My Take on Chuck Todd asking if Bernie apologized to BLM on Meet the Press

[MADem]

9. The Toad is gonna jump. It's what he does. Press The Meat is at a low point--it's like The View

of Sunday talkers.

Chuck TAWD plays gotcha. He's trying to resurrect the racial issues that were starting to be tamped down. I guess he hopes that will bring in viewers?

"The issue that they are raising is a very important issue" (re: #BLM) is what Sanders said. That's the essential takeaway, but it was obscured by the rest of the chaff that was tossed.

I thought we were getting past this. I guess the media is not done with the "framing."

I will say that I think Sanders was terribly inarticulate in that interview, and the "without my knowledge" didn't help either--makes it seem like he's not in control of his staff.

That said, I also think he is SINCERELY trying to improve his profile on issues of race, and Chuck TAWD was trying to sandbag him.

Someone needs to pull Bernie aside and give him a basic lesson on how to handle these guys--you can't be "straightforward" and "forthright" when someone is trying to fuck you over.

I should be sanguine because anything that pulls him down is helpful to my preferred candidate, but I don't like "wins" that are derived from cheating--and what Chuck TAWD did was a cheating, cheap shot.

I suppose the Sanders supporters can take heart in that if he gets the opportunity, he'll fuck over O'Malley and Clinton just as quickly. He's an equal opportunity asshole.