“As this primary process continues, Hillary could soon have an insurmountable delegate lead and with that, the Democratic nomination. “That would then make her the only grown-up in the room.”

So he did not say Bernie was not a grown up. So no need to jerk into attack mode.

He's one of the elite now. Two beautiful rich people do not want to pay higher taxes. Clooney is not one of us. Remember when he made the Edward R Murrow movie? Somehow, I think he's changed. Of course, I could be wrong.

As a corrupt populace that loves war and gave up the chance to make meaningful strides toward equality.

McCain's bomb Iran song had a yuuuuge impact on most all of my foreign friends. They get it - probably more so than USAsians.

We are the most treacherous people on earth.

Americans so apathetic and uninformed. I've thought about moving to nova scotia. Sell everything I have and going to that small very affordable island. Is it an island? I think so. Beautiful less-populated place. I looked at property there. I think the day will come when an awful lot of Americans will want to leave the country.

stop making excuses for Obama not supporting marriage equality. Clooney's house party was May 11. Evolution observed on May 14th.

You could quote it in the body. But of course you knew that.

I absolutely refuse to accept that analogy that in order to be a grown-up one must have an "insurmountable delegate lead".

It does not stand on the face of it.

What does that make you and all of us who do not seek the public office of presidency?

Glad it's not.

...which is slightly premature, maybe, but in context I could agree.

Sanders is an adult too, it's some of his supporters that need to grow up!

Will be pushing it over the cliff soon and there is a seat for you. Too bad, but ya gots ta go.

Trashing...Clintonesque ethics on display ruins my appetite.

and as has been noted several times in this thread, Clooney was not attacking Sanders. In fact he praised him.

He is making the "pragmatic choice" but jnot attacking sanders.

All of the Republicans, and Sanders, have released tax and spending plans that are pure unicorns-and-ponies fantasies.

And Sanders' don't even come close.

I can imagine if DU were around during the struggles to start Medicare there'd be a lot of people here calling that a pony too.

Funny though somehow that didn't matter when we went to war in Iraq...Somehow the money would magically appear.

My thesis was on majorisation ordering of probability measures invariant under transformations of the unit interval. You?

Pretty much all the neutral analysis of Sanders tax and spending plans out there agrees that they're grossly overoptimistic. I choose not to ignore that evidence; you're welcome to do so if you wish.

23 k+r

Why, you ask? Because the OP's title is a lie and Clooney never said such a thing about Bernie.

Unless you are mistaken about where you are, and don't realize this is not Free Republic, where criticism of The Donald is verboten?

While under the bus of course...<a href="http://imgur.com/53b5oPQ"><img src="" title="source: imgur.com" /></a> <a href="http://imgur.com/Skh5dZD"><img src="" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>

Cheers!

Edit - got a recommendation on something a little more friendly on the wallet?

100 proof smoky goodness. Two or three shots (sipped of course, not downed) and you start to feel like you're walking on marshmallows.

He's your arbiter of who's an adult and who isn't?

George was talking about a possible(to him, likely) future scenario where Bernie concedes, drops out, and leaves Hillary to be the only grown-up in the room full of one or more Republican presidential candidates. He was dissing every single one of the Republican candidates, not Bernie.

Mahalo, Su~

If you read past the title you would see that, readily:

is sponsoring a contest which showed up on my Facebook wall tonight. If you fork over your name and email address, you can be entered into a contest for the chance to attend Clooney's Hillary fundraiser at his LA house.

The comments that this FB post have already generated are overwhelmingly negative, calling it a ploy to collect e-mail addresses, and the fundraiser itself an event where the "winner" will likely be ignored and treated like the help. One media report indicates that the price of admission to this shindig is $30k per person, so it's a sure bet that characterization isn't too far off the mark.

This reminds me of something that happened to my brother years ago when Gray Davis was running for governor of California. My brother was working for an insurance company and was involved in settling a homeowner's claim for a man who was a prominent Democratic Party fundraiser. He took an interest in photos displayed in the man's home showing him posing with many party bigwigs. Out of the blue, the maninvited my brother to attend a fundraising reception for Gray Davis, and he accepted with the caveat that he would not be required to make a contribution. He was barely scraping by at the time as a claim's adjuster. The day of the event, my brother was standing off to the side watching the parade of wealthy donors. Davis spotted him, walked over, and said something like, "I don't believe we've met." My brother, who was a little flustered, explained his business relationship with the host and added that even though he was unable to contribute monetarily to the campaign, he would certainly vote for the candidate. Davis was not impressed. He turned on his heel and walked away without another word. Feeling very awkward and out of place, my brother quietly made an exit. As George Carlin reminded us in that famous routine, it's a club and we ain't in it.

more than that of, say Scott Baio or Danny Devito because . . .
. . . he emotes better on screen?
. . . he has a better agent?
. . . he looks more like a governor of California?
. . . someone liked his show more?
. . . if he said "I'm not a real doctor, but I play one on T.V.," suckers would buy his snake oil?


Sorry. This kid's opinion is much more valuable to me:

differing visions are childish. It implies we are the "grown ups" and that only we know the answers.

Let's get rid of this parent-child relationship baloney. We're all people with differing ideas, and we're all of voting age. But condescension is a very unappealing character trait. (Yes, even for a grown-up)

Clooney is the guy who calls CLinton the 'adult in the room' - HAH! she is the shortsighted , immature and irresponsible one . SHe completely ignores the coming Social security crisis (0) (it is plain childish to think that 2034 is too far away); her energy policy is 'just plain silly' says preeminent climate scientist Dr. James E. Hansen (1) - we need bold far sighted leadership and not someone whose MO is 'pay for play' and that it about it. We need an adult in the room , yes, and that is clearly Bernie Sanders. (3)

EDIT
If one looks into Global warming , one does not simply fix it w/ a stroke of the pen (which we can do theoretically with our nat'l debt) as it is physics, and physics > politics (sorry , Politico)

As it has been said by former SEattle mayor in his letter to Harvard to divest itself from FF (1) ....
“We're the first generation to see the effects of climate change, and the last generation who can do anything about it,”

This means looking ahead to times where most if not all of us will not be here, and this is the quintessence of acting like an adult - to act responsibly to leave the world a better place for our kids.

Pay for play, getting millions for Wall st speeches , are all child's play

'This Is What Global Warming Looks Like
Tuesday Jul 07, 2015 ·'
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/07/07/1399794/-This-Is-What-Global-Warming-Looks-Like

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(0)
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/248816-social-security-projected-to-hit-insolvency-by-2034

(1)
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/29/hillary-clinton-climate-change-plan

(2)
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/10/23/seattle-mayor-addresses-harvard-divestment/

(3)
'Bernie Brief: Social Security'