tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post8618964326303882038..comments2024-01-17T00:45:37.075-08:00Comments on Bud Meyers: Bernie polls better than Hillary against GOP (Clinton Supporters in Media Digress)Bud Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-78051474889259276082016-01-12T11:13:00.431-08:002016-01-12T11:13:00.431-08:00A Quinnipiac University poll looked at the nationa...A Quinnipiac University poll looked at the national scene and concluded that Mr. Sanders is as formidable as Mrs. Clinton in a general election showdown. He led Mr. Trump by eight points in that poll; Mrs. Clinton led Mr. Trump by six. Mr. Sanders beat Mr. Cruz by 10 points; Mrs. Clinton beat him by five.<br /><br />“The truth of the matter is the polls are showing the more electable candidate, by far, is Sen. Bernie Sanders,” said Jeff Weaver, the Sanders campaign manager. “You can say in a TV ad whatever you want to say, but that doesn’t make it true.”<br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-23688602940079851522016-01-12T11:10:23.898-08:002016-01-12T11:10:23.898-08:00New York Times (January, 12, 2016)
Iowa Democrats...New York Times (January, 12, 2016)<br /><br />Iowa Democrats are displaying far less passion for Hillary Clinton than for Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont three weeks before the presidential caucuses, creating anxiety inside the Clinton campaign as she scrambles to energize supporters and to court wavering voters ... Audiences for Mrs. Clinton have yet to grow to consistently match those for Mr. Sanders ... many of them, still unsure, rebuffed Clinton aides trying to get them to sign “commitment cards” to caucus for her. “I personally want to find out if she’s trustworthy or not,” said Katie Bailey, 71, of Cedar Falls. “There’s so much un-trust. I want to eyeball her.” Ultimately, about half of the audience signed commitment cards ... Mrs. Clinton and her aides have dropped any pretense that they can ignore Mr. Sanders or treat him like a gadfly. They have become zealous and combative as they try new ways to undercut his high favorability ratings ... To amplify her criticisms, she has even taken to calling in to MSNBC news shows that are popular with Mr. Sanders’s liberal base ... Several of Mrs. Clinton’s advisers, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the race candidly, said that they were anxious but not panicking about Iowa ... some advisers said they were torn about whether the campaign would ultimately regret purposely holding small events in Iowa — a strategy Mrs. Clinton preferred — given Mr. Sanders’s ability to continue to turn out and energize huge crowds ... Both Mr. Sanders and Mrs. Clinton garnered several rounds of applause on Monday night at the Brown and Black Forum at Drake University here, though the crowd seemed more delighted with Mr. Sanders ... I think his secret weapon, maybe his silver bullet even, is the young adult population that hasn’t been involved in politics up until this point,” said Katie Mitchell ... Mrs. Clinton’s campaign is trying to shore up her base among female voters [to help her put Bill Clinton back in the White House] ... Yet many younger women [said] that for most of their lives, she has been a familiar fixture of establishment politics rather than an exciting new voice or an agent of change.<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/13/us/politics/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-supporters.html<br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-74848670693007030942016-01-11T12:23:42.814-08:002016-01-11T12:23:42.814-08:00Reuters (Jan 10, 2016) President Obama will not en...Reuters (Jan 10, 2016) President Obama will not endorse Hillary Clinton in the Democratic Primary<br /><br />http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-obama-idUSKCN0UO0L720160110Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-60425506181609891662016-01-11T11:59:40.021-08:002016-01-11T11:59:40.021-08:00The next 40 years will be just like the last 40 ye...The next 40 years will be just like the last 40 years without Bernie Sanders and a Congress packed with FDR progressives. This country is in decline because our "leaders" only cater to corporate interests (their campaign donors). The "will of the people" means absolutely s$it. Please put this on my gravestone. I will be proven right.Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-82731096884960865252016-01-11T11:58:58.761-08:002016-01-11T11:58:58.761-08:00Hillary Clinton called on Bernie Sanders to commit...Hillary Clinton called on Bernie Sanders to commit to repealing a gun manufacturer liability law for which he voted for 15 years ago. The law shields gun manufacturers from certain lawsuits, including for negligence and certain types of claims relating to the gun's design. The law does not guarantee blanket immunity. Sanders said that he would change the law to allow gun manufacturers acting "irresponsibly" to be held accountable. But Clinton continued pressing the issue, accusing Sanders on Sunday of not committing to repealing the law. Bernie says he will vote to revise the law, but that owners of gun shops who act legally should not be held liable for the actions of someone who "goes nuts or something, and he kills somebody. On the other hand, if you have a manufacturer that is sending guns into an area and really knows that those guns are not being used by the people — or bought by the people in that area, but are being sold to criminals — should we hold that manufacturer liable? Absolutely."<br />https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/01/10/clinton-sanders-consistently-refusing-to-repeal-gun-manufacturer-liability-law/<br /><br />Bernie is making the argument that he is the more electable candidate against the ultimate Republican nominee. [Clinton’s claim to electability has been greatly eroded by recent polls.] Clinton released a television ad that argues he cannot defeat Republicans. [Using scare tactics] the ad says: “Think about it. One of these Republicans could actually be president. So ask yourself, who is the one candidate who can stop them? Hillary Clinton. Tested and tough. To stop them, stand with her.” [Total B.S.] John Dickerson, host of CBS’s “Face the Nation,” asked Clinton on Sunday: “You were once way ahead. So what’s happening?” Clinton replied. “Oh, John, you know, these polls go up, they go down. I stay pretty focused, as I think we all should, on what we have to do to build on the progress of the Obama administration but go even further.” [Like the Keystone pipeline and the TPP trade agreement?]<br />https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-a-tightening-race-clinton-and-sanders-go-after-each-others-strengths/2016/01/10/52f20180-b7cc-11e5-99f3-184bc379b12d_story.html<br /><br />A local Iowa high school booked Trump for his rally, but won't book Sanders. Students said the decision to welcome a Republican to the school while turning down a Democrat looked suspicious. Students were gearing up to circulate a petition to present to administrators when Bernie's campaign offered a compromise of sorts. A spokeswoman for the school district, said they "respectfully declined" the campaign's request to hold an event during school hours.<br />http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2016/01/09/urbandale-high-says-yes-trump-no-sanders/78576068/<br /><br />Chuck Todd and "Meet the Press" is finally forced to acknowledge that Bernie Sanders has a very real shot at winning the Democratic nomination. CHUCK TODD: We've got Bernie Sanders within just three points of Hillary Clinton in Iowa HELENE COOPER: I am shocked by that poll. CHUCK TODD: I was too.<br />http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meet-press-january-10-2016-n493596<br /><br />In a crowded GOP field, Donald Trump is currently polling at 34% among Republicans. Bernie Sanders is currently polling at 33% among Democrats. The percentage of Americans who identify as Democrats is 32% compared to only 23% of Republicans, ergo Bernie has many more supporters than the Donald. For 2015, the nightly news programs for NBC, CBS, and ABC devoted 234 total network minutes for Trump. Bernie got 10 minutes. [That's because the corporate media wants a Republican-LITE as president ... like Hillary or Trump.]<br />http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/01/10/1467933/-Bernie-Has-More-Supporters-Than-Trump-Gets-4-of-Coverage<br /><br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-20297992825535624032016-01-10T15:45:42.089-08:002016-01-10T15:45:42.089-08:00Hillary is complete bullshit. If my memory severs...Hillary is complete bullshit. If my memory severs me correct, i remember in 1992 when a billionaire names Ross Perot called bullshit on DEMS and RETHUGLICANS that NAFTA was a piece of shit. ANd low and behold, the old billionaire, was right!<br /><br />Where were the DEMS then??? Oh yes i seem to remember a debate between Al Gore and Ross Perot on CNN. He was the only billionaire in my life time (50 years old) that gave a rat's ass about the working class.<br /><br />And the democratic party were complete sellouts. THey had already determined they needed to be "republican lite" to win and sold the middle class down the drain 25 fucking years ago. Give me a break. HRC is just more of the same old bullshit!!allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840237717017411534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-87138932719178943082016-01-10T12:42:27.738-08:002016-01-10T12:42:27.738-08:00FYI:
In the 2008 Presidential election, Sean Penn...FYI:<br /><br />In the 2008 Presidential election, Sean Penn endorsed Ohio Dennis Kucinich, not Hillary.<br /><br />https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Sean_Penn_endorses_Kucinich_for_US_President<br /><br />But so far, Hillary has been getting most of the Democratic establishment's endorsements; but with congressional approval ratings at all-time lows, should they really matter? They might be the kiss of death for her.<br /><br />http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/congressional_job_approval-903.html<br /><br />Oprah Winfrey has always endorsed Obama, but says she won't endorse Hillary — or anybody else for 2016 (Nowadays, every day now, I see her in weight-watcher commercials. What's that all about?)<br /><br />http://twitchy.com/2015/10/20/not-ready-for-hillary-oprah-winfrey-tells-npr-she-has-no-plans-to-make-an-endorsement-this-election-cycle/<br /><br />But do endorsements really matter? Early last year Hustler porn magazine publisher Larry Flynt said he was endorsing Hillary Clinton — as well as a famous brothel in Nevada www.hookers4hillary.com<br /><br />http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-05-01/why-larry-flynt-is-endorsing-hillary-clinton<br /><br />The gay porn star, Gavin Waters, is also "Ready for Hillary".<br /><br />http://www.tmz.com/2015/10/10/hillary-clinton-porn-star-photo/<br /><br />Me? I'm endorsing the Independent Senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders ;)<br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.com