Sunday, November 15, 2015

All Online Polls: Bernie Sanders Wins 2nd Debate

2nd Democratic debate in Des Moines Iowa

According to most people (and I agree) the highlight of the 2nd Democratic debate was when Bernie Sanders criticized Hillary Clinton for taking Wall Street donations, and noted her opposition to reinstating the Glass-Steagall Act — the 1933 law that established a firewall between investment and commercial banking. Its repeal by Bill Clinton in 1999 has been blamed by many for helping to cause the 2008 financial crisis.

Hillary Clinton had stated in the first debate that she would refuse to reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act; but during the second debate she criticized AIG and Lehman Brothers for helping to bring down the economy — but yet, those are two of the very financial institutions that would have been regulated by Glass-Steagall.

Bernie Sanders who favors re-instating Glass-Steagall, said: "Over her political career, Wall Street has been a major, the major, donor to Hillary Clinton. Now maybe they’re dumb, but I don’t think so." [That was when Hillary Clinton feigned indignation and angrily accused Sanders of impugning her integrity. I laughed out loud when I heard her say that.]

Then Hillary Clinton used Osama Bin Laden's attack on the World Trade Center on 9-11 as her reason for accepting millions of dollars in campaign donations from Wall Street bankers — and for all her paid speeches to them. As she said, "We were attacked in downtown Manhattan where Wall Street is." The Atlantic wrote:

Sanders lambasted Hillary for accepting millions in contributions from Wall Street. Clinton, in turn, cited the fact that most of her donors are women, and said that some Wall Street workers donate because they’re grateful for her post-9/11 advocacy for the area. It’s an answer that may come back to haunt Clinton, and which did little to dissipate the force of Sanders’s attack."

According to the Center for Public Integrity, a staggering 77 percent of the $26.2 million Bernie Sanders collected during the third quarter came from contributors giving $200 or less. The haul helped Sanders narrow the fundraising gap between his campaign and that of Democratic Party frontrunner Hillary Clinton, who raised $29.9 million during the same period.

While it's true that 50.9% of Hillary's donors are women, most are NOT small donors — and here's her top donors. Note that Comcast is also on the list, because I mentioned Comcast here — because they own NBC, CNBC and MSNBC. Earlier this year Comcast was forced to abandon a Time-Warner Cable acquisition after spending more than $400 million on lawyers, lobbyists, and consultants. Two months later Comcast executive vice president David Cohen hosted a $2,700-a-plate fundraiser for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.

See the full 9 minute exchange on the subject of Wall Street further below in this post including both video and text.

Bustle reports: "Bernie Sanders walked away the winner of the second Democratic presidential debate, scoring some raw hits against Clinton's Wall Street coziness."

The Huffington Post reported: Bernie Sanders Sweeps Online Polls after Winning Second Democratic Debate. So I went online to check for myself — and while I was there, I voted too. I found a few more polls that weren't mentioned at the Huffington Post, and they all showed similar results. And just like in the first debate, all online polls showed Bernie Sanders was indeed the clear winner.

But we can always expect the Washington insiders and most of media pundits on MSNBC, CNN (etc.) claiming Hillary won the debate, because they're always trying to influence elections. And just like the first debate, corporate-sponsored polls will show the opposite — and these are the polls that the mainstream media always reports.

One corporate polling company (Public Policy Polling) interviewed 510 Democratic primary voters and reports Hillary Clinton won with 67%, and only 20% for Bernie Sanders, with 7% for Martin O’Malley (This poll was also cited in other articles blaring the headlines:

  • Politicususa: "Poll of Democratic voters gives Hillary Clinton a Landslide Victory in Iowa Debate"
  • The Hill: "Clinton Clear Winner of Second Debate"

But all online polls (as of this post) tells a completely different story — just like they did in the first debate:

  • An online poll at TIME with 65,161 Votes shows Bernie Sanders 81 % - Hillary Clinton 14 % - Martin O'Malley 5 %
  • A Fox5 online poll shows Bernie Sanders 88.45% (14,878 votes) - Hillary Clinton 8.31% (1,397 votes) - Martin O'Malley 3.24% (546 votes)
  • Slate's online poll (a seemingly pro-Hillary website) shows Bernie Sanders at 81% - Hillary Clinton at 13% and Martin O'Malley at 3%
  • The Washington Times online poll shows Bernie Sanders with 4,461 (89%) - Hillary Clinton 445 votes (8%) - Martin O'Malley 186 votes (3%) and the GOP 229 votes (4%)
  • The Syracuse.Com online poll shows: Bernie Sanders 88.83% (6,067 votes) - Hillary Clinton 7.5% (512 votes) - Martin O'Malley 3.67% (251 votes)
  • NJ.Com' online poll shows Bernie Sanders 88.78% (6,517 votes) - Hillary Clinton 8.02% (589 votes) - Martin O'Malley 1.7% (125 votes) - I don't know. 1.5% (110 votes)
  • A Philadelphia CBS local's online poll shows Bernie Sanders 92.82% (9,779 votes) - Hillary Clinton 4.79% (505 votes) - Martin O'Malley 2.38% (251 votes)
  • The Street's online poll shows Bernie Sanders 86% - Hillary Clinton 10% - Martin O'Malley 5%
  • Enstarz.com's online poll shows Bernie Sanders 90% - Hillary Clinton 6% - Martin O'Malley 4%

Also, according to CNBC (below), during the debate Bernie Sanders picked up more than 10,000 followers on Twitter, whereas, Hillary Clinton and Martin O'Malley each acquired 4,000.

New Twitter followers for Bernie Sanders

Kevin Drum at Mother Jones (reluctantly, it seems) also gave Bernie Sanders a score of A- and Hillary Clinton a B+ for there debate performances.

And speaking of corporate-sponsored-polls: According to the New York Times, an ABC News-Washington Post poll released this month showed 51 percent of voters have an unfavorable opinion of Hillary Clinton, while a CBS News poll released last month showed 61 percent of registered voters did not trust Hillary Clinton.

But yet, the most recent New York Times-CBS survey (of 1,495 people) showed that 52 percent of likely Democratic voters are backing Hillary Clinton, compared with 33 percent for Mr. Sanders (but he did show a small gain since the month before).

In stark contrast, with a whopping 93,892 votes, the website Democrats.com shows Bernie leading Hillary 45% to 31% (Am I the only one who finds the results of these corporate media-sponsored polls very odd?)


Below WAS the segment of the 2nd Democratic debate about Wall Street. The video is followed by the full text from the transcript at the Washington Post. Business Insider wrote: Bernie Sanders had a 3-word response when asked if Hillary Clinton's Wall Street plan was tough enough: "Not good enough."

NOTE: I published 8 minutes of video from the 2nd Democratic Debate on Nov 15, 2015 that was aired on CBS. On December 26, 2015 I received a notice from YouTube saying "Due to a copyright claim, your YouTube video has been blocked." Why is the mainstream media trying to shut me down? The entire debate is posted at someone's YouTube channel here.

CBS Moderator (John Dickerson) to Hillary Clinton: Senator Sanders recently said, quote, "People should be suspect of candidates who receive large sums of money from Wall Street and then go out and say 'Trust me. I'm going to really regulate wall street'". So you've received millions of dollars in contributions and speaking fees from from Wall Street companies. How do you convince voters that you are going to level the playing field when you're indebted to some of its biggest players?

CLINTON: Well, I think it's pretty clear that they know that I will. You have two billionaire hedge fund managers who started a super PAC and they're advertising against me in Iowa as we speak. So they clearly think I'm going to do what I say I will do and you can look at what I did in the Senate. I did introduce legislation to reign in compensation. I looked at ways that the shareholders would have more control over what was going on in that arena.

[My note: While it is true that she introduced a bill called the Corporate Executive Compensation Accountability and Transparency Act in April 2008, the proposal did not go very far. The record shows that the bill was introduced, with no co-sponsors, and referred to the Committee on Finance, where no further action was taken. It was only a token gesture by Hillary, and nothing more.]

CLINTON (continuing) And specifically said to Wall Street, that what they were doing in the mortgage market was bringing our country down. I've laid out a very aggressive plan to reign in Wall Street -- not just the big banks. That's a part of the problem and I am going right at them. I have a comprehensive, tough plan. But I went further than that. We have to go after what is called the shadow banking industry. Those hedge funds. Look at what happened in '08, AIG, a big insurance company, Lehman Brothers, an investment bank helped to bring our economy down. So, I want to look at the whole problem and that's why my proposal is much more comprehensive than anything else that's been put forth.

DICKERSON: Senator Sanders you said that the donations to Secretary Clinton are compromising. So what did you think of her answer?

SANDERS: Not good enough. (APPLAUSE)

SANDERS: Here's the story. I mean, you know, let's not be naive about it. Why do -- why, over her political career has Wall Street been a major -- the major campaign contributor to Hillary Clinton? You know, maybe they're dumb and they don't know what they're going to get, but I don't think so. Here is the major issue when we talk about Wall Street. It ain't complicated. You have six financial institutions today that have assets of 56 percent, equivalent to 56 percent of the GDP In America. They issue two-thirds of the credit cards and one-third of the mortgages. If Teddy Roosevelt, a good Republican [my link], were alive today, you know what he'd say? "Break them up." Re-establish Glass-Steagall. And Teddy Roosevelt is right. That is the issue. Now I am the only candidate up here that doesn't have a super PAC. I am not asking Wall Street or the billionaires for money. I will break up these banks. Support community banks and credit unions. That's the future of banking in America.

DICKERSON: Great follow up because you -- (To Hillary) Secretary Clinton, you will get a chance to respond -- (To Sanders) You said they know what they're going to get. What are they going to get?

SANDERS: I have never heard a candidate never, who has received huge amounts of money from oil, from coal, from Wall Street, from the military industrial complex, not one candidate say, oh, these campaign contributions will not influence me. I'm going to be independent. Well, why do they make millions of dollars of campaign contributions? they expect to get something. Everybody knows that. Once again, I am running a campaign differently than any other candidate. We are relying on small campaign donors, 750,000 of them, 30 bucks a piece. That's who I'm indebted to.

[My note: According to the Center for Public Integrity, a staggering 77 percent of the $26.2 million Bernie Sanders collected during the third quarter came from contributors giving $200 or less. The haul helped Sanders narrow the fundraising gap between his campaign and that of Democratic Party frontrunner Hillary Clinton, who raised $29.9 million during the same period. 50.9% are women, and most are NOT small donors — and here's her top donors. Notice Comcast is also on the list. I mentioned Comcast here, because they own NBC, CNBC and MSNBC. Earlier this year Comcast was forced to abandon a Time-Warner Cable acquisition after spending more than $400 million on lawyers, lobbyists, and consultants. Two months later Comcast executive vice president David Cohen hosted a $2,700-a-plate fundraiser for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.]

CLINTON: Well John, wait a minute. Wait a minute, he has basically used his answer to impune my integrity. Let's be frank here. [My note: This was when I laughed out loud!]

SANDERS: No, I have not.

CLINTON: Oh, wait a minute, senator. You know, not only do I have hundreds of thousands of donors, most of them small. And I'm very proud that for the first time a majority of my donors are women, 60 percent. (APPLAUSE) [My note: Why does she always bring up women? Is she trying to create a gender war between the sexes? Of course not, but it does make me suspicious of her thoughts on women's issues, and whether she's just trying to pander for the women's vote.]

CLINTON: So, I represented New York, and I represented New York on 9/11 when we were attacked. Where were we attacked? We were attacked in downtown Manhattan where Wall Street is. I did spend a whole lot of time and effort helping them rebuild. That was good for New York. It was good for the economy and it was a way to rebuke the terrorists who had attacked our country. So, you know, it's fine for you to say what you're going to say, but I looked very carefully at your proposal. Reinstating Glass- Steagall is a part of what very well could help, but it is nowhere near enough. My proposal is tougher, more effective, and more comprehensive because I go after all of Wall Street not just the big banks.

(CROSSTALK: O' Malley: John, please, it's... DICKERSON: Hold on. He was attacked... (APPLAUSE) O' Malley: John ...)

DICKERSON: Hold on, he was attacked...

SANDERS: So was I, John. Let me get a chance to respond. This issue touches on two broad issues. It's not just Wall Street. It's campaign -- a corrupt campaign finance system. And it is easy to talk the talk about ending Citizens United, but what I think we need to do is show by example that we are prepared to not rely on large corporations and Wall Street for campaign contributions, and that's what I'm doing. In terms of Wall Street, I respectfully disagree with you, madam secretary, in the sense that the issue here is when you have such incredible power and such incredible wealth. When you have Wall Street spending $5 billion over a 10-year period to get -- to get deregulated, the only answer they know is break them up, reestablish Glass-Stegall.

DICKERSON: All right. Senator, we have to get Governor O' Malley in. Governor, along with your answer, how many Wall Street veterans would you have in your administration?

O' MALLEY: Well, I'll tell you what, I've said this before. I don't -- I believe that we actually need some new economic thinking in the White House. And I would not have Robert Rubin or Larry Summers, with all due respect, Secretary Clinton, to you and to them, back on my council of economic advisers.

DICKERSON: Anyone from Wall Street?

O' MALLEY: They are the architects. Sure, we'll have an inclusive group but I won't be taking my orders from Wall Street. And look, let me say this. I put out a proposal. I was on the front lines when people lost their homes, when people lost their jobs. I was on the front lines as a governor fighting against -- fighting that battle. Our economy was wrecked by the big banks of Wall Street. And Secretary Clinton, when you put out your proposal on Wall Street, it was greeted by many as, quote, unquote, "Weak tea". It is weak tea. It is not what the people expect of our country. We expect that our president will protect the main street economy from excesses on Wall Street. And that's why Bernie's right. We need to reinstate a modern version of Glass-Steagall and we should have done it already. (APPLAUSE)

CLINTON: Well, you know, governor, I know that when you had a chance to appoint a commissioner for financial regulation, you chose an investment banker in 2010. So for me, it is looking at what works and what we need to do to try to move past what happened in '08. And I will go back and say again, AIG was not a big bank. It had to be bailed out and it nearly destroyed us. Lehman Brothers was not a big bank. It was an investment bank. And its bankruptcy and its failure nearly destroyed us. So I've said, if the big banks don't play by the rules, I will break them up.

SANDERS: The big banks?

CLINTON: And I will also go after executives who are responsible for the decisions that have such bad consequences for our country. (APPLAUSE)

SANDERS: I don't know, and with all due respect to the secretary, Wall Street played by the rules? Who are we kidding? The business model of Wall Street is fraud. That's what it is. (APPLAUSE) And we have -- and let me make this promise. One of the problems we have had -- I think all Americans understand this, is whether it's Republican administrations or Democratic administrations, we have seen Wall Street and Goldman Sachs dominate administrations. Here's my promise-- Wall Street representatives will not be in my cabinet. (APPLAUSE)

DICKERSON: All right, I want to switch to the -- switch to the issue of guns here...

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21 comments:

  1. Donald Trump perfectly makes Bernie Sanders point here

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5_ArQktFW0

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    1. Former Speaker John Boehner also makes the case for Bernie Sanders

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ixHrLegkmM

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  2. UPDATE:

    The Washington Post fact checkers note that just 17 percent of Clinton’s donors meet the definition of small (those contributing under $200): “More than 80 percent of her donations come from big donors, compared to just 22 percent for Sanders.”

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/11/15/fact-checking-the-second-democratic-debate/

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  3. The Economist reported: The evening’s low-point involved a tussle about campaign finance, as Mr Sanders came close to accusing Mrs Clinton of being in hock to big banks on Wall Street, thanks to years of hefty donations from bankers and titans of finance. The Vermont senator boasted, as he so often does, of his army of 750,000 small donors who have sent him contributions.

    Mrs Clinton’s reply combined indignation, an irrelevant appeal to feminist pride, and a bizarre riff about the September 11th attacks, by which she seemed to imply that taking money from big banks was her way of making sure that the terrorists behind that 2001 atrocity did not win. It was so odd, and so shameless, that it is worth quoting in full. Here is what the former First Lady, senator from New York and secretary of state said in reply to Mr Sanders, after charging that he had impugned her integrity:

    “Oh, wait a minute, senator. You know, not only do I have hundreds of thousands of donors, most of them small. And I'm very proud that for the first time a majority of my donors are women, 60 percent. So, I represented New York, and I represented New York on 9/11 when we were attacked. Where were we attacked? We were attacked in downtown Manhattan where Wall Street is. I did spend a whole lot of time and effort helping them rebuild. That was good for New York. It was good for the economy and it was a way to rebuke the terrorists who had attacked our country.”

    http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2015/11/second-democratic-debate

    But Politico said it best: "The pressure of the dual Sanders-O’Malley attack on Clinton’s Wall Street connections prompted her to say one of the craziest things she’s uttered in public during this campaign or any other. When Sanders acidly pointed out that Clinton has raked in millions from the wealthy executives at Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, she riposted with a clever reference to gender politics: “You know, not only do I have hundreds of thousands of donors, most of them small, and I'm very proud that for the first time a majority of my donors are women, 60%.”

    Cool. But things got weird. Even though Bill Clinton had close ties to Wall Street (his Treasury Secretary Bob Rubin would go on to become head of Citigroup) and financial sector’s donors ponied up plenty of cash for her 2000 New York Senate run, she claimed that the main reason bankers have flocked to her cause is – wait for it – because of the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center. “So I represented New York, and I represented New York on 9/11 when we were attacked,” she said, as the moderators from CBS gaped, gob-smacked. “Where were we attacked? We were attacked in downtown Manhattan where Wall Street is. I did spend a whole lot of time and effort helping them rebuild. That was good for New York. It was good for the economy, and it was a way to rebuke the terrorists who had attacked our country.”

    Needless to say, the remark – delivered in her emphatic shout-voice -- raised eyebrows 24 hours after the terror attacks in Paris killed more than 120 people. And it’s not likely to go away. A cascade of obligatory, outraged piling-on ensued: “@HillaryClinton, you reached a new low tonight by using 9/11 to defend your campaign donations,” Tweeted RNC Chairman Reince Priebus.

    http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/2016-democratic-debate-takeaways-215900

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  4. The Nation: "There was a breathtaking cynicism in the way Clinton took a question about Wall Street’s influence on her and turned it into a trifecta of righteousness — not only claiming that her efforts on behalf of finance capital were really part of the fightback against 9/11, and suggesting that any suggestion to the contrary was anti–New York and pro-terrorist, but also using her high proportion of female donors to deflect any further question about what her corporate funders think they’re buying — there was also something almost beautiful about the sheer chutzpah of the move."

    http://www.thenation.com/article/last-nights-democratic-debate-took-place-on-a-different-planet/

    Mother Jones: "This Was the Most Important Exchange of the Democratic Debate. Watch Hillary Clinton say she supports Wall Street because of 9/11"

    http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/11/watch-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-wall-street

    Even Slates' headline read: "Hillary Says It’s OK That She Takes Wall Street Money Because of Women and 9/11"

    http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/11/14/hillary_clinton_cites_9_11_women_in_defending_wall_street_donations.html

    The Wall Street Journal also weighed in: Hillary Clinton Invokes 9/11 in Defending Wall Street Ties

    http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/11/15/hillary-clinton-invokes-911-in-defending-wall-street-ties/

    Twitter and Facebook both say that the 9/11 moment generated more conversation than any other exchange during the face-off. NPR calculates that Wall Street and the banks got more time than any other issue.

    http://www.npr.org/2015/11/14/456046154/the-democratic-debate-clock-which-issues-got-the-most-time

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  5. Molly Ball on Twitter @mollyesque

    "The gender card and the 9/11 card in one answer. This woman is a pro."

    https://twitter.com/mollyesque/status/665727730877624320

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  6. O’Malley senior adviser Lis Smith: “My dad worked in [the World Trade Center] from the day it was built to the day it went down. @HillaryClinton, never invoke 9/11 to justify your Wall St. positions.”

    RNC Chairman Reince Priebus: @HillaryClinton, you reached a new low tonight by using 9/11 to defend your campaign donations.”

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  7. According to the Washington Post's analytics partners at Zignal Labs, Sanders accounted for 202,000 of the 370,000 mentions of the candidates during the debate, compared to 152,000 for Clinton. Facebook also said Sanders got more mentions than Clinton on its platform.

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  8. The DNC really wants to Hillary to keep her foot out of her mouth to sustain her lead over Bernie. The WaPo newsletter writes:

    "The next two Democratic debates are also scheduled for weekends when very few people will watch: the Saturday before Christmas and the Sunday before MLK Day. The DNC denies it, naturally, but this was an obvious ploy to minimize viewership in order to help out the front-runner. After the first debate, suppressing viewership seemed unnecessary. After last night, it makes much more sense."

    BERNIE!! BERNIE!! BERNIE!!!

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  9. Rahne KCN comments at The Hill:

    "PPP only polls landlines. Guess who doesn't have a landline? The bulk of Bernie supporters."

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  10. Everyone continues to slam Hiallry Clinton for invoking 9/11 to defend her coziness with Wall Street. The New York Times editorial board this morning says Clinton “botched” the question and her “badly muffled response” only “compounded the damage.” More from the editorial:

    “Nearly 15 years after the 2001 attacks, Mrs. Clinton was earning more than $200,000 for a 20-minute speech. Most of those took place behind guarded doors. But one can guess that she and the financial executives were not still talking about 9/11. Her effort to tug on Americans’ heartstrings instead of explaining her Wall Street ties — on a day that the scars of 9/11 were exposed anew — was at best botched rhetoric. At worst it was the type of cynical move that Mrs. Clinton would have condemned in Republicans.”

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/16/opinion/hillary-clinton-botches-wall-street-questions.html

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  11. Just 8 million people watched the 2nd Democratic debate on CBS, seven million fewer than watched the last debate in Vegas. It’s the worst ratings of the cycle — but also not surprising when you consider the DNC’s effort to suppress viewership. (Something the party continues to deny.)

    http://money.cnn.com/2015/11/15/media/cbs-democratic-debate-ratings

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  12. Bernie Sanders Won the Debate. Hillary Clinton Evoked 9/11 and Sounded Like A Republican (By H. A. Goodman 11/16/2015)

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-a-goodman/bernie-sanders-debate-hillary-clinton-republican_b_8572842.html

    What 9/11 has to do with Clinton's ties to Wall Street money is anyone's guess, and her answer is one of the reasons 57 percent of Americans find Clinton "not honest and trustworthy." No doubt, her donors are one reason POLITICO once labeled Clinton Wall St. Republicans dark secret.

    The Public Policy Polling found in its survey that 67% of Democratic primary voters said Clinton won the debate. But the poll was conducted for the pro-Clinton super-PAC Correct The Record.

    http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/260196-poll-clinton-clear-winner-of-second-debate

    An online poll by DeRay McKesson of 42,575 votes showed 83 percent of respondents believed Bernie Sanders won the debate.

    https://twitter.com/deray/status/665746154580258816

    Hillary Clinton might be a liberal icon to some, but in reality, she's the only candidate with neoconservative advisers and a hawkish foreign policy. According to Rolling Stone in a piece titled "Hillary Clinton's 10 Most Hawkish Moments From the Democratic Debate", only one candidate sounded like a Republican on foreign policy...

    http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/hillary-clintons-10-most-hawkish-moments-from-the-democratic-debate-20151114

    Bernie Sanders won the debate, and according to a recent Hill article titled "In new shock poll, Sanders has landslides over both Trump and Bush", The polling shows... increasingly in general election match-ups of Republicans running against Sanders, that it is the left, not the right, which has the upper hand with American voters."

    http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/259812-in-new-shock-poll-sanders-has-landslides-over-both

    Bernie Sanders will win the Democratic nomination and presidency, not only because he beats any Republican in a general election, but because he's honest. In terms of honesty, one of his competitors is lacking in this department. [My note: Not if superdelegates continue to vote against the people's wishes.]

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  13. TWO EXCELLENT BIOS OF BERNIE SANDERS AT THE NEW YORKER...

    The Populist Prophet By Margaret Talbot (By Margaret Talbot October 12, 2015 )

    http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/10/12/the-populist-prophet

    Bernie Sanders, Loud and Clear (By John Cassidy November 15, 2015)

    http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/bernie-sanders-loud-and-clear

    AND THIS...

    The New Yorker: Where Clinton’s Post-Paris Debate Went Wrong

    Wall Street "the street" is, indeed, in Lower Manhattan. But Wall Street "the industry" is all over town, and in other towns, too. Some financial institutions were devastated, and lost many people. But the idea that the guys in the neighborhood, whom she, particularly, helped to their feet after the terrorists attacked, had just passed the hat out of gratitude was Giuliani-level 9/11 political exploitation. It felt disingenuous. And, after a night that Paris spent under siege, it felt wrong.

    http://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson/hillary-clinton-post-paris-debate-goes-wrong

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  14. "We — the undersigned artists, musicians, and cultural leaders of America — are excited to endorse a new vision for our country. It’s a vision that pushes for a progressive economic agenda. It’s a vision that creates jobs, raises wages, protects the environment, and gets big money out of politics.We endorse Bernie Sanders to become the 2016 Democratic Nominee for President of the United States of America."

    https://berniesanders.com/artists/

    Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton has these super-rich celebs backing here:

    Barbara Streisand
    Beyonce
    Katy Perry
    Magic Johnson
    Jennifer Lopez
    Richard Gere
    Tobey Maguire
    Ben Affleck
    Jennifer Garner

    http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/11/celebrities_for_bernie_sanders.html

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    1. ...so it amazes me why the union leadership is backing Clinton...

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  15. Today the Washington Post newsletter cited a poll by UMASS showing Hillary Clinton leading Bernie Sanders 71 to 43 among likely voters.

    http://www.umass.edu/poll/pdfs/20151116_Toplines.pdf

    But UMASS uses the company YouGov to conduct the poll, who interviewed a sample of 1,000 people.

    At the UMASS website it says:
    http://www.umass.edu/poll/

    "The UMass Poll is committed to studying public opinion in Massachusetts and the United States to inform policymaking in the Commonwealth and beyond. Based in the Department of Political Science, the UMass Poll combines cutting edge Internet polling technology with leading expertise in political science ...

    On their "about" page it says:
    http://www.umass.edu/poll/about/

    "Our statewide surveys are conducted by YouGov a firm that has conducted surveys for a variety of clients, including the Economist. YouGov relies on cutting edge statistical techniques to survey respondents online and then produce a representative sample of the target population ...

    On YouGov's "FAQ: page it says:
    https://today.yougov.com/about/faqs/

    "YouGov conducts surveys for a diverse group of clients to help them better understand public views about current affairs, and consumer products and brands. YouGov is a non-partisan organization. Many of our surveys have nothing to do with politics."

    Bottom line: The UMASS poll is not conducted by college students at UMASS, it's conducted a corporation called YouGov.Com

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  16. Hillary Clinton's key fundraiser resigns (Maybe he was Feeling the Bern?)

    http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/fundraising/260350-clinton-campaign-loses-head-fundraiser-for-silicon-valley

    The Clinton's foundation (it is said) was founded to initially raise money for a presidential library, but has become a $2 billion charitable behemoth, devoted to combating GLOBAL poverty, improving health care and promoting education around the WORLD. The foundation did not properly account for the sources of the charity’s revenue, particular failing to note millions in government grants. But the Foundation indicated that amended forms better denoted millions in income to the foundation that came as a result of speeches given to benefit the organization by Bill Clinton, as well as Chelsea Clinton.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/11/16/clinton-foundation-amends-four-years-worth-of-tax-returns/

    Hillary Clinton was “often confused” as Secretary of State. From the National Review: “A newly revealed e-mail sent by top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin in January 2013 shows that the then-outgoing secretary of state was "often confused" and had to have her schedule explained to her by staff. Released to conservative watchdog Judicial Watch as part of a Freedom of Information Act request, the January 26, 2013 e-mail shows Abedin instructing Monica Hanley, another State Department aide, to remind Clinton of important calls scheduled with world leaders.

    http://www.nationalreview.com/article/427147/email-hillary-clinton-health-problems-huma-abedin

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  17. Bernie Sanders:

    “The issue was what impact did the fact that she has received huge amounts of funding from Wall Street have on her attitude toward Wall Street. That had nothing to do with 9/11. The truth is Hillary Clinton and all of us in the Congress did all we could to try to rebuild New York City after that devastating attack. But that has nothing to do with the question of the impact of Wall Street campaign contributions on her view on Wall Street."


    O’Malley in recent days have called the remarks “shameful and distasteful" and accused Clinton of creating a "smokescreen" to hide her close relationship with Wall Street.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/11/17/sanders-says-clintons-debate-reference-to-911-was-a-little-bit-silly-and-a-little-bit-absurd/

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  18. At my YouTube channel I published 8 minutes of video from the 2nd Democratic Debate on Nov 15, 2015 that was aired on CBS (It was for my blog). On December 26, 2015 I received a notice from YouTube saying "Due to a copyright claim, your YouTube video has been blocked." Why is the mainstream media trying to shut me down? The debate is posted at other people's YouTube channels. I put a lot of time and effort to find and edit video for my blog, and it sucks that the media pulls this crap on you. I pay to subscribe to cable service to get this news. I didn't publish the entire debate, just a specific segment regarding Wall Street. The corporate media owns our first amendment. The mainstream media broadcasts segments from each others broadcasts for the benefit of reporting "news", why can't bloggers?

    Where I posted my video:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny22Yd-ZL5Q

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  19. I published 8 minutes of video from the 2nd Democratic Debate on Nov 15, 2015 that was aired on CBS. On December 26, 2015 I received a notice from YouTube saying "Due to a copyright claim, your YouTube video has been blocked."

    The entire debate is posted at someone's YouTube channel here:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCFsCQavaDw

    Why is the mainstream media trying to shut me down? The debate is posted at other people's YouTube channels. I put a lot of time and effort to find and edit video for my blog, and it sucks that the media pulls this crap on you. I pay to subscribe to cable service to get this news. I didn't publish the entire debate, just a specific segment regarding Wall Street. The corporate media owns our first amendment. The mainstream media broadcasts segments from each others broadcasts for the benefit of reporting "news", why can't bloggers? This is like the 3rd or 4th time this has happened to me.

    Where I embedded the video
    http://bud-meyers.blogspot.com/2015/11/all-online-polls-bernie-sanders-wins.html

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