Guys, after seeing the Sanders supporters show their royal hineys in CaliDem's OP [View all]

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about Hillary's black support, I am now even more concerned about our current crop of Democratic contenders.

I honestly don't know what was the most illuminating thing about that thread:

* The people who actually took it upon themselves to TELL black posters what is and should be important to us. (Hint: Not a winning strategy, folks!)

* The bizarre and beyond absurd contention that Hillary enjoys 87% support in the black community based on nothing but "name recognition" as if black folks are so stupid, that we will actually like and support someone MERELY because we know their name!

* The idea that Sanders knows much about civil rights and the black struggle because he was involved in the March on Washington. Honestly, serious props go to Bernie for participating in the march but that was in 1963, literally more than 50 years ago. To paraphrase Janet's BFF in her video, "I know he USED to do nice things for you, but WHAT HAS HE DONE FOR YOU LATELY???!!"

So far, we've got a candidate who's dog whistling in her previous campaign will not likely be forgotten any time soon. And we've got another candidate from a tiny, lily white state who even his supporters have to go back multiple decades in time to show his work in and support for the black community. If Bernie's done something more recent he needs to spread the word, 'cause if even his fevered supporters on DU don't know about it, what are the chances that most black people nationwide do?

Both of these candidates have their strengths, and Lord knows, both have their weaknesses. But if either of them wants to get 1/10th the level of strong, committed support that Obama got in both of his campaigns, they are seriously going to have to up their games in minority communities. That's just the reality for anybody running for president in a post-Obama political world.