Bill Clinton Swipes at Bernie Sanders Supporters

[Purveyor]

By David Catanese April 15, 2016, at 5:15 p.m. + More
NEW YORK CITY -- Former President Bill Clinton mused Friday that supporters of Bernie Sanders believe shooting people who work on Wall Street would help cure the economic imbalances that have animated the Vermont senator's presidential campaign.

"I think it's fine that all these young students have been so enthusiastic for her opponent and say, 'It's all good, just shoot every third person on Wall Street and everything will be fine,'" Clinton told a small afternoon audience in Washington Heights.

The throwaway line came towards the end of a wonky 30-minute presentation to a small band of Hillary Clinton supporters in a sunny courtyard of a hospital. The former president was standing in for his wife, who flew to California for a weekend campaign jaunt.

--CLIP
Clinton is clearly irritated by the perception that Sanders has won the high ground among Democratic primary voters in the battle over who is best equipped to stand up to powerful financial interests.

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[Avalux]

1. What the fuck is wrong with him? He sounds like Trump. n/t

[rhett o rick]

23. He used to be the top dog Clinton. Now he is just a lowly surrogate for his wife. nm

[hellofromreddit]

47. Maybe he doesn't want to be first lady.

[CoffeeCat]

79. Maybe he doesn't want HER to be President?

The man opens his mouth and idiocy falls out.

Hillary should have called a babysitter for Bill prior to jetting off to her fundraisers with the Glitterati and the venture capitalists who will be paying up to $350,000 to sit next to her.

When the cat's away, the donkey will bray!

[Punkingal]

2. He is a POS.

People who are unhappy with Wall Street are not just Bernie supporters....they are Americans who have been damaged. I loathe him.

[roguevalley]

76. he's a blowhard. when he walks in he swaggers. Watch him some time. He swaggers in with a smirk on

his face as he sets out to do the 'clinton magic'. This time we know who he is and its not working. Then he shows us his real face. They all need to GO AWAY!

[Baobab]

90. I thought that they had to repeal it because of - you know

Wasn't it was blocked by their big Geneva deal? Wasn't it repealed because of that huge international deal?

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. He's slowly losing it, like Reagan did.

Sad.

[Purveyor]

5. You might be on to something there... eom

[grasswire]

4. wow.....he is off the deep end. nt

[Zira]

28. +1

[AirmensMom]

6. We're not all young students.

Some of us are retired professional *gasp* women. He's as tone-deaf as his wife.

[Sky Masterson]

7. I would bet my newly detoxified liver that Bill coined the word "Bernie Bro".

He is Hillary's Chaney.

[speaktruthtopower]

8. The Clintons used to be middle class, they made friends with Wall Street and are now worth...

hundreds of millions.

Now Bill Clinton obviously exaggerates Sander's position on Wall Street, on the same day she is up on the stage talking about how tough she is going to be on them.

[rhett o rick]

27. Goldman-Sachs carried him to third base and he thinks he hit a triple. nm

[QC]

40. Bingo. n/t

[speaktruthtopower]

50. Actually Bill Clinton is self-made as a political success story,

but the cashing in since leaving office has been excessive.

[Baobab]

89. Why can't they just go away and leave this poor country in peace.

No more Dynasties!

[azmom]

9. He's all for imprisoning minorities, but

Not his Wall Street friends. We see you Billy boy.

[antigop]

10. "a small band of Hillary Clinton supporters" -- LOL nt

[Ino]

17. in a hospital courtyard!

What, they were there visiting a sick friend?

"there little reaction from inside the crowd"

LOL

[Zira]

30. +1

Kind of hard to find very many of them in one place. And, from Clinton's tiny rallys, in one city.

[Armstead]

11. He sounds like Ronald Reagan

Motherfucking asshole

[jfern]

12. Bill Clinton is a total disgrace to this country

[arcane1]

13. Another "small" crowd.

[jwirr]

14. I have not heard a Bernie saying that - have you?

[Cheese Sandwich]

15. " just shoot every third person on Wall Street and everything will be fine"

Wow Bill Clinton is a real asshole.

[arcane1]

21. Indeed, that remark is so stupid it makes me wonder what his DU name is :)

[Kentonio]

85. Lol

[bahrbearian]

24. Where are they getting the guns from, the Clinton Foundation or Vermont?

Bill probably can get a deal from the foundation.

[pacalo]

55. What would they say behind closed doors? Release the transcripts!

[TheCowsCameHome]

16. Imagine him roaming the halls of the White House?

First Dude, Unglued.

[Politicalboi]

39. What a horrible picture that is

He'll soil the White House again. He's disgusting.

[RedCappedBandit]

18. And we're supposed to get in line to support his wife? lol. nt

[NWCorona]

19. Bill's just mad that Bernie called his ass out last night nt

[Jackilope]

20. Please, can we keep Bill and his Corporate $ hill wife from getting keys to the White House?

Horrid man. Each time he opens his mouth I come to realize what a POS he is.

[Armstead]

32. Imagine him as First Lady?

A national embarassment a week

[Vincardog]

22. That is what the do. They want us to be so busy defending against their lies we can't promote our

POLICIES. FK em.

[daleanime]

25. "Campaign jaunt......"

isn't that what used to be called 'begging for money'?

[Fritz Walter]

63. And one that requires $300+K a plate?

I've lost whatever respect I had for him. Especially after learning about his shilling for $$$,$$$ on Wall Street.

Clinton And Goldman: Why It Matters
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2016/04/15/hillary-clinton-godman-sachs-why-it-matters_n_9702386.html

Maybe he should take up painting or some other retirement activity.

[CharlotteVale]

26. What do you say about us enthusiastic old people for Bernie, Bill?

He is such a pathetic joke.

[AzDar]

29. Desperate-Impeached-Disbarred-Cheating-LIAR-Says-WHAT?

[floriduck]

31. Billy's a swamp dweller. Bernie's supporters

definitely stand on higher ground.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

33. Shooting? Of course not, but public shaming of the motherfucking criminal thieving bastards

would be fine with me.

[tk2kewl]

41. And jail

Add their paid-for Washington accomplices and then we've really got something

[Politicalboi]

34. What an ass he is

How's Jeff Epstein these days Bill? Scum of the earth Clintons. I HATE both of them. Shut the fuck up already shit head.

[Lil Missy]

35. And he's absolutely right. n/t

[GeorgeGist]

71. wing

There fixed it.

[All in it together]

74. Maybe you haven't heard this is a political revolution

A peaceful revolution. Not a violent one.

But you aren't probably paying that much attention.

[bkkyosemite]

77. In our Country with all the severe gun violence you think he is right...pure disgust!

[djean111]

36. What a desperate nasty ass.

Pathetic. He would have done better to just stay home.

[Odin2005]

37. Keep spounting those RW talking points, Bill.

[QC]

38. For those of us who remember the Clintons in the 1992 campaign,

it's very sad to see what they--especially Bill--have become.

It's getting hard not to wonder about dementia lately. Having lost my father and a good many aunts and uncles from it, I know what it looks like. "Losing the filter" is one of the first signs.

[bkkyosemite]

78. My husband has dementia

[QC]

80. It's such a sad, sad thing.

My father and four of his siblings died with it, so it scares me to think what might be coming for me. Those times when I feel foggy or forgetful, I find myself wondering if it's happening to me.

Bill Clinton is one of the smartest politicians ever. His bizarre behavior lately is not typical of him. Something's wrong.

[bkkyosemite]

82. It did cross my mind. There are plenty of tests for you to take. I forget things too and think

the same sometimes...it's just that we have seen it so that is what comes to mind.

[QC]

83. Yeah, it makes us paranoid to have seen it. n/t

[Skwmom]

42. Bill Clinton sounds like a right winger. Bill Clinton only occupies the low ground and he can't

stand that he is exposed.

[daleanime]

43. A man I use to call....

the best republican president of my generation.

[closeupready]

44. What a sad, pathetic man he's sagged into.

[Dems to Win]

45. I was never a Clinton defender. Wish he'd resigned in '98

I look forward to the day when the Democrats have moved on from the Clintons. Hope I live to see it.

[Octafish]

46. Contrast with Pope Francis calling Bernie, "Brother."

"Querido hermano:"

Mr. Sanders, an ardent admirer of Pope Francis, called for a return to moral principles and a more just world economy, echoing the pontiff’s words and praising his leadership during a 15-minute address before the academy, a group that examines social, economic and environmental issues and is housed within a 16th-century villa inside Vatican City.

The Vermont senator flew to Rome after debating his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in Brooklyn on Thursday night.

During his speech to the group, he also criticized the news media, which he said asks people to “accept the status quo; that a truly moral economy is beyond our reach.”

He went on to say: “Pope Francis has given the most powerful name to the predicament of modern society. He calls it the globalization of Indifference.”

SOURCE: http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/04/15/bernie-sanders-at-vatican-city-calls-for-a-more-moral-economy/

"The Globalization of Indifference." -- Pope Francis

[MisterP]

48. oh dear, they really think this'll win NY for them and that they don't need Sanders voters

that it's just some minor challenge that'll be dissolved as easily as OWS: Sanders will hand over his campaign and enough will stick around give Clinton her promised victory in November and get some planks at the convention that nobody ever reads; DWS can be replaced by Obama and the movement will break up and be easily veal-penned and coopted by the charismatic DNC head; the 60s Movement sold out, keeping both the money and the change, and this new one will, too

to these bubble-dwellers, the simple banking standards prevalent during a prosperous century, trying rather than rewarding criminals who broke the law repeatedly and wrecked the economy, and just keeping banks within the law are all so outrageous he can jokingly compare them to a bloody purge killing one-third of bankers

[BernieforPres2016]

49. The sense of entitlement these 2 feeble grifters have is breathtaking

Keep insulting young people and defending Wall Street. Great strategy Bill.

[whatchamacallit]

51. And I voted for this ignorant asshole twice

[geek tragedy]

52. Bill trolling like a boss nt

[dana_b]

53. he's sick

everytime he opens his mouth he says something worse than the previous time.

Retire, Bill. Go home and learn to garden or something. You are not helping your wife anymore.

[Blue_In_AK]

54. Shut up, Bill.

[jmousso75]

56. Bill Clinton swipes at Sanders supporters

Maybe it's just that the young Bernie supporters could give two shits about the Clintons and the older ones like myself are sick and tired of being okey doked. Bill just go away. All you are to me now is a dirty old creepy man.

[northernsouthern]

57. Wait?

She's not in New York? That's odd, if there was only a group I could report this to that seems to care when a candidate is off visiting others instead of being in NY? I know there is some group that has been going on about how it is such an issue? For the life of me I can't recall who though.

[elleng]

58. Sounds like he's losing it.

Too bad; he used to be good at reading the public (and occasionally addressing society's ills.)

[noretreatnosurrender]

59. Bill has a habit

of relying on strawman arguments. The only person who said those words was Bill himself.

[Warren DeMontague]

60. This from the guy who thought we could fix everything by locking up every third pot smoker.

[frylock]

61. Fuck this guy.

The game has passed you by, pops.

[dchill]

62. "Clinton told a small afternoon audience..."

Says it all for me.

[pdsimdars]

65. I think when you get older it is harder to keep up his facade. It's slipping.

[pdsimdars]

66. May be happeining to both of them . . did you see that post about Hillary?

This AM someone posted this.

huma abedin's foia email observation of hillary clinton: "she's often confused".

[DebbieCDC]

67. Go home Bill and STFU n/t

[Jefferson23]

68. Geeze, way to go, President Clinton. Bill unplugged. lol

I don't think that language goes well with Hillary's gun platform.

[RazBerryBeret]

69. Jeebus...

is that what he calls a fund-raising speech? No thank you.

[me b zola]

70. As long as we can disagree without being disagreeable.

Here I was expecting some red baiting, but no, Bill has really outdone himself. WTH was he trying to accomplish with this?

[Kalidurga]

72. WTG Bill I knew you could show your ugly side if you just tried hard enough.

[vintx]

73. The man is losing it obviously

This a is ridiculous way to describe the people who see through his wife's ties to Wall Street

[sadoldgirl]

75. What the hell happened to him?

He used to love big crowds, and used to attract them.

Now he seems to be an old man, who foams at the mouth.

[Scuba]

84. Dear Bill, please crawl back under your rock.

We'll know you're there by the slime trail.

[stillwaiting]

86. We are going to keep on insulting you AND you are going to vote for us and like it!!

We'll see.....

[tokenlib]

88. It's worked for the Third Way/DLC/DNC for over two decades now..

..and they assume..along with most of the Hillary people that it will work again just like always.

[Autumn]

87. I'm calling it. Big Dawg supports Bernie and is "Oops, I didn't mean to say that"

campaigning for him.