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brooklynite

(94,757 posts)
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:30 AM Apr 2016

The Daily 202: Bernie Sanders lost last night’s debate

Washington Post:

There is near consensus that Bernie Sanders lost last night’s debate because of his tone.

The Vermont senator preached to the choir and did not do enough to win over fresh converts, which he needs to change the trajectory of the Democratic nominating contest. He often seemed caustic, angry and bitter. His cantankerousness was off-putting.

...snip...

As a former Michigan congressman put it...
John Dingell ✔ ?@JohnDingell
Old Guy Who Yells A Lot Sick Of Listening To Old Guy Who Yells A Lot


Or take this from Obama's former chief speechwriter:
Jon Favreau
?@jonfavs
Whoever told Bernie to go relentlessly angry and negative gave him very, very bad advice. He's come this far because of his inspiration.


“I doubt it was any sort of strategy,” Chris Cillizza writes, “but rather a reflection that he has been running against Clinton for a long time and is sick of listening to her talking points. … It might not be as smooth a path as she and her team imagined but she will win unless Sanders can start changing hearts and minds.”
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The Daily 202: Bernie Sanders lost last night’s debate (Original Post) brooklynite Apr 2016 OP
Oh please bkkyosemite Apr 2016 #1
"Accuse your opponent dot.dot.dot" should tell you all you need to know.nt nc4bo Apr 2016 #3
angry, spittle throwing, flustered, yelling, talking over EVERY FUCKING TIME, finger wagging, Sheepshank Apr 2016 #2
Spittle and continuous smacking really bothers me ... NurseJackie Apr 2016 #10
He talked over her on HIS time. Admiral Loinpresser Apr 2016 #13
Nope...the moment she started talking he'd be wagging fingers, waving, and speaking over every time Sheepshank Apr 2016 #23
Yes, communicating to the moderators silently without interrupting, that you'd like to rebut revbones Apr 2016 #29
Quietly? umming & erring, "but-in"..he was like a fidgety kindergartener who couldn't wait his turn. Sheepshank Apr 2016 #46
True or false: Admiral Loinpresser Apr 2016 #30
I know it! wasn't she irritating??? ibegurpard Apr 2016 #43
Drunk? Nt Logical Apr 2016 #55
No, I very much doubt that. n/t Sheepshank Apr 2016 #58
The Capehart Gazette is known for lying. You'll need a different source if you wish to be believed. DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2016 #4
Which of the three cited quotes did not occur? brooklynite Apr 2016 #6
Capehart demonstrated that opinion and mendactiy are not mutually exclusive when he took up Bluenorthwest Apr 2016 #14
I didn't read them. I saw the WaPo URL and immediately commented. DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2016 #20
He had to go negative--he needs to persaude a lot of people who support Hillary to not vote for her. geek tragedy Apr 2016 #5
no -- as with Obama, Sanders does not need converts, only the undecided GreatGazoo Apr 2016 #11
very few undecided in NY, Clinton is over 50% geek tragedy Apr 2016 #12
Bernie adds voters. She relies on the moribund Party voters. n/t Admiral Loinpresser Apr 2016 #16
"moribund Party voters" were good enough to give us Barack Obama twice. geek tragedy Apr 2016 #18
Obama 2008 was more similar to Bernie than Annie Oakley. Admiral Loinpresser Apr 2016 #27
problem with young voters is that they don't stick around for midterms geek tragedy Apr 2016 #32
OMG, Barack was head and shoulders above Bernie! You're doing yourself a huge R B Garr Apr 2016 #50
Even if that's true - what happened to those voters? LisaM Apr 2016 #54
Obama and Bill both lost enthusiasm in their first midterm. Admiral Loinpresser Apr 2016 #57
Strongly disagree. LisaM Apr 2016 #59
again, no. Polls are passive, voting is active and GreatGazoo Apr 2016 #21
How did Ohio, Florida and Virginia turn out? nt geek tragedy Apr 2016 #24
Now that Bernie has better name recognition and momentum, Admiral Loinpresser Apr 2016 #28
maybe, we'll never know nt geek tragedy Apr 2016 #34
The national polls indicate what I said. n/t Admiral Loinpresser Apr 2016 #37
national polls meaningless in state-by-state primary geek tragedy Apr 2016 #38
You must be a migrant worker, because that's some fine cherry-picking you're doing there. nt IamMab Apr 2016 #31
Suuuure...while Hillary talks over her time and adopts yelling as HER tone. GreatGazoo Apr 2016 #7
I was watching the lights (which you couldn't see) from the audience... brooklynite Apr 2016 #9
The FACT is that she talked longer than he did. n/t Admiral Loinpresser Apr 2016 #17
Facts can be proven. You got proof? IamMab Apr 2016 #33
I have seen two sets of data. Admiral Loinpresser Apr 2016 #61
Oh, yes, those paragons of veracity and accuracy, Facebook and Reddit. Are you kidding me?? IamMab Apr 2016 #62
I will put the veracity of Bernie Reddit up against your serially lying, Admiral Loinpresser Apr 2016 #63
Goodbye forever IamMab Apr 2016 #64
Did she praise Ron and Nancy some more? I did not watch, I can't look at your candidate after that. Bluenorthwest Apr 2016 #22
Maybe it seemed longer because she is so unpleasant to listen to Armstead Apr 2016 #41
I'll take cantankerous, over sneering, smug, glaring, pursed lips and "ha ha ha. You know...." Seeinghope Apr 2016 #8
Sanders isn't "cantankerous" -- that is just the extended Clinton machine going back to rule #1 GreatGazoo Apr 2016 #15
Isn't "cantankerous" a term generally used for "older men"? Isn't that prejudicial and sexist? Seeinghope Apr 2016 #42
I am shocked, shocked, that WaPo would tilt for Annie Oakley. n/t Admiral Loinpresser Apr 2016 #19
The Establishment didn't like it. huge surprise. EndElectoral Apr 2016 #25
He comes across as unhinged. nt LexVegas Apr 2016 #26
He came across as strong, balanced and knowledgeable ... Definitely not desperate as she did Seeinghope Apr 2016 #44
Here's a breakdown cannabis_flower Apr 2016 #35
Spin from inside the bubble. Orsino Apr 2016 #36
and by "polls", you mean FACEBOOK? brooklynite Apr 2016 #47
I dunno. Orsino Apr 2016 #51
Good ol' Bernie 'only 40 states in the US count' Sanders CrowCityDem Apr 2016 #39
They both had good moments and bad moments -- but of course there has to be a WWE Belt awarded Armstead Apr 2016 #40
DU rec for Dingell's comment... SidDithers Apr 2016 #45
I miss your old grumpy face pic, it was you! Nt Logical Apr 2016 #56
Old guy and old woman yelling at each other bigwillq Apr 2016 #48
Bernie's biggest mistake was suggesting voters in the south dont matter. DCBob Apr 2016 #49
"she was outright laughed at" SoLeftIAmRight Apr 2016 #52
it was pretty bad. reddread Apr 2016 #53
K&R mcar Apr 2016 #60
I do not think "Lost" means what you think it means. Sky Masterson Apr 2016 #65
How about this one? brooklynite Apr 2016 #66
It has happened before. In this cycle Sky Masterson Apr 2016 #68
I thought... JSup Apr 2016 #67
 

Sheepshank

(12,504 posts)
2. angry, spittle throwing, flustered, yelling, talking over EVERY FUCKING TIME, finger wagging,
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:34 AM
Apr 2016

mono track messaging, lost, rude, off message, acrimonious, belligerent, worn out, ....yeah, it's getting old alright.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
10. Spittle and continuous smacking really bothers me ...
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:42 AM
Apr 2016

... I don't know why, maybe it's just me, but it totally grosses me out. (All the other things are just annoying and nerve-grating.)

Admiral Loinpresser

(3,859 posts)
13. He talked over her on HIS time.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:48 AM
Apr 2016

She talked many more minutes than Bernie last night. Sorry, but that is an empirical FACT. Wolfie and the other toadies simply refused to bring her "to heel."

 

revbones

(3,660 posts)
29. Yes, communicating to the moderators silently without interrupting, that you'd like to rebut
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 11:02 AM
Apr 2016

is certainly poor behavior...

 

Sheepshank

(12,504 posts)
46. Quietly? umming & erring, "but-in"..he was like a fidgety kindergartener who couldn't wait his turn.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 11:59 AM
Apr 2016

brooklynite

(94,757 posts)
6. Which of the three cited quotes did not occur?
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:38 AM
Apr 2016

You're welcome to disagree with their OPINIONS, but explain how "lying" works in here...

...or perhaps, go work for the Trump campaign? he seems to like that phrase.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
14. Capehart demonstrated that opinion and mendactiy are not mutually exclusive when he took up
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:48 AM
Apr 2016

opinions contrary to fact about those photos, about Danny Lyon and foisted his made up opinion as facts without any fucking basis at all, in the Post and all over the media.

The Washington Post also claimed incorrectly that 147 FBI Agents were investigating Hillary. Or maybe that was true, since they are so trusted by those who most adore Hillary?

That paper has lied about both Democratic candidates this cycle. As a Democrat, I object to that and do not care for promoting them on days their narrative happens to mesh with my own.

The Danny Lyon smear was unprofessional and they did not do the right thing following up. It's McCathyist and fantasist in nature.

 

DisgustipatedinCA

(12,530 posts)
20. I didn't read them. I saw the WaPo URL and immediately commented.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:53 AM
Apr 2016

Now you can say something about my head being in the sand. But I still do not and will not accept anything from the Washington Post, not after that Capehart garbage.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
5. He had to go negative--he needs to persaude a lot of people who support Hillary to not vote for her.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:36 AM
Apr 2016

He will fail.

GreatGazoo

(3,937 posts)
11. no -- as with Obama, Sanders does not need converts, only the undecided
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:43 AM
Apr 2016

Simply by breaking through the apathy that Clinton's candidacy has induced and offering a REAL choice Sanders wins.

Hillary's number never moves -- Obama wins by winning undecideds:

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
18. "moribund Party voters" were good enough to give us Barack Obama twice.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:51 AM
Apr 2016

He can't add anyone in New York. And a majority of those who can vote are supporting Clinton here.

Admiral Loinpresser

(3,859 posts)
27. Obama 2008 was more similar to Bernie than Annie Oakley.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:59 AM
Apr 2016

He brought in new voters, particularly young people. Bernie represents a path to save a dying party. She represents the potential destruction of the Party.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
32. problem with young voters is that they don't stick around for midterms
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 11:06 AM
Apr 2016

Democrats not in danger of self-destructing--have problems but can be fixed. Republicans? Not so much.

R B Garr

(16,993 posts)
50. OMG, Barack was head and shoulders above Bernie! You're doing yourself a huge
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 12:11 PM
Apr 2016

disfavor by comparing Barack to....Bernie. Barack was in his 40's in his prime and a rising star in the Democratic party. And that's just for starters. Bernie is just Occupy Wall Street on steroids, copycat Al Gore on Climate Change and smear all Democrats and anyone who doesn't buy his negativity.

Bernie is NO Barack!

LisaM

(27,842 posts)
54. Even if that's true - what happened to those voters?
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 12:22 PM
Apr 2016

They sure disappeared during midterms. We don't need that to happen again.

Admiral Loinpresser

(3,859 posts)
57. Obama and Bill both lost enthusiasm in their first midterm.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 12:32 PM
Apr 2016

Democratic presidents in the Age of Reagan tend to lose support except when facing weak GOP opponents. In the Age of Sanders that dynamic will change, imo. Candidates will head to the left, where the American mainstream is heading because of perpetual war and extreme wealth inequality. Voters will respond when an incumbent fights to expand SS rather than cutting it. You have to give people something to vote for, not against. That is why the Dem Party has shrunk in registrants, state governors and legislators in the Age of Reagan.

Don't praise Reagan, as Obama and WJC have done, expose his lies, racism and genocide and take him head on.

LisaM

(27,842 posts)
59. Strongly disagree.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 01:00 PM
Apr 2016

They had a huge drop off in Wisconsin on the very same ballot. I don't live in Wisconsin and even I was aware of that judicial race.

GreatGazoo

(3,937 posts)
21. again, no. Polls are passive, voting is active and
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:53 AM
Apr 2016

Clinton has had poor turn out throughout this primary, down double digits from her 2008 run.

The enthusiasm gap is kicking Clinton's butt in state after state.

Then there's this:



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-greenberg/polldefying-pattern-predi_b_9434118.html

Admiral Loinpresser

(3,859 posts)
28. Now that Bernie has better name recognition and momentum,
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 11:02 AM
Apr 2016

if we were to redo Ohio, Florida and Florida, or any state, Bernie would improve. Annie Oakley would decline.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
38. national polls meaningless in state-by-state primary
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 11:13 AM
Apr 2016

right now all that matters is NY-PA-MD-CT-DE-RI.

Clinton --if the polls are correct-is supported by more than 50% of the voters in every poll of those states.

He needs to take votes away from people inclined to support her, and to do that he needs to give them a reason to drop her.

Hence the attacks.

brooklynite

(94,757 posts)
9. I was watching the lights (which you couldn't see) from the audience...
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:42 AM
Apr 2016

...they both liberally went over their time allotments.

 

IamMab

(1,359 posts)
33. Facts can be proven. You got proof?
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 11:07 AM
Apr 2016

A link? A quote? Anything? No? Just your truthiness-inspired opinion? Clearly.

Admiral Loinpresser

(3,859 posts)
61. I have seen two sets of data.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 03:20 PM
Apr 2016

One is on FB, the other on Reddit, both by Bernie backers. I don't think Establishment outlets keep accountability data on their own programs. I can only link to a website too progressive to be named on DU. If you Message me, I will send you the link.

 

IamMab

(1,359 posts)
62. Oh, yes, those paragons of veracity and accuracy, Facebook and Reddit. Are you kidding me??
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 03:27 PM
Apr 2016

When you can find a credible media source that tracked speaking time at the debate, then you might have a point. Instead, what you're likely trying to present is some BernieBro-manufactured bullshit with no basis in reality. I'm not even going to waste time pretending those sources are viable just to placate you either.

I also shouldn't need to privately message you to get evidence of a claim you made in public. Your evidence should be posted with the claim. Let me guess, the "website too progressive to be named on DU" starts with "breit" and ends with "bart," doesn't it?

GTFOOH

Admiral Loinpresser

(3,859 posts)
63. I will put the veracity of Bernie Reddit up against your serially lying,
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 03:35 PM
Apr 2016

sniper dodging, Annie Oakley, moderate/progressive, Bernie-is-unqualified, crime-guns-come-from-Vermont, I-told-off-Wall-Street, I'll release the transcripts, Goldwater Girl any day of the century.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
22. Did she praise Ron and Nancy some more? I did not watch, I can't look at your candidate after that.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:54 AM
Apr 2016

I can't bear to wonder what she's going to say next. I hope to retain some affection for the Party after her lurch to the right and all that ignorant bigotry so I have shut down any listening to Hillary for the sake of other Democrats.

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
41. Maybe it seemed longer because she is so unpleasant to listen to
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 11:18 AM
Apr 2016

at least that's how my nervous-system felt watching it

 

Seeinghope

(786 posts)
8. I'll take cantankerous, over sneering, smug, glaring, pursed lips and "ha ha ha. You know...."
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:41 AM
Apr 2016

Any day of the week

GreatGazoo

(3,937 posts)
15. Sanders isn't "cantankerous" -- that is just the extended Clinton machine going back to rule #1
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 10:49 AM
Apr 2016
Rule 1 -- Define your opponent (negatively) before they have a chance to define themselves.

Rule 2 -- Separate your opponent from their natural base (eg. call them "hypocite", "phony" etc. example: "Al Gore flies on airplanes so he can't be pro-environment&quot ...

Rule 3 -- Avoid saying your opponent's name


 

Seeinghope

(786 posts)
42. Isn't "cantankerous" a term generally used for "older men"? Isn't that prejudicial and sexist?
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 11:38 AM
Apr 2016

Bernie Sanders did what he needed to do. He called out Hillary Clinton on the smears she was saying about him and the misrepresentations that she was trying to sell about herself. Because of that "his tone" was different. Well of course it was! He had to do some truth telling. He is dealing with someone who is far from an honest candidate.

He did it in a straight forward honest way. He cornered her a few times and really showed how it is almost impossible it is to get a straight answer and commitment from her. It, I think really was really quite telling. It showed her dancing around trying to dodge making the commitment in black and white terms. He proved the point that Hillary Clinton cannot answer to many things directly whereas Bernie Sanders has and will. He is a straight forward person that understands the complexity of issues that does not get sidetracked by the glitz and glamour of the power and wealth being tempted by the upper one tenth of 1%.

His personal accumulation of wealth compared to her accumulation of wealth while being "public servants" alone speaks volumes.

 

Seeinghope

(786 posts)
44. He came across as strong, balanced and knowledgeable ... Definitely not desperate as she did
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 11:56 AM
Apr 2016

Will you release your transcripts? How many time did he have to ask her and how many times did she try to evade and dance around the commitment? He showed how evasive she is as a person and politician. He took her to task for the crap that she and/or her cohorts had said about him. He had to be stern and show what the difference between a person who is direct and upfront and a person who is varying and indirect.

cannabis_flower

(3,768 posts)
35. Here's a breakdown
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 11:09 AM
Apr 2016

As you can see, Hillary got more time during her turns and interrupts Bernie more. I don't see his putting his finger up as interrupting. He's signalling to the moderators that he wants to respond. Hillary just goes ahead and interrupts and talks over Bernie. And she did more yelling than he did this debate. She barely stopped yelling the whole time.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1280174957

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
36. Spin from inside the bubble.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 11:10 AM
Apr 2016

A few anecdotes are not the consensus the writer would like us to imagine.

Watch the polls if you want to know who "won."

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
51. I dunno.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 12:13 PM
Apr 2016

Scientific polls could probably tell us if the wind has changed diretion or not.

Anecdotes won't.

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
40. They both had good moments and bad moments -- but of course there has to be a WWE Belt awarded
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 11:15 AM
Apr 2016

After all this is not a campaign of ideas. It's corporate entertainment.

"Ohhhhhhhhh did you see Bernie's posture there?"

"Ohhhhhhhhh Clinton just looks so masterful in her posture."


"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh that point was made in the wrong tone."


It's fucking bullshit. Politics has become chepened to the point of being bullshit.

The oligarchs win again. Distract from actual ideas and realoities. "Hey look at that Bright Shiny Object over There. Forget that hand that's picking your pocket."

 

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)
48. Old guy and old woman yelling at each other
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 12:04 PM
Apr 2016

And folks wonder why so many are turned off by politics? Awful display by both last night. I really can't believe this is the best DEMs have. Sad.

DCBob

(24,689 posts)
49. Bernie's biggest mistake was suggesting voters in the south dont matter.
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 12:10 PM
Apr 2016

He is already tanking with African American voters.. that comment certainly wont help.

brooklynite

(94,757 posts)
66. How about this one?
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 03:48 PM
Apr 2016


Bottom line, if Sanders didn't "win" sufficiently well to shift about 16% of the New York State electorate in 5 days, he "lost".

Sky Masterson

(5,240 posts)
68. It has happened before. In this cycle
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 04:01 PM
Apr 2016

Don't count your Cuckoos before they hatch.

Her debate performance was horrid. She is status quo. No vision or courage.
She is incremental when we need bold steps.

JSup

(740 posts)
67. I thought...
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 03:52 PM
Apr 2016

...everyone lost last night.

With the booing and the cheering and the petty attacking back and forth I felt like I was watching a reality TV show about a couple divorcing.

If I wanted garbage like that I'd go watch Cruz and Trump debate.

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