Posted on 01/19/2020 12:56:33 PM PST by conservative98
CONCORD, New Hampshire — Bernie Sanders said at a forum in New Hampshire that women still face obstacles when they run for office, describing being a woman as a potential “problem” and noting that anyone who runs for office “brings some negatives” when it comes to appealing to the American electorate.
The language instantly re-opened a conflict between supporters of Elizabeth Warren and Sanders over questions about electability, gender, and a private conversation between the two senators where they discussed whether a woman can win in 2020.
“Everybody has their own sets of problems,” Sanders said during a forum sponsored by New Hampshire NPR, when asked if he thinks gender is an “obstacle” for women running for office. “I’m 78 years of age, that’s a problem. There are a lot of people who say, ‘well, I like Bernie, he’s a nice guy, but he’s 78 years of age.’ So we have to argue: please look at the totality of who I am.
“If you’re looking at [Pete] Buttigieg, he’s a young guy and people have said, ‘well, he’s too young to be president.’ And you look at this one and she’s a woman,” Sanders said while answering the question. “Everybody brings some negatives, if you like. I would just hope very much that the American people look at the totality of a candidate. Not at their gender, not at their sexuality, not at their age, but at everything. Nobody is perfect. There ain’t no perfect candidate out there.”
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Open mouth, insert foot.
Ouch. Sure it was Bernie and not Biden who said this? It sounds more like Biden.
Too bad. I considered him one of the weaker opponents.
“And you look at this one and she’s a woman,” Sanders said while answering the question. “Everybody brings some negatives, if you like.”
It’s amazing that a dem candidate said this.
LOL, dude can’t help digging his hole deeper
Hey Bernie, conservatives call that ‘Digging Deeper’.
Keep going, Pal.
By the same token, Liz has revealed herself to be kind of thin skinned. “I think you just called me a LIAR on national TV!!!”
That was just stupid
Marxists really seem to hate women. I’m not just saying that because I don’t like Marxists.
Although, it's unlikely that President Trump would hold back anything during the actual debate in the first place. It would just be Lizzzie having a "I wish I had said that" moment.
I think it will get him some quiet support among the Red Brigades. Even they have to live in reality.
It's unfair, but being of the fair sex is not a political advantage, especially for the no-holds-barred job of President.
Bernie is sure revealing his age factor - a negative - top speed. Warren is an unlikeable, arrogant, lying Marxist witch, and that’s why she’s unelectable. Hillary was likewise, and that was why she was unelectable. Being female has nothing to do with it.
I’ve always thought that if Condoleeza Rice had run...even though she was definitely a RINO who had overridden her fundamentally conservative instincts...she would have been elected years ago. But you have to be really aggressive to run for President, and really, really want to do it. She didn’t. But she would have been elected, so even a couple of decades ago women were electable.
It’s just that the right woman hasn’t run yet, and Bernie is too old and stuck in the past and in Marxism to realize it.
They are scared of Sanders.
Concerted effort against him by MSM DNC establishment.
Not sure why.
LOL. "Youth" is not Mayor Pete's biggest problem. Why is Bernie afraid to point out his problem? Mayor Pete has the support of 7% of the Democrats. The Democrats are about 35% of the population. That means that Mayor Pete has the support of about 2.5% of the population... Or to put it differently - the amount of the population that is queer.
In other words, only queers support Mayor Pete.
Gee when Sarah Palin was running all I heard out of the commie media’s mouth was how she was such an idiot and had no right to win anything..the same commies who say that a woman should be President/Vice President, etc, only mean that DEMOCRAT women should have that right, Conservative women dont have that right
Year Bernie, but we didn’t need you to bring a whole bag full of them. And thanks a lot for being the same gender as I am, as far as we know.
He looks like a 75 year old cat lady.
Phew that was dumb. Could be his wearing a helmet moment.
I’m with Bernie on this one. I think he was giving his opinion without being hostile. I agree with him.
Being a woman is a bit of a disadvantage for a presidential candidate. Some women can overcome that with other qualities.
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