Fair - A New York Times article by Alan Rappeport about who won last night’s Democratic presidential
debate reported today that “Hillary Rodham Clinton was the clear victor,
according to the opinion shapers in the political world (even
conservative commentators).”
The Times quoted National Journal columnist Ron Fournier (“Hillary Clinton won,”, Slate writer Fred Kaplan (“She crushed it,”), New Yorker staffer Ryan Lizza (“Hillary Clinton won because all of her opponents are terrible,” Twitter, Red State blogger
Leon Wolf (“Hillary was (astonishingly) much more likable and
personable than everyone’s favorite crazy socialist uncle,” pollster John Zogby (“Mrs. Clinton was just commanding tonight,” Forbes, and conservative radio host Erick Erickson (“I’m still amazed the other
four candidates made Hillary Clinton come off as the likable,
reasonable, responsible Democrat,” Twitter.
If these so-called “opinion shapers in the political world” declare
Hillary the winner, then Hillary must be the winner, according to the Times.What the Times and these pundits failed to mention is the fact
that every online poll we could find asking web visitors who won the
debate cast Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders as the winner—and not just by a
small margins...
2 comments:
Hillary actually had this to say during the debate:
"I never took a position on Keystone until I took a position on Keystone."
Brilliant, nuanced quote, that. One has to admire the Clintonian style. Never took a position until I took a position---classic, right up there with "I never inhaled" and "It all depends on what your definition of is, is."
A discussion of the debates on my local radio station (WGY AM) began with the statement, can't we all agree that Bernie Sanders is not electable, followed by chatter about Clinton, Biden, and everyone but Bernie.
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