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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSanders and Klobuchar will debate Graham and Cassidy on CNN on healthcare - Monday
https://mobile.twitter.com/sensanders/status/910973267640487936Arazi
(6,829 posts)You need to do fucking moar!!11!!1
Heh
K and R
Voltaire2
(13,123 posts)Nanjeanne
(4,974 posts)mcar
(42,372 posts)against the MFA plan. They will ignore questions about their travesty of a plan, or lie about it, and scream socialism!!11 for 90 minutes.
I hope Sens. Sanders and Klobuchar are up to the challenge of calling out their lies.
Nanjeanne
(4,974 posts)I think the focus will be on the Cassidy Graham bill -- no matter how hard C/G try to bring MFA up.
mcar
(42,372 posts)I don't feel confident that the moderators will hold G-C's feet to the fire. And they are skilled liars.
LexVegas
(6,091 posts)Nanjeanne
(4,974 posts)kstewart33
(6,551 posts)The focus must be on Graham and Cassidy's Just Die Already bill. Not the future, not single payer, but kill the bill.
Doing so requires knowing the bill in all its details that even Graham and Cassidy don't know. This is a golden opportunity if the focus is on the bill, with Klobuchar and Bernie taking G & C apart, piece by piece.
However, Bernie is not a details guy. My fear is that he will command the stage, talk about nothing but single payer and universal coverage, and we'll miss our chance to destroy Graham and Cassidy and their bill.
Graham has already publicly stated that Bernie's recent public speeches on single payer have helped their cause. And he's made hay with it. "It's Bernie's socialism or federalism," he's said and that will be his response to the points that Bernie will make. He will scare away people who have doubts about the bill but aren't ready to embrace Medicare for all.
So overall, hoping for the best, but not optimistic.
Nanjeanne
(4,974 posts)focused about exactly how dreadful this bill is. And he has been speaking, tweeting and writing about it constantly. I think he will be just fine -- certainly no where as good as a real Democrat would be.
Voltaire2
(13,123 posts)Thanks for playing!
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)They were both chosen because Dem leadership think they're both right for this task.
I can't wait to watch. The two Dems ooze authenticity, Graham is a smarmy fucker. Who is declared "the winner" will be decided on whose perceived as telling the American people the truth as well as knowledge of the details. Sanders especially has been honing his chops in red district town halls for the past year.I'm betting a million dollars on our people.