On April 7th, 2016, I tweeted #BernieSanders better get his (D)amn act together and not try 
Senator Sanders wrongly accused the former Secretary Of State when the Vermont Independent claimed Mrs. Clinton called him "unqualified" to be President of the United States. Secretary Clinton - in an April 6th appearance on MSNBC - was asked by Morning Joe co-host, Joe Scarborough...
that in light of an interview that Senator Sanders had with the New York Daily News..."Do you believe that (he) is qualified and ready to be President of the United States?" Secretary Clinton stated that "the interview raised a lot of really serious questions." But Scarborough pressed the former First Lady by asking her again, "Would you say this guy (Bernie Sanders) is ready to be President of the United States?" Secretary Clinton replied with, "I think I'm by far the better choice." Still a third time...Scarborough - who is a former Florida Republican Congressman - posed the same question one more time to the former New York Senator. "But do you think he is qualified?" Secretary Clinton answered by saying, "I will leave it to the voters to decide who of us can do the job that the country needs...who can do all aspects of the job - both on economic domestic issues and on national security and foreign policy."
As is evident by the quotes above, Hillary Clinton did not attack Bernie Sanders as being unqualified for The White House. Even Joe Scarborough - later on his live program - told commentator Mike Barnicle that after much effort of trying to get Secretary Clinton to speak ill of Senator Sanders..."I gave up because she was not going to say the words." And Barnicle agreed, saying..."She clearly did not say that Bernie Sanders was not qualified to be President."Following Mrs. Clinton's interview on MSNBC...The Washington Post published a story with the headline, "Clinton Questions Whether Sanders Is Qualified To Be President." That is NOT what Secretary Clinton said. But as a result of that newspaper headline...Senator Sanders - at a rally at Temple University in Philadelphia - told his supporters that Mrs. Clinton "has been saying lately that she thinks I am 'not qualified to be President.'" Sanders shot back by announcing, "I don't believe that she is qualified." And he rattled off a variety of reasons.
So Senator Sanders allegations towards Secretary Clinton are a bunch of hooey. He has - without question - made false complaints against Mrs. Clinton.
All Democrats - plus moderate and liberal Independents - need to realize that our next President may end up nominating - perhaps three - U.S. Supreme Court Justices...between 2017 and 2021...as a result of retirements or untimely deaths...and if that President is Republican...a mostly conservative Court could drastically change our nation's abortion laws... including a possible overturn of Roe vs. Wade. That decision would be terribly wrong.
An overwhelmingly conservative Court could provide people with easier access to guns...ways of purchasing guns...and, as such, extreme changes in gun control laws would give individuals who should not have guns, the opportunity to obtain them. That decision would be terribly wrong.
Furthermore, if a Republican is elected President this fall...then over his 4-year term...with the possible nominations of more conservative Supreme Court Justices...11-million immigrants could be forced to leave the land they have called home. And other human beings - based on their ethnicities and religious beliefs - could be banned from entering the United States. That decision would be terribly wrong.
And should a Republican be given the keys to The White House...come January 20th, 2017...the environment of the planet Earth will be in enormous jeopardy... as conservatives - for the most part - don't agree with climate change...and are opposed to President Obama's Clean Power Plan, which would regulate carbon omissions. We must move forward to help save our environment. An opposite approach may come from a Supreme Court blanketed with conservatives. That decision would be terribly wrong.Bernie Sanders must patch up the mistake he has made - and soon - so it doesn't permanently and irreparably divide the Democratic Party.
Hillary Clinton never said Bernie Sanders is not qualified to be President. A writer from The Washington Post made that assumption...and the editor-in-chief of that newspaper apparently gave a green light for that headline to be published.
If Senator Sanders did his due diligence...and personally contacted Secretary Clinton...and asked her...if she had made such a remark...he would have learned...that she didn't. Senator Sanders took the word of a newspaper headline - albeit the fact that The Washington Post is a prestigious publication - but nevertheless, he unjustifiably blasted and blamed Mrs. Clinton...for words that never passed by her lips.
Trump or Ted Cruz anytime."
Therefore, Mr. Sanders must now "kiss and make up" with Mrs. Clinton... because when she wins the Democratic nomination - which is undoubtedly what's going to happen - Senator Sanders' voters must come out on Election Day on November 8th to cast their ballots to elect Hillary Clinton as the 45th President of the United States. As I tweeted on April 7th...#NoRepublicanInTheWhiteHouse.So Bernie...stop your nonsense. It's time to "make nice."
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I guess you don’t publish things that are anti-Clinton as the party works to make sure she gets the nomination, by hook or by crook. This is the second time I have summited this reply.
ReplyDeleteI don’t know if Clinton said Sanders was unqualified or just insinuated it, but Sanders is 100% correct that Clinton is unqualified to be President. I disagree with his reasons but agree with his conclusions. I know you like to claim she doesn’t lie but that is what she does, she did again today in an interview with Matt Lauer. When asked about the email investigation she lied! She claimed once again that all that is going on is a standard “security review” that is an outright lie! As Jim Comey Director of the FBI has said the “FBI DOES NOT DO SECURITY REVIEWS” they do “Criminal Investigations “this is an ongoing criminal investigation not a security review. The FBI does not state who if anyone is the target of the investigation but they will not say it is not Hillary Clinton! So Mrs. Clinton stop lying and admit that the FBI is doing a “Criminal Investigation” on your use of a private email server.
First of all, this is the first time the above "Anonymous" comment has come through The Controversy. Please be certain that when you attempt to submit that you do as you did today and get visual confirmation that it was published. Secondly, as all regular readers of The Controversy are well aware, I publish nearly all replies from readers and many are from Republicans who are "anti-Clinton" (whether it be Hillary...or Bill). In almost three and a half years, I have not published two comments...and only because there were profanities and downright derogatory remarks that were not for the eyes of my readers, let alone me. Thirdly, it made no sense when Bernie Sanders said that Hillary Clinton is not qualified to be President and you make no sense either. As Secretary Of State and a United States Senator, she is highly qualified - not to mention all the specifics as a result of those two jobs - plus all of her accomplishments as First Lady. Mrs. Clinton - as I have stated many times before - does not lie. I personally have seen interviews with FBI Director Jim Comey where he has stated that it is indeed a "security review" and NOT a "criminal investigation" going on regarding Secretary Clinton's e-mails and private e-mail server. Unfortunately, you are not just an "anti-Clinton" person, but a "Clinton Hater." When Hillary is President, come January 20th, 2017, she could bring total peace to the world, bring unemployment to zero percent, completely destroy ISIS and al-Qaeda, and bring America's debt to not even one penny...and yet you and other Republicans will still say she isn't great. What a shame. GBD
DeleteMy apologies if you didn’t get the first sent. I don’t hate the Clintons, I don’t like their politics, I think their policies are bad for America but I don’t hate them. As for Hillary she does lie, second I have searched everything I can find and at no time has Director Comey called it a “security review” when before the US Congress he called it an ongoing “INVESTIGATION” that is not a security review. “They (the FBI) do not do security reviews,” Pomerantz (retired assistant director of the FBI) said. “What they primarily do and what they are clearly doing in this instance is a criminal investigation.” Why should anyone think that a woman that had not a single meaningful accomplishment as a US Senator or as Secretary of State would be able to do any of the things you claim she will do? I know you will claim she had so many accomplishment it is too long to list, that is political speak saying there is no list. I do not say she won’t win in November, if she does it is because of the giveaways the left promises and the half-truths and outright lies they tell about the right.
ReplyDeleteYes, there are numerous "meaningful accomplishments" for Hillary Clinton. Here are just some, but in no particular order. 1) Her significant role in the killing of Osama bin Laden. 2) Her management of the State Department - as Secretary of State - during which time the United States realized a 50 percent increase in exports to China, aggressive work on climate (particularly at Copenhagen), and her efforts to create and implement the toughest sanctions ever on Iran, which helped to lead America to the agreement that was made. Hillary Clinton was the principal author of the sanctions on Iran that originally brought them to negotiations. 3) Practically every foreign policy victory of President Obama’s second term - after she had left the State Department - still has Secretary Clinton’s fingerprints on them because of work she did during the first term. 4) Secretary Clinton took the reins from the George W. Bush administration, which left America’s reputation terribly damaged and she is responsible for the foreign policy successes the U.S. has today. 5) The landmark relations recently between the U.S. and Cuba began with Secretary Clinton 6) As First Lady, Mrs. Clinton helped create and guide through Congress the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which is a key program that brought health care coverage to millions of children. 7) As a United States Senator from New York State, then-Senator Clinton worked with Democrats and Republicans alike to provide full military health benefits to reservists and National Guard members. 8) Secretary Clinton made gender equality a priority of U.S. foreign policy and, by doing so, she created the "ambassador at large for global women’s issues," which resulted in integrating gender throughout the State Department. 9) Then-Senator Hillary Clinton was instrumental in helping to secure $21 billion in federal aid to help New York rebuild after 9/11. 10) Mrs. Clinton - while Senator - fought to protect the first responders who rushed into danger when the World Trade Center Towers collapsed as she was pivotal in the passage of legislation that helped those police officers, firefighters, paramedics and others who got so very sick in order for them to get the care and treatment they deserved. 11) Senator Clinton led the way - so that when President Obama became President for the first time - his first bill signed was the Lilly Ledbetter Pay Equity Act, which is the law of our nation. 12) Secretary Clinton negotiated the cease-fire in Gaza that stopped Hamas from firing rockets in to Israel. Those are just a dozen of the terrific acomplishments made by Hillary Clinton. There are many, many more. Why Republicans insist on saying that Mrs. Clinton has lied. There is no proof of that whatsoever. And she did nothing wrong with the e-mails or server, as there is no law against what she did. And you can call what the FBI is doing, a review, an investigation or whatever. The fact of the matter is, Secretary Clinton did nothing wrong. I won't even give you the time of day on your last remark because it doesn't deserve a comment as it is simply untrue. GBD
DeleteLet’s go over a few items in your list: 1)Hillary Clinton had NO role in the killing of Osama bin Laden, that was the CIA and Navy Seals, 2) I can’t find any role she or the State Dept had in increasing our exports to China. As for Iran, anything she did is voided by her early participation and support for the Iranian nuclear deal that is the worst deal ever giving a terrorist nation a $150,000,000,000 and will have no effect on them building a bomb and a missile to deliver it. 3) I don’t know what you are talking about when you say “foreign policy victory of President Obama’s second term” he hasn’t had any. 4) As for the way President Bush left things we are worse off today, our friends don’t trust us and our enemies don’t fear us, you may claim they like us more, that means nothing. 5) Opening up Cuba, a deal we (America) get nothing; Joanne Chesimard is still walking around free along with many other fugitives from US justice. 6) Children’s Heath Ins, I’ll give her some credit for that. 7)A nonissue, she was one of many, it was not her bill. 8) Don’t know what good that has done. 9)It was President Bush that pledged $21.4 billion in aid to NYC. 10)You say “pivotal” it was not her bill. 11) During her time in the U.S. Senate, Clinton paid women in her office 72 cents for each dollar paid to men. 12) Some credit there. As for if she lies 65% of the country says she is not trustworthy. I will not go over all her lies, it would take pages and pages, from Benghazi to her emails she does nothing but sway from the truth. She will never be indicted or confronted by the DOJ President Obama will not allow it.
ReplyDeleteYou answered the way I would expect you to - with opinions not facts. With opinions that oppose Hillary Clinton, President Obama and the Democratic Party. The statements I made are substantiated and documented as fact. I leave it at that. GBD
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