2016 Postmortem
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You Didnt Actually Think Trump Was Serious About Debating Sanders, Did You?by Josh Feldman | 11:00 am, May 26th, 2016
Chances of a @realDonaldTrump @BernieSanders debate? From 3 #Trump sources: #NeverHappen "0" & "It was a joke." #TooBad #PayPerView
6:54 AM - 26 May 2016
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Multiple sources tell @Cbsnews that Trump was kidding about debating Sanders & it will never happen. (H/t @stevechaggaris and @MajorCBS)
6:52 AM - 26 May 2016
Gosh, Im so shocked that Donald Trump publicly said something that he didnt really mean. Weve had absolutely zero clues
Also, just throwing this out there, but does it perhaps say something about the Bernie Sanders campaign that they know this is Trumps modus operandi but they accepted his offer anyway?
http://www.mediaite.com/online/you-didnt-actually-think-trump-was-serious-about-debating-sanders-did-you/
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)If Trump shows him the courtesy of saying "Hello' and shaking his hand, his supporters can still claim he debated Trump.
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,385 posts)Corporate666
(587 posts)Trump: "Oh hi Bernie, beautiful day, isn't it?" <shakes his hand>
Bernie: "It's an OK day, I guess"
Trump: "Ok, bye now... gotta go"
Back on DU...
"Bernie SHREDS Trump's LIES - puts him in his place at raucous debate! Trump literally runs away!!!!"
LexVegas
(6,031 posts)GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)and you take Trump's side
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)This is the same person that sided with Joe Arpaio over Jane Sanders.
crystal dawn
(85 posts)Not fit to lead!
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Keep playin with the right wing suckers!
Jeff Weaver Pimps Bernie Sanders on Fox and Friends, Gets Punked For His Trouble
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512053209
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)redstateblues
(10,565 posts)That's what politicians do.
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)The only thing he can be called out on is the unqualified statement but I totally understand where he was coming from.
Bernie has handled Hillary with white gloves on.
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)is "corrupt" and a "sellout" From Planned Parenthood to Rep. Lewis and Dolores Huerta.
That is a negative campaign. Has Hillary attacked those who endorsed Sanders?
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)If you want to say supporters then we could get somewhere.
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)Renew Deal
(81,847 posts)NWCorona
(8,541 posts)As for the evil part. I see both Donna's and Bernie's point of view. The problem with that saying is that it's too common place.
uponit7771
(90,304 posts)NWCorona
(8,541 posts)uponit7771
(90,304 posts)NWCorona
(8,541 posts)Is negative?
Do you remember what Obama said after he took their money?
uponit7771
(90,304 posts)NWCorona
(8,541 posts)Along with Obama. "might " wasn't a variable intended for Hillary.
uponit7771
(90,304 posts)NWCorona
(8,541 posts)"I cant assume that the money chase didnt alter me in some ways.
Increasingly I found myself spending time with people of means law firm partners and investment bankers, hedge fund managers and venture capitalists. As a rule, they were smart, interesting people, knowledgeable about public policy, liberal in their politics, expecting nothing more than a hearing of their opinions in exchange for their checks. But they reflected, almost uniformly, the perspectives of their class: the top 1 percent or so of the income scale that can afford to write a $2,000 check to a political candidate. They believed in the free market and an educational meritocracy; they found it hard to imagine that there might be any social ill that could not be cured by a high SAT score. They had no patience with protectionism, found unions troublesome, and were not particularly sympathetic to those whose lives were upended by the movements of global capital. Most were adamantly prochoice and antigun and were vaguely suspicious of deep religious sentiment.
And although my own worldview and theirs corresponded in many ways I had gone to the same schools, after all, had read the same books, and worried about my kids in many of the same ways I found myself avoiding certain topics during conversations with them, papering over possible differences, anticipating their expectations. On core issues I was candid; I had no problem telling well-heeled supporters that the tax cuts theyd received from George Bush should be reversed. Whenever I could, I would try to share with them some of the perspectives I was hearing from other portions of the electorate: the legitimate role of faith in politics, say, or the deep cultural meaning of guns in rural parts of the state.
Still, I know that as a consequence of my fund-raising I became more like the wealthy donors I met, in the very particular sense that I spent more and more of my time above the fray, outside the world of immediate hunger, disappointment, fear, irrationality, and frequent hardship of the other 99 percent of the population that is, the people that Id entered public life to serve. And in one fashion or another, I suspect this is true for every senator: The longer you are a senator, the narrower the scope of your interactions. You may fight it, with town hall meetings and listening tours and stops by the old neighborhood. But your schedule dictates that you move in a different orbit from most of the people you represent.
And perhaps as the next race approaches, a voice within tells you that you dont want to have to go through all the misery of raising all that money in small increments all over again. You realize that you no longer have the cachet you did as the upstart, the fresh face; you havent changed Washington, and youve made a lot of people unhappy with difficult votes. The path of least resistance of fund-raisers organized by the special interests, the corporate PACs, and the top lobbying shops starts to look awfully tempting, and if the opinions of these insiders dont quite jibe with those you once held, you learn to rationalize the changes as a matter of realism, of compromise, of learning the ropes. The problems of ordinary people, the voices of the Rust Belt town or the dwindling heartland, become a distant echo rather than a palpable reality, abstractions to be managed rather than battles to be fought."
KingFlorez
(12,689 posts)Hook, Line and Sinker.
mmonk
(52,589 posts)Response to Cali_Democrat (Original post)
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Time for change
(13,714 posts)It says that issues need to be discussed and debated. His campaign is perhaps the most serious issue oriented campaign I've ever seen.
Trump joking about it reveals who he is, it says nothing about Bernie.
bullwinkle428
(20,628 posts)senz
(11,945 posts)If Hill snags the nomination, perhaps she can name him as her VP.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)No shilling, it was a joke, T-rump can be such a a-hole.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)What a coward Trump is.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)They actually believed Trump and celebrated when he said he would debate Bernie.
Too funny.
hellofromreddit
(1,182 posts)Certainly no spamming of stuff like "Bernie fears Trump!" or "He knows he already lost so why bother?" No-sir-ee, not around here!
I'm totally secure in that. Outlook web server with open ports and no SSL certificate secure.
ericson00
(2,707 posts)Sorry Bernie.
LenaBaby61
(6,973 posts)Never going to happen in the first place. The "real" debates will happen in the fall between the parties "official" nominees (Presidential & Vice-presidential).
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)wouldn't listen. Denial is their comfort zone.
MFM008
(19,803 posts)Impossible.
Never happen.