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In reply to the discussion: Sanders Lowballs Vermont Gun Deaths by an Order of Magnitude [View all]George II
(67,782 posts)74. Yes, he tells them is them in advance what issues they can discuss and ask questions about.
There's nothing wrong with it, many office holders do that. But they also hold press conferences and allow unscripted interviews, too.
Someone posted a link to an article (from Seven Days VT, of course) that says exactly that about interviews - he puts conditions upon what he can be questioned about, and if they balk he cancels.
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I am not a fan of Bernie Sanders but if he said 42, rather than 420, then that sounds like a typo
StevieM
Mar 2018
#16
Pardon? He intentionally doesn't want to mention 378 people who died of guns in Vermont?
Corvo Bianco
Mar 2018
#61
Making such a hair-splitting distinction makes things sound better than they really are.
NurseJackie
Mar 2018
#62
You're saying that a Sanders spokesperson has said that Bernie intentionally falsified numbers?
StevieM
Mar 2018
#77
Typing a tweet on a telephone is entirely different than preparing a speech in advance...
George II
Mar 2018
#18
And yet the incorrect comment was made ON the record from the floor of the Senate...
George II
Mar 2018
#106
I guess not. But who has time for voting records when there's another movement he can co-opt?
Maven
Mar 2018
#42
Really, as close as that race ended up being...We certainly dodged a bullet there!
Wwcd
Mar 2018
#45
I thought it was interesting that of the three smallest New England states (NH, VT, RI)....
George II
Mar 2018
#59
Of course. Gee thanks for explaining what Sanders should have known enough about in the first place.
Wwcd
Mar 2018
#46
Hmm, that looks like the free press doing it's objective job, wouldn't you say?
George II
Mar 2018
#64
Thank you, that's my point. I think someone in this discussion is going to be very disappointed...
George II
Mar 2018
#72
The thing is he hardly ever holds press conferences. I can't remember the last time he did. But...
George II
Mar 2018
#60
Yes, he tells them is them in advance what issues they can discuss and ask questions about.
George II
Mar 2018
#74
Snotty, aren't we? Telling people to leave the country just because they messed with precious Bernie
shenmue
Mar 2018
#81
I think he meant there was 42 deaths of people who got between him and a video camera
njhoneybadger
Mar 2018
#79
That "minor comment" was made on the floor of the Senate. You act like it was made in a sports bar.
George II
Mar 2018
#88
The article wasn't read on the record from the floor of the Senate. The false statement...
George II
Mar 2018
#108