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Originally posted by Jonna Lee
can someone summarize the debate for me?  i only caught a few minutes of it here |
I'll try my best to be as unbiased as possible!
First of all it was the best debate I've seen on either side since 2008, maybe even better!
Both candidates were fantastic. Things started off right away with tough questions. Clinton was asked about her progressiveness and she answered nicely saying under Sanders' definition Obama, Biden, and a few others weren't progressives because of his definition (taking money from Wall Street, voting for the Iraq war, etc). He then said she's part of the establishment that's why so many senators and legislators endorsed her. So she said it was weird to call a woman running to become the first female president ever as establishment. then Sanders swung back with the 1-2 punch of her taking money from Wall Street and saying she's not going to be as tough cracking down on them. She stumbled a bit but said they spend so much money on her trying to get people to vote against her and for Bernie because they're scared of her because they know of her record
Next was foreign policy and that was where Clinton took control. She has a wide array of knowledge on everything and answered every question elegantly. Sanders looked puzzled throughout the hour and quietly agreed with her because he just isn't comfortable yet speaking about FP. He did say judgement is just as important as experience when saying he didn't vote for the war and she did. Good answer. She replied by saying she used her judgement in advising the president in letting her say what she needed to about capturing and killing Bin Laden. And more stuff Bernie never felt good about regarding FP (like saying North Korea was more dangerous than Russia, etc)
Finally the last part came down to emails, attacking, who could lead this country to where it needs to be, etc. Sanders said his supporters are the reason why he's the stronger candidate because he is not bought, hasn't raised a single sent on Wall Street and super pacs, has always been against topics the Secretary recently changed her mind on, and can energize the base to get it and vote like never before. Clinton finally had a good retort to the email question, said she was more rounded as a president, and even said she would consider Sanders first as VP if she was the nom.
Overall it was a stellar debate that never veered off topic, no nasty remarks (both declined vehemently to attack the other personally), Rachel and other guy were excellent hosts who never had to talk too much. Just wow
the Bernsters probably voted without watching it