Bernie Sanders Was Excellent at the MSNBC Forum - Jim Newell

[Babel_17]

Bernie Sanders’ performance in the first Democratic presidential debate in October was hardly bad, but it did show where work was needed if he intends to win the Democratic presidential nomination. Though he wasn’t directly going up against any other candidates at Friday’s MSNBC forum in South Carolina, where Rachel Maddow interviewed each of the Democratic hopefuls separately, Sanders showed that he’s shined up some of his weaknesses.

In the Vegas debate, Sanders came off as grumpy and above-it-all when challenged—unexpectedly directly by Hillary Clinton—about his record on gun control. He said, essentially, that Vermont is a rural state so BACK OFF. On Friday, Sanders kept with the “rural state” language, but inverted it into a reason for why it makes him uniquely capable of passing the modest gun control legislation that a supermajority of the country agrees on but can’t seem to push through.

“I believe that I am in a very good position, coming from a rural state that has virtually no gun control, to put together a consensus of the American people, which I think exists, which says we are going to keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have them,” he said. “I believe coming from a rural state that I can bring together the 60 percent or 70 percent of the American people who are sick and tired of seeing these horrific massacres that appear almost every couple of weeks.” The truth is, no one is in a great position to usher any gun control through the United States Congress anytime soon. But it’s worth considering, at least, whether a president who has some credibility among gun owners might have a better shot.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/11/06/bernie_sanders_was_excellent_at_the_msbnc_forum.html

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[Dustlawyer]

1. He did very well and got his message out!

He is giving people something to chew on.

[swilton]

2. It's a given that in the first debate he was getting into his stride

although I had no problems with his performance.

[SoapBox]

3. And funny...

At Debate One...I personally didn't think him "grumpy" at all.

Maybe because I've seen so many broadcasts of his rallies and...that I think his message is essentially, deadly serious.

We have problems...and "pandering" to the masses while keeping the same old, same old for the Entrentched Establishment, just doesn't cut it anymore.

He is, our hope.

[raouldukelives]

7. +1 nt

[rhett o rick]

4. The People's movement is getting stronger. The billionaires are starting to panic.

Hold on for the Swiftboating.

[artislife]

5. Did you see this?

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/poll-hillary-2016#56789

114,000 votes on whether "you" are going to vote for Hillary?

Click on the chart for answers in the left bottom corner and


viola'

No
96k votes
or 84% say no.

Just a poll for "progressives" on MSNBC...

[Duckfan]

6. We must hope people are noticing the truth.