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riversedge

(70,242 posts)
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 06:58 AM Feb 2016

NYTimes: Fact check for Bernie 5thDem Debate--> "He left out some specifics."




http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/fact-check.html
Bernie Sanders
Fifth Democratic Debate Feb. 4, 2016

"When you ran against Senator Obama, you thought him naïve because he thought it was a good idea to talk to our enemies."

He left out some specifics.

Senator Bernie Sanders is recalling an exchange from 2007, when Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were running for president. At a debate, Mr. Obama was asked if he would be willing to meet in the first year of his administration, without precondition, with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea. He responded that he would.

Mrs. Clinton later criticized that response.

“I thought that was irresponsible and frankly naïve to say that he would commit to meeting with Chavez and Castro and others within the first year,” she said. “As I said last night, there needs to be a lot of diplomatic effort."

But Mr. Sanders is being imprecise about what exactly Mrs. Clinton said was naïve. She did not say it was naïve to think it was a good idea to talk to America’s enemies; she said it was naïve to commit to meeting with a list of specific leaders
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— Thomas Kaplan


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NYTimes: Fact check for Bernie 5thDem Debate--> "He left out some specifics." (Original Post) riversedge Feb 2016 OP
Yeah, bernie.. get it right. Cha Feb 2016 #1
Facts are important, Romney used FOX talking points and got it wrong. Thinkingabout Feb 2016 #2
That was polite 72DejaVu Feb 2016 #3
DUH Iliyah Feb 2016 #4
Bernie wasn't being honest? Stuckinthebush Feb 2016 #5
Left out SOME specifics? Floridanow Feb 2016 #6
Running such a mumbling, rambling, imprecise campaign. nt kjones Feb 2016 #7
He is always this simplistic and employs sweeping generalizations pandr32 Feb 2016 #8
Bumper Sticker Politics ... slogans and memes and accusations get the base riled up ... NurseJackie Feb 2016 #9

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
2. Facts are important, Romney used FOX talking points and got it wrong.
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 08:43 AM
Feb 2016

By design or lack of details, truth is always better.

 

Floridanow

(74 posts)
6. Left out SOME specifics?
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 11:34 AM
Feb 2016

Sanders has literally ran a campaign of hand waving. There hasn't been any specifics.

pandr32

(11,588 posts)
8. He is always this simplistic and employs sweeping generalizations
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 03:44 PM
Feb 2016

When he is called on it he will somehow wiggle the conversation back to his vote on the Iraq war and his "good judgment"...count on it!

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
9. Bumper Sticker Politics ... slogans and memes and accusations get the base riled up ...
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 03:48 PM
Feb 2016

... but glaringly short on specifics. That suggests to me that the campaign knows it's making a weak case to elect its candidate.

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