2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum" Clinton Campaign Relies On Rumors And Dishonesty To Attack Sanders"...
Good Rundown Of The Lies And Distortions:from the link
"From misleading voters about what Bernie Sanders would do to their healthcare to creating the perception that Sanders is dishonest about his involvement in the civil rights movement, Hillary Clintons presidential campaign has developed a significant record of entirely disingenuous attacks."
"Clinton recognizes she has a problem with Americans trusting her or believing she is honest. They have effectively worked to drag Sanders down by impugning his character and making it seem as though he cannot be trusted any more than her. The campaign has also sought to diminish his character in the eyes of non-white voters, particularly blacks and Latinos, who the establishment media crudely refer to as Clintons firewall because she needs them if she is going to defeat Sanders"
"Now, with that preface, here are some of the attacks on Sanders and his supporters, which represent a pattern of sleaziness that has become a hallmark of Hillary Clintons presidential campaign":
https://shadowproof.com/2016/02/23/clinton-campaign-relies-rumors-dishonesty-attack-sanders/
bkkyosemite
(5,792 posts)peacebird
(14,195 posts)UglyGreed
(7,661 posts)suppose to win? Like they say, if ya ain't cheating ya ain't tryin'
AzDar
(14,023 posts)UglyGreed
(7,661 posts)and/or denial.
MaggieD
(7,393 posts)The fact is that Bernie's healthcare numbers simply do not add up. His plan calls for $1.38T in spending per year to cover everyone with no limitations on coverage.
The problem with those numbers are that we spent $3 trillion on healthcare expenditures in 2014 and covered 29 million less people. Medicare and Medicaid currently cost $1 trillion a year. Even if we got prescription drugs for free, and wiped out the 10% difference between Medicare and private insurance administrative fees we'd still be well over a trillion short per year.
There is no way in hell that Sanders does not know this. But if he was upfront about the costs he'd have to have a plan that raised taxes a lot more than what he is currently selling.
So I don't tend to find Sanders particularly honest on this issue. YMMV.
dr60omg
(283 posts)She tried that with the President as well and it did not work. There are a pattern to her attacks and also to the attacks of surrogates I find them fascinating