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Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 01:56 PM Nov 2015

Sanders Says He Supports Clinton E-Mail Investigation

“You get 12 seconds to say these things,” Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says about his comment at debate that Americans are sick of hearing about rival Hillary Clinton’s private e-mail system, WSJ reports.

“There’s an investigation going on right now. I did not say, ‘End the investigation.’ That’s silly. ... Let the investigation proceed unimpeded,” Sanders says

“People should be suspect of candidates who receive large sums of money from Wall Street and then go out and say, ‘Trust me, I’m going to really regulate Wall Street,’” Sanders says

“I have been walking the walk, not just talking the talk”

Asked about Clinton’s opposition to TPP trade deal, Sanders says consistency on issues “does speak to the character of a person”

Noting his vote against Iraq invasion, Sanders says, “It is important to see which candidates have the courage to cast tough votes, to take on very, very powerful interests”

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/trackers/2015-11-05/sanders-says-he-supports-clinton-e-mail-investigation

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Sanders Says He Supports Clinton E-Mail Investigation (Original Post) Purveyor Nov 2015 OP
The Republicans will use this to keep going. RandySF Nov 2015 #1
Yep.... Cali_Democrat Nov 2015 #2
If he insists on poking the tiger... DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 #10
Bernie enid602 Nov 2015 #28
Criticism of Hillary is off limits! AgingAmerican Nov 2015 #44
SEPTEMBER 27, 2015, 3:53 AM "I will not attack Hillary Clinton." Tommy2Tone Nov 2015 #3
He never said he supported a GOP led investigation Bjorn Against Nov 2015 #56
Subject line doesn't match quote: jberryhill Nov 2015 #4
Wording does not matter UglyGreed Nov 2015 #7
You're assuming a sincerity in the post that is not warranted arcane1 Nov 2015 #51
This message was self-deleted by its author boston bean Nov 2015 #5
Did he really say that? Because yesterday the WSJ reported things a bit differently than he actually bravenak Nov 2015 #6
Was that before or after he conferred with his fancy pollster? DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 #8
It was probably post fancy schmancy convo with the pollstah. bravenak Nov 2015 #9
I have some sympathy for him. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 #11
And Booooy Are they EXPENSIVE!!! bravenak Nov 2015 #12
I was an advertising salesperson, albeit in print... DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 #13
Whoaaa!!! I need to get in this. Damnnnn!!! bravenak Nov 2015 #14
The person who sells them the ad space gets the commission. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 #16
Ahhh. I need to take more of those media classes. bravenak Nov 2015 #17
Remember what the college admissions director said in Boyz In the Hood. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 #18
Thank you. bravenak Nov 2015 #19
It was John Singleton's best work by far... DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 #22
Man. I wanna go home now. bravenak Nov 2015 #26
I live in Woodland Hills, so yeah... DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 #31
You know down in LA off La Cienega and Adams or Jefferson? bravenak Nov 2015 #34
I know this guy from the gym who is from that area. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 #36
I USED TO LIVE ON COLLINS!! OMG!! bravenak Nov 2015 #37
WoW DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 #39
No. The orange line is new. I wanna ride it. bravenak Nov 2015 #40
It goes all the way from NoHo to Chatsworth... DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 #43
Allright!!! Do your thing. Cya latah! bravenak Nov 2015 #45
Flip? onehandle Nov 2015 #15
He was against it.... MrWendel Nov 2015 #21
It was very clear what he was saying Catherina Nov 2015 #20
Yep... WillyT Nov 2015 #23
Thanks WillyT. Keeping that one. Catherina Nov 2015 #25
Anytime... WillyT Nov 2015 #33
There have been 8 inquiries. All have cleared Hillary. SunSeeker Nov 2015 #35
You May Be Correct As Far As The Republicans Are Concerned... WillyT Nov 2015 #42
The FBI is not investigating Hillary. nt SunSeeker Nov 2015 #46
Exactly. His debate comment was targeting the MEDIA n/t arcane1 Nov 2015 #52
Thanks for helping out republican Gowdy's witch hunting committee Bernie workinclasszero Nov 2015 #24
I desperately want to give him the benefit of the doubt and say he is being used by his handlers. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2015 #27
Well he really means it workinclasszero Nov 2015 #29
How about nuance and straight talking Armstead Nov 2015 #30
Wasn't he rolling out his *shockwave* of a TV ad buy today? Starry Messenger Nov 2015 #32
I guess Bernie would rather talk about Hillary's emails that his socialism. SunSeeker Nov 2015 #38
Good Catch! bravenak Nov 2015 #41
So RandySF Nov 2015 #47
Yeah how about that? workinclasszero Nov 2015 #48
This message was self-deleted by its author Purveyor Nov 2015 #50
Of course, he said Americans are sick of hearing about her damn emails. Autumn Nov 2015 #49
This thing is way overblown jfern Nov 2015 #53
Nobody ever suggested that Sanders thought the investigation should end Schock Nov 2015 #54
Has Clinton demanded it end? jberryhill Nov 2015 #57
Kick some ass Bernie! azmom Nov 2015 #55

Tommy2Tone

(1,307 posts)
3. SEPTEMBER 27, 2015, 3:53 AM "I will not attack Hillary Clinton."
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 02:04 PM
Nov 2015

Last edited Thu Nov 5, 2015, 02:40 PM - Edit history (1)


Then Hillary's poll numbers improved and now he supports a GOP led investigation of Hillary's emails. I think he is the only democrat in congress that supports the GOP witch hunt? What's next for the Bern? Is he going to support another Benghazi hearing?

Bjorn Against

(12,041 posts)
56. He never said he supported a GOP led investigation
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 08:41 PM
Nov 2015

He said he supports the FBI investigation proceeding as it has been, he has never suggested support for GOP led hearings.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
4. Subject line doesn't match quote:
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 02:04 PM
Nov 2015


“There’s an investigation going on right now. I did not say, ‘End the investigation.’ That’s silly. ... Let the investigation proceed unimpeded,”

Like all investigations of Clinton, it will go nowhere.

I doubt even Clinton would say "end the investigation".

Has she said that?

Because that would be a foolish thing to say. If someone is investigating a blind alley, let them investigate. You look worse for suggesting it be shut down.

Can you point out to me the part where Sanders says he "supports" the investigation? Thank you.

Response to Purveyor (Original post)

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
6. Did he really say that? Because yesterday the WSJ reported things a bit differently than he actually
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 02:05 PM
Nov 2015

said them.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,716 posts)
13. I was an advertising salesperson, albeit in print...
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 02:14 PM
Nov 2015

Commissions can be as high as fifteen percent for placing ads...That's a lot of jack!!!

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
14. Whoaaa!!! I need to get in this. Damnnnn!!!
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 02:16 PM
Nov 2015

15 percent? Is Bernie still hiring? I have PLENTY of time to assist him. For a fee, of course.

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
17. Ahhh. I need to take more of those media classes.
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 02:21 PM
Nov 2015

It looks boring tho. My art classes rock. The other classes suck majorly.
We did a cool project recently. Let me go find it to liven this party up.
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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,716 posts)
18. Remember what the college admissions director said in Boyz In the Hood.
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 02:24 PM
Nov 2015

"You can be anything you want to be, young sister."

Awesome movie...



DemocratSinceBirth

(99,716 posts)
22. It was John Singleton's best work by far...
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 02:35 PM
Nov 2015

Poetic Justice
Baby Boy
Four Brothers
Shaft

were ok but not as good as Boyz In The Hood... That defined the genre...

I liked when Ricky told Trey his "dad was like a preacher or something."

Remember this. This was such a poignant part of the movie with the music underlining it:



 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
26. Man. I wanna go home now.
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 02:43 PM
Nov 2015

That is right near my neighborhood, few miles away. I remember when they were filming it. I miss California. Made me homesick. Maybe I'll get out there this spring. You in Cali? If I make it out we can do lunch. Maybe yr girlfriend will give me some Lumpia.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,716 posts)
31. I live in Woodland Hills, so yeah...
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 02:55 PM
Nov 2015

I didn't know you were from Cali...

The DSB you see on this board is not that different from the real DSB except in real life I don't argue about politics, and I am super mellow. I have been in Cali for almost four years...When I first moved here I met this black guy on the bus and his name was Roger...He had a Jordan 23 Bulls jersey in a dry cleaner bag...We started talking and I told him I didn't like Donald Sterling because he was racist...He lives in Sherman Oaks but he's from Rosecrans...He jokingly asked me if I would like to visit Rosecrans with him...I asked him what would happen...He said," You're a white guy in your forties.They are going to know you're not looking for your girlfriend."

Where in South L A did you live? That's so far from me and I don't have a car...I did take the Orange Line to the Blue Line to the Purple Line to get to Long Beach.

BTW. Compton has changed...It's predominately Latino now.

It would be great to meet you... I get to meet 1SBM next month.

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
34. You know down in LA off La Cienega and Adams or Jefferson?
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 03:04 PM
Nov 2015

I was on Clyde and Spokane which is between Jefferson and Adams and between La Cienega and La Brea. For years. I went to Hamilton HS for the last year and a half of HS. It was either there or Dorsey, and yeah right I was NOT going to Dorsey, it's in Blood territory and they had shot at us a few times. I grew up in this area. Still know all the same people and my uncle lives in my old building.
I think my whole area is Blood Territory now. Not that bad of an area. I moved to Eastside Long Beach for a while. Then to Chattsworth, and then to Tarzana after Reseda. Been all over. My best friend lives near Tarzana still. Imma go stay with her when I come.

I used to take the red line to the blue line past the welfare office on grand to the LACC, then boom one bus and I was home. I miss mass transit. We have The People Mover bus. Nobody does the bus up here really unless you feel like freezing. I might have to move back home. Cold.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,716 posts)
36. I know this guy from the gym who is from that area.
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 03:14 PM
Nov 2015

He is one of the most color blind (in a good way) cool guys that I know. He was telling me how he was an officer at the juvenile jail during the Northridge earthquake and how these really tough street kids were scared to death. He told me he hugged them and told them everything was okay.

My gf said a lot of the gangs have moved to Palmdale because of pressure from LAPD...

And of course Reseda, Tarzana, And Chatsworth are close to me. We have friends who live on Collins Street in Reseda.

When is the last time you were in CA?

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
37. I USED TO LIVE ON COLLINS!! OMG!!
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 03:16 PM
Nov 2015

It's been ten years. I had a tragedy and left. Too many reminders. But I feel better.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,716 posts)
39. WoW
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 03:22 PM
Nov 2015

Yeah, my gf's gf with her two kids lives on Collins...It's between the Freeway and The Orange Line. I don't know if the Orange Line was here when you were.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,716 posts)
43. It goes all the way from NoHo to Chatsworth...
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 03:27 PM
Nov 2015

I'm out. When I get back I will tell you about how the woman my gf and I rented a room from in Van Nuys (Langdon Avenue, nice part)'s daughter was a friend of O'Shea Jackson.

Ciao!

Catherina

(35,568 posts)
20. It was very clear what he was saying
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 02:27 PM
Nov 2015

and that's exactly why CNN immediately edited that clip and waged war on Bernie2016TV for carrying the unedited clip. There were a few articles about how they spun that to pretend he supported her against an unfair investigation. That wasn't what he said at all, he said he was tired of the media sucking up all the air with her scandals at the expense of the issues. But when someone else's whole campaign is based on spin and smears and the big media outlets are her financial donors, that's what happens.

 

WillyT

(72,631 posts)
23. Yep...
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 02:41 PM
Nov 2015
Sanders appears to be giving his blessing to the ongoing FBI probe into the question of whether Clinton aides and/or State Department employees mishandled sensitive information by sending it to her and exposing it on her unsecured server. (Sanders should also be asked whether he feels the same way about the turn the House GOP probe into the Benghazi attacks has taken, though I strongly suspect he’d say No.)

If Sanders is talking about the FBI probe, then he is absolutely right: The question of whether her e-mail set up was compromising is of course a legitimate one that should be investigated. (Law enforcement officials have said she is not a target of the investigation.) Even Clinton herself has allowed that these questions are legitimate.

Nor is this really all that dramatic a reversal of Sanders’ comments at the debate. The upshot of his remarks then was that the American people would rather hear about the issues than about Clinton’s e-mails. Now he’s claiming the e-mail arrangement raises legitimate questions that should be answered by a legitimate inquiry. Those things aren’t mutually exclusive. They can both be true.


From: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251769761



SunSeeker

(51,741 posts)
35. There have been 8 inquiries. All have cleared Hillary.
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 03:08 PM
Nov 2015

At this point it is just an expensive witch hunt. There is nothing "legitimate" about it.

Bernie is just giving aid and comfort to the Republicans with his flip flop on Hillary's emails.

 

WillyT

(72,631 posts)
42. You May Be Correct As Far As The Republicans Are Concerned...
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 03:26 PM
Nov 2015

But that has absolutely NOTHING to do with the on-going investigations at DOJ/FBI.

Remember... the FBI has the server and are still trying to recover data?

And the DOJ has yet to render its findings, because they are waiting for the results from the FBI.


 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
24. Thanks for helping out republican Gowdy's witch hunting committee Bernie
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 02:42 PM
Nov 2015

It will work for your campaign like it worked for the tehaddists!

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
29. Well he really means it
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 02:52 PM
Nov 2015

or he's not smart enough to see what his handlers are doing to him.

Either way looks bad for Bernie.


 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
30. How about nuance and straight talking
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 02:53 PM
Nov 2015

Bernie tends to say what he thinks. Even if he's taking polls and altering his strategy, I trust him to be honest a lot more than most. I think he's constitutionally incapable of saying something he doesn't fully believe himself.

Actually, I suspect he restrains what he really thinks. I would imagine when he's talking things over in private, he's a whole lot more critical. "What the hell was she thinking with that e-mail shit?!? What a stupid thing to do!"

Starry Messenger

(32,342 posts)
32. Wasn't he rolling out his *shockwave* of a TV ad buy today?
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 02:56 PM
Nov 2015

It's a little tough to say you're for real change and then run headlong back into the Republican morass of Benghazi.

SunSeeker

(51,741 posts)
38. I guess Bernie would rather talk about Hillary's emails that his socialism.
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 03:17 PM
Nov 2015
Sanders' campaign delays speech explaining democratic socialism
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/04/politics/bernie-sanders-democratic-socialism-speech/index.html

He must be listening to that fancy new pollster he hired.

Response to RandySF (Reply #47)

Autumn

(45,120 posts)
49. Of course, he said Americans are sick of hearing about her damn emails.
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 06:39 PM
Nov 2015

We are. Any investigation once begun should not be hampered just because one is a candidate for president.

jfern

(5,204 posts)
53. This thing is way overblown
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 06:50 PM
Nov 2015

Basically he was asked if the FBI should continue their investigation and he said yes.

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