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JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 11:25 PM Mar 2016

A strange moment in the debate.

Did anyone else hear this portion of the debate as I did?

The last woman to ask questions asked Bernie something about whether he believed in God or something of that nature.

Then she asked Hillary whether Hillary prayed.

In the answer, I thought I heard Hillary say that she had attended the woman who asked the questions' church?

Did I hear wrong?

How did Hillary know what church this questioner attended?

And if I heard correctly, why was a woman from a church that Hillary had attended asking a question?

And if I heard correctly, how and why did Hillary recognize this woman as the member of a church that Hillary had attended?

My husband noticed the same strange thing.

I noted that after the Democratic debate in which Bernie Sanders and Hillary discussed Kissinger, Bernie's remarks about how he would not include Kissinger as an adviser to his presidency were not included in some of the published versions of the transcript.

I wonder whether CNN will take that remark by Hillary out of the transcript.

Did anyone else notice this exchange and statement by Hillary?

If so, how do you explain it?

Was this debate pre-arranged in part?

Was it so to speak fixed?

Or is there some other explanation?

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A strange moment in the debate. (Original Post) JDPriestly Mar 2016 OP
I caught that too. putitinD Mar 2016 #1
I heard a canned question at one of her townhalls TexasBushwhacker Mar 2016 #4
I missed the comment MissDeeds Mar 2016 #2
Yes, I noticed it also... monicaangela Mar 2016 #3
good catch, thank you oldandhappy Mar 2016 #5
Yep. A plant. She was there to highlight Clinton's 'Christianity' and Bernies 'Jewishness' ... ebayfool Mar 2016 #6
The Jews are Gods chosen people. onecaliberal Mar 2016 #8
But not Christian. That question was out of place. JDPriestly Mar 2016 #11
If only! TheUndecider Mar 2016 #15
I also thought it was out of place, and the questioner may well have been a plant BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #17
I completely agree, just saying. onecaliberal Mar 2016 #18
I agree it was out of place--but even more so was Cooper's follow-up bbgrunt Mar 2016 #27
Fundies still look at anyone not like them and their beliefs as 'Other'. ebayfool Mar 2016 #13
Aye... but, chosen -for what-???? HereSince1628 Mar 2016 #14
Mike Royko once said that this really scared him eridani Mar 2016 #25
agreed 100% putitinD Mar 2016 #9
My brother says same thing. I missed the question off feeding fish. leftcoastmountains Mar 2016 #10
That is it exactly MissDeeds Mar 2016 #16
Antisemitism dog whistle Ichingcarpenter Mar 2016 #28
Yes she said she had attended her church and prayed with them. onecaliberal Mar 2016 #7
I don't think she would ever answer an off the cuff question. Her record is so full of flip flops a Doctor_J Mar 2016 #12
Debate Transcript Excerpt: Donkees Mar 2016 #19
She's gets millions from Wall St. for speeches but then she "prays" regularly? jalan48 Mar 2016 #21
Oh Jesus H - unbelievable. 840high Mar 2016 #26
Doesn't do anything for me. dchill Mar 2016 #29
Barf roody Mar 2016 #35
I thought that seemed strange too. eom. OZi Mar 2016 #20
Yep I caught that too. And it really made me wonder jillan Mar 2016 #22
A secular Jew at that n/t TexasBushwhacker Mar 2016 #23
CNN should be ashamed. JDPriestly Mar 2016 #24
Yep. I heard it. A few questions: tblue Mar 2016 #30
RE: Strange Moment in Debate jello Mar 2016 #31
Welcome to DU and the Sanders forum Ichingcarpenter Mar 2016 #32
yup. heard this also - hopemountain Mar 2016 #33
Astute ! orpupilofnature57 Mar 2016 #34
I noticed it. Smarmie Doofus Mar 2016 #36
Looking at the transcript... Old Crow Mar 2016 #37
Thanks for the transcript. KoKo Mar 2016 #41
You should post this in GD:P TTUBatfan2008 Mar 2016 #38
I thought I heard that too Bayard Mar 2016 #39
We noticed the same thing in the Debate... KoKo Mar 2016 #40
JD...could you post in GDP...Poster#19 has snip of transript and link... KoKo Mar 2016 #42
I caught that too - what's going on here? Merryland Mar 2016 #43

TexasBushwhacker

(20,043 posts)
4. I heard a canned question at one of her townhalls
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 11:32 PM
Mar 2016

It was this longwinded question that went into far more detail than a QUESTION should. Then Hillary had an equally long winded answer. It really sounded set up.

 

MissDeeds

(7,499 posts)
2. I missed the comment
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 11:29 PM
Mar 2016

but my husband thought Hillary said something along the lines of "I go to your church". How would she know what church the woman attends?

monicaangela

(1,508 posts)
3. Yes, I noticed it also...
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 11:30 PM
Mar 2016

and immediately felt as though the person asking the question was a plant. I distinctly remember hearing Hillary Clinton say words to this effect. As you know I have attended prayer services with you at your church and have even led some of them. And then went on to say words to this effect. When I pray I pray for people whose names I know....strange indeed.

It appears this isn't unusual:



And again:

ebayfool

(3,411 posts)
6. Yep. A plant. She was there to highlight Clinton's 'Christianity' and Bernies 'Jewishness' ...
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 11:34 PM
Mar 2016

just to make sure any fundies that didn't know about it got the picture. You know, he's the 'Other' - not one of us kind of thinking. And yes, there are fundies on the dem side too. It shows she hasn't learned a damn thing since her last run at the brass ring. Nothing is out of bounds in her quest for the WH. Despicable and low, that's Hillary.

That was her Obama=Muslim moment ... as far as she knows.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
11. But not Christian. That question was out of place.
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 11:39 PM
Mar 2016

Our Constitution prohibits the application of a religious test for holding office.

CNN should be ashamed of itself for asking a religious question during a presidential debate.

That question was out of place.

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)
17. I also thought it was out of place, and the questioner may well have been a plant
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 11:57 PM
Mar 2016

But I thought both candidates answered it well and no damage was done.

As much as I would love to see one candidate say "we have separation of church and state in this country, we go by the Constitution and my religion or lack of it is nobody's damn business", it's never going to happen.

bbgrunt

(5,281 posts)
27. I agree it was out of place--but even more so was Cooper's follow-up
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 04:01 AM
Mar 2016

for Bernie when he implied that some Jewish people didn't think he identified enough with his religion. That was dirty pool.

ebayfool

(3,411 posts)
13. Fundies still look at anyone not like them and their beliefs as 'Other'.
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 11:41 PM
Mar 2016

I'm agnostic/atheist so I don't care about any of that. It made my stomach churn to listen to Clinton sucking up. Bernie, a good answer I can live with. I remember the same kind of crap pulled on Kennedy when he ran.

I was raised in a Southern Freewill Baptist fundie clan, and I know a dog whistle when I hear one. And that whistle was an inartful foghorn.

eridani

(51,907 posts)
25. Mike Royko once said that this really scared him
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 03:54 AM
Mar 2016

"I mean, what does He do to people He doesn't like>"

 

MissDeeds

(7,499 posts)
16. That is it exactly
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 11:57 PM
Mar 2016

Last edited Mon Mar 7, 2016, 12:27 AM - Edit history (1)

Good catch! Wonder if anyone in the media will bring it up.

Probably not.

Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
28. Antisemitism dog whistle
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 04:02 AM
Mar 2016

Entrenched anti-Semitic views very rare among whites and Asians, common among blacks and Latins

ADL surveys show that “approximately 12 percent of Americans hold deeply entrenched anti-Semitic views.” However, over 30% of African Americans and Latinos hold such views. Given that they are almost 30% of the population, this suggests that of the 12% of Americans who hold deeply entrenched anti-Semitic views, 9% or so are African Americans or Latinos. This means, in turn, of the 70% or so of the population that is not African American or Latino, only 3% hold deeply entrenched anti-Semitic views. Put another way, less than 5% of whites, Asians, and “others” (including Native Americans) combined hold deeply entrenched anti-Semitic views, compared to over 30% of African Americans and Latinos–or at least that’s the difference in percentages of those willing to express anti-Semitic attitudes to pollsters. Regardless, it seems odd given these numbers that Jews seem especially concerned about mostly phantom anti-Semitism emanating from white evangelical Christians, while being less concerned about anti-Semitism in core Democratic constituencies. But, as Ilya pointed out a few years back, “many studies show that people tend to devalue or ignore any information that makes their political adversaries look good, while overvaluing anything that looks bad.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/02/19/entrenched-anti-semitic-views-very-rare-among-whites-and-asian-americans-common-among-blacks-and-latinos/


Its an inconvenient truth that hasn't been discussed
on this board or by the media but it is real ..



The newer data shows that it is improving over all if you read the update in the article
 

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
12. I don't think she would ever answer an off the cuff question. Her record is so full of flip flops a
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 11:41 PM
Mar 2016

conservative positions that she would get clobbered by actual spontaneous questions

Donkees

(31,085 posts)
19. Debate Transcript Excerpt:
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 12:10 AM
Mar 2016
COOPER: Denise has a question for Secretary Clinton. Denise

QUESTION: Yes. Secretary Clinton, during our church services, we pray for the president of the United States, we pray for the armed forces, we pray for all civil authorities, three times during our liturgy. And we give thanks to them. We pray for our loved ones. We pray for our enemies. To whom and for whom do you pray?

CLINTON: Well, I have been several times in your services and have joined in those prayers and have also been privileged to lead them in some settings. I pray very specifically for people whom I know by name. People who either have gone through or are experiencing difficult times, illness, divorce, death, disappointment, all of the life experiences that confront most of us.

I pray for the will of God to be known that we can know it and to the best of our limited ability, try to follow it and fulfill it. I have said many times that, you know, I am a praying person, and if I haven't been during the time I was in the White House, I would have become one. Because it's very hard to imagine living under that kind of pressure without being able to fall back on prayer and on my faith.

So I do pray for people in authority. I try to think about what they are going through, even when I disagree with them. Trying to find some common ground, some common understanding that perhaps can make me more empathetic. I don't always succeed. I will tell you that.

So I pray on a pretty regular basis during the day, because I need that strength and I need that support. And especially when you are in the position that I'm in and that Senator Sanders is in, where you are asking people to vote for you, to give you the most important job, not only in our country, but I would argue in the world.

I think humility is one of the most important attributes that you bring to both that seeking and then if you're fortunate enough, to that holding of office and that's what I will try to do.

(APPLAUSE)


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/03/06/the-democrats-debate-in-flint-mich-annotated/






jalan48

(13,797 posts)
21. She's gets millions from Wall St. for speeches but then she "prays" regularly?
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 12:22 AM
Mar 2016

This it total bull shit.

jillan

(39,451 posts)
22. Yep I caught that too. And it really made me wonder
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 12:30 AM
Mar 2016

Especially because Hillary's opponent is a Jew. When she first asked a question I didn't think anything like that whatsoever but when Hillary said she attended a service at the same church as that woman that's the first thing that popped into my mind.

tblue

(16,350 posts)
30. Yep. I heard it. A few questions:
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 05:19 AM
Mar 2016

If this woman was a plant, why did Hillary have such a weak response?

Was this questioner (or question) chosen to highlight that Bernie is Jewish? Why? Is someone trying to ignite antisemitism?

And why is such a STUPID question allowed in the first place?

jello

(33 posts)
31. RE: Strange Moment in Debate
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 05:24 AM
Mar 2016

Yes, my spouse and I both heard EXACTLY what you did, and wondered what it all could mean. And, yes, came to same conclusion you did, that this was prearranged, the questioner, the questions, and the "gotcha" for Bernie with Anderson's second "gotcha" follow-up. We wonder if this is the beginning of the Clinton-backed/instigated whisper campaign about Sanders Jewish heritage?? So, glad to find your post, it took many different searches online to find SOMEONE who heard and sensed what we heard and sensed...no one else seems to be discussing this in mainstream media or on facebook. We don't twitter, is it on twitter yet, and if not, get it on there NOW!!

Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
32. Welcome to DU and the Sanders forum
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 05:36 AM
Mar 2016

I thought it was a dog whistle too as I explained in my post in this thread.

hopemountain

(3,919 posts)
33. yup. heard this also -
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 05:51 AM
Mar 2016

hillary fumbled and recovered - but, when the camera panned to the woman, the recognition was on her face. the clinton machine will stop at nothing and deception is their trick.

Old Crow

(2,212 posts)
37. Looking at the transcript...
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 10:43 AM
Mar 2016

... it's worse than I thought. I heard it last night and was convinced I'd heard it incorrectly, and that what Clinton had said was that she was from the same denomination as the questioner (Methodist). But looking at the transcript, Clinton explicitly states that she has attended the same church and the same services as the questioner: "Well, I have been several times in your services and have joined in those prayers and have also been privileged to lead them in some settings." What the heck?!

The other thing that has me shaking my head is Hillary's statement that she prays "on a pretty regular basis during the day." Really? So, like every three hours, Hillary is bowing her head in prayer? Color me cynical, but I find that hard to believe. This struck me as yet more pandering, from the Queen of Pandering.

KoKo

(84,711 posts)
41. Thanks for the transcript.
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 11:31 AM
Mar 2016

Proves that something was amiss. Why did Hillary trip herself up like that, though. Transcript reveals she knew the woman.

TTUBatfan2008

(3,623 posts)
38. You should post this in GD:P
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 11:02 AM
Mar 2016

It's a very good question. Sure looks like it was a plant to me. I'm sure the HRC supporters will try to spin it 50 million different ways.

Bayard

(21,805 posts)
39. I thought I heard that too
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 11:26 AM
Mar 2016

Hillary knew the "question" was coming, and had the practiced answer all ready. If she went to this lady's church, it was to recruit someone to play that role in the farce.

Definite plant so she could jump on the Good Christian soapbox. And point out that Bernie is Jewish.

KoKo

(84,711 posts)
40. We noticed the same thing in the Debate...
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 11:29 AM
Mar 2016

That question was submitted by someone who was planted. But, by who? CNN Management....a Staffer or Anderson Cooper?

Since I've thought Cooper did a pretty fair job along with Don Lemon...I'm thinking it was "Management/Staffer."
Aren't all those questions reviewed and pre-selected to prevent disruptors?

KoKo

(84,711 posts)
42. JD...could you post in GDP...Poster#19 has snip of transript and link...
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 11:38 AM
Mar 2016

Maybe it will get more coverage and someone will post to Social Media. CNN needs to address this...

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