Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Sunday that his opponent, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on even her worst day, was a better option for President than any GOP running.
Sanders was asked on ABC’s “This Week” if he thought his agreements with Clinton outweighed his disagreements.
“Well, that’s — well, the answer is yes and no,” Sanders responded. “Yes, we do agree on a number of issues, and by the way, on her worst day, Hillary Clinton will be an infinitely better candidate and President than the Republican candidate on his best day.”
“But having said that, we have very significant differences and the key difference is I see a nation in which we have a grotesque level of income and wealth inequality,” Sanders continued.
Funny how he didn’t attack her?!
Oh wait, they’re Democrats, my bad.
Between this and the “sick of your damned emails” comment–can you imagine a Republican candidate being this gracious to an opponent?
This is a gracious thing for a candidate to say. That it’s the goddamn truth makes it that much more admirable.
I just wish that both Sanders and Clinton supporters would all recognize that it’s true about both Bernie and Hillary—regardless of what your opinion of them are, the notion that either one is not galactically better than any Republican is asinine. For me, the only determinant of which candidate I support is which one is better able to defeat the GOP in 2016.
This will put the “Hillary is no different from a Republican” contingent on Daily Kos in an interesting position.
Republican candidates are to Clinton, as Clinton is to _______.
Discuss.
Oh, I kid, mostly. It´s just that I heard Sanders talking about democratic socialism with Steve Inskeep on NPR, and I thought, why is it that normal acknowledgement of the socialist aspects of the government that we already enjoy are as unmentionable as Victorian era sex? Why is it that we have to begin every political conversation with a paean to the glories of the free market? Sanders is doing the Lord´s work here in expanding the realm of the possible political discourse in this country, and for that he has my thanks. Hillary, OTOH, will not win any ¨profiles in courage¨ award from me.
On a few issues, she’s not infinitely better, and Kasich (and if he counts Pataki) is probably at least someone I can live with, but the basic point is right. I rather someone else, to be honest, but she is quite qualified to be President and not someone who makes me nauseous. Taken as a whole, the candidates on the other side do.