President and she did not give a direct answer, only said that he would be better than Trump or Cruse but did not say if she thought that he was "Qualified". Interview to air on the Today show.

[Skinner]

53. When one of my children says something inappropriate...

...they will often tell me that some other person said something first. I explain that we are all responsible for their own words -- other people do not force us to say the things we say.

My children are 9, 7, and 4. They understand the point I am making, even if they sometimes don't want to admit it.

[BillZBubb]

56. Nothing inappropriate was said. So, there's that.

[Skinner]

57. Fair enough. But for some reason the OP wants to foist the blame onto Hillary. (nt)

[Octafish]

60. Well...if you hem and haw and smirk and look away and say...''Ah" a few times...

...before saying, "I don't know," most people will get the idea.

[Thinkingabout]

63. Who is control of Sanders statements? Sanders gave a statement which is not true.

Go tell Sanders not to make false statements and none of this would have happened.

[Scuba]

64. Her gut instinct is to use 'weasel words' because she knows the truth works against her.

In this case, her weasel words are working against her too.