Rongone wrote:

Again, insignificant when compared to the ugly three ring circus that the Republican Party primary has devolved into.

Fred is right in his assessment.

Just one more example of the media trying to sensationalize an isolated instance as covered in the topic "is the media part of the problem with politics today?".

Now, if Hillary had told somebody to punch the questioner, or to throw the bum out, or sprayed her with pepper spray, or offered to pay the legal fees if somebody would sucker punch the questioner, I might not be so lenient. But, the fact of the matter is that this was really tame in comparison to the rhetoric and actions of Drumpf and Damien 'Trussed Ted' Cruz, and a lame attempt by media outlets to fire up some kind of outrage, but the attempt fizzled like a dud firecracker.

I think the big issue with this whole thing is that Hillary who is usually pretty composed, kind of "blew her cool" and called Sanders a "liar". Well most politicians tend to stretch the truth to their advantage in a political contest and this was one such incident. The CNN article actually did a pretty good job in going through the incident. As far as accepting outside support, it is TRUE that Hillary has a big $$ lead in that respect when you add up the PACS, etc. But the energy issue is overblown and if you look at her actual voting record it does not translate into being in their pocket at all. As a matter of fact she leans much more to the conservation side than most of the Republicans vying for the POTUS position.