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YouDig

(2,280 posts)
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 09:22 AM Jun 2016

Big credit goes to Bernie for not diving down into the email gutter.

He's not my candidate, but credit is due here. And I'm sure he's got advisors telling him he should really go after Hillary on the emails, but he's stood by his word, he realizes they are irrelevant, and even though the press keeps trying to bait him, he hasn't gone for it.

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Trust Buster

(7,299 posts)
1. I don't necessarily agree. Just this week he claimed that a fresh look must be taken over the
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 09:25 AM
Jun 2016

email conspiracy theory. I think the whole reason the guy will not step aside is because he's hoping to win the nomination by default over this email conspiracy theory.

drm604

(16,230 posts)
2. Absolutely.
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 09:26 AM
Jun 2016

He refuses to buy into the right-wing smears. This is one of the things I like about him.

Zambero

(8,964 posts)
3. Bernie is a class act
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 09:27 AM
Jun 2016

Indeed, a candidate who has the ability to steer clear of distractions and focus on viable issues that matter seems to be a rarity these days.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
4. Bernie hates the right wing spin machine.
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 09:29 AM
Jun 2016

He understands how the email thing started and that they are now just kicking the can down the road. It has never been about legality. It has been about content. They are already starting to shift in that direction. Sanders knows the email brigade are nothing but scum.

 

morningfog

(18,115 posts)
5. What's there to say? The FBI is conducting s criminal investigation.
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 09:32 AM
Jun 2016

The chips will fall where they fall.

Viva_La_Revolution

(28,791 posts)
8. not irrelevant, just letting the fbi do their job before commenting
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 11:52 AM
Jun 2016

As he said in the young turks interview.

ancianita

(36,023 posts)
11. Thanks. Berners discredit their party over shade talk of corruption or conflict of interest.
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 11:55 AM
Jun 2016

All they do is feed the GOP Beast.

This is the most unifying post I've seen around here, so your words are much appreciated.

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