Sanders campaign mgr says Fox News "more fair than MSNBC"

[brooklynite]

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[Zoonart]

1. Ugh.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Poor put-upon Bernie.

[Cha]

24. i swear.. :(

[msongs]

3. what's a multi millionaire with $40 mil in campaign cash to do but sing for a rock

and roll band lol

[Sneederbunk]

4. Fox wants BS as nominee. MSNBC not so much.

[Horizens]

5. Because

they want him to be the nominee as does trump.

[DanTex]

6. Umm, no. MSNBC has been embarrassingly anti-Bernie, that part is true.

But FOX is in its own universe of horribleness, no matter how much of an "opportunity" they give to Bernie surrogates. I support Bernie, but this guy is wrong. I'm thinking he was trying to be provocative or whatever, but he's just plain wrong.

[honest.abe]

7. Well that tells you all you need to know.

Faux Newz loves Bernie!

[Cha]

25. It sure do.. and now we know.

[pwb]

8. Murdoch wants his ad money.

And they are afraid of Joe Biden.

[Squinch]

9. Murdoch wants him as the candidate.

[Me.]

10. Yet He Has Eaten Up MSNBC Air Time

in several interviews in the last weeks. And to credit Faux as being more credible is a huge statement about him and the campaign. Also, considering how much fake news they've pushed and the terrible, devious, mendacious hosts they feature, it makes me wonder. I can't help thinking how strange it is that BS' campaign manager is praising the dump's fave station and remembering that some here have said they are two sides of the same coin.

[Cha]

27. Ikr.. so what's up?

[Me.]

31. I Am So Sick Of Liars

and the fact that's a campaign in the Dem primary is doing so is as bad as when that betrayer in the WH and his people do it. It does them no credit and I wonder why they can't see that sooner or later this will do them in. It's really shameful.

But then hey, what do I know...

Aloha

[Cha]

32. I can't wait for

you know what to show some signs.. anything!

Aloha, Me!

[apcalc]

11. Oh yeah, they'll be real nice to BS.

[ancianita]

12. Maybe Fox viewers like Bernie's exposure. Maybe they might vote for him. No matter what Murdoch

or Trump try to do to eventually plant fear in their viewers.

Maybe Bernie might make them trust him more than Fox or Trump.

[Cha]

28. maybe not

[Rider3]

13. Really?

That's is one petty insult that you KNOW is not true.

[KT2000]

14. this is how you unite!!

I have seen this movie so many times in so many political and environmental situations- attack the base because they are not pure enough. I have always thought that reflects the ego and not much else.

[Tom Rinaldo]

15. I was wathing The 11th Hour last night

The topic became Bernie's movement up in the polls and Brian Edwards called on his panel to discuss it. The panel consisted of one person; Republican never Trumper Rick Wilson, and he went on a tear for three minutes about how absolutely unelectable he thought Bernie Sanders was. Brian never said a word to counter that view or provide any balance whatsoever, and then the program moved on to the next topic.

I watch a lot of MSNBC and see stuff like that all the time. MSNBC commentators routinely call Sanders a "Socialist" all the time, none of that "Democratic Socialist" nonsense, it is straight out of Trump's talking points.

[Eko]

23. Sanders calls himself a Socialist.

[Dem2]

16. So stupid

Gullible comment as noted in several posts above.

Fox likes Bernie for a reason.

[Gothmog]

17. Fox News like trump really want to nominate a weak and unelectable candidate like sanders

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[Boulevardier]

19. What do you make of the polls showing Sanders beating Trump in MI, PA, WI?

They seem at odds with your pronouncements from on high.

[Gothmog]

21. trump would destroy a weak and unelectable candidate like sanders.

I am very worried about down ballot races. sanders is a very weak candidate and would be easy for trump to destroy. In addition to the well written 101 page memorandum with oppo on sanders with a 1000 pages of backup from the Clinton campaign trump has his own oppo file on sanders that would destroy such a weak and divisive candidate like sanders.

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trump had a two foot thick book of oppo research on Sanders http://www.newsweek.com/myths-cost-democrats-presidential-election-521044

They ignored the fact that Sanders had not yet faced a real campaign against him. Clinton was in the delicate position of dealing with a large portion of voters who treated Sanders more like the Messiah than just another candidate. She was playing the long game—attacking Sanders strongly enough to win, but gently enough to avoid alienating his supporters. Given her overwhelming support from communities of color—for example, about 70 percent of African-American voters cast their ballot for her—Clinton had a firewall that would be difficult for Sanders to breach....

So what would have happened when Sanders hit a real opponent, someone who did not care about alienating the young college voters in his base? I have seen the opposition book assembled by Republicans for Sanders, and it was brutal. The Republicans would have torn him apart. And while Sanders supporters might delude themselves into believing that they could have defended him against all of this, there is a name for politicians who play defense all the time: losers....

The Republicans had at least four other damning Sanders videos (I don’t know what they showed), and the opposition research folder was almost 2-feet thick. (The section calling him a communist with connections to Castro alone would have cost him Florida.) In other words, the belief that Sanders would have walked into the White House based on polls taken before anyone really attacked him is a delusion built on a scaffolding of political ignorance.

sanders was such a weak primary candidate that the Clinton campaign did not use its oppo but trump would have fun destroying such a weak candidate like sanders

I will vote for the nominee of the party but I fear that the nomination of sanders will lead to a Speaker Kevin McCarthy

[Gothmog]

22. Because GOP types are supporting sanders

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[ace3csusm]

18. Fox News has a motive..always

Bernie wont win, can anyone tell me that last President of US that loss previous primary and came back to win next primary and was elected President...Ill still vote Blue who ever is candidate...But will lose

1. 2008 Hillary Clinton loss Primary to Obama, Won Primary 2016 loss to Presidency to Trump
2. 2008 Mitt Romney loss Primary to McCain, Won Primary 2012 loss Presidency to Obama
3. 1980&1988 Bob Dole loss Primary, Won Primary 1996 loss Presidency to B.Clinton
4. 2000 John Kerry loss Primary early, Won Primary 2004 loss Presidency to GWB2
5. 2000 John McCain loss Primary, Won Primary 2008 loss Presidency to Obama

6. 2020 Bernie Sanders loss Primary to H.Clinton, ?

[COLGATE4]

20. Do you think he's being a little ingenuous?

[highplainsdem]

26. Hmm. What motive do you think Fox News might have for being nice to Sanders?

[Cha]

29. I can't even imagine..

[Jose Garcia]

30. They did hire Dennis Kucinich. Maybe Bernie will ask for a job there too.

[Cha]

33. Not buying it

[UniteFightBack]

34. This is a flat out LIE. I am sick of these tactics. POISON. nt

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

35. Probably because they want him to be Trump's opponent in the general election.