Woo HOOO Bernie! Bernie is going to do a town hall on FOX! Hillary declined. He's going.

[jillan]

This is so awesome. I am so proud of him. We already know has cross-over appeal.

And he doesn't give a crap if they try to trip him up. You can't shake him. He has nothing to hide. He is who he is and who he always has been. And he makes no apologies about it.

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/03/03/fox-news-to-host-live-event-with-bernie-sanders/?_r=0

FIRST DRAFT
Fox News to Host Live Event With Bernie Sanders


A day before the Michigan primary on Tuesday, Senator Bernie Sanders will be the focus of a live one-hour, prime-time event in Detroit.

The host? Fox News.

Bret Baier announced on his “Special Report” show on Thursday night that the Sanders campaign had agreed to the town-hall-style broadcast. The Clinton campaign was invited, but “is unable to attend due to a conflict in her campaign schedule,” according to a release from the network.

While Mr. Sanders’s appearance on Fox News isn’t necessarily out of the ordinary – he sat for an interview with Chris Wallace in February on “Fox News Sunday” – the network’s decision to host a Democratic town hall is notable, given that it hasn’t put on a Democratic debate since 2004.

Last month, Mr. Baier pressed Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, to let Fox News host a debate.

She laughed at the prospect, giving little hope that such an event would ever take place.

“There aren’t a whole lot of Democrats who come on, and I always look forward to our conversations, Bret, look forward to sparring with you and some of your hosts all the way through the campaign,” Ms. Schultz said to Mr. Baier.

In his interview with Mr. Wallace, however, Mr. Sanders said he wasn’t opposed to the idea of a Fox town hall.

“If we were clear to understand what the guidelines were and what the rules were and to make sure that they were fair and the D.N.C. was in favor of it, I would have no objection,” Mr. Sanders said.

The town hall with Mr. Sanders will be broadcast at 6 p.m., Eastern time.

I can't wait!!

Edit to add - pass it on! Make sure they know at JPR - your facebook friends - your twitter followers. This is a bfd - especially with the pugs being so unhappy with their choices

[monmouth4]

1. Baier is pretty decent too. This will be great..

[roguevalley]

16. I imagine that the idea of going on fox news makes her quail in her boots

I would too if I were her

[southerncrone]

2. Bernie is fearless & inclusive! Excellent opportunity for dissatisfied Repubs

to hear Bernie's common sense strategies. I predict he wins over some of them.

[jillan]

3. Another example of how out of touch DWS is! Or else she is just trying to protect Hillary. Haha.

No need to protect Bernie.

[southerncrone]

5. I think DWS's main objective is delivering Hillary to the Oval Office. Period.

Nothing else crosses her radar.

[Volaris]

28. He understands the 50 state strategy better than most

If you don't show up to play the game, you loose by default. He gets that universal healthcare isn't just for blue-state liberals, (because UNIVERSAL, duh!) and that if coal country employees can go to work in solar panel factories instead of mines then WestVirginia mountaintops can NOT look like something out of a post-apocolyptic Hellscape-nightmare.

But you don't get to tell people that if you dont SHOW UP.

And yes, someone will complain that this is about rural white (male) voters. That's ok. That BY ITSELF does not negate the importance of issues raised by not those people. But this the DEMOCRATIC Party, and what we care about should effect EVERYONE, and if those aren't the issues were knocking on doors for, then what we're doing isn't important and we're just wasting our time here.

[JDPriestly]

38. You are so right. You have to show up.

[Kittycat]

34. Another way to breakdown fear

If he gets his message out there enough, it makes it harder to attack. Democratic socialist doesn't seem like the boogie man.

Republican implosion is great for left liberals.

[valerief]

4. I wonder who he's up against that night? A big college game or something?

Cuz that's how they treat Dems.

[jillan]

7. When he was on Fox News Sunday Wallace asked him about that. Bernie said yes as long as it was

okay with the DNC.

I'm sure they are going to ask him tough questions. Socialism. Raising taxes. Stuff like that. Looking for things to use against him in the GE and I bet you anything they really wanted Hillary to add to their arsenal.
But Bernie can handle them. They'll challenge him and he'll respond.

I think it's great.

[valerief]

10. I think it's great, too. I'm sure they'll ask GOP-framed questions and Bernie

will deconstruct their bullshit.

[jillan]

14. Your last sentence. Yep!!

[elljay]

22. They're conservative

I suspect they think that there is little upside to this. Hillary won't get Republican voters and not so many independents so the Fox audience doesn't provide much opportunity. If Fox gets some good clips they will throw them at her if she is the nominee. I think she will be in safe mode unless Bernie starts kicking butt in the upcoming primaries.

[Kittycat]

35. She needs them in the general though.

And he's already showing he can pull them at the polls. That's not so great for her if she refuses to face them. then again, that could be the answer, too.

[Volaris]

29. Mark my words, this will be spun to try and make Bernie look un(D)emocratic.

Mark my words, it will backfire (again).

[Svafa]

6. This is an opportunity for him to gain a lot of momentum.

[jillan]

8. It makes me feel even more confident about him should we be lucky enough to have him as our nominee.

He's tough.

[southerncrone]

9. In the future, I'd like to reflect back on some "Sanders Republicans"!

[Gregorian]

13. Yes! I can't believe it.

[HDSam]

15. After

the debacle this last republican debate was, the timing couldn't be better.

The republicans demonstrating they're capable of tearing into each other like hyenas vs. Sanders providing some sane and well-reasoned policy points and goals. Nothing would demonstrate the difference between the two parties better.

[JudyM]

17. Is DWS on board with this?

[jillan]

18. I think since it's a townhall and not a debate it doesn't apply to DNC rules.

And at this point Bernie should not care what she thinks.

[JudyM]

19. His quote in the OP says he'll do it if The DNC is in favor of it.

[silvershadow]

20. Well it sounds like she is testing her mettle. How she responds will certainly put her to the test.

Oh, and I"m supporting Tim Canova this cycle for Florida's 23rd US Congressional district.

[JudyM]

43. Go Canova! Boot that corrupt DWS out of office.

[jillan]

21. That was for a debate. Townhalls don't apply to the same rules. Chris asked him if he'd agree to a

debate & that's why he said that.

The townhall is when the host sits down one on one with the candidate.

The DNC rules only apply to actual debates, not townhalls.

[JudyM]

42. Ah, ok, great!

[Doctor_J]

23. Dicey move. I remember the president being humiliated by O'Reilly

Begging to not be called a liberal, claiming to be a moderate republican. Eww.
Hopefully Sanders will do better. IMO the democrats should stay far away from Fox.

[Qutzupalotl]

39. Bernie did all right at Liberty.

Made a few converts, NOT many, but a few. You gain people's respect when you go into the lion's den and make your case, like when a token conservative appears on Bill Maher.

[Major Hogwash]

40. Maybe this will give steve something to talk about the next time he is on Faux Snooze.

Who knows, maybe Bernie will hypnotize the host and have him eating out of his hand by the end of the hour.

"Look in to my eyes . . . "

[brewens]

24. FOX "News" is out of their mind doing that! They don't think so I'm sure but Bernie will tear them

out a new one! Murdoch is going to be shitting little green apples when he sees how this goes! Mark my words!

[Volaris]

32. Possible they're being leaned on to do their part to destroy a President Trump.

Anything that sounds remotely sane, even if it's a Liberal kind of Sanity, makes trump look like more unhinged and unelectable, which only helps anyone who ALSO sounds Sane (cruz, RUBIO).
The Base won't have it, but the paid puppets still have to earn their keep now, don't they???

Half of me thinks the Establishment (especially the Senate) would rather bite the bullet and throw the election than see the Frankenstien monster they built wipe out the village of idiots they created. If Trump loses, they can scold the base back into accepting the decisions of their betters, without shouldering any of the blame.

Whatever, the more Bernies message gets out there, the better. I don't really CARE how.

Go, Bernie, GO!

[hollograham]

25. wow

This is actually pretty surprising. I'm surprised he was invited. And equally surprised that it accepted. I'll be watching this for sure.

[truegrit44]

26. Hope the "queen" doesn't change her mind..........

Finally, Bernie might be able to answer a question without interruption and get the last word in.

[achsadu]

33. Bernie's last word

B always gets the last word; I noticed in his debates w. Hill, he never lets her be the last person standing and responding; I actually find it quite irritating.

achsa.

[jillan]

41. Then complain to the debate monitors LOL

[stranger81]

48. Too late.

http://deadline.com/2016/03/bret-baier-bernie-sanders-town-hall-fox-news-channel-hillary-clinton-1201714123/

[retrowire]

27. Any exposure is good exposure I guess?

I don't see them treating him fairly. But ehhhhhh.....

[jillan]

31. He can handle it. He'll start out being nice & polite

Then in no time he'll be waving those hands around and he'll go into his Do not mess with me mode. He'll do great.

[Duckfan]

30. This is free coverage no matter how you look at it.

And he should take advantage of it.

It will be a whole new audience to promote his message. And yes he could very well pull away some "chump" supporters.

This will be interesting!!!

[Uncle Joe]

36. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, jillan.

[Kalidurga]

37. That is because he is campaigning to be President of the United States.

Not ruler of the world. Or the ruler of the Democratic party. Or the ruler of the Southern States. Or the leader of the socialist revolution although he is campaigning on having a revolution and I agree we need one of those.

[BigBearJohn]

44. When you speak the truth & have nothing to hide - you don't have to be afraid of FAUX

Bernie will handle them quite well, I'm sure.

[Fawke Em]

45. The biggest chickens are always war hawks.

Funny, she'll send our kids to fight and die in the Middle East just to impress her buddy, Bibi, but she doesn't have the nerve, herself, to go on Fox "News."

[dana_b]

49. "Too bad. I kind of wanted Bernie to have the stage alone so any viewers could hear what

TRUTH sounds like."

Me too. But, c'est la vie. I just hope that they don't go easy on her and just attack him for being a "socialist".

[jillan]

50. The weathervane is spinning out of control.

[monicaangela]

51. Name two women

that are giving the rest of us women a bad name. Name two feminist that don't deserve the title, name two crooked politicians that happen to be female? I'll wait....

[jillan]

53. What? I don't understand what you are trying to say & what it has to do with this townhall on Monday

[monicaangela]

54. I was being facetious

It appears Wasserman-Shultz has been doing everything she can to throw the election and Clinton appears to be flip flopping on all the issues there are. I've heard many say we need more women in government, especially feminist, but these two women? I don't think so. I've seen crooked politicians in my day, and some of the things they are doing lead me to believe I just may be seeing two more.

[jillan]

55. I'm sorry I misunderstood. And yes - I agree! 100%

[appalachiablue]

52. Fox Showtime, alright!