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The inevitable attempt to get him to slam Hillary, and now familiar slap down of THEM by Bernie instead:
Schooling the press again on their non-news reporting of Presidential Candidates:
Campaigns are not baseball games, Sanders scolded. What did I read in the paper today? Gov. Bush is getting a new campaign manager. You know who cares about that? About eight people in the world. Nobody cares about that.
Admonishing them for their use of the word 'socialist' when referring to him, suggesting they should then use the word 'capitalist' to describe the rest of the field:
It is not a radical agenda, he said. In virtually every instance, what I am saying is supported by a significant majority of the American people. Yes, it is not supported by the Business Roundtable or the Chamber of Commerce or Wall Street. I maybe old-fashioned enough to believe that Congress might want to be representing a vast majority of our people and not just the Koch brothers and other campaign contributors.
He suggested that if the media are going to refer to him as a socialist, journalists also should affix the label of capitalist with every mention of his rivals.
Still refusing to take their bait regarding Hillary, but they just don't learn.
Watching him trying to teach the press their job is a beautiful thing to watch. He simply won't play by the 'inside the beltway rules' they operate under.
From now on, I believe we should follow his advice, and when referring to people like, say Gutierrez, the poor guy who KNEW ALL ABOUT BERNIE'S politics, 'the Socialist, what's-his-name' guy, but didn't know who he was, except he did, we should refer to him as the the Capitalist.
Great idea Bernie.
What they don't GET is that the word Capitalist now is the dirty word to many Americans, and to young people who have suffered and are suffering under that system, the words Socialist Democrat is becoming more and more popular.
So refreshing to watch a politician not RUN from the press, or play along as they are expected to do, but bluntly tell them what a failure they are to their faces and ENJOY doing it
Snotcicles
(9,089 posts)Bernie Sanders versus Bull Shit.
Joe Turner
(930 posts)and has a burning passion that is lacking in every candidate running. You can see it. The more Bernie gets around the more support he will find because he is talking about the issues people care most about.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)I hope our system isn't so corrupt that once it seems he really is going to win, it will simply be accepted.
Those who are controlling things right now won't give up easily. And he has made it clear he won't be a friend to them, as most recent presidents have been.
phantom power
(25,966 posts)sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)I also like the idea of referring to the rest of the field as 'Capitalist, Jeb Bush replaced his campaign manager etc etc'.
Bernie is the best, no wonder he WANTS to debate them and no wonder they are running and hiding! Lol!
phantom power
(25,966 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)Triana
(22,666 posts)GO Bernie GO!!!
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)They will talk about anything except real issues that profoundly effect the American people.
retrowire
(10,345 posts)until Bernie finally gets to debate someone.
its going to be so good.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)a pair of smoking shoes.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,041 posts)TV is just about $elling.
zeemike
(18,998 posts)And that noise between the ads is selling something too, but more subtle.
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)To play bt the media' bullshit rules. Go Bernie!!!
frylock
(34,825 posts)This guy has game.
Roy Rolling
(6,947 posts)Seeing Bernie slap them silly is a show I could watch over and over and over...
snagglepuss
(12,704 posts)Just my 2 cents.
I love if his quip that if the media are going to refer to him as a socialist, journalists also should affix the label of capitalist with every mention of his rivals.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Last edited Fri Jun 12, 2015, 05:45 PM - Edit history (1)
This is what he had to say in response to our inquiries about this momentous decision:
'Well, Chuck, here's the thing, women who are on welfare ought to get a husband, that's the reason why we have so many women on welfare, they need to find a husband'.
And there you have it, from Capitalist Jeb Bush who has tossed his hat into the ring for for the multi-billion dollar race to the WH in 2016
Scuba
(53,475 posts)sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Global Crash that plunged millions of people into poverty, losing their jobs and their homes, while the Capitalists on Wall St were bailed out'
Definitely going to keep using it. Bernie is right.