Bernie Sanders’s ideas are not too bold. They are too facile.

[kennetha]

Post pushes back on Bernie's pushback against their original editorial. Clearly, the Post is not feeling the Bern!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mr-sanderss-ideas-are-not-too-bold-they-are-too-facile/2016/01/28/e7125bca-c60a-11e5-9693-933a4d31bcc8_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-d%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

[Human101948]

1. WP reaches across the aisle and gives the Republicans and corporatists a hand job...

Unworkable, undoable, unacceptable pie-in-the-sky socialism say the capitalist tools at the Washington Post. They got schlonged by Bernie and now they're trying every which way to save their jism encrusted faceS.

(with apologies to the Rude Pundit)

[KingCharlemagne]

6. More like a reach-around, imo. - nt

[Art_from_Ark]

13. WP is owned by a billionaire

That says a lot right there.

[Kalidurga]

2. So you're loving the Washington Post these days are you.

[KingCharlemagne]

9. Acc. to Charlie Pierce, the WP is currently doing

business "as an adjunct to the home delivery business."

[Kalidurga]

10. So that justifies running fluff opinion pieces instead of serious journalism?

[KingCharlemagne]

14. I think Pierce's delicious put-down suggests that the once-great WP is now

suitable only for wrapping dead fish and lining bird cages.

[Kalidurga]

15. Oh I was being far too serious

I actually was thinking this was the purpose of their online celebrity spotting site and their opinion pieces.

[hobbit709]

3. The spin turbines are redlining this morning.

[kennetha]

4. Washington Post at least pretends to be centrist.

So this is a little bit of pseudo friendly fire. This is nothing compared to what he would get in a general.

[m-lekktor]

5. Charlie Pierce trashed the WP for this establishment hack claptrap in Esquire

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511084536

[kenfrequed]

7. The great irony is...

The kind of minor tax incentive, revenue neutral, non-boat-rocking reforms that Hillary is proposing are the very definition of being facile. They appear to do something while doing nothing substantive and no kind of deep, systemic reform.

The WaPo couldn't possibly be more wrong about this. I cannot imagine why they would try to craft such a stupid argument almost friendly to wallstreet and the banks by design. It shows they know less about economics than they do about politics.

You do not accomplish anything by putting your starting point in negotiations close to your oppositions during the primary, and closer to them during inauguration, and then closer still during the general election, and then closer still before you even start pushing on legislation.

[KingCharlemagne]

11. The greatest irony is that this OP itself is facile, i. e., much ado

about nothing.

[NurseJackie]

8. The editorial board certainly has an excellent way with words...

What concerns us is not that Mr. Sanders’s program to tackle these issues is “radical,” as he put it, but that it is not very well thought out.

While there may be a fair case for a single-payer health-care system, Mr. Sanders does not make it. Instead, he promises comprehensive benefits without seriously discussing the inevitable trade-offs. That is not just bold; it is half-baked.

And that is part of the point: His campaign isn’t so much based on a new vision as on that old tactic known as overpromising.

Note to Jury: These are not my words. They are merely quotes from the Washington Post editorial staff that I find to be relevant and interesting. The Washington Post is not a radical "right wing" news source. The words written by the editorial staff criticize Bernie's plans and his vision for implementing them. These words are a critical analysis of ideas and policies. Nothing written here is a broad-brush personal attack on any candidate or any candidate's supporters. Nobody has been insulted or smeared.

[MeNMyVolt]

12. I'm loving your disclaimers Jackie! K&R

[hobbit709]

16. It's like those drug commercial disclaimers.

Quickly gloss over the side effects to convince that it's good for you.

[NurseJackie]

17. Thank you.

Note to Jury: I'm just waving at a friend and acknowledging his kind words. There's no hidden meaning to be construed with the inclusion of the waving smiley-face. No candidate or candidate's supporters were insulted, smeared or called-out.