Bernie Sanders Unloads On The Washington Post

[Purveyor]

Source: Washington Post

By Karen Tumulty January 28 at 1:01 PM

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At a breakfast with reporters here Thursday that was hosted by Bloomberg Politics, Sanders fired back — again and again and again.

"That's not a new argument. We've been hearing that months and months, and that's in a sense what this campaign is about," Sanders said in response to a request for his reaction to the editorial. "People are telling us, whether it's the Washington Post editorial board or anybody else, our ideas are too ambitious — can't happen. Too bold — really? Well, here's something which is really bold. In the last 30 years, there has been a massive transfer of wealth from the middle class and working families of this country. The middle class has become poorer and trillions of dollars have been transferred to the top one-tenth of 1 percent."

"That's pretty radical, isn't it?" Sanders said. "Where was The Washington Post to express concern that the middle class was shrinking?"

Sanders was just warming up. "Where was The Washington Post talking about this radical transformation of America?" he demanded, then proceeding to go on for nearly four minutes in his rebuttal.

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[EdwardBernays]

1. As he should.

Their editorial board is made up of Clinton cronies, wall St apologists and Neocons. In other words Hillary's base.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

2. Like I have said before.

Now is the time for a real progressive populist movement, but the message needs to be clear and not overly complex and it needs to be repeated over and over to drive it home into the minds of the people.

Then Bernie will win.

[Gregorian]

4. Bern those neural pathways!

He's doing just that.

[MisterP]

16. "make sure that nobody can burn the economy down for the insurance money" sounds good

[Gregorian]

3. He fights for his rights.

I find this so refreshing.

[mpcamb]

5. This guy is an FDR type of Democrat.

U.S. was and IS in a crisis.
Common people in trouble and he's talking about attacking problems at their root sources.
We need to get behind this.

[phantom power]

8. I love how he puts things in the right perspective.

The last 40 years of being plagued by Conservative ideas are what's fucking radical. Not us.

[Metric System]

6. He really is a one-issue candidate. An angry one at that.

[LiberalElite]

12. Look at his website. nt

[tom_kelly]

15. Thank God!

He is expressing my anger, too!

[brentspeak]

17. Only an idiot or a comfortable member of the elite

wouldn't be angry that our nation has gone down the crapper thanks to the status quo politicians (one of whom just happens to be Hillary).

[phantom power]

7. This is why I like him so much.

He cuts through these overused, insane bullshit narratives like a chainsaw cuts through cheese.

[Dont call me Shirley]

9. As Thom Hartmann said in reference to this lie-stacked editorial, not quoting, we are a democratic

socialist country already; Social Security, Medicare and many more programs.

We fought the Revolutionary War to free ourselves from the crushing grip of the corporate monarchs and oligarchs of Britain. Only now to have our legislators bought and paid for by the modern day corporate monarchs and oligarchs (probably genetically related to the same ones of the 1700s). They're a relentless bunch of thieves.

[CharlotteVale]

10. The Bushington Post has been a neocon rag for years.

[SoapBox]

11. 4 minutes!

OMG...the outrage!

[LiberalElite]

13. Bernie is the Best! nt

[beltanefauve]

14. And the Post

And other mainstream media sources continue the march towards their own irrelevance.