Enjoy.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251648936 Segami (9,859 posts)
Bernie Sanders To Pit His BULLDOG STYLE vs Clinton In First Debate
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“There is nobody better at delivering a message than Bernie,†said Republican Richard Tarrant, a wealthy businessman who lost a 2006 Senate race to Sanders. “His style is a little gruff. You can poke at him and get him angry, but he’s good at rolling out of it,†he said. “He’s got numbers, he’s got facts, and if he gets caught by surprise he’ll shift really quickly to his stump message. I don’t think Hillary stands a chance against him.†John MacGovern, a Republican who challenged Sanders unsuccessfully in 2012, said he was determined not to let Sanders “walk all over me†during their four debates, including a one-on-one radio encounter. He said Sanders repeatedly tried to interrupt him in one debate as he answered a question about federal funding for women’s healthcare provider Planned Parenthood but relented once MacGovern pushed back.
“If you didn’t fight back, he would just badger you,†MacGovern said. “He may not have been on the national stage before, but I do not think it will faze him in the slightest. He will say what he believes and it will be very easy for him.â€
Sanders has had plenty of debate practice over the years. He first ran for public office in 1972, losing four statewide races before winning the Burlington mayor’s office by 10 votes in 1981. He was re-elected mayor three times, served eight terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and is in his second U.S. Senate term. Paul Lafayette, a Democratic city council member in Burlington who squared off against Sanders in a series of 1987 mayoral debates, said Sanders was a natural debater.
“I’ve never seen him back down from anyone or anything,†Lafayette said, although Sanders has “calmed down†over the years. Sanders’ message has been so consistent that he is “giving the same speech now that he was giving when he was mayor of Burlington.â€
Yet Sanders’ consistency is one weakness Clinton could exploit, MacGovern said. He said Clinton’s campaign “can figure out their replies to him right now – he’s very predictable.†Joe Trippi, a Democratic strategist who helped former Vermont Governor Howard Dean make the transition to the national political stage in the 2004 race, said Sanders should have no trouble with the jump. “It’s a lot easier when you are the insurgent,†Trippi said. “There is a sort of self selection — everyone else took a pass, but you are the one who decided to take on Hillary Clinton. So I don’t think it’s in his DNA to be afraid.â€
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http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/bernie-sanders-to-pit-his-bulldog-style-against-clinton-in-first-debate-i-dont-think-hillary-stands-a-chance/
Wooo hooo a Lazio re doooo??.
Will Barney roll over and let Hillary tickle his tummy like a good boy??
Will he hump her leg and sling slobber?
Has Barney been neutered and chained to the porch?
Or, will he go full Deniac, wild eyed, foaming at the mouth, pounding the table, hurling virulent rancor around??
Sandinistas will be sorely disappointed if he rolls over and plays dead. They want red meat
Hillary supporters will be outraged if he goes on the attack. He will be dead meat, the feminista press will crucify him.
Lots of fun at the link. Dog paddle on over, dip a paw in the water and do the breast stroke on back.
hifiguy (27,855 posts)
9. I've been saying it for a while here.
Two hours on the stage with Martin and Bernie - both of whom are perfectly willing and able to give straight answers even to tough questions - and there will be nothing left of HRH but a pair of smoking shoes and a greenish-gray miasma of vaporous Turd Way platitudes floating into the lights.
while screams of "I'm melting".... fill the night!
Star Member pnwmom (63,931 posts)
77. The OP says he "bulldogs," "badgers," "interrupts," and acts "gruff."
If he does behave that way, he could put many people off -- at least non-New Yorkers.
Response to pnwmom (Reply #77)Mon Oct 5, 2015, 07:51 PM
Star Member CTyankee (46,419 posts)
83. I don't care what the OP says. Bernie is not like that IMO.
He just states the way it is for ordinary people. I can't see how bad that could be?
Response to frazzled (Reply #12)Mon Oct 5, 2015, 05:24 PM
Armstead (35,948 posts)
33. That drives me crazy. "Go easy on the women candidates"
While I certainly endorse good manners, and don't support sexist attacks (see Trump), and otherwise inappropriate behavior (see: Rick Lazio), it drives me crazy to hear that male candidates can't be strong and forceful when debating female candidates. It strikes me as sexist, and assumes that women politicians have to be treated as fragile flowers who can't stand up for themselves.
Star Member McCamy Taylor (15,745 posts)
112. Not is he really wants to win, he won't.
If he is in the race the protect Clinton from the left, then sure, play the angry radical socialist. America will eat it up. And no other challenge from the left will stand a chance.
When the FBI frog marches the wicked witch of the West Wing out SloJo will slip in to fill the void. DUmmies will genuflect, kiss his ring and channel
Beau. Imagine this: Brain Damaged SloJo going full grandpa on Barney the Whipped Dog. Should be a hoot, "Grumpy Old Men 2, the Democratics" 
