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Kind of Blue

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217. "Bernie lacks the leadership ability"
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 08:15 PM
Oct 2015

to keep his grassroots from becoming a hindrance to his campaign."

Absolutely, because I think Bernie feels exactly as his extreme defenders do, so he acts slowly. Most of all, I think Bernie is not too concerned because he's a placeholder for Hillary. Just rounding up the far left because Hillary's name recognition is high among most black people, so he's got one job to do: fire them up, round them up, and hand them them over. Got to say though that Hillary leaves me cold, as well. Still got over a year to go so we'll see how much of our burn they start feeling when our drumbeat becomes deafening, as more blacks are killed by police than there were during the era of Jim Crow.

First to rec Coolest Ranger Oct 2015 #1
Thanks. bravenak Oct 2015 #2
Hugs, you~ sheshe2 Oct 2015 #132
K&R greatauntoftriplets Oct 2015 #3
Thank you. bravenak Oct 2015 #67
Welcome back. brush Oct 2015 #4
Thank you. bravenak Oct 2015 #68
Welcome back think Oct 2015 #5
Thanks! bravenak Oct 2015 #70
I so love your sig line! sheshe2 Oct 2015 #126
Thank you. bravenak Oct 2015 #128
Ha! sheshe2 Oct 2015 #130
Lol@the Haterz bravenak Oct 2015 #131
LOL! I just saw your sig line.. Perfecto! Cha Oct 2015 #167
I'm so Sick Cha! It's the SS. I know it is. bravenak Oct 2015 #169
What else could it be?! They've diagnosed you so it must be Cha Oct 2015 #171
Oh, you have it!!! I can tell! bravenak Oct 2015 #172
LOL.. I believe I do and didn't even know it. Thank you.. it must be Cha Oct 2015 #175
Yep. That was some of our best work. bravenak Oct 2015 #176
Definitely some of yours and she's best work! Cha Oct 2015 #179
She always gets those brilliant ideas!!! bravenak Oct 2015 #184
Who wouldn't be?~ Cha Oct 2015 #188
I think most would. I'm funny. Can't help it. bravenak Oct 2015 #190
LOL.. I know I don't suck! Cha Oct 2015 #195
I am so very happy to see you back MuseRider Oct 2015 #6
Hey! bravenak Oct 2015 #69
:-) MuseRider Oct 2015 #71
. 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #7
Cool! bravenak Oct 2015 #11
How is that related to Bravenak's OP? ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #37
Bernie's website 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #49
Like I said ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #52
This 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #55
Okay. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #65
Welcome back to the DU "real world" upaloopa Oct 2015 #8
The debate was awesome... bravenak Oct 2015 #27
Lalalalala.. Cha Oct 2015 #168
I am so happy you are back! leftofcool Oct 2015 #9
Mmonk gave me the idea. bravenak Oct 2015 #14
:-) etherealtruth Oct 2015 #10
I do that too. bravenak Oct 2015 #12
Bernie Sanders continues to evolve with every new challenge. Baitball Blogger Oct 2015 #13
I find them in the lack of direction he give to his supporters. bravenak Oct 2015 #17
I don't think he's flatlining, as much as Hillary is getting a surge because she's Baitball Blogger Oct 2015 #29
I live in a red state too. bravenak Oct 2015 #34
Sometimes it is a question of resurrecting someone's record. Baitball Blogger Oct 2015 #43
This is merely an observation not an invitation for angry recriminations. bravenak Oct 2015 #48
Which is why I have said that your comments can only be helpful in the long run. Baitball Blogger Oct 2015 #51
Did you just use the "E" word? kjones Oct 2015 #157
I think the term makes sense for someone who is expanding his geographical constituency. Baitball Blogger Oct 2015 #165
Very good points. scarletwoman Oct 2015 #15
I'm feeling the same way, but Hillary did rise in my estimation with her answer of 'NO' bravenak Oct 2015 #18
I hope she keeps that kind of push-back against the GOP scandal-mongering going! scarletwoman Oct 2015 #31
K&R mcar Oct 2015 #16
Yo! bravenak Oct 2015 #22
Interesting, but the Peter Principle is not correctly used here Jan Bunson Oct 2015 #19
I used artistic license. bravenak Oct 2015 #21
Deliberately Misleading Jan Bunson Oct 2015 #26
Not at all. I am the writer here and I decide the relevancy in my opinion pieces. Thank you. bravenak Oct 2015 #28
The Peter Principle is a MANAGEMENT THEORY Jan Bunson Oct 2015 #33
What does the executive branch do? Any management of people? bravenak Oct 2015 #36
Go somewhere else to pick a fight. scarletwoman Oct 2015 #38
Ultimately, a president is a manager Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #41
What is funny is when I started reading her essay in the OP randys1 Oct 2015 #59
And executives (as in --hello--the EXECUTIVE branch of government, i.e. POTUS) are managers. MADem Oct 2015 #186
Is it your opinion that Bernie Sanders has been incompetent as a U.S. Senator? Jim Lane Oct 2015 #47
As I understand this Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #50
I based it on his current role in managing his campaign and running for office, which is a job. bravenak Oct 2015 #60
There is supporter misbehavior from some Sanders people and from some Clinton people. Jim Lane Oct 2015 #72
I am mostly concerned with how the supporters treat people who resemble me. bravenak Oct 2015 #73
'You've been told' that .... here? Or in the HRC group? By whom? MADem Oct 2015 #194
I've been told that on DU by a DUer with a Hillary-arrow avatar. Jim Lane Oct 2015 #198
That first link is not directed at you--why even mention it? MADem Oct 2015 #224
Have you decided to dress up as a straw man for Halloween? Jim Lane Oct 2015 #226
You're the one dressing up as the victim, here--ironic, since no one sought to offend "you" MADem Oct 2015 #228
OK, I hereby undress as a victim. Jim Lane Oct 2015 #232
No you didn't ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #40
Hey!! bravenak Oct 2015 #42
How's school going? n/t 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #53
Too good. bravenak Oct 2015 #61
Good to see you back here, okasha Oct 2015 #140
Art Major. bravenak Oct 2015 #143
Me, too. okasha Oct 2015 #144
Nope! Not professorial!! That is just about the only thing I have learned. bravenak Oct 2015 #145
Try everything! okasha Oct 2015 #151
I will, thank you! bravenak Oct 2015 #153
Welcome back!!!! brer cat Oct 2015 #20
I have stockholm syndrome so here I is! bravenak Oct 2015 #24
!!! scarletwoman Oct 2015 #32
LOL! Lots of people around here seem to have that same condition. leftofcool Oct 2015 #56
I eat tums to help ease the symptoms from the stockholm. bravenak Oct 2015 #62
OMG! That is funny! leftofcool Oct 2015 #147
Holy shit--I'm dying here ismnotwasm Oct 2015 #122
Me too, yo. bravenak Oct 2015 #125
And a masochist to boot... kjones Oct 2015 #158
Thank you. Loving the pain!! bravenak Oct 2015 #159
you were missed here JI7 Oct 2015 #23
I agree. bravenak Oct 2015 #25
+1. The Libertarian following is the most hateful. They have no shame when it comes to insults. nt Tarheel_Dem Oct 2015 #58
Welcome back! tishaLA Oct 2015 #30
Hey!! bravenak Oct 2015 #45
What is THIS bullshit! Where is the ALERT button! randys1 Oct 2015 #35
Lol! Hey! bravenak Oct 2015 #66
Well, hello there Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #39
Yeah. I honestly thought he recovered nicely after the second incident, better than the first time. bravenak Oct 2015 #44
Welcome back, I have missed your fire. Half-Century Man Oct 2015 #46
Thank you! bravenak Oct 2015 #63
In response to interactions with Black Lives Matter, Bernie formulated a racial justice platform to Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2015 #54
What bravenak is saying Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #57
I am speaking of his interpersonal skills and him addressing the army he asked for. bravenak Oct 2015 #64
WB bravenak. murielm99 Oct 2015 #74
I missed y'all too bravenak Oct 2015 #75
Marking to read this evening! Starry Messenger Oct 2015 #76
I realized I was off suspension this morning. Surprising. bravenak Oct 2015 #78
Welcome back, Bravenak Jack Rabbit Oct 2015 #77
I think the letter writer is posting as bravenak at the conservative cave now..... bravenak Oct 2015 #79
There are always going to be a few bad apples in any large group jfern Oct 2015 #80
Have there been apologies issued and changes made in the attitudes? bravenak Oct 2015 #81
Bernie supporters harassed Lewis? WTF ?? randys1 Oct 2015 #84
On his facebook. Went on and on and on lecturing him on civil rights. bravenak Oct 2015 #85
No surprise. If it werent that your life depended on it, literally, as you are both a Woman and randys1 Oct 2015 #90
Me too. If only I knew I wouldn't suffer worse I'd just stop caring. bravenak Oct 2015 #94
Yep! lib87 Oct 2015 #95
They must have missed where he endorsed Hillary 8 years ago jfern Oct 2015 #96
Was that some shit or what??? Number23 Oct 2015 #101
Let's be real, they probably call them all. Agschmid Oct 2015 #192
Hey!! bravenak Oct 2015 #102
Well jfern Oct 2015 #89
I never used the word all. I specifically said the most caustic and what I consider Rand Paulites. bravenak Oct 2015 #97
I guess it depends on in which manner the harassment is happening jfern Oct 2015 #104
And that's where you're wrong. F4lconF16 Oct 2015 #106
There are two different things here jfern Oct 2015 #109
I think they're one and the same. F4lconF16 Oct 2015 #114
Well, every candidate is going to have a lot of supporter who think that race isn't much of an issue jfern Oct 2015 #116
And a good one will directly call them out for it. Nt F4lconF16 Oct 2015 #118
Well that'd be a lot of supporters to call out jfern Oct 2015 #119
"Good one"? Or, aware one? n/t 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #150
Aware is closer to what I meant. nt F4lconF16 Oct 2015 #214
IIRC, it was a few weeks after the BLM/Sanders encounter at the SS rally in Seattle Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #146
Omg I actually laughed at that. F4lconF16 Oct 2015 #105
Lol!! bravenak Oct 2015 #110
See comment #13 ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #148
Really? Really? It's bizzarro world!!! Everyday! bravenak Oct 2015 #149
"No ... Just too Dismissive" is all I could get out ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #152
I have things I'd LOVE to say. Alas! I cannot.nt bravenak Oct 2015 #154
Yes. Check out his/her response. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #155
I just read that subthread mcar Oct 2015 #197
Because 85+% of DU Feels the Bern ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #200
It's right out front now mcar Oct 2015 #203
And tomorrow ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #207
Holy SHIT!! I just read that crap myself! How the HELL was that post not hidden??! Number23 Oct 2015 #209
Right? mcar Oct 2015 #211
I alerted it, too, as soon as I read it last night. Alas, I was already too late. scarletwoman Oct 2015 #220
Another person JustAnotherGen Oct 2015 #227
Wow, that subthread! Starry Messenger Oct 2015 #208
The "uppity" comment is head scratchingly stupid. The "I'm a parent of a Palestinian" and the Number23 Oct 2015 #210
a "Half Palestinian" (that statement makes me weep for that child, ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #212
There has been only one other time I've seen such open, UNABASHED hostility towards black people Number23 Oct 2015 #213
I think Bernie's supporters are called out so much because of their behavior. Nothing more Number23 Oct 2015 #99
Bernie isn't perfect on the issues jfern Oct 2015 #108
Thank you. bravenak Oct 2015 #111
He is incredibly strong on alot of issues. And he is weak as hell on others and whether his Number23 Oct 2015 #112
Do you mean he's weak on his positions on the issue of race? jfern Oct 2015 #113
That platform was developed primarily after having been shamed by black activists Number23 Oct 2015 #115
Well, he did plead guilty to mishandling that jfern Oct 2015 #117
"As if saying"? ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #201
Because they're scared. F4lconF16 Oct 2015 #215
Agree on all counts 100% Number23 Oct 2015 #216
I apologized. Bonobo Oct 2015 #156
I know. I remember. bravenak Oct 2015 #160
Glad to see you back! I've always enjoyed your posts, even if I don't always agree with you. WIProgressive88 Oct 2015 #82
I'm glad! Thanks! bravenak Oct 2015 #83
Good to see you again. F4lconF16 Oct 2015 #86
Typically eloquent and thoughtful post from you Number23 Oct 2015 #91
I really don't understand it... F4lconF16 Oct 2015 #98
I think you just summed up my feelings on it. bravenak Oct 2015 #92
Ah, sorry to hear it. F4lconF16 Oct 2015 #103
It more feels like my neck is broken. bravenak Oct 2015 #107
What the..??!! Girl... Number23 Oct 2015 #87
I just wanted to say this one thing. bravenak Oct 2015 #88
"I just wanted to say this one thing" Number23 Oct 2015 #93
You see this? bravenak Oct 2015 #100
K&R ismnotwasm Oct 2015 #120
Yo! bravenak Oct 2015 #121
Hey! ismnotwasm Oct 2015 #124
Too many have been faking the front since I was gone. Smh. bravenak Oct 2015 #127
Welcome Back, Bravenak! Kind of Blue Oct 2015 #123
Thank you and you're welcome! bravenak Oct 2015 #129
Welcome back bravenak! lovemydog Oct 2015 #133
I like Bernie best on policy too. bravenak Oct 2015 #134
Deal! lovemydog Oct 2015 #135
Everytime you do that thing I crack up! bravenak Oct 2015 #137
Of course it does. lovemydog Oct 2015 #139
Hey Girl! NOLALady Oct 2015 #136
Hey!! I missed y'all too! bravenak Oct 2015 #138
Welcome back! Very glad you have returned. kwassa Oct 2015 #141
Hey!! Nice to see you! bravenak Oct 2015 #142
Yay you GusBob Oct 2015 #161
I made it!!!! bravenak Oct 2015 #162
No you are it! GusBob Oct 2015 #163
Thank you bravenak Oct 2015 #164
Wow, brave.. you came back Sizzlin' just like you left! I know full well what the Peter Cha Oct 2015 #166
We have had so many positive developments lately!!! bravenak Oct 2015 #170
I know.. like birthdays, Christmas, New Years Eve, Thanksgiving, Halloween.. Cha Oct 2015 #173
Ha!!! Wait until the primary!!! bravenak Oct 2015 #174
I haven't thought that far in advance yet.. but you raise some interesting ideas.. Cha Oct 2015 #177
I like to snack plan. bravenak Oct 2015 #178
I hear ya.. I've done some Cha Oct 2015 #180
Very. bravenak Oct 2015 #181
I hear that, too.. from another life. Cha Oct 2015 #185
Me too! ANGRY BLACK LADY. bravenak Oct 2015 #187
Wonderful to 'see' you again--so glad your exile has ended. MADem Oct 2015 #182
Glad to 'see' you too. bravenak Oct 2015 #183
They'd best get over that fit of pique! MADem Oct 2015 #189
I'm being so GOOD. Very good INDEED. bravenak Oct 2015 #191
Well, you got to know that you are LOVED!!! MADem Oct 2015 #193
You're back! gollygee Oct 2015 #196
Yay!! I missed that avatar! bravenak Oct 2015 #204
Happy to rec... SidDithers Oct 2015 #199
Thank you! bravenak Oct 2015 #205
Just jumping in here to say.... Bobbie Jo Oct 2015 #202
Thank you thank you thank you!! bravenak Oct 2015 #206
Respect Kind of Blue Oct 2015 #218
"Bernie lacks the leadership ability" Kind of Blue Oct 2015 #217
I feel the same way. But he for some reason bothers me more. bravenak Oct 2015 #219
Thinking at this point this is a shell game Kind of Blue Oct 2015 #221
God Yes! bravenak Oct 2015 #222
I hear that! Kind of Blue Oct 2015 #223
Yes!!!!! bravenak Oct 2015 #225
You have been able to capture my Skidmore Oct 2015 #233
Thanks, Skidmore! Kind of Blue Oct 2015 #234
Welcome back! Lisa D Oct 2015 #229
Thank you! bravenak Oct 2015 #230
So glad to have you back! emulatorloo Oct 2015 #231
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