Having an actual progressive asking questions would highlight the fact that the chosen establishment candidate isn't progressive. I wouldn't blame CNN, though. I imagine they had some instructions from the DNC on how to set up the debate.

Four shall be the number of third-way, MSM, anti-progressive panelists questioning the candidates. I sayeth four, no more, no less. Four shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be four. Five shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, nor three, excepting that thou then proceed to four. Five is right out. Once the number four, being the fourth number, be reached, then thou lobbest soft-ball, pre-approved questions to Hillary and gotcha questions to Bernie.

And then there are Hillary's typical requirements for speaking engagements, because those $250,000/$300,000 fees just aren't enough, ya know.

Clinton’s typical speaking contract, stipulations that often include a chartered private jet “e.g., a Gulfstream 450 or larger jet”; a presidential suite at hotels; and business- or first-class seats for aides to the potential 2016 presidential candidate.

Clinton’s speaking arrangements also usually include a $500 stipend for a traveling aide and funds for ground transportation and cellphone bills, among other pricey requirements.

Clinton typically charges $300,000. Beyond the expenses, the report also highlights other speaking requirements for the event, including that Clinton be the “only person onstage during her remarks” and have “final approval” of the moderator and the person doing the introduction.

The contract also emphasizes that the event should be closed to the press, “unless otherwise agreed to in writing,” and that any journalists in attendance as guests need to be cleared by the agency.

The documents show that Clinton’s representatives at the Harry Walker Agency exerted considerable control over her appearance and managed even the smallest details — from requesting lemon wedges and water on stage to a computer, scanner, and a spread of hummus and crudité in the green room backstage.

Top university officials discussed at length the style and color of the executive armchairs Clinton and moderator Lynn Vavreck would sit in as they carried on a question-and-answer session, as well as the kind of pillows to be situated on each chair. Clinton’s representatives requested that the chairs be outfitted with two long, rectangular pillows — and that two cushions be kept backstage in case the chair was too deep and she needed additional back support.

After a lengthy call with a Clinton representative, UCLA administrator Patricia Lippert reported to campus colleagues, “She uses a lavalier [microphone] and will both speak from the audience and walk around stage, TED talk style. We need a teleprompter and 2-3 downstage scrolling monitors [for] her to read from.”

During a walk-through of Royce Hall five days before the lecture, the e-mails show, Clinton’s team rejected the podium planned for her use during her 20- to 30-minute speech, setting off a scramble on campus to find a suitable podium and rent a new university seal to match.

it figures....

Fucking ridiculous.

Can't let the truth be known that Oligarchs, Corporations and Banks finance the show.