Did Bill Clinton suggest Sanders supporters would advocate genocide of Wall Street?

[Barack_America]

Yesterday Bill Clinton said this:

"One of the few things I really haven't enjoyed about this primary: I think it's fine that all these young students have been so enthusiastic for her opponent and [he] sounds so good: 'Just shoot every third person on Wall Street and everything will be fine,'" he said.

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Which brought to mind a story I recalled hearing about Nazi executions at Auschwitz.

Henryk Mandelbaum, Jewish Sondercommando, Auschwitz: "They didn't know what to do with us. So they had a kind of discussion and then they told us to lie face down on the ground holding our hands behind our backs and every 3rd person was shot. Some of my friends in the Sondercommando lost their lives and the rest had to go back to work. There was never much hope for us. I'm telling it like it is."

http://www.pbs.org/auschwitz/about/transcripts_5.html

Maybe this "shoot every 3rd person" idea is not restricted to the Holocaust. It's the only time I recall hearing of it. That being said, I have a hard time believing that Clinton was not trying to evoke imagery of genocide. What possible excuse can their be for such a ugly and violent comment?

"Joke" doesn't suffice. Nor will an "almost" apology.

This is despicable.

[Kalidurga]

1. It's okay though cuz it's Bill and he be like that

If Jane said that well Bernie would have to drop out.

[Romulox]

2. He's disgusting. Always has been. nt

[onecaliberal]

3. He's beyond the pale...

[HooptieWagon]

4. Prison would suffice. Bernie is Anti death penalty.

[femmedem]

5. Hey, at least he didn't denigrate Sanders supporters by calling them corporate whores

All he did was call them advocates of mass murder. I don't see what all the fuss is about.

(Sarcasm!)

[Luminous Animal]

8. Actually, he called Bernie an advocate of mass murder.

He is said that "shooting every third person on Wall St." is BERNIE'S message and that his supporters like that message.

I think it's fine that all these young students have been so enthusiastic for her opponent and (he) sounds so good: 'Just shoot every third person on Wall Street and everything will be fine,'"

[femmedem]

10. You're correct! I skimmed rather than reading carefully. What is wrong with him?

I wonder if we will get another almost apology.

[Jackilope]

6. There is so much about Bill that gives one the cringes ....

... it does make me wonder even more about Hillary's judgement.

Bill is not an asset to her with the amount of ethical and moral ammunition the GOP will use if she is he nominee. Noting the thread that isnow hidden regarding some of his associations and antics.

He is a slippery weasel. I feel very icky for having voted for him at all.

[jillan]

7. Once again - underlying antisemitism thrown at the supporters of the Jewish candidate.

Just like when a surrogate with ties to Hillary's SuperPac BNR tweeted those that went to see him at Washington Square Park were wearing armbands.

[CountAllVotes]

15. that is frightening!!

Need to do more than muzzle him up.

STAY HOME AND SHUDDUP WOULD YA BILL?

[Barack_America]

37. It's 2008 all over again.

The Clinton ugliness.

I guess the only positive of this is knowing the campaign is in panic mode.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

9. Not genocide, merely decimation.

It kept the Roman legions in line, should work for banksters.

(just kidding. I am anti-death-penalty. Mostly)

[aidbo]

20. Technically, decimation is only 1 out of 10 people killed, so 1 out of 3 is worse.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimation_(Roman_army)

A cohort (roughly 480 soldiers) selected for punishment by decimation was divided into groups of ten; each group drew lots (sortition), and the soldier on whom the lot fell was executed by his nine comrades, often by stoning or clubbing. The remaining soldiers were often given rations of barley instead of wheat (the latter being the standard soldier's diet) for a few days, and required to camp outside the fortified security of the marching camp.[3]

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

21. Yep, my math was bad, but my vocabulary worse.

I don't know the word for killing one out of three.

Decimation, one of 10.
Centimation, one of 100.
Millimation, one of 1000.
maybe Trimation, one of three?

We'll have to ask Bill, when he imposes this upon Wall Street.

[JoePhilly]

11. The perpetually outraged are outraged? Big surpise.

[Aerows]

16. That was a big ol' fuckup.

She needs to get him to shut his mouth. I don't care how you look at it, that was a big pile to step in for a multitude of reasons.

[BeanMusical]

43. Defending the indefensible? What a shock.

[CountAllVotes]

12. Hillary needs to muzzle Bill up

and the sooner the better before he's back out with a bullhorn somewhere *again*.

& recommend.

[99th_Monkey]

13. Bullhorn Bill has clearly outlived his usefulness as a surrogate. He's always stepping in it. nt

[Aerows]

14. No, he didn't suggest it.

He stated it OUTRIGHT, FRONT and PLAIN.

[BeanMusical]

44. +1

[stillwaiting]

17. We are clearly terrorists.

Hint, hint, wink, wink.

Fuck Bill for saying such a nasty thing. Wonder if he'll "almost" feel like apologizing again for being such a dick. Again.

[Ino]

18. The only time I never voted for a Democrat...

was for Bill's second term. I was nervous about NAFTA. I voted for Perot... and maybe he was a bit nuts, but he was absolutely right about that "giant sucking sound." It was a disaster for this country!

Now here we are again...

[hootinholler]

19. Jesus Christ on a trailer hitch!

I did not realize that was a reference to the holocaust!

Fucking Nazis, I hate fucking NAZIs!

[arcane1]

30. "We'll never rest again, until every Nazi dies"

[hootinholler]

35. I was thinking more along these lines

[CharlotteVale]

22. I did not know that every third person referred to the Holocaust. It was sick and twisted

enough before, now words can't express how vile I think Bill Clinton is.

[RufusTFirefly]

23. It seems that Bill and Hill can be equally ghoulish and tone deaf.

I used to think that he was more of a natural than she was.

After all, she's the one who laughed at the death of Qaddafi, claimed she'd been "dead broke", and in 2008 alluded to RFK's assassination as the reason why she was reluctant to drop out of the race until after the California primary.

But lately he seems to be playing catchup.
The Comeback Kid!

[Buns_of_Fire]

36. I'm starting to consider the possibility that Hillary's been the brains of the pair all along.

Bubba has (or had) the gift of gab and the aw-shucks-good-ol-boy persona, while Hillary had the steely-eyed, driven ambition to propel them both to the upper reaches.

Vote for one, get both. It's worked out well for them.

[RufusTFirefly]

38. I think that's not a bad hypothesis

They're both very smart but have different skill sets.

[lumberjack_jeff]

24. Wall Street is a genotype? News to me.

... first they came for the hedge fund criminals... :sob:

[Barack_America]

39. I couldn't bear to put...

...genocide in quotes. I appreciate this is mass murder. But my only experience with the oddly specific "shoot every 3rd person" was in a Holocaust documentary I'd seen.

[hootinholler]

25. kickin this. n/t

[Barack_America]

41. Thanks.

While I can't remember the specific documentary I heard of the Nazis "shooting every 3rd person" horror, I've found so many other citations, beyond the one listed in the OP, of Nazis doing this. It was absolutely a widespread tactic.

I simply cannot for the life of me think of what else Bill could have been drawing a comparison to than Nazi execution of Jews.

This is shockingly awful, even for him.

[hootinholler]

42. You can bet the farm that Billy Boy knows his history

This reference wasn't accidental in the least!

Despicable!

[99Forever]

26. Yes he did.

But then it's well known that he is a lying asshole.

[cantbeserious]

27. Bill Clinton Just Insulted This Citizen - I Now Regret Every Vote Cast For Him And

Will never vote for his wife.

Thanks Bill - the democrats just lost another vote for all current and future Establishment candidates.

[bkkyosemite]

28. OMG that PIG! I did not know about the 3rd person thing and the Holocaust. That was a direct

assault on Bernie Sanders family's graves. That pig that pig that pig.

[frustrated_lefty]

29. He's turned into

the weird uncle who gets drunk on Thanksgiving, mumbling to himself in a corner and scaring the kids.

[bkkyosemite]

34. He was talking about Bernie being a COMMUNIST JEW and we his supporters being NAZI's.....

[brewens]

31. Maybe settle for building a guillotine at Zuccotti Park! I'll pony up and donate some lumber!

Maybe a little incentive for some people to straighten up and fly right!

[berniepdx420]

32. I see Bill's true colors shining through...distract distract distract ..from their cronie capitalism

[Hiraeth]

33. Bill Clinton needs to take the Pope's advice and seek help. Therapy, he needs it.

[cherokeeprogressive]

40. STFU Bill Clinton. Go away. Far. Away.

Caricature of a President - Bill Clinton

[BreakfastClub]

45. Godwin's Law certainly applies here. nt

[BeanMusical]

47. Another one defending the indefensible, what a surprise.

[BeanMusical]

46. I had no idea about this being a reference to what happened at the death camps.

This is far more sickening than I thought.