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Related: About this forumNYTimes: 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 Americas enemies; she said it was naïve to commit to meeting with a list of specific leaders.
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NYTimes: Fact check for Bernie 5thDem Debate--> "He left out some specifics." (Original Post)
riversedge
Feb 2016
OP
Bumper Sticker Politics ... slogans and memes and accusations get the base riled up ...
NurseJackie
Feb 2016
#9
Cha
(297,287 posts)1. Yeah, bernie.. get it right.
Thank you, energizer rivers bunny!
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)2. Facts are important, Romney used FOX talking points and got it wrong.
By design or lack of details, truth is always better.
72DejaVu
(1,545 posts)3. That was polite
Someone else might say he was lying.
Stuckinthebush
(10,845 posts)5. Bernie wasn't being honest?
Shocker.
Floridanow
(74 posts)6. Left out SOME specifics?
Sanders has literally ran a campaign of hand waving. There hasn't been any specifics.
kjones
(1,053 posts)7. Running such a mumbling, rambling, imprecise campaign. nt
pandr32
(11,588 posts)8. He is always this simplistic and employs sweeping generalizations
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 ...
... but glaringly short on specifics. That suggests to me that the campaign knows it's making a weak case to elect its candidate.