Also not giving him a pass, but I think he approached it as it should be obvious that he’s fully pro-choice from his record, and he was focused on what made him different from Clinton.

I will not give any candidate a “pass” because he’s male, but perhaps that’s why it’s an afterthought to him while it’s forefront to us. That and he’s fighting SO many battles.

The problem is that the Clintons have been around for so long that pretty much everyone heading the major liberal organizations has worked for them at some point. Defending the Clintons is what they do, even to the detriment of the Democratic process. PPA endorsed Clinton right around when her Iowa numbers really…

That’s ok, he’ll just have to stick with opposing the Iraq war, supporting gay marriage, opposing DOMA, and all the other progressive stances he took literal decades before Clinton found the politically expedient to believe in...

I find it exceeding strange that Planned Parenthood felt a need to endorse Clinton when Sanders has just as powerful a record in favor of reproductive rights. What actual reasons could have been behind that decision besides deciding to play politics, much as the Democratic party has decided to do in general this…

Yes it does, and I think that’s another reason he avoids talking about it. I think he thinks it’s patronizing to suggest we go look at his voting record over and over. To him, it speaks for itself. That’s one of the things I like about Bernie, actually. He seems to respect his audience enough to assume that you are…

Doesn’t his voting/bill/etc. history show that he’s been in support of abortion and reproductive autonomy (and stem cell research) for women for decades?

It’s a good point, but I do think there is still some valid meaning to the word. It’s not specific, but the word “establishment” does line up with some of what makes me wary of Hillary. She’s a politician: she panders, she takes lobbyist money, she makes backroom deals.

Yes But sorry if this is reposted. I argue that Bernie has been fighting the establishment from the inside for years. Linked below is a great example of such.

Right? It’s the polished phoniness of it all.

Her saying, “I just don’t understand what that means” is one of the most establishment things she could do. It’s the equivalent of “I don’t remember” in Congressional testimony. I’m a woman and a feminist and I really would have loved to support a female candidate, but Hillary is so disingenuous and self-interestedly…

YOUR HUSBAND WAS THE PRESIDENT YOU ARE PART OF THE MAINSTREAM DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT JFC

I don’t think he’s upset, he’s simply pointing out that these organizations have ties to Hillary. I wonder why Anna left out the fact that “the top Planned Parenthood executive, Richards’ daughter, former Democratic National Committee spokeswoman Lily Adams, signed up last spring with the Clinton campaign as Iowa…

Very nice of you to leave out the fact that Planned Parenthood’s President Cecile Richard’s daughter works for Clinton and Planned Parenthood has donate to Hillary’s in the past (sorta to Bernie’s point about being apart of the DNC establishment)...but cool story.