Just saw a Facebook post labeled
“The Problem with Bernie Sander’s supporters”
Where by Mr. Barlow of Boston’s NPR affiliate lists a litany against the Bernie supporters, and even employs Markos in that take down.
The founder of the left-wing Daily Kos blog was struck by their “irrational cherry-picking of news to convince themselves that victory is just around the corner.” If you don’t believe him, check out the comment threads on even respectful commentaries suggesting that maybe, just maybe, Sanders won’t win. His diehards demonize Clinton as a sellout and anyone who says a nice thing about her as a shill.
It’s a good hit piece, but one thing is apparent, Rich wrote this story IN ADVANCE of the Iowa primary.
As you can see by a recommended story, we all saw in her ‘acceptance speech’ in Iowa last night that Hillary said things that contradict her own statements
“I am a Progressive that can get things done……”
But watch the video at 2:22
“I know we can finish the job of achieving Universal Health care for every man, woman, and child”
Just a few days ago, she told us “we are never, ever” going to have universal health care in this country
(hattip greywolfe359)
Proving that Rich didn’t get the memo from the Clinton media machine before he posted today’s pre-planned attack on Sanders:
Sanders’s call for single-payer health insurance seems, at first blush, more reasonable. After all, it works in other countries. But pushing for it here would mean re-litigating Obamacare. Leave aside the brazen pipedream that that would be doable, when a Democratic Congress wouldn’t even add a public option to Obamacare. Ah, say Sanderistas, but Bernie’s proposed a superior alternative to Obamacare. Actually, he’s proposed mush.
And Barlow doesn’t just cite Markos, he cites Krugman and the other usual suspects.
“Sanders promises his health care system will cover pretty much everything while costing the average American almost nothing, and he relies mainly on vague ‘administrative’ savings and massive taxes on the rich to make up the difference.” That critique comes not from a Republican but from liberal editor/blogger Ezra Klein, in an extended takedown.
Oh, and he also extensively attacks Sanders’ plan to take on and break up Big Banks:
Given this ideological rigor mortis, it’s no wonder some Sanderistas are clueless that on their man’s two signature issues — reforming Wall Street and health insurance — his ideas range from half-baked to bad, as smart progressives are pointing out.
Start with financial reform. Sanders calls for breaking up big banks and reenacting Glass-Steagall, the Depression-era law that separated commercial from investment banking activities.
My guess is this guy is using the Rovian tactic of attacking what is resonating the most with voters. If that’s the case then expect Hillary Clinton to continue to morph her message to one of attacking Wall Street and the Banks.
The establishment may not like it, but Bernie’s entrance and competitiveness in this race has gotten Hillary to drop her support for TPP
as well as come clean on the Keystone Pipeline
As an environmentally concerned citizen of Planet Earth, those are good things, even though she can’t take back all the Fracking she sold the World
which is part of her ‘experience’ from her position as the Secretary of State.
I don’t mind Hillary deciding to pander on Healthcare the night of an Iowa result that is sending shockwaves through their Campaign, however,
I don’t have respect for a journalist who uses a pre-planned attack on Sanders, which was seems to have be planned in case of a bad result for Clinton in Iowa. Mr. Barlow didn’t get the memo and didn’t watch her ‘victory’ speech.
Hmm Rich Barlow...setting the standards for journalism’s Bar...Low