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Sunday, March 6, 2016

Bernie Again Lies About Having No Super PAC

He also brought this up at a questionable moment, just after she smacked down his attempt to tar her on NAFTA/TPP, etc.

She pointed out that he opposed the auto bailout.

http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2016/03/bernie-calls-auto-bailout-wall-st.htm

Michael Cohen:

"Sanders has the most scarily simplistic understanding of economics. If anything benefits a corporation - even to create jobs - he's opposed."

https://twitter.com/speechboy71/status/706657125188108288

It's true he seems much less concerned about the jobs of Michigan auto workers than the worry that someone on Wall St. might benefit.

So when it was clear Bernie was losing the argument about the auto bailout, he switched to 'But anyway, I don't have a Super PAC.'

Which is both untrue and besides the point being discussed at the time.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/02/11/sanderss-claim-that-he-does-not-have-a-super-pac/

For more see this Politico piece.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/flint-sanders-clinton-debate-220332

Overall, though, it's clear she got under his skin. To suddenly bring up a paid speech in the middle of a discussion of the auto bailout again shows him as what she's said he is: single issue.

P.S. I notice that Bernie has this unattractive habit of raising his hand the minute she says something he doesn't like even if she's just 10 seconds in to her answer.

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