Sanders: Bill Clinton's scandals 'totally disgraceful'

[Beezer]

Somebody trying to find his way onto the Trump ticket?

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/265297-sanders-bill-clintons-scandals-totally-disgraceful

[YPestis25]

It's not like he said this unprompted. He was responding to a questioner who raised it, and then moved on.

[Clark Kent]

Somebody trying to find his way onto the Trump ticket?

They'd be perfect for each other.

[Asian Nazi]

It's amazing how this loon can parrot right-wing talking points and still be considered a "progressive" by his low information supporters.  Can the Sanders Cult just die already?

[henster]

He's right I don't think any progressive should condone what Bill did.

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What else is he supposed to say?

[MM876]

Anyone who thinks this was attacking Bill or Hillary clearly was too lazy to read. He said Bill Clinton's affair was disgraceful, but not a matter of impeachment and not a matter of importance on this scale.

And guess what? It was disgraceful. I'm a liberal and I can say with certainty that it was disgraceful. It's a disgusting abuse of power, and his inability to manage his personal life and let it spill into his public life was incredibly disappointing.

Everyone, including Bernie, agrees that the Republicans were embarking on an idiotic and futile quest, but that doesn't make Bill Clinton a saint.

[NeverAgain]

He defended Hillary Clinton you idiots.

This.

[Ebsy]

I didn't read it as an attack on Hillary, for what it is worth.

[Lief 🗽]

This selfish vanity campaign needs to end NOW, before he does more damage to the Democratic party and people around the country who are actually fighting for progressive change.

[ProgressiveCanadian]

This selfish vanity campaign needs to end NOW, before he does more damage to the Democratic party and people around the country who are actually fighting for progressive change.

Did you even read the article?? He's obviously right it's not like he's attacking Hillary because of it.

[Hillary pays minimum wage]

I wonder if they'll let him say this at the convention?

[Lief 🗽]

This selfish vanity campaign needs to end NOW, before he does more damage to the Democratic party and people around the country who are actually fighting for progressive change.

Did you even read the article?? He's obviously right it's not like he's attacking Hillary because of it.

No, he's just attacking a popular Democratic ex-president. Totally okay.

[This account no longer in use.]

Ignore Lief. He's playing up the whole StatesPoll.com act.

[Sumner 1868]

Sanders characterization of Clinton's behavior isn't really different from that of Al Gore circa 1999-2000. Would the people condemning Sanders now have condemned Gore?

[ProgressiveCanadian]

This selfish vanity campaign needs to end NOW, before he does more damage to the Democratic party and people around the country who are actually fighting for progressive change.

Did you even read the article?? He's obviously right it's not like he's attacking Hillary because of it.

No, he's just attacking a popular Democratic ex-president. Totally okay.

He wasn't attacking he was getting asked the question. What should he have said that it was good what he did?

[Darthpi – Anti-Florida Activist]

He's right I don't think any progressive should condone what Bill did.

I don't even think Bill Clinton himself would defend what he did, fwiw.

[Lief 🗽]

guy with a gilmore avatar saying I'm playing up an act rofl

[ProgressiveCanadian]

He's right I don't think any progressive should condone what Bill did.

I don't even think Bill Clinton himself would defend what he did, fwiw.

Lief going against Bill Clinton a popular democratic ex president?? My gosh!

[Lief 🗽]

People running for the Democratic presidential nomination shouldn't be calling popular, successful Democratic presidents "totally disgraceful." It's not that hard to understand dude.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Wow, so incredible that at least one other candidate is willing to call out the hypocrisy of the left. Still can't support his laughable agenda but good move.

[ProgressiveCanadian]

People running for the Democratic presidential nomination shouldn't be calling popular, successful Democratic presidents "totally disgraceful." It's not that hard to understand dude.

Isn't it disgraceful to cheat on your wife? Am i missing something here?? Don't even see the point of asking the question in the first place however.

[7,052,770]

People running for the Democratic presidential nomination shouldn't be calling popular, successful Democratic presidents "totally disgraceful." It's not that hard to understand dude.

Isn't it disgraceful to cheat on your wife? Am i missing something here?? Don't even see the point of asking the question in the first place however.

Of course Bill Clinton's behavior was disgraceful on a personal level. But it's dumb for Sanders to play into a prominent Republican talking point.

Remember, the whole point of Bernie's campaign is to get young people (who don't even remember the Bill Clinton presidency and have no frame of reference to care about Hillary) to be excited about the 2016 election, and then this summer and fall channel that energy and excitement into votes for Hillary Clinton. He's doing a great job of it so far -- if Hillary wins a close one in November she can probably directly thank Bernie for it -- so I'm willing to forgive this error, as long as he doesn't keep it up.

[Averroës Nix]

Sanders, of course, has an advantage over almost all elected Democrats insofar as his political career has never been contingent on pretending that Bill Clinton is anything other than a national disgrace.