"Black Democrats Question Sanders' Commitment to Obama"

[Dawson Leery]

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/black-democrats-question-sanders-commitment-obama-36902030

Ant then there is this:

Bernie Sanders: “I said ‘black’ 50 times. That’s the 51st time.”
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/2/12/1484405/-Bernie-Sanders-I-said-black-50-times-That-s-the-51st-time

[Live and Learn]

1. I don't know what your point was but thanks for sharing. Sanders did a fine job.

Feel the Bern!!!

[JRLeft]

2. Read this

"That's what's happening right now. This is the right campaign if you believe this country can be better than it was," Ellison said. "It's not saying that Obama's not a great president. I support President Obama, but I'm telling you this: We can do better."

[mcar]

3. K&R

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it. Lord Acton

[ejbr]

7. +1 n/t

[Bucky]

19. +2

[ram2008]

5. Where was Hillary? nt

[farleftlib]

6. Looking for her transcripts?

[ejbr]

8. Apparently

he got applause and laughter when he said that. http://m.startribune.com/sen-bernie-sanders-appears-in-north-minneapolis-at-forum/368674581/

[Nanjeanne]

9. I guess headline should be Clinton Black Surrogates question Sanders' Commitment to Obama

And then the "black 50 times. . . " Which I watched live and was certainly not a big deal. He was being questioned by a strong activist woman who was trying to make a point that within the context of the event was valid but the comment about not saying black just negated her real question since Bernie had said black many many many times. And anyone in the audience or watching on Bernie2016 tv could hear.

More much ado about nothingness!

[Slater]

10. Just for the sake of argument

If Bernie wasn't committed to Obama, why would that even matter? It's no secret that Obama was more of a center leftist than a true progressive, and it's not as if blacks are any better off under Obama than they were before. The truth is, however, that Bernie will expand "Obama's legacy", whether he's truly "committed" or not (that's just the way Bernie is), and would do better for them than Hillary would.

I still don't understand how anyone can even cast doubt on Bernie's commitment when the woman he is running against used racist dog whistles in her campaign against Obama in 2008 and recently said to BLM activists that she'd "only talk to white people". The people who still aren't feeling the Bern clearly have some messed up priorities.

[NutmegYankee]

11. You seem to have an obsession with race.

Why?

[Slater]

14. This thread is about race

"BLACK DEMOCRATS question......"

I wasn't the one who brought race into it. But if you must ask, it's just a mystery to me why any black voter would support a racist candidate like Hillary.

[monicaangela]

12. You are correct in every way with this comment you have made...

I too am wondering how the minority vote could even be at stake in this election. Bernie Sanders if far and away the better candidate, and yes, he is the only progressive candidate in this race. I feel Hillary Clinton is Center Right and far right when it comes to defense.

Welcome to DU, great comment!

[Slater]

16. Thanks

And thanks for the heart (whoever it was).

[monicaangela]

21. You are welcome

and, I am the one who thought it would be a good idea to welcome you with that heart.

[m-lekktor]

18. many people feel the same as you. nt

[wyldwolf]

13. As well they should

A successful Democrat is more of a threat to "progressives" than a Republican.

Puritopians.

[Vinca]

15. Bernie and more recently Angus King have been reliable swing votes for Obama.

Bernie isn't Obama and doesn't want to be Obama. He's supported most of what Obama has done. Are black Democrats mad because he doesn't support the TPP?

[monicaangela]

20. I wouldn't just read a couple of articles like the ones you have posted and jump to a conclusion...

I would ask myself why were those attending this forum so angry and would they have been just as angry if Hillary Clinton had been presenting...I say yes:

Despite recent growths in minority populations, Minnesota remains an overwhelmingly white state. Nationally, African-Americans make up 12.8 percent of the population, compared to 4.6 percent in Minnesota, according to 2008 U.S. Census data.

The numbers are similar for Latinos, who make up 15.4 percent of the nation's population, but just 4.1 percent in Minnesota.

Louis King argues that although some might think that the state's relatively small number of minorities would make fixing racial disparities easier, the reality is often exactly opposite. King is the president and CEO of Summit Academy OIC, a Twin Cities-based nonprofit that provides education and job training for low-income residents.

"If ... we're worse than Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama, I would have to argue that it has something to do with the fact that maybe the population is so overwhelmingly homogenous that it's possible to ignore [racial disparities]," he said.

John Powell, the founder of the Institute on Race and Poverty, said the lack of diversity makes it easy for many white Minnesotans to overlook the needs of minority residents when creating employment programs and other services.

http://www.mprnews.org/story/2010/05/24/race-and-unemployment-in-minnesota

Maybe my advice would be, if I were asked to give it ..... Look before you leap.