Posted on 03/10/2020 10:23:06 AM PDT by karpov
Bernie Sanders on Monday evening confronted head-on questions regarding Joe Biden’s fitness for the presidency — declining to directly attack his rival’s stamina, but suggesting that brief speeches last week by Biden on the campaign trail were insufficient to address the nation’s problems.
The remarks from the Vermont senator targeting the former vice president came at a Fox News town hall for Sanders, where a participant charged that Biden’s answers “don't make sense” and asked Sanders whether it was “acceptable” for a White House hopeful to answer questions “like Joe Biden does.”
Sanders said that when his campaign conducts events and rallies, “we respect people in a sense that we give really substantive — these guys will think maybe too long-winded answers,” he said, gesturing to the forum’s moderators.
“There are real crises facing this country. When I give a speech, often it’s 45 minutes or an hour, OK? Because there are a lot of challenges that the country faces, and I’ve got to talk about them,” Sanders continued, before launching into a critique of Biden.
“You know, I think Joe was somewhere — where was he, I don't know — Michigan or some place else the other day, and he spoke for seven minutes. I don't know how you say anything other than, you know, minimal discussion in seven minutes,” Sanders said.
Sanders’ supporters and senior staff blasted Biden over the weekend for a series of Missouri campaign events where the Democratic frontrunner offered abbreviated speeches, speaking for roughly seven minutes in St. Louis and around 15 minutes at a subsequent stop in Kansas City on Saturday.
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Not that I WOULD ever vote for him, I meant in Operation Chaos.
Sounds like the Cable-guy.
True. He just wants a platform for his nutty ideas.
Sanders could have destroyed Biden with ads using just the available footage the Trump peeps have been circulating for days. But clearly he’s been paid off to let it go.
Biden is a placeholder for PIAPS. That’s all.
“Bernie is destined to lose again.
He doesn’t have a killer instinct. He’s not a fighter.”
Exactly. A little bluster and a lot of fold.
Then he certainly isn’t a true communist. Fidel Castro holds the record for the longest speech ever delivered to the United Nations: 4 hours and 29 minutes, Sept. 26, 1960.
One of Castro’s longest speeches lasted 7 hours and 30 minutes, Feb. 24, 1998, after the national assembly re-elected him to a five-year term as president.
Perhaps Sanders will step up his speech game when he gets elected.
Kinda generous with that estimate, dontcha think?
I have to say that the debate this weekend should be pretty entertaining. The fact that Biden has to sit down tells me that standing places too much of a load on his brain...
Yup. No killer instinct; unusual in a vile commie.
...and DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME...IT’S FEEBLE ON THE OUTSIDE, FEEBLE-MINDED ON THE INSIDE...
I thought you GEEZERS were only going 5/8ths mile in those amigos, GROPER.
I took my dog-faced dog for a walk today. He sniffed less than Joek.
I'm thinking the DNC may find an excuse to cancel the debate, probably using "caution over the Corona Virus" as an excuse. They can't afford to allow him to speak unscripted for a two hour period on live TV. This won't be like the previous debates where there were 6 or 7 other candidates for him to hide behind. It's just Biden and Bernie. Even if the moderators serve up softball questions, the potential for repeated verbal meltdowns is too risky.
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