In a tense moment after Tuesday’s debate, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) walked over to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to accuse him of calling her a “liar” on national television.
Another candidate, billionaire Tom Steyer, was awkwardly hovering behind the heated interaction. “I don’t want to get in the middle,” he said. “I just want to say hi Bernie.”
Fanboys gotta fanboy.
Can’t wait for CNN to release all the hotmike remarks made by other candidates on the stage.
I believe Warren…and I have noticed that Bernie fans are being really nasty with her too. I watched that debate and thought it was boring, dull and absurd. Blitzer started out with something that happened 17 years ago and it went downhill from there. Meanwhile, Trump and his thugs are shredding the Constitution on a daily basis. Democrats need to get their priorities and their stories straight. That was just weird.
I am not sure there were any.
Must not be any policies to discuss. Certainly not with CNN.
I ain’t touching this bit of provacateurism. However, The Independent U.K. has a nice little Candid Camera Piece.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/putin-assad-trump-syria-russia-video-joke-mock-road-damascus-a9284466.html?amp.
Assad: “If Trump also travelled on this road to Damascus, it would fix him.”
Putin: “Invite him. He’ll come.”
Assad: “I’m ready.”
Putin: “I’ll tell him.”
All accompanied by derisive laughter.
Here’s the scene: Two tough minded political pros with overlapping constituencies meeting secretly in 2018 to hash out their potential candidacies for the biggest political prize in the world. This meeting is taking place with Hillary’s loss barely in the rear view mirror.
The meeting is taking place in Liz’s DC apartment. Liz plans to tell Bernie she is going to run for President in 2020, so he should buzz off. He had his shot in 2016 and got beat badly (as both of them know, but neither would say publicly).
She says to Bernie, “Your base isn’t big enough, you carry more baggage than a freight train and you’re too old.” Bernie tells her to go to Hell and, by the way if Hillary couldn’t beat Trump, no woman can beat Trump in re-election, especially some Harvard law professor who ran behind the entire Democratic slate in fucking Cobalt Blue Massachusetts. Bernie tells her that he has a bigger contributor list than anyone has ever had, and they will contribute to him, even if they max out their credit cards and stiff their landlords. The only cult bigger than Donald’s is my cult— the Cult of St. Bernie.
At which point Liz shows Bernie to the door, calls the elevator to her exclusive luxury condo floor, says, tootaloo, “See you on the campaign trail, Bernie”. Bernie gets on the elevator, without looking back.
That’s how things really work.
Let’s get back to what Warren said Sanders said: not that a woman shouldn’t be elected, but that a woman WOULDN’T be elected. The second is something I’ve thought and said at various times and I’m a woman who would like nothing better than to see a qualified woman candidate in the WH. It’s an evaluation of political realities and nobody gets that right all the time. Sanders and the media turned it into an allegation of an anti-feminist statement to the effect women shouldn’t be running. I believe Warren.
“But, but… why did Warren shake Bernie’s hand at other debates and before this one if she was so mad at him!”
whispers: because Bernie hadn’t publicly accused her of lying yet…
In case you missed it:
If there was any,I’m sure it’s been reviewed for juicy stuff.
Meanwhile, the Tangerine Toddler runs rampant…
Indeed.
Oh man…can you imagine being someone inside the WH trying to keep that bit of psychic wounding from happening? Good lord…
Also, I am going to fully endorse your approach here: when TPM posts these shitty click-bait articles that nobody in their right fucking mind should care about, we should just change the goddamn subject and talk about anything BUT the shitty click-bait article on the comment board haha
Nice. His hero calling him a coward and a patsy. Nice.
Did I hear that taller guy next to Putin chime in with “No collusion!” in English?
The tall guy is Assad (6’ 4”) and yes, I heard “no collusion” too.
I like Warren and am frequently annoyed by Bernie…HOWEVER, I really, really wish this was not the only topic quoted from the debate.
Elizabeth should have known they had hot mikes. Not a good thing to say.
So many more important things to focus on.
Sigh.