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Thom Hartmann: Bernie Sanders is Winning on the Issues... (Original Post) thomhartmann Feb 2016 OP
Bernie Sanders is Winning. stonecutter357 Feb 2016 #1
You obviously didn't watch the video before commenting . . . markpkessinger Feb 2016 #3
i don't ever watch. stonecutter357 Feb 2016 #5
Great commentary, Thom! markpkessinger Feb 2016 #2
Hillary is not tacking to the left. She is just temporarily changing her campaign blather. djean111 Feb 2016 #4
I share your impression. Enthusiast Feb 2016 #6
Excellent point! n/t markpkessinger Feb 2016 #7
Bingo Populist_Prole Feb 2016 #11
As yours is the only real comment here so far on what I also caught... MrMickeysMom Feb 2016 #8
Absolutely! It's Bernie we want, not a new liberalized HC. Fiction. appalachiablue Feb 2016 #10
Thanks Thom! Orange Butterfly Feb 2016 #9

markpkessinger

(8,401 posts)
3. You obviously didn't watch the video before commenting . . .
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 11:14 AM
Feb 2016

. . . if you had, you would know that Hartmann acknowledged that Hillary has the inside track to the nomination. The point is that in order to remain competitive, it is Hillary who has been forced to adopt positions closer to those of Sanders. Sanders, meanwhile, has stayed exactly where he has always been. That tells you something about which candidate's positions are resonating with voters, even if many voters are reluctant to support Sanders over fears of electability.

stonecutter357

(12,697 posts)
5. i don't ever watch.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 11:34 AM
Feb 2016
Most of the time i am the only one that comments on tom's post .his videos drop like rocks on DU.

markpkessinger

(8,401 posts)
2. Great commentary, Thom!
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 11:11 AM
Feb 2016

My only quibble -- and it's a small one -- is with saying that Bernie supporters should applaud Hillary's tack to the left. As a Bernie supporter, I didn't decide to support Bernie because I wanted a more liberal Hillary Clinton, but because I want Bernie Sanders!

 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
4. Hillary is not tacking to the left. She is just temporarily changing her campaign blather.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 11:20 AM
Feb 2016

That is all she is doing. I wonder how she can do that with a straight face, really.

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)
11. Bingo
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 03:17 PM
Feb 2016

I think he's just trying to sound diplomatic. No way in hell is any leftward talk from her anything other but counterfeit. Really though, I've not heard any leftward "tack" of any sort; just more doubling down on the "I got this" attitude.

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
8. As yours is the only real comment here so far on what I also caught...
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 12:30 PM
Feb 2016

I need to tell Thom that he has GOT to be kidding himself if he thinks HRC is ANY more credible in keeping her word about the campaign rhetoric she's been forced to use.

I've not believed these liars promises for a long time, regardless of which party produces them. It's part of that "politics" Hartmann was chuckling about earlier. They'll say whatever they have to say.

OTOH, Sanders has be a practicing purveyor of democracy in his actions both during his successful runs for office, and then, ONCE IN THOSE POSITIONS OF PUBLIC SERVICES.

These others... Nope.

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