This election just seems to get weirder and weirder. On the heels of her praise and then unpraise for Nancy Reagan on AIDS, Hillary Clinton is again being charged with rewriting history in attacking Bernie Sanders for his absence on the health care fight back in 1993-94. New York Times reporter Amy Chozick quoted Hillary Clinton in a tweet saying, “I don’t know where he was when I was trying to get health care in 93 and 94.” The Sanders campaign quickly responded with a picture showing Sanders standing right next to her and then released another signed picture where she commended him for his work in seeking such national health care coverage at the time. CNN and other media outfits already called out Clinton for the “cheap shot” in falsely suggesting that Sanders did not support the auto bailout. This is not going to help those low trustworthiness numbers plaguing Clinton.
Sanders is shown in this picture at a Dartmouth College event pushing for healthcare reform in 1993 at Dartmouth College and Sanders proposed his own single-payer healthcare plan in March later that year. Then there is this note commending Sanders:
It reads: “To Bernie Sanders with thanks for your commitment to real health care access to all Americans and best wishes.” It is signed “Hillary Rodham Clinton” and dated 1993. Yikes.
Yet, that does not mean it cannot be spinned. Rather than admit a cheap shot, Secretary Clinton’s communications director noted that the picture technically showed Sanders not by her side but behind her: “Hillary Clinton was out in front. Senator Sanders was in the background. She is the one that took the slings and arrows from the healthcare industry.” Now that is an Olympic quality spin.
In the meantime, Sanders supporters are flooding the Internet with videotapes that are calling out Clinton for another alleged misrepresentation.
Notably, Sanders wrote in his book that he did not favor the Clinton approach which he viewed as yielding to demands from outside groups. He wrote “the complicated and compromised bill which they brought forth was not something that I could support.” That would suggest that he was fighting for health care but did not believe that the Clinton proposal went far enough.
The misstep is reminiscent of John Lewis’ highly controversial questioning of Sanders’ work for civil rights. Lewis said he never saw Sanders in the marches. However, Sanders’ supporters released pictures of his being arrested as a student at the University of Chicago and Sanders clearly was on the frontline of the struggle.
On both sides of the election, we have seen these glaring contradictions and false statements. Yet, each candidate seems to have a core of supporters who simply do not care about the allegations of dishonesty or falsity. That is what is so fascinating. It is not the shifting voters but those voters who have shown no desire to shift in the aftermath of scandals or missteps. The problem for Clinton however will be the damage to the Sanders base in later calling for them to join her if she is the nominee. Young people in particular appear to be growing increasingly anti-Hillary and not just pro-Bernie. This type of unfounded attack will hardly make such a reconciliation likely. The young people may just stay home or vote for someone like Jill Stein with the Green Party.
What do you think?
Source: CNN
I love the photo JT posted. Hillary looks like she just came from a Mao rally.
When is the truth about Hillary having MS and being a lesbian going to come out?
I see the paid Hillary trolls are out. “There’s a special place in hell” for those who don’t “Feel the Bern.”
Thanks to JT for working the weekend.
Independents do not get to vote in the primaries in many of the states.
Let’s do Squeeky:
Squeeky, Squeeky, bo beepie,
banana fanna fo weepie.
Squeeky!
A little trick with Darren.
JT, JT, JT fee fi moe pee pee.
etc
While you all are counting the chickens, the foxes (independents) are quietly waiting for their chance in the general.
It is all a bunch of name calling. I watched CBS, NBC and ABC morning shows. There was no “news” except for the election and mostly about Trump. It is a name game. A lot of blame.
Here is a song wihich is appropriate:
The name game!
Shirley!
Shirley, Shirley bo Birley Bonana fanna fo Firley
Fee fy mo Mirley, Shirley!
Lincoln!
Lincoln, Lincoln bo Bincoln Bonana fanna fo Fincoln
Fee fy mo Mincoln, Lincoln!
Come on everybody!
I say now let’s play a game
I betcha I can make a rhyme out of anybody’s name
The first letter of the name, I treat it like it wasn’t there
But a B or an F or an M will appear
And then I say bo add a B then I say the name and Bonana fanna and a
fo
And then I say the name again with an F very plain
and a fee fy and a mo
And then I say the name again with an M this time
and there isn’t any name that I can’t rhyme
Arnold!
Arnold, Arnold bo Barnold Bonana fanna fo Farnold
Fee fy mo Marnold Arnold!
But if the first two letters are ever the same,
I drop them both and say the name like
Bob, Bob drop the B’s Bo ob
For Fred, Fred drop the F’s Fo red
For Mary, Mary drop the M’s Mo ary
That’s the only rule that is contrary.
Okay? Now say Bo: Bo
Now Tony with a B: Bony
Then Bonana fanna fo: bonana fanna fo
Then you say the name again with an F very plain: Fony
Then a fee fy and a mo: fee fy mo
Then you say the name again with an M this time: Mony
And there isn’t any name that you can’t rhyme
Every body do Tony!
Pretty good, let’s do Billy!
Very good, let’s do Marsha!
A little trick with Nick!
The name game
Hillary does not care enough to become competent. Her neglect allowed terrorists to kill Americans at Benghazi, and I suspect she enjoys exercising life-and-death decisions on the death side. An aide innocently reported seeing Clinton Foundation documents placed as agenda items for Hillary’s meetings while Secretary of State. Nothing is more important to the Clintons than amassing more Clinton wealth, and what better way to do that than occupy the White House again. The Clintons are odious, despicable creatures who must have escaped from Hieronymus Bosch’s imagination and take human form in every generation.
Trump just called Bernie a liar and said the protesters are coming from the Sanders campaign. I really don’t think young people will stay home and let Trump become president. Some won’t vote for Hillary but I will bet when the votes are tallied Hillary will win a sizable majority of the votes of young people in the general.
I’m paraphrasing Mark Twain,” a lie (or half-truth) will travel halfway around the world, before truth has a chance to get its’ boots on. That’s okay, Bernie has ALREADY won, by waking all of us up!
I’m afraid this just goes to show how superficial Hillary has always been. I have to say it doesn’t make me happy to say this. Imagine she has so little regard for her supporters that she doesn’t remember that Bernie had her back while many others were running out the back door. Bernie has been working on these issues all his life and it’s from the heart! GO BERNIE.
There was a story here last year about CNN commentator, Paul Begala, coordinating his assessment of Hillary’s performance with the State Department, and seeking talking points. Here is the link.
http://jonathanturley.org/2015/07/02/paul-begala-under-fire-after-disclosure-of-emails-to-clinton-aides-on-talking-points/
That is all Hillary is – – – scripted talking points obfuscating reality. Color me shocked. I did this picture back then:
https://squeekyfrommgr.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/shocked.jpg?w=474&h=356
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
We should judge extremely harshly any candidate or his or her staff making outrageous statements that have no factual basis. Arrogance on the dais is arrogance in the White House. A self-serving executive does not serve the People.
As for Prof. Turley’s comment, “The young people may just stay home or vote for someone like Jill Stein with the Green Party,” this includes one not-so-young person, too. The major parties are corrupted to the point that they’re too big to fail, when every last one of us knows they should.
Hyrem – Sgtsbal, And I guess you two think there’s an Oz. Wake up professional politicians on both sides think of themselves not you. They do enough just to get re-elected.
Doglover – “Become friends, real friends” you guys better wake up and get a reality check.
For the three of you I think there’s a tunnel connecting Jersey to New York would you like to make an offer on it?
In 1993 Sanders didn’t support the Clintons healthcare reform. In his own words from his book:
“Two years later, Bill and Hillary Clinton raised the health care debate to the highest level that it had ever reached in this country. They deserve credit for that. They also deserve credit for claiming that all Americans are entitled to health care. Unfortunately, the complicated and compromised bill which they brought forth was not something that I could support.”
“I have no desire to shift my balance in favor of the Koch Brothers.”
They hate Trump.
Hillary had so much fun destroying Libya she now wants war with Russia
:
http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2015/11/19/hillary-clintons-road-to-war/
Vote or don’t vote. It doesn’t matter. Run for office if you can afford to and then fight to sustain humanity. If you can’t run for office yourself, the next best thing is to become friends with those in office. Become real friends with them so that they listen to your advice over that of paid lobbyists. In a representative democracy, politicians have to represent someone. It’s easiest for them to represent the wealthy and powerful. Make it easy for them to represent you. Educate them. They need a lot of education.
I am afraid that unfortunately you may be right about voters not voting for her. I support Bernie, but if her money and power brokers win the nomination for her I don’t know if I can with good conscience vote for her. I will not, never have, never will, vote repugthuglican and I believe many others of good conscience feel the same. Those missing Democratic votes may not only cost the White House, but a return to a Democrat Senate. The repugthuglican side, batshit crazy, all of them and a complete disaster for the US and the world. We might, slim chance but a chance, survive Hillary.
Especially RepubliCons on Cruz control.
I have no desire to shift my balance in favor of the Koch Brothers. Which is what tis article tis about. And I do mean “tis”. I will vote for Bernie and if she wins then Hillary in the main election. But no RepubliCon.