15th January 2020, 3:23 PM
It contradicts everything Bernie has said through his entire life, so it does seem unlikely to me. For my part, I think the news concocted this thing and now the two candidates have been forced into defending these positions. It was also a conversation that happened a year ago and frankly a misunderstanding between the two seems more likely to me than either one of them lying. That said, Warren hasn't specifically stated what Sanders said.
I know you're not a fan of Sanders, but frankly this is a storm created to deligitimize the entire progressive wing of the party. That's the goal, and last night it worked. The end result was a debate where everyone lost but Trump. It was pathetic.
So, for now, I have little reason to doubt the candidate that's shown the most consistancy throughout his entire career when it comes to progressive issues. I have a LOT of reason to doubt Biden, a man that's revised history to claim things like Obama picked him because he "does well with blacks". (Obama didn't need help with that, Biden was there to help him do better with racist white people.) Biden also repeatedly encouraged congress to go to war, and has repeatedly tried to undo advances in medicare, social security, and welfare. His history is sketchy. I know which one seems more reliable to me.
Also, Biden publically said the very thing Sanders is being accused of saying in private, and NO ONE is calling him on it.
I know you're not a fan of Sanders, but frankly this is a storm created to deligitimize the entire progressive wing of the party. That's the goal, and last night it worked. The end result was a debate where everyone lost but Trump. It was pathetic.
So, for now, I have little reason to doubt the candidate that's shown the most consistancy throughout his entire career when it comes to progressive issues. I have a LOT of reason to doubt Biden, a man that's revised history to claim things like Obama picked him because he "does well with blacks". (Obama didn't need help with that, Biden was there to help him do better with racist white people.) Biden also repeatedly encouraged congress to go to war, and has repeatedly tried to undo advances in medicare, social security, and welfare. His history is sketchy. I know which one seems more reliable to me.
Also, Biden publically said the very thing Sanders is being accused of saying in private, and NO ONE is calling him on it.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)