2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumMark Halperin: Sanders staff tried to get him to prep more...
Staff admit he meant to use the email line as a criticism of Clinton (e.g. "because YOU messed up the email issue, you're distracting us from talking about real issues" but mishandled it.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)tblue37
(65,490 posts)He handled that well.
Nay
(12,051 posts)know that if people can't vote for him because he's a decent guy who's walked the walk his whole life, then this whole human project is down the tubes. And maybe that's good, at least for the other life forms on the planet.
no_hypocrisy
(46,202 posts)You can't "prep" Bernie. You let him be himself.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)when you know your facts, know what you believe, and are an authentic person, there is nothing to rehearse for. That's the difference here that people can see that are voting for Bernie and why his support is exploding. It's not a performance, it's about stuff that really matters to people. And it's why Bernie's going to win.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Not on guns, not on capitalism, not even explaining his brand of socialism. He didn't prepare and it was obvious. He got snowballed by Anderson. I bet he prepares for the 2nd one though.
underpants
(182,904 posts)Hillary
O'Malley
Then Bernie
In my opinion
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)who donated over a million to his campaign since last night would disagree
ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)He put that bullshit to bed and made himself look better in the process.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)LWolf
(46,179 posts)It was a great moment, and one of the few times he flashed that powerful grin.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)TheKentuckian
(25,029 posts)Halperin is a crusty nothing burger, an establishment wiper and dangler, and a wannabe circus barker.
Cosmocat
(14,574 posts)Halperin is a despicable ...
A text book establishment empty head who TRULY embraces that existence.
deutsey
(20,166 posts)The only problem I have is that the clips of it I've seen on corporate media are heavily edited to remove the moment's most important point:
"We have massive wealth and income inequality," Sanders continued at the Las Vegas, Nevada debate. "The American people want to know whether we're going to have a democracy or an oligarchy as a result of (the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision). Enough of the emails -- let's talk about the real issues."
His staff members are pretty stupid if they were trying to get him to go after Hillary. He took it to a much more relevant and urgent level.
Orrex
(63,225 posts)Still not on board the Bernie train, but by all accounts his classy addressing of that issue showed real integrity of character.
bullwinkle428
(20,631 posts)McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)leftynyc
(26,060 posts)I never thought higher of Bernie (and I do like him a lot) than I did after that statement he made. I thought it made him look great. I wouldn't believe Halperin if he told me it was daytime.