tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post4117704210891586734..comments2024-01-17T00:45:37.075-08:00Comments on Bud Meyers: All Online Polls: Bernie Sanders Wins 2nd DebateBud Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-78961272743702753942015-12-26T03:39:38.749-08:002015-12-26T03:39:38.749-08:00I published 8 minutes of video from the 2nd Democr...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." <br /><br />The entire debate is posted at someone's YouTube channel here:<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCFsCQavaDw<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Where I embedded the video<br />http://bud-meyers.blogspot.com/2015/11/all-online-polls-bernie-sanders-wins.htmlBud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-26876273947350151272015-12-26T03:33:47.887-08:002015-12-26T03:33:47.887-08:00At my YouTube channel I published 8 minutes of vid...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?<br /><br />Where I posted my video:<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny22Yd-ZL5Q<br /><br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-38172207990432456952015-11-18T06:06:38.353-08:002015-11-18T06:06:38.353-08:00Bernie Sanders:
“The issue was what impact did th...Bernie Sanders:<br /><br />“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."<br /><br /><br />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.<br /><br />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/<br /><br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-35079694303841739162015-11-17T08:14:40.324-08:002015-11-17T08:14:40.324-08:00Hillary Clinton's key fundraiser resigns (Mayb...Hillary Clinton's key fundraiser resigns (Maybe he was Feeling the Bern?)<br /><br />http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/fundraising/260350-clinton-campaign-loses-head-fundraiser-for-silicon-valley<br /><br />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.<br /><br />https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/11/16/clinton-foundation-amends-four-years-worth-of-tax-returns/<br /><br />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.<br /><br />http://www.nationalreview.com/article/427147/email-hillary-clinton-health-problems-huma-abedinBud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-59523483735474867942015-11-17T07:24:59.231-08:002015-11-17T07:24:59.231-08:00Today the Washington Post newsletter cited a poll ...Today the Washington Post newsletter cited a poll by UMASS showing Hillary Clinton leading Bernie Sanders 71 to 43 among likely voters.<br /><br />http://www.umass.edu/poll/pdfs/20151116_Toplines.pdf<br /><br />But UMASS uses the company YouGov to conduct the poll, who interviewed a sample of 1,000 people.<br /><br />At the UMASS website it says:<br />http://www.umass.edu/poll/<br /><br />"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 ... <br /><br />On their "about" page it says:<br />http://www.umass.edu/poll/about/<br /><br />"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 ... <br /><br />On YouGov's "FAQ: page it says:<br />https://today.yougov.com/about/faqs/<br /><br />"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."<br /><br />Bottom line: The UMASS poll is not conducted by college students at UMASS, it's conducted a corporation called YouGov.ComBud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-1128244246886944312015-11-16T13:24:54.224-08:002015-11-16T13:24:54.224-08:00...so it amazes me why the union leadership is bac......so it amazes me why the union leadership is backing Clinton...Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-21686999397494052432015-11-16T13:24:01.016-08:002015-11-16T13:24:01.016-08:00"We — the undersigned artists, musicians, and..."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."<br /><br />https://berniesanders.com/artists/<br /><br />Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton has these super-rich celebs backing here:<br /><br />Barbara Streisand<br />Beyonce<br />Katy Perry<br />Magic Johnson<br />Jennifer Lopez<br />Richard Gere<br />Tobey Maguire<br />Ben Affleck<br />Jennifer Garner <br /><br />http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/11/celebrities_for_bernie_sanders.htmlBud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-32735063933458639382015-11-16T13:16:53.491-08:002015-11-16T13:16:53.491-08:00TWO EXCELLENT BIOS OF BERNIE SANDERS AT THE NEW YO...TWO EXCELLENT BIOS OF BERNIE SANDERS AT THE NEW YORKER...<br /><br />The Populist Prophet By Margaret Talbot (By Margaret Talbot October 12, 2015 )<br /><br />http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/10/12/the-populist-prophet<br /><br />Bernie Sanders, Loud and Clear (By John Cassidy November 15, 2015)<br /><br />http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/bernie-sanders-loud-and-clear<br /><br />AND THIS...<br /><br />The New Yorker: Where Clinton’s Post-Paris Debate Went Wrong<br /><br />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.<br /><br />http://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson/hillary-clinton-post-paris-debate-goes-wrongBud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-20586599633722302992015-11-16T13:14:52.317-08:002015-11-16T13:14:52.317-08:00Bernie Sanders Won the Debate. Hillary Clinton Evo...Bernie Sanders Won the Debate. Hillary Clinton Evoked 9/11 and Sounded Like A Republican (By H. A. Goodman 11/16/2015)<br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-a-goodman/bernie-sanders-debate-hillary-clinton-republican_b_8572842.html<br /><br />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. <br /><br />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.<br /><br />http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/260196-poll-clinton-clear-winner-of-second-debate<br /><br />An online poll by DeRay McKesson of 42,575 votes showed 83 percent of respondents believed Bernie Sanders won the debate. <br /><br />https://twitter.com/deray/status/665746154580258816<br /><br />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...<br /><br />http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/hillary-clintons-10-most-hawkish-moments-from-the-democratic-debate-20151114<br /><br />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."<br /><br />http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/259812-in-new-shock-poll-sanders-has-landslides-over-both<br /><br />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.]<br /><br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-28876281272355197672015-11-16T12:21:11.685-08:002015-11-16T12:21:11.685-08:00Just 8 million people watched the 2nd Democratic d...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.)<br /><br />http://money.cnn.com/2015/11/15/media/cbs-democratic-debate-ratingsBud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-54761350372188052362015-11-16T12:15:08.080-08:002015-11-16T12:15:08.080-08:00Everyone continues to slam Hiallry Clinton for inv...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: <br /><br />“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.”<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/16/opinion/hillary-clinton-botches-wall-street-questions.html<br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-35499009465996930092015-11-15T12:38:15.153-08:002015-11-15T12:38:15.153-08:00Rahne KCN comments at The Hill:
"PPP only p...Rahne KCN comments at The Hill: <br /><br />"PPP only polls landlines. Guess who doesn't have a landline? The bulk of Bernie supporters."Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-10777606520514010572015-11-15T12:07:27.059-08:002015-11-15T12:07:27.059-08:00Former Speaker John Boehner also makes the case fo...Former Speaker John Boehner also makes the case for Bernie Sanders<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ixHrLegkmMBud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-54187260069197805492015-11-15T11:45:12.797-08:002015-11-15T11:45:12.797-08:00The DNC really wants to Hillary to keep her foot o...The DNC really wants to Hillary to keep her foot out of her mouth to sustain her lead over Bernie. The WaPo newsletter writes:<br /><br />"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."<br /><br />BERNIE!! BERNIE!! BERNIE!!!Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-47091369318240983102015-11-15T11:42:18.159-08:002015-11-15T11:42:18.159-08:00According to the Washington Post's analytics p...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.Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-91528504536487869072015-11-15T11:40:30.641-08:002015-11-15T11:40:30.641-08:00O’Malley senior adviser Lis Smith: “My dad worked ...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.”<br /><br />RNC Chairman Reince Priebus: @HillaryClinton, you reached a new low tonight by using 9/11 to defend your campaign donations.”<br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-9985860696650129222015-11-15T11:39:47.656-08:002015-11-15T11:39:47.656-08:00Molly Ball on Twitter @mollyesque
"The gen...Molly Ball on Twitter @mollyesque <br /><br />"The gender card and the 9/11 card in one answer. This woman is a pro."<br /><br />https://twitter.com/mollyesque/status/665727730877624320<br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-4989583162700008172015-11-15T11:36:54.518-08:002015-11-15T11:36:54.518-08:00The Nation: "There was a breathtaking cynicis...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."<br /><br />http://www.thenation.com/article/last-nights-democratic-debate-took-place-on-a-different-planet/<br /><br />Mother Jones: "This Was the Most Important Exchange of the Democratic Debate. Watch Hillary Clinton say she supports Wall Street because of 9/11"<br /><br />http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/11/watch-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-wall-street<br /><br />Even Slates' headline read: "Hillary Says It’s OK That She Takes Wall Street Money Because of Women and 9/11"<br /><br />http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/11/14/hillary_clinton_cites_9_11_women_in_defending_wall_street_donations.html<br /><br />The Wall Street Journal also weighed in: Hillary Clinton Invokes 9/11 in Defending Wall Street Ties <br /><br />http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/11/15/hillary-clinton-invokes-911-in-defending-wall-street-ties/<br /><br />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.<br /><br />http://www.npr.org/2015/11/14/456046154/the-democratic-debate-clock-which-issues-got-the-most-time<br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-80749132784142905542015-11-15T11:36:27.240-08:002015-11-15T11:36:27.240-08:00The Economist reported: The evening’s low-point in...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.<br /><br />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:<br /><br />“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.”<br /><br />http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2015/11/second-democratic-debate<br /><br />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%.”<br /><br />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.”<br /><br />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.<br /><br />http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/2016-democratic-debate-takeaways-215900<br /><br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-40163161625886667952015-11-15T11:34:18.128-08:002015-11-15T11:34:18.128-08:00UPDATE:
The Washington Post fact checkers note t...UPDATE: <br /><br />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.”<br /><br />https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/11/15/fact-checking-the-second-democratic-debate/<br /><br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-1712196643751238302015-11-15T10:52:55.175-08:002015-11-15T10:52:55.175-08:00Donald Trump perfectly makes Bernie Sanders point ...Donald Trump perfectly makes Bernie Sanders point here<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5_ArQktFW0Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.com