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CNN: Bernie Sanders told Elizabeth Warren in private 2018 meeting that a woman can't win, Bernie denies(Update: NYT & Buzzfeed Confirming)
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Yeah I don't think this story is going to change anybody's opinion of Bernie.
We dont. But its extremely likely that whatever was said was intentionally misconstrued as there is no real value or actual real sense in him saying such a thing when Warren could just outright turn on him at any time over it. Which reeks of staffers playing the political game at a time when she is lagging in the polls.
But thats literally just personal opinion of mine and obviously doesnt represent anything based in reality or fact just yet
Leftist ideology (again in terms of like, the dismantling of capitalism which is the defining aspect of leftist discussion these days for obvious reasons) isn't relevant in 99% of the discussions regarding US politics on most topics. It's more relevant on ERA because of the leftist population, but the actual aspects of policy in the US is inherently capitalist for obvious reasons. That's why it's "fringe", because the actual US political population isn't at all leftist and leftists have nearly no influence in US politics. What influence they do have in the Democratic party can be primarily described as Dem-Soc who are 100% talking about capitalist systems in their policies. Now I'm not really sure I would call a Dem-Soc "leftist" by the usual definitions talked about on ERA, because by most definitions I agree with many aspects of Dem-Soc and if I said I was a leftist I would probably have a mob of people bludgeoning me to death with hardcovers editions of various books on the topic.
You can also argue that a portion of Dem-Soc are just using that label as a means for spreading leftist ideology to "prime" the topic of actual leftism within the party, but that doesn't really fit the polls on the topic, at least from what I've seen.
Now the obvious caveat is mainly with healthcare debate and M4A, but again in terms of "leftist" I don't really consider that to be like, actual marxism? I would say it's far more on the Dem-Soc scale of things because single payer can still involve private coverage for service (and it does with nations who have it like Canada iirc)
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Not if their respective supporters are soured by these attacks/claims that Bernie was dismissing women.
she has no reason to remain quiet. if it's a lie she's letting a friend of hers get smeared in the national press while doing nothing to clear his name, if it's true the media has been primed to run with it.
two people in the room, one says it didn't happen. speak up liz.
two people in the room, one says it didn't happen. speak up liz.
I think you're right if he makes it to the general. In the primary though? It makes Warren's team look desperate. It certainly doesn't uplift Warren as a candidate.
If Warren wasn't planning on leaking this herself, and it was the work of a rogue staffer, I don't want to think about the kind of cabinet positions she would make if she was elected.
So we're choosing to believe a man completely before the woman herself has said her side of it, and also accusing her of cowardice and manipulation. And we're doing this after multiple issues regarding him endorsing or hiring people with less that reputable views or history, no questions asked.
I don't need to tell you all what this sounds like. But hey, he said the opposite in front of cameras, so that must mean he'd do the same in private, to a political rival.
I don't need to tell you all what this sounds like. But hey, he said the opposite in front of cameras, so that must mean he'd do the same in private, to a political rival.
Yeah this just fucking sucks. Warren and Sanders have been playing musical chairs for my preferred pick and... when she used the words 'trash' and invoked the perception of 2016... fuck. The only people who stand to win from this are shit heels like Biden and Pete.
So I agree with the sentiment that Capitalism exacerbates these issues, but I'm wary of people who want to set "identity" aside, because there are people who want to take on the billionaires and corporations, but wish BLM would shut up already. Also, "a rising tide lifts all boats."
extremely cross-thread posting voice Well we can definitely say there are a lot of stroke victims who've used ketamine
Are you under the impression that a candidate personally hires thousands of their workers and volunteers?
No, you're making snide jokes assuming that the man is lying before the woman has said her side of the story.
If she can't control her campaign staff, or if she's getting abvise like this from them, I don't know why we should expect anything different from her potential cabinet staff.
thank goodness in the end we'll get proof that either
a) Bernie is a virulent sexist and has been this entire time, stealthily hiding his utter contempt for female politicians while also being one of the best, most visible, and most consistent US political allies for minorities and the disenfranchised in recent memory
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b) Warren's campaign is stocked with political-rot-fed gadflies who thought her flagging support would be resuscitated by distorting and fabricating absurd stories behind the safety of Being Undisclosed
we just don't know
anyone that she described this private meeting to in any detail was probably a direct hire. they would be at the top level of the campaign.
unless you think she's been dropping this bombshell left and right on random volunteers and it never reached the press until just before iowa?
That's how I intended it to be taken...the only reason that I posted it is because if it were true, it would explain why Warren's team have been so slow to release an official statement. It'd be reaaaaaally shitty and hard to talk around.
All of the other explanations given on why she would remain silent this long don't make sense to me. It's possible her team is just incompetent and thinks she is somehow winning by staying silent but I don't see it.
The poster is saying that it's obvious from specifically Bernie's history that he would say a woman couldn't become president. I'm interested in what the poster believes Bernie has said or done to indicate this. Not the fact that US history is generally a sexist nightmare.
I feel like I both agree with this and see it from a different angle.
Welfare in the US is a social issue first, not second.
Its outrageous, specially since she was quick to jump on another fake story about volunteers yesterday.
More outrageous is to see the usual suspects that usually are quick to jump on sanders and anyone on his staff absolutely silent on this fake story and also yesterday's BS about bernie supporters trashing warren when canvassing for him.
It's fair game, considering it started as a fabricated story using anonymous sources. If CNN can make up a story, a regular staffer can debunk the same story. I don't know why CNN would get more credibility in this story compared to a bernie supporter.
I mean the sources came from Warren staffers who were allegedly told the exchange from Warren directly.
She trusted them to keep a private conversation private.
The most "likely" reality is;
Sanders and Warren were having a discussion on running in 2020, the topic of Warren's gender and the difficulty of being a women and running for office came up and Sanders worded it in a way that dug at Warren or insulted her, or at worst was dismissive of her chances while still respecting she is "fit" for office.
It's why Warren told staffers about it right after it happened because it got to her and she was annoyed that he would present it that way, and now that she's down in the polls she fed it to some people to write about in the media because it was actually a thing she was miffed on.
Sanders and Warren were having a discussion on running in 2020, the topic of Warren's gender and the difficulty of being a women and running for office came up and Sanders worded it in a way that dug at Warren or insulted her, or at worst was dismissive of her chances while still respecting she is "fit" for office.
It's why Warren told staffers about it right after it happened because it got to her and she was annoyed that he would present it that way, and now that she's down in the polls she fed it to some people to write about in the media because it was actually a thing she was miffed on.
On what claims do you know it's fabricated? You know how hard it is to have a "fake" story with four independent sources?
Theres a history book of sexist things bernie has said? Damn
Ok? Once again, the primary motivation behind the production and advocacy of most leftist thought isn't to advance an understanding of leftist movements. If someone in a public forum states that it's irrelevant, those who believe it is essential to understanding our world are going to argue otherwise.
I missed that NYT actually reached out to Warren's campaign and got "no comment" as a response.
.... why?
.... why?
Yeah considering Bernie's past statements and how nonsensical it would be to say a woman can't win after hillary got millions more votes in 2016, I'm guessing there's some telephone going on here, where Warren maybe paraphrased a (possibly questionable, but probably not as idiotic as this) statement from Bernie to one of her staffers, who either willfully or accidentally misinterpreted it.
what degree of irony do I need to level up to in order to believe that Sanders both:
1) famously encouraged Warren to run in 2016 against Clinton as a rebuke to her blatant deck-stacking in the primaries
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2) discouraged Warren (apparently to the point of mockery or insult) from running in 2020 because he changed his mind and decided that women can't be president
1) famously encouraged Warren to run in 2016 against Clinton as a rebuke to her blatant deck-stacking in the primaries
and
2) discouraged Warren (apparently to the point of mockery or insult) from running in 2020 because he changed his mind and decided that women can't be president
The difference between leftist and conservative critique of identity politics is pretty well documented, it was talked about earlier in this thread by some other posters. While there are definitely leftists that talk down to the problems of minorities, black radicals in history were largely Marxist, anarchist, socialist, communist, etc. The state killed most of them and their figureheads were either demonized or whitewashed of their radical tendencies.
Here's a good video about it since I'm short on time, it also critiques white leftists on ignoring black issues, take a look when you can:
The fact that Warren's team hasn't commented makes this whole thing really, really stick. They're going to be coy about it so there's no outright lie, but they want people to believe that he did in fact say it.
I'm kinda shocked so many people are trying to hard to ignore the likely reality that an old man probably said some diet-sexism shit to a women and didn't think much of it.
It's not like Sanders is immune to saying some really not cool shit when asked about topics lol
It's not like Sanders is immune to saying some really not cool shit when asked about topics lol
Again, I think this current story is probably a game of telephone gone out of control, but it tracks.
I think it speaks to the general confrontational approach Warren has been taking towards Sanders.
it'd be more believable if Bernie and Warren didn't know each other. Maybe if he hadn't asked her to run in 2016.
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The most likely reality is that one of the Hillary staffers now working for her ran this plan by her as a plausibly deniable way to "upset" Sanders for the debate and to plant in the mind of the public that Sanders is Supreme Misogyny Chairman of vermont.
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agreed, There's what appears to be, 3rd party actors acting maliciously attempting to sow discord and divide specifically at Bernie and Warren.
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I'll add, we are entering peak "narrative and propaganda season" so think twice, read twice, and always take a step back.
It's actually more believable that fact they did know each other, less guard when you're around friends and you say more truthful things when on topics.
First off we dont know the gender of any source so its weird to draw lines if gender here when warren herself still hasnt aaid anything regarding this.
Second, accusing her campaign of being cowardly and manipulation isnt saying she herself is either of those things (although both would be fair given she has yet to comment on the matter and has had ample time to do so).
If we want to talk about a history of supporting bad people we should probably also mention warren was a republican twenty years ago.
You dont need to tell us what it sounds like because this was a weak attempt on your part to try and act like the discourse here was sexist in nature and as such would have been properly called as such had you actually made that argument.
None of the annonymous sources were in the room, theres no tape or video of the exchange and the alledged offender denied.
This is pretty much how you make a standard fabricated story.
Theres literally zero fact checking and they just decided to print it anyway.
This is fair, I really want to see what she says. I don't think she would make this up, so if she says it happened, I believe her.
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