Ma'am?

[George II]

[Cha]

1. Thanks.. I read about this..

I'll watch it when I get back.

[tishaLA]

2. Well he is a good southerner gentleman, doncha know?

[left-of-center2012]

3. Soooo ...

Sanders worked with people he disagreed with,
but Biden must apologize for doing the same?

[betsuni]

9. Doing it is fine, talking about it is TOUTING and is bad.

I guess.

[left-of-center2012]

11. Ok for Sanders to talk about it though

got it

[betsuni]

16. Of course!

That's different.

[Drunken Irishman]

4. Is Bernie Sanders going to apologize?

[sheshe2]

5. Oh my...

[JoeOtterbein]

6. Looks like Bernie is willing stop reporters from interrupting. That is a great skill to have when...

...taking on Trump who interrupts all the time. Just like all repugs when they find they can't change the subject anymore.

GOP SOP #2.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

13. That's what I got out of it.

He didn’t feel like debating some talking head. I don’t blame him.

[LibFarmer]

15. A better response would have been

"I misinterpreted what VP Biden was saying and now that it has been clarified, no apology is necessary."

Being irritated was not a good look.

[BamaRefugee]

19. Being irritated is his default "look" isn't it?

[njhoneybadger]

35. Bernie's face turns red like a baboons ass when he gets irritated. Not good

[LibFarmer]

36. lol

[George II]

33. A greater skill is answering the question he is asked, which would have prevented the interruption.

[ecstatic]

7. LOL! nt

[Gothmog]

8. This is very funny

I really like Stephanie Ruhl

[Sparkly]

10. .

[oasis]

12. Bernie tries to brush Steph aside, but she wasn't having it.

oh no ya don't Senator.

[LibFarmer]

14. He is losing it

He thought he had some issue with traction but it was gone and left him exposed to defend the indefensible.

[Skittles]

17. I'm no Sanders fan but

she's just plain rude

[SunSeeker]

18. Ali Velshi asked him a good question. Wish the video didn't cut off.

The point is, didn't Bernie do the same thing he is criticizing Biden for? Didn't he work with horrible people to get good legislation passed?

[Cha]

20. Why would anyone take BS' advice?

Link to tweet

Couldn't possibly have anything to do with her policies and plans are so much better than his own?

[Gothmog]

21. From my twitter feed

Link to tweet

[SouthernProgressive]

22. I think Ma'am is perfectly acceptable and respectful when you don't know the name of the person.

When doing an interview you should know the names of the people interviewing you. Ma'am is a dismissive term when using it toward someone when you know their name. Pretty minor in the big picture. Being dismissive of women is a cornerstone of Sanders persona.

[George II]

23. I was first raised in Brooklyn in the 40s and 50s (not far from where BS was raised)....

....and I was taught that ma'am was to be used except, as you point out, if you don't know the woman's name. Otherwise it was considered an insult.

[mtnsnake]

27. No disrespect to whomever taught you that, but you were taught wrong.

The use of the word "Ma'am" is generally acceptable across the country, just like it's male equivalent, "Sir" is generally acceptable.

[SouthernProgressive]

37. I was taught the same way they were.

If you know their name then it is a slight. If you know their name, even if you don't know them well, you use their name. The only variable at that point being if you use their first name or address them is Ms. or Mr.

[George II]

43. My mother taught me that, and like BS' father, she was an immigrant who settled...

...in Brooklyn about the same time (and only a few miles) from BS' father.

In Brooklyn, at least, that was considered a derogatory reference to someone whose name is known.

[spooky3]

40. I agree. nt

[Peacetrain]

24. Well that did not go as expected I am sure..

[mtnsnake]

25. OMG, are you honestly complaining about his use of the word Ma'am in that video?

Is "Sir" unacceptable to you, too? lol

[ucrdem]

26. When you're a millionaire you have to draw the line sometimes.

[aikoaiko]

28. Booker and Sanders are correct about what Joe was doing.

eta: and now Kamala Harris is saying the same thing.

I wish Biden supporters would accept that this is Joe.

[George II]

29. I wish Booker, Harris, Warren, et. al., supporters would accept that this is Joe.

[ucrdem]

31. Willful misreading.

They know better. And they're not doing themselves any favors by jumping on this bandwagon of dubious origin. Who reported it in the first place? Wasn't this a private fundraiser? I realize there's no such thing as privacy but pretending it was something other than it was is really not helping anyone's credibility.

[aikoaiko]

38. I get what Joe wsa trying to do, but implicit in his approach

is what folks are unhappy about.

And the line about not being called boy, but son is just weird.

This was Joe's "there are fine people on both sides of the aisle" moment.

[ucrdem]

41. I think we all get what they are unhappy about.

It looks like this:

[R B Garr]

44. They were totally wrong and only wanted to perpetuate

their ideations about Biden because they thought it would benefit them to put Biden on the defensive. It’s pathetically laughable to listen to Booker’s version of events. Sanders got caught spreading misinformation, hence his testy reaction.

[NYMinute]

32. Sanders either completely missed Joe's point

or he maliciously and deceitfully spun it to his advantage and it didn't work.

[George II]

34. That's why Stephanie Ruhle was not having any of it.

[spooky3]

39. His treatment of Ruhle's professional behavior provides another reason for us to

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prefer other candidates.

[R B Garr]

45. Yes! And Bernie got caught. Finally someone challenged his

smears and he really lashed out.

[Cha]

46. uh huh.

Gee, I wonder?

[stonecutter357]

42. K&R