Hillary Clinton steals another of Bernie's talking points. This time on Wall Street.

[HerbChestnut]

It's almost word for word this time. This is getting ridiculous folks.

"No bank is too big to fail, and no banker is too important not to jail." - Hillary. 19 seconds into the video. Compare that to the dozens of speeches where Bernie has said the exact same thing using almost the exact same words for the last few months.

[Betty Karlson]

1. If she likes his ideas so much, she should endorse him.

Unless her ego is in the way...

[peacebird]

2. She doesn't like his ideas, she's pandering- attempting to sound populist.

She will revert to her warhawk, corporatist, neocon self if nominated.....

[leftofcool]

3. Why that's just poutrageous!

[HerbChestnut]

4. It must be so frustrating to see your candidate shift according to the political winds.

[leftofcool]

6. I have no need to pout or whine

I think I will leave that to the Face Book warriors

[cali]

22. Lol.

[tecelote]

41. And, you do have to feel sorry for her, losing again and all.

[LuvLoogie]

5. Mom!

[HerbChestnut]

8. If you're okay with her copying Bernie's positions when it's politically convenient...

Why don't you just support Bernie?

[LuvLoogie]

13. As the inventor of progressive taxation by decree, Bernie should feel more generous.

[vkkv]

33. ..and that makes sense.... how?

you mean that it doesn't make sense.. and.. so vote for Hillary?

Got it.

[leftofcool]

12. "Tell Hillary to stay on her side of the car!"

[Cassiopeia]

7. The saddest thing is

So many are fooled by her act.

[FarPoint]

28. I endorse Hillary's act....

Secondly, Democrats share a general platform... Overlapping is expected and embraced.

[Nyan]

9. I see she's back to being progressive now. nt

[99Forever]

10. I don't believe a word she says.

Pandering won't cut it anymore.

[left-of-center2012]

11. Hillary checking which way the wind is blowing

[HerbChestnut]

14. Ah! The wind is coming from the left!

[SoLeftIAmRight]

38. If only it would blow hard enough...

to sweep away the last 35 years

[Doctor_J]

15. No problem. No one believes a word that comes out of her mouth

Including her. OK, maybe a few exceptionally dim bulbs.

[Melissa G]

16. Hillary Endorses Bernie's Wall Street Position

I think every time we see her steal a position, we just call it an endorsement. Good for her to see the light even if it is in the dust of the trail that Bernie keeps blazing.

[HerbChestnut]

17. I want to believe that's what happened

But in all seriousness I think she's just pandering for votes right now. She's trying to position herself, as she has this entire election, so she appears lock step with Bernie on the issues regardless of her history.

[Melissa G]

21. I agree but isn't the endorsement approach

A better way to point out who is really leading on this issue and who is blowing in the wind?

[HerbChestnut]

23. It would be if it were actually an endorsement

In which case I would agree with you wholeheartedly. The term 'steal' is definitely harsh, but I thought it appropriate in this case.

[Melissa G]

24. I agree it is stealing

I just think this a a good come back to her suggestion of Bernie endorsing her Wall Street plan. We point out how she Inherently Endorses His.

[geek tragedy]

18. I'm glad. If Bernie drags her to the left, that's a win regardless of who gets

the most votes.

[zappaman]

20. +1

[joshcryer]

35. This was people's ARGUMENT to get him to run.

That he'd force a policy shift. People seem to have really shitty memory on this.

[passiveporcupine]

42. You really think she will stay left if she is nominated?

Seriously? You learned that from observing past politicians and campaigns?

[geek tragedy]

44. No, but the further you drag her to the left the harder it becomes

to move right later.

[passiveporcupine]

45. Not if she doesn't really believe what she is saying

After all, in the general, she will be fighting the teahadists, so moving further right would be to her advantage in securing right wing or independent votes then.

the problem with vote pandering is that it means you are not standing firm on your beliefs and you can swing any time it's convenient for you.

I prefer a more principled stand like Bernie's.

[geek tragedy]

46. Of course she will move right, but it's harder to shift a lot

than it is to shift a little.

[passiveporcupine]

47. Have to agree to disagree on this I guess

Do you think Bernie will shift right if he wins?

[geek tragedy]

50. Yes. I would expect Cruz to shift left.

Just how it works.

[passiveporcupine]

51. I think Bernie is a bird of a different feather

He does not shift on principles easily. He's not going to pander for votes the way most if not all the republicans might.

He may shift a little, but not as easily as Hillary seems to be ready to do.

[geek tragedy]

52. When he hears nothing but "how much are you going to raise taxes?"

that will cause some ... careful explanations.

[redstateblues]

59. He never answers that

[TCJ70]

55. So...

...you like that she's moving left, but there's a guy who's already there that's more than viable. Why not just support him?

[geek tragedy]

57. I don't disagree. nt

[uponit7771]

61. Because that guy hasn't proffered what he'd do different with a historically gerrymandered GOP ....

... congress.

Why take the chance

[winter is coming]

64. Because he'll at least try to accomplish what he's promising to do.

I have zero confidence that Hillary will even make the attempt.

[pangaia]

56. It's not a win beacause if she DOES manage to get the nomination,

she'll just move back right...

[nxylas]

19. All Borowitz got wrong was the timing

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/hillary-expected-to-adopt-all-of-sanderss-positions-by-noon

[NurseJackie]

25. So you're unhappy with her position? What's ridiculous about it?

Last time I checked, the USPTO wasn't in the business of protecting political candidates' ideas or policy goals.

Considering that Hillary is the prohibitive leader in the race toward the nomination, I'd think that Bernie's followers would be THRILLED that "his" policy would be one to be pursued by Hillary's administration.

Sheesh! Some people!

[HerbChestnut]

26. Oh, Jackie. You're trying so hard.

It must be tough seeing your candidate adopt the positions of her opponent in order to pander for votes.

Btw, "prohibitive leader"...LOL

[NurseJackie]

30. There are so few "undecided" voters for Bernie to win...

... that even if he did manage to get them all (including O'Malley's) he still wouldn't have enough to overtake Hillary. That's what I call "prohibitive"

It must be tough seeing your candidate adopt the positions of her opponent in order to pander for votes.

It must be tough seeing your candidate so far behind in the national polling and in the labor union endorsements, senatorial endorsements, congressional endorsements and governors endorsements.

You call it "pandering" or "stealing ideas" ... but I'm glad that Hillary's not the kind of candidate who thinks it's necessary to oppose worthwhile policies simply because "the other" candidate is taking credit for it. (When you think about it, that's pretty much what the GOP and TB's are doing with Obama.)

I'm sorry to be the one to tell you, but it's not difficult to detect the anger and frustration that's hiding behind that determined and stoic facade.

All I can recommend is that you guys try to always look on the bright side, put on a happy face, and try to find the sunny side of life.

[HerbChestnut]

31. There's a lot of assumptions being made in that post.

A lot.

[reformist2]

40. You're laughing now.... I don't think you will be in a couple of weeks.

[Autumn]

34. Bernie supporters are smart enough to know that if we want Bernie's policies implemented

the only thing to do is elect Bernie. You know, Hillary really doesn't mean it. Anyone who say's one minute she will tell wall Street to "cut it out" , sorry that gets me every single time, and then turns around and borrows what Bernie says is just playing with you.

[reformist2]

43. The "cut it out" remark really tells us all we need to know about how she'll deal with Wall Street.

She won't treat them like the reckless white-collar criminals that they are, she'll treat them like kids in the back seat taking each other's toys.

[stevenleser]

48. The joke of this is, Sanders did not come up with this. You can't steal something from someone when

it didnt belong to that person in the first place.

[RandySF]

27. I heard her say this long before Bernie announced.

[SoLeftIAmRight]

39. was that when she told them to "cut it out"

ha ha

[Rosa Luxemburg]

29. Mrs. Xerox

[vkkv]

32. People only steal the GOOD STUFF.

Bernie is good stuff.

[msongs]

36. Many people had the same ideas as Sanders, and earlier. Is he an idea thief then? nt

[HerbChestnut]

37. When you use a talking point that you hadn't previously used almost word for word

That is stealing. Sorry to break it to you, but Hillary is pandering for votes here.

[LuvLoogie]

49. " It should not be surprising" that Bernie talks the talk while Henry Gonzalez walked the walk...

as a Democrat. Interview starts at 16:00

[Uncle Joe]

53. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, HerbChestnut.

[SheilaT]

54. If Bernie weren't in the race,

it's scary to think how far to the right Hillary would already be running.

[Thinkingabout]

58. Interesting, a FOX news video. Getting past this point

I have not heard Sanders say he was going to enhance Dodd Frank and invoke the Volcker rule which would break up the banks if they fail under Hillary's plan. The banks will not break up with the Glass Stegall nor will it prevent the financial crisis of 2008.

[JoePhilly]

60. Hillary says the wrong thing, BAD HILLARY!!!

Hillary says the right thing, BAD HILLARY!!!

[uponit7771]

62. +1, Hillary inhales exhales... same thing... the Hillary hate here is wingerish at best

[JoePhilly]

63. Yup ... you can see RW folks on DI post ...

... the exact same attacks almost word for word.