Sen.Barbra Boxer asks Sanders to retract his comment about Hillary not be qualified for POTU

[riversedge]

The ball is in your Court Sen. Sanders. Do the right thing.




Senator Barbara Boxer makes a reasonable request of Bernie Sanders. #HillarySoQualified

[nichomachus]

1. Sorry, Babs, it's off the table.

[2pooped2pop]

34. Ditto

Hill camp can say all the lies about sanders they want but the first time Bernie speaks up and throws all those truths at them, an apology is called for.
Fuck Babs too.

[CorporatistNation]

45. Barb, You Might Better Call Hillary And Advise Her To "THINK" Before She Declares ALL OUT WAR!

On her far more capable and trusted Democratic opponent. "We Will Disqualify and Defeat Bernie Sanders... and THEN We will Unite The Party!"

Hillary obviously rattled by Bernie's BLOWOUT WIN in Wisconsin the other night so she ... loses IT BIGTIME... and sends her mouthpiece out to Declare ALL OUT WAR on Ole Bernie Sanders... LOVE IT! Now the people are beginning to see just WHO the REAL Hillary Clinton is...

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

2. Oh lord...

The faux outrage is nauseating

[blue neen]

30. Hahahahahahahahaha!

Priceless!

[Trust Buster]

3. He also indirectly claimed that President Obama is not qualified. Who does he think he is ?

[SoLeftIAmRight]

19. Climate change and the sixth global mass-extinction event is happening now

you want to plod along?

[bigtree]

4. k&r

[betsuni]

5. K&R

[Vinca]

6. Oh, dear. Does Hillary need a back-up? Isn't that "sexist?"

[bettyellen]

14. of course not. should Boxer not say what she thinks because.... why?

[Vinca]

48. Didn't you notice the laughing smilie face guy?

Chill . . . it was a joke.

[bettyellen]

50. Sorry. GDP man. It is crazy here lately.

Sorry!

[seabeyond]

28. No one is allowed to say anything about a bogusly tantrum like accustion?

[PufPuf23]

43. Isn't a "bogusly tantrum like accustion" something you go to the doctor to have cut off? eom

[seabeyond]

44. Wouldn't that be convenient.

[JudyM]

7. He didn't say she didn't have qualifications, she is missing his point entirely.

[jfern]

8. Barbara Boxer has been shilling a lot for her grandchild's aunt

Does she think it was OK that Hillary implied that Bernie wasn't qualified?

[Jitter65]

10. No don't retract the statement. Keep angering the super delegates you want to woo. nt

[noretreatnosurrender]

11. She has to gin up the outrage

so she can raise money. In order to do that she has to get her supporters to help her. This started when she said the Sanders campaign had to change it's "tone" and everyone including the Washington Post criticized her saying Sanders has not run a negative campaign. So now she is trying again. Pathetic. Hillary's true character is once again shining through.

“This is a ridiculous and irresponsible attack for someone to make — not just against the person who is almost certainly going to be the nominee of their party this November, but against someone who is one of the most qualified people to run for the presidency in the HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES,” Clinton spokeswoman Christina Reynolds wrote in a fundraising email to supporters early Thursday.

Clinton planned to spend much of the rest of the day Thursday raising money. She is trying to fend off a strong challenge from Sanders in her adopted home state, as the formerly cordial Democratic race becomes increasingly nasty.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/04/07/sanders-clinton-continue-fierce-feud-over-qualifications/

[riversedge]

16. Well, Sanders lying certainly shows that there needs to be change in tone.

[noretreatnosurrender]

24. Is this all you have?

This is so silly. You guys have been pushing the Bernie needs to change his "tone" narrative so long that even writers at the Wash. Post are calling you out.

The idea that Bernie Sanders has been too negative to debate Hillary Clinton is ridiculous

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/03/29/the-idea-that-bernie-sanders-has-been-too-negative-to-debate-hillary-clinton-is-ridiculous/?tid=a_inl

[riversedge]

39. Sanders lying is part of tone. Shameful

[CorporatistNation]

46. STATING FACTS (MOSTLY AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE) ABOUT HILLARY IS NOT LYING!

HILLBILL HAS NOT A SOUL TO BLAME BUT HERSELF! HER ARROGANCE IS ASTOUNDING! Sorry Hillary the "Waltz" has been interupted and soon will be disabled!

[riversedge]

47. ha ha. Yup--I have seen LOTS of RW videos posted on du from Sanders fans.

[NurseJackie]

12. I doubt that he will.

[riversedge]

13. I am hoping Barbra will start a wave of other Senators doing the same.

[NurseJackie]

15. Mass public shaming. I like it.

[riversedge]

17. Sanders certainly deserves it.

[NurseJackie]

18. You see? There's a REASON that none of his colleagues have endorsed him. Well, actually ...

... there's probably more than just one reason, but this one helps to illustrate exactly WHY it is that the people who KNOW HIM THE BEST have decided to NOT endorse him.

[Sheepshank]

20. Yup...she is giving him good free advice

That troll Weaver, on the other hand, is passing along damaging tactics to Bernie. Bernie appears to given up on his core campaign values and is listening to Weaver. I think it is a huge mistake.

[John K]

33. what is the upside for him??

It seems like a fit of pique that he couldn't tamp down. Does he think that it will gain him more supporters?? I don't buy the sexism claims that some are making, but it is self-righteous as hell when you compare it to what she said about him. Bernie needs to realize that he will be subjected to extra vetting each time he claims that he is on his way to the White House. He needs to tell us what he would do to put his magnificent plans in place.

[NCTraveler]

21. I think he should add it as a second topic in his stump speeches.

I'm not the only one who understands the reflection of character it was. Doesn't look good on him to most.

[davidn3600]

22. This whole thing looks more and more like a trap

Get a man to question Hillary's qualifications and then feminists jump on him and scream "SEXISM!"

A political campaign is a very, very long vetting process. Hillary's qualifications are going to be questioned just as any male candidate's would be.

[seabeyond]

27. I haven't heard sexism, I have heard just being an ass.

[geek tragedy]

31. and all he had to do was not question her qualifications.

and he couldn't do it.

[Broward]

23. It's the last thing he should do.

[Beacool]

25. Thank you, Senator.

He crossed the line and he'll get plenty of flack over it.

[seabeyond]

26. A woman of class and smarts. Good for her, speaking up. Nt.

[Skwmom]

29. Maybe you should take your own advice about positive comments, you hypocrite.

[Enrique]

32. stop fighting and just take all of Hillary's attacks

it reminds me of what the GOP tells Obama to do.

[sadoldgirl]

35. Boxer is retiring, so now she can say

anything she wants.

Bernie never promised to stay positive all the time. He
said that he would try.

He was attacked in an artsy smartsy sleazy way, and
answered by questioning her fitness.

If the media play for HRC, as they are wont to do,
because they don't want his nomination, they take
the blame as well.

Bernie has been a fighter for all his life, so it is silly
to expect of him not to counter the HRC campaign
attacks.

I am also sure that if his opponent were a man, he
would have responded the same way, but I have been here
too long to not realize that victimhood will be always
used in HRC's favor.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

36. "heartfelt letters" aren't sent as open letters by public figures on their Facebook pages.

It's fine for Boxer to say this, but it is a 100% political statement and isn't heartfelt at all. Accuracy over misleading niceties, Senator.

[bkkyosemite]

37. Barbara you were my Senator for years...Hell no to you .....Bernie did nothing but defend

himself from a condescending woman who thinks she is the Queen.

[Gothmog]

38. Sanders is too old and set in his ways to admit a mistake

[JCanete]

40. Disappointed in Boxer.

I've always liked Boxer and will continue to like her, but she's an establishment gal, and Hillary isn't the only DINO she's campaigned for. A certain Democrat(Lieberman) who turned independent right after losing the primary comes to mind, which is funny since Boxer was one of the ones to bash Sanders as not being a real Democrat. Well fuck, if Lieberman is a real democrat, and Bernie isn't, what the hell does the party stand for. Anyway, in the context of her already coming out and doing that shilling, this comment of hers is entirely worthless. Hopefully most people see through it.

As to Bernie's comment. Stupid. Not because he doesn't believe what he said. I think he meant it.But he probably has buyers remorse because contributing to this in-fighting where candidates say or imply that the other is unqualified is going to be damaging come the GE, whether it's Sanders or Clinton who gets the nod. Whether Hillary's record qualifies her or not, she's still a smart cookie who's "not so bad" on social issues, compared to republicans. I don't think Bernie wants to tank her in the general if he doesn't pull in enough delegates. I'm less sure that Hillary wouldn't prefer he tanked in the general though, which is probably in-line with the sentiment of most of the DNC.

[Lizzie Poppet]

41. Piss off, Babs.

No one's buying it.

[delrem]

42. Barbara Boxer might also demand retractions from Hillary Clinton.

Putting all manufactured outrage aside.

But more to the point, maybe Barbara Boxer can speak to the issues like her stance on single payer universal health care. Like her stance on government guaranteed public education through all levels required for a 21st century economy. Like putting some reins on wars of choice and on the cause of those wars of choice, war profiteering. Like ending a for profit prison industry, which is 100% parasitical and deadly to the welfare of the whole country.

But actual issues aren't in play, with a lot of established Dems. They seem to be oblivious.

[oberliner]

49. His argument is: "Hillary said it first!"

I think he is going to stick with that.

[hereforthevoting]

51. What he said on Late Night is enough.

The corruption should in fact be a disqualifier.