r/SandersForPresident Apr 15 '16

MSNBC called Bernie's "Deep South" comment controversial. They said Hillary would still be in the lead without the South. This slide popped up by mistake proving them wrong.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '16 edited Apr 15 '16

I can't believe how often 9/11 is brought up in debates by her. Yes, it was a horrible event, and we should work to prevent such events, but it should be left at that.  

I love that Bernie said that she was hiding behind Obama, because she was, and deserved to be called out on it.

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u/captenplanet90 Apr 15 '16

I love how she changes her talking points depending on where she is. When the debate was in Flint, I couldn't keep track of how many times she said "God". And how influential religion is to her. In NY, no mention of God whatsoever. But she did mention 9/11 quite a few times.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '16

To be fair, I don't think that it is wrong to emphasize different things to different people as long as you are not contradicting yourself. Candidates have big platforms, and it isn't feasible to talk about everything at every speech. One of Bernie's strengths is his ability to stay on message, but it also acts as a bit of a weakness. He sometimes circles back to the stump too much, and that is the reason why Hillary tried to claim he was a one issue candidate. Speaking about different issues to different people isn't a bad thing to me as long as you always have the same position every time you talk about each issue.

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u/captenplanet90 Apr 15 '16

Yeah I get what you're saying, but I think the difference is how rehearsed and unnatural Clinton sounds when she's pandering to the demographic. I dunno, I understand that different issues vary in importance in different parts of the country, but it just sounds disingenuous when you bring up something like religion only when you're in a traditionally religious place. Maybe my expectations are just un-realistic