Bernie camp not happy

[boston bean]

They are upset because the debate will have some foreign policy questions.

Threw a fit on the phone with CBS. Just saw on CNN.

[99th_Monkey]

1. "Threw a fit"? I'm sure that is a direct quote, right? -nt-

[boston bean]

4. It was actually and met with stunned silence

By the other campaigns. And they said it went on for minutes.

[99th_Monkey]

32. So who exactly came up with, or used, the words "threw a fit" in the first place? nt

[Rosa Luxemburg]

66. That's Hillaryspeak - she's scared!

[UglyGreed]

8. That's what CNN

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just reported so it's the story they are going with as of now...

[rhett o rick]

62. And the Clinton supporters pretend that CBS and the other Corp-Media don't like Clinton.

Looks like they favor Clinton. Ironic actually that those that were so against the Corp-Media, now embrace it since their candidate is in favor.

[UglyGreed]

67. Funny how that works

CNN just had their third update on Mark's outburst, they like the others on the call seem shocked....

[MohRokTah]

2. There goes that 2 am call thing.

There way for the Sanders camp to spin this. They cannot handle foreign policy and national security emergencies.

I damned sure don't want somebody who gets pissed off that there are some current event questions in a debate running national security and foreign policy.

[JaneyVee]

3. Wow. People are saying...

https://mobile.twitter.com/margarita/status/665678685857533952

https://mobile.twitter.com/anniekarni/status/665678792548028417

[boston bean]

5. Wow!!

[JaneyVee]

25. Even rightwingers snarking...

Ted Cruz's speechwriter (LOL I know right) https://mobile.twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/665679352214908929

[riversedge]

43. Crap. Democrats do not need that.

[AgingAmerican]

70. Be careful of what you wish for

It could come back and bite later

[riversedge]

72. did you respond to the right post?

[Cali_Democrat]

7. Bernie got the 3am phone call....he hung up the phone and went back to sleep. nt

[boston bean]

11. Instead of answering hello he yelled

OLIGARCHY

[lunamagica]

57. "Just to confirm, the most left Democratic presidential candidate successfully pressured a

TV network to limit discussion of top news"

[TM99]

61. Oh FFS.

There are about a dozen replies.

Hardly the end of the fucking world.

[AgingAmerican]

69. Hillary will be at her most right wing

Trying to appear tough. America is sick and tired of war. The contrast between the two will be very glaring. This will be interesting.

[azmom]

6. They questioned the deletion of the intro.

And now CBS agreed to put it back in.

[boston bean]

9. I think there is a bit more to it than that.

Amateur if you ask me.

[azmom]

13. I think your doing OK.

[polly7]

15. I'd say about a two out of ten ...... but even that's not hopeless or anything.

[boston bean]

16. Why thank you.

[msrizzo]

24. But Weaver is declaring victory.

Kind of tone death.

[MrMickeysMom]

10. That's pretty major...

Hey, I gotta ask... How'd they get the entire camp on speaker phone?

[boston bean]

14. I assume his rep on the phone was

Representing the Bernie camp.

[MrMickeysMom]

19. OMG

I can't believe you actually answer that!

[boston bean]

21. I shouldn't have?

[MrMickeysMom]

28. Oh dear...

Well, it's funny to me!

The humor in this for my twisted sense of it, is seeing one person who is able to represent the entire camp.

(This assumes that the entire camp is the voters)

[boston bean]

29. His campaign.

[MrMickeysMom]

37. So, I go back to the original question...

They got all them on the phone at the same time?

This sounds as silly as it gets on a debate night.

[boston bean]

38. Reps from all the campaign were on the call.

[MrMickeysMom]

44. Ah, so it was just one representative from each campaign...

Thank's for clearly stating what needed to be said.

Not only was it authentic frontier gibberish, it expressed a courage little seen in this day and age...

[boston bean]

45. Lol.

[riversedge]

46. he Sanders representative, you know, really laid into CBS and basically … kind of threw like a littl

.............“It was a little bit of a bizarre scene. The Sanders representative, you know, really laid into CBS and basically … kind of threw like a little bit of a fit and said, ‘You are trying to turn this into a foreign policy debate. That’s not what any of us agreed to. How can you change the terms of the debate, you know, on the day of the debate. That’s not right,’” the staffer recounted.

Another person who was on the call confirmed to Yahoo News that Longabaugh had a lengthy dispute about the changed plans for the debate format on the call with CBS. The Sanders campaign declined to comment.

https://www.yahoo.com/politics/sanders-aide-pushes-back-against-cbs-switch-to-215805298.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw

[72DejaVu]

52. They tried

but none of them had landlines.

[boston bean]

58. Hahahahaha

[restorefreedom]

12. corporate media spin...whatta shock nt

[UglyGreed]

17. So is Hillary's camp happy? N/T

[MrMickeysMom]

20. I think if you'll get the representative on the phone...

They'll tell you how the camp feels!

On edit: See reply 14

[ronnykmarshall]

18. Oh dear ....

[Hepburn]

22. You must be watching a different CNN. n/t

[sufrommich]

23. Wasn't there going to a debate centered on

foreign policy at some point anyway? What difference does it make if it's this debate or a later debate to the Sanders campaign?

[msrizzo]

33. Well they did talk Bernie into preparing for this one

Maybe he had some good zingers prepared for the opening.

[boston bean]

36. I am expecting the same ole same ole

canned talking points. I've heard it all a million times.

[Historic NY]

26. They said they prevailed.....

http://www.kxlf.com/story/30519529/sanders-aide-threw-a-fit-over-debates-foreign-policy-focus

[Fred Sanders]

27. Mop, meet floor - when it comes to Clinton versus Sanders on foreign policy.

[MrMickeysMom]

30. Okay, Fred...

[UglyGreed]

34. Yeah mopping the blood

of more people and more people. Some Americans but mostly innocent citizens. God Bless America!!!

[boston bean]

40. Afghanistan blood too. And the vote for the

First AUMF was and still is open ended to fight terrorists anywhere.

[bahrbearian]

49. Clinton's foreign Policy , Regime change ,Coop, and Coop

Iraq ,Honduras, and Libya War War War

[polly7]

63. and Ukraine. nt.

[GoneFishin]

31. Silly Bernie. After having the deck stacked against him by the Dem party leadership and every

imaginable media, talking head, and corporate interest did he actually think they would not try some kind of bullshit to undermine him in the debate?

Silly Bernie?

I just can't vote for him now. Oh wait, yes I can. And I also just sent him more money.

[MrMickeysMom]

35. Silly Bernie...

Doesn't he know the bobble heads on Twitter have the debate by it's little short hairs?

[elleng]

39. Here's one rendition of the story:

http://www.kspr.com/news/politics/sanders-aide-threw-a-fit-over-debate-changes/21051736_36456000

[Godhumor]

50. Would you mind reposting that as an OP?

It will be completely swallowed up in this thread where the OP doesn't have a direct link to the reporting on the incident.

[elleng]

55. Will do, Godhumor.

[MrMickeysMom]

41. Howard Johnson's RIGHT!

[rhett o rick]

42. More Swiftboating. Clinton can't win in a fair fight on issues. nm

[Godhumor]

47. Actually, I would say the Sanders' camp knew they wouldn't win a foreign policy debate

And that is why they argued vehement against making it a foreign policy debate.

[rhett o rick]

64. And I think some are creating a story here. Like to hear what really happened. Wouldn't surprise

me if the DNC and CBS pulled a fast one on Sen Sanders. The Oligarchy will do anything to keep the People's candidate out.

[riversedge]

51. you are funny

[rhett o rick]

56. And you have nothing but ridicule. Way past time to put you on ignore. nm

[Doctor_J]

48. I sort of expected republicans and other hawks to make political hay from yesterday

And here we are, right on schedule.

[72DejaVu]

54. Good thing none of Bernie's supporters did that

Well, except for the hundreds of posts blaming it on Hilary.

[Doctor_J]

59. Andy counter: trump clinched the white house because of the massacre. hrc fan club:

Hillary clinched the nomination because of the massacre.

It's a little creepy

[72DejaVu]

65. "Hillary clinched the nomination because of the massacre."

Who said that?

[Happenstance24]

53. Game Over

Bernie's done. You know Trump and the rest of the GOP hacks are gonna be all over this all next week and the media will replay it over and over again. Bernie's aide just cut his throat.

[MrMickeysMom]

80. I love posts like these before the debate...

... and my response after the debate...

Bernie's done with putting up with DLC hacks and that mop someone referred to in another post....

Clean-up on isle Clinton.

[tishaLA]

60. they're covering it again right now

and said the Clinton campaign declined to discuss the call.

[AgingAmerican]

68. Actually

This is the perfect opportunity to really show the contrast on the two. This is where she is most right wing. It will be very interesting, indeed.

[jeff47]

71. Well, when the DNC limited us to so few debates

changing the entire content of one of the 4 debates means many issues will not be aired in a debate at all.

Just another "feature".

[riversedge]

73. the "entire content " is NOT changed. Read this.

https://www.yahoo.com/politics/sanders-aide-pushes-back-against-cbs-switch-to-215805298.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw

[jeff47]

75. Unless they're planning to extend the length of the debate, they are cutting some questions

and plenty of earlier stories claimed the focus of this debate would now be foreign policy.

[riversedge]

76. Essentially they fliped the content--domestic issues come later.

[jeff47]

78. Actually, no. Foreign policy was not in this debate. It was supposed to be about the economy.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/pre-debate-drama

But the Sanders camp also has a pretty good argument that the terms of this debate were agreed a long time ago, preparations and plans have been made. And this was never supposed to be a foreign policy debate.

Also:
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/second-democratic-2016-debate-iowa-when-is-it-215792

Does this debate have a theme?
CBS News’ John Dickerson told The Des Moines Register he plans to focus the debate on the economy — especially wages and income inequality. Even health care, education and retirement issues will revolve on the axis of finance. “The goal of the moderator is to illuminate the views of the candidates on the issues that matter the most to voters, and you don’t need to be on the side of the party to do that,” Dickerson told the newspaper.

[Dawson Leery]

74. If this is the case, then Bernie is not ready to be President.

Foreign Policy will be front and center next year.

[silenttigersong]

77. The disagreement was

about the amount of time the introductory statement.I would suggest imo, that given the number of debates it is a priority to the Bernie Sanders Campaign, that there is some time alloted to serious economic issues like the TPP.This rush to depict Sanders as throwing a fit- well immature could sum it up.

[Ken Burch]

79. Bernie's knocking the foreign policy questions out of the ballpark, though.

HRC would never admit we were wrong to overthrow Arbenz and Allende. She loves everything Dulles, Kissinger, Nixon and Reagan ever did in foreign policy.

[Cha]

81. Time to re-visit this.. now we know why.. as if we didn't before.