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Bernie Sanders was asked tough questions during the CNN Town Hall...which is great but was Hillary Clinton also asked hardball questions? Cenk Uygur host of The Young Turks breaks it down.
Do you think Chris Cuomo was trying to help Hillary? Let us know in the comments below.
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Bernie Sanders keeps refusing to run the way that the pundits think he should -- that's what makes this primary so interesting and perhaps a turning point in American politics.
You could see it last night in the Democratic town hall. Before they let, you know, sensible people ask questions, there was CNN moderator Chris Cuomo. Cuomo, of course, wanted to know if Bernie Sanders was going to "bring back the era of big government." This is exactly the kind of frame that pundits have been trying to put on American politics for about as long as I can remember, which is at least back to the Carter era.
This question is supposed to be a kind of kryptonite that causes Democratic politicians to sweat and turn pallid and immediately explain that no, they're for efficient government or some such. It's the kind of question that turned Bill Clinton into a triangulating centrist who cut welfare to the bone and elevated corporate power with a series of disastrous trade agreements. Everyone in Washington knows that "big government" is always bad.
Read more here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-mckibben/bernie-sanders-town-hall_b_9077552.html
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TYT: CNN: Clinton News Network (Original Post)
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onehandle
(51,122 posts)1. Clinton News Network = Classic Republican Meme nt
Ned_Devine
(3,146 posts)7. I may be wasting my time, but did you even watch the video?
thereismore
(13,326 posts)2. That was very enjoyable. Wicked smart I'd say. nt
Bernie should have just pointed a finger at that smartass moderator and said "I am going to raise YOUR taxes" but he did great anyway.
longship
(40,416 posts)3. Gotta love Cenk! R&K nt
antigop
(12,778 posts)4. Spot on. K&R. nt
jillan
(39,451 posts)5. And then there is the Major Supporter Network Bias for Clinton *
* with the exception of Lawrence.
I can't wait until Bernie shuts them all up.
Iwillnevergiveup
(9,298 posts)6. K&R
Cenk is doing a magnificent job these days, isn't he?
ciaobaby
(1,000 posts)8. MSNBC = Must Support No one But Clinton
any one see Chris Matthews yesterday ?
god he is just awful......
really went after Sen. Bamberg from S.C. for switching his support from Clinton to Sanders.
Mathews began the discussion by asking Sen Bamberg who contacted him to do this from the Sanders camp.
Turns out no one did - Sen. Bamberg called the Bernie camp had a great conversation then decided to switch !
It got worse from there.....
LongTomH
(8,636 posts)9. Bernie was asked the hardball questions.....He batted 'em all, right out of the ballpark!!!!
Big fail, Cuomo!
daleanime
(17,796 posts)10. K&R.....
zebonaut
(3,688 posts)11. Proper Response: Stop framing the questions as "Punishing"; I'm surprised at you and CNN....