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Bernstein on CNN: WH is horrified that HRC is blowing her campaign (Original Post) johnnyrocket Feb 2016 OP
Here Is Hoping HRC Suffers Poitical Combustion Over The "Ethical Lapses" cantbeserious Feb 2016 #1
HRC is out of touch... ReallyIAmAnOptimist Feb 2016 #2
HRC is out of touch SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #3
Sounds like a great book Geronimoe Feb 2016 #4
Release the transcripts. Bernie Wins. zebonaut Feb 2016 #5
The White House is "upset" that there's a movement for economic justice?!!! Peace Patriot Feb 2016 #6
Obama is no progressive snowy owl Feb 2016 #7
No offense, but Sherrod Brown is bigger than your book. marble falls Feb 2016 #8
No offense, but Sherrod Brown is NOT bigger than my book Pastiche423 Feb 2016 #12
...! KoKo Feb 2016 #9
My theory of why the WH wouldn't be for Bernie's call for economic justice... MrMickeysMom Feb 2016 #10
Further illustration of Hillary's poor judgment. AtomicKitten Feb 2016 #11
2. HRC is out of touch...
Sat Feb 6, 2016, 11:27 PM
Feb 2016

...she wants us to follow her "no we can't"?

NO THANKS!

Bernie Sanders is the better candidate
on every issue.
Period.

Peace Patriot

(24,010 posts)
6. The White House is "upset" that there's a movement for economic justice?!!!
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 02:38 AM
Feb 2016

That's what Bernstein said! And it's rather upsetting to ME!

Why aren't they for it? They don't have to be for Bernie, necessarily, to be for the movement for economic justice that he has sparked. Why on earth wouldn't they be FOR this dramatic upsurge of youthful participation? For that matter, why on earth wouldn't they be FOR curtailing Wall Street and the Banksters; FOR providing free college tuition to give the poor a chance, for godssakes; FOR expanding Social Security, to lift the poor elderly out of stark poverty; FOR Medicare for all? Are they not Democrats? Have these not been the goals of the Democratic Party for over half a century?

It seems like the Obama administration was LYING that they couldn't get a public option into Obamacare because of Republican obstruction. It sounds like they weren't for it! It was not even a thought in their heads, let alone something they tried to fight for.

I've no reason to doubt that Berstein has "access," and it seems pretty obvious that he is floating this worry about Clinton's campaign out there either on behalf of some White House faction or possibly on behalf of Obama himself. In any case, it is shocking that the "White House" (whoever Berstein spoke to) is--and certainly seems to be--against economic justice.

Also, Berstein seems to be saying that they (whoever they are--people within the administration) would almost rather that Clinton's campaign had been able to COVER UP her deep ties to Wall Street and the Banksters, rather than stupidly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars for "speeches" to the most moneyed and the most corrupt financial institutions in the country and the world (--moneyed with OUR money!). They're not so much worried about these corrupting ties as they are about the public finding out!

Jeez.

snowy owl

(2,145 posts)
7. Obama is no progressive
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 05:01 AM
Feb 2016

And he only really started trying in the last part of his Presidency. I'm not saying he hasn't done a fairly good job but too late and too little and none of it progressive. Who is Progessive? Check out the progressive caucus. Those are the Progressives. Except for Sherrod Brown who went over to the dark side. He's history in my book.

Pastiche423

(15,406 posts)
12. No offense, but Sherrod Brown is NOT bigger than my book
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 08:57 PM
Feb 2016

His endorsement spoke volumes about who he really is and what he stands for.

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
10. My theory of why the WH wouldn't be for Bernie's call for economic justice...
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 01:17 PM
Feb 2016

... is that Bernie Sanders never signed on to the rules of fight club, especially...

1st RULE: You do not talk about FIGHT CLUB.
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