Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) threw around a lot of buzzwords in their New Hampshire debate last night, but some were conspicuously absent.
Based on a search of a transcript of the debate, here are a few interesting findings:
- Hillary said “Progressive” 15 times – but Bernie didn’t say “Socialist” even once (though he did make one reference to “democratic socialism”),
- Neither candidate uttered the words “Liberal” or “Conservative,”
- “Campaign Finance” was mentioned five times, but only once by Clinton
- “Immigration Reform” was touted four times (Clinton 3, Sanders 1),
- “Billionaires” were equally vilified by both candidates (six mentions total) – but, they both left “Millionaires” alone.
Only Sanders mentioned “Climate Change” (twice). But, Clinton promised to deploy a half a billion solar panels and create enough clean energy for “every home” in her first term as president:
“I’m for a lot of things. I don’t want to just stop bad things from happening, I want to start good things from happening. And I believe, if I’m so fortunate to get the nomination, I will begin to work immediately on putting together an agenda, beginning to talk with members of Congress and others about how we can push forward.
“I want to have half a billion more solar panels deployed, the first four years. I want to have enough clean energy to power every home the next four years.”
And, finally, only the self-described Democratic Socialist (Sanders) came right out and called for a “Revolution” (three times):
“I’m running for president because I believe it is just too late for establishment politics and establishment economics. I do believe we need a political revolution where millions of people stand up and say loudly and clearly that our government belongs to all of us and not just a handful of wealthy campaign contributors.”
“The reality is we that have a corrupt campaign finance system which separates the American people’s needs and desires from what Congress is doing. So to my mind, what we have got to do is wage a political revolution where millions of people have given up on the political process, stand up and fight back, demand the government that represents us and not just a handful of campaign contribution — contributors.”
“I am enormously proud. Never believed it would happen that we have raised 3.5 million individual contributions, averaging $27 dollars a piece. That is what the political revolution means.”