Bernie Sanders' Master Stroke In Asking for SANCTIONED Debates!

[Segami]

Bernie Sander’s is not allowing himself to be maneuvered by Clinton or NBC into a pre-New Hampshire debate. Instead he is using their strategy to prevent them from ‘cornering’ him to do what they want, when they want.

This is what he said:

While the DNC is unlikely to exclude all three candidates from future debates, Sanders added that he does not want to commit to an ad hoc schedule of debates set by networks.

“As I have said from day one I want to see debates. I love debates. I think it’s good for the Democratic Party, I think it’s good for the people of this country, but you’ve got to do it in a rational way, you just can’t do it because some network says this and some network says that,” Sanders said. “I would hope that in the very short future we can develop a series of debates, and I think ... Illinois, Ohio, California, New York state are some of the states we might want to be looking at.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-01-27/ahead-of-white-house-meeting-sanders-says-obama-is-not-taking-sides

I TAKE MY HAT OFF TO HIM FOR HIS ELEGANT SIDESTEPPING OUT OF THEIR TRAP, with his response saying in effect: ‘yeah, let’s do more debates, but let’s plan them, and not do them as an ambush attempt.’ Go Bernie! What this means is that Sanders is not allowing the Clinton machine and their surrogates, (read MSNBC) to push him around by setting up times and agendas favorable to Clinton. By agreeing to go to this debate, he would set a precedent, that at any point that the Clinton machine wanted to invoke a debate to help her, she could recruit her allies in the MSM to set one up.

MSNBC is going full bore to push Sanders into the Clinton debate….they are doing nothing more than providing full campaign ads for Hillary. It is 24/7 Hillary Time. Watch the videos and you will see what I mean. If you have any doubt that MSNBC is shilling for Hillary, take a look at this interview by Andrea Mitchell today with Brian Fallon, Hillary’s Press Secretary. Be clear: MSNBC did not provide air time for a Sander’s representative, or ANYONE with an opposing position to the Hillary staff person and he was barely challenged by Andrea. She just let him continue the memes which were negative about Sanders, which the campaign is hoping that some will stick.


Watch this Andrea Mitchell Report with Hillary spokesman Brian 'BoyBot' Fallon......nothing but a lying RAT!

The essential points of the interview by Andrea Mitchell with Fallon are:

1. Sanders has not fared well in the spotlight; if you look at the tone he has been taking; quite disturbing, seen a pattern of Senator Sanders saying one thing and doing another; that he would shun the support of a SuperPac, now has one; said he wouldn’t attack Clinton, but now he has said that she was like Dick Cheney and third thing this debate next week, Sen Sanders said he would wanted to debate more, now he is not.

2. Today a new york times report said he bragging about running a negative ad; and now Sanders is weighing running a negative running the same kind of ad as Karl Rove did,

3. That Sanders was having a meeting to decide whether to take the core persona that Sen Sanders has cultivated of the first few months of the campaign and crumpling it in into a ball an throwing it into the trash… I hope he rejects it Andrea…. they, his advisors, are trying to turn Sanders into someone less Simon and Garfunkel and more Karl Rover and it is unfortunate…..

4. Fallon repeated the meme of comparing Sanders to Karl Rove instead of Simon and Garfunkel

Also follow this interview on Andrea Mitchell with none other than Tweety (Chris Matthews):

WATCH VIDEO:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/01/27/clinton_spokesman_sanders_advisors_turning_him_into_someone_who_is_less_simon_garfunkel_and_more_karl_rove.html

UPDATE:

Just to be crystal clear in the midst of all this maneuvering, DWS issued the following, saying that the DNC WOULD NOT SANCTION THE PRE NEW HAMPSHIRE DEBATE:

The Democratic National Committee says it is unlikely to sanction additional debates before the New Hampshire primary, a decision that could strike a blow to MSNBC and the New Hampshire Union Leader as they seek to host an event next week.

"We have no plans to sanction any further debates before the upcoming First in the Nation caucuses and primary, but will reconvene with our campaigns after those two contests to review our schedule," DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said in a statement.

"We have consistently worked with our campaigns to ensure a schedule that is robust and that allows them to engage with voters in a variety of ways, whether through debates, forums, town halls, but also leaving them the flexibility to attend county fairs and living room conversations in states like Iowa and New Hampshire where direct voter contact matters so much."

DNC throws cold water on unsanctioned New Hampshire debate

http://g.thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/dem-primaries/267120-dnc-will-not-sanction-additional-debates

cont'

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/01/27/1476004/-Bernie-s-Master-Stroke-in-asking-for-SANCTIONED-debates

[Karma13612]

1. Nice work Segami, thanks so much for

this summary of the debate-debate.

I will be curious what happens in the coming days.

Things are certainly heating up!

[CharlotteVale]

2. Unbelievable it never occured to them that Bernie would easily call their bluff

this way when he's been calling for more sanctioned debates all along. Comical too. Camp Weathervane must be spinning like a top.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

3. They are.

Their crepe-n their pants.

[libdem4life]

4. We're still dealing with the concept of "inevitability". They haven't gotten the email.

[Motown_Johnny]

5. He did it when the DNC cut off his access to voters lists.

Pushing this guy is clearly a mistake. It looks like he is 2-0 in this type of situation (so far).

[Karma13612]

6. Presidential material.

Bernie will not be a pushover.

This whole primary season is the job interview.

So far, he is acing it.

[frylock]

12. Yeah, exactly! I'd forgotten how quickly they buckled when the Sanders campaign filed that lawsuit..

is it still pending?

[highprincipleswork]

7. This is the kind of negotiator I want on my side!!!!!!

[slipslidingaway]

8. EXACTLY my thought!!!! nt

[Segami]

10. If Bernie snooped into the military's equipment suppliers,

rest assured, the days of spending $800 for a single hammer will go the way of the Dodo bird........

[SunSeeker]

16. But trillion dollar F-35 boondoggles are safe under Sanders.

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/24583-bernie-sanders-doubles-down-on-f-35-support-days-after-runway-explosion

[Segami]

19. LOL....keep trying...

Integrity is not a word associated with Hillary......its just that simple.

[zentrum]

11. Very elegant!

[frylock]

13. They are just putting the screws to these idiots!

[hedda_foil]

14. They can always change it to another town hall forum

Which is what I suspect they'll do.

[SunSeeker]

15. Sanders to Maddow on 1-19-16: "If the other candidates are in, you count me in."

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/watch/one-more-democratic-primary-debate-maybe-609555011560

Well, the other candidates are in, but now he insists he's not in until everyone meets his conditions, including that the DNC have three additional, late season (as late as May) debates set. That is not "elegant side stepping." That is Sanders going back on his word to Rachel.

[restorefreedom]

20. baloney. he said the beginning

he wanted more SANCTIONED debates. this is just more maneuvering by a campaign in freefall and he is calling them on their bullshit. its about time someone did.

[SunSeeker]

21. He didn't give that condition when Rachel asked him. nt

[restorefreedom]

22. he didn't have to.

it has been his position all along. so if you think he will go back on his word, you must have him confused with another candidate

[SunSeeker]

23. Bernie's flip flop has not gone unnoticed.

The unsanctioned debate will be moderated by Meet the Press host Chuck Todd and MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow, and will also include questions from local reporters, the Union Leader announced. Two of the party's three candidates have already announced they would be participating; Hillary Clinton and Martin O'Malley. Despite initially complaining of the limited debate schedule, Bernie Sanders's campaign has said he will not be participating.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/us-election-2016-clinton-omalley-034850592.html

[restorefreedom]

26. the only one flip flopping is hillary

who initially only wanted four debates, although she likely preferred none at all.

if you have an issue with the debate schedule, an email to dws would be in order. after all,she rigged all of this for hillary to begin with.

[2pooped2pop]

27. This

[Voice for Peace]

17. Andrea Mitchell: that's close to the best superdistortion yet!

"Oooooh i'd like t'ringyerprettylittlechickenneck"

Ha ha just kidding thatsajoke somebodyelsesaidit

[Prism]

18. He's totally messing with Hillary's DNC

It's wonderful. You can tell he's just as sick of their shit as we are. Let them wail insincerely. It just underscores how fake the entire exercise is.

[Matariki]

24. First time there hasn't been a debate in New Hampshire before the primary

in over 30 years. Why is Wasserman Schultz being such a stubborn asshat?

[Uncle Joe]

25. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Segami.