Bernie Sanders interview gone wrong

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Bernie Sanders interview with the New York Daily News ahead of the state's primary later this month didn't go as planned.

The Vermont senator's April 1 sit down with the paper's editorial board, a transcript of which was published Monday, showed him having difficulty clearly answering some questions about both foreign and domestic policy, including the implementation of his much-touted plan to reform Wall Street.

Several times during the interview, Sanders expressed uncertainty over facts, said he couldn't give a proper answer to a question because he didn't have all the relevant information, or simply stated, "I don't know."

In one exchange, Sanders acknowledged that he wasn't sure exactly how he intended to break up the big banks, a proposal that has been a centerpiece of his Wall Street reform agenda.

In an interview Wednesday with CNN's Chris Cuomo, Clinton ripped Sanders for his answer about how he would break up the banks and how the Dodd-Frank regulatory bill works.

"If you're concerned about income inequality and holding the banks accountable, you have to know how it works and what you have to do to make it work," she said.

Earlier, on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Clinton said, "I think the [Sanders] interview raised a lot of really serious questions."

She added, "I'd think he hadn't done his homework and he has been talking for more than a year about ... things that he obviously hadn't really studied or understood and that does raise a lot of questions and really what it does is for voters to ask themselves, can he deliver what he is talking about, can he really help people."

For some political observers, the Sanders' difficulty in providing direct answers to some questions reinforced their belief that he lacks a concrete plan to implement his domestic agenda and is ill-prepared to handle the global challenges he would face as president.

"If Hillary [Clinton] gave answers like this to [an editorial] board, she would be crucified," tweeted Mark Halperin, the Bloomberg television host and co-author of "Game Change."

Sanders' remarks drew an onslaught of criticism from the press: "Bernie Sanders Admits He Isn't Sure How to Break Up Big Banks," Vanity Fair's headline read. "How Much Does Bernie Sanders Know About Policy?" asked The Atlantic. "This New York Daily News interview was pretty close to a disaster for Bernie Sanders," The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza wrote.

The Sanders campaign defended itself Wednesday on CNN.

"I understand when you go to New York you're going to get hit by the tabloids, that's what the primaries are about," Sanders senior adviser Tad Devine said on CNN.

Full Story : http://edition.cnn.com/2016/04/05/politics/bernie-sanders-interview-new-york-daily-news/index.html

[Himeros26 1,688]

At least he didn't lie or make a false promise like his opponent 

[President Biden 5,898]

They were paid to say that by Hillary 

[FATCAT 60,967]

Would people have preferred him to make a wrong statement? It takes a lot of guts to answer honestly, something Hillary has trouble with.

[boobtank 9,090]

me as a politician tbh

[Brainiac 11,171]

You're posting an article from a network that is owned by a company that is in hillarys top 20 donors. Think they might be just a tad bit biased? Lol. Just like they continuously include the superdelegates in the delegate count to make her lead seem larger than it is and don't specify that they are free to switch candidates whenever they want. 

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2 minutes ago, FATCAT said:

Would people have preferred him to make a wrong statement? It takes a lot of guts to answer honestly, something Hillary has trouble with.

Did you read it? Its not like he was asked about foreign policy, where everyone knows that he has big problems. He was asked about banks and Wall Street, which are everytime in his speeches. He basically told everyone that for the last year he was another populist politician.

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21 minutes ago, Himeros26 said:

At least he didn't lie or make a false promise like his opponent 

Oh. He makes them now as we can see. Wait until Fox News go after him 1% they have gone for Hillary.

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All of you complaining about unfair questions... are you serious? It's a gotcha question to ask him "how"?!

He doesn't have a plan to pay for his promises or break up our financial sector without causing economic disaster.

Capitalism works, socialism doesn't have you have abysmal workforce participation like we do.

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Just now, MJHolland said:

Capitalism works, socialism doesn't have you have abysmal workforce participation like we do.

Can you explain this sentence?

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2 minutes ago, MonsterMum said:

Can you explain this sentence?

I think they meant "doesn't when you have"

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1 minute ago, Florin said:

Did you read it? Its not like he was asked about foreign policy, where everyone knows that he has big problems. He was asked about banks and Wall Street, which are everytime in his speeches. He basically told everyone that for the last year he was another populist politician.

I read the article, but what I said still stands. 

 

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1 minute ago, FATCAT said:

I read the article, but what I said still stands. 

 

How? Around this issue he based 90% of his campaign. No knowing about it its unacceptable. When he will be ready? He needs to be ready on day one.

[En_Sabah_Nur 9,366]

I've been saying this about Sanders from the very beginning, but of course all the Bernie Nuts would not even listen because they all want a "Revolution!"  

[monstereo 1,232]

The elites are drugging him and dumbing him down to save their $$$ because they see him as a threat to their wealth. Adding secret chemicals and extra Flouride to his water and foods supply in effort to make him nothing more then a brainless zombie who can't think about his policies properly. Perhaps its Hillary (using the millions of dollars she gets from wallstreet, oil companies, etc) to pay to drug Bernie up behind his back!

 

And of course this comes from CNN, who is up Hillary's ass for the $$