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Related: About this forumFormer Obama aid Axelrod calls out Clinton for misleading attacks about auto bailout
The running commentary from one of the stewards of the Obama legacy gets deep under the campaign's skin.A second debate unfolded online Wednesday night as Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clashed on the Miami debate stage.
This one featured David Axelrod, President Barack Obamas former top adviser, who logged on to his Twitter account to correct the record against the former secretary of state as she doubled-down on her claim that Sanders had voted against the auto industry bailout.
She did it again and Ill say it again. Its misleading to imply that TARP II was an auto bailout bill, Axelrod tweeted after Clinton argued for the second consecutive debate that if everyone had voted as he voted, we would not have rescued the auto industry.
The unprompted defense of Sanders, from one of the stewards of Obamas legacy, was as undermining of Clintons argument as anything the Vermont senator said on stage to justify his own position. Yet by calling out Clinton on the substance of her attack, Axelrod occupied a role thats become all too familiar and all too annoying to the Clinton campaign.
This one featured David Axelrod, President Barack Obamas former top adviser, who logged on to his Twitter account to correct the record against the former secretary of state as she doubled-down on her claim that Sanders had voted against the auto industry bailout.
She did it again and Ill say it again. Its misleading to imply that TARP II was an auto bailout bill, Axelrod tweeted after Clinton argued for the second consecutive debate that if everyone had voted as he voted, we would not have rescued the auto industry.
The unprompted defense of Sanders, from one of the stewards of Obamas legacy, was as undermining of Clintons argument as anything the Vermont senator said on stage to justify his own position. Yet by calling out Clinton on the substance of her attack, Axelrod occupied a role thats become all too familiar and all too annoying to the Clinton campaign.
more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/hillary-clinton-david-axelrod-backseat-driver-220592
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Former Obama aid Axelrod calls out Clinton for misleading attacks about auto bailout (Original Post)
Cheese Sandwich
Mar 2016
OP
Oh ya like the Clinton campaign is trying to hide behind Obama all the time.
Cheese Sandwich
Mar 2016
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arcane1
(38,613 posts)1. "misleading attacks" my ass. They were lies n/t
highprincipleswork
(3,111 posts)2. I love it when the cavalry shows up. Especially unexpected cavalry.
elleng
(131,292 posts)3. AND by calling her out in public,
more likely to get more and better attention than from Senator Sanders himself, imo.
BernieforPres2016
(3,017 posts)4. There was a phrase at the end that nauseauted me
"As a guardian of the POTUS legacy" (from Hillary's press secretary to Axelrod, referencing the Obama presidency)
Is that what this is supposed to be about?
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)5. Oh ya like the Clinton campaign is trying to hide behind Obama all the time.
Maybe they are trying to guild Axelrod by kind of saying hey don't criticize us because we're hiding behind Obama all the time.