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Saturday, November 14, 2015

An Aide to Bernie Sanders is Livid About Change of Debate's Focus

I guess I can understand as Bernie doesn't have much to offer regarding what to do about the increasing problem of ISIS. In the debate's opening speech, Bernie opened by mentioning ISIS but quickly pivoted back to economic inequality.

HRC used her entire intro to point out that it's not just about electing a President but also a Commander in Chief.

Still, sometimes you have to roll with it. A terrible tragedy like what happened in Paris last night can't simply be ignored so Bernie can give his usual stump speech.

"Sanders strategist Mark Longabaugh began arguing with officials from CBS when they began to discuss a new focus on national security and foreign policy, an aide with a rival Democratic campaign told Yahoo News."

"It was a little bit of a bizarre scene. The Sanders representative, you know, really laid into CBS and basically … kind of threw, like, a little bit of a fit and said, ‘You are trying to turn this into a foreign policy debate. That’s not what any of us agreed to. How can you change the terms of the debate, you know, on the day of the debate. That’s not right,'" the staffer told Yahoo"

"The staffer with the rival Democratic campaign told Yahoo News that CBS executives on the call assured Longabaugh that the debate would not entirely focus on the Paris attacks."

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/bernie-sanders-cbs-debate-changes

Sometimes things change on the ground such that it's a little absurd to just go on as if they haven't.

It would also be terribly insensitive and tone deaf.

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