Hillary Clinton DECLINED 3 Times On "Morning Joe" To Say Bernie Sanders Was QUALIFIED To Be Prez

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~snip~

Following Sanders' remarks, Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon denied that she had said the Vermont senator wasn't qualified to be president. "Hillary Clinton did not say Bernie Sanders was 'not qualified.' But he has now - absurdly - said it about her. This is a new low," he tweeted. "Bernie Sanders, take back your words about Hillary Clinton," he said in a follow up tweet.

Clinton did, however, decline three times on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Wednesday to say that Sanders is qualified.
When asked point-blank by host Joe Scarborough whether Sanders was ready for the Oval Office, Clinton raised the senator's recent interview with the New York Daily News.

"Well, I think the interview raised a lot of serious questions," Clinton said. "I think of it this way: The core of his campaign has been 'break up the banks,' and it it didn't seem in reading his answers that he understood exactly how that would work under Dodd-Frank."

Asked again whether Sanders is qualified, Clinton dodged. "Well, I think he hadn't done his homework, and he'd been talking for more than a year about doing things that he obviously hadn't really studied or understood, and that raises a lot of questions," she said.

Asked a third time, Clinton said she would "leave it to voters to decide who of us can do the job the country needs." Earlier on Wednesday, the Sanders campaign sent out two fundraising emails reacting to Clinton’s comments on “Morning Joe,” as well as an anonymously sourced CNN report claiming her campaign was planning to "disqualify him, defeat him and then they can unify the party later."

"The Clinton campaign has been watching these Wisconsin results come in, and the delegate race of course is tight there, but the reality is they're running out of patience. So they're going to begin deploying a new strategy, it’s going to be called disqualify him, defeat him and then they can unify the party later,” one email said, emphasizing the need for cash to help mount a defense.

“Polls in Wisconsin haven't even been closed for 24 hours, and we're already seeing the start of the Clinton campaign's full-on attack before the New York primary. We knew they were getting nervous, but candidly, we didn't think they would go this negative so quickly. We have to be ready for what comes next,” another Sanders campaign email read.

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http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/sanders-clinton-not-qualified-to-be-president-221666

[ViseGrip]

1. She does and says whatever she wants. This time around, times they

are a changin....

[onehandle]

2. He's not qualified. Duh.

He's also not a Democrat.

[Hissyspit]

15. Sure he is. On both counts.

He filed as a Democrat to run. That alone makes him a Democrat. He caucused with the Democrats for years. Democratic Party officials on at least a couple of occasions requested other Dems not run against him in congressional primaries. Millions of registered Democrats have voted for him. Big-tent party remember?

Did you ever update that mess of an LBN post of yours from last night?

[revbones]

3. So she just indicated he was unqualified

and then had her campaign communications director explicitly say it...

[Segami]

8. Thats how a hive's smear machine works....

Its a stitching of innuendo, soft suggestions, disguised slurs, dog whistling........all in all, her team is quite aware of the primo directive....'The Hive's queen should be insulated at all times and that her team smear operatives will finish expanding on each and every one of the Queen's vague public statements.'

[dinkytron]

54. BERNIE WILL NOT BE SWIFTOBOATED OR DEAN SCREAMED. She was mincing words and he went there, no BS.

[joshcryer]

4. Political rhetoric.

Obama's qualifications were thrown into question many times in 2008, but it never escalated to an absolute.

I actually half expect Sanders to pull back on this one.

[pdsimdars]

63. I hope not, he didn't say anything that wasn't completely true.

If he does pull back it would mean he was cowered by the school yard bully.

[BeyondGeography]

5. So the smart reponse to all of that was to say she's not qualified?

Ok.

[felix_numinous]

6. Accusing while doing

is a twisted behavior.

[Press Virginia]

7. you know who else was denied 3 times?

Jesus




666th post

[TM99]

10. Dude!

That's creepy!

[slipslidingaway]

9. Seeking to disqualify him as reported last night after the Wisconsin loss ...

Published on Apr 6, 2016


AUDIO: "The Clinton Campaign has been watching these Wisconsin results come in and the delegate race of course is tight there, but the reality is they're running out of patience…. so they're going to begin deploying a new strategy… it's going to be called 'DISQUALIFY HIM - DEFEAT HIM' … and then they can unify the party later.

For the last several months, the Clinton Campaign has been first ignoring Bernie Sanders, then dismissing him -- now they are going to go head-long into him, I'm told, beginning here in the New York Primary in two weeks on his gun record, on other things. So Party-unity aside for now, one aide told me that will come later. They're going to start trying and defeating Bernie Sanders so that scenario you saw play out there on John's wall, does not come true. The Clinton Campaign is running out of patience. They want to stop Bernie Sanders, and move on to the Fall Campaign."

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13. Thanks slipslidingaway for the video burst of truth....

[slipslidingaway]

19. My pleasure, first I heard was on CNN last night, the Clinton campaign has Not ..

called out Jeff Zeleny and we saw the campaign do exactly what he said they were going to do today.

Disqualify and defeat.

And I keep on getting stupid emails asking for a damn dollar!

Today they moved past NY and are asking for help in NJ.

Thank you!

[msongs]

11. OMG candidate fails to endorse opponent, opponent concocts lies in response nt

[Jitter65]

16. THAT!! nt

[Go Vols]

12. Feel it

[TheFarS1de]

14. K&R

Truth is the political sanitation needed .

[Fumesucker]

17. Obama's not a Muslim, as far as I know..

[appalachiablue]

20. Revisit the same old funky playbook tactics, like no one remembers.

[slipslidingaway]

22. Clinton: 'I'm not even sure' Sanders is a Democrat

http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/06/politics/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-democrat/index.html

"Philadelphia (CNN) — Hillary Clinton stepped up her criticism of Bernie Sanders following his victory in the Wisconsin primary Tuesday, questioning the Vermont senator's fidelity to the Democratic Party and knocking him for his inability to answer questions in an interview with the New York Daily News.

"He's a relatively new Democrat, and, in fact, I'm not even sure he is one," Clinton told Politico's Glenn Thrush in an interview published on Wednesday morning. "He's running as one. So I don't know quite how to characterize him. I'll leave that to him."

The critique was a step further than she usually goes on the subject, which she typically brings up to tout her own long history with the party.

Clinton continued that line of attack on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Wednesday morning.

Asked if she thinks Sanders is a Democrat, Clinton replied, "I think he himself doesn't consider himself to be a Democrat....."

[senz]

38. Exactly. Tries to look clean while playing dirty.

[BernieforPres2016]

18. She also declined to say Obama was qualified in 2008 nt

[appalachiablue]

21. Wow, no kidding. SAMO..

[BernieforPres2016]

24. In the first 30 seconds of this video

She refuses to say Obama or Edwards are qualified, just as with Bernie now.

[appalachiablue]

33. Thanks, incredible. It's very helpful when people post info. from earlier races that

I missed only 8 years ago. The history shows she can't be fair or even with rivals. Sad.

[reformist2]

35. She's not a good sport. You know she kissed Obama's butt for 8 years because she had to.

[appalachiablue]

44. That's the way she rolls from the record.

[Segami]

27. The Clintons will never say someone else is qualified for prez unless its them.

The Clinton are projecting the same arrogant attitude with Bernie as they did with Obama in 2008. They honestly believe the WhiteHouse belongs to them.

2008 Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton refuses to say Barack Obama is 'ready' for White House

Bill Clinton regrets some things he said - and didn't say - on the campaign trail. But there's one thing he still can't utter: Barack Obama is ready to be President.

"You can argue that nobody is ready to be President," the former President told ABC News.

"You can argue that even if you've been vice president for eight years, that no one can be fully ready for the pressures of the office," Clinton said Monday during a visit to Rwanda. That's probably not what Team Obama wanted to hear from the former commander in chief, whose role in Obama's election push and at the Democratic National Convention remains in flux.

Team Obama has said Clinton will be an asset, but so far he and the Illinois senator have spoken only once, by phone, since the primaries ended - a fact that has peeved some Obama supporters.

Bubba's backers concede his unwillingness to say his party's nominee is ready to sit in the Oval Office was a faux pas.

"The political answer is to just say, 'Yes,' period," said Democratic strategist Chris Lehane. "But as a former President, he has a special perspective on what it takes."



http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/bill-clinton-refuses-barack-obama-ready-white-house-article-1.312547

[appalachiablue]

34. Incredible, glad you posted this..

[amborin]

23. Hillary: "Obama is not a Muslim, As Far As I KNow"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/03/hillary-obama-not-muslim-_n_89546.html

[okieinpain]

26. lol. n/t.

[litlbilly]

25. I think Hillary is so nasty, even David Brock is scared shitless of her.:) and he better do what

she tells him to do.

[Segami]

30. Brock signed his soul away to Hillary.....

Nothing was said to Brock after his signing but Hillary did show him an interesting drawing just to drive home her point.

[DemocracyDirect]

32. That would be illegal...

... remember campaigns and SuperPACs are not supposed to co-ordinate.

But coffee and donuts for the first person who can prove they are.

It's getting obvious.

[Gwhittey]

53. Yea that law is so silly

You can't coordinate in private. But openly is not a problem. If a campaign manger used same a obscure web forum to post a message then SuperPac reads it it is not coordinating. Or make 2 SuperPacs and run both. As long as one of them only uses the internet to pay for ads on a website run by a 3rd party you can talk to the campaign as that SuperPac. As long as you don't let the other you who is running the other SuperPac attending the meeting you are legal.

[Skwmom]

28. It is clear what she meant. Shame on Lawrence O'Donnell for how he spun it on his show. n/t

[radical noodle]

29. She also declined to say he wasn't qualified

All this is a result of him being angry about his failed interview with the NYDN. He lied about her saying he wasn't qualified. He's trying to change the subject so that no one notices that he has no idea how to do the things he claims he would do if elected.

[Tanuki]

41. +1000---He is blustering to change the subject. This is the topic of discussion today, instead

of his inability to articulate any coherent plan to translate his slogans into reality.

[pdsimdars]

65. Take head out of sand

NY Times says Bernie got it right on the interview and NYDN didn't know what they were talking about. So I guess it depends on whether you trust a few reporters on NYDN or the Times and the economists they talked to.

And if you look at that video posted above, her campaign said their tactic was to disqualify him.

But just go on ignoring what you don't want to hear. That always works out well, until you run into that wall you missed.

[Lil Missy]

31. The truth is, he's not even qualified to call himself a Democrat. n/t

[bbgrunt]

36. Rather odd the way joe scabby kept repeating the question. I'm sure it was planned that way.

[Califonz]

37. Which current candidate for the Democratic nomination campaigned for Goldwater...

while the other was getting arrested protesting against racial segregation?

Not all voters have historical amnesia.

[shadowandblossom]

39. the 16 year old one.

not sure why I'm bothering.

[Tanuki]

43. Why, Hillary, of course, the same candidate who in 1972 was campaigning for McGovern,

registering Latino voters in Texas, and working with Marian Wright Edelman as an undercover investigator researching segregation in schools in Alabama, while the other candidate (Bernie) was publishing his rape fantasies and doing God only knows what for a living and fuck-all for civil rights. Thanks for asking.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/adriancarrasquillo/hillary-clinton-has-deep-history-with-latinos-and-theres-not#.gi0k1XNOjR

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/28/us/politics/how-hillary-clinton-went-undercover-to-examine-race-in-education.html?recp=3&_r=0

[pdsimdars]

66. And remind me, what did he run on?

Wasn't that re-segregation and repealing the Civil Rights Act?

So, while Bernie was getting arrested for the cause of civil rights, Hillary was campaigning for the guy running AGAINST civil rights. And SHE'S the one who is supposed to be for PoC????

[snowy owl]

40. Obsfucation.

[Waiting For Everyman]

42. She's playing that "definition of 'is' thing" again,

that Clintons are so famous for. That kind of playing the technicalities mentality is exactly why people say she's dishonest So she keeps doing it. Smh.

She has the nerve to criticize the way he answered a question (which was fine by the way) when she couldn't give a straight answer if her life depended on it.

She needs to go away, and real soon. Her act is getting old.

[pdsimdars]

67. And when real people who know what they are talking about look at that interview

They say Bernie got it just right. It was the NYDN reporters who didn't know what they were talking about. Keep it real.

[Gothmog]

45. So Sanders lied in his statement last night

Clinton never said that he was not qualified.

[leftynyc]

46. When Bernie uses "quote/unquote"

Perhaps he should be making sure the person actually said what he's accusing them of saying. Otherwise he's just lying. But that wont matter to his supporters....same as Trump supporters.

[Motown_Johnny]

49. The quote was inaccurate but the characterization is accurate.

Unlike:

http://www.politifact.com/personalities/hillary-clinton/statements/byruling/false/?page=1


"The Clean Power Plan is something that Sen. Sanders has said he would delay implementing."

"You are three times more likely to be able to get a mortgage if you're a white applicant than if you're black or Hispanic, even if you have the same credentials."

"We now have more jobs in solar than we do in oil."

"I am the only candidate on either side who has laid out a specific plan about what I would do to defeat ISIS."

"Every piece of legislation, just about, that I ever introduced (in the U.S. Senate) had a Republican co-sponsor."

"We now have driven (health care) costs down to the lowest they've been in 50 years."

The gun industry is "the only business in America that is wholly protected from any kind of liability."

The Benghazi probe is "the longest-running congressional investigation ever."

Says Scott Walker rejected legislation to make college loan payments tax deductible and the result was "to raise taxes on students."

"Not one of the 17 GOP candidates has discussed how they'd address the rising cost of college."

Hedge fund managers "pay less in taxes than nurses and truck drivers."

Says "all my grandparents" immigrated to America.

The number of jobs created and people lifted out of poverty during Bill Clinton’s presidency was "a hundred times" what it was under President Ronald Reagan.

McCain "still thinks it's okay when women don't earn equal pay for equal work."

"If you are driving on average in America this summer, you'll save — according to Department of Energy figures — about $70."

"I actually started criticizing the war in Iraq before (Obama) did."

Obama "only wants your children to have health insurance."

"So that 2005 energy bill was a big step backwards on the path to clean, renewable energy. That's why I voted against it."

"It's just outrageous that under President Bush, the National Institutes of Health have been basically decreased in funding."

English "is our national language...if it becomes official, that means in a place like New York City you can't print ballots in any other language."

[leftynyc]

55. Denial and deflection

the tried and true argument for liars.

[Motown_Johnny]

57. Then explain this:

Does this make Hillary a true liar? Clearly this is far worse than a misquote that was still accurate in it's characterization of the statement.


http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/mar/10/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-says-bernie-sanders-wants-delay-cl/

^snip^


"The Clean Power Plan is something that Sen. Sanders has said he would delay implementing, which makes absolutely no sense," Clinton said.


But Sanders himself did not say he would delay implementation. In reality, he wants a more ambitious plan (and has released one) and has supported Obama’s plan from the get-go.

[leftynyc]

58. More deflection

I'm not playing. Until you admit he lied.

[Motown_Johnny]

59. It was a misquote, not a lie. The characterization is accurate.

Hillary says the exact opposite of what is true and you refuse to play.

Bernie accurately portrays Hillary's statements and you call it a lie.


You know who use double standards, right?

People who need them.

[pdsimdars]

68. Wow, is that some of the biggest POT meet KETTLE nonsense

Look at the polls, the American people have it figured out.
Hillary is the lowest in Trustworthiness, the only one lower is Trump. . . .so not quite at rock bottom for trust.
And Bernie is at the top, the highest.

So, just keep banging that tired old drum and no one believes and see if you get any converts.
But my guess is that you may feel some instantaneous gratification calling Bernie a liar, but you will only lose credibility by doing it. . . that is, if you can sink any farther.

[leftynyc]

72. And none of that changes

the FACT that Bernie lied. But I do love the deflection.....it's all you have. Now Bernie is blaming it on the media.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/sanders-blames-media-unqualified-tiff-clinton

How funny his supporters use right wing sources and he's using a right wing excuse. I've heard the Bernie supporters being compared to teabaggers - I'm beginning to understand why.

[Orsino]

47. But that's the (relatively) polite, professional way to question qualifications.

Coming out and saying "unqualified" is not conducive to party unity.

[djean111]

51. There not be any more party unity, this time around, methinks. I am out. n/t

[Motown_Johnny]

48. The artful smear.

Accuse your opponent of it before you go do it yourself.

Classic Rovian tactics.

[Sheepshank]

50. Pathetic OP - creating victim hood where none exists

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511670615

[RandySF]

52. She shouldn't

He's not

[Bluenorthwest]

60. Your candidate is not qualified to recall the basic history of her own lifetime accurately:

I still can't believe anyone in our Party could think or speak that way. And I'm disgusted that her supporters find that to be acceptable.

[Sunsky]

56. Declining to answer

is miles different than quote unquote saying he isn't qualified. She also said she will let the voters decide (and we will). Who was he quoting? Sanders lied. No defense.

[pdsimdars]

69. You can play your clever word games but the American public has it figured out

check the polls, they know who the liar is.
And if she keeps trying to push the "Bernie as liar" thing she will only sink lower. The people have it figured out. In the truthfulness face off, she loses.

[Sunsky]

71. 1) The American public

are just getting to know Bernie. 2) He did lie in this instance. 3) We have known Hillary for years.

[Sheepshank]

61. She probably "thinks and has opinions" of many negative aspects of Sanders

and has the political acumen, class and sensitivity to keep it to herself.

[pdsimdars]

62. Before the cock crowed she denied him 3 times. . . .

reminds me of another betrayal.

[ecstatic]

64. He's not. She was polite and restrained, but the truth is obvious.

Mr. Break-Up-the-Banks hasn't spent 10 minutes thinking about how he'd actually achieve that or anything else for that matter. He hates Wall Street and all corporations except for gun manufacturers, apparently. I'm not sure how anyone could read that interview and honestly think he's qualified.

At the end of the day, he's a lifelong politician who worked odd jobs prior to discovering the wonders of paid elected office. Now, after all these years, he switched parties just to run for president. I can't help but think of that Twilight Zone episode "one for the angels."

After graduating from college, Sanders returned to New York City, where he initially worked in a variety of jobs, including Head Start teacher, psychiatric aide, and carpenter. In 1968, Sanders moved to Vermont because he had been "captivated by rural life." After his arrival there he worked as a carpenter, filmmaker, and writer who created and sold "radical film strips" and other educational materials to schools. - Wikipedia

[pdsimdars]

70. Ths is "out there".

The NYT looked at it with a few economists and agreed that Bernie got it right and those NYDN didn't know what they were asking. Bernie got it exactly right as far as those who knew about the whole issue.