Bernie Sanders: “I think the Republicans, frankly, have gotten away with murder."

[kpete]

When it came to Clinton’s policy positions, though, he could be merciless. He suggested that her refusal to take a position on the controversial Pacific trade agreement being deliberated in Congress is bewildering. Most progressives are imploring Congress to block the deal the Obama administration is negotiating.

“I don’t understand how on an issue of such huge consequence you don’t have an opinion,” Sanders said.

The Vermonter said he would like to see more than the planned six Democratic primary debates — but he said they shouldn’t just be debates of Democrats. Get Republican contenders on the same stage too, he suggested.

“It’s a good idea to have a group of Democrats and a group of Republicans,” he said. “I think the Republicans, frankly, have gotten away with murder. I think people really do not know what their agenda is.”


http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-na-bernie-sanders-media-republicans-20150611-story.html

[olddots]

1. that takes courage to say something like that

and we live in a country of cowardly materialistic babies .

[JaneyVee]

2. But she does have an opinion....

And she's stated it already. If he means a stance, I think she would be better off waiting to read the details before taking a firm position.

[cali]

3. Hillary is the only politician in the country to not take a stance.

[JaneyVee]

4. Smart move. I would wait to read it before taking a stance...

Although she has given opinions on it, she also doesn't have access to it like current active senators do.

[jeff47]

15. The the SoS during most of the negotiations would have no clue what's in it.

[daleanime]

19. +1

[JaneyVee]

23. Not the final draft.

[jeff47]

29. The negotiations were not that far from complete when she stepped down.

She won't have every single detail. She'll know the main points of the agreement - it was her job to create them.

[starroute]

16. What current senators have is not meaningful access

They can't get copies to study and share with their advisers. They have to go into a room by themselves, wade through the dense legal language without help from anyone who knows what it means, and not even take notes.

And since the whole point of fast track is to push the vote through as soon as the text is released, without allowing analysis or debate, suggesting that she not take a stance until after she's read it is a way of letting her off the hook completely.

[daleanime]

20. +1

[jwirr]

18. Smart move - politician. You know the country is not really happy with politicians. That is people

who make moves simply to gain votes.

[daleanime]

21. +1

[jwirr]

17. I heard her statement on that but I do not agree for one simple reason. The vote that is happening

now is the vote that will take away our power to change much of it. If TPA and the Medicare money grab go through today we will have lost the ability to make changes. We can debate it then and vote yes or no but we cannot take any harmful issues out.

Either she does not know this or she wants it and knows it will be harder to stop once they have TPA.

[L0oniX]

37. I'm sure her rich corporate buddies have clued her in on the fucking it's going to do to US workers.

[FlatBaroque]

5. I like that while Sec Clinton

Has surrogates attacking Bernie, he plays the role of frontrunner by attacking Pubes.

[Betty Karlson]

13. VERY acute observation

This is where nobility comes in.

[Ed Suspicious]

14. What a great point.

[hifiguy]

32. I hadn't thought of that, but you are 100% right.

He is taking the fight to the enemy right out of the gate and refuses to be drawn into talking about HRC. Bernie thinks ahead.

[IronLionZion]

36. He might be a frontrunner of sorts

since caucuses are often won by the most enthusiastic supporters and having him in the race is a strong pull for everything towards the left

[Doctor_J]

6. Clinton is letting the media do her dirty work

Everyone with a brain knows she's in favor of TPP and every other corporate coup. The media are letting her hide the fact that she agrees with the republicans on most economic issues.

[Fumesucker]

7. Sorry, we need a Warm Purple Space where we can get all buy partisan and accomplish stuff

/Hillary

[hifiguy]

33. That exists only in David Brooks' stunted imagination.

[Jefferson23]

8. K&R

[Rex]

9. Oh that would be sweet! To watch our candidates tear the GOP a new one!

O'Malley, Sanders and Clinton could take turns verbally crushing the GOP clown car posse on stage!

[Volaris]

34. It would be taken as proof by the idiot base over at freeperville that Democrats hate america,

Or want to feed all Christians to lions or somesuch. If i live in an illogically arranged universe, logical aguments aren't only wrong, they're bigoted against my ignorance.
See how that works?
Frankly, I think its a good idea. What should happen is that the cast of fox news can put questions to the Dems, (so they can be seen for the actual bias Fox posseses), and Rachel Maddow should get to ask the questions put to the Clown Car.
The asswhipping the GOP would take would be truly epic, it would haunt them for years.

[marym625]

10. Wow! He's so awesome!

Speaking truth. Who would have thunk it? A Senator!

#FeelTheBern
#Bernie2016

[Dont call me Shirley]

11. Lay it on, Bernie!

[appalachiablue]

12. Bernie possesses an abundance of courage, truth, and practicality. It's very inspiring.

Go for it Bernie!

[valerief]

22. Like most everything he says, he's got that right! nt

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

24. Bernie says what we are all thinking...

but with the voice of authority.

I feel that's why the political revolution is taking place.

Real leaders talking our language.

Go Bernie!

[Jester Messiah]

25. Ooh, that's gonna leave a mark.

Better admit her to the Bern Ward.

[johnnyreb]

26. That's putting it mildly, Senator. Thank you for saying it.

[Orsino]

27. About the most important question of 2015.

Sec. Clinton's absence is starting to become conspicuous. She should be leading, not waiting until it's safe to follow. She helped negotiate some of this thing. She shouldn't let us take her support of it as read.

From a campaign perspective, it's still early days, but TPP could be a fact in days. Tick, tick, tick.

[freshwest]

28. Yes, the GOP needs to be exposed. Sanders has been relentless on how many die from their cuts. n/t

[Babel_17]

30. When you walk the walk, you get to talk the talk

Huh, not hard to envision Senator Sanders getting into it with prominent Republicans vis-à-vis quotes in the media (and egged on by the press). He might challenge them to step up to a public forum, with a neutral moderator.

Huh, some lacking in a big campaign might take him up.

Yes, please.

[gratuitous]

31. The Republicans have gotten away with murder?

Why is Sen. Sanders so obsessed with looking backwards to the past? We should all be looking forward to the future!

[trof]

35. WHOA! Dems and repugs on the SAME STAGE?

Now THAT would be something to see.
YES!

[bobthedrummer]

38. BTTT n/t