Bernie egged on by Andrea Mitchell to criticize Hillary ("bizarre leading questions"), but he refuses to take the bait. (HRC GRP)

[DeepModem Mom]

Evidently bored with the campaign already, MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell began an otherwise routine interview with Bernie Sanders with a series of bizarre leading questions, trying to trap the Vermont Senator into criticizing Hillary Clinton – something Sanders has been adamant about not doing.

Referencing a recent Iowa poll showing Sanders closing in on Clinton. Mitchell prodded, “To what do you attribute this narrowing of the gap? Is this related to the email controversy and the trust factor?”

Sanders eventually laughed and shot back, “So I am sorry, I am not going to get into the media game, Andrea, of attacking, making personal attacks, against Hillary Clinton. I just am not going to do that. I don’t think that’s what the American people want.”...

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/bernie-sanders-egged-on-by-msnbc-to-criticize-clinton-but-he-refuses-to-take-the-bait/ via Raw Story

[Thinkingabout]

1. But he does throw in his claim of not voting for the Iraq war (IWR),

He doesn't say he voted for the AUMF 2001 which authorized military force and was on effect when Bernie voted against the IWR which was to provide guidelines for Bush to exhaust before invading, ergo voting against inspection in Iraq for the WMD's. Why would one be against the inspections?