Diane Rehm takes on Bernie Sanders

[dismal]

At the 24-minute mark, Rehm says to Sanders, “Senator, you have dual citizenship with Israel,” to which Sanders replies, “Well… No, I do not have dual citizenship with Israel. I am an American. I do not know where that question came from.

“I am an American citizen, and I have visited Israel on a couple of occasions. No, I am an American citizen. I am an American citizen, period,” said Senator Sanders.

Rehm replied, speaking very slowly and with great difficulty: “I understand from a list we have gotten that you were on that list. Forgive me if that is…”

I'm sure most of us can relate to that sinking feeling one gets when one finds out our secret list of Jews is wrong just after we have made a public accusation, but isn't is a bit unfair to use the "speaking very slowly and with great difficulty" card on Diane Rehm?

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2015/06/a-facebook-comment-makes-the-news.php
http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/10/med...rael-wamu/index.html?section=money_topstories

 

[NobleSavage]

I heard the show live on NPR yesterday. Other than this screw up, Diane Rehm gave him plenty of softball questions and time to propound Bernie economics. I'd say it was a net benefit to Bernie, if the narrow and small listener base of NPR matters at all.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

That's ... inane.

If Sanders were visiting an elementary school and a kid asked him a question based on some unsourced thing he'd found on the internet, it would be an acceptable mistake, but once somebody hits junior high school, greater standards are expected.

 

[NobleSavage]

That's ... inane.

If Sanders were visiting an elementary school and a kid asked him a question based on some unsourced thing he'd found on the internet, it would be an acceptable mistake, but once somebody hits junior high school, greater standards are expected.

Yeah, I'm wondering how the screw up happen. I bet someone on Diane's staff got fired.

 

[Horatio Parker]

Diane Rehem(sic) has a speech disorder, spasmodic dysphonia.

 

[Nice Squirrel]

So this is why Obama wants to crush Jerusalem passports!

I'll need to see a DNA sample from Bernie. Why is he hiding this from us?

 

[untermensche]

Sanders has a good idea of what some problems are and why so little wealth is going to things like roads and universal health insurance.

Whether he can do anything about it is another thing.

He isn't Teddy Roosevelt.