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jillan

(39,451 posts)
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 12:28 PM Apr 2016

Clinton Campaign Accuses Sanders of Trying to Win Nomination

Interesting take on the primaries.

The war of words between the two Democratic camps heated up over the weekend, as the Clinton campaign accused Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders of “blatantly attempting to win the Democratic nomination for President.”

Appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” the Clinton campaign spokesman Harland Dorrinson said that Sanders’s actions in the past few weeks “left little doubt as to what his true intentions are—namely, to be the Party’s nominee.”

“He’s been raising money, he’s been running in primaries, and, yes, he’s been winning caucuses,” the Clinton aide said. “It’s time for Bernie Sanders to come clean with the American people and admit what he’s really up to.”

“It’s deeply troubling that what appeared at first to be a purely symbolic candidacy has turned into something else entirely,” he said.

In an interview on CNN, Secretary Clinton said that she would not “take the bait” when she was asked whether she thought Sanders was trying to win the nomination, but she stopped short of disavowing the accusation.

“I think that’s a question that only Senator Sanders can answer,” she said. “But I think I speak for a lot of people when I say that if, at the end of the day, it turns out that Bernie Sanders has been doing everything he’s been doing because he wants to be President, that would be very disappointing.”


http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/clinton-campaign-accuses-sanders-of-trying-to-win-nomination

It's really not that far from the truth
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Clinton Campaign Accuses Sanders of Trying to Win Nomination (Original Post) jillan Apr 2016 OP
Muhahaha yourpaljoey Apr 2016 #1
Thank you, needed that this morning! nt Land of Enchantment Apr 2016 #2
K&R Dragonfli Apr 2016 #3
hehehe... dana_b Apr 2016 #4
Borowitz really is a master at this kind of humor. surrealAmerican Apr 2016 #5
Who told them that it "appeared at first to be a sadoldgirl Apr 2016 #6
That's the whole campaign summarized in one headline. Cheese Sandwich Apr 2016 #7

sadoldgirl

(3,431 posts)
6. Who told them that it "appeared at first to be a
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 12:50 PM
Apr 2016

purely symbolic candidacy"?

They told this to themselves until the race
got close.Yes, I am sure that HRC is very
disappointed by that.

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